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    Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Do companies that refuse to hire smokers help them or harm them?

    The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don&rsquo;t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic has <a href="http://my.clevelandclinic.org/Documents/Urology/Non-Smoking_Hiring_Statement.pdf">refused to hire</a> anyone who smokes.
    The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don’t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic...

    Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Career and Workplace, Quitting Smoking, Healthcare Provider, HIV

    2. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Luxury party train between SoCal and Vegas: En route in 2013?

    Travelers headed to Las Vegas for some weekend fun may soon be able to begin their debauchery five hours earlier, if a proposed passenger train line between&nbsp;Southern California and Sin City materializes as planned next year.
    Travelers headed to Las Vegas for some weekend fun may soon be able to begin their debauchery five hours earlier, if a proposed passenger train line between Southern California and Sin City materializes as planned next year. Las Vegas Railway Express...

    Tags: Personal Service, Travel, Transportation, Eva Longoria, Railway Transportation

    3. Aug 28, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Ex-Marine says tattoo with general's tough words got him fired

    L.A. NOW
    A former Marine claims he got fired from his civilian job as a railroad conductor because he has a tattoo on his arm with the tough words uttered by a Marine general during the early part of the Iraq war....
    4. Sep 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. New train safety system unveiled with '08 Metrolink crash in mind

    L.A. NOW
    Transportation officials are scheduled to unveil a safety measure Monday morning designed to keep trains from colliding even in case of human error....
    5. May 24, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. U.S. attorney blasts wildfire proposal

    PolitiCal
    Gov. Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal includes a provision that would limit legal liability for causing wildfires, a clause that the U.S. attorney in Sacramento on Thursday blasted as a “fairly cynical attempt” to benefit the powerful...
    6. May 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Central Valley farm groups threaten to sue over bullet train plan

    L.A. NOW
    State bullet train officials set the stage for possible legal challenges from powerful Central Valley farming interests by approving the environmental review for an initial section of track to be built from Merced to Fresno....
    7. Dec 4, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Elden Hughes dies at 80; longtime Sierra Club leader

    Elden Hughes, a crusader for wild places and a leader of the Sierra Club's battles to protect desert wilderness from development and abuse, has died. He was 80.
    Elden Hughes, a crusader for wild places and a leader of the Sierra Club's battles to protect desert wilderness from development and abuse, has died. He was 80. Hughes, who died of prostate cancer early Sunday at his home in Joshua Tree, Calif., was a...

    Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Lobbying, Politics, Transportation, Dianne Feinstein

    8. Aug 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Inside the Ames Straw Poll and what else to watch for

    Top of the Ticket
    Texas Gov. Rick Perry may steal some political thunder from the traditional Republican Ames Straw Poll....
    9. Sep 1, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Huntington Library sets shows on American history, Chinese mirrors

    Culture Monster
    Two American history shows -- one looking at the sweeping changes spawned by the transcontinental railroad and the other at how Civil War photographs influenced the ways the nation grieved -- will highlight the 2012 exhibition season at the Huntington.......
    10. Jul 15, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. The stories of two Pullman porters

    Readers' Representative Journal
    Ann M. Simmons wrote a moving article July 5 about Lee Wesley Gibson, who at 100 was believed to be the oldest living Pullman porter -- one of the uniformed railway men who served first-class passengers in a train’s luxurious......
    11. Jan 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez: We 'are not under-taxed; the government has simply over-spent'

    Top of the Ticket
    Nation's first Latina governor vows to veto new taxes and insists on cutting spending and waste....
    12. Dec 7, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. John A. 'Jack' Kyser dies at 76; expert on L.A. economy

    John A. "Jack" Kyser, the dean of Los Angeles economists who spoke as an expert on Southern California to observers around the world, has died. He was 76.
    John A. "Jack" Kyser, the dean of Los Angeles economists who spoke as an expert on Southern California to observers around the world, has died. He was 76. Kyser was found dead of unknown causes Monday at his Downey home, said a longtime friend, Wally...

    Tags: Economy, Economic Policy, University of Southern California, Social Sciences, Economy, Business and Finance

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