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Day of terror in New York: Pages from a reporter's 9/11 journal
The brown-leather journal is my passport to Sept. 11, 2001. When I hold it in my hands, images and memories are no further away than yesterday.
I had no notebook with me when my husband and I dropped our children, 8 and 4, at school that morning. Then...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Bank of New York Company, Upper West Side, Career and Workplace, Hospitals and Clinics
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How to avoid 'hat hair'
The best protection against skin cancer of the scalp is a hat, but it's tricky to wear one without collateral damage to your hairstyle. Caile Noble, hairstylist at Serge Normant at John Frieda Salon, offers tips on how to banish hat hair. Long and...Tags: Human Interest, Human Body, Scalp
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Experts look at new high-tech, at-home beauty devices
Special to the Los Angeles TimesImagine having the fountain of youth as close at hand as the bathroom. We're not there yet — but there's a burgeoning number of at-home, high-tech beauty gadgets that claim to smooth wrinkles, whiten teeth and remove hair without the need to...Tags: Human Body, University of California, Los Angeles, Dentistry and Dental Health, Elections, Surgery
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Nonsurgical cosmetic treatments growing in popularity
Los Angeles TimesDr. W. Grant Stevens calls it his fire and ice room. Stocked with lasers, skin-tightening devices, fat-zapping machines and, on a recent Wednesday, a 65-year-old woman named Helen, the brightly lighted corner of the Marina del Rey medical facility is a...Tags: Human Body, Entertainment, Apple iPhone, Manufacturing and Engineering, Instrument Engineering
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How to protect the scalp from skin cancer
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAs summer heats up, we've learned to slather SPF 15 or higher all over our bodies and faces in an effort to prevent sun damage and skin cancer. We've also been told to recite our ABCs when checking for unusual moles: asymmetry, border irregularity and...Tags: Sports, Physical Conditions, Melanin, Cancer, Swimming
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Space NK to open store in Brentwood on Monday
Special to the Los Angeles TimesHigh-end beauty chain Space NK could be considered the luxury Sephora. The British retailer, which launched in 1993 in the form of a single, unassuming shop in Covent Garden, London, features an expertly edited selection of founder Nicky Kinnaird's...Tags: Human Body, Inventories, Liposuction, England, Cosmetic Procedures
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Fall Sneaks list
SEPT. 9
All's Faire in Love
A college football star has to make up for his many absences by working at a Renaissance fair, where he falls for an aspiring actress. With Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer and Matthew Lillard. Written...Tags: Travel, Christianity, Michael Rispoli, Fine Arts, Bryce Dallas Howard
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Working out obesity issues on 'Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition'
"Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition"
10 p.m. June 13, ABC
Episode: "Dana"
The premise
Dana Baker is a 44-year-old gospel singer who weighs 498 pounds. He freely admits to a regular diet of cookies, Hawaiian Punch and donuts. He sweats when...Tags: Human Body, ABC (tv network), Social Issues, Colleges and Universities, Aspirin (drug)
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Dining: Cafe Gratitude in L.A., for the vegan Stuart Smalleys of the world
Written on the mirror of the women's bathroom at Café Gratitude, a new raw and vegan restaurant, are the words, "I adore myself and everyone else." The sentiment is part of the positivity campaign that the restaurant has been waging since opening on...Tags: Human Body, Warren Beatty, Key Lime Pie, Elections, Kale
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Drummer Neil Peart's body is finely tuned instrument
Cue Simpsons-Comic-Book-Store-Guy voice: Best. Band. Ever!
If you're a good drummer, it's a physically demanding job. To be the greatest, you must follow a training regimen that goes beyond the lighted stage.
A recent reader's poll in Rolling Stone...Tags: Sports, Rush (music group), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Family Guy (tv program), Johnny Unitas
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Bob Forrest's unlikely career arc
Jason Davis, a 25-year-old heroin addict and grandson of oil billionaire Marvin Davis, was the most shameless cast member on "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" last season, a distinction akin to being the nerdiest person at a "Star Trek" convention —...Tags: Courtney Love, Entertainment, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Diseases and Illnesses, Heroin
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Rodriguez: Land of the free, home of the fake
Kim Kardashian's butt is real. Some haters said it was fake. To prove them wrong, she had a doctor take X-rays to show that it was implant-free.
Odd as it sounds, when a symbol of trumped-up celebrity has a part of her anatomy authenticated, it's a...Tags: Real Estate, Kim Kardashian, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Colleges and Universities, Culture
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