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Disney withdraws trademark filing for 'Dia de los Muertos'
If the dead could speak, they probably wouldn't have been heard over the burst of virtual shouting and howling Walt Disney Co. drew for attempting to trademark "Dia de los Muertos" -- a bid it has since dropped. The company filed 10 applications with...
Tags: Mexico, Screen Actors Guild, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Oblivion (movie), Holidays
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Valentine's Day: Four socially responsible ways to celebrate
I love love. When it comes to Valentine’s Day, though, I’d rather skip the whole ordeal and enjoy a date night with my husband on any other night in February. The only thing more dreadful than prix fixe Valentine’s meals are the...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Flowers, Human Rights, The Huffington Post, Candy, Flowers and Gifts
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Coachella 2013 de-escalates the EDM arms race
For Brit-pop fans, Thursday night's Coachella announcement was like a birthday, Christmas, Hannukah and an unexpected inheritance check all arriving at once. Devotees of the dance-leaning Sahara Tent, however, might be taken aback by the light bill of...
Tags: Simian Mobile Disco (music group), Entertainment Events, Major Lazer (music group), Richie Hawtin, Paul Oakenfold
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Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race
Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...
Tags: Social Issues, Los Angeles International Airport, Health Insurance Cost, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Holiday cookie recipe: Amanda's amazing sugar cookies
Amanda Rettke of Shafer, Minn., was one of the 10 winners of our first Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with these sugar cookies: "This recipe was groundbreaking for me in that it changed how I perceived myself in the kitchen. I am not a...
Tags: Baking Powder, Recipes, Salt, Frosting and Icing, Sugar Cookies
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Pictures in the News | Dec. 7, 2012
FrameworkIn Friday's Pictures in the News: snow scenes in Germany, typhoon devastation in the Philippines, preparations for Hanukkah in Berlin, and more.... -
Mayor to light 15-foot-tall menorah tonight at Universal CityWalk
L.A. NOWA 15-foot, 1,000-pound menorah will be lighted Sunday night at Universal CityWalk in what is billed as one of Southern California’s largest Hanukkah celebrations.... -
Hanukkah gelt goes upscale -- and ethical
They're almost as much a part of Hanukkah as potato pancakes, the foil-wrapped chocolate candies called gelt that usually come in plastic-mesh bags at the checkout stand and taste pretty much like the leftover wax from the candles in the menorah. Embossed...
Tags: HIV, Charter Schools, Ethics, Arts and Culture, Career and Workplace
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Holiday cookie recipe: Sour cherry rugelach
Leah Koch of Los Angeles was one of the 10 winners of our first Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with these sour cherry rugelach: "In 2005, my mother died of ovarian cancer the day after Christmas," she wrote. "We stumbled around in a fog for a...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Recipes, Cream Cheese, Ovarian Cancer
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Snowflake pretzel rods
Crunch meets chocolate! Decorated chocolate-covered pretzel rods are sweet, but not too sweet, and during a holiday season likely to be drenched in colorful sugary decorations. Kids can make them with adult supervision, and it won't take all night. Mix...
Tags: Holidays, Recipes
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Holiday Cookie recipe: Grandma Chandler's Christmas cookies
Christy Cowell of Pasadena was one of the 10 winners of our first Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with these humble-looking holiday treats: "These cookies will never win a beauty contest — they look kind of like potatoes! But they are a...
Tags: Holidays, Cinnamon, Religious Festivals, Recipes, Baking Soda
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Prunes in Armagnac
Pack a batch of cookbook author Paula Wolfert's prunes in Armagnac into a Mason jar. (Awesome over vanilla ice cream or crepes.) They'll be ready to eat in two weeks: You can include that on the "don't-open-until-Christmas" card. RECIPES: 25 homemade...
Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Recipes, Noelle Carter
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