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Don't be tricked into applying for an online payday loan
The envelope looked official enough. "Confidential materials enclosed," it said on the outside. "Unauthorized use strictly prohibited." Evelyn Potter, 81, could feel something the size of a credit card within. Opening the envelope, she found a plastic...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Interior Policy, Banking, Email, Finance
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For the record
Identification cards: An article in the Oct. 13 LATExtra section about Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's push to issue photo identification cards to help immigrants get banking services said that 4.3 million immigrants live in the city. That number...Tags: Interior Policy, Banking, Antonio Villaraigosa, Immigration, Politics
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'Prince' Roy Bates dies at 91; adventuring monarch of Sealand
A born swashbuckler, Paddy Roy Bates fought in the Spanish Civil War as a teenager, faced a Greek firing squad in World War II and had a German stick bomb explode in his face. But the sturdy Brit recovered from his injuries, married a beauty queen and...
Tags: Interior Policy, Petroleum Industry, Alzheimer's Disease, Entertainment, England
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An immigrant in limbo between two Americas
Maria Gomez stood with the Class of 2011, waiting to climb the stage. The sun was bright on the UCLA campus, her fellow graduates buoyant. To reach this elite company, she'd worked baby-sitting and housecleaning jobs, scraping up tuition from quarter...
Tags: Asthma, University of California, Irvine, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Starbucks Corp.
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Do-not-call list is almost like a feel-free-to-call-any-time list
Like many people, Marlys Burke was thrilled when federal authorities unveiled a "do-not-call list" in 2003. She signed up immediately in hopes of keeping telemarketers at bay. Nearly a decade later, how are things going? "Not good," said Burke, 78, of...
Tags: Interior Policy, Science and Technology, Technology, Marketing, Companies and Corporations
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Letters to the Travel editor
Frequent-flier trip delivered Not all frequent-flier airline experiences ("Frequent Flier, Here's How to Take Your Seat," On the Spot, Sept. 2, by Catharine Hamm) are negative: After I jokingly offered my rabbi miles in exchange for a personally guided...Tags: Interior Policy, China, Religion and Belief, Subway Transportation, Judaism
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Stolen identity keeps making trouble, 15 years later
The letter from debt collector Resurgent Capital Services arrived at my home the other day. Enclosed was a bill for $2,852.56, originally run up in the 1990s on a Citibank credit card. The name on the account: Derrick Davis. That would be the same...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Interior Policy, Social Security, Lawyers, Consumers
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Syrian rebels check passports at border crossing from Turkey
World NowThe Syrian rebel flag flies side by side with the Turkish flag at the Bab al-Salameh border crossing, a quiet stop between the two countries traversed mostly by refugees, journalists and the wounded. Rebels attacked and took over the crossing on July 22... -
After data breach, new rules for sending sensitive information
PolitiCalA data breach that jeopardized personal information for more than 700,000 people has spurred California officials to change how they transport sensitive information. Packages of payroll data, including Social Security numbers, will be delivered by courier... -
Fidel Castro's niece heading to Bay Area with rare U.S. visa
World NowMariela Castro, the outspoken daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro and niece of his brother Fidel, is scheduled to appear this week at a major conference in San Francisco after receiving a controversial U.S. visitor's visa.... -
Patt Morrison Asks: U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
Ahigh school counselor in La Puente once told Hilda Solis' mother that the girl really ought to forget about college and become a secretary. Well, so she has. Hilda Solis is the U.S. secretary of Labor. The daughter of factory workers and ardent union...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, AT&T Corp., Environmental Politics, Career and Workplace, Retirement
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U.S. troops posed with body parts of Afghan bombers
The paratroopers had their assignment: Check out reports that Afghan police had recovered the mangled remains of an insurgent suicide bomber. Try to get iris scans and fingerprints for identification. The 82nd Airborne Division soldiers arrived at the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Suicide, Bombings, Police Investigations, Davan Maharaj
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