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Flowers, sweat and tears: Local floats take Rose Parade awards
Burbank, Glendale, La Canada Flintridge and South Pasadena all won awards for their floats in the 124th Rose Parade, with hundreds of local volunteers getting into the act. Ryan Babroff of Burbank, 26, is already a veteran float expert. He began...
Tags: Google Inc., Festive Events, Animation (genre), Arts and Culture, Sailing
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British magazine ranks Caltech best university in world
For the second year in a row, Caltech has been ranked the best university in the world by the British magazine Times Higher Education. Harvard dominated the top spot on the magazine's World University Rankings from 2004 to 2010. But Caltech raised to...
Tags: Science and Technology, Education, Colleges and Universities, Google+, Periodicals
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Smog-ology: Caltech professor wins environmental prize
The Los Angeles basin is home to some famously filthy air, and this month a leader in the study of air pollution added a carbon particle-tainted feather to his cap. John Seinfeld, a chemical engineering professor at Caltech, has been named one of two...
Tags: Engineering, Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Education, Teachers
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Trivia lands Boca lawyer big bucks on TV game shows
Mastering trivia has helped Boca Raton lawyer Scott Singer clean up on not one, but two brain-busting TV game shows — to the tune of $100,000. Singer recently banked about $42,000 during a two-night stint on "Jeopardy!" And he helped pay for law...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Bonnie Bedelia, Crime, Law and Justice, Fort Lauderdale, Georgetown
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Orlando Catholic diocese to ordain four new priests
Orlando SentinelBishop John Noonan of Orlando's Catholic diocese is set to ordain four men to the order of priesthood on Saturday, May 25, at 10 a.m. The men will be ordained at St. James Cathedral, 215 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando. The four men, who have each been...Tags: Religion and Belief, Education, Colleges and Universities, Vincent de Paul, Christianity
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UCLA students dig into the physics of food
The three undergrads looked warily at the pulverized apples in their bowl. The would-be pastry chefs had planned to drop dollops of the mixture into a chemical bath, creating fruity spheres with a filmy skin and an oozing interior. Their early...
Tags: Science and Technology, Lettuce, University of California, Los Angeles, Michael Voltaggio, Science
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Harold Shapero, neo-classical composer at Brandeis, dies at 93
Harold Shapero, the American composer and pianist who was associated with the neo-classical style of music and who was a longtime professor at Brandeis University, died Friday of complications from pneumonia. He was 93 and lived in Massachusetts....Tags: Pneumonia, Culture, Music Industry, Music, Entertainment
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U. of C. has the best writers, according to Grammarly survey
RedEyeIf the top 10 colleges in the nation had a spelling (and grammar) bee, which one would win? The University of Chicago, of course, if one survey is to be believed. The university was ranked No. 1 in a study by Grammarly, a grammar website, to find out...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, Education, Colleges and Universities, Yale University
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
Tags: Science and Technology, Culture, Mental Health, Autism, Symptoms
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More teens flocking to Twitter as enthusiasm for Facebook wanes
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter is getting the youth vote. Nearly a quarter of teens now use Twitter to catch up with friends and keep track of celebrities, a big jump in usage as teens flock to different social media sites and spend less time on Facebook to...
Tags: Culture, Google Inc., Twitter, Inc., Social Media, Sociology
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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...Tags: Education, Trips and Vacations, Colleges and Universities, Beijing (China), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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