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Obama to unveil budget proposal, latest offer in deficit talks
WASHINGTON — President Obama will unveil a budget proposal Wednesday that curbs spending on Social Security, raises the minimum wage, closes tax loopholes for top earners and invests in infrastructure — an overdue document that the White House...
Tags: Social Security, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Public Finance, Mitt Romney
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Drugs, sex and collusion behind bars in Maryland, indictment says
More than a dozen female prison guards in Maryland helped a group of inmates in a dangerous national gang run a drug-trafficking and money-laundering ring from inside the walls, prosecutors contend. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday said 13 female...Tags: Black Guerrilla Family, Justice System, Gang Activity, The Washington Post, Drug Trafficking
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Republicans intensify pressure to limit powers of consumer agency
WASHINGTON — Republicans have stepped up their pressure to limit the wide-ranging powers of the nation's watchdog over consumers' money matters. The head of a key House committee overseeing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he would no...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren, Mortgages, Jeb Hensarling, White House
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Cathedral City official bails out of jail after corruption arrest
Cathedral City Mayor Pro Tem Charles F. Vasquez, who was arrested and charged with stealing public funds, has been released from an Indio jail on $50,000 bail, officials said. The Riverside County district attorney's office alleged he used a program for...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Lotteries
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Rival marijuana measures thrown into the electoral pot
Dozens of medical marijuana activists rallied outside Los Angeles City Hall last week, declaring war on an enemy. Their target was not the federal government, whose agents raided several local dispensaries in recent days, or neighborhood groups trying...
Tags: Bill Rosendahl, Wendy Greuel, Paul Koretz, Eric Garcetti, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cathedral City mayor pro tem charged with stealing public funds
Cathedral City Mayor pro tem Charles F. Vasquez was arrested and charged with stealing public funds, allegedly by using a program for computer purchases to buy MasterCard gift cards and other personal items. Vasquez, 52, was charged with three felony...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Prosecution
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Lawmaker's bill would give tax break to alternative fuel vehicles
A bill proposed by Torrance Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi would give a tax break to state residents who buy an alternative fuel vehicle. Assembly Bill 1077 would change the way state sales taxes and vehicle license fees are assessed against cars that run on...
Tags: Politics, Buick, Passenger Cars, Personal Income, Kelley Blue Book LLC
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Bill to boost California minimum wage approved by panel
SACRAMENTO — California's $8-an-hour minimum wage needs to go up, says Watsonville Democratic Assemblyman Luis Alejo. And he may be getting the votes he needs to make it happen. But don't count on it; Alejo has tried this before. Alejo is the...
Tags: Luis A. Alejo
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L.A. County closes probe into West Hollywood official's spending habits
Los Angeles County prosecutors have closed an investigation into the spending habits of West Hollywood Councilman John Duran, whose charges on a city-issued credit card were the focus of a nearly two-year probe. Deputy Dist. Atty. Max Huntsman said...
Tags: Justice System, Laws, Politics, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Stanley A. Dashew dies at 96; helped revolutionize credit card industry
Stanley A. Dashew, an inventor and entrepreneur who helped revolutionize the credit card industry, died of natural causes Thursday in Los Angeles, according to a family spokesman. He was 96. Dashew held 40 patents in fields as diverse as credit card...
Tags: The Huffington Post, Public Transportation, Photography, American Express Company, Arts
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No charges filed over West Hollywood councilman's spending
Los Angeles County prosecutors have closed an investigation into the spending habits of West Hollywood Councilman John Duran -- whose charges on a city-issued credit card were the focus of a nearly two-year probe. Deputy Dist. Atty. Max Huntsman said...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
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Utah, Virginia are next up on woo-California-businesses circuit
First it was Texas Gov. Rick Perry who came to California with his cowboy swagger and boasts about lassoing away businesses. Then the South Dakota governor swept through to recruit dairy farmers. Soon after, the Iowa governor made an appearance. Now...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Jerry Brown, Amusement and Theme Parks, Bob McDonnell, Steven Spielberg
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