KEYS TO THE MAGIC KINGDOM

Fastpass and other stuff Many of the most popular Walt Disney World attractions offer Fastpass, a way to cut your wait in line. Just slide your park-admission ticket into a Fastpass machine at the attraction. Then the machine issues a ticket to that attraction during a one-hour time window. Return to that attraction anytime during the hour designated, and you'll go to a separate entrance where

Power outage
IT was a hot summer and rampant power outages that marked the beginning of the end for Gov. Gray Davis three years ago. And if Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa doesn't watch out, he could be headed for a similar fate.

The Blue Raven
No love. No money. No solid plan. She's L.A.'s preeminent blues deejay and, man, does she know the territory. by andy meisler

Show's organizer entertains park visitors for a song
Steve Caretto knows what he is doing is slightly out of the box.