Nissan, Honda expected to announce plans to merge, creating world’s No. 3 automaker

Japanese automakers Honda and Nissan have announced plans to join forces, forming the world’s third-largest automaker by sales as the industry undergoes dramatic changes in its transition away from fossil fuels. The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Nissan alliance member Mitsubishi Motors also had agreed … Read more

Perry’s steady play sparks young line

After a couple of rocky stretches, the Ducks’ “Generation Y” line of twentysomethings Corey Perry, Ryan Getzlaf and Dustin Penner is playing its best hockey of the season, and a big reason is the consistent spark provided by Perry. Perry, selected by the Ducks in the first round of the 2003 draft, has been on … Read more

Sen. Kennedy Takes Stand at Rape Trial

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) told a jury Friday how he had taken his son and nephew for a late-night drink March 30 to overcome a melancholy mood, but denied that he heard screams or saw any evidence that his nephew had raped a woman later on the lawn of the family’s oceanfront estate. In … Read more

Buchanan Decries Illegal Immigration : Politics: The GOP candidate calls the influx an invasion and says it causes social, economic and drug problems.

As a bemused crowd of would-be illegal immigrants looked on from a makeshift hilltop refreshment stand, Republican presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan on Tuesday stepped into a confrontational arena that sums up his often confrontational campaign: the U.S.-Mexico border. “I am calling attention to a national disgrace,” Buchanan told reporters, his suit and shoes dusty … Read more

FLAMINGO: A Photographer’s Odyssey by Hara…

FLAMINGO: A Photographer’s Odyssey by Hara (Abrams: $35; 128 pp . , paperback original). This striking volume chronicles the author’s safari to photograph the flamingos of Africa’s Great Rift Valley. Simultaneously graceful and gawky, flamingos have few defenses against predators and rely on a hostile environment of alkali-encrusted mud flats, where the daytime temperature can … Read more

‘No one interfered’: Sex abuse in L.A. County juvenile halls in spotlight at Senate hearing

Breane Wingfield testifying before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (U.S. Senate) Testifying Wednesday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, Breane Wingfield said she was 14 when, in 2005, she was sexually assaulted in a van by a deputy probation officer employed at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. It happened again at … Read more

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