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Fighting an unethical debt collector
Special to The TimesDear Liz: I think I'm being pursued illegally for a debt I don't owe. I visited a hospital in June 2007. It took my health insurer about six months to process the claim. Shortly after I received my benefits statement from the insurer, I received a call...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Personal Data Collection, Insurance, Politics, Interior Policy
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France has banned its Frenchness
The reams of news stories on the new French ban on smoking in cafes, restaurants and night spots have invariably focused on the aura of glamour those little death sticks once conveyed. In newspapers around the globe, nostalgic descriptions of the likes of...Tags: Albert Camus, Religion and Belief, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ethics, Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Clyde Charles dies at 55; first inmate to sue under Civil Rights Act for DNA testing
From The Associated PressClyde Charles, the first inmate to use a federal civil rights law to sue for DNA testing that not only cleared him of a Louisiana rape conviction but also sent his brother to prison for the same crime, has died. He was 55. Charles died Jan. 7 of...Tags: Trials, Health and Medical Professionals, PBS (tv network), Diabetes, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Keeping a French tradition
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSomeone once noted that a sure sign of the passing of a cultural phenomenon is not its disappearance but its preservation, or sanctification, in a museum. And so it is now with smoking in France. After I moved to Paris three years ago from Manhattan,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Culture, French Movies
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Ray Charles' children battle over his legacy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShortly before Christmas 2002, Ray Charles called a meeting of his 12 children at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport. Ten of them, ranging in age from 16 to 50 -- with 10 mothers among them -- listened as their father told them he was mortally...Tags: Trials, Count Basie, Bill Lockyer, Ray Charles, Companies and Corporations
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College credit that fails students
By Alan M. CollingeFor four months this year, while Congress was overhauling student loan laws, I traveled the country in a beat-up RV meeting with citizens and legislators. My mission was simple: Persuade Congress to restore consumer protections to student loan borrowers....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Money and Monetary Policy, Bankruptcy, Consumers, Financially Distressed Companies
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Las Vegas bars working around Nevada smoking ban
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDale Wageman is the kind of barfly this city's taverns are desperate to woo. He likes to settle onto a bar stool each Saturday, glue himself to college football on the tube, and polish off beers. But to win him, Vegas bartenders must contend with his...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Casino and Gambling Industry, Las Vegas, Career and Workplace, Crimes
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Bush's long history of tilting Justice
JOSEPH D. RICH was chief of the voting section in the Justice Department's civil right division from 1999 to 2005. He now works for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.THE SCANDAL unfolding around the firing of eight U.S. attorneys compels the conclusion that the Bush administration has rewarded loyalty over all else. A destructive pattern of partisan political actions at the Justice Department started long before...Tags: Janet Reno, Career and Workplace, Employment, Crimes, Law Enforcement
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Who decides your rights?
Today's question: What should the legal standard be for prohibiting adults from engaging in behavior that doesn't appreciably hurt anyone else? Click here to read previous installments from this week's Dust-Up. Creating new rights is up to the people,...Tags: Local Government, Same-Sex Marriage, Britney Spears, Voting, Crime, Law and Justice
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Can Congress repeal birthright citizenship?
JAMES C. HO, an appellate and constitutional litigator, was formerly a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas.GENERATIONS OF Americans have understood that children born in the United States are entitled to U.S. citizenship, regardless of the nationality of their parents. When Congress revisits immigration reform this spring, however, legislation to repeal this...Tags: Local Government, Illegal Immigrants, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters to the editor
Smoking room Re “Long Beach may ease indoor smoking ban,” Feb. 3 It seems reasonable to exclude hookah bars and cigar shops from the indoor smoking ban. Having specific places for people to smoke does not infringe on the rights of others....Tags: Retirement, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Heads of State, Prisons
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Commentary: Gore Vidal's Perspective on the White House Scandal
On Monday, the 42nd president of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, will commit what could be a fatal political error by allowing himself to be questioned under oath by an independent counsel, Kenneth W. Starr, who has taken more than four...Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Janet Reno, Bill Clinton, Heads of State
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