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Win Tickets to See Walking With Dinosaurs at Staples Center

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Published Sept. 1, 2010 at 11:45 a.m.

Tyrannosaurus Rex from Walking With Dinosaurs ... Photo by Joan Marcus ... Over 200 million years in the making, Walking With Dinosaurs returns to the Staples Center this month with 17 life-sized beasts representing ten species of dinos ... Based on the BBC educational program, this theatrical show features life size animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, Plateosaurus, Utahraptor and other dinosaurs scaling as much as 36 feet tall and 56 feet long. With the help of Huxley, a human

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Manny Pacquiao takes jab at Antonio Margarito

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Published Aug. 31, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

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Filipino boxer says his Mexican opponent in a Nov. 13 bout in Texas had to know about the plaster inserts found in his gloves before a fight against Shane Mosley in 2009 ... Manny Pacquiao's promoter had just finished railing at those who continue to doubt the honesty of boxer Antonio Margarito, some 18 months after California revoked Margarito's license for nearly taking gloves loaded with plaster inserts into a January 2009 bout at Staples Center against Shane Mosley ...

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A Big Baby Lifts the Celtics to Tie NBA Finals

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Published June 11, 2010 at 12:36 a.m.

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Kobe Bryant looking not quite so thrilled. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer We have ourselves a series. The Celtics put together an 11-2 run to start the fourth quarter en route to their 96-89 victory to tie the NBA Finals 2-2 ... It wasn’t Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen or even Rajon Rondo that fuelled the comeback from a two point deficit at the beginning of the period. Instead it was Glen “Big Baby” Davis with nine of his 18 points coming in the fourth quarter. Not only did he hog up

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El Cholo Eyeing June Opening for New Downtown Location

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Published May 7, 2010 at 1:38 p.m.

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South Park's Liberty Grill is set to give way to a new location for El Cholo, a Los Angeles institution since its opening in 1927 ... Photo by Ed Fuentes ... Fans of venerable Mexican restaurant El Cholo don't have much longer to wait before they can get their fix Downtown ... The eatery will be doing hiring for its new South Park location next week and is targeting an opening in the first week of June, according to General Manager Joey Gonzalez ... The new location will be at 1037 S. Flower,

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Week In Rock: Andrew Bird, Mirah, Cold Cave, Dios

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 9:30 p.m.

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Monday ... Teddy Thompson @ Largo at the Coronet (Little Room) ... Princeton, Le Switch, Wade Ryff & Friends, Adam Stern @ Spaceland (FREE!) ... Red Arrow Messenger, Maxim Ludwig, He's My Brother She's My Sister @ Bootleg Theater (FREE!) ... Useless Keys, Aushua, We Barbarians, Science @ The Echo (FREE!) ... Gamble House, Horse Stories, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, La Font @ Silver Lake Lounge (FREE!) ... Arrington De Dionyso’s Malaikat Dan Singa, Emily Lacy, Whoa Hunx, Peg Leg Love @

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Look Out Omaha, L.A.'s Coming After Your Conventions

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Published Feb. 16, 2010 at 5:56 p.m.

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A long corridor connects the JW Marriott L.A. Live to its ballrooms, part of the 100,000 square feet of meeting space inside the facility. That hotel is already helping lift Los Angeles' historically poor convention bookings ... Photo by Eric Richardson ... For being the nation's second-largest city, Los Angeles has historically struggled when it comes to convention business ... In a recent ranking of conventions booked, the city placed 27th ... Omaha, Nebraska, placed 26th ... "We used to get

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Opening Day Food and Drink at L.A. Live's JW Marriott

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 5:19 p.m.

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Guests visit the lobby of the new 878-room JW Marriott at L.A. Live ... The hotel opened its doors at 10am this morning ... Photo by Eric Richardson ... The hotel won't hold its ribbon cutting until Tuesday, but L.A. Live's new 878-room JW Marriott opened its doors this morning, welcoming guests from concert industry event Pollstar Live ... While Downtowners with their own beds nearby may not have as immediate a need for the rooms upstairs, today is also opening day for the hotel's three bars

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Lakers find their way back

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Published Feb. 17, 2010 at 6:12 a.m.

It could have been easy, but it wasn't. It could have ended poorly, but it didn't. The Lakers' 104-94 victory Tuesday night over the Golden State Warriors at Staples Center was many things at many times. Most of all it was their fourth consecutive victory without Kobe Bryant, who was sidelined again by a sprained left ankle ...

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Headline: L.A. knows how to party like an All-Star

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Published Feb. 15, 2010 at 2:23 p.m.

sports.espn.go.com -- ESPN Los Angeles' Arash Markazi looks ahead to next year's NBA All-Star Game, to be held at Staples Center, and compares the logistics to those in Dallas ...

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Lakers notebook: Gasol is relieved to get a breather

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Published Feb. 8, 2010 at 2:08 a.m.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson gave the players the day off Sunday, hoping a day of inactivity would give them a chance to recharge their batteries in time to face the San Antonio Spurs tonight at Staples Center ...

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