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U. of C. professor helps measure altruism in children
Generosity increased dramatically, albeit temporarily, among a group of 9-year-olds but declined among 6-year-olds soon after a major 2008 earthquake in China, according to an international team of researchers that included a University of Chicago...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Religion and Belief, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, Ethics
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Woman arrested, man sought after 120-mph chase ends in South L.A.
L.A. NOWOne woman was taken into custody and police were seeking a male driver after a dangerous high-speed chase that stretched from San Bernardino to South Los Angeles that included speeds topping 120 mph and several near misses of pedestrians, including... -
Jewish dead lie forgotten in East L.A. graves
The black gates of Mount Zion are chained. A sign stamped on a wall of bright bougainvillea on Downey Road asks visitors to call a neighboring graveyard if they want to go in. The phone number doesn't exist anymore. Robert Adler-Peckerar stood at the...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Vandalism, World War II (1939-1945), The Three Stooges
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U.S. Grains Council officers' mission to cover key issues in Korea, China, Japan
The U.S. Grains Council's 2013 Officers Mission heads to Korea, China and Japan, March 18-28, where attendees will visit with key customers and end users, providing details and receiving feedback on the U.S. 2012-13 corn crop. "Ever since the drought...Tags: Natural Disasters, Science and Technology, China, Trade Dispute, Biotechnology
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Japanese architect Toyo Ito, 71, wins Pritzker Prize
Los Angeles Times Architecture CriticIn a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year’s Pritzker Prize. After honoring younger and lesser-known figures in recent years -- including 49-year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012 --...Tags: Willem-Alexander, Kazuyo Sejima, Tokyo (Japan), Wang Shu, Skype
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Japan's Toyo Ito wins Pritzker architecture prize
In a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year’s Pritzker Prize. After honoring younger and lesser-known figures in recent years -- including 49-year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012 --...
Tags: Willem-Alexander, Kazuyo Sejima, Tokyo (Japan), Wang Shu, Arts
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Hong Kong shakes, Estonia charges and a celebrity mom pops
Hong Kong residents experienced the effects of an earthquake nearby. Meanwhile, the Internet is coldly ignoring Baltimore's lack of an NBA team today, heartlessly blabbing on about the league's just-passed trade deadline. Welcome to your online trends...
Tags: Natural Disasters, China, Jeff Gordon, Hong Kong, Charles Jenkins
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North Korea appears to conduct nuclear test, defying world powers
BEIJING -- North Korea appeared to conduct a nuclear test Tuesday in defiance of world powers, South Korean officials said, following through on the provocative step after weeks of threats. South Korea said it had detected a man-made seismic event...
Tags: China, Explosions, National Weather Service, South Korea, Beijing (China)
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Taking the Kids: Including museum time on your next trip
Wow! It's not easy to find a place that equally inspires kids and grown-ups, whatever their ages. Welcome to one of the most wonderful museums I've visited lately — The Musical Instrument Museum (http://www.themim.org) in Phoenix, Ariz. —...
Tags: Science and Technology, Music Industry, Paleontology, Paul Simon, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ai Weiwei creates video promo for Elton John's AIDS foundation
In November, Elton John angered Chinese officials when he dedicated a Beijing concert to Ai Weiwei. The outspoken artist, whose online activism has gotten him into trouble with police numerous times, has apparently returned the favor by creating an online...
Tags: Times Square, AIDS, Elton John, Ai Weiwei
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PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer
Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, NASA, Jane Fonda, Flight (movie)
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Eric Nakamura: Giant Robot Biennale 3 exhibition celebrates misfits
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comThe culture of cute is having a moment — more than 100 of them. Inside downtown Los Angeles' Japanese American ......
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