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Elections deal a blow to L.A. unions
Some of the most powerful labor organizations in Los Angeles placed huge bets on mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel that went bust. All their spending and prodigious organization failed to ignite Greuel's campaign and allowed her opponent, Eric Garcetti, to...
Tags: Politics, Gloria Romero, Career and Workplace, Eric Garcetti, Government
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Newton: Where Greuel went wrong
Smart and capable, City Controller Wendy Greuel has been a high-profile public servant who believes in Los Angeles and has devoted much of her career to improving it. But boy, did she run a lousy campaign for mayor. Eric Garcetti's sizable win might...
Tags: Politics, Jan Perry, Kevin James, Elections, Los Angeles Police Department
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Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for L.A. mayor's post
Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other — and voter apathy — in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the...
Tags: Politics, University of California, Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, Antonio Villaraigosa, Wendy Greuel
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A long, expensive (and distinctive) race nears the finish line
A two-year campaign that has drawn record spending will see either the first woman or the first Jew elected as Los Angeles mayor. But despite those milestones, candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti sped around the city Sunday trying to avoid another...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Eric Garcetti, Antonio Villaraigosa, Wendy Greuel
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J.K. Rowling, other authors reveal secrets in books for PEN auction
What does one of the world's best-known authors think when she holds the book that made her famous? J.K. Rowling looks at the title page of the first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” (as it’s is known in the...
Tags: Auction Service, Authors
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Bill Clinton visits Colombia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Former President Clinton visited Colombia last week, meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos while visiting Cartagena, where Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro showed him around the city in an electric taxi. Then Clinton took time out to visit with Nobel...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Colombia, Chemotherapy, Entertainment Events, Bogota (Colombia)
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Greuel forgoes sleep to shake hands across the city
Operating on just four hours of sleep and trailed by a swarm of journalists, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel asked for votes and talked up the historic nature of her campaign during a lunchtime stop in Chinatown. "I'm the most qualified...
Tags: Politics, Sandwiches, Foods and Beverages, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Politics, Monica Lewinsky, Tea Party Movement, U.S. Congress
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2013 TV upfronts: Tony Goldwyn says 'Scandal' finale will be 'crazy'
NEW YORK -- Getting summoned into a room with President Fitzgerald Grant is an order the more than 8 million viewers of "Scandal" would kill for -- Huck-style, if needed. In this case, reality set in pretty quick. "Care for some almonds? Or maybe...
Tags: Politics, Ghost (movie), Government, SoHo, ABC (tv network)
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'Make history' with first female mayor, says ad for Wendy Greuel
A new union-sponsored television ad urges Los Angeles voters to "make history" by electing Wendy Greuel the city's first female mayor. Service Employees Local 721, sponsor of the ad, said it will begin airing Thursday and be broadcast for 10 days,...
Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Elections, Layoffs and Downsizing, Wendy Greuel
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'Scandal' has become must-tweet TV
ABC's "Scandal" revolves around a beautiful, law-breaking Washington power-fixer with killer instincts and a matching wardrobe. She's madly in love with the very flawed president of the United States, who, among other things, recently murdered a Supreme...
Tags: AMC (tv network), Social Media, Downton Abbey (tv program), Sundance Channel (tv network), Off the Map (tv program)
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Barbara Walters to retire from TV journalism
Barbara Walters is saying goodbye to TV journalism. After more than half a century in the industry, the veteran ABC News anchor plans to retire next summer, ABC announced Sunday night. Walters, 83, is set to make it official Monday morning on "The View....
Tags: Academy Awards, Monica Lewinsky, Vladimir Putin, Today (tv program), The View (tv program)
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