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Report faults professor, UCLA in death of lab assistant
Ever since Sheri Sangji was fatally burned in a December 2008 lab fire, UCLA officials have cast it as a tragic accident, saying the 23-year-old staff research assistant was a seasoned chemist who was trained in the experiment that went awry.
But...Tags: Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Science, Health and Safety at School
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Bagged greens: To wash or not to wash
The salad chefs I know fall into two camps: Some serve pre-washed bagged leafy greens straight from the bag. The others insist on washing them first, even though the bag label promises that the contents are "triple-washed."
Over the years, I've ignored...Tags: Lettuce, Salmonella Infection, Michael J. Doyle, Manufacturing and Engineering, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Joe Paterno dies at 85; transformed Penn State into football power
During a six-decade career, Joe Paterno transformed sleepy Penn State University into a national football power, creating a legacy that no one thought could be beaten — or tarnished.
But the Ivy League-educated coach who demanded that his players...Tags: Eddie Robinson, College Football, Pittsburgh Steelers, Jerry Sandusky, Abusive Behavior
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Salad industry on hunt for solution to tainted greens
For millions of Americans, bagged salads are a miracle food, the perfect mix of health and convenience.
Time-pressed cooks can rip open a bag and pour the leaves right into the bowl, reassured by the "triple-washed" label that some wondrous process has...Tags: Lettuce, Media Industry, Consumer Confidence, Gaming, Entertainment
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Dr. Richard Olney dies at 64; researcher sought cure for Lou Gehrig's disease
Dr. Richard Olney, an internationally renowned researcher who dedicated his life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease, has died after his own eight-year battle with the disease. He was 64.
Olney died Friday at his Marin County home, UC San...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Trials, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Lou Gehrig's Disease
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Wylie W. Vale Jr. dies at 70; researcher helped discover stress hormone
Wylie W. Vale Jr., a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and an internationally renowned expert on brain hormones who led a team of Salk researchers that discovered the brain hormone that triggers the body's reaction to...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Entertainment Events, Health and Safety at School, Heart Disease, Stress
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PASSINGS: Richard J. Sheirer, Jiri Raska, Jack Lionel Warner
Richard J. Sheirer
NYC emergency official at time of 9/11
Richard J. Sheirer, 65, the former New York City emergency management chief who helped guide the city through the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, died Thursday after experiencing chest pains....Tags: Heart Problems, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Hospitals and Clinics, 2016 Olympic Games, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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PASSINGS: Julia Sampson Hayward, James Rizzi, Bob O'Rourke
Julia Sampson Hayward
Champion tennis player in 1950s
Julia Sampson Hayward, 77, a champion tennis player who won the women's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 1953 Australian Open, died Tuesday at her home in Newport Beach of complications from a...Tags: Heart Problems, Germany, Korean War (1950-1953), FIFA World Cup, Carol Channing
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The Unreal World: 'Carnage' and child bullying
"Carnage"
SBS Productions
U.S. release: Dec. 16
The premise
Ethan Longstreet (Eliot Berger), age 11, has formed a gang at his Brooklyn school but has excluded classmate Zachary Cowan (Elvis Polanski), also age 11. When Zachary confronts him, Ethan...Tags: Psychology, Abusive Behavior, Entertainment, Carnage (movie), Human Interest
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Elevator camera shows South Korean teen before suicide jump
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Israel town of Beit Shemesh is front line of a religious battle
World Now"Beit Shemesh" means "the house of sun," but these days many see it as a dark place where religious extremists defy authorities, intimidate children and attack the press. Naama Margolese, a third-grader afraid to walk to school, becomes a symbol....
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