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March Madness: Watch As Coin Flips Decide The 2011 Men's Basketball Championship
FOX CTIt's March Madness time again, and that means college basketball fans everywhere have begun filling out their brackets. With first-round play beginning tomorrow, people are looking for any method to pick the big bracket-busting upsets. We took an unusual...Tags: Cinderella (fictional character), Basketball, College Sports, WTIC, Sports
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Gay veterans tackle "don't ask, don't tell"
Political WriterAt age 20, Mark LaFontaine found himself in the western Pacific as a seaman apprentice aboard the Coast Guard cutter Basswood. And then his shipmates figured out he was gay. LaFontaine said he was discharged after a months-long journey through the...Tags: Barack Obama, Minority Groups, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Pompano Beach
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September 8: Author - Marv Levy, Between the Lies
WGN NewsMarv Levy To purchase a copy of the book: Between the Lies In Between the Lies, Levy takes us on a journey through the NFL like we've never seen before. Through the eyes of a memorable cast of characters, many of whom are based on real football...Tags: Football, Kansas City Chiefs, Jim Kelly, Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills
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Sending your kid away to college
College-bound teen Shannon Murray — by her mother’s estimation — is “bubbly, trusting, outgoing and befriends absolutely everyone.” As the San Diego high schooler prepared to head off for her freshman year at Arizona State...Tags: University of California, Davis, Stress, Skype, Headaches, Behavioral Conditions
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Johns Hopkins professor shares Nobel Prize in physics
A phone ringing at 5:30 a.m. can rattle anyone, even a professor immersed in the universe's mysterious dark energy. Adam Riess, an astronomy professor at Johns Hopkins University, learned in an early morning call from Stockholm Tuesday that he was one...Tags: Stockholm (Sweden), Space Programs, Astronomy, Awards and Prizes, Johns Hopkins University
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On a pilgrimage to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe White Mountains that straddle the California-Nevada border are known for their extreme environment. They get less than a foot of rain a year. The wind blows almost constantly, and the temperatures can dip to well below zero. Hard to imagine, then,...Tags: Ecosystems, Minority Groups, Conservation, Human Interest, Education
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Marriage? Let me think about it
At 36, Kristy Litz has watched most of her girlfriends marry and alight to the suburbs to start families.
But marriage is nowhere on Litz's agenda. She wants children, and ideally a partner, but she has seen enough people divorce that she doesn't see the...Tags: Research, Minority Groups, Wages and Pensions, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage
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Woman leaves millions in cat's name to vet school
The Baltimore SunA Florida woman was so inspired by the care her beloved kitty got at a California vet school that she left the institution $7.6 million in her cat's name. According to the Sacramento Bee, years ago Maxine Adler brought her kitty, Du Bee, to the...Tags: Florida, Colleges and Universities
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UCSD's chancellor announces resignation
FOX 5 San Diego StaffLA JOLLA, Calif. -- UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox announced her resignation Tuesday, effective in June 2012. Fox, who took the top job at UCSD seven years ago, did not give a reason other than to say she will return to teaching chemistry and...Tags: Politics, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Education, University of California, San Diego
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Marine biology taught at Baja field station
Glendale Community College is offering two summer courses in Baja California at the college’s field station. GCC has been holding classes in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico since 1974. Introduction to Marine Biology (Biology 125) paired...Tags: Biology, Research, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), History, Glendale (Los Angeles, California)
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Caffeine's buzz chases away women's depression
Compared with uncaffeinated women, those who drank the equivalent of four or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and less likely to volunteer their time in church or community groups. But a new study finds...Tags: Chemical Industry, Medical Specialization, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Stroke, Behavioral Conditions
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High-stress motherhood
Alice Domar is a modern-day mom, so she knows the drill:
"When you're at work you feel guilty that you're not at home, and if you go home at 5 or 6 p.m. to pick up the kids from day care, you feel guilty you're not at work — or you do what I do:...Tags: Martha Stewart, Biology, Stress, Headaches, Behavioral Conditions
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