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June 5 primary: The Times' endorsements
For voters in Los Angeles County, the most important decision in the election that culminates June 5 may be in the six-candidate race for district attorney. This will be the first time since 1964 that the race is wide open, with no incumbent. The victor...
Tags: Democratic Party, Minority Groups, Parties and Movements, Cancer, Local Elections
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Guest worker idea stuck in web of politics
DELANO, Calif. — "You'd think agriculture would have Republican politicians on our side, but on this issue we don't," Kevin Andrew was saying as we toured some grape fields north of Bakersfield, where farmworkers were thinning vines.
Come harvest...Tags: Mexico, Democratic Party, Work Relations, Labor Legislation, Parties and Movements
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Swing district in Ventura County may create opening for independent candidate
Daniel Mintz recently had a chance to see California's new election system up close, and it was an eye-opener. An official with the political organization MoveOn.org, Mintz was in California to work with his group's favored candidates, including a...
Tags: John Chiang, Tea Party Movement, Regional Elections, Elton Gallegly, Democratic Party
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US debates 'terrorist' sanctions for Nigerian militants
Reuters* Lawmakers favor putting Boko Haram on terrorism list * Diplomats, professors have reservations about listing group * State Department denies it is stalling on a decision By Mark Hosenball and John Shiffman WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of State, Saxby Chambliss
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Senators protest conviction of doctor who helped find bin Laden
WASHINGTON -- In response to the conviction in a Pakistani court of the doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to cut aid to Pakistanby by $1 million for every year of the doctor&...
Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Pakistan, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, NATO, Osama bin Laden
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Senators protest doctor's sentence
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)WASHINGTON -- In response to the conviction in a Pakistani court of the doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to cut aid to Pakistan by $1 million for every year of the doctor'...Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Pakistan, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Al-Qaeda, Punishment
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San Fernando and San Gabriel valley reps look to curb helicopter noise
Unable to get their "Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act" off the ground, the bill’s sponsors are implementing a Plan B to nudge federal officials, at the very least, to study ways to address neighborhood complaints about...
Tags: Long Island, Federal Aviation Administration, Health, Air Transportation Industry, Republican Party
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Native American skulls repatriated to California from England
Nobody thought much about the locked metal cabinet in the medical school at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. It was another forgotten fixture in the anatomy department — until a researcher last year found seven skulls with...Tags: U.S. Embassy, United Kingdom, Museums, Social Issues, Arts and Culture
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Rafer Johnson makes TV ad for Howard Berman
PolitiCalFormer Olympic great Rafer Johnson made a TV commercial supporting Rep. Howard Berman. Johnson had initially backed Berman's main competition for a San Fernando Valley seat, fellow Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman.... -
Letters: Sen. Feinstein on drone strikes
Re "Coming clean on drones," Opinion, May 6 Doyle McManus raised some excellent questions about congressional oversight of U.S. drone strikes. The Senate Intelligence Committee, which I chair, has devoted significant time and attention to the drone... -
Drug smuggling border tunnels targeted in new get-tough law
WASHINGTON — Responding to an increase in smuggling tunnels along the California and Arizona borders, the House on Wednesday passed legislation aimed at helping law enforcement combat underground drug trafficking. In a rare bipartisan vote, the...Tags: Trayvon Martin, Labor Legislation, Prisons, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Illegal Immigrants
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‘Face the Nation’ welcomes Clay Aiken, Ted Olson
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelClay Aiken visits ‘Face the Nation.' Handout art THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: Here's something I never expected to write: “American Idol” alum Clay Aiken will be a guest this weekend on CBS' “Face the Nation.” The topic will...
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