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'American Idol' recap: Hollywood Week -- for boys only
It's Hollywood Week on "American Idol." That usually means we're in for some drama and tension, especially during the dreaded group round – scenes of stressed-out contestants strolling around looking for kindred spirits, flashes of anger,...
Tags: Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj, Peter Garrett
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'American Idol' recap: Steven Tyler in drag? OK!
Apart from Steven Tyler, dressed in drag and calling himself "Pepper," stopping by to spice things up -- he got in a bleeped-out word, a head-scratching farm-animal reference and a moon in record time – things were relatively tame at "American Idol'...
Tags: Steven Tyler, Ryan Seacrest, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson
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Stair climbs: Getting a leg up
I call Stan Schwartz a "stair-ologist." But he prefers a warmer, cuddlier term. "I'm a nerd," says the 52-year-old system analyst for the earthquake computer at Caltech. "I studied the staircase in this building like a bug under a microscope. I took...
Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Road Running, Empire State Building, YMCA, Demographics
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Former British prime minister contradicts Murdoch's statement
World NowGordon Brown denied Murdoch's allegations of "war" threats; Ex- premier lambasts Murdoch's Sun... -
My Turn: Ready to celebrate a new hope for cystic fibrosis
For years, a picture of Dr. Francis Collins, torn from the pages of a 1989 issue of Newsweek, held fast to our refrigerator door. Two red magnets placed him in the middle of Little League schedules, school rosters and Citizen of the Month certificates....Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Scientific Exploration
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Cystic fibrosis drug ivacaftor offers patients new hope
All her life, Lindsay Shipp knew that she was dying. As a baby, she would cry after eating, and salt collected on her forehead. The diagnosis was cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic disease that, at the time, meant a life expectancy of 18 years.
The...Tags: Mamma Mia! (musical), University of Iowa, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Human Body, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Cystic fibrosis drug changes woman's life, revives Broadway dreams
Lindsay Shipp just wanted to keep her lungs.
When she was nine months old, Shipp was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis -- a genetic disease that, among other symptoms, causes thick mucus to form in the lungs. The life expectancy is 37, and most people who...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Entertainment
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Green Day to play secret benefit show Thursday at Costa Mesa's Tiki Bar
Pop & HissGreen Day Secret will play a secret benefit show at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa... -
'America's Got Talent' recap: The top 10 take the stage
Show TrackerA recap of the 'America's Got Talent' top 10 finals, in which the Silhouettes, Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., Team iLuminate and Poplyfe impressed.... -
Book review: 'We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess' by Daniel Akst
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWe Have Met the Enemy Self-Control in an Age of Excess Daniel Akst Penguin Press: 304 pp., $26.95 Daniel Akst borrowed his new book's title from "Pogo" creator Walt Kelly, whose "We have met the enemy and he is us" became a slogan marking the first...Tags: Craigslist, Inc., Gays and Lesbians, Stanford University, Colleges and Universities, Human Body
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State fines 12 hospitals for serious errors; eight are in Southern California [Updated]
L.A. NOWState officials have fined 12 California hospitals for medical errors that in some cases killed or seriously injured patients, according to a report made public Friday. California Department of Public Health officials have also required hospital officials... -
OWN acquires three documentaries
Show TrackerStill reading Jonathan Franzenâs âFreedomâ? Well, if youâre reading as part of Oprahâs book club, ya better hurry up! Judging from the book lover's reading calendar, you should have been long done by now. And time is of the e...
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