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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...
Tags: Students, Unions, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Eli Broad
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Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators
WASHINGTON — First came the letter-writing campaigns, then the protests at town hall meetings and now the television ads. The last several weeks in New Hampshire have had the feel of a heated electoral season — but the target of this siege,...
Tags: Mother's Day, Patrick J. Toomey, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Personal Weapon Control, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Social Media, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Diseases and Illnesses, Pneumonia, Health Insurance Cost
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Bloomberg in damage-control mode over client snooping
Officials at Bloomberg, the New York financial news and information service, scrambled to deal with an unfolding customer privacy scandal after admitting its journalists had snooped on business clients for years through its network of terminals ubiquitous...
Tags: Journalism, Bloomberg L.P., Investments, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Barbara Walters retiring but 'not walking into the sunset'
Barbara Walters made it official on "The View" on Monday morning: after the summer of 2014, she won't be appearing on TV anymore. During lengthy remarks at the top of Monday's program, Walters addressed the issue, which has been following her for...
Tags: Chickenpox, Ben Sherwood, Dancing With the Stars (tv program), ABC (tv network), The View (tv program)
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Villaraigosa-backed school board candidate leads money race
The money race among two remaining candidates for the Los Angeles Board of Education is competitive, but outside spending has skewed resources decidedly toward the one backed by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Antonio Sanchez has collected more than...Tags: Conservation, Bank Robbery, Environmental Issues, Politics, Elections
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Coca-Cola anti-obesity promises include no advertising to kids
Coca-Cola is making major promises to fight obesity – ceasing advertisements directed at kids, slapping calorie counts on all its packaging – as the soda giant stares down a rising tide of concern over sugar-stuffed beverages. On Wednesday,...
Tags: Obesity, Advertising, New Products, Weight, Coca-Cola Co.
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Bill would ban junk food from vending machines at state offices
Proposed legislation to remove junk food and sugar-loaded drinks from vending machines at California state office buildings and on government property is intensifying debate about when the battle against obesity becomes a gateway to "nanny state" tactics....
Tags: Overweight, Obesity, Holly J. Mitchell, Local Government, Weight
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Jon Stewart accuses NRA of fear-mongering at convention
The National Rifle Assn. held its annual convention last weekend in Houston, where conservative pundits like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck railed at efforts to enact tighter gun control measures -- and, as Jon Stewart pointed out Monday on "The Daily Show,"...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Personal Weapon Control, Politics
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Sarah Palin, NRA's backward view of guns, 'politics of emotion'
It’s been kind of entertaining to see the world-class sophistry on display in Houston at the NRA’s annual convention. The message is: If you feel devastated about the slaughters of Sandy Hook, or Aurora, or Tucson, instead of trying to...
Tags: Wayne LaPierre, Sarah Palin, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Barack Obama
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The messy complications of breakfast in the classroom
The Los Angeles Unified School District is in a period of tremendous upheaval that, it’s hoped, will result in better education for its students. With so much changing and so much at stake, of course there are more than a few daggers drawn. But when...
Tags: Students, Unions, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Landing gear believed to be from 9/11 jet found near N.Y. site
NEW YORK -- A piece of a landing gear believed to be from one of the commercial jetliners that crashed into the World Trade Center towers during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has been discovered wedged behind a building that became the site of a...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Boeing Co., United Air Lines, American Airlines, Inc., Accidental Death
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