Liberal arts vs. business degree
Few topics we've addressed here recently have inspired as much reader comment as the column a couple of weeks ago, in answer to a newly minted English major who wondered if her degree would turn out to...
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Jennifer Aniston is rejoining Courteney Cox on prime time, but this time they're anything but friends.
View ArticleThe 10 Spot: Feb. 22, 2007
1. Some baseball traditionalists are upset that MLB is replacing the traditional wool caps with a new polyester blend. But what's the big deal? Why should the hats be all-natural when the hat sizes...
View ArticleCould Gore's road to the Oval Office begin in Hollywood?
We've seen plenty of political moments at the Oscars before. But on Sunday, we could see the most unusual political moment ever.
View ArticleNeuroscience probes new frontiers
The mysteries of the human mind have tantalized and frustrated philosophers, poets and -- more recently - psychologists for centuries, yet new breakthroughs in neuroscience could mean the brain is...
View ArticleBrain-damaged people give insights into morality
It's wartime, and an enemy doctor is conducting painful and inevitably fatal experiments on children.
View ArticleSubprime bailout? $120 billion
Want to pick up the check for every homeowner who got saddled with a risky mortgage? It's a big one - on the order of $120 billion.
View ArticleVirtual war, real therapy
The mental scars of war are often far more debilitating than the many physical injuries that servicemen and women pick up during combat. But a new virtual war simulation may help veterans recover from...
View ArticleMatt Leinart Says Fatherhood 'Puts Things in Perspective'
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart may be a bruiser on the grid, but fatherhood has turned him into a big softie.
View ArticleMom of Matt Leinart's Son Speaks Out
Matt Leinart's ex-girlfriend, Brynn Cameron, reveals that when it comes to parenting, she's the star quarterback.
View ArticleA Memoir of Schizophrenia
Noted academic Elyn Saks hid her illness for years. Now in a new book she opens up about what it's like to have a severe mental illness
View ArticleMost affordable college football towns
Muncie, Indiana, ranks as the most affordable big football town for housing in the United States, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by Coldwell Banker.
View ArticleNext time you have a Big Mac attack . . .
Get something else to eat instead! Nutrition experts weigh in on what's healthy at airports.
View ArticleA Link Between Anxiety and Heart Attacks
Anger, depression and stress can all raise the risk of heart disease -- but a new study shows that chronic anxiety may be even more harmful
View ArticleArash Markazi: A mock discussion between LSU, Georgia and USC
College football is more like politics than any other sport in America. Think about it. This year's national champion, for instance, wasn't decided so much on the field but in the filibustering done by...
View ArticleStrokes in Middle-Aged Women Triple
Strokes have tripled in recent years among middle-aged women in the U.S., an alarming trend doctors blame on the obesity epidemic
View ArticleBrian Cazeneuve: Faith, father help guide Felix to success on the track
It is early morning at the large cafeteria hall of the Sunrise Ministry in Auburn, Calif., and Professor Paul Felix is giving an Olympic performance in the face of poor conditions. The volume on his...
View ArticleStudents teach kids dangers of 'gutka' in India
What are you doing on your summer vacation? If you are an innovative student from the University of Southern California, the answer might be going to India, providing innovative water treatment...
View Article125,000 Gorillas Found in Congo
Wildlife researchers said Tuesday that they've discovered 125,000 western lowland gorillas deep in the forests of the Republic of Congo, calling it a major increase in the animal's estimated population
View ArticleStudents work to improve water quality in India
The World Health Organization reports that 88 percent of the 1.8 million deaths resulting from diarrhea can be attributed to unsafe water or inadequate hygiene or sanitation.
View ArticleTeam sees challenges of providing safe water
One of the greatest learning experiences thus far was visiting the slums.
View ArticleWho should pay for mom and dad's care?
When Stephen Leach gave up his Rockaway, New Jersey, condo at age 48 to move back in with Mom and Dad, it was out of need -- his parents', not his.
View ArticleEarly lives of 10 V.P. wives
As the election approaches, we're learning more than we ever wanted to know about the presidential and vice presidential candidates. You even hear a lot about the potential first ladies -- I have...
View ArticleDo you prefer a male or female boss?
