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'Plug-in volunteering' doesn't cut it
Monday, millions of Americans will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering for community service. They will collect cans of food for the poor, ladle soup for the hungry and help the homeless. They will talk about their rewarding experiences,...
Tags: Martin Luther King Day, Social Issues, Charity
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Dodgers' Matt Kemp aims for opening day, not opening of camp
Matt Kemp said Saturday he expects the Dodgers to limit his activity in spring training as he completes a rehabilitation program for his left shoulder. “I’m not trying to be 100% in spring training,” Kemp said. “I’m...
Tags: Michael Bourn, Jackie Robinson, Injuries and Wounds, A.J. Ellis, National League
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Guns don't protect freedom; the Constitution does
"Happiness is a warm gun," wrote John Lennon, 12 years before being gunned down in front of his New York apartment building by a madman armed with a .38 special. Lennon, of course, was being ironic, but there's no trace of irony being exhibited by another...
Tags: Martin Luther King Day, George Washington, Government, Same-Sex Marriage, The Happiest News!
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Pre-inaugural books on civics for history geeks
You’re not necessarily a history geek if you shed a tear during Steven Spielberg’s excellent biopic “Lincoln,” which relates the struggle to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and forever outlaw slavery. However, you are...
Tags: Rick Moody, Richard Nixon, Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Barack Obama
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Aaron Swartz, a casualty in the battle over the Internet and property rights
Aaron Swartz was a wunderkind, a gifted boy who became a remarkable young man. He created a Wikipedia-like Web app and RSS software when he was a teenager. As a college student, he co-founded the website service Reddit. But like a figure in a fairy...
Tags: Entertainment, Napster Inc., Conde Nast Publications, Values, Computer Networking and Internet
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Obama's second inauguration a mark of progress in its own right
WASHINGTON — The first time Barack Obama ran, the euphoria that attended his election captivated Kamilah Aquil. Then came his presidency, a bracing reality check. Hope faded. Not enough changed. But for Aquil, that doesn't make Obama a...
Tags: Al Green, White House, Abraham Lincoln, Minority Groups, Elections
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Martin Luther King Jr.: 12 essential reads
Today the nation honors the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the reverend and activist who led the American civil rights movement. As King studied nonviolence as practiced by Gandhi and imagined by Henry David Thoreau, now his own life and work are the...
Tags: Stanford University, Entertainment Events, Justice and Rights, James Baldwin, Gordon Parks
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Stock markets in Europe and Canada edge higher
Stock and bond markets in the U.S. were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but trading took place in the rest of the world. European stocks rose while German bonds declined as European finance ministers met for the first time this...
Tags: Bonds, Earnings Forecasts, Foreign Exchange Market, United Kingdom, France
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From the Archive – Best of 2012
FrameworkAfter 225 From the Archive posts in 2012, here's the reader's and my favorites from the last year.... -
Gov. Jerry Brown returns to Los Angeles to campaign for Prop. 30
L.A. NOWGov. Brown returns to LA to campaign for Prop. 30... -
Health plan chief to head Martin Luther King Jr. hospital
L.A. NOWThe board of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital has appointed a chief executive to run the private, nonprofit medical center, which is scheduled to reopen in 2014 and replace the troubled King-Drew hospital.... -
Space shuttle Endeavour within sight of Exposition Park
L.A. NOWEndeavour is within sight of Exposition Park as it continues to inch its way along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard toward its new home at the California Science Center....
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