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Data point to Toyota's throttles, not floor mats
Eric Weiss was stopped at a busy Long Beach intersection last month when he said his 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup unexpectedly started accelerating, forcing him to stand on the brakes to keep the bucking truck from plowing into oncoming cars.
Toyota Motor...Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Automotive Equipment, University of Michigan, Science and Technology, Travel
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One author asks, Can I get a little credit, please?
Last spring, in the writing class I teach at USC, my students and I discussed Turnitin.com -- a website at which many high school students and college undergraduates are now required to vet their work. In the digital age, copying others' research is as...Tags: University of Southern California, Death, Research, White House, Ethics
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PASSINGS: Stan Jones, Michael Kuchwara
Stan Jones
Pro football Hall of Famer
Stan Jones, 78, a pro football Hall of Famer and standout for the Chicago Bears in the 1950s and '60s who was an innovator of weight training in the NFL, died Friday at his daughter's home in Broomfield, Colo., from...Tags: Death, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears, Edward Albee
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L-carnitine might not be the boost for you
Read the ingredient label on any energy drink and odds are fairly good that, among other arcane items, you'll come across something called L-carnitine.
Also sold in supplement form, L-carnitine is often touted as a miracle molecule that boosts energy and...Tags: University of Southern California, Drugs and Medicines, Heart and Circulatory System, Italy, Diarrhea
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Charles Mathias dies at 87; former GOP senator from Maryland had a liberal outlook
Associated PressFormer U.S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias, a liberal Republican from Maryland who championed civil rights and protection of the Chesapeake Bay during his 26 years in Washington, has died. He was 87. Mathias died Monday at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., from...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Chesapeake Bay, Elections, Heads of State, Death
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Pernell Roberts dies at 81; played eldest son on TV's 'Bonanza'
Pernell Roberts, a versatile actor best remembered for his portrayal of the handsome, eldest Cartwright son on the classic television western "Bonanza" and later as the lead character in the medical drama "Trapper John, M.D.," died at his Malibu home...Tags: Joanne Woodward, The Big Valley (tv program) , Anthony Perkins, Sophia Loren, Gunsmoke (tv program)
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Mable Hoffman dies at 88; slow-cooker pioneer wrote 'Crockery Cookery'
Food stylist and home economist Mable Hoffman had been married a good 30 years when a wedding gift caused her career to take an aromatic detour.
The recipients of that early 1970s present -- a Crock-Pot -- were newlyweds unsure of what to do with the...Tags: Death, Cape Coral (Lee, Florida), Health, Obituaries, Social Issues
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On different wavelengths over EMFs
Three years ago, at the age of 48, Camilla Rees had to leave her apartment in downtown San Francisco. Not because of the rent, she says, but because of the radiation.
Her personal radiation meter -- yes, such things exist -- spiked after a lawyer...Tags: European Parliament, Biotechnology Industry, University of Pennsylvania, Health Organizations, Cancer
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Nan Robertson dies at 83; Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter
Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who brought distinction and change to her newspaper through highly publicized professional and personal battles -- one against sex discrimination at her newspaper, the other against toxic...Tags: Newspapers, News Media, Bars and Clubs, Trials, Northwestern University
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Tyrannosaur bone found in Australia
Tyrannosaurs may have stalked far more of the globe than previously thought.
Scientists for the first time have found evidence of an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Southern Hemisphere, a discovery that could shed light on tyrannosaurs' evolutionary...Tags: Paleontology, History, Science, Arts and Culture, Education
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Gulf oil spill: Obama names investigation panel
GreenspacePresident Obama named five panelists to a commission tasked with finding ways to avoid a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 men and started the nation's worst oil spill. They will be led by a former Florida...... -
Evidence suggests water exists on the moon
Space scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that water exists on the moon, a discovery that helps complete a picture of a water-rich solar system and that could make colonizing our nearest neighbor in space much easier than previously thought....Tags: Death, Research, Science, White House, George W. Bush
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