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UC Irvine's first Rhodes scholar
A UC Irvine alumna has become the first Rhodes Scholar in university history.
Megan Braun, 23, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in history in 2009, said she plans to attend Oxford University in the fall for two years, where she plans to work...Tags: University of Oxford, United Nations, Arts and Culture, University of California, Education
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Indy Racing League announces appointments to iconic Izod Indycar Series Advisory Committee
IndySportsNationINDIANAPOLIS (April 13, 2010) - The Indy Racing League announced today appointments to its ICONIC (Innovative, Competitive, Open-Wheel, New, Industry-Relevant, Cost-Effective) IZOD IndyCar Series Advisory Committee. The advisory committee, tasked with...Tags: Speedway, Open-Wheel Racing, Armed Forces, Research, Basketball
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Britton Chance dies at 97; pioneer in study of ultra-fast reactions in human biology
Molecular biologist Britton Chance, who combined an expertise in electronics and automation with a knowledge of physiology to pioneer the study of ultra-fast reactions in human biology, died of heart failure Nov. 16 at the Hospital of the University of...Tags: Science, Multi-Sport Events, Brain, World War II (1939-1945), Biology
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Exercise can offset obesity genes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEven people with a strong genetic predisposition to obesity can offset their risk of being overweight by being physically active, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLoS Medicine. British researchers examined the effects of 12...Tags: Obesity, Drugs and Medicines, Albert Einstein, Genes and Chromosomes, Medical Research
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Libraries reinvent themselves as they struggle to remain relevant in the digital age
Kathy DeGrego's T-shirt lets you know right away she isn't an old-school librarian.
"Shhh," it says, "is a four-letter word."
That spirit of bookish defiance has guided the makeover of the suburban Denver library system where DeGrego works. Reference...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Libraries, Harry Potter (fictional character), Litigation, Music
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PASSINGS: Kwa Geok Choo
Kwa Geok Choo Wife, mother of Singapore prime ministers Kwa Geok Choo, 89, wife of Singapore's first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and the mother of the island nation's current prime minister, died Saturday at home, said a statement from the office of...Tags: Government, University of Oxford, Stroke, Lee Hsien Loong, World War II (1939-1945)
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Obama's Medals of Freedom: 'Change'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several "agents of change,'' today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures...Tags: Sidney Poitier, Leukemia, World War II (1939-1945), International Military Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice
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IRAN: Book says U.S. spies pump Dubai visa applicants for intel
Babylon & BeyondThe CIA stepped in to prevent the United States from closing a consulate in the Persian Gulf city-state of Dubai, arguing that it was a gold mine of human intelligence from Iran. That's according to a new book, ???City of...... -
Children thrive equally with same-sex, heterosexual parents, psychologist testifies at Prop. 8 trial
L.A. NOWA Cambridge University developmental psychologist testified at a federal trial in San Francisco today that broad research has documented that children of same-sex parents are just as likely as those of heterosexual parents to be well-adjusted. "Studies... -
Tyrannosaur bone found in Australia
Tyrannosaurs may have stalked far more of the globe than previously thought.
Scientists for the first time have found evidence of an ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex in the Southern Hemisphere, a discovery that could shed light on tyrannosaurs' evolutionary...Tags: Science, Paleontology, University of Maryland, College Park, Arts and Culture, Education
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Tony Judt dies at 62; leading historian of postwar Europe
Tony Judt, a leading historian of postwar Europe and outspoken political essayist who also wrote movingly about his struggle with Lou Gehrig's disease, has died. He was 62.
Judt, who was a history professor at New York University, died Friday at his home...Tags: Lou Gehrig, Manhattan (New York City), World War II (1939-1945), Internists, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Critic's Notebook: L.A. gets an in-depth look at complex and contradictory Wagner
By now you've probably gathered that Richard Wagner was opera's great maker of epics, with the singular ability to rouse emotions, amass followers and incite enmity. He was mythmaker, and he was mythologized. His operas are massive pageants of humanity,...Tags: Theodor Herzl, Arts, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Blu-ray Discs, Music Industry
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