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Neither Christine O'Donnell's 'idiot bravado' nor Chris Coons' baldness sways partisan bloggers
Top of the TicketThere's polls, there's the court of public opinion, and there's television talking heads, but everyone knows the only opinions that matter are those of the blogosphere. The morning after a nationally televised Delaware debate in which one candidate (Chris... -
How low will he go? Obama approval hits yet another bottom and 54% now say, 'No second term'
Top of the TicketObama approval hits new low. And a majority now sees him unfavorably. But he's still campaigning for others.... -
School board approves value-added contract
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Board of Education unanimously approved a contract Tuesday with a company that will analyze teachers' effectiveness in raising students' standardized test scores. The agreement with the University of Wisconsin Value Added Research Center,... -
Nonhuman primates and humans have similar aging patterns, study shows
L.A. UnleashedWhen it comes to getting older, humans aren't so special after all. It turns out their pattern of aging isn't too different from most other primates, such as chimpanzees, monkeys and baboons, new research shows. A team led by Anne...... -
Mirror, mirror: Who's the healthiest county of us all?
Opinion L.A.Orange County is the healthiest county in the Southland; Los Angeles comes in at a mediocre 26th and San Bernardino an abysmal 45th. If you're a fan of rankings, you'll love the new county-by-county health scores from the University of...... -
Rose Parade: Not coldest ever, but chilly enough
L.A. NOWIt wasn't the coldest Rose Parade on record, but with an overnight low of 39 degrees, it was still plenty cold -- chilly enough that even visitors from the upper Midwest took note. Nick Anderson, 20, a junior at the...... -
Why politics didn't come between Sargent Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Opinion L.A.Over the weekend, Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote an Op-Ed for our pages in tribute to his father-in-law Sargent Shriver. He recounted the 1994 commencement speech Shriver gave at Yale that inspired Schwarzenegger to change his life path. Break mirrors, Sarge... -
Huntington's big inheritance was top arts gift in 2010, but donors continued to flag overall
Culture MonsterAnnual study of America's most charitable citizens cites Huntington's big inheritance as the top arts gift in 2010, but overall gifts from the wealthiest are found lagging... -
L.A. Unified releases school ratings using 'value-added' method
In a dramatic turn for the country's second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified released school ratings based on a new approach that measures a school's success at raising student performance — the first in a series of high-stakes moves...Tags: Standardized Testing, Academic Progress, School Examinations, Examinations, Schools
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Manning Marable dies at 60; historian and author of forthcoming Malcolm X biography
Manning Marable, an influential historian whose forthcoming biography of Malcolm X could revise perceptions of the slain civil rights leader, has died only days before the book described as his life's work was to be published. He was 60.
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PASSINGS: Anne Volk Finn, Henry Wittenberg
Anne Volk Finn
Widow of L.A. councilman
Anne Volk Finn, 94, who was the widow of former Los Angeles City Councilman Howard Finn and twice tried to follow in his political footsteps, died Wednesday at her Sunland home of complications related to old age,...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Israel, World War II (1939-1945), Family, Wrestling
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Philip Curtin, dies at 87; historian of African slave trade
Philip D. Curtin, a historian of the African slave trade who after World War II was a leading figure in reviving the neglected field of African history, has died. He was 87.
Curtin, who was awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1983, died June 4 of...Tags: India, Diseases and Illnesses, World War II (1939-1945), Obituaries, Death
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