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Jacques Barzun dies at 104; helped found field of cultural history
Jacques Barzun, a courtly French American scholar with a bracing knowledge of Western civilization who helped found the field of cultural history and in his 90s wrote the epic if improbable bestseller "From Dawn to Decadence," has died. He was 104....
Tags: Sports, World War I (1914-1918), Entertainment, Baseball, Philosophy
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Da Chen on his new novel, 'My Last Empress.' He's in L.A. Thursday
Da Chen hit bestseller lists in 1999 with his first book, the memoir "Colors of the Mountain." That, and its sequel, "Sounds of the River," told of the hardships he experienced while growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Chen had moved...
Tags: Yale University, Literature, Human Interest, Ghosts (supernatural entities), Research
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John Foley dies at 76; cardinal explained Catholic teachings
Cardinal John P. Foley, a priest who rose from working-class roots in Philadelphia to become the Vatican's longtime spokesman on Roman Catholic social teachings, has died. He was 76.
Foley was perhaps best known to American audiences as host for 25 years...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Rome (Italy), Entertainment, AIDS, John Paul II
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Antidepressants in primary care: Is this how to treat depression?
Antidepressants, now the third-most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the United States, are routinely offered to patients with vague complaints of fatigue, pain and malaise but who are not classified as suffering from a mental disorder by the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Anxiety, Behavioral Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Psychiatrists
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This is your mind on meditation: less wandering, more doing
The brains of experienced meditators appear to be fitter, more disciplined and more "on task" than do the brains of those trying out meditation for the first time. And the differences between the two groups are evident not only during meditation, when...Tags: Yale University, Behavioral Conditions, ADHD, Vince Lombardi, Depression
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Psychiatrists prescribe remedies for school bullying
Bullying in school is a process that arises out of toxic group dynamics, not a problem originating with a single troubled person. It may not feel that way when you've just been jeered at by one of the stars of the school's athletic program or the...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Behavioral Conditions, Houston, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Mort Lindsey dies at 89; Judy Garland's musical director
Mort Lindsey, a conductor, arranger and composer best known as the music director for Judy Garland in the 1960s and for his more than two decades as music director for "The Merv Griffin Show," has died. He was 89.
Lindsey, who was in declining health...Tags: Entertainment, ABC (tv network), Pat Boone, Awards and Prizes, Joe DiMaggio
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Daum: Too brainy to be president?
As devotees of Barack Obama know all too well, qualities that made him so attractive as a candidate — an affinity for subtle arguments, a tendency to carefully weigh his options — have at times proved less useful in his role as president. That...
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William S. Knowles dies at 95; Nobel Prize-winning chemist
William S. Knowles, a retired Monsanto Co. organic chemist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2001 for helping to solve a vexing problem in the manufacture of medicines, died Wednesday of complications of ALS at his home in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield,...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Science, Parkinson's Disease, Monsanto Company, Science and Technology
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Federal education leaders urge families to compare college costs
L.A. NOWU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Tuesday urged parents and students to explore the federal government’s national online tool for college costs. The tuition figures listed in the newly revised College Affordability and Transparency Center... -
Illegal immigrant students at labor center cheer Obama's speech
L.A. NOWIt was a moment that, unlike many of their families, would be documented. With cell phones and cameras, they snapped photos of the TV screen, of the room, of each other--all as President Obama promised to "lift the shadow of deportation."... -
LeRoy Walker dies at 93; first black to lead U.S. Olympic body
LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday in Durham, N.C. He was 93.
Walker's death was confirmed by Scarborough & Hargett Funeral home, but no cause...Tags: New York University, Colleges and Universities, Benedict College, College Sports, Slavery
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