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PASSINGS: Donald A. Glaser, Jewel Akens
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...
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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."
But as cruise lines diversify...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Carnival Cruise Lines, Economy, Business and Finance, Port Everglades, Tour Operations Industry
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Word Play: Old myths and teen heroes
Special to the Los Angeles TimesConsider 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: Folklore and Mythology, Book, Stephenie Meyer, Fox Broadcasting Company, Los Angeles
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Fire Chief Admits Mistakes in Daycare Fire Case
KIAHInterpol 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: Justice System, KIAH, Lawyers, Interpol, Dominican Republic
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Is Percy Jackson's mythology too close to Harry Potter's magic?
The Hero ComplexHere 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...... -
Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman lord over 'Percy Jackson'
Zap2It.comGood 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: Sean Bean, Mamma Mia! (movie), Logan Lerman, Uma Thurman, Literature
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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.
Updike's death from lung cancer was...Tags: The New York Times, Folklore and Mythology, Health, Judaism, Toni Morrison
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Bigger Ships, Even Better Bargains
McClatchy NewspapersThe 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: Prices, Foods and Beverages, Celebrities, Netherlands, Dining and Drinking
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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: Credit and Debt, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Mountains, Dining and Drinking, Hotels and Accommodations
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Before taking that trip, consult your piggybank
Times Staff WriterWHETHER he's strolling along a quay in Paris or mountain biking through rural China, Thomas Donahue likes seeing the world — and he wants to see more of it every year. What Donahue doesn't like, however, is the trail of credit card bills that can...Tags: San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, California), Financial Planning, Petroleum Industry, Melbourne, Travel
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A Chicken-and-Egg Problem: How to Speed Up Production of Flu Shots
Times Staff WriterIf 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: Education, Plastic Surgeons, Health, Culture, Companies and Corporations
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