Judge rules ‘Happy Birthday’ song is public domain, denies publisher’s...
Category: BusinessBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song “Happy Birthday To You” for years does not hold a valid...
View ArticleObama grants monument status to vast swath of Calif. desert
Category: LifeBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES President Barack Obama is granting national monument status to nearly 1.8 million acres of scenic Southern California desert, a move the...
View ArticleFrom Ronnie to a fan: more than 100 Reagan letters for sale
Category: LifeBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Long before he was president of the United States or even governor of California, Ronald Reagan had an army of star-struck movie fans who...
View ArticleFrom doctor to US military cook, Trump ban upends many lives
Category: PeopleBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — A doctor who saved Syrian lives and a man who cooked thousands of meals for American soldiers in Iraq were among those who saw their...
View ArticleTo E or not to E - USC didn’t in spelling Shakespeare’s name
Category: InternationalBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Visitors to the University of Southern California might well be muttering, “What fools these mortals be” as they stroll past a...
View ArticleHippie cult leader Charles Manson dies at 83
Category: PeopleBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders...
View ArticleMaking water from air wins couple $1.5 million XPrize
Category: ScienceBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — It started out modestly enough: David Hertz, having learned that under the right conditions you really can make your own water out of...
View ArticlePriest takes pope’s mandate - good deeds for all - across US
Category: PeopleBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Father Jim Sichko has a 50-state congregation and a simple mandate from the pope: Go forth and do good deeds.That’s why the Roman...
View ArticleCalifornia science exhibit explains the dog-human friendship
Category: ScienceBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — Did people domesticate dogs or was it the other way around? And why do these two species seem to think so much alike, act so much alike...
View ArticleLA judge rules Spanish museum can keep Nazi-looted painting
Category: InternationalBy John Rogers The Associated PressLOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday that a Spanish museum that acquired a priceless, Nazi-looted painting in 1992 is the...
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