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University of Missouri Press to close, after 54 years
Jacket CopyThe University of Missouri will pull the plug on its 54 year old press, just the latest in a string of academic publishing casualties... -
Nicholas Katzenbach dies at 90; attorney general under Johnson
WASHINGTON — Nicholas Katzenbach, the Kennedy administration lawyer who faced down Gov. George Wallace to enroll the first black students at the University of Alabama and who helped write the landmark civil rights and voting rights acts of the...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Army, Regional Authority, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
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MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry brings her analytical POV to cable news
Show TrackerAs a tenured professor of political science at Tulane University in New Orleans, a columnist for The Nation magazine, and, as of February, host of an eponymous weekend talk show on MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry maintains a schedule that would make even... -
Sanford McDonnell dies at 89; former McDonnell Douglas CEO
Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, the former chief executive of aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. who in the 1970s helped turn around the company started by his uncle, died Monday. He was 89.
His death was announced by Boeing Co., which acquired McDonnell...Tags: Values, Companies and Corporations, U.S. Navy, St. Louis, Tourism and Leisure Industry
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Getty gets NEH grant to organize huge contemporary art archive
Culture MonsterThe Getty Research Institute has received a $230,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help it organize a huge archive on modern and contemporary art that it acquired last summer. The NEH announced $17 million in grants, including $1.4... -
Maxwell Keith dies at 87; defense attorney for 2 Manson family members
Maxwell S. Keith, the defense attorney for two members of the Manson family who went to prison for their roles in the grisly 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, died Tuesday of natural causes in the San Luis Obispo County town of Templeton, his family said. He...Tags: Charles Manson, Crimes, Lawyers, World War II (1939-1945), Prosecution
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UC Irvine Nobel winner F. Sherwood Rowland dies
L.A. NOWF. Sherwood Rowland, the UC Irvine chemistry professor who warned the world that man-made chemicals could erode the ozone layer, has died. He was 84. Rowland, known as Sherry, died Saturday at his home in Corona del Mar, the university...... -
F. Sherwood Rowland dies at 84; UC Irvine professor won Nobel Prize
F. Sherwood Rowland, the UC Irvine chemistry professor who warned the world that man-made chemicals could erode the ozone layer, has died. He was 84.
Rowland, known as Sherry, died Saturday at his home in Corona del Mar of complications from Parkinson'...Tags: College Sports, Science and Technology, Awards and Prizes, Enrico Fermi, Environmental Issues
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Turkey asks U.S. museums for return of antiquities
The government of Turkey is asking American museums to return dozens of artifacts that were allegedly looted from the country's archaeological sites, opening a new front in the search for antiquities smuggled out of their original countries through an...Tags: Politics, Arts, Italy, Auction Service, Turkey
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Law professor's death probed as possible suicide
L.A. NOWLaw professor's death possible suicide: The death of Chapman University law professor Mary Katherine Baird Darmer, who perished after falling from a building is being investigated as a suicide, according to authorities.... -
Roy Britten dies at 92; Caltech biologist was DNA, gene pioneer
Roy J. Britten, a Caltech biologist who discovered that the mammalian genome includes large quantities of repetitive DNA sequences that do not serve as blueprints for genes, has died. He was 92.
Britten, who had pancreatic cancer, died Jan. 21 at his...Tags: University of Virginia, Science and Technology, Paleontology, Health, Chemicals
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Birth control: IUDs and implants versus the pill
In the heated debate over to what extent religiously affiliated employers should be required to provide free contraception for workers, no one has talked much about what methods are available to women who want to prevent pregnancy and how their choices...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Infertility, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Healthcare Policies
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