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Bethany St. James: Flawed Inspiration

The fact is that we are, more often than not, much harder on ourselves than anyone else is. In my experience, men and women often believe that being attractive on the outside has something to do with being attractive on the inside. Read More… More on Body Image

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Detroit Rape Kits Found In Storage Facility To Be Reviewed, Tested For Crimes Dating To The 1980s

DETROIT — More than 1,000 once-forgotten rape kits that were part of a trove found in a Detroit police property storage facility are expected to be reviewed and possibly tested for DNA in crimes dating to the 1980s, a state police official said Wednesday. DNA found in the kits that doesn’t belong to rape victims will be loaded into the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System – or CODIS – to search for matches that could lead to arrests, State Police Director of Forensic Science John Collins told The Associated Press. Read More…

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Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.: All At Once: Remembering Whitney

How grown was Whitney? Too grown to be told what to do? But then, who tried to get her help? Who watched in silence? Read More…

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Howard Kissel: Merrily We Roll Along

In the nearly four decades as a reviewer I have seen shows revived, altered, sometimes but seldom improved. But never — until last night — have I seen one totally, gloriously reborn. That show is Stephen Sondheim’s longtime problem child “Merrily We Roll Along.” Read More…

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Scott White: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi — Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs’ special genius was to take basic appliances and simplify and integrate them with other Apple devices in an intuitive way that made us not only want to use them, but crave to do so. Read More… More on Steve Jobs

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Verlander Wins 22nd Game As Tigers Slam Indians

CLEVELAND — Justin Verlander won his 10th straight start and earned his 22nd victory overall, helped when Victor Martinez hit a late grand slam that sent the Detroit Tigers over the Cleveland Indians 8-6. Verlander (22-5) gave up a pair of two-run homers to Shelley Duncan and trailed 4-2 before Detroit rallied against Justin Masterson (11-9) and the Indians’ bullpen. Read More… More on Tigers

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Rick Perry Runs From Record And Obama Mounts Counteroffensive: Your Day In Politics (VIDEO)

Rick Perry is in it to win it in 2012, and just as the Texas governor gets going with his campaign, he already seems to be running from his record. On the Democratic side, Team Obama is mounting a counteroffensive to combat Republican attacks on the heels of the Ames Straw Poll. All of that and more in your day in politics. Read More… More on Rick Perry

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Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Don Young Receive Suspicious Packages At Alaska Offices

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Suspicious packages were received through the mail Monday by Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation and at least two contained a white powder. The packages were received in the Fairbanks offices of Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski and the Anchorage office of Rep. Don Young. Begich is a Democrat. Murkowski and Young are Republicans.

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Lisa Murkowski, Mark Begich, Don Young Receive Suspicious Packages At Alaska Offices

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Suspicious packages were received through the mail Monday by Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation and at least two contained a white powder. The packages were received in the Fairbanks offices of Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski and the Anchorage office of Rep. Don Young. Begich is a Democrat. Murkowski and Young are Republicans.

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The Dead Trees Love Los Angeles

If you dream of the bygone age of rock ‘n’ roll when music was cool and photos were retro without iPhone apps, The Dead Trees might be for you. The self-assigned wandering nomads Michael Ian Cummings, Todd Dalhoff, Matthew Borg, and Noah Rubin started the band in Boston. Not too long after, Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for The Strokes brought The Dead Trees along for two US tours, according to the band’s Facebook page . After their first full length album “King Of Rosa” was released, the tours continued — but The Dead Trees craved a home. That’s why they moved to Los Angeles. “I feel inspired by LA,” states Cummings on the band’s Facebook.

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