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Golden Globes shows love to 'The Social Network'
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers"The Social Network" has a lot of friends in Hollywood. The drama about the creation of Facebook continued its winning ways Sunday, taking home four trophies at the 68th Golden Globes, including dramatic feature, director for David Fincher, screenplay...Tags: Sons of Anarchy (tv program), Claire Danes, Trent Reznor, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex and the City 2 (movie)
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Greenland: An arctic playground
NUUK, Greenland -- Only twice have I entered a country without someone at least glancing at my ID or passport. The first time was in Iraq, when the war began and the borders flew open. The second time was here in Greenland.
Iraq-like bedlam is not why...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Personal Data Collection, Iceland, Politics, Alaska
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10 European attractions off the beaten path
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHeaded for Europe? See the great capitals and famous museums, of course. But then take the unbeaten path. Avebury, England: Never mind Stonehenge. Avebury, about 20 miles north, is one of the best — and eeriest — Neolithic monuments in...Tags: Rome (Italy), Italy, England, Spain, Museum of Modern Art
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From Our Files for Feb. 6
100 years ago — 1911
Several months ago, workmen drilling a well on Col. George F. Anderson’s farm found an old coin about 20 feet down. Mr. Anderson sent the unusual coin to the National Museum of Washington City in hopes of having it...Tags: Local Elections, Bodies of Water, Genesco Incorporated, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rivers
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N.D. ag, energy groups traveling to Denmark
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota delegation is making a trip to Denmark next month to learn more about that country’s efforts to develop a cellulosic ethanol industry. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says state government...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Agricultural Research and Technology, Biofuels, Science and Technology, North Dakota
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Foreign-language Oscar nominees portray true grittiness
In 2008, the committee that oversees the Oscars' foreign-language film category came under withering criticism for avoiding risky movies. Romania's "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," a frank account of a young girl's illegal abortion, wasn't nominated, nor...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Waltz with Bashir (movie), Religious Conflicts
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Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...Tags: Grenada, Latvia, Italy, Togo, India
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Local man cited in India attack
Tribune staff reportersMonths before a team of terrorists killed 170 people in coordinated attacks in Mumbai, a Chicago man was conducting surveillance of the hotels and other locations that would come under assault, prosecutors here said Monday. David Coleman Headley, a...Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, David Coleman Headley, India, Immigration
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Chicagoan linked to more plots
Tribune NewspapersThe al-Qaida-affiliated militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba has been actively planning one or more additional Mumbai-style attacks in India, based in part on scouting by a Chicago man recently charged with being a longtime clandestine operative of the group,...Tags: Manmohan Singh, Crime, Law and Justice, Travel Alerts, David Coleman Headley, U.S. Department of Justice
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Chicago man admits role in Mumbai attack
Tribune staff reporterDavid Coleman Headley pleaded guilty Thursday in the most significant terrorism case ever linked to Chicago, acknowledging he was an operative here who traveled to India multiple times to scout targets for a team of gunmen who carried out the bloody...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Holder, Court Preliminary, David Coleman Headley
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FBI knew of activities before Mumbai attack
The wife of the Chicago businessman who scouted targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks gave details about his ties to Pakistani militant groups to federal agents in New York City three years before the assault. The FBI chased down the leads but determined...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, David Coleman Headley, Washington (U.S. state), Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, Michael Hammer
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Trial will probe alleged Chicago ties to Mumbai attack
The crime scene is thousands of miles away, but the details of the plot will soon unfold in a courtroom here when a Chicago businessman stands trial on charges he aided in the bloody terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who is...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, Criminals, Court Preliminary
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