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Vulgar online comments mar first meeting for Glendale councilman
The hoopla over hateful online comments that were attributed to — and never denied by — newly minted Glendale Councilman Zareh Sinanyan was revived at his first meeting on Tuesday with the help of someone who knows a thing or two about the...
Tags: Local Elections, Meatballs, Twitter, Inc., Politics, Elections
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As Senate acts, trying to figure out why Americans love their guns
The Senate voted Thursday morning to allow the gun debate to go forward. Looks as if this pistol-packin’ nation may end up with a background check requirement after all -- though there’s no guarantee that even that modest measure will...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Brad Carson, Personal Weapon Control, Rentals, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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Armenian genocide recognition overdue, congressman says
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the estimated 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Turkey, Genocide, Massacres
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Hundreds of Armenians protest genocide at Turkish Consulate
Hundreds of Armenians chanted outside the Turkish Consulate in Los Angeles on Wednesday to commemorate the massacre of about 1.5 million of their ancestors 98 years ago — a genocide that has yet to be officially recognized by the U.S. Chanting...
Tags: Turkey, Genocide, Massacres, Barack Obama, NATO
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory cancels open house, citing budget cuts
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced this week that it has canceled its popular annual open house at its La Cañada Flintridge facility because of federal spending cuts. The event, scheduled for June 8 and 9, typically attracts crowds of more than 15,...
Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Travel, Space Programs, Tourism and Leisure
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Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding
This post has been updated. See below for details.Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...Tags: Astronomy, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, NASA, U.S. Congress
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House passes CISPA, sets up showdown with White House and Senate
The House of Representatives passed a controversial cybersecurity bill as expected on Thursday, moving toward a possible confrontation with the Senate and White House. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, or CISPA, passed by a vote...
Tags: Corporate Crime, U.S. House of Representatives, Rand Paul, Ron Wyden, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
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CISPA passes House committee, angering privacy activists
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee overwhelmingly passed a cyber-security bill on Wednesday, angering privacy advocates who believe the bill fails to protect critical personal information. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013,...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Jan Schakowsky, Elections, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, American Civil Liberties Union
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Glendale candidate refuses to deny link to 'racist' comments
L.A. NOWUnder pointed questioning before the City Council he is campaigning to join, city commissioner Zareh Sinanyan this week refused to deny he was the author behind threatening and racist comments posted online under his name, saying only that they do...... -
Liability, guns and the law
Last summer, David Garcia was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 murder of rookie Burbank Police Officer Matthew Pavelka. Pavelka and another officer, Gregory Campbell, had approached two men sitting in a car without a license plate in an area...
Tags: Tobacco Products, Larry Craig, Weaponry, Trials, U.S. Congress
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Two La Cañada Flintridge scientists honored at White House ceremony
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JPL workers call for probe into NASA personal data breach
L.A. NOWWorkers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge are calling for a Congressional investigation into a NASA data breach that compromised the personal information of thousands of NASA workers....
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