Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rob Lowe woos Chinese at Los Angeles climate change summit

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recruited his friend and fellow actor Rob Lowe to help woo Chinese officials attending his climate change summit, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Brothers & Sisters star arranged for...

Barack Obama pledges to tackle climate change

Presidentelect Barack Obama pledged to "engage vigorously" in talks on global climate change and said Washington would take a leading role in tackling the issue in the US and around the world once he took office.

California bent on rebuilding despite wildfire risk

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twice in the span of a month, wildfires have ravaged the same northeast corner of greater Los Angeles, destroying hundreds of homes and the good life offered by California's scenic beauty at the city's...

Governor Asks for Federal Disaster Declaration for Fires

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asks the president to declare a federal disaster in Southern California, even as firefighters gain the upper hand. They're working hard to control two of the fires burning in Los Angeles and...

California's emergency fire costs hit $305 million

SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Southern California wildfires are burning a bigger hole in California's budget, adding to the state's $11.2 billion deficit. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's finance director, H.D. Palmer, says the state has...

Santa Barbara Marine killed in combat

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) - The Pentagon has released the name of a 24-year-old Camp Pendleton Marine who was killed in Iraq last week. Cpl. Aaron M. Allen of Buellton in Santa Barbara County was killed in combat Friday in Al...

Bonfire sparked wildfire, California authorities say

A wildfire that destroyed more than 200 structures, including several mansions in a community where celebrities own homes, was sparked by a bonfire that its makers apparently thought was extinguished, authorities said.

At 80, Dara Singh says he was never interested in films

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) He was perhaps Bollywood's first macho man. Dara Singh, who turned 80 Wednesday, says after starring in over 120 films that the big screen was never his aspiration. I was pulled into the industry...

Larger Inmate Population Is Boon to Private Prisons (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

Prison companies are preparing for a wave of new business as the economic downturn makes it increasingly difficult for federal and state government officials to build and operate their own jails. The Federal Bureau of Prisons...

Obama vows quick action to curb warming (Get ready to open the wallets)

He wasn't expected to make an appearance, let alone a splash, but President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday delivered a videotaped message to a climate change summit convened by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, vowing quick...

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