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    Mar 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Remember, journalists: The facts matter

    "If your mother says she loves you, check it out," goes the old journalists' adage. But when it comes to what writers recall in memoir and first-person reporting, it doesn't always happen.
    "If your mother says she loves you, check it out," goes the old journalists' adage. But when it comes to what writers recall in memoir and first-person reporting, it doesn't always happen. Ira Glass, host of the public radio program "This American Life,"...

    Tags: Massacres, Politics, Oprah Winfrey, United Nations, Prisons

    2. Dec 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. In Iran, a blind musician leads the way for a women's orchestra

    Every Friday, the young women gather at the blind man's home in a fading district of a sleepy city once famous for its poets and wine. They unpack vessels of wood, string and stretched hides. They cradle them in their arms. And as the afternoon wears on, they fill the alleyways with song.
    Every Friday, the young women gather at the blind man's home in a fading district of a sleepy city once famous for its poets and wine. They unpack vessels of wood, string and stretched hides. They cradle them in their arms. And as the afternoon wears on,...

    Tags: Depression, Achievement Records, Arts, Poetry, Science and Technology

    3. Nov 3, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Yma Sumac, 'Peruvian songbird' with multi-octave range, dies at 86

    Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born singer whose spectacular multi-octave vocal range and exotic persona made her an international sensation in the 1950s, has died. She was 86.
    Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born singer whose spectacular multi-octave vocal range and exotic persona made her an international sensation in the 1950s, has died. She was 86. Sumac, who was diagnosed with colon cancer in February, died Saturday in an...

    Tags: Death, Peru, Colon, Music Industry, Carnegie Hall

    4. May 6, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  4. Kentucky Derby

    ORDER OF FINISH Horse Jockey I'll Have Another Gutierrez Bodemeister Smith Dullahan Desormeaux Went the Day Well Velazquez Creative Cause Rosario Liaison Garcia Union Rags Leparoux Rousing Sermon Lezcano Hansen Dominguez Daddy Nose...

    Tags: Mine That Bird (racehorse), Big Brown, Barbaro, Animal Kingdom (racehorse), Kentucky Derby

    5. Dec 28, 2011 |Story| LA Canada

  5. Guest Column: Confessions of a forest addict

    Since it is the time of year for making resolutions to become a better person, I have decided to make a public confession. At the beginning of last summer I became an addict. It began as an exploration for a new sensation, as so many wrecked lives do,...

    Tags: Forests, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources, Weather, Weather Reports

    6. Feb 8, 2012 |Story| New Rushmore Radio

  6. Salvaging the Truth: Ten Titanic Myths Debunked

    April 15, 2012, will mark the hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the great ocean liner Titanic. Even before she was launched, Titanic was an object of fascination to people on both sides of the Atlantic (though they surely never suspected that the...

    Tags: Cruises, James Cameron, Republic of Ireland, University of New Haven, Tourism and Leisure

    7. Oct 1, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. At Laurel Park, neighbors celebrate century of glamor and grit

    Just about every Friday morning, Karen Lubieniecki takes a leisurely stroll to Laurel Park, finds a place along a railing at the nearly empty racetrack and spends an hour or so watching the horses exercise as the sun climbs the sky.
    Just about every Friday morning, Karen Lubieniecki takes a leisurely stroll to Laurel Park, finds a place along a railing at the nearly empty racetrack and spends an hour or so watching the horses exercise as the sun climbs the sky. It isn't that she's a...

    Tags: U.S. Army, Companies and Corporations, Roberta Flack, American Red Cross, Tourism and Leisure

    8. Oct 17, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Timeline: Highlights of 100 years at Laurel Park

    • Oct. 2, 1911, Laurel Park opened for racing under the direction of the Laurel Four County Fair. Three years later, New York City grocery entrepreneur James Butler purchased the track and made renowned promoter Matt Winn general manager. Winn is...

    Tags: Barbaro, Equestrian, Horse and Harness Racing, Belmont Stakes, The Jockey Club Incorporated

    9. May 5, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Real Muslim leadership, not a terrorist's death, would be something to celebrate

    Good riddance, Osama bin Laden.
    Good riddance, Osama bin Laden. That's one less terrorist I, as a Muslim American, have to worry about ruining my life. But while people filled the streets in Times Square and Pennsylvania Avenue with joy Sunday night, I'm looking at myself in the...

    Tags: Europe, Religious Conflicts, Taj Mahal, Nelson Mandela, Science and Technology

    10. Jan 18, 2011 |Story| Glendale News Press

  10. Glee Club gives earnest final tour concert

    Friendship between the director of Cornell University’s Glee Club and conductor of the Pasadena Master Chorale brought the two singing groups together Sunday afternoon for a joint concert at the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church.
    Friendship between the director of Cornell University’s Glee Club and conductor of the Pasadena Master Chorale brought the two singing groups together Sunday afternoon for a joint concert at the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church. The choir from...

    Tags: Education, Ivy League, University of California, Los Angeles, Cornell University, Human Interest

    11. Jun 10, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam,' 'High Tension,' 'A League of Ordinary Gentlemen,' 'Chrystal' and 'The Rider Named Death'

    An ode to the oral tradition of the Middle East, "The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam" is efficiently told by first-time writer-director Kayvan Mashayekh and melds the contemporary world with the historic. The family-friendly epic weaves the touching story of a young boy living with his Iranian immigrant family in Houston and the tale of the 11th century mathematician, astronomer and poet, Omar Khayyam.
    Times Staff Writer
    An ode to the oral tradition of the Middle East, "The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam" is efficiently told by first-time writer-director Kayvan Mashayekh and melds the contemporary world with the historic. The family-friendly epic weaves the touching...

    Tags: Crimes, Politics, Documentary (genre), Death, Communist Party

    12. Aug 2, 2002 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  12. Caspian Persian Grill/ Plantation

    Sun-Sentinel
    Even the best of culinary risk-takers might have their confidence a bit shaken trying to pronounce the menu items at Caspian Persian Grill: koobideh, aash-e reshteh, bademjan, joojeh kabobo and doogh abali, to name just a few. The good news for...

    Tags: Foods and Beverages, Onions, Ice Cream, Parsley, Pies and Tarts

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