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Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cellphone tower case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies. The divide arose when...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Media Industry, Politics, Natural Resources Defense Council, Crime, Law and Justice
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Baseball: Second guessing City Section seeding committee
Varsity Times InsiderThere have been some nightmare experiences through the years involving City Section seeding committees, especially when coaches were involved. Since going to a committee of noncoaches, the seedings have been mostly acceptable, but this latest seeding... -
McManus: Obama's war on red tape
Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about: Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a "vapor recovery nozzle" — was...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Finance, Nursing, Brookings Institution
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Campaign watchdog agency calls for more disclosure by nonprofits
SACRAMENTO -- The state’s campaign watchdog agency is supporting sweeping changes to California’s political finance laws, including proposals to lift the veil of secrecy from nonprofit groups that are spending record amounts of money on...
Tags: Richard S. Gordon, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Fundraising, Laws
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Nasdaq's $62-million payout for Facebook IPO approved
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s proposal to pay brokerages as much as $62 million as compensation for last year's botched Facebook Inc. initial public offering. Nasdaq's trading system was overwhelmed by...
Tags: Politics, Finance, Initial Public Offerings, Social Media, Financing and Stock Offerings
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Britain's plan to regulate the press goes too far
Britain's three major political parties have agreed on a new system of regulating newspapers in the aftermath of shocking invasions of privacy by some tabloid journalists. In this case, unanimity doesn't equal wisdom. The London-based Index on...
Tags: Elizabeth II, Politics, Litigation and Regulation, Government, Parliament
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San Onofre reactor unit could safely be fired up at full power, Edison says
L.A. NOWSouthern California Edison submitted an analysis to federal regulators showing that one of the two reactor units at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant could operate safely at full power for almost a year. The plant has been shuttered since...... -
L.A. Now Live: San Onofre nuclear plant's flawed steam generators
L.A. NOWA report released Friday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission provides the most detailed picture to date of how a flawed system of new steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power plant was designed. Time staff writer Abby Sewell will...... -
Officials rejected some changes to crippled San Onofre generators
L.A. NOWA report on the root causes of problems at the San Onofre nuclear plant shows that officials considered making design changes to the plant’s new steam generators before they were installed but rejected some fixes in part because they would require... -
In the dark on San Onofre
If what two federal lawmakers say is true, there's more to the shutdown at the San Onofre nuclear plant than the public has been told. According to Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a leaked internal report by Mitsubishi Heavy...
Tags: Politics, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physiology, Nuclear Power
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San Onofre design issues probed by regulatory commission
L.A. NOWThe head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that the agency's office of investigations is probing the "completeness and accuracy" of information Southern California Edison has given the agency about equipment at its troubled San... -
Gordon Brush plant owner bristles at red tape tying up expansion
Ken Rakusin is frustrated. You would be too. Since 2009, the owner of Gordon Brush Manufacturing Co. has been trying to expand his 51,000-square-foot City of Commerce factory by 20,000 square feet. That would mean a larger factory floor, more office...
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