Risk to all ages: 100 kids die of flu each year

NEW YORK (AP) — How bad is this flu season, exactly? Look to the children.Twenty flu-related deaths have been reported in kids so far this winter, one of the worst tolls this early in the year since the government started keeping track in 2004.But while such a tally is tragic, that does not mean this year will turn out to be unusually bad. Roughly 100 children die in an average flu season, and it's...

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Man kills wife, leave her body in casino, police allege

About L.A. NowL.A. Now is the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news section for Southern California. It is produced by more than 80 reporters and editors in The Times’ Metro section, reporting from the paper’s downtown Los Angeles headquarters as well as bureaus in Costa Mesa, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Riverside, Ventura and West Los Angeles.Have a story tip for L.A. Now?Can I call...

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World Briefing | The Americas: Guatemala: Gunmen Kill Mayor

Gunmen killed the mayor of the eastern city of Jutiapa on Monday, city officials said. Mayor Carlos Castillo Medrano was shot to death at a barbershop, the officials said. The killing occurred on the same day that President Otto Pérez Molina said there had been “a historic decline” in Guatemala’s violence during the first year of his administration. In his state of the nation address, the president...

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Smartphone data consumption tops tablets for the first time ever

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Today's Photos: Molly Sims Shows Off Her 'Little Bunny'

Sims's six-month-old gets an adorable earful in Los Angeles. Plus: David Arquette, Naomi & Sasha, Reese Witherspoon and more Credit: Michael Simon/StarTraks Published: Monday Jan 14, 2013 | 05:00 PM EST Subscribe Now ...

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Nordstrom hostages made to strip naked; 1 sexually assaulted, police say

Los Angeles police confirmed Sunday evening the arrests of three suspected gang members in the takeover robbery at the Nordstrom Rack in Westchester last week.The Times first reported two arrests, one on Friday and the second Saturday in Phoenix. Sources familiar with the investigation described the man arrested in Phoenix as a principal suspect but would give no further details.In a press...

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News Analysis: François Hollande Moves Away From His Image

Fred Dufour/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesProtesters in Paris on Sunday denounced the government’s plans to legalize same-sex marriage. PARIS — President François Hollande of France has regularly been criticized as indecisive, even complacent. But the events of the last few days will go some way toward changing his image, as Mr. Hollande has moved swiftly to use the French military in Mali and...

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Claire Danes, Eric Stonestreet, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Keep the Red Carpet Fun at Golden Globes

By Maggie Coughlan 01/13/2013 at 07:30 PM EST Claire Danes and Julia-Louis Dreyfus Jason Merritt/Getty; Paul Buck/EPA/Landov Fashion wasn't the only hot topic on the red carpet at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards.From Claire Danes talking about being a new mom to Julia Louis-Dreyfus to accepting...

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Flu more widespread in US; eases off in some areas

NEW YORK (AP) — Flu is now widespread in all but three states as the nation grapples with an earlier-than-normal season. But there was one bit of good news Friday: The number of hard-hit areas declined.The flu season in the U.S. got under way a month early, in December, driven by a strain that tends to make people sicker. That led to worries that it might be a bad season, following one of the mildest...

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California's debt still a heavy cloud over state's future

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown proclaimed last week that California, which now has enough cash to pay its day-to-day bills, can...

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