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PASSINGS: Chi Cheng, Errol Mann, George Jackson, Sir Colin Davis
Chi Cheng Deftones bassist injured in car crash Chi Cheng, 42, the bassist for the Grammy-winning rock band the Deftones, died Saturday at a Sacramento hospital from injuries he suffered in an automobile crash more than four years ago. His mother,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, BBC, Music, Entertainment, Grammy Awards
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When public infrastructure goes private
Consider some of the things that have bound our nation together: Universal postal service at a flat rate, whether you live in Santa Monica or Sitka, Alaska. Interstate highways, built with taxpayer funds and free of tolls. Regulated phone and electric...
Tags: Tennessee Valley Authority, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Sociology, Time Warner Cable Inc.
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First impression: 'The Great Gatsby' soundtrack teaser on YouTube
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticOne of the most hyped soundtracks of the upcoming movie season is for “The Great Gatsby,” Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. For those who didn’t do their assigned reading in high school, the story...Tags: Christina Aguilera, Arts and Culture, Muhammad Ali, Mya, The xx (music group)
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Slain Chinese student's latest U.S. touchstone was watching race
BOSTON — Lu Lingzi learned Sunday that she had passed a major exam for her studies at Boston University. The next morning, the test and a major project behind her, the 23-year-old Chinese graduate student and two friends headed over to watch the...
Tags: Krystle Campbell, Arts and Culture, Students, Martin Richard, Sociology
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Review: Crime-solving quartet saves the day in 'Bletchley Circle'
Thanks to Sherlock Holmes and his Doctor Watson, we are used to detectives coming in asymmetrical pairs: Your Batman and Robin (superheroes, you say, but their career began in Detective Comics), your Poirot and Hastings, your Morse and Lewis, your Lewis...
Tags: Grimm (tv program), Anna Maxwell Martin, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Sociology
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9th Circuit hears arguments on therapy aimed at converting gays
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court Wednesday grappled with whether a California ban on therapy to change a minor’s sexual orientation amounted to a restriction on free speech or mere regulation of a medical treatment. During a hearing in San...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Psychotherapy
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Pedro Ramirez Vazquez dies at 94; architect changed the face of Mexico City
Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, an architect who changed the face of Mexico City by designing a number of landmark modernist structures, died on Tuesday, his 94th birthday. The cause was pneumonia, according to Mexico's National Council for Culture and the Arts....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Pneumonia, Civil Rights, Human Rights
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Opera is on the Verdi Chorus' menu
Large classical music ensembles are no strangers to economic challenges, but the Santa Monica-based Verdi Chorus may be the only one whose existential crisis came when an Italian restaurant went out of business. The opera-only ensemble of about 50...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Dining and Drinking, Music, Music Industry, Ceremonies
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Senate showdown set on gun control
WASHINGTON — After four months of debate and maneuvering, the Senate headed for a showdown over gun control — a series of back-to-back votes on rival plans Wednesday afternoon that could end in the collapse of the entire effort. The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Weapon Control, Civil Rights, Mark Kelly, Joe Biden
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Social network Path brings 'Peanuts' gang to virtual stickers
SAN FRANCISCO -- Good grief, Charlie Brown! The "Peanuts" character and his pals are joining the social network Path. The San Francisco start-up has struck its first brand partnership with the "Peanuts" gang, still one of the most powerful brands in...
Tags: SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone, Sociology, Social Media
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Watching '42' with children: Is the language too much for them?
The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film "42" suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises questions about whether children should see it,...
Tags: Cultural Development, Arts and Culture, Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, Family
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Facebook rolling out redesign for iPhone, iPad apps
Facebook is releasing an update to its iPhone and iPad apps Tuesday that will include many of the new features it has promised over the last several months. The social network said the apps will now feature the redesigned News Feed it announced in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Apple iPhone, Sociology, Social Media, Apple iPad
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