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			<title><![CDATA[Geography is covering new ground for travelers]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-tr-geography-main-20130407,0,396569.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Forget about learning the state capitals, at least, as the sum total of your knowledge of geography. 

"Geography is about meaning, not knowing place names and memorizing lists &mdash; that was school geography," said Daniel Edelson, vice president for...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gene Bartow dies at 81; former UCLA basketball coach]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-01-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Gene Bartow, the successor to John Wooden as UCLA basketball coach who became the architect of a new and successful athletics program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, died Tuesday evening. He was 81.

Bartow, who was diagnosed with stomach...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Water danger]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sbt-water-danger-20130522,0,1032261.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-22 03:01:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- An unfamiliar, unlit pool and a split-second decision to dive.

That tragic combination changed Chase Jones&rsquo; life forever.

The 28-year-old University of Georgia graduate broke three vertebrae in his neck, leaving him largely paralyzed...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Grigsby-Wood]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/amn-grigsbywood-wedding-20130517,0,2120194.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Katherine C. Grigsby and M. Brett Wood were married April 27 at the farm of the bride&rsquo;s grandparents, Bob and Kathy Allen, in Danville.
The bride is the daughter of Michael and Amy Lewis of Orlando, Fla. She is a graduate of Orangewood Christian...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Magic teaches important life skills]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/aan-magic-teaches-important-life-skills-20130408,0,4533613.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-08 22:14:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ Joshua Leonard, a junior at Aberdeen Central High School, got in front of his classmates Monday and told them a story about a leprechaun, a rainbow and his pot of gold while he made paperclips leap into the air. 

 The occurence wasn't all that random;...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surgeon General to speak at HU commencement in May]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/dp-nws-hu-commencement-surgeon-general-0329-20130328,0,5124310.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-28 10:08:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Surgeon General will give the commencement address at Hampton University's graduation ceremony May 12. 

Dr. Regina Benjamin will be the university's 143rd commencement speaker and will receive an honorary doctor of science degree at the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Northwestern University researchers add to arsenal in Parkinson's fight]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-x-parkinsons-disease-study-20130206,0,3828844.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Northwestern University researchers said they have created compounds that could slow the effects of Parkinson's disease, a brain disorder that affects nearly 1 million people in the U.S. 

The compounds prevent calcium from flooding parts of the brain...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Former UK Hoops Players Chosen for WBCA`So You Want To Be A Coach' Class]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/cky-two-former-uk-hoops-players-chosen-for-wbca-s-so-you-want-to-be-a-coach-class-20130228,0,2047006.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-28 11:27:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[LEXINGTON, Ky. &ndash; Two former University of Kentucky women&rsquo;s basketball players Crystal Riley and Amber Smith, have been chosen to participate in the 11th annual Women&rsquo;s Basketball Coaches Association&rsquo;s &ldquo;So You Want To Be A...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study: Multivitamins May Prevent Cancer in Men]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ktla-multivitamins-prevent-cancer,0,4967450.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-17 10:43:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Taking a multivitamin may help prevent cancer in healthy middle-aged men, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study

Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New triggers found for weight gain]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/ct-met-obesity-factors-20120930,0,6609935.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-09-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As obesity rates soar worldwide, the antidote may seem obvious: Eat less! Move more! But the common-sense approach hasn't been terribly effective, prompting some scientists to question the simplicity of the formula.

Although personal decisions and self-...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why we're fat, Part 3: Our lifestyle promotes added pounds]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/os-why-americans-are-fat-lifestyle-20120102,0,7969040.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-01-02 15:09:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite popular belief, a surge of laziness and gluttony is not what's making Americans fat, says science writer and fat researcher Gary Taubes, author of "Why We Get Fat."

In looking at the past 30 years, during which time obesity rates have soared,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[University of Maryland, Baltimore to revamp teaching on pain]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-05-26 13:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As part of a federal project aimed at better treating pain, the University of Maryland, Baltimore will begin revamping the way it teaches future doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.

Pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and their...]]></description>
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