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2012 elections boost TV stations; L.A. market reaches $1.4 billion
Politics may often seem like a dirty business, but for local TV stations it's also a very good business. Political advertising helped propel a 13.2% growth in television station revenue last year, allowing the broadcast industry to regain much of the...
Tags: Television Industry, Mitt Romney, Politics, Online Advertising, Barack Obama
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Senate votes to consider gun control laws
WASHINGTON — In a lopsided vote, the Senate launched a debate Thursday over the most significant gun legislation in more than a decade, setting up a contest that could last weeks between reinvigorated advocates for stricter laws and conservatives...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Lee, U.S. Congress, Kay Hagan, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Marco Rubio, Rand Paul go head-to-head at CPAC conference
FORT WASHINGTON, MD -- High-profile speeches by a pair of Republican presidential possibilities suggested that noneconomic issues are likely to emerge as 2014 and 2016 campaign themes as the economy continues to recover. Beyond pocketbook concerns,...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice, Michele Bachmann, Interior Policy
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Think Lena Dunham didn't vote? Welcome to the steampunk corn maze
Lena Dunham did too vote, ya big meanies! Even if a New York politics blog thought it had uncovered proof that she didn't. "Hey kids, some people on the internet are saying I didn't vote. Some of them are still mad I used a sexy metaphor re: voting....
Tags: Politics, Voting, Brooklyn (New York City), Tribeca, Barack Obama
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2012 fashion and style around the globe
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLondon calling The queen's Diamond Jubilee was a chance to look back at 60 years of colorful suits and hats. And everyone seemed more than eager to hop aboard the royal train, including Pantone, which color-coded her highness' most iconic outfits, and...Tags: Glenn Beck, Olympic Games, Chris Benz, Bob Marley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Goldberg: Leave liberal Hollywood to the liberals
"We need to buy a movie studio." Amid the conferences, panels, meetings and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their...
Tags: All in the Family (tv program) , Mitt Romney, Patrick Goldstein, James Cameron, Avatar (movie)
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Obama calls for 'smarter' government in State of the Union
WASHINGTON – Declaring that the nation is stronger “after years of grueling recession,” President Obama advocated an array of modest second-term initiatives Tuesday night that he said wouldn’t bust the federal budget. There...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Mitt Romney, Ecosystems, Voting
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It's official: Obama, Biden win second term
President Obama was declared the winner of the 2012 presidential election Friday in a special joint session of Congress, finally closing the book on the tumultuous and expensive campaign. Vice President Joe Biden, serving as president of the Senate,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mitt Romney, Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Congress, U.S. Electoral College
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McManus: The perils of political punditry
Back in 2011, at the dawn of a long presidential campaign, I established a fine baseline for my credentials as a political prognosticator: I told readers that Mitt Romney's strongest challengers for the Republican nomination would be Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
Tags: Michele Bachmann, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Elections, Politics
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What's slower in Florida, counting ballots or fixing flawed system?
Florida’s secretary of state took a grilling Tuesday from lawmakers about why the Sunshine State struggles to provide efficient elections and vote tallies. But officials still seemed to lack the clear resolve to end the state’s long polling...
Tags: Jack Latvala, Mitt Romney, Voting, U.S. Congress, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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Obama's victory margin keeps growing in slow tally
Three weeks after the presidential election, President Obama continues to slowly build his margin of victory over Mitt Romney. The political analyst most closely following the tally now projects that Obama to eventually best the Republican by about 5...
Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Politics, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Year in review: Heartbreak and heroes of 2012
2012 was a year marked by national tragedy -- the shootings in Newtown, Conn. and Aurora, Colo., the damage from Hurricane Sandy -- as well as instances of heroism and transcendence. The presidential election dominated headlines throughout 2012,...Tags: George Zimmerman, Brooklyn (Windham, Connecticut), Mitt Romney, James Holmes, Trayvon Martin
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