A famous George Carlin observation goes, "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
View ArticleDeveloper explores the softer side of video games
Kellee Santiago wants to tap into the kinder, gentler side of gaming.
View ArticleScientists warn of rapid -fire media dangers
Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
View ArticleScientists warn of Twitter dangers
Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or getting updates via social-networking tools such as Twitter could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say.
View ArticleThe surfin' CEO
We had a vacation house in Newport Beach, Calif., so I was always in and around the water and loved to surf. My dad was an importer, and on a trip to Japan he brought me home a movie camera. I started...
View ArticleObama taps Los Angeles airport police official for top TSA job
President Obama said Thursday he intends to nominate a top Los Angeles International Airport police department official to head the Transportation Security Administration, the agency charged with...
View ArticleFor jobs, look to university spin-offs
On Monday, President Obama will post his much-anticipated federal budget for fiscal year 2011. And as America reviews the plan, few issues will be as critical as how it addresses job creation.
View ArticleOnline dating liars: Why they do it
Worried that the 27-year-old man making more than $70,000 as profiled on an online dating service isn't so young or taking home that much cash?
View ArticlePsychologists: Memorials can trigger more suicides
When college students take their lives, as apparently happened recently at Cornell University, the instinctual reaction, to mourn publicly and officially, may be the wrong thing to do, psychologists say.
View ArticleOne pair of 3D glasses to rule them all
The good news about the 3D TVs coming out this spring and summer is that they'll come packed with two pairs of 3D lenses. The bad news? Those plastic glasses work only with the brand of TV with which...
View ArticleIs cheerleading a sport?
Two things that people love to ask me are: Is such-and-such really a sport? And: Are people who do such-and-such really athletes? Usually, I can tell, the people who ask me: say, are race car drivers...
View ArticleFrank Deford: Is cheerleading a sport?
Two things that people love to ask me are: Is such-and-such really a sport? And: Are people who do such-and-such really athletes? Usually, I can tell, the people who ask me: say, are race car drivers...
View Article100-plus tax breaks on the line
When it comes to putting off assignments, college students have nothing on Congress.
View ArticleTax cut stew for Christmas
It's official: Now that resolution on the Bush tax cuts has been postponed until after the Nov. 2 mid-term elections, lawmakers have punted nearly every major time-sensitive tax issue until the end of...
View ArticleThat 'Gmail Motion' prank? These folks made it real
Maybe there aren't as many fools out there as Google thought.
View ArticleBeaten Giants fan put back in coma
A San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten outside the Los Angeles Dodgers' stadium late last month was put back in a medically induced coma during the weekend after suffering seizures, a hospital...
View ArticleCut the tax bite of gifting a variable annuity
Q: A variable annuity that I've owned for many years has risen a great deal in value. Can I gift it to my kids? -- Anthony Cupo, Fayetteville, Ind.
View ArticleMore medical complications for hospitalized Giants fan
Doctors are concerned that Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was severely beaten outside the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium in late March, is accumulating fluid in his brain, according to...
View ArticleFacebook COO: Men run the world
What if men ran half of households around the world and women ran half the companies? Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg thinks the world would be a better place.
View ArticleThe changing face of America's youth
The United States is walking a path to greater diversity. And younger people are leading the way.
View ArticleStroke at 22: Honoring the lessons 20 years later
Lying in the back of the ambulance, unable to move my right arm or leg, I began bargaining with God.
View ArticleHundreds of unknown remains laid to rest with dignity in L.A.
Beneath a simple gray stone marker that reads "2008," on a gentle slope at the Los Angeles County Crematory and Cemetery, lie the unclaimed remains of the poor, the homeless, the addicted and the lonely.
View ArticleLos Angeles reserve deputy is reluctant -- and private -- hero
Call it good timing, divine intervention or just dumb luck.
View ArticleAre depressed kids bully magnets?
Psychologists, not to mention parents, have long observed that kids who seem depressed tend to have trouble getting along with -- and being accepted by -- their peers.
View ArticleAaron Levie: The best advice I ever got
"Mark Cuban was an early investor in Box. At the time, we wanted to build two competing models for letting businesses and people share files: peer-to-peer based and cloud based. We didn't know which...
View ArticleCredit card security breach hits California campus
The University of Southern California is warning students and faculty about a credit card security breach following the hacking of a software system on the campus.
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