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'Dancing With the Stars' results: Who is out?
Reality CheckOn tonight's Dancing With the Stars, the Top 5 will be trimmed to the Top 4.There's also going to be a dance-off between University of California, San Diego and Purdue University.After a recap of last night's show (in which head......Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Television, Dancing, Niecy Nash
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Beyonce to sing at White House dinner
The SwampIt's her Destiny to perform at tonight's dinner: Beyonce at the Grammy Awards in January. (LA Times/Jay Clendenin) by Katherine Skiba And the prize goes to: Beyonce. The Grammy award-winning superstar will perform Wednesday night on the South Lawn......Tags: Awards and Prizes, National Security Agency, Hilda L. Solis, Arlington (Staten Island, New York), Olympia Fields
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The shame of deference
WASHINGTON -- Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights that...
Tags: Entertainment, Federal Communications Commission, FBI, Racism, Radio
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Sex and objectification in travels between East and West
Early in "Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West," a most intriguing new play from Naomi Iizuka, an American woman visiting Yokohama in 1884 is told of the Japanese practice of tattooing the skin with pictures that seem like pieces of a jigsaw...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Japan
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Viewpoint: Hard work and play secrets to longevity?
Friends and family came from near and far to help Hilda Durrer celebrate her 100th birthday at the Imperial Valley Swiss Club. Her father, Alois Zurgilgen, immigrated to this country from Switzerland in 1910. Her mother, Ottilia Muller, arrived a year...
Tags: Entertainment, Dance, Bars and Clubs, Entertainment Events, Easter
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Pioneering astronaut Sally Ride dies
Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her company said. She was 61. "Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitment, and...
Tags: Barack Obama, Pancreatic Cancer, Stanford University, NASA, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Why zombies, robots, clowns freak us out
What do zombies and androids have in common? They're almost human, but not quite. That disconnect is creepy, in a way that scientists are searching to understand. The uncanny valley is the idea that as a robot's appearance becomes more and more...
Tags: Wall-E (movie), Entertainment, Animation (genre), Medical Research, Electroencephalography
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Could eating chocolate make you thinner?
It's every woman's dream: could chocolate, the substance that cures everything from PMS to heartbreak, also make you skinnier? If true, there's got to be a catch, right? Here's the skinny: Dr. Beatrice Golomb, associate professor of medicine at...
Tags: Physiology, Medical Research, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chocolate Bars, University of Cambridge
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A Shot in the Arm for Parents: What you need to know about vaccines!
As we try to enjoy the last few weeks of summer vacation, the school bells are blaring in the distance. If we're not being reminded of how much it's going to cost us to buy a backpack and load it up with the school supplies once actually supplied by...Tags: Social Sciences, Preventative Medicine, Human Interest, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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San Diego woman slips in shower, falls through window
L.A. NOWA San Diego woman is recuperating after she slipped while taking a shower in her apartment, fell out a window and plunged about 15 feet to the bottom of a light shaft in the middle of the building.... -
Tree-napping mama bear started day eating birthday cake
L.A. NOWTurns out the tree-napping mother bear spotted near Altadena was eating some leftover birthday cake when she was first spotted early Thursday.... -
Mama bear and cubs still in tree and 'very scared,' official says
L.A. NOWAs news of a mother bear and two cubs in Altadena spread Thursday, a Fish and Game spokesman urged those hoping to get a glimpse of the tree-napping trio to stay away....
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