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Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness
Brody Kennedy was a typical sixth-grader who loved to hang out with friends in Castaic and play video games. A strep-throat infection in October caused him to miss a couple of days of school, but he was eager to rejoin his classmates, recalls his mother,...Tags: Education, Tourette Syndrome, Mental Illness, Pediatrics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Dr. Richard Olney dies at 64; researcher sought cure for Lou Gehrig's disease
Dr. Richard Olney, an internationally renowned researcher who dedicated his life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, has died after his own eight-year battle with the disease. He was 64.
Olney died Friday at his Marin County home, UC San...Tags: AIDS, Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Human Body, Richard Olney
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Oklahoma earthquake: More aftershocks, no major damage reported
Nation NowOnly one man was reportedly injured when he tripped and hit his head while attempting to flee him home near Prague, Okla., Saturday night, according to local dispatchers.... -
Do people fail to respond to tornado warnings?
The violent tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., killing at least 117, had hospital employees rushing to transport patients to safety at the last few minutes and forced others into refrigerators for shelter. There was 20 minutes of advance warning provided...Tags: Disasters, Weather Warnings, Science and Technology, Indiana University, Tornadoes
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PASSINGS: Miriam Seegar Whelan, Glenn R. Watson, Catherine 'Kay' Kerr, Edward P. Evans
Miriam Seegar Whelan
Actress became an interior designer
Miriam Seegar Whelan, 103, an actress from the early days of talking films who was married to director Tim Whelan, died Sunday of age-related causes at her home in Pasadena, said her daughter-in-...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Natural Resources, Kentucky Derby, University of California, Berkeley
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Tuesday's Highlights: “The Fashion Show” on Bravo
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Nov. 7 - 13 in PDF format Weekly TV Listings can also be downloaded here This week's TV Movies FASHION HOUSE DUEL: The unscripted series “The Fashion Show” returns with...... -
USC basketball: Cal State Fullerton pregame
The Fabulous ForumGreetings and salutations! Coming to you from the Galen Center, where tonight the Trojans of USC (3-2) and the Titans of Cal State Fullerton (1-3) will play some Thanksgiving Eve basketball on Jim Sterkel Court. And, since we're discussing two...... -
The Siren's Call: We Three Kings?
![What are we supposed to think when someone claims he's getting important life-changing news in a dream or from an angel? For some, the reaction is: Get the straitjacket ready. Others, however, will turn to someone like Richard Dawkins, who says such experiences are a byproduct of our organic wiring, a demonstration, he writes in "The God Delusion," of the "formidable power of the brain's simulation software." That's all. Elsewhere, in "The End of Faith," Sam Harris writes with obvious scorn that "it is demonstrative of mental illness to believe that [God] is communicating with you by having the rain tap in Morse code on your bedroom window."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58317719-16172617.jpg)
Los Angeles TimesWhat are we supposed to think when someone claims he's getting important life-changing news in a dream or from an angel? For some, the reaction is: Get the straitjacket ready. Others, however, will turn to someone like Richard Dawkins, who says such...Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Nature Religion, Radio Industry, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Sports figures
Sports figures Jim Dooley, 77; succeeded George Halas as coach of the Chicago Bears (Jan. 8) Christopher Bowman, 40; two-time U.S. figure skating champion (Jan. 10) Johnny Podres, 75; left-hander pitched Dodgers to first World Series title in...Tags: Chicago Bears, Oakland Raiders, Phil Hill, Tommy Bolt, Boston Bruins
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Two timeless, Depression-era novels from Edward Anderson
Edward Anderson had a strange and sad career. He was born in Texas in 1905 and grew up in Oklahoma, serving his apprenticeship as a journalist on a small paper in Ardmore, Okla. Restless, he worked as a deckhand on a freighter, plied his fists as a...Tags: Jorge Luis Borges, Crimes, W.H. Auden, Walker Evans, Robert Altman
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PASSINGS: Steve Williams, Tim Hart
Steve Williams
Pro wrestler was called 'Dr. Death'
Steve "Dr. Death" Williams, 49, a former offensive lineman and All-American wrestler at the University of Oklahoma who was best known for his work in professional wrestling, died Tuesday night in...Tags: Throat Cancer, England, Wrestling, Cancer, Death
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PASSINGS: Dave Treen, Forest Evashevski, Cordner Nelson
Dave Treen Ex-governor of Louisiana Dave Treen, 81, who in 1979 became the first Republican governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction but lost a reelection bid to the controversial Democrat Edwin Edwards four years later, died Thursday of complications...Tags: Local Elections, U.S. Army, Regional Authority, Defense, Track and Field
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