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BioWatch's chief aim is off-target, U.S. security officials say
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Department planners have privately rejected a central premise of BioWatch, the nation's decade-old system for detecting biological weapons released into the air, according to government documents and testimony...
Tags: Science and Technology, Bioterrorism, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Security
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Obama considers sweeping climate plan
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering a sweeping initiative to address climate change, including the first-ever limits on carbon dioxide from power plants, the country's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to...
Tags: Energy Saving, Xi Jinping, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy Resources, Environmental Politics
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Officials demand FAA regulate helicopter noise in L.A. County
Asserting that voluntary guidelines won't work, elected officials on Monday night urged the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt regulations to reduce the noise and safety risks of helicopter flights over neighborhoods across Los Angeles County....
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Air Transportation Industry, Tony Cardenas, Brad Sherman, Public Officials
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Obama, Chinese president wrap up a sometimes contentious summit
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, wrapped up a summit at this sweltering California desert resort Saturday after nearly eight hours of talks over two days and a candle-lit dinner aimed at shaping what...
Tags: Xi Jinping, Don Lee, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Beijing (China), Global Change
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For Memorial Day, go online to go 'Go Silent' and honor veterans
In a time when we live so much of our lives online, cyberspace has also become a place to honor our fallen servicemen and women on Memorial Day. The nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America currently has a page on...
Tags: Holidays, Human Interest, Veterans Affairs, Memorial Day
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Religion and Belief, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Career and Workplace, Tom Davis, Government
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Kevin de Leon, Howard Lawrence Berman, Adam B. Schiff, Career and Workplace
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Meet the L.A. school board candidates
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Berman-Sherman House race sets spending record
PolitiCalDemocratic rivals Howard Berman and Brad Sherman set a California candidate spending record with their race for a San Fernando Valley congressional district seat. Sherman defeated Berman on Nov. 6.... -
Rep. Henry Waxman gets President Obama's endorsement
PolitiCalPresident Barack Obama has endorsed Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills). Waxman is running against nonpartisan businessman and former Republican Bill Bloomfield of Manhattan Beach.... -
Waxman urges VA to start work on West L.A. site for homeless vets
L.A. NOWUnder pressure from veterans' advocates, U.S. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) has urged the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to begin long-expected work on renovating a facility for homeless vets at the West Los Angeles VA campus.... -
1-800-GET-THIN centers criticized
Weight-loss surgeons from across the United States are attempting to distance themselves from surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising for Lap-Band surgery.
In a letter to House members considering a congressional investigation of...Tags: Weight, Weight, Health, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Hospitals and Clinics
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