Although he looks a lot worse for the wear, Miguel (Happy) Lora of Colombia is still the World Boxing Council's bantamweight champion after winning a 12-round unanimous decision over Wilfredo Vazquez Saturday night at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Lee Slotsky lifted his 10-month-old daughter, Danielle, to his shoulder and nodded at the ornate horses twirling around the merry-go-round Sunday in the carrousel building at the Santa Monica Pier.
Like their parents and grandparents who thread beads and weave baskets out of swamp cane, many of the younger Indians on this wooded reservation work quickly and adeptly with their hands.
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A yearlong effort by Councilman Warren Harwood and homeowner groups to prohibit or restrict entertainment at a North Long Beach gay bar ended in defeat Tuesday when the City Council voted 6 to 3 to allow dancing at Club Sylvia until 2 a.m. seven nights a week.
Longshot Kenny Knox put together a birdie-birdie finish in a chilly drizzle Friday and retained the lead in the second round of the $500,000 Honda golf tournament.
retain control of money that Pacific Bell and General Telephone collect from their customers for
Steve Cram of Britain retained his 1,500-meter title Sunday by beating compatriot Sebastian Coe on the last day of the European Track and Field Championships.
OPEC oil ministers today opened their fifth meeting of the year on ways to boost oil prices amid hints they might simply prolong their interim production cutback because it has stabilized the battered oil market.
Scientists said Wednesday they have developed a new test that could be used to identify people prone to artery-clogging cholesterol buildups, which set the stage for heart attacks.
The Burbank City Council voted to retain controversial Burbank Airport Commissioner Margie Gee
A political scientist says college students are conservative in most aspects of their lives, and higher education has little impact on their attitudes--except for drinking.
These are unusually demanding times for Justice Cruz Reynoso of the California Supreme Court.
Burbank Airport's ruling body Monday came to the support of airport food-service workers who are in danger of losing their jobs because the airport hired a new catering company.
The state Assembly voted Thursday to continue California's 19.2% ceiling on credit card interest rates, instead of letting the ceiling drop to 18% next year.
Undefeated world super-featherweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico, boxing on a sprained ankle, steadily wore down Bakersfield's Ruben Castillo and knocked him out in the sixth round at the Forum Friday night.
In an effort to reassure old-guard Maoists, China's leader, Deng Xiaoping, has ruled out a breaking away from communism in his drive to turn the country into a major economic power early in the 21st Century.
indicated to his staff that he intends to retain the panel as an instrument for development of economic policy, a government official said Saturday.
The Brea Foundation, a quasi-public body designed to finance city arts programs, recreation and other human services, can keep its current share of the money it collects and decide who gets what for at least another year.
NATO foreign ministers agreed in a closed session today that the United States should continue abiding by terms of the SALT II nuclear arms treaty even if the Soviet Union does not, a British official said.