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Shaggy, Alison Hinds, Tarrus Riley shine at JazzReggae Fest
Pop & HissOn day two of UCLA's annual JazzReggae Festival, Shaggy, Tarrus Riley, Collie Buddz, Alison Hinds and others showcased the many sounds of the Caribbean, from soca and reggae to reggaeton and lovers rock. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers an... -
U.S. romps, Canada stuns Cuba in Olympic volleyball qualifier
The U.S. and Canada men’s volleyball teams both remained unbeaten in pool play Wednesday, advancing to Friday’s semifinals of the NORCECA Olympic qualifying tournament at Long Beach State. The U.S. knocked off Mexico, 25-23, 25-19, 25-14 as...
Tags: Matt Anderson, Cuba, Mexico, Frank McCourt, Dominican Republic
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Los Lobos songbook drives 'Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe'
The way Louie Pérez remembers it, there was nothing more all-American than growing up Mexican American in Los Angeles in the 1960s. Yes, there were serious economic and social roadblocks to Latinos joining the middle-class mainstream. But Pérez and...
Tags: Latin Music (genre), Music Theater, Concerts, Rock and Roll (genre), Ed Sullivan
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Cuba advances to volleyball showdown with U.S.
Cuba’s men’s volleyball team had little trouble with Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, needing less than an hour to roll to a straight-set victory and advance to a semifinal showdown with the unbeaten U.S. in the NORCECA Olympic qualifying...
Tags: Cuba, Mexico, Volleyball
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For an Olympic volleyball hopeful, the dream may be fading
Twelfth in a series of occasional stories. No one, Jonathan Winder says, has told him anything specific. So he continues to show up for practice at the U.S. national volleyball team's facility in Anaheim every morning, still holding out hope he'll be...
Tags: Brazil, Olympic Games, University of California, Irvine, Volleyball, Heart Disease
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LeRoy Walker dies at 93; first black to lead U.S. Olympic body
LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday in Durham, N.C. He was 93.
Walker's death was confirmed by Scarborough & Hargett Funeral home, but no cause...Tags: North Carolina Central University, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Benedict College, Slavery, New York University
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Football: Ex-UCLA player Trinidad Garcia is new coach at San Fernando
Varsity Times InsiderTrinidad Roberto Garcia, a former UCLA defensive tackle, has been named football coach at San Fernando. Garcia was the junior varsity coach. He replaces Tom Hernandez, who decided to step down after his second stint as coach. -- Eric Sondheimer... -
Watch worldwide book sales, live
Jacket CopyA fascinating interactive map shows one bookseller's global book sales in real time.... -
Playlists to take you higher, lower or farther
Here are sample playlists put together from my own (admittedly limited) library, each one "arced" for a particular purpose. Then I asked a few folks who can really pick out a tune to share their sample lists.
AMINA KHAN
PICK-ME-UP:
It's siesta time....Tags: Calvin Harris, Skrillex (music group), Sade (music artist), Joni Mitchell, Ana Tijoux
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Test Kitchen tips: Cherimoya
Daily DishSlice into the leathery green skin of this large tropical fruit, and you find that cherimoyas have wonderfully fragrant, almost custard-like flesh. The fruit, known as a "custard apple" in Britain, can be eaten raw or cooked -- simply scoop out the flesh,... -
Facing outrage, Josh Powell's family gives up on burial near sons
Nation NowJosh Powell: Josh Powell's mother said she erred by trying to buy her son in the same cemetery as his two young sons -- the boys Powell killed in a fiery explosion. It remains unclear, however, where he will be buried.... -
World's hottest chile pepper: The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion!
Nation NowThe chili pepper, which comes from the central south coast of Trinidad, is certifiably potent: Testing showed its mean heat score topped more than 1.2 million heat units on the Scoville scale used to grade peppers....
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