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Newton: Where Greuel went wrong
Smart and capable, City Controller Wendy Greuel has been a high-profile public servant who believes in Los Angeles and has devoted much of her career to improving it. But boy, did she run a lousy campaign for mayor. Eric Garcetti's sizable win might...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Bill Clinton, Political Fundraising, White House, Wendy Greuel
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The bottom line: It's time to restore dental care for the poor
SACRAMENTO — State Capitol politicians may have an extra $3.2 billion to play with. Or they may not. It depends on whose figures you believe: nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor's or contrarian Gov. Jerry Brown's. I tend to have more...
Tags: Regional Authority, Darrell Steinberg, Root Canal, Dentistry and Dental Health, Hospitals and Clinics
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McManus: Obama's IRS choice
Message to the president: Resistance is futile. There are plenty of juicy targets for investigators in the IRS scrutiny of conservative organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, but the most dangerous for President Obama is this: Did bureaucrats...
Tags: Taxation, Orrin Hatch, Denis R. McDonough, Prosecution, Lawyers
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With all precincts reporting, clear leaders emerge in city races
The Los Angeles city clerk early Wednesday morning released final vote tallies for the citywide election, leaving only mail-in ballot results standing between candidates' victory and defeat. With 100% of precincts reporting just after 3 a.m., clear...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Mike Feuer, Ed Reyes, Curren D. Price, Jr., Wendy Greuel
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Mayor's race: Garcetti's lead over Greuel widens to 8 points
With more than half of precincts reporting, City Councilman Eric Garcetti's lead over mayoral opponent Wendy Greuel widened to 8 points in the early hours of Wednesday morning. As of 1 a.m. PDT Wednesday, Garcetti led Greuel 54% to 46% in the race to...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Elections, Jan Perry, Eric Garcetti
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says a line of Macs will be built in Texas
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook disclosed during a Senate hearing Tuesday that the tech giant will invest more than $100 million to build a factory in the Lone Star State, where it will assemble a line of Mac computers. “The product will be...
Tags: Media Industry, U.S. Senate, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Tim Cook, U.S. Congress
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Ahmadinejad protests aide's disqualification from Iran election
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denounced as unjust the disqualification of his top aide from next month’s presidential election and says he plans to appeal to Iran’s supreme ruler. Ahmadinejad spoke a day after the Guardian...
Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Elections, Iran, Feminism
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Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes
Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told The Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles....
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Local Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Elections
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Iran presidential vote: Who's in? Who's out? Who cares?
He’s one of two surviving founders of the Islamic Republic, head of the Expediency Council that supervises all branches of government and has already served two terms as Iranian head of state. But the Islamic conservatives who vet presidential...
Tags: Media Industry, Robin Williams, Brookings Institution, Religion and Belief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Anthony Weiner in N.Y. mayor race 2 years after 'sexting' scandal
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose once-shining political career collapsed after lewd online relationships with women forced him to resign from Congress two years ago, entered New York's mayoral race Wednesday with promises to make...Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, Hillary Clinton, Queens (New York City), Barack Obama, Brooklyn (New York City)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...
Tags: Beijing (China), China, Communist Party of China, Pyongyang (North Korea), Nuclear Weapons
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