Wilson Details Plans for $55.7-Billion Budget : Spending: Schools and impoverished mothers would bear the brunt of the governor’s cutbacks.

Gov. Pete Wilson, unveiling his first state budget Thursday in the midst of a recession, proposed resolving a potential $7 billion deficit with service cuts and tax increases that would touch nearly every Californian over the next 18 months. Wilson’s proposed $55.7-billion budget for the 1991-92 fiscal year aims its deepest cuts at public schools … Read more

At L.A. Times Book Prizes ceremony, winners advocate for hope in the face of uncertainty

Pico Iyer at the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony. (Varon Panganiban) It was a night of literary excellence at the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony Friday night at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. As winners in 12 competitive categories and three special prizes took the stage, many addressed the fraught political climate in … Read more

Missing Princeton student Lauren Blackburn found dead at lake near campus — week after vanishing

The body of a missing Princeton junior was recovered from a lake that borders the New Jersey campus, ending a nearly week-long search for the student. Lauren Blackburn, 23, was found in Lake Carnegie on Friday morning, according to Princeton’s Department of Safety. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. “I am deeply saddened … Read more

Massachusetts town under siege by feathered ‘vandal’ who’s damaged 25 cars in mating season pecking spree

Caught red-beaked. A frisky bird weathering mating season has taken aim at dozens of cars in a Massachusetts town — leaving residents shielding their vehicles from the feathered menace’s sharp beak, according to reports. The pesky two-month mystery behind at least 25 punctured and shattered sideview mirrors and windshields in Rockport was recently cracked when … Read more

Obama’s last-minute virtual weigh-in on the Wisconsin recall

Tuesday’s recall election in Wisconsin has been imbued with national consequence, with many political watchers declaring that the outcome could have significant implications for November’s presidential race. So how has President Obama weighed in? On Twitter. “It’s Election Day in Wisconsin tomorrow, and I’m standing by Tom Barrett. He’d make an outstanding governor,” Obama wrote … Read more

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