Dorner could face death penalty as criminal charges filed

As a massive manhunt for Christopher Jordan Dorner continued Monday afternoon, prosecutors with the Riverside County district...

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'Identity Thief' grabs $34.6M to debut at No. 1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy's "Identity Thief" has made off with the weekend box-office title with a $34.6 million debut.The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:1....

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Health Testing on Mice Is Found Misleading in Some Cases

Evan McGlinn for The New York TimesDr. H. Shaw Warren is one of the authors of a new study that questions the use of laboratory mice as models for all human diseases. For decades, mice have been the species of choice in the study of human diseases. But now, researchers report evidence that the mouse model has been totally misleading for at least three major killers — sepsis, burns and trauma. As a...

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Phone rate hikes have landline customers ready to cut the cord

Joseph Aguon believes in preparing for the worst. So even though he makes most of his calls using a cellphone, he maintains a landline at his home in the Fairfax neighborhood — just in case an earthquake or storm knocked out wireless service.But Aguon, 61, is finally ready to cut the cord, not because he's less mindful of potential disasters, but...

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Ambitious makeover planned for old housing project

Denise Penegar puts a little extra effort into the teenage girls, the ones who've dropped out of high school to care for their...

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Fun.'s 'We Are Young' wins song of the year Grammy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fun.'s night just got real fun: The pop-rock trio won the Grammy for song of the year for "We Are Young."It's the group's first Grammy win. They're up for four other awards."We Are Young" features Janelle Monae and hit the top spot of the Billboard charts last year. It has sold more than six million single tracks.Lead singer Nate Ruess joked onstage: "This is in HD, everyone can...

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For Families Struggling with Mental Illness, Carolyn Wolf Is a Guide in the Darkness

When a life starts to unravel, where do you turn for help? Melissa Klump began to slip in the eighth grade. She couldn’t focus in class, and in a moment of despair she swallowed 60 ibuprofen tablets. She was smart, pretty and ill: depression, attention deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, either bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder. In her 20s, after a more...

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Apple developing wristwatch device that runs on iOS, reports say

The cycle of speculation that Apple plans to build some kind of wristwatch or other wearable computing device kicked into high...

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A delicate new balancing act in senior healthcare

When Claire Gordon arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, nurses knew she needed extra attention.She was 96, had heart disease...

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Beyonce, Jay-Z, Rihanna hang at Roc Nation brunch

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z and Beyonce sat tightly with Solange. Kelly Rowland embraced Beyonce with a huge hug. And Rihanna spilled some of her drink laughing with Rowland.Music's top stars attended the annual pre-Grammy Roc Nation and Nokia brunch Saturday at the Soho House.Grammy nominee Miguel, Timbaland, Jill Scott and Kylie Mingoue also attended the exclusive event.Jay-Z is one of six acts nominated...

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