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Beauty products made with natural ingredients
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt's never been easier to feel like a natural woman. The 1960s mantra about getting ourselves back to the garden now applies to an increasing number of beauty products, with some small companies literally going to the garden and farm to bring customers...Tags: Vitamin D, Jack Nicholson, Honey, Tom Cruise, Farms
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Construction spending and manufacturing growing -- slightly
Money & CompanyCommerce Department and Institute for Supply Management numbers show that construction spending and manufacturing are up.... -
L.A. adds milk, juice, soup cartons to curbside recycling program
GreenspaceLos Angeles is expanding its efforts to be the recycling-est city in the country. Starting Tuesday, residents can throw milk, juice, soup and wine cartons into their blue bins. The inclusion of cartons in L.A.'s curbside recycling program could divert....... -
Biodegradable plastics: Plant symbol chosen as icon
GreenspaceThe bioplastics industry may have a new symbol to slap on its products and packaging – an abstract plant to denote plastics made without petroleum. More than 1,500 designers submitted entries into a contest seeking an icon to represent plastics........ -
Toxic chemical rules are on Brown's agenda
GreenspaceAs Congress struggles to reform the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, California in the next few months is expected to issue comprehensive rules curbing chemicals in consumer products such as toys, cosmetics and plastics. On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Frank... -
'The Whale' by Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare is best known for his biography of Noel Coward, but he turns his attention to a much grimmer subject than the follies of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" in "The Whale," an eminently readable chronicle of the tragic interaction between humans and...Tags: Society, Space Programs, Interior Policy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hunting
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Young humpback whale tangled in rope off Hawaii
L.A. UnleashedA juvenile humpback whale entangled in hundreds of feet of heavy rope off the Hawaii coast was being tracked by marine experts Wednesday. "The entanglement is life-threatening," said Ed Lyman, marine mammal response manager for the Hawaiian Islands... -
Humpback whale remains entangled, but with less rope, off Maui
OutpostsHumpback whales that migrate into Hawaiian waters for the winter support a thriving whale-watching industry, but it seems that every season there's a heart-wrenching tale involving a whale -- or multiple whales -- paying the price for so much human...... -
Rescuers hope to free entangled humpback whale in Hawaii by cutting rope
L.A. UnleashedHONOLULU â Marine sanctuary officials are still working to cut loose a young humpback whale entangled in several hundred yards of heavy plastic rope in Hawaiian waters. The rope is twisted in a knot and runs through the animal's mouth,...... -
15 airlines and carriers sign preliminary deals to use synthetic fuels
Money & CompanyTrying to wean the air industry off of petroleum jet fuel, 15 airlines and carriers signed preliminary deals to use synthetic fuels instead, the trade group Air Transport Assn. of America said today. Air Canada, American Airlines Corp., Atlas Air...... -
Fake blood, real benefits
Booster ShotsBlood drives may someday become a thing of the past. Scientific efforts to engineer artificial blood components took two big strides forward this week. On Monday, researchers from UC Santa Barbara and the University of Michigan published a study... -
TTXGP North America electric motorcycle race announces competitors [updated]
Money & CompanyIn 2009, a tiny island in the middle of the Irish Sea played host to something spectacular. The place was the Isle of Man. The event was the TTXGP, the worldâs first zero-emissions, electric superbike race. For 2010, the TTXGP......
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