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Letters: Less than happy in Santa Monica
Re "Happiness index," March 14 The so-called happiness index for Santa Monica is an oddly Orwellian promise to measure the community's well-being. It is ironic that you feature a photo of a fitness trainer conducting classes in Santa Monica's landmark...Tags: Human Interest, The Happiest News!
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Caroline Wozniacki is headed to final
Caroline Wozniacki made it back to the BNP Paribas Open women's final at Indian Wells on Friday night, fighting her way through a 2-hour 28-minute marathon that was mostly distinguishable by moonballs and service breaks. Eighth-seeded Wozniacki of...
Tags: Maria Kirilenko, U.S. Open (tennis), Caroline Wozniacki, Angelique Kerber, Maria Sharapova
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Breaking a sweat, busting a gut with Richard Simmons in B-Hills
My kind of town, Beverly Hills. It's vectored in such a way as to guarantee you get lost, involving a circuitry of duplicate names — Santa Monica, Little Santa Monica, Mondo Santa Monica. Everybody you meet sounds like Borat, and none of them...
Tags: Elton John, Rodeo, Rite Aid Corp., Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
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House Republicans and Senate Democrats split on tax reform
The House and Senate budget committees presented their fiscal 2014 budget proposals this week with sharply different story lines. For House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the point of the exercise was to chart a path to a balanced budget...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Taxation, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Patty Murray
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Heel pain 'epidemic,' but doctors show steps to deal with plantar fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis. If you haven't had to deal with it personally, just ask around. Chances are you know lots of people who can describe it in great detail: stabbing heel pain and agonizing steps followed by a frustratingly slow recovery. Plantar fasciitis...
Tags: Health Treatments, Epidemics and Plagues, Health and Medical Professionals, Inflammation, Physical Therapists
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Lawsuit challenges NYPD 'stop-and-frisks'
NEW YORK — To Pedro Serrano, a New York City police officer, his low rate of stopping and frisking people while patrolling the South Bronx was a sign he was exercising restraint in using the controversial law enforcement technique. His bosses...
Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Bronx (New York City), American Civil Liberties Union, New York City Police Department
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Exercise class welcomes dogs too
Many people get home from work in need of a trip to the gym or an exercise class. But the list of excuses is myriad, starting with that most precious commodity, time. Factor in a dog — in my case, a rambunctious terrier mix named Beanie —...
Tags: Autism, CrossFit, Inc.
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Bacteria may provide some of gastric bypass surgery's boost
In the latest of a slew of studies examining the role of the so-called microbiome -- the mix of microscopic critters that colonize our bodies and our environment -- in human health, Harvard researchers said Wednesday that part of the reason that Roux-en-Y...
Tags: Science and Technology, Weight, Overweight, Massachusetts General Hospital, Obesity
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Transcript: Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a nearly 13-hour filibuster Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Paul used his time on the floor to question the legality of the White House's policies on drone use, beginning at 11:47 a.m. EST and...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Dentistry and Dental Health, Condoleezza Rice, International Military Interventions, Agriculture
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Kim Kardashian's 'mommy blog': She's staying fit while pregnant
Kim Kardashian is taking this "mommy blog" thing pretty seriously, and the latest post in the pregnant star's mommy blog category is all about staying healthy. The reality TV star, who is pregnant with rapper Kanye West's baby, debuted the series of...
Tags: Kanye West, Recipes, Kim Kardashian, Miscarriage, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program)
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D.C. politicians fail to face up to U.S. income inequality
Both Republicans and Democrats say concern about the middle class is at the heart of the ongoing, vituperative debate over taxes, entitlements and fiscal discipline, but the political spat never seems to honestly address the gaping and growing class...
Tags: Employees, Politics, Starbucks Corp., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Howard D. Schultz
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Santa Monica's well-being index wins $1-million prize
L.A. NOWThe city of Santa Monica on Wednesday was named one of five winning cities in the inaugural Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge and will receive a $1-million prize to help carry out its well-being project. City officials and researchers at Rand.......
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