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'20 Feet From Stardom' moves spotlight to the background
You've seen them but not noticed them. You've heard them but not listened to them. The new documentary "20 Feet From Stardom" shines a spotlight away from center stage over to the world of female backup singers. Directed by Morgan Neville, the film...
Tags: Searching for Sugar Man (movie), Film Festivals, Entertainment, Sundance Film Festival, Music Industry
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Colts Coach Chuck Pagano wins George Halas Award
Indianapolis Colts Coach Chuck Pagano, whose battle against a curable form of leukemia captivated the NFL last season, has been chosen as the 2013 George Halas Award winner by the Professional Football Writers of America. The award is presented to a NFL...
Tags: George Halas, National Football League, Miami Heat, Indianapolis Colts, Sports
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Merion won this poignant U.S. Open, even if Phil Mickelson didn't
ARDMORE, Pa. — It is hard to know whether this year's U.S. Open golf tournament will be remembered for Justin Rose's victory or Phil Mickelson's defeat. Rose is 32 years old, an Englishman born in South Africa, who was a prodigy as early as 17...
Tags: Steve Stricker, U.S. Open (golf), Golf, The Open Championship, Sports
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Smarter CT scanning of kids would prevent 3,020 cancers each year
Approximately 3,020 cancers could be prevented each year if doctors were more judicious about ordering CT scans for kids, according to a new study. A CT scan is essentially a series of X-rays combined to give physicians a three-dimensional view of a...
Tags: American Cancer Society, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, X-rays, Cancer
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A transcendent perch in the Silver Lake Hills
Every house is a reflection of its owner. Some owners are just a bit more complicated than others. Tim Tattu is still settling into his new house, designed by Los Angeles architect Tom Marble in the steep hills overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir. It is...
Tags: Palliative Care, Religion and Belief, Architecture, HIV, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Financial help for patients fighting cancer
After finding a lump in her breast, Laura Wells had to wait nearly six months before getting a confirmed diagnosis of cancer. The 46-year-old Costa Mesa woman was uninsured and working part-time when she discovered the lump in 2007. She worked for...
Tags: Insurance, Medical Research, Health Insurance, Environmental Issues, Finance
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Arkansas pipeline spill casts shadow over Keystone XL
MAYFLOWER, Ark. — On warm spring evenings, North Starlite Drive buzzed with children. They cycled around the cul-de-sac at the end of the wide, block-long road, shot baskets in driveways and inevitably wound up on the swing set and trampoline behind...
Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Department of State, Keystone XL Pipeline, Environmental Cleanup, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Memorial Day: Tokens of rememberance
My son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Donald J. Hogan, was killed in Helmand province in August 2009. In the days and weeks that followed, my wife, Carla, and I spent a lot of time with the 100 or so Marines who served with him. We asked them what they needed...
Tags: Human Interest, Afghanistan, Memorial Day
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Justice for Carousel
Royalene Fernandez thought her dream had come true when she bought her house on Panama Avenue in Carson. Palm trees lined the street just a few miles from the beach. Royalene and her husband had saved every dime to buy their home and were thrilled when...
Tags: Migraine, Environmental Pollution, Homes, Skin Cancer, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Girl born to save her sister's life graduates from CSU Long Beach
Marissa Eve Ayala, who first drew national attention more than two decades ago as the child who was born to provide her sister a life-saving bone marrow transplant, graduated from Cal State Long Beach this week with a degree in speech pathology. ...
Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Ceremonies, Culture, California State University, Long Beach, Arts and Culture
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Robert Guerrero knows pressure, and it's not fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr.
LAS VEGAS — Robert Guerrero is from Gilroy, California's garlic capital of the world. His greatest fight stages have been in San Jose and Ontario. And his most compelling pre-fight publicity stop was on evangelist Pat Robertson's "700 Club."...
Tags: Pat Robertson, Boxing, Welterweight, Interior Policy, Featherweight Boxing
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Study: Hookah no safer than cigarettes, just differently dangerous
Cigarette smoking may have earned a reputation as an unhealthy, cancer-causing pastime, but water pipes seem to have largely evaded the stigma. Now, new research shows that water pipes may simply be dangerous in slightly different ways, according to a...
Tags: Science and Technology, Heart Attack, Mayo Clinic, Medical Research
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