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Dark Tides, Ill Winds
Times Staff WriterAll Susan Leydon has to do is stick her head outside and take a deep breath of sea air. She can tell if her 10-year-old son is about to get sick. If she coughs or feels a tickle in the back of her throat, she lays down the law: No playing on the beach....Tags: Pneumonia, Disasters and Accidents, Environmental Pollution, Plastic Surgeons, Conservation
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Kay Yow dies at 66; North Carolina State basketball coach, Hall of Famer
Associated PressKay Yow, the Hall of Fame women's basketball coach at North Carolina State University who won more than 700 games while earning fans with her decades-long fight against breast cancer, died Saturday. She was 66. Yow, first diagnosed with the disease in...Tags: Cancer, Health, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports
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The auto industry hits home for American families
We baby-booming native Detroiters grew up with a ranking system. On the playgrounds at recess, GM was No. 1, Ford was No. 2, Chrysler was No. 3 and American Motors wasn't really worth the effort it took to insult the poor kid whose dad worked there (sorry...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Restaurant and Catering Industry, University of Michigan, Mitt Romney, General Motors Corp.
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With faux sugars, real suspicion
Special to The TimesWhat is it about artificial sweeteners? As never before, they pervade the American diet -- in pink, yellow and blue packets on diner counters, in sugar-free cookies and diet juices, in sodas and smoothies and low-calorie yogurt and boxes of powder for...Tags: Culture, Economy, Business and Finance, Johns Hopkins University, Italy, Education
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Federal science is lacking on food contamination
Times Staff WriterRecurring outbreaks of food-borne illness from contaminated produce are "unacceptable" in today's society, the government says. But when it comes to preventing new occurrences, the Food and Drug Administration hasn't done much of the basic research that...Tags: Research, Health Organizations, Health, University of California, Budgets and Budgeting
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Bush loses ground with military families
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFamilies with ties to the military, long a reliable source of support for wartime presidents, disapprove of President Bush and his handling of the war in Iraq, with a majority concluding the invasion was not worth it, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll...Tags: Heads of State, Society, International Military Interventions, U.S. Army, Eyewear
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Can new CEO repair a sputtering Chrysler?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe early reviews of Chrysler's new-model CEO are in: Good acceleration and inexpensive, at least at first, but lacks fit and finish. Some analysts see Chrysler Group's hiring of Bob Nardelli as chief executive as a smart move, bringing in an energetic...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Vehicles, Companies and Corporations, Jeep, Chrysler
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Daily Digest for Wednesday
LA TIMES NEWS: A force play?: A day after Hollywood's writers went out on strike, the major studios are hitting back with plans to suspend scores of long-term deals with television production companies, jeopardizing the jobs of hundreds of rank-and-...Tags: Unions, Colleges and Universities, Television, Career and Workplace, Labor Disputes
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The pole vaults into a new role
Wearing a gauzy blue two-piece costume that resembles a circus acrobat's uniform, Laura Martin climbs up an 11-foot steel pole in a move popularly called the "Caterpillar Crawl."
Aggressive and athletic yet fluid and hyper-flexible, she proceeds to blaze...Tags: Gymnastics Clubs, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sports, 2016 Olympic Games, Entertainment
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Angels' Nick Adenhart had rekindled his early promise
He bounced into the Angels clubhouse Wednesday wearing a faded Washington Redskins T-shirt and hole-pocked blue jeans, a reminder that the player who would throw six shutout innings against the Oakland Athletics that night was, really, just a kid.
Nick...Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Miami Marlins, Vehicles, Sports, Nolan Ryan
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They're first ladies of fashion too
Fashion CriticOn Tuesday night, we will become a nation of fashion critics, crowding around TV screens to see what glittering gown Michelle Obama will wear to the 10 official inaugural balls she's expected to attend. Will it be over-the-top or quietly chic, sexy or...Tags: Television, Martha Washington, Cinderella (fictional character), Advertising, Entertainment
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Martin Delaney dies at 63; crusader for patients with AIDS
Martin Delaney, a determined crusader for HIV-infected people, who successfully challenged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expedite the testing and approval of potentially life-saving drugs, died of liver cancer Friday at his home in San Rafael,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Public Health Service, Minority Groups, Mexico, AIDS
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