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    May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Yosemite makeover seeks to keep hantavirus at bay

    YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Sisters Lauren Scott and Patrice Fambrini stood near the check-in desk of Curry Village, a quaint collection of tents and cabins in Yosemite National Park, and considered the merits of their lodgings.
    YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Sisters Lauren Scott and Patrice Fambrini stood near the check-in desk of Curry Village, a quaint collection of tents and cabins in Yosemite National Park, and considered the merits of their lodgings. Last year, three...

    Tags: Memorial Day, National Parks, Viral Diseases and Infections, Fever, Tourism and Leisure

    2. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. With driver Takuma Sato, A.J. Foyt regains hopes of an Indy 500 win

    INDIANAPOLIS — In a back room inside garage stall A-5 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, just off Gasoline Alley, A.J. Foyt sits at a cramped lunch table entertaining friends and co-workers.
    INDIANAPOLIS — In a back room inside garage stall A-5 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, just off Gasoline Alley, A.J. Foyt sits at a cramped lunch table entertaining friends and co-workers. The 78-year-old Foyt shifts in his chair carefully,...

    Tags: Tony Stewart, Coca-Cola Co., Stock Car Racing, Mario Andretti, Penske Racing

    3. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Are there too few great white sharks off California?

    It's a mystery of the sea: How many great white sharks are prowling near California's surf lines?
    It's a mystery of the sea: How many great white sharks are prowling near California's surf lines? Some scientists say the population is large and healthy. Others say it is alarmingly small. No one has ever known for certain, but the question has...

    Tags: Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Environmental Issues, Biology, Seafood and Fishing Industry

    4. May 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. When your laptop dies

    It happened, as crises do, without warning. I was doing something essential, like trolling online for better and deeply discounted kitchen knives, when suddenly the image on my laptop went from hi-res to out-of-register. Most of the color fell away and a grim message appeared: My computer was having a problem, as though I hadn't noticed; I should wait a minute and try to turn it on again.
    It happened, as crises do, without warning. I was doing something essential, like trolling online for better and deeply discounted kitchen knives, when suddenly the image on my laptop went from hi-res to out-of-register. Most of the color fell away and...

    Tags: Columbia University, Electronics, IBM, Les Miserables (musical), FedEx Corporation

    5. May 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. High tech meets high fashion

    From digitally printed textiles to stylish tech gadgets and even wearable computing, the ever-growing partnership of fashion and technology is catapulting the design world into a whole new dimension.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    From digitally printed textiles to stylish tech gadgets and even wearable computing, the ever-growing partnership of fashion and technology is catapulting the design world into a whole new dimension. Evidence was everywhere at the New York fall-winter...

    Tags: Lady Gaga, Alexander McQueen, Fashion Shows, Electronics, Samsung Group

    6. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Don't just sit there. Really.

    "Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us," says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women's health at the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program.
    "Prolonged sitting is not what nature intended for us," says Dr. Camelia Davtyan, clinical professor of medicine and director of women's health at the UCLA Comprehensive Health Program. "The chair is out to kill us," says James Levine, an...

    Tags: The Ohio State University, Health and Safety at School, Heart Disease, Ernest Hemingway, Women's Health

    7. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 'The Internship,' now starring ... Google

    Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google.
    Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google. The company campus in Mountain View, Calif., is the setting for the movie in which Vaughn and Wilson play down-on-their-luck...

    Tags: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Rose Byrne, Google Play, Mark Zuckerberg

    8. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Letters: Sexism and the Plan B debate

    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-clayton-boys-sex-condoms-20130520%2C0%2C7115822.story">Re "A birth control double standard," Opinion, May 20</a>
    Re "A birth control double standard," Opinion, May 20 Bravo to Meg Waite Clayton's articulate Op-Ed regarding society's double standard for male and female sexuality, and the Obama administration's consequent restriction of access to emergency...

    Tags: Chemical Industry, Plan B (drug), Standards, Family Planning, Abdominal Pain

    9. May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. California Senate OKs protections for kids of police, public officials

    The state Senate approved legislation Friday that would make it a crime to harass or secretly photograph the children of police officers, judges and other public officials because of their occupation.
    The state Senate approved legislation Friday that would make it a crime to harass or secretly photograph the children of police officers, judges and other public officials because of their occupation. The measure requires those convicted serve 10 days...

    Tags: Christopher Dorner, Labor Legislation, Ellen M Corbett, Judges, Electronics

    10. May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Popular principal's dismissal leaves a South L.A. school divided

    Third-grade teacher Kate Lewis said Irma Cobian is the best principal she's had in nine years at Weigand Avenue Elementary School in Watts.
    Third-grade teacher Kate Lewis said Irma Cobian is the best principal she's had in nine years at Weigand Avenue Elementary School in Watts. Joseph Shamel called Cobian a "godsend" who has used her mastery of special education to show him how to craft...

    Tags: Students, Politics, Teachers, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying

    11. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance

    KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality.
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. But as the female chief executive of a...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Taliban, Technology, Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry

    12. May 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology

    The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
    The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time. But it was not nearly as...

    Tags: Invention and Innovation, Consumer Goods Industries, Scientific Invention, Physiology, Electronics

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