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May 2 In History: Half of Yuma Island and part of Indian Hill in Imperial County to be given to Arizona?
>> 50 Years Ago — SACRAMENTO — “The Assembly Committee on Interstate Cooperation, in recommending that half of Yuma Island and part of Indian Hill in Imperial County be given to Arizona, has placed political expediency over principle,&...Tags: High School Sports, California Interscholastic Federation, Values, Ethics
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Dr. Christian de Duve dies at 95; Nobel-winning scientist
For the first half of the 20th century, the cell was a mysterious, unfathomable entity. Nutrients went in and hormones, wastes and other products came out. But what happened in between was anybody's guess. Light microscopes could reveal the rough...Tags: Biology, Medical Research, Physiology, Awards and Prizes, New York City
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....Tags: Politics, Droughts, Hydroelectricity, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Wildlife
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Thomas Demand: A journey in great demand
Special to the TribuneJohn Lautner believed that "architecture should be really odd." To this end the midcentury American architect dotted Southern California with a concrete, glass and copper volcano for Bob Hope's second home, a dwelling that looks like a UFO perched on a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Frank Gehry, Germany, Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago Tribune
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William Wilson dies at 78; former Los Angeles Times art critic
For William Wilson, the former Los Angeles Times art critic who died Saturday at the age of 78, art was a childhood refuge, a teenage survival mechanism, and, finally, a career that saw him chronicle the city's rise in art-world stature from his first...Tags: Arts and Culture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, Fine Artists, Museum of Modern Art
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He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook
By some measures, Matthew Karanian was a Connecticut Yankee: a 34-year-old litigator in Hartford, American-born and bred. But he had a wild idea. So he took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Genocide, Russia, Travel, Armenia
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Seven schools in Washington County Public Schools system named after individuals or families
julieg@herald-mail.comWashington County Board of education member Karen Harshman has questioned the practice of naming schools after individuals or families. One of her concerns, she said, was that over time, people no longer would remember who the person was, or why a...Tags: Teachers, United Way , Entertainment, NAACP, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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"War Horse" goes from page to stage to Broward Center
Staff WriterMichael Morpurgo, author of one of the hottest literary properties ever, sat unrecognized as he had breakfast at the Riverside Hotel on Las Olas back in January 2012. The British author of "War Horse," a book that has been turned into a Steven Spielberg...Tags: England, Arts and Culture, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Farms, War Horse (movie)
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Maryland seeks historic status for Fort Carroll
When she thinks of Fort Carroll, the abandoned 19th-century military installation in the Patapsco River, Beverly Eisenberg thinks of her grandfather — and of duckpin bowling balls. She visited the six-sided artificial island as a little girl, just...
Tags: Politics, Judges, Maryland Historical Trust, Wildlife, Statue of Liberty
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Memorial Day restoration should forsake three-day weekends
The primary purpose of Memorial Day is no longer to honor Americans killed in battle while serving their country. It's to cater to clucks who want a three-day weekend to better facilitate fun. There. I hope that satisfies Gloria Martin of Slatington,...
Tags: Slatington, American Legion, Korean War (1950-1953), Human Interest, Presidents' Day
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Picasso and Dali on walls in Lake County
Viewing "Modern Masters," a revelatory collection of bold masterworks by pioneering artists of the 20th century, may be the only occasion in which a visit to the Lake County Discovery Museum can aptly be described as a surreal experience. Through Aug....Tags: Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Wauconda, Art Institute of Chicago, Walter Payton
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Famed cellist Janos Starker dead at 88
Janos Starker, one of the greatest cellists of all time, also a distinguished teacher and prolific recording artist, who played principal cello in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for five seasons during the 1950s, died Sunday in Bloomington, Ind., where he...Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Culture, Entertainment, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Original site for World War I (1914-1918) topic gallery.
