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Senate Republicans block U.N. disabilities treaty
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The Senate rejected a United Nations treaty aimed at banning discrimination against individuals with disabilities Tuesday, falling five votes short of the two-thirds needed in a 61-38 vote. The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons With...Tags: George W. Bush, Politics, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Rick Santorum, Voting
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Climate lessons from 'The Dust Bowl'
Ken Burns' latest work, "The Dust Bowl," a two-part documentary that wrapped up Monday night on PBS, told a familiar story to any of us who read John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" in high school, or whose personal histories are tied up in those...
Tags: Droughts, Auction Service, Weather Reports, Documentary (genre), Natural Disasters
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Sparring erupts over military personnel in San Diego gay parade
L.A. NOWOrganizers of the military contingent in Saturday's LGBT Pride parade in San Diego have accused congressional critics of trying to "bully the Pentagon into moving backwards" on the issue of gays in the military. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and U.S....... -
Oklahoma senator blocks Commerce secretary nomination
Money & CompanySen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Tuesday blocked the nomination of John Bryson to be Commerce Secretary, saying the environmental views of the former Edison International executive were too radical. Inhofe, a leading critic of global warming, said he was... -
Climate change: Drought, floods, tornadoes part of 'new normal'?
GreenspaceThe irony won't be lost on those who follow the political debates over climate change in Congress. One of the most vocal deniers of the scientific consensus on man-caused planetary warming is Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, who has delayed the nomination... -
Bipartisan group of U.S. senators backs hefty boost in money to speed rail projects
L.A. NOWLos Angeles’ efforts to speed up the expansion of its public transit system received a boost in Washington on Wednesday, as a bipartisan group of senators backed a hefty increase in a federal loan program seen as a potential source...... -
Geez, I can't imagine who gave 'The Social Network' its first critical drubbing
The Big PictureDavid Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's "The Social Network" has a perfect 100 fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes, but that's only because the movie review aggregation site hasn't seen Armond White's newly published take-down of the film in the New York...... -
Villaraigosa and Boxer are joined by GOP and business leaders in call for more federal transportation money
L.A. NOWThe scene was highly unusual for hyperpartisan Washington: a Senate Democrat, a House Republican, and business and labor leaders gathered in the same room, all in support of the same issue. But that’s just the sight that Los Angeles Mayor...... -
Weekend Talk Shows: President Obama is interviewed on '60 Minutes'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Dec. 13 - 19, in PDF format This week's TV Movies TODAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer Nobel Peace Prize; global warming:...... -
Sunday shows: Romney, Romer, Warner, Gregg
Top of the TicketAlso, Jennifer Granholm, Mitch McConnell, Joe Lieberman, Jay Rockefeller, Ben Nelson and Christina Romer.... -
'Snowmaggedon' in Washington spurs climate change doubters
GreenspaceMark Twain had it right: Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get. So, is the massive dumping of snow from the Mid-Atlantic to New England proof positive that climate change is untrue, as doubters such as Sen....... -
A fresh look at bike safety
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's about time. After 26 years, a major new motorcycle crash study is poised to begin. Since 1981, when the famed Hurt Study issued its findings on the causes of motorcycle accidents, a lot has changed. Almost 11 million street bikes have been sold in...Tags: Politics, Motorvehicle Accidents, Sports, Lobbying, Death
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