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Q & A: How a fancy Austrian ball stirred worry about neo-Nazis
World NowIn Austria last week, protesters condemned a fancy ball that has been linked to extremists and neo-Nazis. The ball happens annually, but it caused extra uproar last week because it dovetailed with worldwide commemorations of the Holocaust.... -
Jessica Biel, Nazis top SXSW midnight movies lineup
24 FramesGenre favorites Ti West and Don Coscarelli are among the filmmakers whose work will be featured in the midnight and short films lineup at Austin's South by Southwest Film Festival, which gets underway next month.... -
Commandant orders probe into use of Nazi symbols by Marines
L.A. NOWReacting to an uproar over Marines from Camp Pendleton posing with a flag showing a Nazi symbol, the commandant of the Marine Corps on Friday ordered an investigation to determine the prevalence of Nazi or "other unauthorized symbols" among scout-sniper... -
Mormons apologize for baptizing parents of Nazi hunter Wiesenthal
Nation NowMormon church apology: A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints submitted for posthumous baptisms the names of Simon Wiesenthal's parents. The church has apologized.... -
Berlin Film Festival: With 'Iron Sky,' Nazis land on moon
24 FramesOne of the most talked-about movies at this year’s Berlin Film Festival has turned out to be “Iron Sky,” a quirky sci-fi parody with aspirations to political satire.... -
Dmitri Nabokov dies at 77; only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov
Dmitri Nabokov, the only child of acclaimed novelist Vladimir Nabokov who helped protect and translate his father's work while pursuing careers as an opera singer and race car driver, has died. He was 77.
The younger Nabokov died Wednesday at a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Opera (genre), Swiss Confederation, Vladimir Nabokov, New York Public Library
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Berlin Film Festival: Top award goes to Italian prison documentary
24 FramesThe Berlin International Film Festival handed out its awards on Saturday, awarding the top prize, the Golden Bear, to "Caesar Must Die" (“Cesare Deve Morire”) from octegenarian filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.... -
Robert E. Conot dies at 82; journalist wrote exhaustive study of the Watts riots
To organize his research on the Watts riots, journalist Robert E. Conot sketched out the hour-by-hour progress of events in 1965 on a 25-foot-long stretch of paper, then dressed the diagram in the exhaustive detail for which he became known.
The timeline...Tags: News Media, Hospitals and Clinics, War Crimes, Riots, World War II (1939-1945)
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Lana Peters dies at 85; Josef Stalin's daughter, author
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's daughter, whose defection to the West during the Cold War embarrassed the ruling communists and made her a bestselling author, has died. She was 85.
Lana Peters — who was known internationally by her previous name,...Tags: Russia, Moscow (Russia), Frank Lloyd Wright, Human Interest, India
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Nancy Wake dies at 98; Australian spied against Nazis in France
Australian Nancy Wake, who as a spy became one the Allies' most decorated servicewomen for her role in the French Resistance during World War II, has died in London, officials said. She was 98.
Code-named "The White Mouse" by the Gestapo during the war,...Tags: Julia Gillard, Entertainment, Advanced Training, Australia, Espionage and Intelligence
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Dr. Ilse Lowenstam dies at 98; VA physician tackled substance abuse issues
New to the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration hospital in 1962, Dr. Ilse Lowenstam realized that many patients were checking out of the residence-care program she oversaw — and in to nearby bars.
"We didn't have a real program for alcoholics,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Substance Abuse, Cancer, Alcohol Addiction, Behavioral Conditions
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Kurt Sanderling dies at 98; admired conductor under Soviets
Kurt Sanderling, who led the Leningrad Philharmonic and the East Berlin Symphony Orchestra under Soviet rule and won admirers in the West later in his career as a guest conductor for orchestras in London, Los Angeles and elsewhere, has died. He was 98....Tags: Berlin (Germany), Concerts, Russia, Entertainment, Moscow (Russia)
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