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European Union wins Nobel Peace Prize
World NowThe Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union in recognition of its work in bringing peace and reconciliation to a continent riven by two world wars.... -
Russian rights activist has fighting words over Peace Prize choice
World NowIn Russia many perceived the decision as strange and curious to say the least. Veteran human rights activist Svelana Gannushkina, who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the fourth time called the Nobel committee’s selection Friday of the... -
Arafat's widow files lawsuit to press for probe into his death
World NowThe widow of Yasser Arafat filed a lawsuit in France on Tuesday charging that the Palestinian leader was poisoned to death by an unknown person or persons labeled X, a move designed to press French officials to investigate.... -
Bali marks 10th anniversary of devastating bombing
World NowTen years ago, the bombing of two nightclubs in Bali killed 202 people and unsettled the long-peaceful island popular with Western tourists. On Friday, hundreds of survivors and their families gathered in Bali to remember the bombing, a devastating attack... -
'The Sound and the Fury' as William Faulkner imagined, in color
Jacket CopyA stunning new edition of William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" will be published with text in 14 colors.... -
Lady Liberty
LA Times MagazineJazz is only the beginning for Esperanza Spalding... -
Gabriel Garcia Marquez unable to write, brother says
Jacket CopyAccording to his brother, Nobel prizewinning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is suffering from dementia and is no longer able to write.... -
For the record
Nobel Prize: The headline on an article in the Oct. 9 Section A about the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine said that the award went to two stem cell researchers. One winner, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, is a stem cell researcher, but Sir John Gurdon is not....Tags: New York Film Festival, Entertainment Events, City National Corporation, Mervyn Dymally, John Gurdon
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Alvin Roth, Nobel matchmaker
Alvin Roth earned his 2012 Nobel Prize in economics for market design and matching theory — creating ways to pair "buyers" and "sellers" happily and fairly when price isn't a primary consideration. For instance? Kidney exchanges, in which cost can't...
Tags: Alvin Roth, Entertainment Events, Charter Schools, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning
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Islamists file lawsuits against Mohamed ElBaradei
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO – Islamists have filed defamation suits against Mohamed ElBaradei, claiming the Nobel Peace Prize laureate referred to them as “clowns” and “merchants of religion” in an increasingly tense...Tags: Politics, Mohamed ElBaradei, Entertainment Events, Trials, Taliban
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Anna Schwartz dies at 96; economist, expert on monetary policy
Anna Schwartz, an economist and coauthor with Milton Friedman of a book on monetary policy that shaped the views of central bankers including Federal Reserve ChairmanBen S. Bernanke, has died. She was 96. Schwartz died Thursday at her home in Manhattan...
Tags: Cato Corporation, Banking, Columbia University, Judaism, Entertainment Events
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Sir Andrew Huxley dies at 94; Nobel-winning physiologist
Sir Andrew Huxley, the British researcher who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of how nerve impulses are transmitted through cells, died May 30. He was 94.
His death was announced by the University of Cambridge'...Tags: Electronics, Entertainment Events, Science, World War II (1939-1945), Charles Darwin
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