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C. David Heymann dies at 67; controversial bestselling biographer
C. David Heymann, a bestselling biographer whose titillating accounts of famous lives often were criticized as inaccurate or dishonest, including a book on heiress Barbara Hutton that was recalled because of factual disputes, has died. He was 67.
Heymann...Tags: Robert F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Lowell, Biography (genre), Arts and Culture
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Thom Mayne to design new Cornell University building in New York
Architect Thom Mayne has been chosen to design a new Cornell University building that is to rise on Roosevelt Island in New York. Mayne, head of the Los Angeles architecture firm Morphosis, won a competition to design the first building for the CornellNYC...
Tags: Roosevelt Island, California Department of Transportation, Architecture, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture
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For Kodak, nuclear reactor and weapons-grade uranium proved useful
Kodak has the bomb. … OK, not really. But according to a report from the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat and Chronicle, an Eastman Kodak facility had a small nuclear reactor and 3 ½ pounds of weapons-grade uranium for more than 30 years. Kodak. The...
Tags: Hitachi Ltd., Politics, Companies and Corporations, Rutgers University, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Ben-Zion Netanyahu dies at 102; father of Israeli prime minister
JERUSALEM — Historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, the father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the man said to have had the most profound influence on the conservative Israeli leader, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home. He was 102.
The elder...Tags: Politics, Air France-KLM, Likud, Benjamin Netanyahu, World War II (1939-1945)
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Blacks in South L.A. have a bleaker jobs picture than in 1992
Two decades after the L.A. riots brought pledges of help to rebuild South Los Angeles, the area is worse off in many ways than it was in 1992.
Median income, when adjusted for inflation, is lower. Many middle-class blacks have fled in search of safer...Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Personal Income, Maxine Waters
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Ben-Zion Netanyahu, father of Israeli prime minister, dies at 102
World NowThe man said to have had the most profound influence on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his father, historian Ben-Zion Netanyahu, died early Monday in his Jerusalem home at age 102.... -
In search of the 'lost ladybug'
NEW YORK — Leah Tyrrell wants to make something clear: She does not wear ladybug sweatshirts. She does not carry her belongings in ladybug bags, shelter from the rain beneath a ladybug-shaped umbrella, or take notes with pens decorated with little...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Long Island, Amusement and Theme Parks, Science and Technology, Science
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Unemployment is a special challenge for veterans
WASHINGTON — Matt Pizzo has a law degree, can-do attitude, proven leadership skills, and expertise in communications and satellite technology from his four years in the Air Force. Yet the 29-year-old has been told that he's overqualified, too old,...
Tags: Work Relations, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Career and Workplace, Armed Forces
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Psychic ability study debunked: Steer clear of rabbit hole, psychologists say
Psychic ability is real, and here's proof, Daryl Bem said in 2011. It was an exciting claim, but excitement fades with time -- and, often, with further investigation.
The social psychologist at Cornell University did research that he said supported the...Tags: Psychologists, Psychology, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Entertainment Events
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Bad Religion in lineup for March 24 Reason Rally in Washington, D.C.
Pop & HissL.A. punk band Bad Religion will join entertainers Bill Maher, Eddie Izzard and other speakers on March 24 for the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. Bad Religion's members have long sung about their preference for reason transcending religious... -
Harvard’s Science + Cooking lectures: Now playing on iTunes U
Daily DishNow on iTunes U: Science + Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter, a video lecture series from Harvard that “discusses concepts from the physical sciences that underpin both everyday cooking and haute cuisine.”... -
Bert Schneider dies at 78; 'Easy Rider' producer
Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies — "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Last Picture Show" — that captured the rootlessness and discontent of the late 1960s and '70s and became symbols of a new...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Substance Abuse, Easy Rider (movie), Car Safety Tips and Advice, Paul Mazursky
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