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    Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Spending teenage years in the 'stroke belt' seems to increase risk

    Spending adolescence in the “stroke belt” of the southeastern United States could make people more vulnerable to stroke later in life – even if they eventually move elsewhere, a study published Wednesday suggests.
    Spending adolescence in the “stroke belt” of the southeastern United States could make people more vulnerable to stroke later in life – even if they eventually move elsewhere, a study published Wednesday suggests. What researchers call...

    Tags: University of Washington, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution, Science and Technology, Physical Conditions

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

  2. Traditional Southern diet, stroke may be linked, researcher says

    Traditional Southern diets may be linked to a higher risk of stroke, a researcher said at a conference on Thursday.
    Traditional Southern diets may be linked to a higher risk of stroke, a researcher said at a conference on Thursday. The lead researcher, Suzanne Judd, a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Alabama, said her study is the first large-scale...

    Tags: Diets and Dieting, Diabetes, Medical Research, High Blood Pressure, Stroke

    3. Jan 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. James A. Hood dies at 70; fought segregation at University of Alabama

    James A. Hood, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama in June 1963 led to Gov. George Wallace's segregationist "stand in the schoolhouse door" and who later forged an unlikely friendship with the former governor, has died. He was 70.
    James A. Hood, one of two black students whose effort to enroll at the University of Alabama in June 1963 led to Gov. George Wallace's segregationist "stand in the schoolhouse door" and who later forged an unlikely friendship with the former governor, has...

    Tags: Newspapers, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Civil Rights

    4. Aug 29, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Pictures in the News | Aug. 29, 2012

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    Wednesday's Pictures in the News begins in Louisiana, where research students from the the University of Alabama measure wind speeds as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall Wednesday in New Orleans. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1...
    5. Aug 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Karl Fleming dies at 84; Newsweek reporter chronicled civil rights struggle

    Karl Fleming, a former Newsweek reporter who helped draw national attention to the civil rights movement in the 1960s — and risked his life covering it with perceptive stories about its major figures and the inequalities that fueled it — died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84.
    Karl Fleming, a former Newsweek reporter who helped draw national attention to the civil rights movement in the 1960s — and risked his life covering it with perceptive stories about its major figures and the inequalities that fueled it —...

    Tags: Newspapers, NPR, Entertainment, Journalism, Civil Rights

    6. Aug 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. George A. Miller dies at 92; pioneer of cognitive psychology

    George A. Miller, an iconoclastic psychologist who played a crucial role in shifting his field from the study of behaviors to the direct examination of thought processes, died July 22 at his home in Plainsboro, N.J. He was 92 and died of complications of pneumonia and dementia.
    George A. Miller, an iconoclastic psychologist who played a crucial role in shifting his field from the study of behaviors to the direct examination of thought processes, died July 22 at his home in Plainsboro, N.J. He was 92 and died of complications...

    Tags: Psychologists, Psychology, Harvard University, Noam Chomsky, Networking

    7. May 10, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 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 1960s, has died. He was 90.
    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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of State, Martin Luther King Jr., Students

    8. Jan 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Gene Bartow dies at 81; former UCLA basketball coach

    Gene Bartow, the successor to John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach who became the architect of a new and successful athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, died Tuesday evening. He was 81.
    Gene Bartow, the successor to John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach who became the architect of a new and successful athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, died Tuesday evening. He was 81. Bartow, who was diagnosed with stomach...

    Tags: University of Alabama at Birmingham, College Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of California, Los Angeles, Basketball

    9. Dec 27, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Gump,' 'Bambi' among 2011 National Film Registry selections

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    he 1994 Oscar-winning best film, “Forrest Gump,” Walt Disney’s 1942 classic animated family film, “Bambi,” Charlie Chaplin’s first feature-length comedy “The Kid” and a 1912 silent comedy “A Cure for...
    10. Sep 29, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. PASSINGS: Claude Kirk, Arch West

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    Claude Kirk Florida's 1st GOP governor of 20th century Claude Kirk, 85, a flamboyant self-promoter who became Florida's first Republican governor of the 20th century, died Wednesday at his West Palm Beach home, his family announced. Democrats dominated...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Duke University, West Palm Beach, Tortilla Chips

    11. Sep 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Is it reasonable to compare Rick Perry to Galileo? [Most commented]

    Opinion L.A.
    Republican presidential candidate and current Texas Gov. Rick Perry was not shy about his views on climate change during Wednesday night’s debate. (Nor was he when he thought to "pray for rain.") As far as he’s concerned, the jury’s...
    12. May 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The myth of ripped muscles and calorie burns

    Whenever I hear about some amazing way to boost resting metabolism, my male-bovine-droppings detector goes berserk. Take the perennially popular one stating that 1 pound of muscle burns an extra 50 calories a day while at rest &#8212; so if you gain 10 pounds of muscle, your resting metabolic rate (RMR) soars by an extra 500 calories each day.
    Whenever I hear about some amazing way to boost resting metabolism, my male-bovine-droppings detector goes berserk. Take the perennially popular one stating that 1 pound of muscle burns an extra 50 calories a day while at rest — so if you gain 10...

    Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Foods and Beverages, Birmingham , Weight, Aerobics

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