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A smarter way to deal with China

2013-06-12 00:00:00

China will almost certainly pass the United States in the total size of its economy within a decade or so. But if one looks also at military and "soft power" resources, the U.S. is likely to remain more powerful than China for at least the next few...

After 4,000 'Let's Make a Deal' episodes, an Emmy for' Monty Hall

2013-06-10 06:30:00

After doing more than 4,000 episodes over the last half-century of his iconic daytime game show "Let's Make a Deal," Monty Hall is finally getting an Emmy Award. "TV's Big Dealer" is receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 40th Daytime...

Brain fitness can include playing training games on computers

2013-06-01 00:00:00

In decades past, if someone mentioned the word "fitness," he or she was probably talking about calisthenic routines performed in a spandex body suit. Today, the term "fitness" is as likely to encompass the body as it is the mind. More than simply...

Tony Kanaan finally gets his due with Indianapolis 500 victory

2013-05-26 19:35:00

INDIANAPOLIS — When he arrived for this year's Indianapolis 500, Tony Kanaan was asked if the Brickyard owed him one. The popular Brazilian many call "T.K." had tried to win the famous race 11 times and, despite several close calls, failed 11...

David Kwong helps 'Now You See Me' make magic

2013-05-26 08:00:00

The hand is quicker than the eye, according to David Kwong, magic consultant for the upcoming film "Now You See Me" from Summit Entertainment. But that's not the only trick behind how the film's central characters — a gang of four magicians played...

USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer

2013-05-18 05:00:00

The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...

‘Iron Man 3′: Rebecca Hall talks Maya Hansen, ‘playing a nerd’

2013-04-30 17:32:28

Chained thinking on the federal deficit

2013-04-23 19:15:00

Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...

Boxer Wladimir Klitschko on training, diet and sibling rivalry

2013-03-23 00:00:00

They call him Dr. Steelhammer, because not only could he punch you into a parallel universe, he also has a doctorate in sports sciences. Of his 62 boxing bouts, Olympic and world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko has lost only three. For...

PASSINGS: Marshall Miles

2013-02-18 00:00:00

Marshall Miles Attorney and bridge champion Marshall Miles, 86, an attorney and champion bridge player best known for his 1963 book "All Fifty-Two Cards" and other writings on the game, died Feb. 5 at Redlands Community Hospital of complications...

Sundance Film Festival 2013: 8 movies for fans of the fantastic

2013-01-17 14:02:48

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje talks ‘Thor’ sequel, ‘Bullet to the Head’

2013-02-02 09:23:26

Ellie Bower 4 of Annapolis Maryland plays on a life size chess game during Mayfair 2013 Sunday at the Allentown Fairgrounds

2013-05-26 00:00:00

Orange County Museum of Art director Dennis Szakacs looks at Richard Jackson's installation "Blue Room," 2011/2013, which refers obliquely to a Duchamp chess game.

2013-02-14 16:58:00

Magnus Carlsen from Norway plays the final chess game Foursquare Blindfold and Rapid Tournament, as part of the Second Great International Chess Festival UNAM 2012 at the Sala Nezahualcoyotl on November 25, 2012, in Mexico City.

2013-01-10 09:13:00