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David Byrne on a bike, the genius of Poe and Rod Serling
'Shadow and substance'
What's the first thing you think about when you hear the words "The Twilight Zone"?
Is it a man in a black suit with a cigarette? Or that cool, lawyerly voice: "Submitted, for your perusal: a Kanamit. Height: a little over 9 feet....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barnes & Noble, Inc., Apple iPhone, Gaming, Apple iPad
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Richard Quick dies at 66; swim coach won record 13 NCAA titles
Richard Quick, a swim coach who won a record 13 NCAA titles at Auburn, Stanford and Texas and also led the U.S. Olympic teams in 1988, 1996 and 2000, died Wednesday in Austin, Texas. He was 66 and had been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in...Tags: Education, Brain, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Stanford University, Olympic Games
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Mario Obledo dies at 78; California secretary of health and welfare, Latino civil rights leader
Mario Obledo, who grew up on welfare and later ran the California agency that administered it when he became the state's highest-ranking Mexican American official, died Wednesday in Sacramento. He was 78.
The cause was a heart attack, said his wife, Keda...Tags: Sicilian Mafia, Crime, Law and Justice, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Pension and Welfare, Elections
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Charlie Wilson dies at 76; hard-partying Texas congressman backed Afghan resistance fighters
Charlie Wilson, the fun-loving Texas congressman whose 1980s campaign to rid Afghanistan of Soviet influence was memorably captured in a Hollywood film that bore his name, died Wednesday. He was 76.
Wilson died of cardiopulmonary arrest at Memorial...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Charlie Wilson's War (movie), Tom Hanks, Islam, Central Intelligence Agency
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Farrah Fawcett dies at 62; actress soared with, then went beyond, 'Charlie's Angels'
Farrah Fawcett, who soared to fame as a national sex symbol in the late 1970s on television's campy "Charlie's Angels" and in a swimsuit poster that showcased her feathery mane and made her a generation's favorite pinup, died Thursday. She was 62....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Kate Jackson, Robert Duvall, Movies, Leukemia
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Richard K. Overton dies at 81; convicted of fatally poisoning his wife
Richard K. Overton, the subject of one of Orange County's most riveting trials who was convicted of murdering his wife, a popular school board member, by slipping her poisons in 1988, has died, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Agatha Christie, Mining, Philosophy
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Arthritis creams are probably better than goat tears
The funniest ad currently running on TV features a woman who claims to have discovered an all-natural remedy for arthritis -- namely, goat tears. The woman collects the precious material by singing "Danny Boy" to her goat herd and leading one goat to a...Tags: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Colleges and Universities, Drugs and Medicines, Health, Arthritis
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Doris Brin Walker dies at 90; radical lawyer helped acquit Angela Davis of murder
Doris Brin Walker, a radical lawyer who fought anti-communist hysteria in the 1950s and helped clear activist Angela Davis of murder and kidnapping charges in the 1970s, died of a stroke Aug. 13 at a San Francisco hospital, her daughter, Emily Roberson,...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Pharmaceuticals, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Walter Cronkite, longtime CBS anchorman, dies at 92
Walter Cronkite, the former CBS news anchor whose steady baritone informed, reassured and guided the nation during the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, died today, the network announced. He was 92.
Cronkite, who was often called "the most trusted man in...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Houston, World War II (1939-1945), Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.
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PASSINGS: John E. Carter, Elmer Kelton
John E. Carter R&B tenor was in Dells, Flamingos John E. Carter, R&B lead tenor and two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, died Friday at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in his hometown of Harvey, Ill. He was 75 and had lung cancer....Tags: Defense, World War II (1939-1945), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Fiction, Television
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Spanish soccer team sports one talented bear of a mascot
L.A. UnleashedSpain has the coolest grizzly bear for a mascot - he can play an instrument, do somersaults, and even flip off officials.... -
Berkeley Breathed, drawn back to 'Bloom County' but looking forward
The Hero ComplexTODAY: Berkeley Breathed is appearing at the Long Beach Comic Con. Berkeley Breathed, the creator of the comic strips ???Bloom County,??? "Outland" and ???Opus,??? lives on a high hilltop in Santa Barbara ??? yes, the money from all those Bill......
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