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Entering Beverly Hills house is like stepping into the 1920s
Crossing the threshold into the grand entry hall of the Mediterranean-style house in Beverly Hills is like stepping into a time capsule.
Up for sale for the first time since it was built in 1925 for its original owners, the elegantly understated house...Tags: Architecture, Marlborough, Arts and Culture
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Fires in Florida and Cornwall, N.Y., destroy bits of history
Nation NowFires in the eastern United States have destroyed two vastly different bits of irreplaceable history: a legendary cypress tree in Florida and an industrial complex in the New York community of Cornwall.... -
Was one of Georgetown's canine mascots a war hero?
Sports NowFOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: One of Georgetown's canine mascots was a war hero. The first live animal mascot in college football was "Handsome Dan," a bulldog who was purchased by Yale student Andrew Graves in 1889. The bulldog became quite popular...... -
Frank Neuhauser dies at 97; first national spelling bee winner
The word had already baffled one contestant when Frank Neuhauser confidently spelled it right — "G-L-A-D-I-O-L-U-S" — to win the first national spelling bee in 1925.
Luck was his ally. Although he had studied for months with his mill-worker...Tags: Politics, Technology, Science and Technology, Justice System, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Your morning adorable: Baby pygmy hippopotamus is born in Polish zoo
L.A. UnleashedIt's not often we have the opportunity to use the words "adorable" and "hippopotamus" in the same headline. In fact, we're almost positive we've never had that distinct pleasure before. But here we are, faced with alarming evidence that baby...... -
Cal McLish dies at 84; pitched in first All-Star game played in Los Angeles
Cal McLish, who pitched in the first major league baseball All-Star game played in Los Angeles, has died. He was 84.
McLish died Thursday at his home in Edmond, Okla., after a long battle with leukemia, said a spokesman for the Matthews Funeral Home....Tags: Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Baseball, Cleveland Indians
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Gifts with a Presidents Day Twist: White House pet project
All The RageIt’s one thing to have a First Dog and/or First Cat who signs paw-stamped autographs, makes an occasional television appearance and pens a book or two (a la Millie, President George H.W. Bush's springer spaniel). But it’s something else... -
For political leaders like Moammar Kadafi, ruling power is really all about The Hat
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Planning your trip to Denver, Colorado
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE BEST WAY From LAX, United, Southwest, American, Frontier and Delta offer nonstop service to Denver. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $260. The following hotels are in downtown Denver. Ritz-Carlton Denver, 1881 Curtis St.; (800) 241-3333, www....Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Personal Service, Los Angeles International Airport, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Calvin Coolidge – Modest Candidate
The Daily Mirror“Movie of a Man Celebrating New Year’s Eve (New Style),” by Clare Briggs. Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination in a declaration that is unimaginable today: "I do not feel that any man could... -
Presidential powers don't extend to pop culture.
We're asking a lot of Barack Obama, just to right the sinking ship of American politics. Can we expect him to save American culture as well? Can a president spin that much gossamer from his oratory? Can the American people make better books, movies and...Tags: Richard Nixon, History, Ian Fleming, Thelonious Monk, Frank Sinatra
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Past presidents -- an inaugural quiz
Today, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nation's 44th president in a ceremony filled with tradition. Test your knowledge of ceremonies past. 1. Of whose inaugural speech did wordsmith H.L. Mencken say: "It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it...Tags: Richard Nixon, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Super Bowl, John Quincy Adams
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