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A crime against motherhood
My mom's first day of motherhood was one of the happiest of her life. It was also one of the worst. She had accompanied my dad from Sri Lanka to Washington State University in 1968, so he could complete his doctorate as a Fulbright Scholar. The school...
Tags: Criminals, Biotechnology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, Racism
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Letters: Marriage and North Carolina
Re "N.C. passes marriage law," May 9 We may not like what our neighbors say or do, but as long as it's not hurting us, we accept it so we can live together peacefully. Accepting gay marriage is much the same. Denying a group of people the simple...
Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Joe Biden, Marriage
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Movie review: 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' plunder and please
It's not often noted in the history books, but Queen Victoria simply couldn't stand pirates. In fact, the words "I Hate Pirates" are prominently carved on the royal crest. You could look it up. Well, actually, you can't, because the wacky folks at...
Tags: Animation (genre), Piracy, Jeremy Piven, Movies, Hugh Grant
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Men with beards aren't more attractive to women, study suggests
My husband likes to let his beard grow in. In this way, he’s like a lot of young(ish) men you might find these days on sports fields and in hipster bars. The hairy look has even had its day in Hollywood — in the run-up to the 2010 Oscars,...Tags: Academy Awards, New Zealand, Demographics, Entertainment Events
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Car review: Porsche 911 takes an evolutionary leap
One hundred years from now, when auto historians go all Charles Darwin dissecting the evolution of Porsche's 911 sports car, they may notice a bit of a dogleg in the year 2012.
The car's progress since its inception in 1963 has been carefully modulated....Tags: Porsche, Passenger Cars, Sports Cars, Car Engine Repair, Luxury Vehicles
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Biology test omits creation theory, complains Kentucky educator
Nation NowKentucky evolution challenge: A county schools superintendent in Kentucky is upset that a statewide biology test puts too much emphasis on evolution.... -
Word Play: Where the Wild Things still are
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe idea of caring for the environment seems to be easier to get across to kids than to adults. Many adults just think the world is too complicated. "What difference does one light bulb or one plastic water bottle make in the wide world?" they think. For...Tags: Wetlands, Bodies of Water, Bee (insect), Natural Resources, Science and Technology
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What's new in London since the last big royal wedding
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSo you hate royal weddings. Or you love them. Or maybe you've caught yourself attending to arcane details of Prince William and Kate Middleton's plans for April 29, but you can't say exactly why. Here's one reason: They defy time. Start with just the...Tags: The National (music group), Weddings, BBC, Marriage, Diana, Princess of Wales
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Thomas Eisner dies at 81; entomologist who studied insect chemistry
Thomas Eisner, who became known as the "father of chemical ecology" as a result of his pioneering studies of how insects use chemicals to mate, elude predators and capture prey, died March 25 at his home in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 81 and had Parkinson's...Tags: Harvard University, Science and Technology, Cornell University, Nazi Party, Music
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Coming to the Festival of Books: Mark Kurlansky
Jacket CopyComing to the Festival of Books: Mark Kurlansky, author of "Cod," has written a children's book about fish and the oceans -- he talks about what draws him back to the sea.... -
LAUSD prepares to ax school librarians' jobs. What would August Wilson say?
Culture MonsterWith school librarians' jobs endangered in L.A., what would August Wilson say?... -
Blue Balliett switches setting but not adventure in 'The Danger Box'
Los Angeles TimesWhen Blue Balliett burst onto the tween literary scene with her first action-packed intellectual art mystery six years ago, it was, in every sense, a puzzler. An unknown Chicago teacher had propelled herself to the top of the country's bestseller lists...Tags: Arts, FBI, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mystery (genre), Arts and Culture
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