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Blank Theatre's young playwrights' festival turns 20
Playwright Stephen Karam has made a splash off-Broadway with one play and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with another. But for memorable moments in his stage career, he says there's nothing quite like his teenage triumphs in the Blank Theatre's...
Tags: Education, The CW (tv network), Awards and Prizes, Gossip Girl (tv program), Celebrities
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Two paralyzed people successfully use robot arm
After years of work with primates and able-bodied humans, researchers have successfully demonstrated in paralyzed humans that an implanted electrode in the brain can successfully control the movement of a robot arm, allowing the patients to drink and...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, Science and Technology, Health, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research
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The frequent fliers who flew too much
There are frequent fliers, and then there are people like Steven Rothstein and Jacques Vroom. Both men bought tickets that gave them unlimited first-class travel for life on American Airlines. It was almost like owning a fleet of private jets. Passes in...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Companies and Corporations, AMR Corp., American Airlines, Inc., Bankruptcy
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Charles Colson dies at 80; Watergate felon and prison reformer
WASHINGTON — Watergate felon and prison reformer Charles W. Colson, who died Saturday at age 80 in northern Virginia, was two people.
He was Richard Nixon's "hatchet man," the president's "evil genius," who by his own admission was "ruthless in...Tags: Protestant Convention, Prisons, Religious Events, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Wars and Interventions
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The Ghent Altarpiece, as never before
It's none too easy to get a close-up view of one of history's greatest paintings. The Ghent Altarpiece, painted in the 15th century by Jan Van Eyck and his brother Hubert, is usually encased in a glass-and-steel, humidity-controlled box in a chapel at St....Tags: Theft, Symbols and Symbolism, Arts, The Getty, Arts and Culture
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Quick Takes: 'Wicked' way with money
A look behind the emerald curtain at "Wicked" helps explain why, despite long odds against success, a dozen new musicals arrive on Broadway each season. Since the $14-million show opened at the Gershwin Theatre in October 2003, its producers and...Tags: Kate Winslet, The Passion of the Christ (movie), Stephen Schwartz, Randall Wallace, Movies
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Lakers' six-game trip will reveal identity
Lakers NowThe Lakers' six-game trip will foreshadow their future success.... -
Facebook IPO triggers California budget fracas
PolitiCalFacebook IPO starts positioning on Gov. Jerry Brown's California budget. Republicans use Facebook IPO to take a swipe at Gov. Jerry Brown's California budget.... -
High-speed rail ... or fail?
When it comes to California's plans for high-speed rail, scads of people have strong opinions. But that shouldn't be a surprise.
As I noted in Wednesday's column, voters in 2008 approved a 520-mile train route that was supposed to cost $33 billion and be...Tags: Railway Transportation, Commuting, Transportation, Travel, Jerry Brown
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Review: Gotye at the El Rey Theatre
Pop & HissGotye is an Australian experimental pop band who has attracted a huge international following and become an internet sensation.... -
Diocese of Orange officially takes over Crystal Cathedral
L.A. NOWThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange is officially the new landlord of the Crystal Cathedral, diocesan officials announced Friday. "I'm very thankful, very grateful and very excited," said Bishop Tod Brown in an interview with The Times after escrow... -
Five things to take from Lakers' 106-73 win over Charlotte
Lakers NowFive things to take from Lakers' () over Charlotte Bobcats...
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