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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...
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Obama praises Texas blast responders at memorial for the dead
WACO, Texas — With the flag-draped coffins of 12 first-responders before him, President Obama lauded the courage of the volunteer firefighters who rushed toward the scene of a massive fertilizer plant explosion and gave their lives trying to help...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Emergency Incidents, Barack Obama, Explosions, George W. Bush
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Rand Paul doesn't shake hands with opponent after 'Aqua Buddha' debate; the two may not meet again
Top of the TicketAdd Rand Paul's name to the list of politicians who have made good on a campaign promise. At the conclusion of what Talking Points Memo declared was "The Nastiest Debate of 2010", Kentucky Senate hopeful Rand Paul, a Republican, said...... -
Pepperdine Law School names federal judge to replace Kenneth Starr as dean
L.A. NOWPepperdine University has named a federal appeals court judge from Kansas to head its law school, replacing former special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. Judge Deanell Reece Tacha of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals will start work June 1, the...... -
Recording family histories before it's too late
A friend of mine lost his job last year and hasn't found another. But he recently splurged, spending hundreds of dollars on a video camera.
Why? His mom celebrated her 88th birthday, and although she's healthy, he worries about how long that will last....Tags: Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945), Colleges and Universities, Family, Health
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Jim Dickinson dies at 67; musician-producer helped shape the Memphis sound
Associated PressJim Dickinson, a piano player and producer who helped shape the Memphis sound in a career that spanned more than four decades, died Saturday. He was 67. His wife, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, said he died in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital after three months of...Tags: Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Colleges and Universities, Health, Ry Cooder
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Surgeon Kept Heart Transplant Field Alive
Times Staff WriterDr. Norman Shumway, the Stanford surgeon recognized as the father of heart transplant surgery, died Friday morning at his home in Palo Alto of complications from cancer, the Stanford University School of Medicine announced. He died one day after his 83rd...Tags: University of Minnesota, Credit and Debt, Crime, Law and Justice, Stanford University, Social Issues
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Death by Geography
Times Staff WriterIn the world of organ transplantation, location is everything. After waiting more than a decade for a liver, Jonathan Van Vlack was deteriorating. His gut swelled with fluid, and toxins accumulating in his blood made him forget his own name. Still, he...Tags: University of Minnesota, Stanford University, Hemorrhaging, Biopsy, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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PASSINGS
Abraham Woods Jr. Minister led civil rights sit-in The Rev. Abraham Woods Jr., 80, a founder and longtime president of the Birmingham, Ala., chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, died Friday of complications of cancer at Princeton...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, World War II (1939-1945), Dallas, Parties and Movements, Petroleum Industry
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Teach the controversy?
Today, Shermer and Lukianoff discuss efforts to include "intelligent design" and other such hypotheses in classroom curricula. Previously, they weighed allegations of instructor bias in college classrooms and debated what roles a school might have in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Nazi Party, Joseph Goebbels, Entertainment, Science and Technology
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SOUTHERN SECTION
Saturday, Dec. 11 SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS Finals DIVISION II Mission Viejo 49, Valencia 21 It was only appropriate, really. Mission Viejo took on the toughest competition it could find this season. Los Alamitos. Santa Ana Mater Dei. Long Beach Poly....Tags: Gaming, University of Notre Dame, Colleges and Universities, Students, Basketball
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UCF Medical School graduated its first class Friday
And they're doctors. The first class of medical students to come out of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine graduated Friday morning during a ceremony on the UCF campus. The charter class of 36 graduates also was the first class of...
Tags: Orlando Health, Colleges and Universities, Students, University of Central Florida, Teaching and Learning
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