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State launches Lap-Band investigation
The California Department of Insurance is investigating the business practices of Lap-Band surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, according to insurer Aetna Inc.
The insurance giant said in a statement that it was...Tags: Marketing, Criminal Laws, Advertising, Prosecution, Criminals
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Clinics halt Lap-Band surgeries
Two clinics tied to 1-800-GET-THIN have temporarily halted Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries after the device's maker said it would no longer sell to companies affiliated with the massive advertising campaign.
The two brothers identified in lawsuits as...Tags: Laws, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Food and Drug Administration, Music
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Inaction by regulators as weight loss surgery allegations mount
Several current or former workers for the people behind those 1-800-GET-THIN ads have made allegations about this weight-loss enterprise that government regulators should have gotten to the bottom of long ago. Taken together, the allegations are that...Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Cosmetic Procedures, Marketing, Weight, Insurance
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O.C. teacher gets 8 years in molestation case
L.A. NOWA Garden Grove elementary school teacher was sentenced to eight years in state prison and lifetime sex offender registration for molesting two girls, authorities said Tuesday.... -
Judge approves Mel Gibson divorce from wife of 31 years
L.A. NOWA Los Angeles judge on Thursday approved a divorce settlement between Mel Gibson and his wife of 31 years, Robyn Denise Moore. The divorce comes after a series of public scandals involving Gibson, starting with his 2006 anti-Semitic rant after...... -
Girls' soccer coach found with 2,000 child porn images, police allege
L.A. NOWGirls' soccer coach found with 2,000 child porn images, police allege... -
Apple loses bid to ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Netherlands
TechnologyFor the second time, a Netherlands court has denied Apple its request for a ban on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, whose design Apple says illegally copies the iPad's. The Samsung victory, first reported on the blog...... -
Man accused of raping girl, 12, and forcing her into prostitution
L.A. NOWA Los Angeles man faces several criminal charges stemming from his arrest last week on suspicion he forced a young girl into prostitution and sexually assaulted her, police said.... -
Murder victim's family wants CHP officer to stay in prison
L.A. NOWThe family of a San Diego State student killed by an on-duty California Highway Patrol officer in 1986 is leading a letter-writing campaign to the state parole board to keep him in prison.... -
Colbert bids; Gingrich fails to click
Opinion L.A.Stephen Colbert has offered to help pick up the tab for South Carolina's presidential primary Jan. 21. In exchange, he wants the state GOP to let him rename the primary "The Colbert Nation Super PAC Presidential Primary."... -
House approves bill to allow religious symbols on war memorials
Nation NowThe House on Tuesday approved a measure that seeks to permit religious symbols in war memorials, a response to a court ruling declaring unconstitutional a cross atop a San Diego war memorial.... -
Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel seeks reduced murder sentence
Nation NowKennedy cousin Michael Skakel wants a reduced sentence in the beating death of Martha Moxley, when they were both 15. She was beaten to death with a golf club; he was convicted more than 25 years after the killing....
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