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Robert Novak column describes cancer treatment
Conservative political commentator Robert Novak wrote in a column Saturday that since his diagnosis with brain cancer in July he has lost partial vision and undergone surgery by the same doctor who treated Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The...Tags: Therapies, Edward M. Kennedy, Health Treatments, Valerie Plame, Diseases
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'Driver X' becomes big factor
247-4963You might not know that David Ragan earned his opportunity to race in NASCAR's big time by winning the "Gong Show." That's not the same "Gong Show" that Chuck Barris hosted when he wasn't chasing spies for the CIA. And it might surprise you to learn that...Tags: Dale Earnhardt Jr., NASCAR, Bobby Allison, Athletics, Track and Field, Heavy Engineering
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John Malkovich is the rage in Coen brothers' 'Burn After Reading'
Special to The TimesCALLING from, as one might well imagine, France, John Malkovich is measured, urbane and dryly witty. And yet, when Ethan and Joel Coen wrote him into their upcoming "Burn After Reading," it was as a burned-out former CIA analyst prone to fits of...Tags: Changeling, Frances McDormand, Celebrity, Movies, Tilda Swinton
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Co-worker's CIA attitude wears thin
Dear Amy: I have a problem at work with the only other female in my department. She has told me that other people have "said things" about me. She won't say who is talking about me or what they say, but says she is "glad she got to know me and didn't...Tags: Chicago, Advice, Reviews
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ACTION! Your guide to this season's most anticipated new films.
The Associated PressHarry Potter pulled a disappearing act from Hollywood's fall and holiday schedule, his sixth big-screen adventure bumped from November into next summer. That leaves a little more room to roam at the box office for the likes of James Bond, a vampire...Tags: Changeling, Ridley Scott, Sam Mendes, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Kate Winslet
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Looking for a little relief?
-------------------- FOR THE RECORD: In the Fall Sneaks issue of Sunday's Calendar section, a listing for the film "Battle in Seattle" stated that ThinkFilm is the distributor. The correct distributor is Redwood Palms Pictures. --------------------...Tags: Paul Bettany, Charlize Theron, Maria Bello, Takashi Miike, Tim Robbins
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott conspire to make a hit movie
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSUFFICE IT to say that Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott agree to disagree about certain principles of the Geneva Conventions. "If I'm going to get down to brass tacks, there's no rules," Scott exclaimed, sitting on the sun-drenched deck of his West...Tags: Newspapers, Ridley Scott, Stop-Loss, International Military Interventions, Washington Post Company
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Q&A: Horseback Riding And Cooking In The Midwest
Q:I'd like to surprise my husband with a trip to the Midwest for horseback riding and a gourmet cooking class. Any advice? A: You'll have to travel a bit farther than the Midwest to find ranches that cater to both cooks and cowboys. Colleen Hodson of the...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Armed Forces, Washington Post Company, New York, Defense
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Report from the Trenches: "Beyond Oil" Conference in Redmond, Wash.
Edmunds.comBy Gordon Feller, Urban Age Institute Is there any end in sight to the endless stream of conferences, convened nearly every day of the week, where the post-carbon future is being debated?My guess is that the answer is "no" - at least not until new and... -
Y. Nosenko, CIA's 'most valuable' defector
The Associated PressA KGB spy who was considered by the CIA as its "most valuable" defector has died. Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko defected in Switzerland in 1964. Confined to a safe house in Clinton, Md., he was interrogated for about four months in 1965 until transferred to a...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence
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Iraq politician Ahmad Chalabi survives assassination attempt
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA suicide bomber tried to assassinate politician Ahmad Chalabi on Friday night, killing six of his guards when he rammed his car into the Shiite Muslim politician's speeding convoy, Chalabi's spokesman said. Chalabi, who has survived at least three...Tags: Newspapers, Guerrilla Activity, Heads of State, Armed Forces, Muqtada Sadr
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New light on Korean spy mystery
Back in the days of Red scares, blacklists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im was singled out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer. "The Korean Seductress Who Betrayed America," as the U.S. magazine Coronet labeled her, was a Seoul...Tags: Prosecution, Armed Forces, International Military Interventions, Movies, Abusive Behavior
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