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The story of the Penn State Nittany Lion
BASEBALL URBAN LEGEND: A Penn State baseball player came up with the "Nittany Lion" mascot at a baseball game as a response to taunts from fans of another team. As I have detailed in a number of legends over the years (like this tale of the Georgetown...
Tags: Culture, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, College Baseball, Baseball, Liberty Bell
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Peter Carl Faberge, who didn't craft a single egg, gets a Google doodle
Peter Carl Fabergé, Google doodle recipient, lived a Humpty Dumpty kind of life -- specializing in the delicate and ending with a great fall. The master goldsmith and jeweler who founded the House of Fabergé was beloved by Russian czars and turned out...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture
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A vibrant weekend of Latin music
For the last 14 years, local concert promoter Albert Torres has been something of a local hero for salsa aficionados in Los Angeles. Torres, who spends most of the year traveling around the world hosting salsa festivals, regards his annual L.A. Congress...
Tags: Culture, Concerts, Politics, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente
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Billie Jean King keeps her eye on the future of tennis in the U.S.
She is 68 going on 40. Her name is Billie Jean King, and she still hints that a cure to all that ails her beloved sport of tennis can be found in how she did it. "Leave your guts on the court," she says, and she means in life, as well as tennis. She...
Tags: Lacrosse, U.S. Open (tennis), Culture, John Isner, Andy Roddick
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Danny Burstein sings 'Blues' in 'Follies' but feels great
There's a flicker of uncertainty in Danny Burstein's friendly brown eyes as he greets a reporter backstage at the Ahmanson Theatre, as if he half-expects her to step around him on her way into the dressing room of one of his "Follies" costars. "When I...
Tags: Culture, Concerts, Entertainment Events, Elaine Paige, Awards and Prizes
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First Impressions: End of Communism menu
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Quick Takes: 'Good Afternoon America' on tap
"Good Morning America" is adding another hour this summer, but not in the mornings. "Good Afternoon America" will debut July 9 and run for nine weeks. The show, scheduled at 2 p.m., will use the same studio as "GMA" in New York City's Times Square and...Tags: Concerts, George Jones, Whitney Houston, Today (tv program), Arts
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LACMA to unveil 'Levitated Mass' and its 340-ton rock on June 24
The massive boulder that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art transported from a Riverside quarry to its Wilshire Boulevard campus will be unveiled June 24 as the main component of Michael Heizer's sculpture "Levitated Mass." The rock made its 11-day...
Tags: Culture, Zev Yaroslavsky, Museums, Arts, Whitney Museum
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Mother shocked by daughter's alleged murder plot against her
HESPERIA — Worried that her daughter may be on drugs, or worse, Angelica Aquirre did what any parent of a rebellious 13-year-old might do. She cracked down, set a curfew and thought about moving closer to her family in Mexico.
Now a distraught...Tags: Culture, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Mother's Day, Prisons
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Theme parks' entry prices jump
Alhambra secretary Laurie Casado struggles each year to buy Disneyland annual passes for herself and her family, so the park's announcement last week that it was jacking up prices by up to 30% wasn't exactly good news.
But Casado will buy the passes...Tags: Culture, Six Flags Inc., Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Cannes Festival turns 65 with a lineup heavy on U.S. titles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf all film festivals are balancing acts, it stands to reason that the annual extravaganza at Cannes, likely the world's most celebrated cinematic event, has more to balance than most. Especially this year. Opening Wednesday night with Wes Anderson's...Tags: Walter Salles, Don DeLillo, Movies, Wes Anderson, Festive Events
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Silencing Kathleen Sebelius
Prodded by an ultraconservative Catholic group, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., has criticized Friday's scheduled speech at Georgetown University by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Although Sebelius favors abortion rights,...
Tags: Education, Teaching and Learning, Abortion Issue, Abortion, Health and Safety at School
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