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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: Amusement and Theme Parks, Rick Perry, Travel, Regional Authority, Tourism and Leisure Industry
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Film production on L.A.-area streets rises in first quarter
Box office revenues are down, but film crews are having a good year on the streets of Los Angeles. Overall film production activity in Los Angeles jumped 18% in the first quarter, mostly the result of a flurry of low-budget movies, sitcoms and...
Tags: Cinema Industry, Entertainment, TNT (tv network), Television
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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, Debt Market, Public Finance, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Lotteries, Justice System, Prosecution, Lifestyle and Leisure
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Theft, Prosecution, Lawyers
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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: Travel, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Photography, American Express Company, Arts and Culture
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Assembly panel backs halt to fracking
SACRAMENTO -- Plans to halt fracking in California advanced in the Legislature on Monday, when a key committee approved three measures that would prohibit the practice until the state can study it further. The votes were a victory for environmentalists,...
Tags: Holly J. Mitchell, Energy, Business Enterprises, Darrell Steinberg, Elections
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Pinewood Studios expands into Georgia
Britain's famous Pinewood Studios has Georgia on its mind. Pinewood Shepperton announced plans to open a film studio on 288 acres south of Atlanta in Fayette County. The project, the first in the U.S. for Pinewood, will include at least five sound stages...
Tags: Television Industry, Angelina Jolie, Chick-fil-A, Inc., Dominican Republic
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Trial for 1987 slaying of Jimmy Casino to wrap up
He was a smooth-talking swindler who operated Orange County's most notorious and lucrative strip club, the Mustang Topless Theater. Born James Stockwell, he rebranded himself Jimmy Casino and lived the extravagant lifestyle of a character from an Elmore...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Dining and Drinking, Culture, Justice System, Orange County Superior Court
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Your Tips: Divvy up credit cards between spouses, and more
If you and your spouse are traveling together and your credit cards are from a joint account, one spouse should carry one card and the other spouse a different one. That way, if one of you has a purse or wallet stolen, the other still has a usable...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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A fateful call keeps filming of 'The Call' in L.A.
The low-budget thriller "The Call" had a surprisingly strong debut this weekend, pulling in $17.1 million in ticket sales to beat out the Warner Bros. comedy "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" to come in second place at the domestic box office. But...
Tags: California Department of Transportation, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Lotteries, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Taxation
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What, again? Curiosity rover’s new glitch keeps it from Mt. Sharp
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe Mars rover Curiosity has gotten glitchy again, but NASA is downplaying the significance of the latest bug. In just ......
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