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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: Grateful Dead (music group), Holidays, Mexico, Oblivion (movie), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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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: Flowers, Candy, Flowers and Gifts, Human Rights, Hugh Jackman, Holidays
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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: Dance, Simian Mobile Disco (music group), Paul Oakenfold, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Blur (music group)
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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: Jan Perry, University of Oxford, Bagels, London School of Economics, Columbia University
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Slow news can be good news for readers
There’s often a slow-down in news during the holiday season, with lawmakers out of town, businesses closed and many people on vacation. In turn, newspapers tend to run more feature stories, photos and retrospectives. Whether that touches readers&...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Santa Claus (fictional character), Tim Cook
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Chocolate bouchons recipe
The perfect gift for the chocolate lover: bouchons. Thomas Keller's recipe for bouchons is built with a cup of cocoa powder and 6 ounces of chopped chocolate -- and twice that amount of melted butter. The bouchons turn out of their tins like oversize...
Tags: Holidays, Butter, Kosher Salt, Recipes, Bouchon
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Holiday cookie recipe: Gingerbread macarons
What does one of the world’s best pastry chefs come up with when pressed for a holiday cookie? Sherry Yard, working with Sixto Pocasangre, took the oh-so-popular French macaron and scented it with an oh-so-Christmas-y touch of ginger, cinnamon and...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Butter, Egg Whites, Recipes
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Tidings of comfort and latkes
Los Angeles Times Restaurant CriticWhat am I cooking for Christmas dinner? Well a goose, of course, a fine, fat one, cooked in the Barbara Kafka way that involves high heat and an hour of resting in the cooling oven; and my mom's sweet-and-sour red cabbage; and blanched Brussels sprouts...Tags: Potato Pancakes, Apples, Potatoes, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Fig bars
Vanilla-scented fig bars are wonderfully sweet homemade gifts, and the recipe is a worthy addition to any cookie repertoire. RECIPES: 25 homemade holiday gift ideas! Fig bars are just one way to get crafty this holiday season with homemade gifts...
Tags: Holidays, Egg Whites, Recipes, Vanilla Extract, Vanilla
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Holiday cookie recipe: Rugelach with three fillings
Looking for a winning rugelach recipe? Former Test Kitchen director Donna Deane came up with these for a holiday story we ran a few years ago. And we still haven't been able to forget them.... Her recipe makes the most wonderfully flaky pastry dough,...
Tags: Apricots, Recipes, Cinnamon, Coconut, Cream Cheese
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Granola
Make homemade granola using the excellent recipe in Christine Moore's new "Little Flower" cookbook, changing the mix of nuts and dried fruit depending on what appeals to you at the moment. The granola mix makes a terrific gift, packaged in cute storage...
Tags: Holidays, Recipes, Apples
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Santa Monica Nativity displays: Church groups ponder next steps
L.A. NOWA coalition of church groups that has erected Nativity scenes in Santa Monica for more than 50 years is pondering its next steps after a federal judge ruled the city has the right to bar seasonal public displays....
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