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Suit alleges dismissal for intelligent design

(AP) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 11, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 61

The history of angels: U-M research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Angels are everywhere today—on lapel pins, magnetic dashboard figures, keepsake ornaments and in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. But interest in angels is more than a contemporary fad. ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (10) | comments 17

Latest quake highlights Los Angeles seismic danger

(AP) -- The latest earthquake to hit the nation's second-largest city was a garden-variety temblor by California standards, rumbling through on a Sunday evening when most residents were home eating dinner ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA signs over shuttle title to California museum

(AP) -- NASA has transferred ownership of the retired space shuttle Endeavour to a California museum.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Hypertouch vs ValuClick Spam Email Case: It's Not Over Till Somebody Screams Ouch

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recent decision by the Los Angeles Superior Court in Hypertouch vs ValuClick, LCO81000 decided on May 4th by Summary Judgment found that the Federal CAN-Spam Act preempted California's rigorous anti-spam, ...

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 weblog

Cadillac Aera concept wins 7th annual L.A. design challenge

The Cadillac Aera concept vehicle won the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge, tying with Smart and besting entries from seven other automakers including Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Maybach. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Los Angeles fast-food restaurant ban unlikely to cut obesity, study finds

Restrictions on fast-food chain restaurants in South Los Angeles are not addressing the main differences between neighborhood food environments and are unlikely to improve the diet of residents or reduce obesity, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online learning startup rises on wings of angel investors

A startup intent on making it simple for anyone to teach online has received a million dollars in funding from "angels," technology industry successes backing peers with good ideas.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

ProPublica wins Pulitzer with digital-only series

ProPublica, a non-profit news startup, scooped up a Pulitzer Prize on Monday, its second in two years and the first ever for a series of stories that were not also published in print.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

BBC News, Al Jazeera take online journalism honors

BBC News, Al Jazeera and The Los Angeles Times scooped up the top prizes as the Online News Association (ONA) handed out its annual awards on Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Calif. imposes battery charger energy standards

(AP) -- California will require cellphones, tablets and hundreds of other electronic devices to have energy-efficient battery chargers beginning next year.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 22

Pinterest gets $100 mn, led by Japan's Rakuten

Japanese online giant Rakuten announced Thursday it was leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest, a fast-growing US bulletin-board style social media website.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Small aftershock rattles downtown Los Angeles

(AP) -- A small but widely felt aftershock jolted the Los Angeles region Tuesday, two days after a magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck. An apartment building in Long Beach was evacuated due to roof damage but there were no reports ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Los Angeles Times to begin charging for online access

The Los Angeles Times said Friday that it will begin charging online readers next month, the latest major US newspaper to require a subscription to its website.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Parts of fire-ravage Calif. forest to be restored

(AP) -- Nearly two years after an arsonist ignited what became the largest fire in Los Angeles County history, officials have launched an effort to restore tens of thousands of acres in some of the most severely charred ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0