LA doing a lot with Little
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Grady Little seemed pretty relaxed (when is he not?) in a casual conversation over the phone late last week as he buckled in for September with the Padres trying to creep up on his Dodgers in the National League West.
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There are only a handful of teams in the NBA that have won 30 or more games this season, and the San Antonio Spurs are among them. Yet even San Antonio has acknowledged in recent weeks it is undergoing some struggles, inconsistent play foremost among them.
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LOS ANGELES - During public hearings, members of the City Council talk on cell phones, chat among themselves, read mail or wander around the room. A state appeals court says they should be doing something else: paying attention.
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WASHINGTON -- Most parts of the country saw modest economic growth in the past month, although there were pockets of sluggishness as businesses continued to cope with fallout from the troubled housing and automotive industries.
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Small additions can lead to big changes.
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Small things. That&#39;s what you notice about Lauryn Williams, who is a small thing herself. This is the beginning for her, the moments before the sponsors take over and the men and women with the South Beach
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That other Los Angeles team is off to its best start in nine years at 5-3. LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Clippers are off to a winning start.
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Some hubs of cheap retail are struggling, but not all of them.
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The N.B.A. All-Star Game arrives Sunday to shine a spotlight on New Orleans, but also to embrace a local franchise that continues to lag in the stands despite contending in the standings.
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The rubble is starting to be carted away, but no money to rebuild has trickled into this part of south Lebanon. For now, the mayor of this village says he can do little but divide the 700 buildings and homes needing attention into three categories: totally, partially or slightly destroyed.
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Small-budget movies are making bigger hits than big-budget movies.
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Real estate prices depend a lot on local conditions.
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The Los Angeles Lakers should be accustomed to tumult, conflict and controversy by now. What the venerable NBA franchise must get used to in the post-Shaq era is enduring all that drama with little hope of winning a championship.
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Dodgers are on the verge of being swept again, and this time it&#39;s the bottom of the Cardinal order that does much of the damage.
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This Louisiana town may have dried out and cleaned up since getting flattened by Hurricane Rita, but its recovery is moving in slow motion: Nearly everyone still lives in temporary housing.
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When hurricane  Katrina devastated New Orleans it also ravaged a series of  small towns. Nearly two years later they have faded from the  spotlight but are still struggling to rebuild.
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LOS ANGELES, June 29 -- Barring a surprise arrival of the kind of gully washers Texas is getting these days, Los Angeles's driest year in 130 years of recordkeeping will go into the books this weekend.