Parent Organizations

TED pulls TEDxWestHollywood license over issue of "pseudoscience"

2013-04-04 07:00:00

At the main TED conference a few weeks ago in Long Beach, the fifth and final one in that city, the organizers spent time on the opening day celebrating the remarkable influence and reach of this once-obscure technology and design conference. Among the...

Golden Globes 2013: Tough (and tired) crowd at Beverly Hilton

2012-12-13 13:04:00

By the time Megan Fox, Ed Helms and Jessica Alba strode into the Beverly Hilton ballroom at 5:20 a.m., their captive audience of reporters and publicists seemed nearly comatose. Press check-in for the Golden Globes ceremony had begun more than an hour...

The middle class languishes as the super-rich thrive

2012-12-30 00:00:00

The good news for the U.S. economy as we enter 2013 is that the election's over. The bad news is that the election's over. What's good about it is that both parties in Washington can shed their preoccupation with the campaign theatrics that dominated...

Parents criticize officials after cheating allegations roil school

2012-10-30 15:53:39

ATF director to resign, agency sources say

2011-06-21 00:00:00

The acting director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to step down because of a controversial gun-running investigation that allowed weapons to be sold to suspected agents of Mexican drug cartels, according...

The stars align for kabbalah

2011-10-18 00:00:00

Second of two parts When Philip Berg decided in the early 1970s to teach kabbalah to the masses, he predicted that orthodox rabbis would stone him and his wife, Karen. For a long time, that seemed a pompous overstatement. Few people had even heard of the...

'Les Miz' beats Ahmanson box-office marks set by 'Jersey Boys'

2011-08-08 16:33:16

Program offers rays of hope in an area on the edge

2009-07-05 00:00:00

Words failed Roslyn Haywood-Broadnax, and that doesn't happen often. Her eyes softened and she pointed to the ceiling -- or, rather, through it, toward the heavens. Her three oldest are grown and gone, one a mental health counselor, one a hospital...

Autism: Kids put at risk

2009-12-07 00:00:00

James Coman's son has an unusual skill. The 7-year-old, his father says, can swallow six pills at once. Diagnosed with autism as a toddler, he had been placed on an intense regimen of supplements and medications aimed at treating the disorder. He was...

Markups by 'body shops' inflate the public's cost

2011-03-03 00:00:00

The Los Angeles Community College District had launched a $5.7-billion campaign to modernize its nine campuses, and district leaders wanted the world to know. They hired marketing consultant Joan Marshall to help spread the word. She worked closely...

The Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles is the focus of an IRS investigation into tax evasion

2011-05-06 00:00:00

Industrial chemical OSR#1 used as autism treatment

2010-02-01 00:00:00

An industrial chemical developed to help separate heavy metals from polluted soil and mining drainage is being sold as a dietary supplement by a luminary in the world of alternative autism treatments. The supplement, called OSR#1, is described on the...

The Chorus of DuPage performs at a Naperville City Council meeting as the musical group celebrates the 75th anniversary of its parent organization, the Barbershop Harmony Society.

2013-05-16 10:24:38

A woman pleaded not guilty to stealing all of the money from a Parent Teacher Organization fund at a Grayslake school.

2012-12-05 00:00:00

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Finley Yurek, 5, enjoys sitting on Santa's lap and telling his Christmas wishes on Thursday during Petoskey Ottawa Elementary Parent Teacher Organization's family holiday craft night. In addition to crafts, cookies and hot chocolate were served, along with a visit from Santa.

2012-12-03 08:00:00