Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — Miguel Oliveira is developing a video game in a tiny apartment near the University of Southern California, worlds away from the high-tech studios of Sony,...
By Ellen Creager
Detroit Free Press
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App: MetrO, available for iPhone and other platforms (see http://nanika.net/.)
Lowdown: Basic directions from here to there on subways for hundreds...
By Juan Perez Jr.
Chicago Tribune
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This flu season was “particularly hard” on relatively young patients across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
By Louis Sahagun
Los Angeles Times
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A new study broadens a notion held by the earliest criminologists: Periods of higher temperatures — on an hour-by-hour or week-to-week basis — are...
San Jose Mercury News
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Google is inviting 34 cities around the country to begin talks on joining the gigabit-speed home Internet service known as Google Fiber, in a move that promises lightning-fast...
Do smartphone traffic apps really work?
Mobile apps promise real-time traffic info, but — honk! honk! — picking the best route is still a gamble.
It’s the commuter’s constant question:...
By daily fitness tip
The best way to improve your diet is by consuming whole foods. When this isn’t possible, do your best to avoid the following 5 food additives.
Refined Sugar – This includes...
WASHINGTON — High unemployment has left many Americans questioning whether the soaring cost of college makes it a good bargain for today’s young adults.
But there’s strong evidence that a four-year...
Last October, in between arguments over the debt ceiling, the federal government somehow found time to send me an email. My student loan payment was 70 days past due, the message read, so the government...
Chicago Tribune
Thursday, Dec. 26:
Higher education is one of the more expensive investments many people will ever make. The average cost of a year in college, including tuition, fees, room and board,...
By Emily Alpert
Los Angeles Times
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LOS ANGELES — Bryan Piperno was just 9 years old when he began keeping his secret.
The Simi Valley, Calif., youngster tossed out lunches or claimed...
By Jeremy Olson
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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MINNEAPOLIS — In the quest to look “better, cuter, hotter,” a troubling number of teenage girls in Minnesota are exposing themselves to harmful...
