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Labor secretary nominee unscathed after hearing
WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for Labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, emerged unscathed Thursday from a Senate confirmation hearing that was more perfunctory than contentious. Conservatives have been critical of Perez, the administration's top...
Tags: Laws, Voting, Civil Rights, Tim Scott, Thomas Edward Perez
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Schwarzenegger, your He-Man days have come and gone
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesCOMMENTARY Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent decision to return as executive editor of Muscle & Fitness and Flex magazines makes one thing ...... -
Trutanich, Feuer step up attacks in L.A. city attorney race
L.A. NOWLos Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich on Friday blasted a challenger to his reelection bid as a “hypocrite” and a “career politician” looking for his next job. Mike Feuer’s campaign got Trutanich’s dander up when it... -
U.S. House watchdogs want explanation of Aaron Swartz prosecution
This post has been updated and corrected. See the note below for details.Two of Congress' top watchdogs have asked the Justice Department to explain its prosecution of Aaron Swartz, a popular hacktivist who committed suicide Jan. 11. Swartz, 26, was facing the possibility of years in prison for downloading millions of...Tags: Eric Holder, Laws, U.S. Congress, Aaron Swartz, John Cornyn
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Letters: Saving the Postal Service
Re "Cash crunch gives USPS a good chance to reform," Column, Feb. 7 I am surprised by the zeal with which David Lazarus advocates for massive changes at the U.S. Postal Service. Talk to the individuals who deliver your mail and you'll find that many...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Congress, FedEx Corporation, U.S. Postal Service, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Postal Service seeks to end Saturday mail delivery
The U.S. Postal Service, struggling under a financial load and facing tough competition, will stop delivering mail on Saturdays beginning this summer, officials announced. The announcement, which had been expected, is seen as an attempt to force...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, U.S. Congress, U.S. Postal Service, Marketing
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Aaron Swartz's suicide continues to ripple through Congress
Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law. At a Washington, D.C., memorial Monday night, members of Congress and loved ones gathered to remember Swartz,...
Tags: Ron Wyden, Laws, U.S. Congress, Aaron Swartz, Alan Turing
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For the record
L.A. Art Show: A For the Record item published in this space on Jan. 30 about the Art Los Angeles Contemporary show running concurrently with the L.A. Art Show misspelled the name of Barker Hangar in Santa Monica as Barket. Immigration policy: An...Tags: Jamie Foxx, Duncan Hunter
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Assistant Atty. Gen. Lanny Breuer to exit amid criticism, praise
WASHINGTON — Assistant U.S. Atty. Gen. Lanny A. Breuer, who made his mark ramping up the prosecution of white-collar crime and overseeing the government’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill investigation, announced he is soon leaving his post as one...
Tags: Eric Holder, Operation Fast and Furious, Political Corruption, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010)
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House Ethics Committee finds no violations in Countrywide VIP probe
WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee has found no rules violations by lawmakers and staffers who used a VIP loan program from Countrywide Financial Corp. saying the allegations of special treatment fell outside the panel's jurisdiction. The...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Jo Bonner, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Edolphus Towns
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Aaron Swartz suicide has U.S. lawmakers scrutinizing prosecutors
Congressional criticism is mounting against U.S. prosecutors for pursuing prison time for a popular hacker in a case that's morphed into a posthumous cause celebre. Aaron Swartz, 26, a cofounder of Reddit and an open-Internet advocate, committed suicide...
Tags: George Washington University, Laws, Online Media Industry, U.S. Congress, John Cornyn
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D.A. dismissed tennis umpire case without seeing defense report
L.A. NOWProsecutors made a decision to drop a murder charge against professional tennis umpire Lois Goodman before her attorneys turned over a defense team pathology report that disputed a coroner's finding that her husband was killed....
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