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Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains
Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...
Tags: HIV, Mike Honda, Democratic Party, Betty McCollum, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Smash' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Fix This Yard The season premiere...
Tags: TNT (tv network), C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Iraq War (2003-2011), Wars and Interventions, Michael T. McCaul
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Charlize Theron on 'Fox News Sunday'
Staff writerCharlize Theron puts in an appearance this weekend on "Fox News Sunday." The Oscar-winner is a messenger of peace for the United Nations. She and Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, are in the power play segment of the program at 10 a.m. Sunday...Tags: C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Television Industry, Adam B. Schiff, John C. Miller, News Media
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Part D proposals signal bid for government takeover
Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., recently introduced a bill that would create government-run health care in the United States. This same proposal for a single-payer system has been put forth in every Congress since 2003, and like all of those previous...
Tags: Science and Technology, Barack Obama, John Conyers, Jr., Dick Durbin, Politics
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CISPA passes House committee, angering privacy activists
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee overwhelmingly passed a cyber-security bill on Wednesday, angering privacy advocates who believe the bill fails to protect critical personal information. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013,...Tags: Barack Obama, Computer Crime, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, IBM, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
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Lawmakers to Jump-Start Backup Camera Mandate
KickingTiresIn 2007, Congress and President George W. Bush approved a law mandating that the government set automotive rear-visibility guidelines by the beginning of 2011. In 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed that backup cameras be...Tags: Ray LaHood, Traffic, Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Congress
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Democratic congressmen support Illinois gay marriage, though they can't vote on it
Clout StreetA day after Speaker Michael Madigan pronounced the gay marriage bill 12 votes short, a group pushing the issue tried to recapture momentum by announcing support from seven Illinois Democratic congressmen --- even though they don’t get to vote in...Tags: Tammy Duckworth, Democratic Party, Michael Madigan, Illinois General Assembly, Same-Sex Marriage
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Americans' on FX
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES "Whitney" Whitney's (Whitney Cummings)...
Tags: TNT (tv network), Lea Michele, Comedy Central (tv network), Entertainment, Television Industry
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Schakowsky backs Kelly for Jackson Jr. seat in Congress
Clout StreetDemocratic congressional candidate Robin Kelly today gained the support of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky as she runs for the right to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress. Kelly, a former state lawmaker from Matteson, previously got the backing of U.S....Tags: Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Nancy Pelosi on ‘Fox News Sunday’; Eric Cantor on ‘Meet the Press’; Deval Patrick on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelGeorge Saunders, author of "Tenth of December," will be a guest on ABC's "This Week" at 11 a.m. on WFTV-Channel 9. The panelists will be Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace; Stephanie Cutter, Obama... -
Weekend Talk Shows: Rand Paul; Lindsey Graham; Steven Spielberg
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 10 - 16, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC McLaughlin Group 6:30 p.m. KCET SUNDAY The Chris Matthews Show State of...
Tags: Chris Matthews, Jane Harman, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, James Lewis, Kay Bailey Hutchison
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Suburban candidates push early voting
Tribune reportersThe Democratic and Republican congressional contenders in two suburban districts looked to advance their ground games Saturday, using rallies and other events to encourage supporters to vote early and to get their friends and neighbors to join them. ...Tags: Barack Obama, Tammy Duckworth, Parties and Movements, Arlington Heights, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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