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    Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. NYC tobacco policy would most curb youngest teens: researcher

    New York City officials, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced Monday that they will seek to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city’s five boroughs from 18 to 21 years of age. 
    New York City officials, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced Monday that they will seek to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city’s five boroughs from 18 to 21 years of age.  Although the proposed rule...

    Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Health and Safety at School, University of California, Irvine

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Smoking and the right to dumb choices

    As thoroughly awful as everyone knows cigarettes to be — still the No. 1 cause of premature death in this country — public officials walk a blurry line when they try to reduce smoking's terrible toll. As long as they lack the will to ban tobacco altogether, they face all sorts of ethical, legal and political problems in regulating a product that is, after all, perfectly legal.
    As thoroughly awful as everyone knows cigarettes to be — still the No. 1 cause of premature death in this country — public officials walk a blurry line when they try to reduce smoking's terrible toll. As long as they lack the will to ban...

    Tags: Advertising, Michael Bloomberg, OxyContin (drug), Marketing, Tobacco Products

    3. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. EMILY's List creates independent group to boost Greuel candidacy

    EMILY’s List, a political organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, has created an independent expenditure committee and seeded it with $400,000 to buoy Wendy Greuel’s bid for Los Angeles mayor, according to documents filed with the City Ethics Commission on Tuesday.
    EMILY’s List, a political organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women, has created an independent expenditure committee and seeded it with $400,000 to buoy Wendy Greuel’s bid for Los Angeles mayor, according to documents...

    Tags: Local Elections, Wendy Greuel, Government, Politics, Elections

    4. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 6 New York officials charged in political corruption scandal

    A lawmaker was so eager to be New York City’s next mayor that he tried to buy his way into the election, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday, as they announced charges of bribery, extortion and fraud against the legislator as well as a New York City councilman and four other political figures.
    A lawmaker was so eager to be New York City’s next mayor that he tried to buy his way into the election, prosecutors alleged on Tuesday, as they announced charges of bribery, extortion and fraud against the legislator as well as a New York City...

    Tags: FBI, Local Elections, Real Estate Sellers, Michael Bloomberg, Bribery

    5. Mar 15, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  5. L.A. mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel wins backing of Emily's List

    L.A. NOW
    Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel announced the backing of Emily's List....
    6. Oct 24, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. An NYC-style sugary-soda ban in D.C.?

    Several Washington, D.C., lawmakers say they're considering a ban on large sugary drinks mirroring the one recently approved by the New York City Board of Health.
    Several Washington, D.C., lawmakers say they're considering a ban on large sugary drinks mirroring the one recently approved by the New York City Board of Health. District of Columbia Councilwoman Mary M. Cheh said on Twitter that she is "open to...

    Tags: Children's Health, Vincent Gray, Obesity, Radio Industry

    7. Oct 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. The sugar battle: Cereal companies cut sweets; soda industry sues

    The food and beverage industry has made some major moves in recent days in the struggle over super-sweet products.
    The food and beverage industry has made some major moves in recent days in the struggle over super-sweet products. Major cereal-makers Nestle and General Mills pledged to cut sugar and salt content in children's breakfast cereals abroad, while soda and...

    Tags: Starbucks Corp., Weight, Michael Bloomberg, Consumer Goods Industries, Obesity

    8. Feb 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Morning Fix: Kids and Hollywood hustles! Janet Jackson on 'X Factor'?

    Company Town
    Kids who want to be stars in Hollywood may learn some hard lessons. Silicon Valley is invading Madison Avenue. MSNBC has a new star -- Ed Schultz....
    9. Aug 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. For Murdoch, media has often been about friends and influence

    Company Town
    In 1996, the teenage son of a prominent political figure in Washington, D.C., got suspended from his tony prep school. Not wanting to see himself, his family or his boss embarrassed by his son’s actions, the father scrambled to keep......
    10. Sep 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the 'birthplace of hip-hop,' saved by government loan

    Pop & Hiss
    Imperiled by a potential sale from private investors, 1520 Sedgwick Ave., often labeled the "birthplace of hip-hop," has been saved by a $5.6-million loan from the city of New York's New Housing Marketplace plan, a program intended to aid multifamily........
    11. Sep 19, 2006 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  11. Joel Stein: Finally, Some Prime-Time Racism

    I'VE NEVER BEEN interested in "Survivor," but the new, racist "Survivor" — that, I was psyched about. If "Battle of the Network Stars" made good TV, weekly competitions between poorly fed "tribes" of African Americans, whites, Asians and Latinos...

    Tags: Social Issues, Justice and Rights, National or Ethnic Minorities, Campbell Soup Company, Civil Rights

    12. Jan 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Jose Torres dies at 72; former light heavyweight world champion

    Jose Torres, a former light heavyweight world champion and Olympic silver medalist, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Ponce, Puerto Rico, said his wife, Ramonita. He was 72. Torres won the light heavyweight title in 1965 by stopping Willie...

    Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Regional Authority, Muhammad Ali, Politics, Ku Klux Klan

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