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    May 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists

    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot hatched in Yemen.
    WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...

    Tags: FBI, Terrorism, U.S. Department of Justice, News Media, American Civil Liberties Union

    2. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Israel says strikes in Syria target arms for Hezbollah

    JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration.
    JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. The...

    Tags: Arab Spring, Beirut (Lebanon), John McCain, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bashar Assad

    3. May 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Israeli airstrikes may have exposed Syrian flaw, U.S. officials say

    WASHINGTON — Recent Israeli strikes inside Syria may have exposed weaknesses in the regime’s air defenses and could embolden the U.S. and its allies to take more steps to aid rebels fighting the regime there, said lawmakers on Sunday.
    WASHINGTON — Recent Israeli strikes inside Syria may have exposed weaknesses in the regime’s air defenses and could embolden the U.S. and its allies to take more steps to aid rebels fighting the regime there, said lawmakers on Sunday....

    Tags: Government, Barack Obama, White House, John McCain, Wars and Interventions

    4. May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC

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    Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...

    Tags: BBC, Blake Lively, John McCain, Mike J. Rogers, Domonique Foxworth

    5. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Lawmakers cite Boston bombings in questions on immigration bill

    WASHINGTON &mdash; On the third day of hearings on a bill to overhaul the immigration system, senators took a break from partisan sniping and grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on whether the Boston bombings had exposed shortcomings in the nation's immigration security apparatus.
    WASHINGTON — On the third day of hearings on a bill to overhaul the immigration system, senators took a break from partisan sniping and grilled Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on whether the Boston bombings had exposed shortcomings in...

    Tags: FBI, Labor Legislation, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Laws

    6. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Scams blocking Chinese investors' path to U.S. green cards

    Jianwei Li and two other wealthy Chinese businessmen thought they had a sure thing when they wired $1 million each to a California firm that had promised to build a fine Chinese restaurant in the Bay Area city of San Bruno.
    Jianwei Li and two other wealthy Chinese businessmen thought they had a sure thing when they wired $1 million each to a California firm that had promised to build a fine Chinese restaurant in the Bay Area city of San Bruno. The project had an alluring...

    Tags: Banking, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Finance, Chinese Restaurants, Hotel and Accommodation Industry

    7. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Republican lawmakers show their division on immigration reform

    WASHINGTON &mdash; The divide within the Republican Party over immigration reform was on full view Monday, as top party leaders made a case for overhauling the laws even as conservative senators argued that the Boston bombings showed the need to go slow.
    WASHINGTON — The divide within the Republican Party over immigration reform was on full view Monday, as top party leaders made a case for overhauling the laws even as conservative senators argued that the Boston bombings showed the need to go slow....

    Tags: Chuck Grassley, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Parties and Movements, Republican Party

    8. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Shouted protests punctuate Senate immigration hearing

    WASHINGTON -- A Republican senator shouted in protest Monday as a top Democrat complained at a Senate hearing that opponents of immigration reform were improperly using the Boston bombing as a reason to delay changes to immigration law.
    WASHINGTON -- A Republican senator shouted in protest Monday as a top Democrat complained at a Senate hearing that opponents of immigration reform were improperly using the Boston bombing as a reason to delay changes to immigration law. Sen. Charles...

    Tags: Chuck Grassley, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)

    9. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Immigration talks bog down over numbers

    WASHINGTON &mdash; Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year &mdash; an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more farm labor than any other state.
    WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...

    Tags: Heritage Foundation, Orrin Hatch, John McCain, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Marco Rubio

    10. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Cross Cuba off the blacklist

    Washington has for three decades kept Cuba on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism, even though it has long since changed the behavior that earned it that distinction. By all accounts, Cuba remains on the list &mdash; alongside Iran, Sudan and Syria &mdash; because it disagrees with the United States' approach to fighting international terrorism, not because it supports terrorism. That's hardly a sensible standard.
    Washington has for three decades kept Cuba on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism, even though it has long since changed the behavior that earned it that distinction. By all accounts, Cuba remains on the list — alongside Iran, Sudan and Syria...

    Tags: Colombia, Barack Obama, Punishment, Civil Rights, Terrorism

    11. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales

    WASHINGTON &mdash; A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive.
    WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...

    Tags: Chuck Grassley, Mark R. Warner, Joe Manchin III, Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

    12. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Senate Judiciary Committee approves gun trafficking bill

    WASHINGTON &ndash; The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday to combat gun trafficking, the first firearms measure since the Newtown, Conn., shooting to move to consideration by the full Senate.
    WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday to combat gun trafficking, the first firearms measure since the Newtown, Conn., shooting to move to consideration by the full Senate. The proposal, steered by committee...

    Tags: Assault, Susan Collins, Chuck Grassley, Kirsten Gillibrand, Republican Party

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