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PASSINGS: Ben Pleasants, Kenneth Appel
Ben Pleasants L.A. poet and playwright Ben Pleasants, 72, a Los Angeles poet and playwright who also championed the work of Charles Bukowski and John Fante in literary critiques, died of a heart attack April 18 in Crescent City, his wife, Paula, said....Tags: Science and Technology, University of California, Los Angeles, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Esophageal cancer
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Shock Trauma honors 'gift of life' that allowed organ surgeries
John Jenkins knows the heartache of losing a child. But he and six other families have learned firsthand that such tragic deaths needn't be in vain. Jenkins, 56, lost his 20-year-old son 18 years ago to a motorcycle accident. But when 21-year old Joshua...Tags: Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, University of Maryland Medical Center, Surgery
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Dispatches from Rolling Stones ticket mania
"Dollar water! Dollar water! We've been told this is by far the best water here!" So shouted the two budding capitalists who strolled the thousand-deep line on a residential street in the Miracle Mile district, hawking beverages for those plonked on the...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries, here! (tv network)
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Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGHere are the Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1 . ALABAMA It’s the biggest-selling country music band (and fifth-best selling country act) of all time, touring for the first time in nearly a decade to celebrate its 40th...... -
Dr. Jerome L. Sullivan III: Pathologist conceived of 'iron hypothesis'
Dr. Jerome L. Sullivan III, the pathologist who first theorized of a link between heart disease and iron levels in the blood, died Friday of complications from diabetes. He was 68. Sullivan, a physician, scientist and professor, was recognized around...Tags: Science and Technology, Pathology, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Science
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Phelps ready to fight
South Bend TribuneCancer didn't stand a chance the first time it bothered Digger Phelps three years ago, and the former Notre Dame men's basketball coach has no desire to let it hang around for an extended stay this time. Disclosing late Thursday that he has bladder...Tags: Xarelto (drug), Colonoscopy, Prostate Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Vaccines
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Dave Gold dies at 80; entrepreneur behind 99 Cents Only chain
Dave Gold launched his 99 Cents Only Stores empire in Los Angeles at age 50 after mulling over the idea for over a decade. The thrifty entrepreneur took the dollar store concept and introduced it to middle-class and upscale neighborhoods. In the...
Tags: Leukemia, Politics, 99 Cents Only Stores, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Amanda Demme is glad to no longer be the life of the party
This story has been updated. See note below. Amanda Demme isn't who she used to be. And that's probably a good thing. Just ask her. She'll tell you she's been in hiding for six years, casting off the pretensions that came with life as a famous (and...
Tags: Photography, Joaquin Phoenix, Human Interest, Photography Supplies and Services, Arts and Culture
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Heart attack program set for May 23
War Memorial Hospital and Valley Health Heart & Vascular Services will offer the Heart Attack Risk Program from 8 to 11 a.m. Thursday, May 23, in Education Room A at War Memorial Hospital located at 1 Healthy Way in Berkeley Springs. Test results...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Medical Procedures and Tests, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Five books by Lit Fest presenters
About 150,000 people attend Printers Row Lit Fest each year to wander the book fair lining Dearborn Street and to listen to authors speak about their work. For a handful of the 200 or so authors who will appear this year, the event will be a homecoming....
Tags: Entertainment Events, Authors, Nobel Prize Awards, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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The 20 greatest Dodgers of all time, No. 11: Gil Hodges
We recently asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time, and vote you did, as we received an amazing 12,231 ballots. So many people voted that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20. Each weekday at...Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Baseball, New York Mets
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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Hospitals and Clinics, National Institutes of Health, Health Treatments
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