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Organizing for Action targets GOP lawmakers in first ad buy
WASHINGTON -- Four California Republican House members are among 13 GOP legislators being targeted by a pro-Obama advocacy group in a new online ad campaign urging them to back a more robust background check system for gun sales. Reps. Jeff Denham,...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Jeff Denham, Online Media Industry, David Valadao
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Richard Nelson Current dies at 100; Lincoln scholar fought distortions of 16th president
Richard Nelson Current, a prolific and award-winning Abraham Lincoln scholar who for decades was a leader in his field and helped shape a more realistic view of the iconic president, has died of complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 100....Tags: Social Issues, Knut Hamsun, Authors, Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Hugh and Kimberley Hefner sell personal residence
Hugh Hefner and his wife, Kimberley, have sold their personal residence, just a hop away from the Playboy Mansion next door in Holmby Hills, for $18 million. The buyer is Daren Metropoulos, a25-year-old entrepreneur who will be moving from Beverly Hills....Tags: Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Entertainment, Hugh Hefner, Stevie Wonder, Clubs and Associations
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Barry Miller lists his Hollywood Hills home at $2,125,000.
Actor Barry Miller's wood, stone and glass retreat in the Hollywood Hills is for sale at $2,125,000.
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Update: This version includes additional details on the extent of the work done to the property.
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The 1963...Tags: Walnuts, Property, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Neil Simon, Homes
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Full text of Vice President Joe Biden's remarks on today's crucial bipartisan budget talks on Capitol Hill
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Opinion L.A.Today's installment of the is-the-tea-party-racist story (or non-story, depending on your point of view) focused on the split between the National Tea Party Federation and Sacramento-based Tea Party Express, which refused to oust one of its leaders over... -
The risk of playing religion straight
Diane Winston, Knight chair in media and religion at USC, can be reached at dhwinston@gmail.com.IF REAL LIFE wasn't tough enough for the Episcopal Church — an IRS investigation of a parish, secession threats, gender and sexuality controversies — a new television program depicts a priest in freefall. According to "The Book of Daniel,"...Tags: ER (tv program), Health, Entertainment, Family, Christianity
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A surprise turn in Iowa's Republican race
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDES MOINES — With 34 days remaining, the Republican presidential race in Iowa has broken wide open, as Mike Huckabee surges into contention with the longtime front-runner, Mitt Romney. Polls show the two former governors running nearly even in...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Polls, Fred Thompson
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Firing tenured teachers can be a costly and tortuous task
The eighth-grade boy held out his wrists for teacher Carlos Polanco to see.
He had just explained to Polanco and his history classmates at Virgil Middle School in Koreatown why he had been absent: He had been in the hospital after an attempt at suicide....Tags: Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Abusive Behavior, Health, Litigation
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Making credit good again
In this recession, we seek the boogeyman. If we can identify a villain, the recourse is simple: Slay it (or neutralize it or bail it out). Identify the problem; find the solution.
The search has centered on the credit industry, the vast network of...Tags: Mortgages, Consumers, Harvard University, Labor Legislation, Real Estate Buyers
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Security has nothing to do with why plane tickets are nontransferable
Times Staff WriterQuestion: It seems as though every ticket I buy — except plane tickets — can be transferred to someone else. I understand the airline's need to know who is on a plane, but they must have the ability to change the passenger name on a...Tags: Social Issues, Air Transportation Industry, Crimes, Transportation, Minority Groups
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Beantown's fine brew of politics and the past
Special to The TimesThe late Tip O'Neill, speaker of the House and Massachusetts political legend, used to say, "All politics is local." Here in Boston, politics also is everywhere. We see it in the blarney of tour guides on the sightseeing trolleys, in the Colonial...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Sculpture, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Boston
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