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What's Left For Gun-Control Advocates After Crash-And-Burn In U.S. Senate?
The Hartford CourantOne of the phrases repeated often by advocates of stricter gun laws since the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre has been: "If not now, when?" That rhetorical question became a literal one Wednesday when a federal gun-control bill crashed and burned in the...Tags: Drunk Driving, Chris Murphy, Mike Thompson, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Laws
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Time 100: Jay-Z, JLaw, Duchess Kate among the most influential
Time magazine has released its 10th annual list of the Time 100 most influential people of the year, and not surprisingly, a number of celebrities have been bestowed the honor. The magazine doesn't rank its picks but divvies up the 100 into five...
Tags: Girls (tv program), Christina Aguilera, Kim Jong Un, Barack Obama, Newspaper and Magazine
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L.A. mayor's race: The world isn't watching either
This Los Angeles mayoral election isn’t exactly setting the city's electorate on fire. Nor the world, for that matter. It’s so low key that I was surprised to see a very focused piece in the Guardian, Britain’s liberal national...
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Newspaper and Magazine, Elections, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Smoking and the right to dumb choices
As thoroughly awful as everyone knows cigarettes to be — still the No. 1 cause of premature death in this country — public officials walk a blurry line when they try to reduce smoking's terrible toll. As long as they lack the will to ban...
Tags: OxyContin (drug), Marketing, New York City Council, Tobacco Products, Advertising
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McManus: Boston -- clash of the talking points
A terrorist attack is like a national Rorschach test. Everybody sees in it what they want — usually something that proves a point they've been making all along. Even before the Tsarnaev brothers were identified as the perpetrators of the Boston...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Dick Durbin, Immigration, Rand Paul, Barack Obama
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Davis: Arm us with cameras, drones
Boston HeraldPolice Commissioner Edward F. Davis is pushing for a city-run system of eye-level street surveillance technology and making a case for a dedicated NYPD-style anti-terrorism unit to protect Boston from another soft-target strike like the deadly marathon...Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Martin Richard, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sports, Terrorism
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Emanuel's trade: recycling carts for soft drink plugs
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday announced his latest partnership with Coca-Cola: The soft drink giant will pay for 50,000 blue recycling carts for Chicago homes and in return gets to put images of Coke products on the lids of the familiar bins. Emanuel tied...Tags: Richard M. Daley, Coca-Cola Co., Obesity, Coca-Cola, Chicago Park District
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In L.A. school board race, sky-high spending continues
Record spending will continue in the last remaining race for a seat on the Los Angeles school board, as a political action committee has put together a war chest of about $600,000 to use on behalf of a candidate endorsed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa....
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Michelle Rhee, Teaching and Learning, Elections, Eli Broad
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NY proposal would make 21 minimum age for tobacco
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...Tags: Philip Morris USA, Groceries, Restaurant and Catering Industry, New York City Council, Food and Drug Administration
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L.A. school reform effort draws diverse group of wealthy donors
They hail from New York, the Silicon Valley, Arkansas, Los Angeles and elsewhere. They are a rich and diverse lot, including Republicans, liberals, Hollywood notables and international corporate executives. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, L.A....
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Apple iPad, Michelle Rhee, Teaching and Learning, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Boy Scouts proposal would lift ban on gay youths
The Boy Scouts of America announced Friday a proposal to allow gay youths to join the program, a move that, if approved, would mark a dramatic shift for one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth organizations. The proposal, which would...Tags: Mitt Romney, Religious Events, Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Boy Scouts of America
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NYC agrees to pay more than $230,000 after destroying Occupy books
The City of New York has agreed to pay more than $230,000 to settle a lawsuit over destroying thousands of protesters' books after the city's November 2011 raid to break up the Occupy Wall Street encampment. "It was more than just money," Norman Siegel,...
Tags: Laws, Occupy Wall Street, Libraries, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
Apr 20, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 19, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
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