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California can't go it alone on guns
SACRAMENTO — California's gun controls are among the toughest in the nation, but they're severely weakened by Washington's failure to pass strong national laws. It's sort of like the chain analogy — a chain being only as strong as its...
Tags: Gun Control, Newspaper and Magazine, Hunting, Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms
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S&P helped cause financial crisis with faulty ratings, Feds allege
WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's Corp. helped cause the financial crisis by misleading investors with falsely high credit ratings on bonds backed by toxic subprime mortgages, federal officials alleged Tuesday in announcing a civil suit against the company....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Mortgages, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Galt police mourn officer fatally shot responding to burglary
L.A. NOWThe 35-year-old Galt police officer killed while responding to a burglary Tuesday was hailed as a "very well respected and proactive member" of the small Sacramento County town's police force.... -
Execs off the hook at S&P
You may have heard last week about a couple of big lawsuits brought by federal and state governments, alleging that the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's concocted a fraudulent scheme that contributed to trillions of dollars in investment losses...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Investment Service, Business Enterprises, Moody's Corporation
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Supreme Court to rule on California's Prop. 8 ban on gay marriage
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court set the stage Friday for a historic decision on gay rights, announcing it would hear appeals of rulings striking down California's Proposition 8 and the federal law denying benefits for legally married same-sex couples....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Anthony Kennedy, Justice System, Trials, Family
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Lawmakers vow to close legal loophole in rape cases
PolitiCalState lawmakers are vowing to close a legal loophole cited by a state appeals court this week in a controversial ruling that overturned the rape conviction of a California man.... -
Lawmakers condemn school shooting, say more gun control needed
PolitiCalGun control momentum building as California school shooting happens... -
Voiding of rape conviction involving sleeping woman called 'bizarre'
L.A. NOWAn appeals court ruling invalidating a rape conviction in California has sparked debate and was described by one legal expert as "bizarre." A man who impersonates someone in order to have sexual intercourse may be guilty of rape only if...... -
Brown appeals injunction against gay-conversion law
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown filed an appeal of the court injunction barring enforcement of a ban on sexual orientation conversion therapy.... -
Addressing an epidemic of Rx deaths
Prescription drug overdoses killed more than 37,000 Americans in 2009, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; that death rate has tripled since 1990. The increase is not surprising, considering these additional CDC statistics: The number of...
Tags: Pain, Chemical Industry, Alprazolam (drug), Prescription Drugs, OxyContin (drug)
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Anthem's mail-order policy may have crossed a legal line
Anthem Blue Cross may be breaking California law by requiring some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy, according to the state attorney general's office. Anthem, the state's largest for-profit health insurer,...
Tags: Humana Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Diabetes, Prescription Drugs
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California ban on gay conversion therapy put on hold
L.A. NOWA new state law intended to prevent therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation was put on hold Friday by a federal appeals court panel. The law would subject psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to...
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