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Middle-schoolers win prizes for essays on Mars exploration
Several middle-schoolers from the South Bay are among the winners of an essay contest asking students to describe how robots and humans could work together to explore Mars. The students each took home cash prizes and joined legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin for a reception dinner last week. The two first-place winners of the contest sponsored by Raytheon and The American Institute of Aeronautics ...
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Trinty High students research project wins award
A seventh-grader from Holy Trinity School in San Pedro recently won the 2013 award for Academic Excellence from the Southern California Paleontological Society for his research project. With the help of science staff at Madrona Marsh in Torrance, Anthony Stenzel conducted a study he titled: "Does runoff water affect the aquatic invertebrates of the Madrona Marsh?" Specifically, he ...
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‘Trek’ Does $70.6M But Falls Short Of Studio Hopes
The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009′s ';Star Trek,'; which opened with $75.2 million. Since premiering Wednesday in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, ';Into Darkness'; has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount’s initial forecast of $100 million. The film added $40 ...
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Navy Pilot Missing Since Vietnam War Buried At Arlington National Cemetery
Forty-six years after being killed in action, the U.S. Navy honored Lt. Dennis Peterson of Huntington Park and his crew during an interment ceremony on May 2. Kirsten Peterson, the late lieutenant’s daughter, attended the burial along with her younger sister. ';I wanted to know more about what my father was all about,'; said Peterson, who was only two when her father went to ...
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Cruz available for finale despite bone spurs in elbow
ATLANTA -- Dodgers infielder Luis Cruz said he was available to play Sunday after being unavailable Saturday night because of a bone spur flare-up in his right elbow. Cruz said he has three spurs in his throwing elbow, and they occasionally pinch a nerve. "Since I was 11, I can't straighten my arm, and once in a while, this happens, and I just have to let it rest," said Cruz. ...
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Jansens pitch selection with Gattis baffles Mattingly
Email ATLANTA -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly was still shaking his head in dismay Sunday over reliever Kenley Jansen's decision to challenge Braves pinch-hitter Evan Gattis, who slugged a two-run homer Saturday night on an inside cutter. The plan of attack against Gattis was not to throw inside, but that's what Jansen did in an eight-pitch at-bat that turned the game around and was ...
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Gordons baserunning gaffe frustrates Mattingly
Email ATLANTA -- Dee Gordon heard about it from Don Mattingly Saturday night. He met with baserunning coach Davey Lopes in a meeting Sunday morning. He even heard about it from father and former All-Star closer Flash Gordon. "Don't steal third," Dee Gordon repeated, "unless you know you'll be safe. I felt it was 100 percent, but I got thrown out." Gordon was ...
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Some Lipstick Lip Gloss Products Contain Lead
Scientists were concerned that overexposure to the metals could lead to health problems in the long term, and asked government officials to take a closer look at regulations. Women who applied lipsticks several times each day were particularly at risk of ...
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Meeting Calendar Be informed get involved improve your San Fernando Valley
Search for retired Providence Holy Cross nurses: A newly formed committee will hold a meeting of active and retired nurses to form a Nurses Alumni Association, noon today. Providence Holy Cross medical Center, north conference room, 15031 Rinaldi St., Mission Hills. Dee Sandjian, ...
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San Pedro High students get good news from wetland experiment
Students in an honors biology class at San Pedro High recently conducted an experiment that produced two pieces of good news. First, the small wetland at 22nd Street Park in San Pedro is not contaminated from all the nearby trappings of urban living, such as a storm drain, litter and, last but not least, air pollution from cars and ships. Second, their project won first place for a contest on ...
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Rolling Hills Prep students receive highest Girl Scouts honor
Seven girls at Rolling Hills Prep School in San Pedro were recently awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award - the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA. The girls, who will graduate June 14 from the private high school, have been members of the same Girl Scout Troop since kindergarten. Brooke Provinchain created a website for a new nonprofit organization that seeks to help newly ...
