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Bret Lott's Hollywood reflection
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSOME places you can't find on a map. You can't reach them by plane or train -- not even by foot. Novelist Bret Lott got here, to this very spot in Echo Park, via a more oblique route: a collection of photographs, a tilting "postmodern" bluegrass melody...Tags: Earl Holmes, Television, H&R Block Incorporated, Clubs and Associations, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Mamie Van Doren stays youthful
The Orange County RegisterSANTA ANA, Calif.—Black-and-white miniskirt. Ruby-red lips. Heels high enough for sky diving. At age 77, Mamie Van Doren still turns heads. It's been that way for Mamie since practically forever. In 1948, she won the Miss Palm Springs beauty...Tags: Buddhism, Dwight David Eisenhower, Burt Reynolds, South Dakota, Medical Specialization
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Former CIA operative and Howard Hughes confidant Robert Maheu dies
LAS VEGAS - Robert A. Maheu, a former Howard Hughes confidant and CIA operative once involved in a failed plot to poison Fidel Castro, has died in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 90. Maheu died Monday of congestive heart failure at Desert Springs Hospital,...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Fidel Castro, Police, Death and Dying, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Howard Hughes' 'eyes, ears and mouthpiece'
Tribune NewspapersRobert Maheu, who worked for the FBI and the CIA before he became billionaire Howard Hughes' confidant and right-hand man, shielding the eccentric industrialist from the public he feared, has died. He was 90. The cause was congestive heart failure,...Tags: Ava Gardner, Colleges and Universities, Sam Giancana, Police, Death and Dying
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Exercise in a pill? Drug gives couch potato mice the benefit of exercise and weight loss
AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a drug — if you happen to be a mouse. Sedentary mice that...Tags: Obesity, Illnesses, Animal Science, Medical Conditions, Medicine
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Drug gives couch potato mice benefits of a workout
Associated Press WriterHere's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a drug — if you happen to be a mouse. Sedentary mice that took the...Tags: Obesity, Illnesses, Animal Science, Medicine, Medical Conditions
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Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose hangar for sale
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA chunk of Howard Hughes' Los Angeles is on the block: the cavernous hangar where the aviation mogul built his infamous Spruce Goose aircraft that flew only once -- for about one minute -- in 1947. ¶ It was wartime when Hughes Aircraft Co. got a...Tags: Government Contracts, Los Angeles, Studios, Cinema Industry, Property
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Robert Maheu, 90; aide and confidant to billionaire Howard Hughes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRobert Maheu, who worked for the FBI and the CIA before he became billionaire Howard Hughes' confidant and right-hand man, shielding the eccentric industrialist from the public he feared and crafting the deals that made him a Las Vegas power player during...Tags: Ava Gardner, Health Treatments, Colleges and Universities, Santa Monica, Tourism and Leisure
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Take a pill to fight fat? A dream come true -- at least for mice
Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a drug -- if you happen to be a mouse. Sedentary mice that took the drug for...Tags: Chevy Chase, Injuries, Medical Conditions, Heart Disease, NASA
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Don't Want to Exercise? Take a New Diet Pill
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Here's a couch potato's dream: What if a drug could help you gain some of the benefits of exercise without working up a sweat? Scientists reported Thursday that there is such a drug - if you happen to be a mouse. Sedentary mice that took the...Tags: Diet, Obesity, Health Treatments, Illnesses, Animal Science
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On this day in history
On July 10, 1509, John Calvin, the Protestant Reformation theologian, was born in Noyon, France. In 1850 Vice President Millard Fillmore succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Zachary Taylor. In 1875 educator Mary McLeod Bethune was born. In...Tags: Treaties, John Calvin, Punishment, Zachary Taylor, Arthur Fiedler
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