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California farmers welcome immigration reform plan
After a group of bipartisan senators unveiled a plan to grant legal status to an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., California farmers lauded Monday’s announcement, saying it would help farmers more easily hire farmhands. Farmers...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Illegal Immigrants, Migration, Lobbying
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Is it time for the National Book Awards to change? Yes.
As a member of the board of the award-bestowing National Book Critics Circle, I tend to look to the National Book Awards as a popular big brother: They are the football to our field hockey, the Oscars to our Independent Spirit Awards, the prizes that tend...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Day, Media Industry, Justice System
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Lowering emissions, raising red flags
We've all seen the movie: Some small, seemingly unrelated actions lead to dire and unintended consequences. It happens in real life too, especially in government. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard, a regulatory program established under Gov. Arnold...
Tags: Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Iraq, Forestry and Timber, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Claremont McKenna names legal scholar as next president
L.A. NOWClaremont McKenna College announced its new president Thursday: Hiram E. Chodosh, the dean of the University of Utah’s law school and an expert on legal affairs and anti-corruption measures in the Middle East and Asia. Chodosh will succeed Pamela B.... -
Hanukkah recipe: Fresh herb salad with seeds
The Hanukkah menu revolves around oil -- it's the symbol of the holiday. But that means when you're planning a menu you need to think of a dish that will cut through some of that richness. Something like this light salad of bitter herbs and toasted...
Tags: Parsley, Salads, Foods and Beverages, Religion and Belief, Cilantro
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Curiosity finds signs of chlorine in Mars' soil; carbon iffy
After much hype, NASA's Curiosity rover just may have found signs of organic compounds on the Red Planet. But not so fast, Mars Science Laboratory researchers said Monday. The rover has scooped and sampled what appear to be chlorinated organic molecules...
Tags: Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology, NASA, Science
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Cookbook Watch: 'The Great Meat Cookbook'
When it comes to authorities on meat, you probably can't get any better than Bruce Aidells. The name that birthed a sausage empire is also behind close to a dozen cookbooks, including 2001's "Complete Meat Cookbook," a classic all-encompassing tome on all...
Tags: Book
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 'Antifragile' dares us to expect the unexpected
-------------------- Antifragile Things That Gain from Disorder Nassim Nicholas Taleb Random House: 544 pp., $30 -------------------- Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 2007 book "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," detailed the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Culture, Agricultural Research and Technology, Financial Markets, Arts and Culture
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O Tannenbaum, how sustainable are thy branches?
Your recycling bin is filled twice as high as your garbage bin. You buy carbon offsets to make up for the climate havoc caused by your jet-setting ways. You would no more be caught buying non-organic produce than taking it home in a plastic bag from the...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Farms, Conservation, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber
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Suspicions swirl over disappearance of activist in Laos
Behind the wheel of her car, Ng Shui Meng last saw her husband in the jeep behind her, following her home for dinner on a Saturday night, she told human rights groups. She lost sight of him somewhere near a police outpost. She came home. He did not....
Tags: Civil Rights, Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Asia, Freedom of the Press
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Texas moves to seize polygamist Warren Jeffs' ranch compound
HOUSTON -- The Texas attorney general moved Wednesday to seize the sprawling ranch compound owned by convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs' group, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The filing "begins the final chapter of...
Tags: Sex Crimes, WikiLeaks, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, FBI
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Probe of Massey coal mine disaster widens; ex-president charged
WASHINGTON -- The former president of a Massey coal mine in West Virginia was charged with conspiracy to violate federal safety laws at various company mining sites in a widening criminal probe that began after a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners....
Tags: Career and Workplace, WikiLeaks, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Mining
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