2/13 Los Angeles Times - Top News

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Los Angeles Times - Top News - Headlines from Los Angeles Times Bad economy major threat to national security, Dennis Blair says February 12, 2009 at 2:56 pm Obama's top intelligence official tells Congress the global crisis puts foreign 'allies and friends' and the U.S. in serious peril. A flood of new refugees also could endanger homeland safety. The nation's new intelligence chief warned today that the global economic crisis is the most serious security peril facing the United States, threatening to topple governments, trigger waves of refugees and undermine the ability of America's allies to help in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Barack Obama begins a day of tributes to Abraham Lincoln February 12, 2009 at 12:51 pm In Washington, the president says the nation must remember that even during fierce debate, Americans are 'servants to the same flag.' Obama will travel to Illinois for more Lincoln's birthday events. A long day of tributes to Abraham Lincoln began in Washington this morning, where President Obama joined a celebration of the president's 200th birthday, and will close in Springfield, Ill., where Obama will attend a dinner honoring Lincoln in the city where Obama's own presidential campaign started two years ago. Sharp words in race for L.A. city attorney February 12, 2009 at 11:32 am Prominent ex-planning commissioner backs Nuch Trutanich, takes a swipe at Jack Weiss' 'reliance' on lobbyists. With the March 3 election less than three weeks away, the race for Los Angeles city attorney is taking a considerably sharper tone. Mumbai terrorists launched plot from Pakistan February 12, 2009 at 10:59 am Pakistani official for first time admits origins of attack that killed 160 in India. Reporting from Istanbul, Turkey, and Islamabad, Pakistan -- About 2 1/2 months after the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan publicly acknowledged for the first time Thursday that the assailants used Pakistani soil to plot and launch the deadly rampage. Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autism February 12, 2009 at 10:28 am A special vaccine court ruled against parents with autistic children today, saying that vaccines are not to blame for their children's neurological disorder. Retail sales up 1% in January February 12, 2009 at 8:48 am U.S. retail sales jumped 1 %in January, reversing a six-month declining trend and defying economists' expectations by posting the biggest increase in 14 months. In China, appetite slows for Western fast food February 12, 2009 at 3:00 am It's not the cheapest stuff in town, and a growing number of consumers believe it's not good for them. Down an alley from a KFC, McDonald's and Pizza Hut in Shanghai, Li Hong sat inside a dingy little storefront that serves full-course dinners for a dollar. Elgin Baylor sues Clippers, claiming racism February 12, 2009 at 3:00 am The former general manager accuses owner Donald Sterling of bad behavior for decades. Lawyer for team says Baylor was treated fairly. NBA Hall of Famer and former longtime Clippers executive Elgin Baylor alleges in a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles that team owner Donald Sterling has embraced a "vision of a Southern plantation-type structure" for his NBA franchise, accusing him of decades-long racist behavior. Phoenix, kidnap-for-ransom capital February 12, 2009 at 3:00 am Juan Francisco Perez-Torres was abducted last month in front of his home and ransom demanded. Hundreds of such incidents occur each year in Phoenix, and Mexican drug-smuggling is usually involved. In broad daylight one January afternoon, on a street of ranch-style houses with kidney-shaped swimming pools, Juan Francisco Perez-Torres was kidnapped in front of his wife, daughter and three neighbors. Israel vote deals a setback to U.S. peace effort in Mideast February 12, 2009 at 3:00 am In backing right-wing parties, Israelis have shown they don't want to negotiate with a weak Palestinian Authority. Elections in Israel this week left uncertainty about the shape of a new government, but little doubt that the Obama administration had suffered a setback in its bid to mobilize efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. Elderly immigrants find life in U.S. a tough go February 12, 2009 at 3:00 am With government aid limited and the economy straining the finances of the relatives who sponsored them, many are thinking increasingly wistfully of their homelands. Several times a day, Shaukat Ali prays in the garden of his daughter's Artesia home -- for his family and his health and now, for the economy.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.