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The Siren's Call: Strange Sightings
Los Angeles TimesWhat is a ghost? A disembodied spirit or just the product of a troubled mind? Does it matter? It does for paranormal investigators, whether they're William James and the American Society of Psychical Research or the team on Syfy Channel's "Ghosthunters."...Tags: Politics, Unexplained Phenomena, Science and Technology, UFO Sightings, Jimmy Carter
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Three family members killed in San Bruno explosion identified, officially bringing death toll to seven
L.A. NOWThe San Mateo County coroner's office Wednesday confirmed the identities of three family members who were missing and presumed dead in the Sept. 9 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, officially bringing the death toll to seven. The three were identified....... -
As other state Capitols wake to harsh budget realities, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie lays down his 'New Normal'
Top of the TicketThe Republican makes a name for himself politically by taming the wild money monster of a traditionally Democratic northeastern state.... -
Will.i.am named Intel's director of creative innovation
L.A. Times Tech BlogWill.i.am is joining Intel as its director of creative innovation. The world's largest computer chip manufacturer announced the music producer and frontmant for the Black Eyed Peas will contribute to the company by way of music and input in developing... -
Harvard's history of reading
Jacket CopyLast year, the National Endowment for the Arts declared Reading on the Rise after issuing a dire report five years earlier, Reading at Risk. This back and forth about the state of reading -- who reads, what they read and...... -
Archive review: David Foster Wallace's 'Infinite Jest'
Jacket CopyOn Friday, we posted Ron Currie Jr.'s remembrance of reading "Infinite Jest" by David Foster Wallace. Now acknowledged to be a seminal work of postmodern literature, and the thing that turned many Wallace readers into devotees, "Infinite Jest" arrived in.... -
The lost art of reading
Sometime late last year -- I don't remember when, exactly -- I noticed I was having trouble sitting down to read. That's a problem if you do what I do, but it's an even bigger problem if you're the kind of person I am. Since I discovered reading, I've...Tags: Death, Simone Weil, Upper East Side, Arts and Culture, Philip Roth
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'The Shaking Woman or a History of My Nerves' by Siri Hustvedt
The Shaking Woman
Or a History of My Nerves
Siri Hustvedt
Henry Holt: 224 pp., $23
The shaking began 2 1/2 years after her father died. Siri Hustvedt was giving a talk at the university where he taught in the town in which she had spent a piece of her...Tags: Happiness (state of mind), Henry Holt, Science and Technology, Migraine, History
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'Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent' by Ernest Freeberg
Democracy's Prisoner
Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Ernest Freeberg
Harvard University Press: 380 pp., $29.95
It all sounds so familiar: a foreign war, an unpopular president, high-minded vows to spread democracy abroad and...Tags: Crimes, Woodrow Wilson, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens, Wages and Pensions
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'Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age' by Maggie Jackson
Distracted
The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
Maggie Jackson
Prometheus Books: 328 pp. $25.95
WE LIVE in an age of distraction. Teenagers tap text messages during dinner; students idly surf the Web instead of taking notes in class;...Tags: University of Michigan, Education, Death, Career and Workplace, Science and Technology
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'Banquet at Delmonico's' by Barry Werth
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FOR THE RECORD:
Evolutionist: In the Calendar section on Jan. 11, a photo caption with the review of the book "Banquet at Delmonico's" mentioned Charles Darwin and his fellow evolutionist, Herbert Spencer, but did not make clear...Tags: Biology, Herbert Spencer, Carl Schurz, Henry Ward Beecher, Science and Technology
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Critic's Notebook: 'The Art of the Steal: The Untold Story of the Barnes Foundation'
Culture Monster“The Art of the Steal: The Untold Story of the Barnes Foundation” is a riveting — and tragic — documentary film chronicling the gratuitous ruin of a school outside Philadelphia that houses an incomparable art collection. It's a classic story......
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