Month: December 2008

Nobel Winner Krugman: U.S. Auto Industry Will Likely Disappear

USATODAY.com Nobel winner: U.S. auto industry will likely disappear STOCKHOLM (AP) — Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered U.S. auto industry will likely disappear. “It will do so because of the geographical forces that me and my colleagues have discussed,” the Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist told […]

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Intelligent Men Have Better Sperm

BBC NEWS Intelligent ‘have better sperm’ Men of higher intelligence tend to produce better quality sperm, UK research suggests. A team from the Institute of Psychiatry analysed data from former US soldiers who served during the Vietnam war era. They found that those who performed better on intelligence tests tended to have more – and […]

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‘My Three Sons’ Actress Beverly Garland Dies at 82

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Beverly Garland, the B-movie actress who starred in 1950s’ cult hits like “Swamp Women” and “Not of This Earth” and who went on to play Fred MacMurray’s TV wife on “My Three Sons,” has died. She was 82. Garland died Friday at her Hollywood Hills home after a lengthy illness, her […]

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Hollywood Park’s Racing Days Could Be Numbered

With its heyday long past, the horse racing track in Inglewood might close amid dwindling crowds. By Ari B. BloomekatzLOS ANGELES TIMES December 7, 2008 About 10 minutes before post time at the Hollywood Park racetrack this month, Paul Bélanger recalled how he first fell for horse racing about 30 years ago. Fascinated by the […]

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