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Lost and Found. And Lost Again?
Los Angeles, 1967 Nadia Tupica was driving down the freeway in her cream-colored convertible Thunderbird when she spotted what looked like a small body. She pulled over to investigate. As Tupica approached the object on the ground, she must have been...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Human Accomplishments, Judges, Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture
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Rube Goldberg couldn't have done it better
I don’t know how many of you ever played the board game Mousetrap. For you children under the age of 48, the point of Mousetrap — well, there really wasn’t any point, unless it was to prove that the people who designed it must have...
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The best gaming apps: Amazing Alex, Draw Something, PictoPlay
WGN NewsWhether you're commuting to work on the CTA or need a break at the office, these apps for social gaming are a great way to unwind. Oh, and your older kids might like 'em too! Amazing Alex The first bird-free game by the creators of Angry Birds,...Tags: Social Media, Apple iPad, Twitter, Inc., Chicago Transit Authority, Entertainment
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Manbeck Bread Co. remembered for wonderful smells it produced
arnoldp@herald-mail.comFor generations, the large brick-and-wood building in Hagerstown’s West End was known for the wonderful smells it produced, maybe even more than the hundreds of jobs it provided. “Oh, my gosh, what a fragrance!” recalled Linda Irvin-...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, World War II (1939-1945), Industrial Production, Sales, Business
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Out on Home Video: 'Final Destination 5' released
limiro@juno.comFINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011) * * * (B) Directed by Steven Quale Starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Tony Todd, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Arlen Escarpeta, Ellen Wroe, P. J. Byrne, Tony Todd Warner//Rated R//Horror//92 minutes Available on:...Tags: Tony Todd, Seth Meyers, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ryan Robbins, Diseases and Illnesses
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Community Commentary: Costa Mesa government counters negativity with rescue
It's been almost a year since the current Costa Mesa City Council took the reins of city government and managed to turn it upside down with bogus claims of financial catastrophe, pension calamity and rumors of municipal bankruptcy. The past 11 months...Tags: Job Layoffs, Local Government, Bankruptcy, St. Patrick's Day
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Purdue students wins Rube Goldberg contest
Fox59Who knew it took 212 steps to water a plant? Well, at least that’s how many steps Purdue students used with as part of a Rube Goldberg Contest. The team of Purdue students showed off their plant-watering machine on the Fox59 Morning News Tuesday.... -
Book review: 'While Mortals Sleep' by Kurt Vonnegut
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhile Mortals Sleep Unpublished Short Fiction Kurt Vonnegut, foreword by Dave Eggers Delacorte: 272 pp., $27 It was in the 1950s that Kurt Vonnegut, then in his early 30s, quit his job as a publicity man for the research department of General Electric...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fiction, IBM, Mark Twain
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Clever kitchen gear
We have a passion for the perfect cup of coffee and a big appetite for grilled eats, or so it seems judging by the diversity (and number) of gadgets and appliances at the recent 2011 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago.
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Jim Rodnunsky dies at 54; developer of Cablecam system used in sporting events, Hollywood films
Filmmaker Jim Rodnunsky took a backward (and face-down) approach to developing Cablecam, among the most revolutionary innovations in the history of sports broadcasting.
Rodnunsky's system of using a cat's cradle of synthetic ropes to suspend a remote-...Tags: College Sports, Heisman Trophy, University of California, Los Angeles, Rose Bowl Game, High School Sports
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Kinetic racers take to the streets of Baltimore
Saturday is the day Fifi looks forward to every year.
Fifi is the American Visionary Art Museum's giant pink poodle-with-wheels, who once a year ventures outside to take part in what is clearly Baltimore's funkiest annual event, the Kinetic Sculpture...Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Patterson Park, Howard Hughes, American Visionary Art Museum, Arts and Culture
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No more time to lose
Having won a windfall of federal education dollars as a result of its successful Race to the Top application, Maryland is now faced with putting into practice the sweeping changes it promised to make in the way its teachers are evaluated. But the state...Tags: Human Interest, Schools, Nancy Grasmick, U.S. Department of Education, Martin O'Malley
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