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Victorinox to open first West Coast store at Beverly Center Saturday
All The RageVictorinox to open first West Coast store at Beverly Center Saturday... -
U.S. global economic competitiveness trails Sweden, Finland
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Large Hadron Collider rewards scientists watching at Caltech
The Large Hadron Collider near Geneva succeeded early Tuesday in smashing subatomic particles together at more than three times the highest levels previously recorded, eliciting cheers from a crowd watching at Caltech and pushing two sometimes-separate...Tags: Olympic Games, Science and Technology, Science, Physics, Large Hadron Collider Experiments
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Joan Sutherland dies at 83; ranked among the most powerful divas of the 20th century
Joan Sutherland, the Australian tailor's daughter acclaimed as "La Stupenda" during a nearly 40-year operatic career and rated by many critics as the most powerful and technically perfect diva of the 20th century, has died. She was 83.
Sutherland died...Tags: Reviews, Gaetano Donizetti, Entertainment, Maria Callas, Beverly Sills
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Camping across Europe in a van
We're packing the mobi for a madcap trip across Europe to see as much as we can in 18 days. If this trip goes badly, it's our daughter's fault. This is her idea, pitched from her apartment in downtown Antwerp during a call months earlier.
"Come visit us,...Tags: Road Transportation, Swiss Confederation, France, Vienna (Austria), Slovakia
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Iran, weapons, secrets and threats
Representatives of six major world powers and Iran will begin talks on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program when they meet Thursday. Here is a primer on the issues to be discussed.
Who will participate in the talks in Geneva?
The discussions will be...Tags: Missile Systems, Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Heavy Engineering, Nicolas Sarkozy
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Why Retired Military Brass Don't Want Torture
CHARLES KAISER, author of "1968 in America" and "The Gay Metropolis," is completing "The Cost of Courage," a book about a French family that fought in the Resistance in Paris during World War II.FOR ONE 83-year-old veteran of World War II, it was the searing memory of a Japanese prisoner who helped turn the tide on Iwo Jima. For a 40-year veteran of Army intelligence, it was a trip to the battlefield at Gettysburg. For all 43 retired generals and...Tags: Armed Forces, World War II (1939-1945), Sexual Assault, Death, Prisons
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Tortured logic
'THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT TORTURE," President Bush said last week. It can, however, make use of what he euphemistically called "an alternative set of procedures" for eliciting information from prisoners suspected of being terrorists. The difference...Tags: Terrorism, Social Issues, Central Intelligence Agency, Court Administration, Prisons
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Jan Krugier dies at 80; art dealer survived Auschwitz, collected works by renowned artists
Associated PressArt dealer Jan Krugier, an Auschwitz survivor who collected the works of Picasso and other renowned artists to help himself move past the horrors of the Nazi era, has died in Switzerland. He was 80. Krugier died Saturday as a result of an infection,...Tags: Francis Bacon, Marc Chagall, Edgar Degas, Arts, Henri Matisse
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New Yorkers like cars too the NY International Auto Show
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe New York International Auto Show held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan marks the fourth and final U.S. automotive press debut of the year (previous shows being Los Angeles, Detroit and Chicago). Although New York is the city that...Tags: Chevrolet, FX (tv channel), Bentley, Vehicles, Nissan
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Massive Mahler with a strong pull
Times Music CriticThe world did not end Wednesday morning after scientists near Geneva turned on the Large Hadron Collider, smashing protons onto protons at nearly the speed of light. At least I don't think a black hole was formed, as some feared could happen,...Tags: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Large Hadron Collider Experiments, Walt Disney
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Get tough on Iran
DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. and LEE A. CASEY are Washington attorneys who serve as members of the U.N. Sub-commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.HOLLYWOOD HAS an almost inexhaustible capacity to irritate politicians, both foreign and domestic. The recent film "300," which tells the story of a few hundred Greeks holding off a massive army of invading Persians in 480 BC — saving Western...Tags: Human Rights, Prisons, Death, International Relations, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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