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NEH gives $40 million in grants; $3.2 million to California
Culture MonsterNational Endowment for the Humanities issues $40 million in grants, including $3.2 million to California museums, scholars and documentary filmmakers. Documentaries win the biggest grants; others sponsor seminars aimed to improve college and secondary... -
Former history director remembered for ‘strong will’
TribLocal - Des Plaines » NewsDuring long car rides, a young Joy Matthiessen knew she was in Des Plaines when she saw the mesmerizing copper dome of the now-demolished Earle …... -
Tim Cook to Apple employees: 'Apple is not going to change'
L.A. Times Tech BlogTim Cook, CEO, emails Apple: 'Apple is not going to change': Tim Cook, Apple's new CEO, reportedly emailed Apple employees early Thursday morning, assuring them that Apple wasn't going to change and that Steve Jobs would still be able to contribute as... -
Steve Jobs reportedly died of respiratory arrest, tumor [Updated]
TechnologySteve Jobs died from respiratory arrest and a pancreatic tumor, according to his death certificate as first reported on by Bloomberg News.... -
T-Bird quote with an Edsel attribution
Change of SubjectIf I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse....... attributed to Henry Ford What a witty, devastating take-down of focus-group planning and sclerotic, survey mentality! I heard it in relation to Steve Jobs'...... -
'Steve Jobs - One Last Thing' doc airing on PBS tonight [Video]
TechnologySteve Jobs: "Steve Jobs -- One Last Thing" airs tonight at 7 p.m. Pacific time and 10 p.m. Eastern on PBS.... -
Being Muslim in America after 9/11 [The conversation]
Opinion L.A.One could also call this post-9/11 era "the decade of intolerance." Here's a sampling of essays from across the Web reflecting on the unfair anti-Muslim sentiment that's permeated our country.... -
Cut-glass conference in Orlando during Orlando Museum of Art exhibit
Orlando Arts BlogConsidered an art form when it was created more than 100 years ago, cut and engraved glass from the American Brilliant Period, roughly 1876 to 1916, is in vogue again among collectors and museums. The Orlando Museum of Art is now showing aesthetic ... -
Peeking behind the sunscreen
Peggy Lim has a healthy respect for the sun's powerful ultraviolet rays, and on a recent shopping trip she agonized over choosing a sunscreen for her three children.
"I've always heard the higher the SPF [sun protection factor] the better, until you...Tags: Sunburn, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Consumers, Skin Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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Style icons: The little black dress
Vogue once compared a Chanel black dress to a Ford, which was both a compliment and a prediction back in 1926, when Coco Chanel designed the short black frock as one of her many acts of fashion rebellion. (Black?! For something other than mourning?!)...Tags: Federico Fellini, Donna Karan, Diana, Princess of Wales, Chanel S.A., Fashion Shows
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The 1920s: Tensions, economic bust and hurricane slam booming city
Perhaps in reaction to the heady, more innocent decade that preceded it, or as the result of a swollen population and unchecked growth, life in 1920s Fort Lauderdale became a little more wobbly, a bit more uncertain, characterized by great progress and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Meteorological Disasters, North Fork, Politics, Crimes
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About 21,000 stop to see Emancipation Proclamation
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — More than 21,000 people turned out at a Detroit-area museum to see the original Emancipation Proclamation during a free, around-the-clock display. Henry Ford Museum says Wednesday that final attendance was 21,015. The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Michigan, Defense, Armed Forces, Human Interest
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