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Space shuttle Endeavour flyovers generate social media buzz
L.A. NOWSpace shuttle Endeavour is generating excitement Thursday as it flies from Texas to Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert. People took to Twitter, Facebook and other social media (see below) as the shuttle departed Houston and made a...... -
Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California
L.A. NOWSpace shuttle Endeavour, carried atop a modified 747, has landed in California at Edwards Air Force Base, the latest stop in its cross-country trek from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.... -
'Space geeks' welcome shuttle Endeavour to California
L.A. NOWEndeavour in California: With shouts of happiness and "Here she is!", a group of hand-picked NASA fans and self-described "space geek" welcomed space shuttle Endeavour to California as it landed at Edwards Air Force Base.... -
Times is honored in L.A. Press Club awards
Readers' Representative JournalThe Times was honored in several categories Sunday evening in the Los Angeles Press Club's 54th annual Southern California Journalism Awards: Robert Faturechi and Jack Leonard won first prize for investigative series (large papers) for their coverage of... -
Schools around US increase security after massacre
MIAMI (AP) — Jessica Kornfeld drove her children to their elementary school in a Miami suburb this weekend. She wanted them to feel reassured that it was still a safe place, despite a horrific shooting in New England that killed 20 students very...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Pinecrest, Teachers, Parenting, Health and Safety at Work
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There's no safety in our vast numbers of guns
In 2009, when I was trying to figure out why gun sales were so brisk, I visited a couple of gun shops in Riverside and Corona. Back then, part of the reason people were arming themselves, they told me, was that President Obama had recently taken office,...Tags: Religious Festivals, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Homes, Assault
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Civility Efforts Seek Better Behavior On Campus
Associated PressJewish students in the University of California system labeled terrorists for their support of Israel. Black high school students pelted by bananas on a Tennessee campus tour. A hostile student in Maryland challenging his professor to a fight after the...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Trials, North Carolina State University, Football, Barack Obama
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What does the NRA say now?
The rifle Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School is a descendant of the military's M-16 rifle. The bullets it fires are not as large as those used in some other rifles, but the gun's high muzzle velocity makes...
Tags: Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Mitt Romney, Interior Policy, Firearms
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McManus: Newtown, politics and gun control
If you're thinking that last week's tragedy in Newtown, Conn., makes it likely that Congress will soon pass stricter federal gun laws, remember this: People thought the same thing in 2011, after a gunman shot into a Tucson crowd, killing six and...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Crime, Law and Justice, Endangered Species, Interior Policy
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We must challenge fatalistic wisdom
Arianna HuffingtonOn Sunday night, President Obama spoke at an interfaith service for the victims of the horrific elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Not surprisingly, it was a poignant and moving speech, hitting all the right notes. But the sad, horrible, tragic...Tags: The Huffington Post, Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, U.S. Congress
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Former Oceana fighter pilot tapped for International Space Station
A former Navy fighter pilot who spent several years at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach in the 1990s has been selected for a year-long mission aboard the International Space Station. Scott Kelly, 48, a New Jersey native, will launch into space...
Tags: NASA, Oceana, Mark Kelly, Science and Technology, Space Programs
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Loughner sentenced for deadly Arizona shootings
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The man who pleaded guilty to a deadly Arizona shooting rampage that wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been sentenced to life in prison. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns sentenced 24-year-old Jared Lee Loughner on...
Tags: Judges, Prisons, Trials, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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