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Monster Mash: Wisconsin governor replaces painting in mansion; 'Million Dollar Quartet' moving
Culture MonsterWisconsin governor Scott Walker removes painting depicting children... -
Donald Trump takes on President Obama and Robert De Niro
Top of the TicketDonald Trump wants President Obama to reveal his school records and calls Robert De Niro 'not the brightest bulb in the world'... -
Culture Watch: 'Carnegie Hall Treasures'
Culture MonsterMark Swed reviews "Carnegie Hall Treasures," published on the occasion of the iconic institution's 120th anniversary.... -
Most famous physicist ever? Readers disagree
Readers' Representative JournalIf you were asked to name "probably the most famous physicist ever," whom would you choose? Sir Isaac Newton? His theories of gravity and motion were groundbreaking. Albert Einstein? His Theory of General Relativity changed our fundamental understanding... -
Voici! It's a new collection of art furniture from Voila!
L.A. at HomeKatrien van der Schueren, the purveyor of unusual art, prints and industrial objects at the L.A. store Voila!, has had enough with furniture that doesn't really say anything. In the few years she has been in business, she said, "I...... -
Word Play: A picture's worth more than a thousand words
It's hard to imagine that the reading of picture books could be controversial, but this fall saw a considerable kerfuffle over a story in the New York Times that declared picture books to be in decline. In the midst of a perfectly respectable news story...Tags: Children, Fox Broadcasting Company, Music, Georgia O'Keeffe, Helen Keller
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Sleep where the legends slept in grand old California hotels
Special to the Los Angeles Times"Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole," British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." And, I might add, place to place. There's something special about bedding down where Albert Einstein, Marilyn...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Bodies of Water, Benjamin Harrison, Yoko Ono, Personal Service
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'Bomb Power' by Garry Wills
Garry Wills is a formidable Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, one of America's leading public intellectuals and, over the last 50 years, our most important lay Catholic thinker and writer.
In his 28th book, "Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency, Coup d'Etat, Government, White House
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Oxford lite
OXFORD, England -- Cue the college choir. Roll the "Brideshead Revisited" footage. Lay out the strawberries and clotted cream. And let me begin by saying, ahem, that it's a rich experience, reflecting upon one's days at Oxford. The morning sun through...Tags: Bill Clinton, Research, Crimes, Rudyard Kipling, Science and Technology
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'The Gates' by John Connolly
John Connolly's YA novel "The Gates" is the perfect book for Halloween -- a laugh-out-loud funny tale about a boy who must find a way to close the gates of hell (and save humanity!) after his goofy neighbors accidentally open them during a séance,...Tags: Children, Religious Festivals, Halloween Costumes, Science, Book
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3 Americans win Nobel in physics
One scientist set the stage for the globe-girdling fiber-optic networks that transmit the bulk of everyday television, telephone and other communications. Two other scientists developed the electronic eye that makes digital photography possible. On...Tags: Photography, Nobel Prize Awards, NASA, Applied Physics, Science
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Lou Jacobi dies at 95; character actor
Associated PressLou Jacobi, an actor who was known for comic roles and won praise in dramatic ones over a long career in the theater and movies, including Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" and Barry Levinson's “Avalon,” has died....Tags: Arthur (tv program), Celebrities, Paddy Chayefsky, Music Theater, Barry Levinson
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