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Vampire Weekend braces for bright lights with big-idea 'City' album
Ezra Koenig wanted to be clear about this: The frontman of Vampire Weekend was not comparing his band to the Beatles. "What we're talking about is making me think like a fan, which is a little bit dangerous because it could come across as me trying to...
Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Lollapalooza, Muhammad Ali, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (tv program), Lady Gaga
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The dual-enrollment shuffle: School districts now must pay for popular program
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday signed a bill requiring Florida school districts to start paying for the classes that teenagers take at local colleges through their high schools' dual-enrollment programs. It's a change that some education leaders predict...
Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Rick Scott, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...
Tags: Maya Rudolph, Movies, Arizona State University, Princeton University, The Pink Panther (movie, 1964)
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Research, Medical Specialization, Internists, Queens (New York City), Harvard University
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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Elections, Teachers
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Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds
He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...
Tags: Elections, Solar Energy, Arable Farming, Barack Obama, Radio
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When your laptop dies
It happened, as crises do, without warning. I was doing something essential, like trolling online for better and deeply discounted kitchen knives, when suddenly the image on my laptop went from hi-res to out-of-register. Most of the color fell away and...
Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Science and Technology, Electronics, IBM, FedEx Corporation
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Ireland readies diplomatic corps to rebuff tax haven claims
Reuters* Ireland likely to write to U.S. Senate committee this week * Dublin targets U.S. business, politicians in PR offensive * Influential EU lawmaker says Ireland must change tax code By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN, May 27 (Reuters) -...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Finance, Dublin (Ireland), Apple iPhone, Government
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Heart device approval delays leave US doctors frustrated
ReutersBy Bill Berkrot NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuters) - Americans accustomed to immediate access to the newest technology may be shocked to find that is not the case when it comes to devices that treat ailing hearts. U.S. approval requirements for cardiac...Tags: Litigation, Medical Research, Science and Technology, Trials, Medtronic Incorporated
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'Joe Turner's' actors share August Wilson's gift of gab
Among the pleasures of seeing an August Wilson play, it's often said, is just listening to the people talk. As Los Angeles Times theater critic Charles McNulty has noted, Wilson stocks his scripts with "natural raconteurs" and lets them soar in...
Tags: Liver Cancer, The Wire (tv program), Glynn Turman, New York City, Celebrities
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The Markley TV Club: Final Season of 'West Wing'
My roommate Pat and I recently, for some reason, watched the final season of “The West Wing” together on Netflix, which produced a number of arguments, speculations, and asides that I have compiled in an e-mail exchange for the inaugural...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Congress, Alprazolam (drug), 24 (tv program), CVS Corp.
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