LONDON — As the Catholic Church’s cardinal electors gather at the Vatican to choose a new pope, Muslim leaders are urging a revival of the often troubled dialogue between the two faiths.During the papacy of Benedict XVI, relations between the world’s two largest religions were overshadowed by remarks he made in 2006 that were widely condemned as an attack on Islam.In a speech at Regensburg University...
Alec Baldwin Is Busy Fulfilling Expectant Hilaria's Fruit Requests
Label: Lifestyle Mark Davis/WireImageFatherhood is nothing new to Alec Baldwin. But daddy duty later in life? Now that’s a whole new playing field.Already dad to daughter Ireland, 17, the actor and his wife Hilaria are set to welcome their first child together this summer — and Baldwin is busy taking in the experience.“Being around a woman when she’s pregnant and I’m older now — quite a bit older, actually — it’s...
WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident
Label: HealthLONDON (AP) — Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable.In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime cancer risk."The additional risk is quite small...
Trutanich struggling in bid to keep his city attorney post
Label: Business With large numbers of Los Angeles voters yet to make up their minds, a new poll shows that first-term City Atty. Carmen Trutanich...
Mar
01
At War Blog: Remembering a Silent Success in Afghanistan
Label: WorldDecember in the mountains of southern Afghanistan greeted me and my men with strong and seemingly endless gusts of wind. The frigid temperatures were equally unforgiving. Our living quarters were constructed out of cardboard boxes and plastic sheeting, which didn’t create much of an escape. The highlight of my day, despite the obvious threat, was leading patrols as a squad leader. The physical activity...
Jesse Tyler Ferguson Gives a Wedding Planning Update
Label: Lifestyle By Paul Chi 03/01/2013 at 11:30 AM EST Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita Desiree Navarro/Wireimage Wedding bells will soon be ringing for Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his fiancé, lawyer Justin Mikita. The couple is getting married this summer.
"We...
Las Vegas Strip shooting suspect is arrested in L.A.
Label: Business A man suspected in a deadly car-to-car shooting in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip was arrested Thursday at a Studio City apartment...
Feb
28
IHT Rendezvous: Q and A: Keeping ‘A Chorus Line’ in Step
Label: WorldLONDON — For a musical that’s all about dancers, there’s not a huge amount of dancing in “A Chorus Line,” which opened last week at the London Palladium — the first West End revival of the musical since it opened here in 1976, a year after its smash-hit debut on Broadway.But the most dance-intensive moments are fundamental to our very idea of “A Chorus Line”: the “Aaaah-5-6-7-8!” that unleashes...
Rachel McAdams Finds Unlikely Suitor at Toronto Raptors Game
Label: Lifestyle By Tim Nudd 02/28/2013 at 11:15 AM EST Rachel McAdams and the Toronto Raptors's velociraptor mascot IPHOTO Rachel McAdams's last boyfriend was a little older than her. Now it looks like she's keeping company with someone from the Cretaceous Period. The actress,...
Eric Garcetti showed political savvy during busy student years
Label: Business Fourth in a series of articles focusing on key periods in the lives of the mayoral hopefuls.Ben Jealous still recalls walking...
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