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Former columnist Bill Granger dies at 70
Change of SubjectFrom Daily Herald columnist Burt Constable's obituary: William F. “Bill” Granger, a former Daily Herald columnist, was 70 years old when he died Sunday night at the Manteno Veterans' Home, where he had lived since March 2002. But loved ones,..... -
Friday @ 5: A cocktail to kick off the weekend
For most of us drinkers, Labor Day represents a three-day weekend full of barbecues and booze -- the last hurrah for summer soirees. The etiquette deadline for wearing white inspires eponymous parties, at which we sip accordingly: chilled white wine,...Tags: Labor Day
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PST, A to Z: ‘Eames’ at A+D Museum, ‘Sympathetic’ at MAK Center
Culture MonsterText is a central component of two Pacific Standard Time exhibitions, both focused on design: “Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship” at the A+D Museum, and “Sympathetic Seeing: Esther McCoy and the Heart of American Modernist... -
Former Upton Sinclair home in Monrovia is for sale
The house that social reformer and novelist Upton Sinclair lived in during the 1940s through the '60s has come on the market in Monrovia at $1.5 million.
Built in 1923, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style residence is listed on the National Register of...Tags: Human Interest, Homes, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Christina Aguilera is selling her Beverly Hills mansion
Christina Aguilera has put her 11,500-square-foot gated mansion in Beverly Hills on the market at $13.5 million.
Set on nearly two-thirds of an acre, the Mediterranean-style home has a grand foyer with a sweeping staircase, a fanciful children's room,...Tags: Ugly Betty (tv program), Los Angeles Lakers, Ashley Jensen, The Voice (tv program), Burlesque (movie)
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Education Matters: Antonovich's arguments are short-sighted
Editor's Note: Numerous instances of plagiarism have been discovered in Dan Kimber’s “Education Matters” column, which ran in the News- Press from September 2003 to September 2011. In those columns where plagiarism has been found, a...Tags: Rachel Carson, Industrial Production, Chemical Industry, Synthetics and Plastics, Material Science
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Partisan rhetoric inflames college board race
A political campaign focused on a troubled community college construction program has suddenly veered into a noisy side battle with cries of censorship, stealth candidates and "tea party" takeover. Scott Svonkin, a senior advisor to L.A. County Sheriff...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Tea Party Movement, Los Angeles County, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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How well do you know your history?
If you are reading this between 8 a.m. and noon today, you probably are not an AP U.S. History student. But could you be? We’ll see. For just over three hours today, students who are attempting to earn Advanced Placement credit in U.S. History...Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, Treaties, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Crime, Law and Justice
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Upton Sinclair House for Sale
The Daily MirrorPhoto courtesy of Cecilia Farnum, Century 21 The Upton Sinclair House at 464 N. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia has been listed for sale at $1.5 million. The 1923 home was designed by Frederick H. Wallis for L.B. Vollmer (d. 1948), owner...... -
Justin Halpern, the Twitter celeb behind "$#*! My Dad Says," urges kids to read
L.A. Times Tech BlogStudies suggest that consuming short blasts of information has led to Web-induced attention deficit, making today's youth more impulsive and impatient and far less likely to log off long enough to leap into the pages of a good book. So...... -
From the Stacks – 'Dancing Bear' (1968)
The Daily MirrorOut of curiosity, I picked up Gladwin Hill’s “Dancing Bear” at the Southern California Library’s book sale. I never met Hill (d. 1992), the New York Times bureau chief in Los Angeles, but I had heard about him at luncheon...... -
New wave of tainted food in China and how inflation could make it worse
Money & CompanyThree years after China was rocked by a massive tainted-milk scandal, the country has again been hit by a wave of food scares in recent weeks. The list includes diseased pigs used for bacon; noodles made of corn, ink and......
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