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Air marshal whistle-blower fired in 2006 claims big win in court
Two years after 9/11, federal Air Marshal Robert MacLean turned whistle-blower. He revealed to MSNBC reporters that the government planned to remove armed security officers from long-distance passenger flights to reduce hotel expenses despite reports...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress
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Letters on letters: No excuse for not voting
Judging by the hundreds of letters we received on L.A.'s mayoral campaign (and other races) between the March 5 primary and Tuesday's election, Angelenos weren't exactly thrilled watching the candidates engage in political fisticuffs for nearly three...
Tags: Human Interest, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Ex-Scout James Dale: Boy Scouts should accept gay leaders
NEW YORK -- A former Boy Scout whose decision to fight his ouster from the organization for being gay went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court says the group's vote to permit gay youth but not gay Scout leaders is a "bit of a step backward." James...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Michael Bloomberg, Politics, Social Organizations, Minority Groups
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James Holmes' attorneys again challenge law on insanity pleas
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With the stakes for their client literally life or death, defense attorneys for James E. Holmes on Thursday again challenged the constitutionality of Colorado's law governing insanity pleas. Holmes, 25, is accused in the July...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Laws, Mental Illness, Punishment
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Arizona abortion ban struck down
SAN FRANCISCO — Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in a medical emergency was struck down by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the court said the law violated a woman's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters and Accidents, Laws, Social Issues, Lawyers
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Scouting's misstep
At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Social Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Social Issues, Minority Groups
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Angelina Jolie's courageous act will save women's lives
Four days after her April 27 breast reconstruction, the third and final surgery aimed at sparing her an early death from breast cancer, Angelina Jolie was in good spirits at home. Upon paying a house call, her surgeon, Dr. Kristi Funk of the Pink...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, American Civil Liberties Union, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Science, Biology
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Laws, Judges, Trials
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Greuel cites high-profile role as an executive at DreamWorks SKG
Wendy Greuel's resume is dotted with the political accomplishments of a politician on the rise. But there was an unconventional detour: her stint as an executive at DreamWorks SKG, working alongside Hollywood titans Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg...
Tags: 2012 Democratic National Convention, Wendy Greuel, U.S. Congress, Elections, Warner Theatre
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Mitt Romney
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Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]
In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...
Tags: Business, City University of New York, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Labor Legislation
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Preventive mastectomy simply a matter of life and death
Fear of cancer is a horrible thing. It stays with you all day long, and it wakes you up at night. I didn't want to live with that, especially when I knew I could do something about it. Like Angelina Jolie, I have a genetic mutation that increased my...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Brad Pitt, Mother's Day, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Reconstruction
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