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Oscars 2013: It takes a week's worth of parties ...
The Oscars are like the Super Bowl meets New Year's Eve for Hollywood. And as such there was no end to the parade of parties that swept the city leading up to Sunday night’s awards ceremony. Two of the most entertaining pre-parties were Thursday...
Tags: Ron Howard, Adrien Brody, January Jones, Government, Russell Brand
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C. Everett Koop dies at 96; former U.S. surgeon general
In the mid-1980s, the emerging AIDS epidemic was a high-profile target of vocal conservatives. Politicians and the religious right called for sweeping measures against those diagnosed with AIDS, including quarantine of patients, mandatory screening of...
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, U.S. Public Health Service, Social Issues, Heroin, Religion and Belief
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Oscars 2013: A joyful night at the Governors Ball
On the elegant stairway up to the Governors Ball, a man was having fun with the name of the event he was about to attend, loudly proclaiming it — or, rather, a variation of it that suggested a part of the male anatomy — to anyone who’d...
Tags: Government, Wolfgang Puck, Elton John, Jennifer Lawrence, Celebrities
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Dr. C. Everett Koop, influential surgeon general, dies at 96
WASHINGTON — Dr. C. Everett Koop, who as U.S. surgeon general in the 1980s led high-profile campaigns to highlight the dangers of smoking and to mobilize the nation against an emerging AIDS epidemic, has died. He was 96. Koop died Monday at his...
Tags: Abortion, Obituaries, Abortion Issue, Social Issues, Epidemics and Plagues
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Four Seth MacFarlane songs worse than 'We Saw Your Boobs'
Love him or hate him (and many of you hated him), there are some pretty strong opinions surrounding Seth MacFarlane’s first-time gig as host of the Oscars on Sunday night. The “Family Guy” and “American Dad!” creator has...
Tags: Seth MacFarlane, Music, Anne Hathaway, Entertainment Events, Charlize Theron
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McManus: D.C. doubles down on the sequester
The sequester, those $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to hit the federal government on March 1, was designed to be stupid. In 2011, when President Obama proposed the scheme and both parties in Congress embraced it, their...
Tags: White House, U.S. Congress, Government, Head Start, National Government
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Oscars 2013: Elton John AIDS Foundation viewing party rocks it
In the 21st year of his annual Oscar viewing party, music legend Elton John worked his way Sunday to each of the more than 70 tables that made up the makeshift ballroom under tents at the West Hollywood Park. The Academy Awards Viewing Party —...
Tags: Randy Jackson, Stephen Moyer, Mena Suvari, Jenna Elfman, Coldplay (music group)
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Oscars 2013: Celebration of music starts with 'We Saw Your Boobs'
"Tonight, for the first time, the Oscars have a theme," Seth MacFarlane said at the start of this year's Academy Awards, adding that Sunday night's show would be celebrating the marriage of film and music. Moments later, the host was cavorting around...
Tags: Seth MacFarlane, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Sally Field, Channing Tatum
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Oscars 2013: 'Searching for Sugar Man' wins best documentary
The musical mystery “Searching for Sugar Man” won the Oscar for documentary on Sunday night. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, the film about an obscure Detroit singer made a remarkable near-sweep of eligible awards since its premiere at the 2012...
Tags: Man on Wire (movie), Seth MacFarlane, Simon Chinn, Sex Crimes, Epidemics and Plagues
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Digital billboard company issues $100-million threat against L.A.
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Oklahoma urges 7,000 dental patients to get hepatitis, HIV tests
As many as 7,000 dental patients in Oklahoma are being urged to take blood tests for hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS after health officials said they discovered that instruments in a local practice were not properly cleaned. The warning of...
Tags: Adam Lanza, Health, Hepatitis, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C
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Hundreds of Tulsa dental patients are screened for hepatitis, HIV
Hundreds of dental patients in Tulsa were screened for hepatitis and HIV on Saturday at a special testing clinic for those who might have been exposed to disease by what authorities called the unsafe practices of a local dentist. More than 7,000 current...
Tags: Hepatitis, Hospitals and Clinics, Hepatitis C , Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses
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