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...live in Las Vegas now. Why not Los Angeles, where the movies are at?I wouldn't live in LA anymore. I gave that city the best shot I could. 50 years, I worked hard. But I found it a hard-nosed environment. And it was very hard to settle down with a girl there. All us actors were running around without any relationship because we didn't know which new girl was going to come through town for us to latch on to. I would have loved to have found a girl I could relax and be with...
...La Sagra felt the pinch months ago. "Construction started to really slow in February or March, with the subprime crisis in the U.S.," says Duque, "and that's when the brick warehouses started to fill up." Many brickworks in the area closed for several months over the summer. Most in La Sagra have suspended workers temporarily in a program negotiated with the unions that allows employees to receive unemployment benefits for three months, and then guarantees their return to work. With recession looming, Duque worries about what lies ahead. "That's when we're going to start seeing factories closing...
...Rafael Martín, the mayor of the town of Alameda de la Sagra, says he's most concerned about the impact of the slump on his neighbors, some of whom are already in difficult circumstances because their mortgage payments have jumped while their shifts have been reduced. "It doesn't just affect the people who work in the brick factories," he notes. "It affects the truckers who transport the bricks, and the mechanics who take care of the trucks, and eventually even the bars where those workers go for a drink. It's like the fish that bites...
...want to be like every other fighter and do it one more time. That's obviously when it gets dangerous.' OSCAR DE LA HOYA, world-champion boxer, on plans to retire before he is permanently injured. His upcoming match against Filipino Manny Pacquiao is expected to be the most profitable fight in boxing history...
...left out the most important bracelet. And October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! One woman receives a breast-cancer diagnosis every three minutes, and one woman dies from it every 13 minutes. We should remember this in October and every day. Sharon Stinson, BOSSIER CITY, LA...