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PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel
Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....Tags: Esophageal cancer, Heart Attack, Brooklyn (New York City), Science and Technology, University of New Hampshire
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Bionic eye maker has vision of the future
Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, so I hired them instead,"...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Science, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Hearing Impairment
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No Rush: 5-star recruit Stanley Johnson will take his time before making a college choice
larry@amnews.comHis high school coach doesn’t expect five-star recruit Stanley Johnson to make a college decisions until September at the earliest after he’s had time to thoroughly evaluate and visit his top schools. The 6-7, 230-pound Johnson has a...Tags: John Calipari, Schools, National Collegiate Athletic Association, High Schools, College Sports
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Housing bubble hero
The gig: Christopher Thornberg is founding partner of Beacon Economics, a Los Angeles-based economics consulting firm. Since its founding in 2007, Beacon has provided economic analysis and forecasting for cities, counties and corporate clients. He...
Tags: Family, State University of New York, Realty, Clemson University
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What to watch for as prep football teams begin spring drills
This isn't Texas, so I know most people aren't spending day and night worrying about spring football. But in honor of those fans who can't get enough about football, here are some observations as high school teams begin to start spring drills:...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, NFL Draft, Students, Awards and Prizes, Sports
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Did that really happen? In America?
My periodic "Did You Know" columns tend to raise the blood pressure of more conservative readers who are embarrassed/angry/frustrated by the increasingly aggressive counter-cultural policies of the hard left and their allies in Hollywood, on campus, and...
Tags: Justice System, University of Maryland, College Park, Prosecution, Anwar al-Awlaki, Britney Spears
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Newport Harbor
Rachel Anne Barney GPA: 4.4384 School Activities/Clubs: IB drama production of "Dear Brutus," Field Studies Club, IB History HL, IB English HL, IB Theatre HL, IB French SL, IB Environmental Science SL, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB diploma candidate, AP US...Tags: Science and Technology, Basketball, Arts and Culture, Disneyland Park, Applied Physics
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Applied Physics, Duke University, French Literature
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Lions bet on potential of neophyte Ansah
ReutersThe Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions - INSIDE SLANT The Lions might have preferred one of the can't-miss left tackles to still be on the board when they picked at No. 5 Thursday? They might have preferred to trade down a few notches and...Tags: Jason Fox, Jim Schwartz, Carolina Panthers, Virginia Tech, DeAndre Levy
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Antronette Yancey dies at 55; advocate of short bursts of exercise
For Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a UCLA public health professor, exercise could be fun and done in short bursts in the workplace, schools and even places of worship. Her campaign to urge people to incorporate physical activity into their daily lives led to...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Manhattan (New York City), Yale University, Health and Safety at School
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UCLA professor to stand trial in death of assistant in lab fire
UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran was ordered Friday to stand trial on felony charges stemming from a laboratory fire that killed staff research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji more than four years ago. Concluding a preliminary hearing that...
Tags: Justice System, Crimes, Prosecution, Science and Technology, Lawyers
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Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91; civil rights lawyer defended Angela Davis
Leo Branton Jr., a civil rights and entertainment lawyer whose stirring defense of '60s radical Angela Davis brought him his most celebrated victory in a six-decade career often spent championing unpopular cases, died of natural causes Friday in Los...
Tags: Justice System, Civil Rights, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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