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    Mar 4, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  1. UC Berkeley and UCLA ranked among top 10 universities worldwide

    L.A. NOW
    The University of California system once again scored very well in an annual reputational ranking of world research universities by the Times Higher Education magazine of Great Britain, with UC Berkeley and UCLA in the top 10, officials announced Monday.....
    2. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Oh the nerdity

    The Baltimore Sun
    W.H. Auden trawled the Oxford English Dictionary for old and obscure words, some of which he employed in his poetry. He was so fond of the OED that he often took a volume of it to bed at night. We here in Wordville understand that. Thus there is joy...

    Tags: W.H. Auden, Literature, Arts and Culture

    3. Feb 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Announcing the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize finalists

    <em>This post has been updated; see below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated; see below for details. The finalists for the 33rd L.A. Times Book Prizes were announced Thursday morning -- the complete list is below. In addition to the 50 books in 10 categories that are in the running for the awards,...

    Tags: Republican Party, Culture, Awards and Prizes, Gravesend, Joseph P. Kennedy

    4. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  4. Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts

    Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts for decades, doctors found.
    Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts...

    Tags: Medical Research, High Blood Pressure, Cancer, Chemotherapy, Medical Procedures and Tests

    5. Mar 9, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Novelist Taiye Selasi, hailed as next big literary star, visits Baltimore

    Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world.
    Taiye Selasi's debut novel has been in publication for less than a week. But even before a single copy was sold, the glamorous 33-year-old was being hailed as the newest star of the literary world. Selasi's publisher, The Penguin Group, is promoting...

    Tags: Fiction, Rome (Italy), Jhumpa Lahiri, Yale University, The Wire (tv program)

    6. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| AM News

  6. The surprising sinkholes of life

    Even though your house may appear to rest on solid ground, there is still the possibility you may find yourself suddenly awakened in the middle of the night by the rumble of your bedroom floor opening into a massive hole, sliding you and the contents of the room into its pit, interrupting your sweet dreams with dirt and debris.&nbsp;
    Even though your house may appear to rest on solid ground, there is still the possibility you may find yourself suddenly awakened in the middle of the night by the rumble of your bedroom floor opening into a massive hole, sliding you and the contents of...

    Tags: Hillsborough County, Heart Attack, Nazareth

    7. Feb 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. PASSINGS: Ronald Dworkin, Alan Sharp

    <strong>Ronald Dworkin</strong>
    Ronald Dworkin Constitutional law expert and liberal scholar Ronald Dworkin, 81, an American philosopher, constitutional law expert and liberal scholar who argued that the law should be founded on moral integrity, died Thursday of leukemia in London,...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Liam Neeson, Crime, Law and Justice, Leukemia, Margot Kidder

    8. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Gerda Lerner dies at 92; pioneered field of women's history

    Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates &mdash; two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views &mdash; shared their rations and kept her strong.
    Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a Nazi prison in Vienna and feared that birthday would be her last. Her jailers meant to starve her, but her cellmates — two gentile women imprisoned for their anti-fascist views — shared their rations...

    Tags: Judaism, Feminism, Colleges and Universities, History (tv network), Politics

    9. Feb 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Henry Paulson turns career adviser at U. of C.

    Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO <strong>Henry Paulson</strong> worked as a career coach Friday for University of Chicago MBA students.
    Former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson worked as a career coach Friday for University of Chicago MBA students. He started with the rather unhelpful, yet charming, anecdote about setting off for Dartmouth College and...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Melissa Harris, Chicago Tribune Columnists, China

    10. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Bible in Obama inauguration on display

    Millions of people got a long-distance view of the "Lincoln Bible," one of those used by <a href="http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/01/rehearsals-security-plans-and-smartphone-apps-2013-inauguration-preparations-underway-for-president-obama/" target="_blank">President Barack Obama for his second inauguration</a> on Monday. Starting tomorrow, you can get a closer look at the velvet-covered Bible that was used for Abraham Lincoln's oath of office in 1861.
    Millions of people got a long-distance view of the "Lincoln Bible," one of those used by President Barack Obama for his second inauguration on Monday. Starting tomorrow, you can get a closer look at the velvet-covered Bible that was used for Abraham...

    Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Tra Thomas, Abraham Lincoln, Libraries

    11. Jan 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race

    Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached.
    Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...

    Tags: Judaism, Politics, London School of Economics, Kevin James, Antonio Villaraigosa

    12. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. PASSINGS: Jozef Glemp, Steven Muller

    <strong> Jozef Glemp</strong>
    Jozef Glemp Polish cardinal Cardinal Jozef Glemp, 83, the head of Poland's influential Roman Catholic church from 1981 to 2004 — a time when it played a historic role in the fight against communism — died Wednesday in Warsaw. Jozef Kloch,...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, Germany, Cornell University, Roman Catholicism

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