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A dealer's checkered career throws light on murky global trade in ancient treasures
Associated Press WritersMUNICH, Germany (AP) _ Leonardo Patterson made his first archaeological find at age 7 in a yam field in his native Costa Rica — a piece of clay pottery his cousin said could be thousands of years old. It launched a lifelong fascination with pre-...Tags: Police, Salvador Dali, Conservation, Natural Resources, Vehicles
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'Sworn virgins' are dying out in Albania
Associated PressDrene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again. She pledged to forgo...Tags: Orthodoxy, Islam, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Christianity
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Baseball and superstition
Chicago Tribune reporterBaseball may be the most superstition-filled sport, with bizarre traditions that range from players who insist on chewing the same gum each day during a hitting streak to the Chicago Cubs' yearly reminder of the infamous billy goat curse. Now a new study...Tags: Rituals, Minor League Baseball, Religious Events, Terrorism, Northwestern University
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Marriage sends a message for parenting
David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage." This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times.I'm a liberal Democrat. And I do not favor same-sex marriage. Do those positions sound contradictory? To me, they fit together. Many seem to believe that marriage is simply a private love relationship between two people. They accept this view, in part,...Tags: Human Rights, Marriage, Minority Groups, New York, Sex
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Mix of drugs may factor in dizziness, forgetfulness
Special to The TimesI am concerned about all the drugs my 81-year-old mother-in-law takes. Her forgetfulness has gotten progressively worse, and she's dizzy much of the time. She's taking amitriptyline, Aricept, Arthrotec, aspirin, Avapro, Chlor-Trimeton, Levothroid,...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Dietary Supplements, Western Medicines, Health Treatments, Medicine
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Probiotics and pediatric eczema
Special to The TimesIs there anything to help with pediatric eczema? Topical steroids helped my granddaughter for a while, but I worry about long-term side effects. Probiotics were suggested; I don't know anything about them. Research suggests that good bacteria...Tags: Medical Specialization, Medicine, Pediatrics
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Ken Burns on vacation/location at Glacier National Park
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGlacier National Park, Mont. It's too early for civilians. As dawn's first light falls on the jagged peaks, creeps down the dwindling glaciers and glides across glass-faced Swiftcurrent Lake, most of the tourists in the Many Glacier Hotel are still...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Mark Twain, Petroleum Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Wars and Interventions
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What do women want? It's complicated
New York Times News ServiceLadies! Behold the splendor of the nude male form: sleek and powerful, a miracle of sculpted sinew, striding confidently across the sand or stretching out before you in ever-uncoiling glory. On second thought, perhaps you'd prefer not to. So say...Tags: Psychology, Mental Illness, Madonna, Philosophy, Utah
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'Kind of like kindergarten'
McClatchy TribuneIt's not true that you must work 80-hour weeks, trash competitors and gouge your customers to get ahead in today's dog-eat-dog business world. That's what Rich Sheridan and his fellow computer programmers and high-tech anthropologists at Menlo...Tags: Michigan, Cultural Development, University of Michigan, National Government, Invention and Innovation
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Researcher of ancient Mexico
William Sanders, an anthropologist whose influential studies of early civilizations in Mexico and Central America included a vast and invaluable aerial survey of ancient archeological sites, died July 2 in State College, Pa. He was 82. The cause was...Tags: Television, Penn State University
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Cops: Trunk of Casey Anthony's car held a body
Bianca Prieto and Amy L. Edwards, Sentinel Staff WritersAir-sample tests from Casey Anthony's abandoned car show that the trunk once held a decomposing human body, an Orange County sheriff's official said Wednesday. Authorities investigating the disappearance of Anthony's 3-year-old daughter have offered...Tags: Police, Kissimmee, Justice System, Vehicles, Prosecution
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Food Comes Into Its Own As An Academic Discipline
Washington PostWhen 80 Yale University freshmen entered school Sunday, they took their first step toward higher education. But there was no reading list or, for that matter, showers. On the syllabus: digging up carrots, picking tomatoes and building chicken coops....Tags: Biology, New York University, George Washington University, Yale University, Food and Dining Culture
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