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A man looks at the electronic ad for Powerball Jackpot of $475 million at the Bluebird Liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif.

California lottery asks residents to ‘believe in something bigger’

Culture | The ad starts with a soft choral singing of “California Dreaming,” and small white balls falling out of the sky like snowflakes onto sequoia forests, the Golden Gate bridge, downtown Los Angeles, the beach.

Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency

Signs and Wonders: EPA takes cue from IRS in dealing with conservative groups

Newsworthy |  Easier being green. The IRS is not the only federal agency making it difficult for conservative groups. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting…

Writer Caroline Leal poses for a selfie.

Me, myself, and my selfie

Culture |  The craze of snapping self-portraits and posting them on social media appeals to a generation enamored with disposable identities

Ira Isaacs, left, with his attorney Roger Jon Diamond, outside the Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles.

Obama administration fails obscenity test

Culture |  Government prosecutors have tried only two adult obscenity cases since 2009, setting loose standards for the porn industry

Adam Johnson

The Orphan Master’s Son wins Pulitzer

Culture |  Columbia University announced this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners yesterday. Although most of the awards are for journalism, both reporting and photography,

A Victoria's Secret Pink store in Newport Beach, Calif.

Moms fighting Victoria’s dirty little secret

Parenting |  Twenty-two years ago, my military-wife friends and I used to spend our Friday evenings at Victoria’s Secret looking for something special to wear when our…

Roger Ebert

Movie critic Roger Ebert dies

Movies |  Famed movie critic Roger Ebert, who wielded one of the nation’s most influential thumbs, has died at age 70. Ebert first started writing movie reviews for…

A man runs barefoot in Mexico.

Footloose and shoe free

Health |  Experts defend barefoot running shoes despite new evidence indicating the footwear could promote bone injury

Domenic Garufi takes a Virtual Photo Walk during his treatment.

Cameras combating isolation

Culture |  Photographers network takes the homebound and hospitalized on virtual tours of sites they can’t visit in person

Dr. Ben Carson

Why liberals fear successful men like Ben Carson

Politics |  There are many successful liberals, so why do so many of them wish to subsidize failure for the poor, instead of showing them how to succeed? Take Dr. Ben…

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: Dawes performing at Stubbs Bar-B-Que.
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