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For sale, one Nobel Prize in literature: The Faulkner auction
New Yorkers got a preview Wednesday of an auction rarity: A Nobel Prize for literature. The 1950 medal belonged to William Faulkner, one of America's best-known and respected novelists. It comes with a hand-edited draft of Faulkner's acceptance speech;...
Tags: Auction Service, Nobel Prize Awards, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Entertainment Events, Arts and Culture
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For Los Angeles Lady Arm Wrestlers, joy and protest go hand in hand
On Valentine's Day, a young woman wearing a button-down shirt, bicycle shorts and a Soviet-era Budenovka hat, along with an adhesive mustache, stood on the stage of the Bootleg Theater. Her name was Russky Business. Her father's Fabergé egg had been...
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Arts and Culture, Valentine's Day, Organized Crime, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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City in Virginia passes anti-drone resolution
Charlottesville, Va., has taken action against the use of police spy drones, ordering a two-year moratorium on the citywide use of unmanned aircraft. It is the first city in the nation to do so, supporters say, and its move may prompt other...
Tags: Military Aircraft, Air Transportation Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Japan, Federal Aviation Administration
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A journey through Civil War sites
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAlthough the Civil War was waged across the country — from Arizona to Maine — some of the heaviest and most decisive fighting took place in the beautiful rolling countryside of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Piedmont, as it's called,...Tags: Camp David, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks
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$420,600 and counting for 'power lunch' with Warren Buffett
Want a “power lunch” with billionaire financier Warren Buffett? Get ready to shell out at least $420,600 for the privilege. So far, that’s the top bid in an annual charity auction to dine with seven friends and Buffett at Smith &...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Auction Service, Mutual Funds, Warren Buffett, Media General Inc.
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Metallica hopes PSA will help find fan's killer
Pop & HissMetallica released a new PSA video to help the FBI help solve the murder of a 20-year-old college student following a 2009 concert by the heavy metal band in Charlottesville, Virginia.... -
Garbage Maven: Look for a new, improved recycling label [Updated]
L.A. at HomeHow2recycle label: An improved, easier-to-understand recycling label is rolling out in consumer products from companies such as General Mills, REI and Costco.... -
Melvins to attempt Guinness World Record on U.S. tour
Pop & HissThe Melvins are attempting to break a Guinness World Record for fastest tour of the U.S.: 50 states in 51 days. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts assesses the odds, and perils, of such a journey.... -
Merry Christmas: Police officers help family down on its luck
L.A. NOWIt’s been a disaster since the Lawrence family moved to Glendale almost three months ago. First a hospital visit brought a hefty medical bill, then sentimental Christmas decorations were destroyed, and two weeks ago someone stole the $800 car the...... -
Editor Ted Genoways will leave Virginia Quarterly Review
Jacket CopyEditor Ted Genoways will leave VQR. His tenure there included awards and controversy.... -
MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry brings her analytical POV to cable news
Show TrackerAs a tenured professor of political science at Tulane University in New Orleans, a columnist for The Nation magazine, and, as of February, host of an eponymous weekend talk show on MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry maintains a schedule that would make even... -
Frank Kameny dies at 86; gay rights activist
Frank Kameny, who became a pioneer in the gay rights movement after he was fired from his job as a government astronomer in 1957 for being gay, died Tuesday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 86.
Kameny had been in declining health, said Bob Witeck,...Tags: Science, Gays and Lesbians, National Government, World War II (1939-1945), Government
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