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    Apr 12, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Culture clash: New history of Chicago taps into our malaise

    "The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream" has an elegant, unflinching, non-nostalgic clarity about Chicago that you rarely see in books about Chicago.
    Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together...

    Tags: Columbia University, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Museum of Science and Industry, Architecture, Imperial and Royal Matters

    2. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Come, noble brothers! Let us abolish this seditious "privacy"

    Stars are shooting, drinking, driving and chomping, and the government is watching. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for April 22, 2013. 
    Stars are shooting, drinking, driving and chomping, and the government is watching. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for April 22, 2013.  You have to love Congress. America's favorite band of geriatric jokers decided it would be hi-LAR-ious to...

    Tags: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, Social Media, Digg Inc., U.S. Congress, Crimes

    3. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts

    LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher?
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    LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...

    Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics, Music, BBC, Entertainment

    4. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Bikers are perfect foils for the Bard in 'Richard III'

    <strong>"Richard III"</strong>
    "Richard III" "Sons of Anarchy" fans should hie themselves hence to the basement venue of the Underground Wonder Bar, where Wayward Productions is offering up a nitty-gritty biker version of "Richard III" under Carlo Lorenzo Garcia's direction. It has...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Immigration, Mahmoud Abbas, Lifestyle and Leisure, West Town

    5. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Stephen Hawking rocks Caltech

    The fanfare that accompanied Stephen Hawking&rsquo;s entrance into Caltech&rsquo;s Beckman Auditorium on <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/13/science/la-sci-stephen-hawking-caltech-20130413%20%20%20">Tuesday</a> evening was at once cosmologically grand and a bit tongue-in-cheek. It was Richard Strauss&rsquo; 1896 &ldquo;Thus Spake Zarathustra,&rsquo;&rsquo; more familiar to modern audiences as the theme music for &ldquo;2001: A Space Odyssey.&rdquo; It brought the 500 people inside to their feet for the rock-star cosmologist with crossover va va voom from &ldquo;The Simpsons&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Big Bang Theory.&rdquo; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>
    The fanfare that accompanied Stephen Hawking’s entrance into Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium on Tuesday evening was at once cosmologically grand and a bit tongue-in-cheek. It was Richard Strauss’ 1896 “Thus Spake Zarathustra,’&...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Bill Clinton, Science, Barack Obama, Cosmology

    6. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. To cheers and jeers, Margaret Thatcher is laid to rest

    LONDON -- A gun boomed once a minute, like one of her thunderous speeches in Parliament. Gray skies slowly turned blue, the color of her Conservative Party. And even Big Ben fell quiet, in tribute to a woman who loved nothing more than silencing her foes.
    LONDON -- A gun boomed once a minute, like one of her thunderous speeches in Parliament. Gray skies slowly turned blue, the color of her Conservative Party. And even Big Ben fell quiet, in tribute to a woman who loved nothing more than silencing her foes....

    Tags: Politics, Henry Kissinger, Mining, Imperial and Royal Matters, Anglicanism

    7. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Thousands gather for 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher's funeral

    LONDON -- With stately solemnity and military honors, Margaret Thatcher's body was borne through the streets of the British capital Wednesday morning to a funeral service where hundreds of world leaders, colleagues and friends paid their last respects to this country's first and only female prime minister.
    LONDON -- With stately solemnity and military honors, Margaret Thatcher's body was borne through the streets of the British capital Wednesday morning to a funeral service where hundreds of world leaders, colleagues and friends paid their last respects...

    Tags: Stephen Harper, Politics, Henry Kissinger, Pakistan, Imperial and Royal Matters

    8. Mar 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. George Lowe dies at 89; climber was on Everest expedition with Hillary

    After Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mt. Everest, everyone knew Hillary's name. Far fewer knew about his indispensable partner, George Lowe.
    After Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mt. Everest, everyone knew Hillary's name. Far fewer knew about his indispensable partner, George Lowe. Hillary and his friend Lowe were the only two New Zealanders on the 1953 expedition to the top of the...

    Tags: New Zealand, Entertainment, England, United Kingdom, Movies

    9. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Kate Middleton gets 'baby on board' pin at Tube visit with Queen

    The former Kate Middleton stepped out with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to celebrate 150 years of London's Underground trains at the Baker Street Station. And the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge received a "baby on board" pin to boot. The Queen's...

    Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Gastroenteritis

    10. Mar 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Pakistani girl shot in head by Taliban resumes school

    LONDON – Just five months after she was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, apparently for defying a ban on girls' education, Malala Yousafzai returned to school, this time in the safer confines of central England....

    Tags: BBC, Taliban, Pakistan, Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings

    11. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  11. Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Vancouver

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - With its mild temperatures, not too hot in summer or too cold in winter, and its location on Canada's Pacific Coast, Vancouver wins accolades annually as one of the world's most livable cities.
    Reuters
    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - With its mild temperatures, not too hot in summer or too cold in winter, and its location on Canada's Pacific Coast, Vancouver wins accolades annually as one of the world's most livable cities. Reuters correspondents with local...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Tourism and Leisure, Lifestyle and Leisure, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Hotel and Accommodation Industry

    12. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. In Orlando, Patrick Stewart talks Shakespeare and more

    Watching Patrick Stewart re-enact his greatest onstage goof-up is a comedy show in itself.
    Watching Patrick Stewart re-enact his greatest onstage goof-up is a comedy show in itself. He cringes as he relates the time he fell asleep onstage during a performance of 'King Lear': "One Saturday afternoon, I kind of drifted off …," he...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Michael Dorn, Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program), Patrick Stewart, Star Trek (movie, 2009)

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