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New cigarette warning labels unveiled
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday unveiled a group of graphic images and messages that will cover the top half of every cigarette package in the United States starting in fall 2012.
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FOR THE RECORD: An...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Diseases and Illnesses, Quitting Smoking, Human Body, Lungs and Airways
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The Siren's Call: Doubt and faith
Los Angeles TimesMissed appointments for the apocalypse, like the one in May, do more than give nonbelievers a chance to crack a joke. They create doubts in some of the faithful; after all, the world didn't end — but is there really somebody out there? The same can...Tags: Human Interest, Soups, Death and Dying Customs, Christianity, Philosophy
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Book Review: 'The Quotable Hitchens'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThrough his Vanity Fair essays, his books and his television appearances, Christopher Hitchens has become one of our leading provocateurs, saying what many of us might be thinking (though he's more articulate) but are afraid to utter. Public intellectual,...Tags: Sociology, Mike Huckabee, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Christopher Hitchens
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Carl Gardner dies at 83; founding member of the Coasters
Carl Gardner, a founding member and lead singer of the Coasters, the renowned R&B vocal group whose memorably amusing hits included "Yakety Yak," "Charlie Brown" and "Poison Ivy," has died. He was 83.
Gardner, who had been battling congestive heart...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Entertainment, Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida), Comedy (genre), Heart Failure
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Aldous Huxley's psychedelic Los Angeles life
Jacket CopyAuthor Aldous Huxley, a bracing intellectual, took LSD and mescaline a decade before they became popularized, influencing a future subculture.... -
PASSINGS: Bill Clements, Arthur Goldreich, John N. Doggett, Sergei Bagapsh, Thomas Graham Duffy
Bill Clements
First GOP Texas governor since Reconstruction
Bill Clements, 94, a two-term Texas governor who in 1979 became the first Republican elected governor in the state since Reconstruction, died Sunday at a Dallas-area hospital, Lt. Gov. David...Tags: NAACP, High School Sports, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice and Rights, Entertainment
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Anthem Blue Cross promotes alternatives to expensive emergency room visits
Money & CompanyLooking for cheaper alternatives to the emergency room? There are urgent care centers and retail health clinics throughout California that may be all you need. And the state’s largest for-profit health insurer says it has a quick way to find...... -
IBF orders Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko rematch
The Fabulous ForumThe International Boxing Federation on Tuesday ordered new bantamweight champion Abner Mares of Hawaiian Gardens to have an immediate rematch against New York's Joseph Agbeko, who gave up his belt in a controversial majority decision Saturday night in Las... -
Matt Barnes channels grief over mom's death into his foundation
Lakers BlogMatt Barnes channels grief over mom's death into his foundation... -
'True Blood' recap: Soul survivors
Show TrackerYou just knew Marnie wasn't going to be dispatched quite that easily. In "Soul or Fire," Sunday's pentultimate episode of "True Blood's" fourth season, Bill might have managed to take down the witch's body, but she's still hanging around in spirit.... -
Be slow my hurting heart: The pain of social rejection drives down heart rate
You've been dumped by a romantic interest you really liked. You've been passed over for a job by a boss you thought admired you. A group of friends is going out together, leaving you out of their plans. This kind of social rejection prompts your brain...Tags: Sociology, Diseases and Illnesses, Science and Technology, Society, Human Interest
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Duck DNA might shield farm chickens from flu
Influenza has for years ravaged domesticated chickens. Now scientists suggest that a small piece of duck DNA might protect the farm birds against the virus -- saving commercial flocks and lessening the possibility that humans could be exposed to dangerous...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Mount Sinai, DNA, Natural Resources, China
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