They really make trips a lot more fun.*”Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is available from Harper Children’s Audio, $25.95 for the CD Listen to an audio clip at latimes.com/chocolatefactory.. Villa St., PasadenaCost: FreeInfo: (626) 792-3148 or www.elcentropasadena.orgCity of Pico RiveraCenter for the ArtsDia de los Muertos Community Celebration: Attendees will be able to add mementos to a community altar, or simply enjoy the traditional Mexican cuisine, live music and mariachis.When: 3 to 6 p.m. He never had the close relationships with members of Congress that his father, a former House member, enjoyed as president.Republicans mostly went along. Directed by Andrew Douglas, a commercials veteran, the film is a terrific scare show, fast and furious, made with a lot of style and energy, packing plenty of jolts yet never lingering morbidly over horrific images. King, playing guitar in a pair of shorts) and early rock ‘n’ rollers (a pompadoured Elvis Presley).Withers was a baseball fan, but he shot the Red Sox for one reason: to make a living. I don’t know.”9:17 a.m.: “We are trying to get up there, sir.

happens to have a lot of performing artists, so that’s who generally auditions here, while Manhattan is slightly more eclectic What L.A. The overland journey to Amman, the capital of neighboring Jordan, can take him two arduous days.The airport’s reopening does not appear to be on Israel’s agenda, despite the World Bank’s assertion that an air link to the outside world would be a crucial element in rebuilding Gaza’s shattered economy.Israeli Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told an international economic forum in Jordan last week that even after the hand-over, international flights in and out of Gaza would pose an unacceptable security risk to Israel.Israel has repeatedly expressed skepticism about the ability and willingness of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to rein in militant groups who have continued to fire rockets and mortar shells at Jewish settlements and Israeli towns.Nonetheless, the Palestinians, particularly the airport’s longtime custodians, remain hopeful that international pressure might lead Israel to relent.”If there is a political process, if the two sides are talking, we can be optimistic about our airport,” said Mahra, the caretaker administrator. “They’re very happily married.” (They divorced not too long after.)Or more recently, on his predecessor as Cruise’s gatekeeper, Cruise’s sister Lee Anne DeVette: “Lee Anne did a great job and is still very involved on the philanthropy side.”Well, there’s a reason why celebrity publicists get paid the big bucks — when the client is Cruise, that figure is rumored to be as high as $12,000 a month. North Korea and Iran are expected to be high on the agenda.North Korea experts said that Sunday’s apparent firing had little military significance, but was more likely a political statement expressing Pyongyang’s displeasure with the United States.”It’s part of the ‘Hey, don’t forget about me’ approach that North Korea is known for,” said Nicholas Eberstadt, an Asia specialist at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington He said the missile test was not surprising. At every Fourth of July celebration in this great nation of ours, everyone wants hot dogs, softball and dirty jokes (some people can’t afford hot dogs and softball, but dirty jokes are universal).

drugstore chain.Sales at Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen rose 15% to $13.9 billion.. “No night passes without the shelling of this hotel,” Saleem said.In Amarah, 110 miles north of Basra, the governorate council announced a three-day mourning period and one-day work stoppage to protest British raids on Sunday.. County education officials said they would take charge while a new agency is selected, which could take months. failed to renew a 10-year, $1-billion promotional pact.Executives on both sides of those talks said nutrition was not the driving factor behind the split. At its center was Sharon; in a recent poll of Kadima supporters, half said he was their main reason for backing the party.The near-term future of the party will hinge on whether it arrives smoothly at a replacement leader and then succeeds in playing up the Sharon legacy, analysts said.