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Kirk Douglas to pay tribute to his late friend Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas will be paying tribute to his old friend and frequent co-star Burt Lancaster at the UCLA Film & Television Archive's June 7 screening of their classic 1957 western, “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” at the Billy Wilder Theater in...
Tags: Rhonda Fleming, Movies, Mark Twain, Armed Conflicts, John Sturges
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Harlequin ladybird can be a pest in disguise
The harlequin ladybird was once a stalwart ally of greenhouse growers around the world. Native to Japan, Korea and other parts of eastern Asia, the bright red ladybugs were prized for their aphid-eating abilities — until they caused serious declines...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Germany, Conservation
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USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders
WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Evo Morales, Arab Spring, Democracy
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South African ruling party criticized over video of frail Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Tuesday defended a controversial decision to allow the broadcast on television of a video of an unsmiling Nelson Mandela, looking frail, pallid and uncomfortable, as...
Tags: Pneumonia, Social Media, Culture, Government, South Africa
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The Bronte Society corrects a grave error
Anne Bronte, younger sister of Charlotte and Emily, has a new gravestone, the BBC reported Tuesday. The new plaque corrects a 164-year-old error on the original. Anne, author of the novels "Agnes Grey" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" as well as a...
Tags: BBC
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The ex-presidents club
As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...
Tags: Libraries, Diseases and Illnesses, Bill Clinton, Government, Barack Obama
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Pictures in the News | April 17, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News begins in London, where pallbearers set down the coffin of Baroness Margaret Thatcher inside St Paul's Cathedral in London. Dignitaries from around the world today join Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of... -
Setting Times stories to music: From Johnny Cash to Morrissey
I'm at Coachella this weekend, where maybe I'll try to do the story-song combo in reverse order: hear a song, and try to think of a story that fits it. My mind is already full of possibilities. For the Stone Roses' "I Wanna Be Adored" (probably my all-...
Tags: Music, Pakistan, Johnny Cash, Entertainment, Sports
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Barlow Hospital's overreach
The leafy and historic neighborhoods just north of downtown Los Angeles feature bungalows perched on steep hillsides, businesses huddled on commercial streets and an iconic baseball stadium. But all are dominated by Elysian Park, the 600-acre expanse that...
Tags: Long Term Care, Land Resources, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest
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Pope Francis has only one lung. Is it enough?
His predecessor was the first pope to retire due to deteriorating health -- a condition no doubt exacerbated by frequent world travel and a demanding schedule. Yet at age 76, Pope Francis arrives at the Vatican with his own medical history....
Tags: Pneumonia, Lung Cancer, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, The Pope, Flu
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Whittier High students tested for tuberculosis
L.A. NOWStudents at Whittier High School are being tested for tuberculosis after someone associated with the campus tested positive for the respiratory illness.... -
Downtown L.A. TB outbreak: LAPD urges officers to wear masks
L.A. NOWLos Angeles police issued a warning over the weekend to officers who patrol the Skid Row area warning them to wear protective masks and minimize face-to-face contact with suspects or the public if there is reason to believe that they are infected...
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