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“The subconscious processes are always at work; the only question is, are we to be simply passive recipients of this activity, or are we to consciously direct the work?”

Charles Haanel
Los Angeles Times - Top News
  • Ethics panel accuses Rangel of 13 violations
    A House investigatory panel is alleging 13 violations of congressional ethics and federal law statutes by veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel.




  • Bell residents paid huge tax bills in addition to huge salaries, records show
    Bell did more than just give top city administrators some of the largest salaries in the nation: Residents in the working-class town also pay the highest property taxes of all but one of Los Angeles County's 88 cities, according to interviews and records.




  • Arizona activists take to the streets to protest immigration policy
    Hundreds turn out to demonstrate against the state's controversial law. Three are arrested at the federal courthouse, where a judge issued a last-minute injunction against the measure.

    Several hundred demonstrators opposed to Arizona's hard-line stance on illegal immigration marched Thursday to the federal courthouse here, where a judge the previous day had issued a last-minute injunction against most of the state's controversial immigration law.




  • Wilshire Boulevard traffic jammed amid big immigration-rights protesters
    Traffic on Wilshire Boulevard around Hancock Park and the Miracle Mile was severely jammed after more than 200 protesters blocked traffic for hours.




  • Toyota recalls Avalon sedans, Lexus LX 470 SUVs
    Automaker cites a steering-system defect in 373,000 Avalons from the 2000-2004 model years. Also, 39,000 of its Lexus LX 470 SUVs from 2003-2007 will be pulled back for an unrelated steering problem.

    Toyota Motor Corp. announced another large recall of autos in the U.S. on Thursday, this time for a steering problem in 373,000 Avalon sedans built for the 2000-2004 model years.




  • Shirley Sherrod vows to sue conservative blogger who misrepresented her remarks
    Shirley Sherrod, the African American federal agriculture official who was forced out of her job after a conservative blogger posted a heavily edited portion of a speech she had made, said Thursday that she believes her experience provides a fresh opportunity for a discussion of race issues in the nation.




  • Santa Monica orders review of Police Department probe into school board member
    Santa Monica city officials have ordered an independent review of the Police Department's conduct during an investigation of a school board member who witnessed a fight between two youths.




  • 2nd missing U.S. serviceman found dead in Afghanistan
    The body of Jarod Newlove was recovered days after his companion, Justin McNeley, was confirmed dead following an ambush in the Taliban-infested Lowgar province.

    The second of two American servicemen who disappeared last week in a Taliban-infested area south of the Afghan capital has been confirmed dead as well, a U.S. military official and Afghan authorities said Thursday.




  • South Korean prime minister offers resignation
    South Korea's prime minister offered to resign Thursday after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government ministries outside of the capital.




  • Mitrice Richardson sighting in Las Vegas 'best lead' so far in missing woman's case, police say
    Mitrice Los Angeles police and L.A. County sheriff's detectives said Thursday that a reported sighting of Mitrice Richardson in Las Vegas is the best lead in the missing woman's case so far and urged her to contact authorities if she is in Nevada.





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