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In North Pole, Alaska, Christmas is a year-round labor of love for Santa's helpers
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlong the Richardson Highway in the Alaskan interior, "towns" — and that's being generous — often spring up for a single purpose: to provide food, water and, of course, fuel to passing motorists. Mosquito Junction was once such a wayside. But...Tags: Santa Claus (fictional character), Festive Events, Holidays, Fairbanks, Road Transportation
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Scene & Heard: Sweet Honey in the Rock concert reception
Special to the Los Angeles TimesMembers of a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock were greeted with holiday wishes at a Champagne reception backstage after their Dec. 19 concert at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Actress Alfre Woodard said if her heart could sing, "that is the sound...Tags: Concerts, Human Interest, Music Industry, Music, Spain
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Richard Morefield dies at 81; diplomat was seized in Iran hostage crisis
Richard Morefield, a former career diplomat who was the U.S. consul general in Tehran in 1979 when the American Embassy was seized by Iranian militants and he and 51 other Americans were held hostage for 444 days, has died. He was 81.
Morefield, a...Tags: Politics, Television, Documentary (genre), Crisis, Family
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Revising the book on mental illness
After years of research, professional infighting and maneuvering from various interest groups, the nation's psychiatrists Tuesday unveiled proposed changes to the manual used to diagnose and treat mental disorders around the world.
The draft document,...Tags: Health, Mental Illness, Research, Health and Safety at School, Lotteries
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West Hollywood hotel: Charlie Chaplin Tramp stayed here
Special to the Los Angeles TimesEntering the Charlie Chaplin cottage, I stooped to avoid hitting my head. At 5 feet 8, I'm about 3 inches taller than Chaplin. (It's said the Little Tramp had the door made small so his guests would have to bow as they entered.) I was at the Charlie,...Tags: Health, Rudolph Valentino, Family, Ruth Gordon, Property
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Louise Bourgeois dies at 98; revered artist's work was a 'form of psychoanalysis'
Louise Bourgeois, an internationally revered artist whose intensely personal work was inspired by psychological conflict, feminist consciousness and a fertile imagination, has died. She was 98.
Bourgeois died Monday at Beth Israel Medical Center in...Tags: Health, Family, Arts and Culture, Heart Attack, Dance
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San Francisco vs. San Diego: Which is the better getaway?
Every year, millions of people find themselves craving a vacation from greater Los Angeles. Many of these people don't want to cross state lines or climb mountains or contend with deserts, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, redwoods, Gold Country or Mickey Mouse....Tags: Minor League Baseball, FBI, Trips and Vacations, University of California, Los Angeles, Ansel Adams
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Food politics in L.A.: Hungry for change
The business of government often has been conducted over a meal, but these days it's food itself that's on the public agenda: how to get more and better food to poor people, how to improve what children eat at school, how to encourage access to farmers'...Tags: Politics, Environmental Pollution, Obesity, Public Officials, Dining and Drinking
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L.A.'s leaders in learning
Five families from across the San Fernando Valley set up camp for three nights by the front door of Wilbur Avenue Elementary School in 2009, intent on getting a spot for their children in one of the best-regarded schools in Los Angeles. Others hired...Tags: Family, Academic Progress, University of Southern California, Social Issues, Duke University
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Summer Concerts 2010: Classical and World Music
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Sundays Live at LACMA: Weekly one-hour classical chamber music concerts and recitals by soloists and ensembles. This series has been running since 1948. Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 6 p.m. Free. http:/...Tags: Judaism, Concerts, Theater, University of Southern California, John F. Williams
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Who's teaching L.A.'s kids?
The fifth-graders at Broadous Elementary School come from the same world — the poorest corner of the San Fernando Valley, a Pacoima neighborhood framed by two freeways where some have lost friends to the stray bullets of rival gangs.
Many are the...Tags: School Examinations, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teaching and Learning, Antonio Villaraigosa, Academic Progress
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Scene & Heard: Los Angeles Philharmonic 'Celebración' gala
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Oct. 7 "Celebración," the Los Angeles Philharmonic opening night gala, attracted 800 guests to what looked like a high-tech supper club on Grand Avenue. Judging from the crowd packing the dance floor, guests could have danced all night — when...Tags: Eli Broad, Television, Bottle Shock (movie), Giada De Laurentiis, Herbie Hancock
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