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  1. Chemistry Nobel Prize Could Lead to Drugs with Fewer Side Effects

    Fri, 12 Oct 2012

    million US) purse, was given to Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the Maryland-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and to Brian Kobilka of Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. The two were awarded for work

  2. Ask an Expert: Annual summer biz quiz on books and movies

    Mon, 23 Jul 2012

    want to be surprised. Astonish me, sport. New info, don't care where or how you get it, just get it."A. Howard Hughes (The Aviator)B. Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane)C. Rod Tidwell (Jerry Maguire)D. Gordon Gekko (Wall Street

  3. In Brains of Mice, Cells for Overeating Linked to Those Sparked by Cocaine

    Sat, 23 Jun 2012

    research can show if they apply to humans. Scott Sternson, who studies the neurological processes behind hunger at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, said the findings are unexpected and mean that scientists need to think more carefully about the

  4. Billionaires back ambitious space projects

    Wed, 9 May 2012

    the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., notes that wealthy adventurers such as Howard Hughes helped pioneer the airline industry in the last century, and longer ago, tycoons such as John Rockefeller and

  5. Charlize Theron and 8 More Stars with OCD

    Wed, 21 Mar 2012

    practices transcendental meditation. Leonardo DiCaprio The "Titanic" actor once played another famous sufferer of OCD, Howard Hughes . In fact, while playing the role, DiCaprio's got back in touch with his own childhood obsession: sidewalks

  6. Florida Cements Mitt Romney's Front-Runner Status (The Note)

    Wed, 1 Feb 2012

    today with new website highlighting foreclosures in nation's hardest hit state: bit.ly/A27oqZ @swheaton : From Howard Hughes to Adelsons: history of big money in NV presidential politics by @AnjeanetteDamon of LV Sun ow.ly/8NVfE @OKnox

News

  1. Top Secrets of 'J. Edgar': Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio on New Film About Hoover's Private Life

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

    political upstart could ever imagine, was a challenging one." DiCaprio recieved an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in the 2004 film, "The Aviator," but is still more recoginzed today for playing Jack Dawson in the 1997 blockbuster

  2. ‘The Horror Was Relentless’ : ABC’s Katie Couric Remembers 9/11

    Sun, 11 Sep 2011

    up for the morning. I waited in the production area for Matt Lauer to finish interviewing an author of a biography of Howard Hughes before returning to the studio to say our goodbyes. Instead, all eyes were transfixed on the image of a burning

  3. Branson book salutes aviation pioneers

    Sun, 15 May 2011

    overboard to make the first air voyage across the English Channel in 1783 — even their trousers. Hollywood director Howard Hughes hired World War I flying aces as stunt pilots in his 1930 Hell's Angels, the first multimillion-dollar talking

  4. 'Acapulco is both heaven and hell'

    Tue, 25 Jan 2011

    was the setting for Fun in Acapulco, starring Elvis Presley. Oilman J. Paul Getty owned an expansive villa, and Howard Hughes passed his final days in the Princess Hotel. Celebrities put Acapulco on the map as the once-isolated fishing outpost

  5. Evolution at Lightning Speed: Fish Adapts in Just 3 Years

    Tue, 3 Aug 2010

    Darwin, and it has caught the attention of a wide range of leading scientists, including David M. Kingsley of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who laid the framework for understanding the genetically adaptive stickleback. But the latest

  6. Can Common Herbs Extend Your Life?

    Tue, 30 Mar 2010

    C. elegans with drugs designed to eliminate free radicals, toxic byproducts of metabolism. And scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute found they could extend the lifespan by about 30 percent with a drug used to treat depression. But

  7. L.A. to Shutter Hundreds of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

    Tue, 26 Jan 2010

    neighborhood of Playa Vista. No, they're not flavors of frozen yogurt, but of strains of medical marijuana. And in its Howard Hughes -era building with the creamy green walls, marijuana collective Green Oasis even offers a 1,300-square foot

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Videos

  1. Richard Gere Stars in 'The Hoax'

    Tue, 3 Apr 2007

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  2. Martin Scorsese Furious at Golden Collar Awards

    Fri, 17 Feb 2012

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  3. The Films of Leonardo DiCaprio

    Mon, 7 Nov 2011

    old. More will it take care of it. Believe Gilbert followed by the aviator where he played reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes . All the wheels forbidden. Obama mama and for blood diamond in 2006. And much. Along the way he's worked with

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  4. Actress Jane Russell Dies at 89

    Mon, 28 Feb 2011

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  5. The Life of a Sex Symbol

    Tue, 1 Mar 2011

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  6. Roundtable: Foreign Affairs

    Sun, 15 May 2011

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  7. For Sale: Zsa Zsa Gabor's Mansion, With a Catch

    Fri, 28 Jan 2011

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