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Herald Examiner photographers reflect on the good ol' days
Nick Souza doesn't remember developing the film of what he considers his most noteworthy front-page photo. He doesn't even recall printing the image. What he does remember is "standing on a giant ladder in the middle of Broadway" to photograph co-...
Tags: Arts, Charles Manson, Entertainment Events, Nikon Corp, Whitney Houston
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Los Angeles Herald Examiner photograph collection
FrameworkFollowing the Nov. 2, 1989 closure of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, the newspaper morgue that included 2.2 million photographs was donated to the Los Angeles Public Library.... -
Berkeley accelerating access to course materials for disabled students
UC Berkeley is making its vast library collections and course textbooks more readily available to students with visual and other impairments under an agreement reached Tuesday that could set a precedent for universities nationwide. The settlement with...
Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Dyslexia, Software Industry, Education
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Huntington adds Marsh locomotive painting to American art collection
Once the great estate of a railroad tycoon, the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens has just become home to a painting of a powerful locomotive. Last week a group of art collectors helped the Huntington buy a 1935 Reginald Marsh...
Tags: Arts, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), U.S. Department of the Treasury, Arts and Culture
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What to read in limbo: a peek at the Guantanamo prison library
If you’re stuck in a cell — and in legal limbo — for an undefined period that might be forever, what do you do? You read, of course. The library at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was established during the Bush administration, in...
Tags: Fiction, Isabel Allende, The Miami Herald, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Congress
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At George W. Bush library, five presidents meet in harmony
DALLAS — The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and...
Tags: Jan Brewer, Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie, Philosophy
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UCLA Library's 'I'm a Stranger Here Myself' takes on the Beats
The story of the Beat Generation is often seen as a tale of two cities: The movement began in New York and blossomed in San Francisco. A UCLA Library exhibit sheds light on "a third, lesser-known hub" — Los Angeles, specifically the beachside...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Poetry, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture
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Two Southern California institutions head to White House for honors
Two Southern California cultural institutions will be honored at the White House on Wednesday. The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana and the Rancho Cucamonga Public Library are among the 10 institutions selected from among 33 finalists around the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Entertainment, Arts, Awards and Prizes, Music
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Library of hate: KKK, racist writings join university collection
“U.S. GOVERNMENT INITIATES OPEN WARFARE AGAINST AMERICAN PEOPLE,” blared one headline. “DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY UNDER ATTACK,” warned another. “DEATH TO ZOG!” urged a third — referring to Zionist Occupation...
Tags: Jihad, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Book
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'Oh, happy day,' George W. Bush says, dedicating his Texas library
DALLAS -- Led by the only people who really understand what it means to sit in the Oval Office, the nation commemorated the presidential administration of George W. Bush on Thursday at the dedication of the library, museum and policy center that bears his...
Tags: George W. Bush, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Government, Politics, Barack Obama
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Architecture review: Bush presidential library is fittingly blunt
DALLAS — What do neo-classicism and neo-conservatism have in common? That's the question at the heart of the design by New York's Robert A.M. Stern Architects for the George W. Bush presidential library, set to open to the public May 1 on the...
Tags: Arts, White House, Architecture, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Museums
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Bush library events cast sights toward 2016
DALLAS — A day of festivities leading up to Thursday's dedication of the George W. Bush presidential library cast attention back to his tumultuous presidency and ahead — perhaps — to the next presidential contest. Former Secretary of...
Tags: Stephen Hadley, Wars and Interventions, Museums, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush
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