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Wal-Mart annual shareholders meeting sparks protests
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is facing a wave of protests this week pushing for company leadership changes at its annual meeting Friday.
The goal of protesters, organizers said, is to oust some Wal-Mart board members and push for more corporate...Tags: Corporate Crime, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Michael T. Duke, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Obama has big edge in California, poll shows
The potent mix of voters that has powered Democratic presidential victories in California for a generation overwhelmingly supports President Obama's bid for reelection, forming a demographic wall blocking Republican Mitt Romney from the biggest pot of...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Cathleen Decker, Parties and Movements, Rick Santorum
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6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: College Sports, Theft, Death Penalty, Jerry Brown, Lawyers
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein outpaces challengers in fundraising
Twenty-three largely unknown, underfinanced challengers are vying for the chance to take on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in the fall.
Among the 14 Republicans on the June 5 ballot are Laguna Niguel dentist and lawyer Orly Taitz, 51, who made a...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements, Primaries, Carly Fiorina
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June 5 primary: The Times' endorsements
For voters in Los Angeles County, the most important decision in the election that culminates June 5 may be in the six-candidate race for district attorney. This will be the first time since 1964 that the race is wide open, with no incumbent. The victor...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Howard Berman, Science and Technology, Jerry Brown
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Egypt election runoff likely to pit polar opposites
CAIRO — Egypt's two most polarizing presidential candidates appeared headed for a runoff election next month that will decide whether the nation will be ruled by an ascendant political Islam or return to the secularist spirit that defined Hosni...
Tags: Politics, Cairo (Egypt), Egypt, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief
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Swing district in Ventura County may create opening for independent candidate
Daniel Mintz recently had a chance to see California's new election system up close, and it was an eye-opener. An official with the political organization MoveOn.org, Mintz was in California to work with his group's favored candidates, including a...
Tags: Republican Party, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Politics, Parties and Movements, Tony Strickland
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Egypt election headed toward runoff pitting religious vs. secular
World NowOfficial results in Egypt's first free presidential election have not been announced but projections showed that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi will likely battle Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister to serve Mubarak, in a June runoff.... -
Tobacco taxes are great, but Proposition 29 stinks
Yes, our freeways and surface streets are crumbling. But the next time your front wheel hits an enormous pothole, you can remember with pride that California is the world leader in one form of highway maintenance: paving the road to hell with good...Tags: Education, Healthcare Provider, Science and Technology, Tobacco Products, Financial Aid
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California lawmakers seek ban on using dogs to hunt bears, bobcats
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California teachers pension fund to vote against Wal-Mart board
SACRAMENTO — The California State Teachers' Retirement System will cast its 5.3 million shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. against the reelection of the company's board after allegations of bribery in the retailer's Mexican operations.
Citing "a...Tags: Education, Corporate Crime, Sam Walton, Politics, Companies and Corporations
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Latino analysts dubious of Rubio's potential benefit for Romney
Handsome, youthful, Cuban American and Republican, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has been mentioned repeatedly as a potential running mate for Mitt Romney — in part because of hopes that the presence of the first Latino on a major national ticket...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Immigration, Parties and Movements, Sonia Sotomayor
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