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Is bribery sometimes OK? How people answered across the Americas
World NowA Vanderbilt University study found big differences in how bribery is seen in different countries, based on a 2010 survey of nearly 41,000 people in 24 countries.... -
Don't 'go postal' over 'drinking the Kool-Aid' [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Don't "drink the Kool-Aid," writes Meghan Daum in an Op-Ed column that urges readers to "ease up on a figure of speech arising from 1978's Jonestown massacre." She writes: [A]pparently unbeknown to just about everyone who uses the expression, "drinking...... -
Animal broker charged in deaths of 15 monkeys
L.A. NOWAnimal broker charged in deaths of 15 monkeys... -
Guyana info
THE BEST WAY TO GUYANA From LAX, Virgin America, American, United and Delta offer connecting service (change of plane) to Georgetown, Guyana. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $854, excluding taxes and fees. WHERE TO STAY Atta Rainforest Lodge,...Tags: Georgetown, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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It's a jungle all right in Guyana
Wary of jaguars, Wally Prince creeps around a cave formed by overhanging boulders. A few small bats drop from the rocks, flutter about and find new resting places. Our guide, a native of Guyana, is a man on a mission.
"Watch out for pit vipers," he says,...Tags: Crimes, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Tourism and Leisure, Assault
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Janet Jagan dies at 88; Chicago nursing student became president of Guyana
Janet Jagan, a Chicago nursing student who became Guyana's first white and first female president decades after immigrating to the region, died Saturday. She was 88.
Jagan died at the country's state-run Georgetown Public Hospital of an abdominal...Tags: Politics, Documentary (genre), Death, Surgery, Northwestern University
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David Shayt dies at 56; associate curator collected artifacts for the Smithsonian
David Shayt summed up his effect on the world in fewer than 100 words. "As a museum specialist at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History," he wrote in the Washington Post for a special millennium issue, "I have added to the national...Tags: McDonald's, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Death, Charity, Binney and Smith
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Archive: Hell's Echo: The Jonestown Mass Suicide
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEditor's note: Nov. 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy in which 913 people died in a ritual of mass suicide and murder at a cult compound in Guyana. This story was first published on the 25th anniversary of the massacre. OAKLAND -- On...Tags: Crimes, Local Elections, Prisons, Defense, Suicide
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Archive: Jonestown's Lessons Still Go Unheeded
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt was deja vu: Too many bodies, life snuffed out, arranged neatly in restful repose, showing no obvious signs of violence. In one case, the dead were shielded from the sun by the red-tiled roof of a million-dollar mansion in a wealthy Southern California...Tags: Crimes, Cults and Sects, Death, Rosalynn Carter, Murder
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Archive: Mourners Recall Jonestown Tragedy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs mourners assembled Wednesday for the 20th annual services commemorating the Jonestown tragedy, a Los Angeles business executive pledged funds for a long-sought memorial wall to be inscribed with the names and ages of more than 900 victims of the mass...Tags: Crimes, Death, Murder, Children, Suicide
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Archive: Little Remains of Peoples Temple Outpost Where 913 Died
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn 10-year-old photographs, the ground around the Jonestown pavilion is covered with bodies of men, women and children. More than 900 people had received a fatal potion of poison in Jim Jones' grisly ritual of suicide and murder. Today, the infamous spot...Tags: Interior Policy, Crimes, Politics, Cults and Sects, Housing and Urban Planning
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Miami Subs Grill to open restaurants in South America
Miami Subs Grill is expanding overseas. The South Florida-based sandwich chain announced that the company will expand its operations to South America. The deal includes opening four new restaurants in the Gorgetown region of Guyana later this year....Tags: Dining and Drinking, Miami Subs Corporation, South America, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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