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Black Sabbath makes its own luck with '13'
For decades, the question from fans and journalists was constant and predictable: Would the heavy metal originators of Black Sabbath ever make another album? Not that they hadn't tried. In 2001, singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer...
Tags: Music, Lymphoma, Television, Chemotherapy, Entertainment
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L.A. measure to cap marijuana shops passed with citywide support
A ballot measure to cap the number of medical marijuana shops in Los Angeles won in last month's election with support from nearly every corner of the city, according to a Times analysis of election returns. Proposition D received majority support in...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, 2 Chainz, Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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O.C. chiropractor gets jail time for "inappropriate" massage
An Orange County chiropractor was convicted and sentenced Friday for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old client during a massage therapy session, prosecutors said. Dennis Scott Durbin, 65, pleaded guilty Friday to one felony count of sexual battery by...Tags: Prosecution, Massage Therapy, Chiropractic, Sex Crimes, Justice System
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Plan B emergency contraceptive pill battle: Confusion endures
It was hailed as a significant step forward in women's reproductive rights, but this week's decision by the Obama administration to allow non-prescription, over-the-counter sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step may do little to dispel...
Tags: Plan B (drug), Georgetown, Birth Control, Health and Medical Professionals, Feminism
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Los Angeles leads nation in Medicare spending on end-of-life care
More money was spent in the Los Angeles area on chronically ill patients in their final years than anywhere else in the United States, according to new data on Medicare patients released Wednesday. Spending in the last two years of life was about $112,...
Tags: Medicare, Palliative Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing
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On Plan B contraceptive, the White House gets it right -- finally
The White House has smartly reversed its opposition to allowing girls of all ages to buy the Plan B One-Step contraceptive pill over-the-counter. The Obama administration still resists the sale of cheaper, more generic versions of the emergency...
Tags: Plan B (drug), Family Planning, Birth Control, Politics, Food and Drug Administration
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Los Angeles leads U.S. in Medicare spending on end-of-life care
Sixty percent more money was spent in the Los Angeles area on chronically ill patients in their final years than the national average, according to new data on Medicare patients released Wednesday. Spending in the last two years of life was about $112,...Tags: Medicare, Palliative Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Nursing
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Review: 'Ain't in It for My Health' a fitting tribute to the late Levon Helm
Loose and ragtag, stirring and poignant, the documentary "Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm" proves a fitting tribute to its late star, perhaps best known as the singer-drummer of the influential late-1960s and '70s folk-rock group the...
Tags: Music, Radiation Therapy, Ed Sullivan, NoHo, Entertainment
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Feds to comply with NY morning-after pill ruling
From the Associated PressThe federal government on Monday told a judge it would reverse course and take steps to comply with his order to allow girls of any age to buy emergency contraception without prescriptions. The Department of Justice, in the latest development in a...Tags: Plan B (drug), Family Planning, Judges, Birth Control, Justice System
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Obama administration reverses course on Plan B pill
The Obama administration dropped its long-standing opposition to over-the-counter sales of a controversial morning-after pill Monday and decided to permit consumers of any age to buy Plan B One-Step without a prescription. In papers filed in federal...
Tags: Government, Family Planning, Plan B (drug), Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice
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Tonys 2013: Andrew Lloyd Webber cancels appearance, citing health
Andrew Lloyd Webber said Sunday that health problems have forced him to cancel his scheduled appearance at the Tony Awards ceremony in New York. Lloyd Webber was expected to appear at Sunday's ceremony at Radio City Music Hall as part of a tribute to "The...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Prostate Cancer
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Frank Lautenberg dies at 89; Democratic senator from New Jersey
WASHINGTON — Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg of New Jersey, the last World War II veteran in the Senate and a stalwart Democrat who led congressional battles over three decades to toughen gun laws, ban smoking on planes and crack down on drunk driving,...
Tags: Pneumonia, Frank Lautenberg, Democratic Party, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Patrick J. Toomey
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