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Unclaimed dead bodies are often "donated" to science — but it’s not always consensual
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Unclaimed dead bodies are often "donated" to science — but it’s not always consensual

Salon  

Working with cadavers in an anatomy lab is often a humbling and monumental moment in a doctor’s career. “The use of somebody's body, even after their death, without their consent is in tension with many of our commonly accepted norms of best ethical practices in medicine,” Shupe told Salon in a phone interview. “It's not something that someone else enforces …

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Steve Garvey’s bizarre Senate campaign: I think I figured out why he’s really running.
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Steve Garvey’s bizarre Senate campaign: I think I figured out why he’s really running.

Slate  

In the months since Steve Garvey, the former Los Angeles Dodgers legend turned Republican political candidate, won a surprise slot in the general election of California’s Senate race, he has continued to run a blank-slate campaign virtually free of substance and mostly under the radar. On April 3, Garvey campaign spokesperson Matt Shupe responded to my questions about Garvey’s disclosure …

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Traveling for Memorial Day? Expect 3 million on the road and gas over $5 a gallon
7 months ago

Traveling for Memorial Day? Expect 3 million on the road and gas over $5 a gallon

LA Times  

Dan Steele, left, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and Scott Bickelhaupt, of Temecula put up their flags while setting up their campground during the Memorial Day weekend getaway at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach. At least 2.9 million Southern California travelers are expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend despite higher prices at the pump. Typically, …

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How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
8 months, 1 week ago

How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright

Wired  

Last October, I received an email with a hell of an opening line: “I fired a nuke at the US Copyright Office this morning.” The message was from Elisa Shupe, a 60-year-old retired US Army veteran who had just filed a copyright registration for a novel she’d recently self-published. The agency changed course earlier this month after Shupe appealed, granting …

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Thanksgiving travel will be at record-breaking levels: 9 common-sense tips can keep you sane
1 year, 1 month ago

Thanksgiving travel will be at record-breaking levels: 9 common-sense tips can keep you sane

LA Times  

Travelers make their way at Terminal 7 at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. “People are just more confident to get out there and travel again since the pandemic,” said Doug Shupe, corporate communications manager for the Automobile Club of Southern California, the local AAA affiliate. “We are actually going to be over 2019 numbers.” Shupe said AAA projects an …

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Gas prices in car-loving Los Angeles are on the rise, again
1 year, 10 months ago

Gas prices in car-loving Los Angeles are on the rise, again

LA Times  

Gas prices in Los Angeles County are on the rise again, ticking slowly up since late December — and experts are not hopeful that the trend will reverse course anytime soon, according to the American Automobile Assn. In Los Angeles, the average price for a regular gallon reached $4.56 on Monday, with gas prices either increasing or remaining flat since …

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‘Bodies drop’ as Walmart manager kills 6 in Virginia attack
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Bodies drop’ as Walmart manager kills 6 in Virginia attack

Associated Press  

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A Walmart manager pulled out a handgun before a routine employee meeting and began firing wildly around the break room of a Virginia store, killing six people in the nation’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and witnesses said Wednesday. She said the meeting was about to start, and one team leader said: “All right …

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Los Angeles gas prices are falling fast. But how long can it last?
2 years, 4 months ago

Los Angeles gas prices are falling fast. But how long can it last?

LA Times  

A driver fill tanks at a Shell gas station in Los Angeles. GasBuddy.com oil analyst Patrick De Haan predicts that per-gallon gas costs are likely to drop below $5 in L.A. County and statewide, barring unforeseen disruptions or significant changes in supply and demand. The main drivers for decreasing gas prices, De Haan said, include a slowing economy, which could …

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A sign of the times, and not a good one: $8.05 for a gallon of regular at an L.A. station
2 years, 6 months ago

A sign of the times, and not a good one: $8.05 for a gallon of regular at an L.A. station

LA Times  

Chris Huang pumps twenty dollars worth of gas—about 2 and a half gallons—at the Chevron gas station on Cesar E. Chavez Ave., at the intersection of Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles. Douglas Shupe, Southern California representative for AAA, said the state of gas prices throughout the rest of the summer is unpredictable, and entirely dependent on Russia’s war with …

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Paying extra for premium gas? You should probably stop
2 years, 6 months ago

Paying extra for premium gas? You should probably stop

LA Times  

You love your car. Many years of research at the American Automobile Assn.’s Los Angeles fuels laboratory has shown that if your car requires premium, you should keep using premium and suck up the cost. “Unless your vehicle manufacturer says premium is required — not recommended, but required — we’ve found no advantage to using premium fuel,” Shupe said. One …

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Traffic is terrible again. Here’s how to get it closer to spring 2020 levels
3 years, 5 months ago

Traffic is terrible again. Here’s how to get it closer to spring 2020 levels

LA Times  

Traffic has long been a problem in Southern California — but there are ways to make it better. “Traffic congestion arises because there’s excess demand and scarce road space.” Manville notes that people generally accept being charged for utilities such as water and electricity, and argues that road use could be the same. “If you just charge a price sufficient …

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What Led A Police Chief Turned Yoga Instructor To The Capitol Riot?
3 years, 5 months ago

What Led A Police Chief Turned Yoga Instructor To The Capitol Riot?

NPR  

What Led A Police Chief Turned Yoga Instructor To The Capitol Riot? Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group via Getty Images In 2019, Alan Hostetter posted a 20-minute "sunset gong meditation" on his YouTube channel. He said he was so "moved" by Hostetter's protest that when law enforcement said they would arrest …

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Catalytic converter thefts skyrocket in California during the pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

Catalytic converter thefts skyrocket in California during the pandemic

LA Times  

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 19 suspects and recovered dozens of parts this week following a series of thefts of catalytic converters, which contain precious metals, making them valuable to thieves. “I’m doing it to kind of mess with them, or if they try to sell it.” The onus for preventing thefts largely falls on car owners like Mary Ann Holm, 58, …

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