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Oregon's Lakeridge High School wins Vans Custom Culture Contest
A panel of celebrity judges, including fashion designers Whitney Port and Timo Weiland, actress Emma Roberts, pro skateboarder Steve Caballero and Yo Gabba Gabba! co-creator Christian Jacobs, picked Lakeridge High School of Lake Oswego, Ore., as the...
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: John Ford, New York Observer, Billy Wilder, Leo McCarey, French Movies
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A vicious cycle in the used-car business
First of three parts
Tiffany Lee wanted a car. She was weary of the two-hour bus ride to her job at a UCLA Health System clinic. She hated having to ask friends to drive her 7-year-old son to his asthma treatments.
But as a single mother with three...Tags: Credit and Debt, Career and Workplace, Money and Monetary Policy, Justice System, Trials
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Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel seeks reduced murder sentence
Nation NowKennedy cousin Michael Skakel wants a reduced sentence in the beating death of Martha Moxley, when they were both 15. She was beaten to death with a golf club; he was convicted more than 25 years after the killing.... -
Gay marriage: Prop. 8 ruling cheered, but U.S. impact not clear
Nation NowProposition 8: An appeals court ruling on Proposition 8 was seen as a victory not only for gays and lesbians in California, but also for gays and lesbians fighting for same-sex marriage in other parts of the country.... -
Gunman killed after opening fire in Middletown, N.Y., courthouse
Nation NowCourthouse shooting: A gunman was shot dead Wednesday after opening fire in the Middletown, N.Y., courthouse.... -
Signature Theater Company steps into the MacArthur 'genius' breach
Culture MonsterSignature Theater Company annouces a new playwriting program as the MacArthur Fellows Program awards overlooks the theater.... -
'Modern Family's' Ty Burrell earned his acting chops on the stage
Culture MonsterâModern Familyâsâ Ty Burrell is up for an Emmy on Sunday for his nuanced performance as a spacey dad in the critically raved-about sitcom. The strength of his performance rests, in part, on a motivating quality that Burrell picked up...... -
Monster Mash: Detroit Symphony braces for musicians' strike; Wikipedia criticized for revealing play's ending
Culture MonsterLabor standoff: Musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have authorized its union leaders to call a strike after management's two final contract proposals were rejected. (Detroit Free Press) Spoiler alert: Wikipedia is under criticism for revealing... -
Japan raises nuclear crisis rating to highest level
Japanese nuclear regulatory officials Tuesday raised the severity rating at the earthquake- and tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant to the highest level by international standards, equaling the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown in the former Soviet Union....Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters, Tsunamis, Disasters and Accidents, Career and Workplace
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Plan devised to stabilize crippled Japanese nuclear plant
The operator of the stricken Japanese nuclear power plant said Sunday that it hoped to stabilize the facility's reactors by the beginning of next year in a state known as a cold shutdown.
The plan for the Fukushima Daiichi power plant is Tokyo Electric...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters, Tsunamis, Career and Workplace, Disasters and Accidents
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Blake Edwards dies at 88; 'Pink Panther' director was master of slapstick comedy
Blake Edwards, a writer-director who battled depression in his personal life yet was known as a modern master of slapstick and sophisticated wit with hit films such as the "Pink Panther" comedies, "10" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died. He was 88....Tags: Henry Mancini, Career and Workplace, Truman Capote, Ernst Lubitsch, World War I (1914-1918)
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