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Unions threatened with layoffs protest Villaraigosa trips out of town
L.A. NOWLos Angeles City workers are planning a protest outside of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s annual State of the City address Wednesday to voice their anger at the mayor’s plan for layoffs.... -
Villaraigosa speech focuses on transit issues, not L.A. budget woes
L.A. NOWEven as city workers protested proposed layoffs outside of his speech, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa avoided talk of layoffs during his annual State of the City address Wednesday, choosing instead to cheerlead a proposed ballot measure that he said... -
Letter: Demand for mental health housing far exceeds resources available
Regarding the story, "A Place to Call Home," by Kevin Rector, in the Oct. 26 edition of the Towson Times, I'd like to thank the Times and Mr. Rector for shining a light on the critical issue of housing and treatment options for the ever-growing number...Tags: Conservation, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Family, Environmental Issues
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Mayor meets with Chicago-based commodity exchange to discuss possible relocation
The Office of Mayor Greg Ballard told Fox59 the mayor will meet with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, better known as the CME Group in Chicago, to discuss relocating the company to Indianapolis.
A spokesperson from the mayor’s office said...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Local Government
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Make your next crab dinner a fancy feast
Newspaper. A roll of paper towels. Wooden mallets and plastic pitchers for cold drinks. The elements of a traditional Maryland crab feast could not be simpler to gather.
Or more uninspired.
Crab feasts are family affairs in Maryland. The adults linger...Tags: Elections, Maryland, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fort McHenry, Kosher Salt
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Rutten: The end of American optimism
It's sometimes useful to see ourselves as others do, and reports this Independence Day weekend in a couple of English-speaking newspapers usually sympathetic to the United States are sobering. Britain's Daily Telegraph — a conservative paper and...Tags: Nevada, New York, Norway, England, Elections
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Mayor Kevin Johnson Calls on NBA to End Labor Dispute
FOX40 NewsSacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson signed off on a letter from the U.S. Conference of Mayors to the National Basketball Association and the NBA Players Union urging them to end the lockout. The letter urges all parties involved to consider the...Tags: Career and Workplace, National Basketball Association, Kevin Johnson, 2011 NBA Lockout, Politics
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Mayor Mike McGinn joins city leaders, talks sex trafficking
Q13 FOX News reporterFriday, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn joined city leaders from across the nation at the U.S. Conference of Mayors, held in Los Angeles. McGinn said he has alredy started talking with other mayors about the issue of child sex trafficking. "Compare experiences...Tags: Prostitution, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Regional Authority
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It's A Gray Area: A chance to support regulating marijuana
On Sept. 1 you will have a chance to help us make history. On this date there will be an event to support the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Initiative that will be on the November 2012 ballot. Please join us. The event will be hosted by Richard Moriarty...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, Proposition 19 (California, 2010), Mexico, Los Angeles Police Department
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From Texas: A big hug to a friendly city
I am so glad that I had the chance to not only visit but also tour and get to know your wonderful city when I attended the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Baltimore recently. As I said to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the hospitality...Tags: Human Interest, Texas, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Politics, Regional Authority
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Ultimate Baltimore 2011: Best of the City results
Special to bBEST CELEBRITY: John Waters Before "The Wire" made Baltimore the cultural proxy for dysfunctional locales, John Waters' sense of the absurd put our often-incorrigible and provincially original burg on the map with movies such as "Hairspray," "Polyester"...Tags: David Simon, Human Interest, Comedy (genre), Charles Street, New York
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Bring troops home
President Barack Obama made a welcome announcement Wednesday that 10,000 troops now in Afghanistan will come home by December and 23,000 more will return by next summer. Those are pre-surge levels. A late 2009 surge of 30,000 raised the troop level to...Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan
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