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John P. Quimby dies at 77; as assemblyman, helped create parks
This post has been corrected. Please see note below.John P. Quimby, a former state assemblyman who helped create hundreds of California parks by writing legislation that allowed cities to require developers to donate land for recreational use, has died. He was 77. Quimby, whose political career began...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Lobbying, Obituaries, Polio
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Elwood Jensen dies at 92; his research spurred cancer treatments
Elwood Jensen, a medical researcher whose ground-breaking work in the field of endocrinology and breast cancer led to revolutionary and life-saving treatments, died of complications from pneumonia on Dec. 16 in suburban Cincinnati, the University of...
Tags: Medical Research, Health Treatments, Biology, University of Chicago, Breast Cancer
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Barbara Walters remains hospitalized, now has chicken pox
Barbara Walters is still in the hospital, according to her "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg, and she now has chicken pox. That's right, the disease many people get as children is now afflicting the 83-year-old newswoman. "We want to give you an...
Tags: Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Fox News Channel (tv network), Hospitals and Clinics, Sarah Palin
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SAG Awards 2013: Jennifer Lawrence, Tina Fey celebrate backstage
Of all the festivities that make up Hollywood's annual awards season, the SAG Awards is the one place where actors appear the most comfortable, relaxing with other members of their artistic community and celebrating the fact that they perform for a...
Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Celebrities, Justin Timberlake, Sally Field, Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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[Live blog] SAG Awards red carpet: Hathaway, 2 trends with 1 dress
Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic5:20 p.m.: Anne Hathaway, another eagerly awaited clotheshorse on the SAG Awards red carpet, chose black -- the color of the night -- with sheer accents, another big trend. Her Giambattista Valli gown has a fairy-tale look, with a sleeveless bodice of...Tags: Ellie Kemper, Anne Hathaway, Theft, Badgley Mischka, Screen Actors Guild Awards
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Many seek acute care within month of hospital release, study says
Nearly 20% of patients who are discharged from hospitals return for acute care within 30 days, researchers reported Tuesday. The team, led by Yale emergency medicine researcher Dr. Anita A. Vashi, scoured records collected between July 2008 and...
Tags: Science and Technology, Heart Attack, American Medical Association, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics
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John D. Silva dies at 92; introduced news helicopter
John D. Silva was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in 1958 when he outfitted a helicopter with a TV camera and changed television news coverage forever. He turned a rented Bell helicopter into the Telecopter, essentially a flying TV studio. The first of...
Tags: Engineering, Television, Entertainment, Electrical Appliance, Stanford University
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Brittany Murphy's final film finally finished
Brittany Murphy died in December 2009, but her final film hasn't seen the light of day. When Murphy passed away at age 32, she had completed production of her last movie, "Something Wicked." But because of her death — caused by pneumonia, iron...
Tags: River Phoenix, Entertainment, Movies, Eddie Murphy, Julian Morris
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Michael Murphy, Esalen's potentialist
Before the Esalen Institute, there was Michael Murphy's family's property, a choice chunk of gorgeous Big Sur, where, in 1962, Murphy (writer, seeker) and his friend and fellow human potentialist Dick Price dedicated the Murphy land to the now 50-year-old...
Tags: Olympic Games, Republican Party, Golf, Stranger Than Fiction, Religion and Belief
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Stevie Nicks dishes on new and old work with Lindsey Buckingham
Los Angeles Times Pop Music CriticSome of the most exciting news to come out of a conversation with Stevie Nicks on Monday was when she discussed a recent studio session with fellow Fleetwood Mac member and longtime collaborator Lindsey Buckingham. The two will join Mick Fleetwood and...Tags: Entertainment, Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac (music group), Viral Diseases and Infections, Christine McVie
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Inauguration 2013: Let's move the ceremony to L.A. next time
They had a nice little Inauguration Day on Monday in Washington. A bit nippy -- mid-20s to mid-40s -- but no Arctic blast of cold air or snow. That really nasty stuff is expected Tuesday. And that’s why it’s time to move this whole...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Entertainment, Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009)
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Beyond 7 billion: Bending the population curve
Hunger. Environmental degradation. Political instability. These were among the consequences of rapid global population growth documented in a five-part series in The Times in July. Now, Opinion has invited leading scholars to consider what, if anything,...
Tags: Aquaculture, PATH, National Institutes of Health, Paul Kagame, Birth Control
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