Matthew Daly of the Associated Press reports:
President Barack Obama is designating the California home of labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument, a move likely to shore up support from Hispanic and progressive voters just five weeks before the election.
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Marin Alsop studied with Leonard Bernstein. This could be dismissed as a mere PR bullet point, a seal of approval, an item on the checklist of her distinctions. Or so at least you might think, until you hear her conduct Bernstein?s music. Alsop can be reserved or overly careful in some repertory, but she?s got Bernstein under her skin. This is music full of bounce and nervous energy and self-aggrandizement and breast-beating, always looking over its shoulder to make sure you like it, and Alsop takes it lovingly in hand and shows it to advantage without letting it carry her away.
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Howard Kurtz issues a call in light of Fox News?s airing the suicide of a motorist following a high-speed car chase on Friday afternoon:
Maybe it?s time for all television news ? that includes you, local stations ? to swear off live coverage of these incidents, whose news value is limited.Read full article >>
Thousands of Romans used to pack the stands at the seaside amphitheater for the races, the most coveted seats being at the turns, where the bloodiest collisions happened. The deep, three-basined harbor, the largest in the eastern Mediterranean, provided a safe stopover for large ships sailing from Rome to Alexandria.
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A morning mix of entertainment headlines...
A probation officer voiced concern four months ago that actor Johnny Lewis ? who played Kip ?Half-Sack? Epps on ?Sons of Anarchy? and previously dated Katy Perry ? might do something to harm himself or someone in his community after he was accused of breaking into a Santa Monica woman?s home.
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* Scott Brown hit Elizabeth Warren on the Native American issue again.
* John Sununu critiqued Obama?s walk.
* Romney pledged to win Pennsylvania
* He got hyper-local�in Virginia.
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