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Sharing love for trees at Cold Spring Harbor Lab
The slender brown-haired woman in sneakers, beige pants and a sleeveless shirt -- fit and toned from her almost-daily walks about the green world she lives in -- stands in the driveway in front of her house and looks at two stately trees reaching into the...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Barbara McClintock, Genetics, Medical Specialization, Gardens and Parks
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Art exhibits
European paintings St. John's College in Annapolis will exhibit The Elegant Salon: European Academic Paintings from the Syracuse University Art Collection through tomorrow in the Mitchell Gallery. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays and 7 p....Tags: Central Park, Lynne Cheney, Tourism and Leisure, Colleges and Universities, Metal and Mineral
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David J. Gillis, urologist, model train collector
Dr. David J. Gillis, a retired Baltimore urologist and nationally known expert and collector of American Flyer model electric trains, died of cancer Oct. 2 at his Lutherville home. He was 70. Dr. Gillis, who was the son and grandson of physicians, was...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Death and Dying, Timonium, Colleges and Universities, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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'The Snowball' is a richly detailed story about the Sage of Omaha
Special to The TimesIT IS difficult to imagine better timing for the publication of a Warren Buffett biography, and not just any biography but a nearly 900-page authorized tome. For more than five years, Alice Schroeder, a former securities analyst, spent countless hours...Tags: Warren Buffett, Amazon.com Inc., General Electric Company, Investments, Literature
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ILLINOIS STYLE: Teacher writes 1950s memoir
The (Tinley Park) SouthtownStarThere's a bright red, fully restored '57 Chevy in the garage, and a life-size James Dean cardboard cutout greets visitors to the "sanctuary." The finished basement of Lou Macaluso's home in Chicago's Beverly community is his "sanctuary," where he is...Tags: Society, Beverly, Hillcrest, James Dean
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Tech guru Tim O'Reilly challenges next generation to get serious
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSilicon Valley insiders call it the O'Reilly Radar: Tim O'Reilly's uncanny ability to spot a technology revolution before it happens. But lately the entrepreneur, investor and book publisher has been busier trying to incite the next one. He is urging...Tags: Human Rights, Conservation, Engineering, Sociology, Demonstration
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China's small dairy farmers caught in milk scandal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore dawn each day, Gao Penghong and his wife join scores of other farmers in this dairy-rich village who must walk their cows to a local milk collection station because of new safety requirements. A byproduct of China's deadly tainted-milk scandal,...Tags: Food Safety, Metal and Mineral, Family, Pet Supplies, Healthcare Policies
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS
Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback 1. "Brisingr" by Christopher Paolini (Knopf Books for Young Readers)(F-H) 2. "The Lucky One" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing) (F-H) 3. "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown...Tags: Warren Buffett, John Grisham, Candace Bushnell, David Oliver, Heather Graham
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Say goodbye to stinky litter box
PetNovations advertises its CatGenie litter box as being just like a cat: self-cleaning. The CatGenie goes a step beyond cat boxes that rake waste mechanically. This one also flushes away waste and washes and sanitizes the granules that substitute for... -
Amy Hempel Wins Short Story Prize
The Rea Award for the Short Story, an annual $30,000 prize given to a writer from the United States or Canada for "significant contribution to the discipline of the short story form," has named its 2008 winner. She is Amy Hempel, whose "The Collected...Tags: Trinity College, Connecticut, Civil Unrest, Colleges and Universities, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), John Updike
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Charles Wright, 76, N.Y. novelist
The New York TimesCharles Wright, who wrote three autobiographical novels about black street life in New York City between 1963 and 1973 that seemed to herald the rise of an important literary talent but who vanished into alcoholism and despair and never published... -
'The Jewel of Medina' by Sherry Jones
Special to The Times"THE JEWEL of Medina," a novel by journalist Sherry Jones, was originally to be published in August. But Random House decided to drop this historical romance about A'isha, the child bride of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, after an alarm was sounded by an...Tags: Censorship, Rudolph Valentino, August, Salman Rushdie, Newspapers
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