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Dave Bing to give Detroit's State of the Union, and it's not good
Among the usual cliches in the annual State of the Union speech is a phrase to the effect: “Our union is strong.” Presidents Bush, Clinton and Reagan all used the phrase and President Obama didn’t disappoint Wednesday night. But the...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies, Finance, Bankruptcy
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Mayor Bloomberg gives $1 million to L.A. school board candidates
L.A. NOWNew York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has donated $1 million to a campaign to elect three board candidates who strongly support current L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy.... -
Northeast blizzard eases; snowplows revved up for the big dig-out
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BOSTON--The blizzard of 2013 began to ease somewhat Saturday as the Northeast began to slowly dig out from a fierce, and in some places, record-breaking storm that dropped more than 2 feet of snow and as much as 3 feet in some places. The worst of the...Tags: Long Island, Local Government, Public Transportation, Transportation Accidents, Suffolk County (New York)
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Bloomberg blames Apple thefts for rise in New York's crime rate
How high is the demand for Apple products? Well in New York City, where most crime is going down, Apple thefts are going up. There have been so many iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices stolen in 2012 that overall crime in New York went up 3.3% for...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Thursday's TV Talk Shows: Anne Hathaway; Tom Selleck; Alison Sweeney
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 30, 2012 - Jan. 5, 2012 in PDF format This week's TV Movies  -------------------- CBS This Morning Kat Cole, president of Cinnabon. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Metal drinking-bottle hazard. (N) 7 a.m....
Tags: Tom Selleck, Talk Shows (genre), Damian Lewis, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
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Mayor Bloomberg wants N.Y. to better prepare for extreme weather
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy's devastation, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that the city needed to prepare for “the new realities” of rising sea levels and laid out his vision -- one that could include levees. “Let me...
Tags: Consolidated Edison Incorporated, Bodies of Water, Oceans, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Same-Sex Marriage
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Rahm Emanuel wants Chicago to end all investments in gun makers
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Monday he was requesting all of his city’s pension funds to divest their investments in gun manufacturers, becoming the latest public official to use the purse as a weapon in the growing battle against gun violence....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Local Government, Gun Control, Newspaper and Magazine, Rahm Emanuel
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Neighborhood man questioned after subway rider's death on tracks
This post has been updated and corrected, as indicated below.New York police were questioning a man Tuesday in connection with the death of a subway rider who witnesses said was pushed onto the tracks and crushed by an oncoming train after an apparent altercation on the platform. The identity of the man was not...Tags: Raymond W. Kelly, Subway Transportation, WikiLeaks
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Coca-Cola takes on obesity issue in prime-time ad campaign
Coca-Cola, the world’s top beverage company and perennial target for critics of sugary drinks, is taking an unusually public stance on obesity by defending its health initiatives on prime-time television. In a two-minute advertisement set to debut...
Tags: New Products, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc., Weight, Diabetes
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Letters: Climate danger
Re "Climate change won't wait," Opinion, Jan. 6 It is hard to understand President Obama's stand on climate change. His Energy secretary, Nobel laureate Steven Chu, said four years ago that, if we don't dramatically slow global warming, "we're looking...
Tags: Global Warming, Conservation, Public Transportation, Weather, Steven Chu
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Obama to announce gun policies Wednesday
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to reveal his gun policy proposals Wednesday, marking the culmination of a nearly monthlong effort by Vice President Joe Biden and the administration to identify ways to reduce gun violence. Press Secretary Jay Carney...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Assault, Jay Carney, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Letters: Government and obesity
Re "Keep the state off my plate," Opinion, Nov. 29 Out of all potential Op-Ed pieces, why The Times chose to public Julie Gunlock's piece is puzzling. Her contention is that the government is telling us what to eat. Been there, heard that. Gunlock...Tags: Weight, Obesity
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