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DIED. Abbye Stockton, 88, trailblazer for women's weight-lifting known as the First Lady of Iron, who in 1947 organized the first official lifting meet for women; in Santa Monica, Calif. With husband Les, Stockton--nicknamed Pudgy for her childhood baby fat--helped popularize Muscle Beach in Santa Monica in the 1930s and '40s with demonstrations that included the human pyramid and the high press, in which she stood on Les' hands while balancing a 100-lb. barbell...
...Jolla, Calif...
...JOSE, Calif.—Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lawrence J. Ellison rescinded a year-old pledge to donate $115 million to Harvard on Wednesday, saying that he had lost confidence in the University’s ability to spend the money now that University President Lawrence H. Summers has resigned...
North Hollywood, Calif...
...native suspects, Seas of David--a partly Christian, Muslim, martial-arts, Bible-study group that wore black outfits with a Star of David on the sleeve and met in a pastel orange clubhouse--should defy any attempt at logic. But in cases from Toledo, Ohio, to Lodi, Calif., we do have a rough sketch of which Americans are getting nabbed. Mostly, they're young, lower-middle-class Muslims, Americans who flirt at some level with radicalism. They get caught when they try to get training, weapons or, as was apparently the case in Florida, when they reach out, however...