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Assembly OKs workers' comp bill to ban out-of-state athletes
SACRAMENTO — Controversial legislation that would restrict most professional athletes from out-of-state teams from filing claims in California workers' compensation courts won overwhelming approval Thursday in the state Assembly. Despite...Tags: Career and Workplace, Social Security, Labor Legislation, Employees, Henry T. Perea
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L.A. County hospitals, clinics conduct disaster drill
Less than two weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, several Los Angeles County hospitals and clinics conducted a disaster drill to test whether healthcare officials are prepared for such an emergency. At Providence Little Company of Mary Medical...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Specialization, Nursing, University of California, Irvine, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Pro sports leagues win legislative round on workers' comp
SACRAMENTO — A full-court press by professional sports leagues to limit the ability of out-of-state players to file for workers' compensation benefits in California scored big in a crucial first vote by state lawmakers. A bill, backed by the...
Tags: Career and Workplace, New England Patriots, Insurance, Kristin Olsen, Employees
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Texas explosion: Probe of blast likened to 'archaeological dig'
WEST, Texas — Authorities told residents here Monday to expect a “slow, methodical” investigation into the explosion at a fertilizer plant last week that killed 14 people and injured scores more, as the town continues to take stock of...
Tags: Human Interest, Explosions, Fertilizer, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Disasters and Accidents
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New York Knicks' J.R. Smith is NBA's top sixth man
J.R. Smith won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year Award on Monday after turning a role he didn't want into one of the strengths of the New York Knicks' first division championship team in nearly two decades. Smith received 484 points, including 72 first-...
Tags: College Basketball, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns, Football
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West, Texas, explosion: Toxic cloud could be spread by strong winds
Authorities dealing with a huge explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, were preparing for a possible shift in the winds that could push toxic clouds toward areas not yet affected by the disaster, officials said early Thursday. At least...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Explosions, Fertilizer, Manufacturing and Engineering, Emergency Incidents
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Rain hampers search for survivors of Texas explosion [Update]
Even as as President Obama pledged federal assistance to the devastated community, morning rainfall was hampering search and rescue efforts Thursday at the site of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion, which killed as many as 15 people and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fertilizer, Rick Perry, FEMA, Hospitals and Clinics
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Boston Marathon victims: Preschool teacher who's never off-duty
Two-year-olds can be touchy about big changes in their lives, and no one knows that better than 29-year-old Erika Brannock. So before the preschool teacher left the Baltimore area to watch her mother run the Boston Marathon, she sent a note to the parents...
Tags: Early Learning, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Garrett Richards to replace injured Jered Weaver in Angels rotation
Garrett Richards didn't care whether he pitched out of the rotation or bullpen; he just hoped the Angels would commit to one or the other so he wouldn't have to go back and forth like he did last season, transitions that can tax the arm as well as the...
Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Ernesto Frieri, Kevin Jepsen, Scott Downs, Mark Lowe
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Boston hospitals well prepared for blast casualties
BOSTON — As 3 o'clock neared Monday afternoon, officials at Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of Boston's premier medical centers, expected this year's marathon would be a nonevent. "We were winding down," said Barry Wante, the hospital's...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Massachusetts General Hospital, Bombings, Running, Hospitals and Clinics
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Angels' high-wire pitching act ends badly in 9-5 loss to Oakland
addCustomPlayer('1j59v4a9evljr1d1b5hvawowo7', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1j59v4a9evljr1d1b5hvawowo7', 'eplayer15'); The optimism associated with the home opener was tempered Tuesday for the Angels, who lost Jered Weaver for four to six weeks after the...
Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chris Young (baseball, outfielder), Kevin Jepsen, Erick Aybar, Derek Norris
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Redefining the 'real' Miami night life experience
MIAMI —A cool ocean breeze cut the day's humidity. Dresses up to there in hot pink sequins and acid yellows colored the sidewalks. It was around midnight on a Thursday in Miami's South Beach neighborhood, and the evening was just getting started....
Tags: Calvin Harris, Depeche Mode (music group), Joan Jett, Entertainment Events, Disc Jockeys
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