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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La CaƱada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Labor Legislation, Richard Nixon, Republican Party
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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: U.S. Department of State, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon
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Melissa Joan Hart says Kickstarter failure 'started out wrong'
Not every Kickstarter film-funding effort ends in multimillion-dollar success, a la actor-writer-director Zach Braff's recent campaign or that achieved by the cast and creators of the canceled CW show "Veronica Mars." Just ask actress Melissa Joan Hart,...
Tags: ABC Family (tv network), Nickelodeon (tv network), The CW (tv network), Celebrities, Movies
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Reagan the Berkeley basher
Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...
Tags: Students, FBI, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Berkeley
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'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation
At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...
Tags: Book, Crime, Law and Justice, Healthcare Laws, Judges, Justice System
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Letters: Reagan and a radicalizing UC
Re "Reagan and the fall of UC," Opinion, May 10 Seth Rosenfeld argues that then-Gov. Ronald Reagan's opposition to the 1960s radicalization of the University of California campuses — Berkeley in particular — was the main driver in the...Tags: Government, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Indiana University, Education
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L.A. Now Live: Amnesty debate looms over immigration bill
Four times as many people are potentially eligible for legal residency under a current bill proposing mass legalization. The specifics of the current proposal are different from President Ronald Reagan’s in 1986. Join us at 9 a.m. as we discuss...
Tags: Politics, Migration, Immigration
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Politics, Migration, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment Opportunities, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Herald Examiner photographers reflect on the good ol' days
Nick Souza doesn't remember developing the film of what he considers his most noteworthy front-page photo. He doesn't even recall printing the image. What he does remember is "standing on a giant ladder in the middle of Broadway" to photograph co-...
Tags: Photography, Summer Olympics, Arts, Michael Jackson, Glen Rice
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Air Force sex-assault chief arrested on sexual battery charges
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The man leading a U.S. Air Force program responsible for preventing sexual assault has been arrested on suspicion of drunkenly groping a woman in an Arlington, Va., parking lot, officials said Monday. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41 -- shown with several...Tags: FBI, U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes
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Sen. Rand Paul laying groundwork for possible presidential run
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — If he runs for president, says Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), he wants to be considered on his own merits. But when he brought his fledgling campaign to Iowa this weekend, there was no escaping the double-edged legacy of the man he's...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Politics, Parties and Movements, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Flip Wilson: The Persistence of Geraldine Jones
Los Angeles Times Television CriticIn Sunday's Calendar (and online here), I review "Flip: The Inside Story of TV's First Black Superstar," a worthwhile new biography of the late comedian by Kevin Cook ("The Last Headbangers," "Titanic Thompson: The Man Who Bet on Everything"). The...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Liver Cancer, Eddie Murphy, Seinfeld (tv program), Magic Johnson
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