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    Nov 18, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Is Percy Jackson's mythology too close to Harry Potter's magic?

    The Hero Complex
    Here at the Hero Complex, we've circled "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" as a project to watch next year, so we'll bringing you lots of coverage of its odyssey as a Hollywood venture. Today, Rachel Abramowitz has......
    2. Mar 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. PASSINGS: Donald A. Glaser, Jewel Akens

    <strong>Donald A. Glaser</strong>
    Donald A. Glaser Nobel Prize-winning physicist Donald A. Glaser, 86, a Nobel Prize-winning UC Berkeley physicist who invented a device called the bubble chamber, which allowed researchers to track the paths of high-energy atomic particles after...

    Tags: Entertainment, The Monkees (music group), Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Dean Martin

    3. Feb 23, 2004 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Modern assault on an ancient foe

    Known through history as consumption, the white plague and hectic fever, tuberculosis ravages the lungs and wastes the body. It has felled statesmen and soldiers, poets and prisoners, drinkers and doctors in killing sprees that go back at least 3,000 years.
    Times Staff Writer
    Known through history as consumption, the white plague and hectic fever, tuberculosis ravages the lungs and wastes the body. It has felled statesmen and soldiers, poets and prisoners, drinkers and doctors in killing sprees that go back at least 3,000...

    Tags: Research and Development, Government, Arts and Culture, Pharmaceuticals, Migration

    4. Dec 29, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services
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    Tags: Entertainment, Television, Morris Chestnut, V (tv program)

    5. Sep 12, 2011 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Cruise lines adding more options, but at a cost

    When clients ask Miami travel agent Ralph Santisteban what's included in the price of a cruise, he answers: "Before I tell you what is included, let me tell you what's not included, because that list is much smaller."
    When clients ask Miami travel agent Ralph Santisteban what's included in the price of a cruise, he answers: "Before I tell you what is included, let me tell you what's not included, because that list is much smaller." But as cruise lines diversify...

    Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Norwegian Cruise Line, Prices, Bars and Clubs

    6. Mar 2, 2011 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  6. Fire Chief Admits Mistakes in Daycare Fire Case

    Interpol is now involved in trying to track down 22 year old daycare operator Jessica Tata. She is believed to have fled to Nigeria before charges in connection to the deadly fire at her home day care last week were filed.
    KIAH
    Interpol is now involved in trying to track down 22 year old daycare operator Jessica Tata. She is believed to have fled to Nigeria before charges in connection to the deadly fire at her home day care last week were filed. At a press conference this...

    Tags: Human Interest, Lawyers, Dominican Republic, KIAH, Justice System

    7. Oct 31, 2005 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. A Chicken-and-Egg Problem: How to Speed Up Production of Flu Shots

    Times Staff Writer
    If bird flu erupts into a pandemic, the world will need a lot of vaccine in a hurry. That would be virtually impossible with the current flu-vaccine manufacturing method, which is little changed since the 1940s. Several companies have bird flu vaccines...

    Tags: Cultural Development, Bird Flu, Vaccines, Arts and Culture, Biotechnology

    8. May 29, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Word Play: Old myths and teen heroes

    Consider this premise for a novel:
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Consider this premise for a novel: Helen Hamilton has always known there is something odd about her. It's not just her superhuman strength, which she has learned to mask, or her tendency to provoke strange attackers. Lately she's worried that she's...

    Tags: Human Interest, Stephenie Meyer, Book, Arts and Culture, Los Angeles

    9. Dec 16, 2008 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. What's new for South Florida cruises in 2009

    The economy may be sailing slowly these days, but that hasn't stopped South Florida's cruise lines, which are introducing a half-dozen new ships here this fall.
    McClatchy Newspapers
    The economy may be sailing slowly these days, but that hasn't stopped South Florida's cruise lines, which are introducing a half-dozen new ships here this fall. Do these new superliners really offer anything "new"? Sure, they all have the amenities...

    Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, Arts and Culture, Sailing, Sports, Bars and Clubs

    10. Mar 26, 2009 |Story| Zap2It

  10. Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman lord over 'Percy Jackson'

    Zap2It.com
    Good gods: Pierce Brosnan and Uma Thurman will go Greek. Brosnan and Thurman have been cast as Chiron and Medusa, respectively, in Fox 2000's adaptation of the "Percy Jackson" young-adult novels, according to Variety. The story follows young Percy (Logan...

    Tags: Literature, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Arts and Culture, Sean Bean

    11. Jan 28, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. John Updike dies at 76; Pulitzer-winning author

    John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He was 76.
    John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He was 76. Updike's death from lung cancer was...

    Tags: Reviews, Arts and Culture, Edward Hopper, Newspaper and Magazine, Awards and Prizes

    12. Mar 4, 2007 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Money-savers on the road

    Americans spend close to $2,500 on a typical summer vacation, one of the larger expenditures a family makes in a year. The fun of a great trip, however, quickly evaporates if there is a huge credit card bill to pay when you return home. Here are ways to...

    Tags: Trips and Vacations, Mountains, AAA, Credit and Debt, Landforms

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