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    Jun 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Robert Fogel dies at 86; economic historian won Nobel Prize

    Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data-driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died. He was 86.
    Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data-driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died. He was 86. Fogel died Tuesday at Manor Care Health Services...

    Tags: Productivity, Nobel Prize Awards, Johns Hopkins University, Entertainment Events, Transportation

    2. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. A liberal mayor takes on the San Diego establishment

    SAN DIEGO — Under a pro-business Republican mayor, it was a no-brainer: allocating millions of dollars each year to buy national advertising for the tourism industry — a major economic driver in this vacation mecca.
    SAN DIEGO — Under a pro-business Republican mayor, it was a no-brainer: allocating millions of dollars each year to buy national advertising for the tourism industry — a major economic driver in this vacation mecca. Then Bob Filner got...

    Tags: Parties and Movements, Science and Technology, Teachers, Pension and Welfare, Public Officials

    3. May 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Thirsty for beer? There's a robot for that

    Move over C3PO, Cornell University computer science geeks have created a robot that can tell if you want a beer and pour it for you. Barristas also may want to wake up and smell the coffee too. This robot can guess whether students are hankering for java and pour it for them.
    Move over C3PO, Cornell University computer science geeks have created a robot that can tell if you want a beer and pour it for you. Barristas also may want to wake up and smell the coffee too. This robot can guess whether students are hankering for...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Computer Science

    4. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at 85; popular TV psychologist

    Fame was never her intent, Dr. Joyce Brothers often said.
    Fame was never her intent, Dr. Joyce Brothers often said. She was not yet 30, new to stay-at-home motherhood and struggling to help her husband stretch his pay as a medical resident when she came up with an ambitious plan: Transform herself into a...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists, Diabetes, Radio, Religion and Belief

    5. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. More gym for kids means less chance of obesity, Cornell study says

    More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say.
    More physical education in kindergarten through fifth grade means less chance of obesity, especially for boys, researchers say. The study provides some of the first evidence of a causal effect between gym and childhood obesity. It is to be published...

    Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Weight, Body Mass Index, Medical Research, Overweight

    6. May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Dr. Joyce Brothers, famed TV psychologist, dies at 85

    Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who became a pop-culture fixture after she turned to radio and television in the late 1950s to tend to the nation’s psyche, has died. She was 85.
    Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who became a pop-culture fixture after she turned to radio and television in the late 1950s to tend to the nation’s psyche, has died. She was 85. Brothers died Monday in New York City, publicist Sanford Brokaw...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Psychologists, Religion and Belief, Science and Technology, Philosophy

    7. May 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws

    In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas.
    In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...

    Tags: Employment, U.S. Department of Labor, Labor Legislation, Unemployment Benefits, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)

    8. May 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Grocery shopping on an empty stomach leads to dieting disaster

    Attention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach.
    Attention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach. So says a new JAMA Internal Medicine study from two members of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, where researchers...

    Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internists, Groceries, Internal Medicine, Services and Shopping

    9. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. More proof that soda bans would fizzle

    Soda bans seem like a good idea in theory. Soda has no nutritional value whatsoever. Worse, it’s a sugar bomb. Given the mounting obesity problem in this country, some might think soda bans are an admiral effort to curb our collective waistline, an initiative absolutely worth trying.
    Soda bans seem like a good idea in theory. Soda has no nutritional value whatsoever. Worse, it’s a sugar bomb. Given the mounting obesity problem in this country, some might think soda bans are an admiral effort to curb our collective waistline,...

    Tags: Weight, Medical Procedures and Tests, Obesity, American Heart Association, Michael Bloomberg

    10. Apr 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. L.A. Philharmonic's young composers program fine-tunes talent

    It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a piece of music.
    It wasn't B.J. Thomas, exactly, but musical raindrops seemed to be falling in a white-walled rehearsal room next to Walt Disney Concert Hall, courtesy of Milo Talwani, one of the L.A. composers least likely to write melody, let alone ear candy, into a...

    Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Pulitzer Prize Awards

    11. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Is a Facebook 'like' too much information?

    Go ahead, click the "like" icon on the "Wicked, the Musical" page on Facebook. You may be telling more people than you intended that you're gay.
    Go ahead, click the "like" icon on the "Wicked, the Musical" page on Facebook. You may be telling more people than you intended that you're gay. Click it for Hello Kitty. You may be telling someone you have an "open" personality but aren't as...

    Tags: Adam Lambert, Arts and Culture, Culture, Social Sciences, Foot Locker Incorporated

    12. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. PASSINGS: Robert C. Richardson, Richard Briers, Shadow Morton, Bill Eadington

    <strong>Robert C. Richardson</strong>
    Robert C. Richardson Won Nobel Prize for physics in 1996 Robert C. Richardson, 75, a Cornell University professor who shared a Nobel Prize for a key discovery in experimental physics, died Tuesday in Ithaca, N.Y., from complications of a heart attack,...

    Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, The Good Life (movie), Entertainment Events, Kenneth Branagh, Applied Physics

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