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    Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. CERN: We've found 'a Higgs boson'; but is it predicted version?

    Evidence indicates that the new particle discovered at the Large Hadron Collider is a Higgs boson, officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, said Thursday.  But whether it is the version of the Higgs boson predicted by the Standard Model of Particle Physics is not yet known.
    Evidence indicates that the new particle discovered at the Large Hadron Collider is a Higgs boson, officials at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, said Thursday.  But whether it is the version of the Higgs boson...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Science, Science and Technology, Applied Physics, Large Hadron Collider Experiments

    2. Mar 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Why we need to raise the minimum wage

    Nearly 8 million Americans go to work every day yet still live below the poverty line. That is in part because the federal minimum wage is too low.
    Nearly 8 million Americans go to work every day yet still live below the poverty line. That is in part because the federal minimum wage is too low. Currently, an individual with a full-time job at the minimum wage and a family of three to support will...

    Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Social Issues, State of the Union Address, Taxation, Wage Contract Issues

    3. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly meets Dennis Rodman

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down Thursday for a rare meeting with an American – the pierced, provocative former basketball star Dennis Rodman, according to media reports.
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down Thursday for a rare meeting with an American – the pierced, provocative former basketball star Dennis Rodman, according to media reports. Rodman reportedly chatted with Kim as they sat side by side at a...

    Tags: Vice (movie), North Korea, Kim Jong Un, Trips and Vacations, Pyongyang (North Korea)

    4. Feb 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dennis Rodman tests out 'basketball diplomacy' in North Korea

    It’s a story so strange it could have been cobbled together through Mad Libs: Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman and some of the showy Harlem Globetrotters arrived Tuesday in the isolated country of North Korea, in a filmed trip billed as “basketball diplomacy.”
    It’s a story so strange it could have been cobbled together through Mad Libs: Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman and some of the showy Harlem Globetrotters arrived Tuesday in the isolated country of North Korea, in a filmed trip billed as...

    Tags: Chicago Bulls, U.S. Department of State, North Korea, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites

    5. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Drones: Killing enemies, and creating them [Blowback]

    In his Feb. 5 Op-Ed article, "<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-lewis-defending-drones-20130205,0,435765.story">The case for drone strikes</a>," Michael W. Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, &ldquo;<a href="http://www.livingunderdrones.org/">Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone Practices in Pakistan</a>.&rdquo;
    In his Feb. 5 Op-Ed article, "The case for drone strikes," Michael W. Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone...

    Tags: Armed Conflicts, Al-Qaeda, Journalism, State of the Union Address, Pakistan

    6. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Stanford becomes 1st school to raise more than $1 billion in a year

    The nation&rsquo;s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year.
    The nation’s top fund-raising institution last year, Stanford University, raised $1.03 billion from donors, the first to raise more than $1 billion in a given year. Out of the nation's top 10 fund-raising institutions, two others were in...

    Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Colleges and Universities, University of Pennsylvania, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Land Price

    7. Feb 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Misunderstanding the university: The Brooklyn College case

    In recent days, Brooklyn College has found itself targeted by a vehement campaign against its political science department's decision to co-sponsor a forum on Thursday in which two speakers are expected to advocate a position that the campaigners heartily object to. City and state politicians have even called for defunding the college.
    In recent days, Brooklyn College has found itself targeted by a vehement campaign against its political science department's decision to co-sponsor a forum on Thursday in which two speakers are expected to advocate a position that the campaigners heartily...

    Tags: Israel, Colleges and Universities, Culture, Freedom of the Press, Arts and Culture

    8. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Gerda Lerner dies at 92; pioneered field of women's history

    Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates &mdash; two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views &mdash; shared their rations and kept her strong.
    Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates — two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views — shared their rations...

    Tags: Stanford University, Colleges and Universities, Germany, Chicago Tribune, Prisons

    9. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. South Korea tycoon sentenced for embezzling more than $40 million

    <span style="font-size: small;">A South Korean executive was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $40 million from his conglomerate, the third-largest of the massive and powerful <em>chaebols</em> that have long dominated the South Korean economy.</span>
    A South Korean executive was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $40 million from his conglomerate, the third-largest of the massive and powerful chaebols that have long dominated the South Korean economy. SK Group...

    Tags: South Korea, Corporate Crime, Samsung Group, Park Geun-hye, Punishment

    10. Jan 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Reuben Pannor dies at 90; trailblazer for open adoptions

    People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry &mdash; at least Reuben Pannor thought so.
    People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry — at least Reuben Pannor thought so. A Los Angeles social worker and trailblazer for the open-adoption movement, Pannor co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," a 1978 book that served as the...

    Tags: Family, Social Issues, Cornell University, Atlantic Ocean, Adoption

    11. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race

    Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached.
    Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...

    Tags: Social Issues, Bagels, London School of Economics, Eric Garcetti, University of Oxford

    12. Nov 28, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Kuang-hsun Ting dies at 97; bishop led Protestant church in China

    Bishop Kuang-hsun Ting, who was one of the most influential Christian figures in China as the longtime leader of the country's government-sanctioned Protestant church, has died. He was 97.
    Bishop Kuang-hsun Ting, who was one of the most influential Christian figures in China as the longtime leader of the country's government-sanctioned Protestant church, has died. He was 97. Ting died Nov. 22 at his home in Nanjing, according to...

    Tags: Nanjing (China), Colleges and Universities, Purdue University, Loyola University Chicago, Politics

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