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Pictures in the News | Aug. 14, 2012
FrameworkIn Tuesday's Pictures in the News, several countries hold national celebrations: Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule, Pakistan's Independence Day, and the Dutch Olympic team's 20 Olympic medals in the Netherlands. In other news, a senior Ugandan... -
5 Questions: Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers
Olympic champion swimmer Matt Grevers, 27, knows about love. He loves his fiancée, he loves his sport and he loves his country. Although born and raised in the U.S., Grevers' parents are from the Netherlands, and he had dual citizenship and visited their...
Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Awards and Prizes, Demographics, Matt Grevers, Apple iPad
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Adventure World theme park set to break ground in Poland
Los Angeles Times staff writerThe $800-million Adventure World Warsaw theme park set to break ground July 21 will feature lands dedicated to mythical creatures, ancient legends, fantasy worlds and Polish history. PHOTOS: Adventure World Warsaw theme park in Poland Located about a...Tags: Poland, Landforms, Amusement and Theme Parks, Marco Polo, Trips and Vacations
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Winners of the L.A. Times' 2011 Editorial Awards
Readers' Representative JournalThe Times' Editorial Awards for 2011, handed out in a ceremony Thursday night, honored what Editor Davan Maharaj called "the staples of our craft -- long-form feature writing, watchdog journalism and great photography ... also the creative and... -
Assisted suicide rates changed little since Dutch legalization
World NowDoctors have been allowed to help patients end their lives in the Netherlands for a decade by giving them lethal drugs, a practice that has sometimes stoked alarm outside the country, even popping up in American political debate earlier this year. Now a... -
Frances Williams Preston dies at 83; president, CEO of BMI
She was an ambitious, well-connected former Nashville radio station receptionist when the performing rights organization BMI hired her to open a southern regional office in the Tennessee capital in 1958. By the time Frances Williams Preston retired as...
Tags: Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Radio, Corporate Officers
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Europeans, Canadians baffled by U.S. furor on healthcare
World NowAs the news spread that the U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the law and its requirement that most people buy health insurance, some people across Europe took to Twitter to ask: What’s the big deal? In Europe, where governments take a bigger role in... -
Santa Timeline: Before he was cheery and chubby
Los Angeles TimesYou may think you know Santa, but there's a lot more to the legend than a bag full of presents. What follows is a selective history of St. Nick and how he came to be known as the jolly round man in the iconic red suit. PHOTOS: A look at the evolution...Tags: Religion and Belief, The Salvation Army, Thomas Nast, Religious Festivals, Turkey
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Cruises: Drinking in the ambience aboard Rotterdam VI
Rarely has a city been as in love with a shipping company as Rotterdam, Netherlands, is with the Holland America line.
So July 3, when the 1997 Rotterdam VI left the Netherlands' second-largest city for New York City, the Dutch turned out in force to...Tags: Bill Miller, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Laurel, Statue of Liberty, Concerts
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Smaller legs of world cruises can be a deal
The British couple — she in a long black dress, he in a traditional tux — leaned against the elevator's polished wood paneling as they headed back to their cabin after an evening performance in the main showroom. Embarrassed at my casual...Tags: Hank Aaron, White House, Leave It to Beaver (tv program), Tour Operations Industry, Tourism and Leisure
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The Healthy Skeptic: Seeing through skin supplements' claims
You wouldn't last very long without oxygen. But just as rust slowly eats away at a nail, oxygen can age your body. As your cells use this vital element, they produce free radicals — unstable molecules that can damage your tissues and add wear and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Cancer, File Sharing
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Avenging Angel
LA Times MagazineThe Killing’s Mireille Enos shows the world her bright side...
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