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Where else to get Jurassic
Where else to see dinosaurs if you can't make it to "Erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo": "Dinosaurs Alive!" at Brookfield Zoo: Life-size animatronic reptiles mix with the animal exhibits through Oct. 27. Including dinosaur newcomers (Styracosaurus and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Navy Pier, Paleontology, Brookfield Zoo
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Rosenthal: Jamie Dimon survives a scare
Back when Jamie Dimon still lived in Chicago, before he had ascended to the top of New York-based JPMorgan Chase, his Gold Coast home earned a reputation each Halloween as a must-visit destination, drawing trick-or-treaters from well beyond the...Tags: Elections, AFSCME, Finance, Corporate Officers, Honeywell International Incorporated
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Questions and answers for Jamestown cannibalism case
Few archaeological finds have been as sensational as the first physical evidence of cannibalism unearthed at Historic Jamestowne in 2012 and announced in a riveting press conference at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History on...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Historic Jamestowne, Cannibalism, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: Justice System, Trials, Arts and Culture, National Government, Government
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, Finance, Services and Shopping, Chicago Transit Authority
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Inside the Huntington story
"Masterpiece Theatre" has nothing on the real-life, rags-to-riches saga that led to the founding of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. This singularly American story of an extraordinary family dynasty...
Tags: Research, Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Museums
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Cannibalism at Jamestown evidence unearthed
Archaeologists and forensic scientists working with human remains recovered at Historic Jamestowne last summer reported Wednesday that their follow-up studies have turned up the gruesome first physical evidence of the cannibalism that took place during...
Tags: Culture, Anthropology, Arts and Culture, Hampton Roads, Smithsonian Institution
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Burleigh Manor Middle student state winner in Google logo design contest
Someday, Burleigh Manor seventh-grader Lauren Shen might go to Google and see what the Internet search engine is displaying to millions of users throughout the country: her artwork. Lauren, 12, is the state's winner in a Google-sponsored national contest...Tags: Larry Page, Ellicott City, Taipei 101, New York City, Education
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Rockbridge Student "Google Doodle" Finalist
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterHit "Google" and one day you may see the work of a Rockbridge County High School Student. Kellie Nicely is the artist behind the winning design for Virginia in a "Doodle 4 Google" contest. The doodles are featured in the logo design that appears on...Tags: Rockbridge County, Google Inc., New York City, Education, Students
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Ellicott City student has shot at Google fame
The Baltimore SunAn Ellicott City seventh-grader has a shot at having her artwork grace Google’s homepage. Lauren Shen, who attends Burleigh Manor Middle School, found out this week that her drawing will represent Maryland in the sixth annual Doodle 4 Google...Tags: Google Inc., Ellicott City
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Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say
The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...
Tags: Culture, Anthropology, Dismemberment, Arts and Culture, Historic Jamestowne
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William Wilson dies at 78; former Los Angeles Times art critic
For William Wilson, the former Los Angeles Times art critic who died Saturday at the age of 78, art was a childhood refuge, a teenage survival mechanism, and, finally, a career that saw him chronicle the city's rise in art-world stature from his first...Tags: Artists, Arts and Culture, Alzheimer's Disease, Museums, Arts
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