KO for HBO
'Sopranos,' 'Angels' lead record-breaking finish
![]() It was the night the major
TV networks would like to forget as cable network HBO dominated the Emmy Awards given out Sunday night.
HBO took 16 Emmys Sunday night (and 32 overall), leaving its nearest
competition in the dust: Fox won three Sunday and 10 overall, while NBC won three Sunday and eight overall. ...[MORE]
Leaving no room for crime
Motel Six, LAPD-style, has made a name for itself
by checking out who's checking in.
A half-dozen officers assigned to a squad nicknamed Motel Six are credited with
the arrests of more than 100 felony and misdemeanor offenders by raiding motels
across the San Fernando Valley for the past seven weeks. ...[MORE]
Iraq poll plan unchanged amid attacks
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Iraqi prime minister
insisted Sunday that the raging insurgency -- which has claimed 300 lives in
the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings -- will not delay
January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against
the violent opposition. ...[MORE]
• On the red carpet with Kermit and Miss Piggy
• In living color: TV's big night brings out fashion to dye for
• Hahn, Parks and Villaraigosa make nice, for a while
• Officials debate one museum, consider others
Green redeems to save the day
![]() Dodgers: DENVER -- No one in the Dodgers'
clubhouse would admit to having had a sense of urgency. No one would
acknowledge having felt like their entire, magical season was being
sucked into a black hole of offensive ineptitude and wasted scoring
chances.Photo Gallery: Dodgers
...[MORE]
Angels bats come up missing again
Angels: ANAHEIM -- Angels shortstop David
Eckstein stood on second base after leading off the bottom of the
first inning with a single and advancing on an error. Considering
the Angels' recent offensive struggles, it was no surprise when
Eckstein was left stranded at second. Photo Gallery: Angels ...[MORE]
Europeans finish Ryder Cup rout
Ryder Cup: BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Over here, over there, it no
longer matters. Europe again proved to be the best in the Ryder Cup
with its biggest romp over the Americans.
The final blow Sunday was a scene all too familiar at Oakland
Hills: With the cup already won, Padraig Harrington made a 25-foot
par putt on the 18th hole of the last match that only counted in
the record books. PHOTO GALLERY: Ryder Cup 9/19 ...[MORE]
• Rice cold, then boils over
• Bush favors power play
• Drew's feat stands apart
• Mowers, start your engines
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Big second half propels Valley
Edric Prim rushed for 152 yards on 20 carries and scored
three touchdowns Saturday to lead Valley College (2-1, 1-0) to a
44-29 Western State Conference Northern Division-opening win over
host Santa Barbara (1-2, 0-1) at La Playa Stadium. ...[MORE]
Montclair Prep RB gets high five
Ethan Edwards of Montclair Prep dominated the Brentwood High
football team Saturday night.
Edwards scored five first-half touchdowns and finished with 371
yards rushing on 21 carries as the Mounties of Panorama City won
40-14 in a nonleague football game at Valley College. ...[MORE]
• Notre Dame turns table on Westlake
• Victory is Valencia's final takeaway
Upon Further Review | Daily Chatter | Scoreboards | School Statistics | MORE IN PREP SPORTS >>
50-plus can be good age to start small business
NEW YORK -- Stressed out and unhappy in her job with a hospital's
finance department, Marianne D'Eugenio wanted to do something else. But
what?
She tried consulting, eventually going to work full time for a client --
and "realized I was right back where I was five years ago." ...[MORE]
Major pains
NEW YORK -- It's a well-worn pickup line at
college keg parties: What's your major?
And in today's uncertain job market, it's a lot more. Positions once
filled by graduates with yesterday's hot majors are disappearing or being
shipped overseas, so a student's answer to the question is one of the most
important financial decisions they will ever make. ...[MORE]
• Playing games with your phone
• Stem-cell research muscle
• Write it down!
• Home prices are still up, but so is monthly inventory
• SAG, WGA elections key
• Can you read this?
• Biggest anti-tobacco lawsuit ever
• Bonds hit it big, but just stay calm
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Gorgeous 'Sky' has limits
Dazzling to watch, difficult to give in to, "Sky Captain and the
World of Tomorrow" uses newfangled technology in the service of
old-fashioned Saturday-morning serials with decidedly mixed results. The
movie has no sets, no locations, just actors against blue screen, with
more than 2,000 effects shots simulating the fantastic worlds around
them. The sepia-toned fruits of this ambitious labor sometimes feel like
"Flash Gordon" by way of Guy Maddin - visually arresting, but also chilly and off-putting....[MORE]
• 'Mr. 3000' bats about .300
• 'Ghost in the Shell' a bit cracked
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