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Great hall at LAXs new Bradley terminal to be named for Antonio Villaraigosa
The new international terminal championed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won't be finished by the time he leaves office next month, but it will carry his name in a prominent place. The airport plans to call the great hall of the Tom Bradley International Terminal the Antonio R. Villaraigosa Pavilion - a name the city's Board of Airport Commissioners is expected to approve ...
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Mark Ellis returns to lineup for Dodgers
ATLANTA - Dodgers second baseman Mark Ellis has returned to the lineup after missing the last 19 games with a right quadriceps strain.Catcher Tim Federowicz was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to make room for Ellis on the 25-man roster. Ellis was batting second Sunday against the Braves.Ellis was hitting .342 with two homers and 11 RBIs when he injured his quad while running out a grounder in ...
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Chris Brown Death Threats LAPD Investigating After Multiple Death Threats Sent
Rihanna and Chris Brown at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 10, 2013. Chris Brown has received death threats through the office of his attorney, according to reports out this week, sparking a police investigation to find the culprits.Authorities were brought in after numerous threats were made via phone to the offices of Brown's attorney Mark Geragos, ...
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Viral Video Shows Dodger Playing Catch with a Fan
Hyun-Jin Ryu pitching at Citi Field in this April 25, 2013 file photo. Ryu recently earned fans after appearing in a viral Youtube video showing him playing catch with a young fan in the ...
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Son suspected of fatally shooting his father arrested in Santa Clarita
Authorities are looking for Juan Alexander Mejia Dubon in connection with the fatal shooting of his father. Dubon may be armed, and the public is warned not to approach or attempt to apprehend him. Dubon is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, 117 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone seeing him is urged to call sheriff's detectives at (661) 255-1121; Crime Stoppers at (800) ...
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L.A. firefighters knock down fire at North Hollywood restaurant
NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Los Angeles city firefighters took just eight minutes to douse a fire in a single-story North Hollywood business structure Saturday night, department officials said. Twenty-five firefighters responding at about 9 p.m. confined the blaze to a restaurant in the 11700 block of Runnymede Street, LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The cause of the fire was under investigation, ...
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Man shot killed by Inglewood police officer wielded two-foot-long sword
INGLEWOOD - The man who was shot and killed by an Inglewood police officer after he smashed the windows of eight squad cars wielded a two-foot-long sword in a police station parking lot, a department official said today. "It was a long-bladed sword," Lt. Mark Fried said in describing the weapon wielded by the suspect at the Inglewood police station Saturday evening. The sword ...
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1 Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting In South LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says a deputy fatally shot a man in the Florence area of South Los ...
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2 Powerball Tickets In Calif. Have 5 Of 6 Numbers
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Endangered Asian Elephant Art Exhibition Heads To Dana Point
STUDIO CITY (CBS) -- For the first time on American soil, dozens of life-size elephant sculptures will be on display in Dana Point as part of the Elephant ...
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Dodgers activate infielder Ellis from DL
Email ATLANTA -- The Dodgers activated second baseman Mark Ellis off the disabled list Sunday and optioned catcher Tim Federowicz to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ellis returned quicker than expected from a right quad strained on April 26. He was cleared to return after a seven-inning rehab appearance Saturday night with Double-A Chattanooga. Ellis, batting .342, was immediately put in the starting ...
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Police Kill Armed Man Vandalizing Patrol Cars
A man who was wielding a large knife or a sword was fatally shot by police Saturday night as he smashed the windows of patrol cars at the Inglewood Police Department headquarters, police ...
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NoHo Woman Robbed Assaulted In Her Own Apartment In Broad Daylight
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- Authorities Sunday continued to search for a woman suspected in the burglary-turned-robbery of a North Hollywood ...
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Fate of LA pot shops left to voters
LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles politicians have struggled for more than five years to regulate medical marijuana, trying to balance the needs of the sick against neighborhood concerns that pot shops attract ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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