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Fatal traffic accidents more common on tax day
Benjamin Franklin once said there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. Now, researchers have found that taxes might make death just a little more certain. Deaths from traffic accidents rise 6% on tax day, that mid-April paroxysm of collective...
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Hillary Clinton blesses renewed search for Earhart plane
Seventy-five years after Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting to circumnavigate the world, the search for the wreckage of her twin-engine Lockheed Electra will resume this summer.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton applauded the effort...Tags: Atlantic Ocean, Kiribati, U.S. Department of State, Discovery Communications, Inc., Amelia Earhart
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Bus tour (yes, a bus tour) protests end of Tucson ethnic studies
The Tucson school district may have ended its controversial ethnic studies program months ago, but the protests over it continue. A Houston writer launched a particularly dramatic one this week, with a "librotraficante," or book-smuggling, caravan that&...Tags: Paulo Freire, Career and Workplace, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Labor Legislation, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)
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Letters: Many views of 'alternative' treatment
![The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New Age Cures Put to the Test," Jan. 23].](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-01/67687605-27172233.jpg)
The recent series of articles by Trine Tsouderos in the Los Angeles Times misrepresents the scientific contributions and future research agenda of the National Institutes of Health and its National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ["New...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, National Institutes of Health, Chiropractic, Medical Research, Herbal Supplements
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Stage review: 'MythBusters: Behind the Myths' at Nokia Theatre
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Courting Miss Washington
At a time when most high school seniors are focusing their energy and attention on college applications, 16-year-old Drew Helen Washington is perfecting her poise, honing her public speaking talent and stepping into the limelight as the 94th Queen of...Tags: School Examinations, Justice System, Schools, Human Interest, High Schools
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Yuri Rasovsky dies at 67; big name in radio dramas, audio books
Radio drama was thought to be nearly extinct when Yuri Rasovsky launched the National Radio Theater of Chicago in the early 1970s, and he emerged as a major voice in its revival.
One of his first productions was a radio adaptation of the 1920 silent...Tags: Culture, Movies, Drama (genre), Culture, Esophageal cancer
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Tablets: Downloadable classic books are in abundance
Let's say you're getting, or giving, a new tablet or an e-reader (iPad, Kobo, Nook or Kindle Fire) for the holidays. Here's an idea for what to do with it: Load it first with free books. Thanks to Project Gutenberg, as well as the cultural gift known as...Tags: Amazon Kindle Fire, Herman Melville, Occupy Wall Street, Daniel Defoe, Apple iPad
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Robert Gates warns: 'We are now in uncharted waters' with our dysfunctional politics
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'Steve Jobs' review: Walter Isaacson's biography mesmerizes
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHe was an abandoned child who grew up with the unshakable belief that he was destined to be a prince. How arrogant and sensible of him. His personal hygiene was bad. He often wore no shoes and liked to stick his feet in the toilet. His food faddery was...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Pixar Animation, U2 (music group), Bob Dylan, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Redefining the Millennials: Lazy? Try enterprising, creative, resilient [The conversation]
Opinion L.A.Millennials, of which I am a member, have gotten a bad rap. We've been accused of being lazy, self-indulgent, coddled, narcissistic and distracted by too much technology. And though we may possess some of those characteristics some of the time,......
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