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Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...
Tags: Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, University of California, Irvine
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A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas
WACO, Texas — On a recent afternoon, as McLennan County Republicans polished off their barbecue, the head of the local GOP worked his way through the group's luncheon agenda. A plaque was presented. A local judge spotlighted. The fertilizer plant...
Tags: George W. Bush, Rice University, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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reFramed: In conversation with WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY curator Anne Wilkes Tucker
FrameworkAnne Wilkes Tucker is currently the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where she has worked since 1976. She founded the Photography Department at the museum that now has a collection of over 28,000... -
Lil Wayne seizure puts spotlight on rappers' use of 'sizzurp'
The powerful narcotic popped up on the cultural grid around the turn of the millennium. A Texas producer-remixer named DJ Screw paid homage to its woozy, heavy-lidded high by dramatically slowing down beats and vocals to replicate the drug's sleepwalker...
Tags: Entertainment, Genres, Substance Abuse, Punishment, Morphine (drug)
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Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting
Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...
Tags: Firearms, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Shootings, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Wide search expected in hunt for next UC president
With no obvious inside candidate to be the next president of the University of California system, experts predict a wide search that will concentrate on similar university systems elsewhere but could also stretch beyond academia. Whoever replaces Mark...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Jerry Brown, Elections
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It's official: High-speed Google Fiber heads to Texas
Google Fiber, the ultra-fast broadband Internet service developed by the search-engine company, will be expanding to Austin, Texas, in 2014. In a widely expected move, Austin city officials and Google on Tuesday morning announced the expansion of Fiber....
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Apple iPad
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...
Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Biology, Career and Workplace
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New super-thin, flexible invisibility cloak wows Harry Potter fans
Harry Potter fans rejoice: Researchers have devised an ultra-thin invisibility cloak that can mask three-dimensional objects -- if you’re observing that object in microwave light, that is. With butterbeer and Bertie Bott's every flavor beans on...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Electrical Appliance
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Marvel’s David Marquez talks X-Men, Spider-Man, 3D graphic novel
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesYoung artists looking to break into comics might want to take a page from David Marquez. Based in Austin, Texas, ...... -
In search of 'The Searchers' and the history behind the western
The bigger the fight between a screenwriter and a director, the better the picture. It's an arrant generalization but not necessarily an errant one. Look at Budd Schulberg's battles with "On the Waterfront," or Robert Towne's over the ending of...
Tags: Entertainment, John Wayne, Reviews, Robert Towne, Movies
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer causes uproar with telecommuting ban
SAN FRANCISCO — Corporate America's most famous working mother has banned her employees from working at home. Now the backlash is threatening to overshadow the progress she has made turning around Yahoo Inc. Marissa Mayer, one of only a handful of...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Donald Trump
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