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GOP blocks Senate debate on Dem student loan bill
Associated PressSenate Republicans derailed a Democratic bill on Tuesday that would keep interest rates on federal college loans from doubling July 1 in an election-year battle aimed at the hearts - and votes - of millions of students and their parents. Republicans said...Tags: Education, Republican Party, Politics, Mitch McConnell, Money and Monetary Policy
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In latest jab, Obama offers Congress a 'to-do' list
WASHINGTON -- Taking another jab at his favorite punching bag, President Obama on Tuesday offered Congress a "to-do" list for the year, drawing attention and gently mocking lawmakers in the unpopular and gridlocked Congress. "It's about the size of a...
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Trudi Lesser
Trudi Lesser is a highly regarded commercial real estate and finance attorney with over 25 years of practice, working exclusively in commercial real estate law for the last 15 years. She counsels property owners, developers and lenders in the purchase,...
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Kenneth Price dies at 77; artist transformed traditional ceramics
Kenneth Price, a prolific Los Angeles artist whose work with glazed and painted clay transformed traditional ceramics while also expanding orthodox definitions of American and European sculpture, died early Friday at his home and studio in Taos, N.M. He...Tags: Arts, Ry Cooder, Science and Technology, Material Science, Trips and Vacations
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New York is scene of recent bizarre and deadly elevator incidents
Nation NowNew York was the scene last week of two bizarre and deadly elevator incidents, and charges were filed there in another incident two years ago that left an elevator rider severely injured. On Wednesday, a woman in Manhattan was killed when she was pinned... -
New book says the piano is most important instrument of all
Culture MonsterDespite its full title of “A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians – from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between,” the book is intentionally not encyclopedic. Its vignette-like structure... -
Gigi Gordon dies at 54; crusading criminal defense lawyer
Gigi Gordon, a crusading criminal defense lawyer who battled corrupt police and overzealous prosecutors to free dozens of prisoners who had been wrongfully convicted, committed suicide after struggling with multiple sclerosis and depression. She was 54....Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Prisons, Multiple Sclerosis, Dog (animal)
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Rose-colored glasses may help love last
If Cupid wanted to improve his game with science, he'd shoot first, then hand out rose-colored glasses with instructions attached:
To be worn when viewing your relationship and your partner's personality or body.
For best results, keep using well...Tags: Education, Cinderella (fictional character), Happiness (state of mind), Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
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Wilson Greatbatch dies at 92; inventor of first practical implantable pacemaker
While building an oscillator to record heart sounds, Wilson Greatbatch made a fortuitous mistake in the late 1950s. After he grabbed the wrong resistor from a box and plugged it in, the unit gave off a startlingly familiar, uneven electrical pulse.
"I...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Technology, Cornell University, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Ruth Stone dies at 96; American poet
Ruth Stone, a leading American poet whose career was halted, then inspired by tragedy as her sharp insights into love, death and nature brought her widespread acclaim in later years, has died. She was 96.
Stone, who won the National Book Award at 87...Tags: England, Entertainment Events, Suicide, Poetry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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John Marburger III dies at 70; science advisor to President George W. Bush
Physicist John H. Marburger III, who served as President George W. Bush's science advisor at a time when most researchers considered science to be under attack by the government, died July 28 at his home in Port Jefferson, N.Y. He was 70 and had non-...Tags: Politics, Hodgkins Disease, Port Jefferson, Science and Technology, Stanford University
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Dr. Max Harry Weil dies at 84: pioneer in critical care
Dr. Max Harry Weil, an influential pioneer of critical-care medicine and the founding president of the Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine in Rancho Mirage, has died. He was 84.
Weil died of prostate cancer July 29 at his home in Rancho Mirage, said...Tags: U.S. Army, Health and Medical Professionals, Science and Technology, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Heart Attack
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