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L.A. Votes: Mayoral wannabes spar over ads; school races break record
With less than four weeks to go until voters head to the polls to select Los Angeles’ next mayor, the candidates are sparring about advertising. Eric Garcetti’s campaign is accusing Wendy Greuel of violating federal disclosure laws in a move...
Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Television Industry, Immigration, Eric Garcetti
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Miranda rights silenced Boston bombing suspect
WASHINGTON — Federal agents had to end what they termed "an urgent public safety interview" with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev when a judge came to his hospital room, officials said Thursday, a disclosure that has renewed the...
Tags: Politics, Sports, Eric Holder, Prosecution, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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L.A. school reform effort draws diverse group of wealthy donors
They hail from New York, the Silicon Valley, Arkansas, Los Angeles and elsewhere. They are a rich and diverse lot, including Republicans, liberals, Hollywood notables and international corporate executives. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, L.A....
Tags: Politics, Eli Broad, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning
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Boy Scouts proposal would lift ban on gay youths
The Boy Scouts of America announced Friday a proposal to allow gay youths to join the program, a move that, if approved, would mark a dramatic shift for one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth organizations. The proposal, which would...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Religious Events, Boy Scouts of America, Mitt Romney, Social Organizations
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Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat
WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Politics, Federal Gun Control Legislation (2013), Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Parties and Movements, Patrick J. Toomey
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Politics, Labor Legislation, Marriott International Inc., Parties and Movements, Justice and Rights
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Boston suspects spontaneously targeted Times Square, officials say
WASHINGTON — Top New York officials announced that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing, told federal interrogators that he and his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, had planned to drive to Manhattan and set off another...
Tags: Bombings, Sports, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Times Square, George W. Bush
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Michael Bloomberg donates $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the Los Angeles school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge the already sizable war chest of the Coalition for School Reform,...Tags: Politics, Michelle Rhee, Eli Broad, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government
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Proposed soda ban likely to backfire, study finds
After New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled his plan to ban the sale of sodas larger than 16 ounces, comedian Jon Stewart complained that the proposal "combines the draconian government overreach people love with the probable lack of results they...
Tags: Consumers, Health and Safety at School, The Daily Show (tv program), Cornell University, Science and Technology
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Letters: Misspent school money
Re "Diverse donors unite for school changes," April 15 I have 36 fifth-graders packed into a classroom with the same battered chairs and desks that have been in the room for 18 years, and no doubt several years before me. Maybe this assorted bunch of...
Tags: Politics, Elections
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg gives $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the L.A. school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge an already sizable warchest of the Coalition for School Reform, a political...
Tags: Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Michelle Rhee, Eli Broad, Local Government
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Cowardly Senate runs away from gun background checks
Polls indicate that 80% to 90% of Americans support expanded background checks for firearms sales, but on Wednesday such a plan could not get 60 votes in the United States Senate. In the White House Rose Garden, surrounded by families of children gunned...
Tags: Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Parties and Movements, Max Baucus
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