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Jackson witness: It would be 'conflict' for AEG to hire doctor
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.A retired music executive testified Monday in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial that it would be "highly inappropriate" and "highly unusual" move for a concert promoter or producer to hire a physician for an artist. Former Capitol Records...Tags: Capitol Records, Conrad Murray, Religion and Belief, General Practitioners, Michael Jackson
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Blue Shield may take L.A. contract from Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Shield of California, already facing a Los Angeles ethics complaint over potential conflicts of interest, is poised to take a lucrative health insurance contract for city workers away from rival Anthem Blue Cross. The proposed three-year deal is...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Career and Workplace, Religion and Belief, Collective Contract
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Guantanamo, hunger strikes and medical ethics
As prisoners continue to wage a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, a pointed opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine argues that military physicians who oversee such feedings are guilty of aggravated assault and should...
Tags: Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Career and Workplace, General Practitioners, Values
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Girl's lung transplant leaves thorny ethical questions
The emails arrived by the dozens. Then the hundreds. Then the thousands. Family and friends of Sarah Murnaghan had posted an online petition demanding that the 10-year-old, whose lungs were ravaged by cystic fibrosis, be given the same access as...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Religion and Belief, Justice System, Values
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Michael Jackson case: AEG exec admits Murray characterizations wrong
Confronted with emails he wrote five days before Michael Jackson's death, the chief executive of AEG Live admitted Monday his characterizations of Conrad Murray, the doctor who gave the singer the fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol, were wrong. Randy...
Tags: AEG, Conrad Murray, Religion and Belief, Michael Jackson, Values
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Preserving the history of the Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project, the secret research mission to develop an atomic weapon ahead of Germany and bring an end to World War II, was one of the 20th century's most ambitious feats of science and engineering. And one of its darkest moments. In many...
Tags: National Parks, Religion and Belief, Explosions, Science, U.S. Senate
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California Assembly OKs measure giving ethics agency more powers
The state’s ethics watchdog agency would have new powers to launch civil and administrative prosecutions against public officials for conflict-of-interest violations under a bill approved Friday by the California Assembly. Under current law, if...
Tags: Roger Dickinson, Religion and Belief, Ben Hueso, Public Officials, Paul Fong
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Review: 'The East' a complex, provocative morality tale
"The East" is a provocative industrial espionage thriller that pits counterculture revolutionaries intent on exposing corporate villainy against the undercover intelligence specialists paid exceedingly well to keep their compromised clientele clean. By...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Sundance Film Festival, Movies, The Company You Keep (movie), Patricia Clarkson
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Lawsuit alleging that Feuer manipulated ethics laws is thrown out
A lawsuit alleging that City Atty.-elect Mike Feuer manipulated ethics laws to financially benefit his campaign has been thrown out of court. The action had been filed by a supporter of Feuer's rival, Carmen Trutanich. Los Angeles County Superior...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Religion and Belief, Justice System, Values
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Activist files more complaints against Mike Feuer campaign
A Westside activist who has previously complained to authorities about former lawmaker Mike Feuer and his campaign for Los Angeles city attorney has filed additional documents with state and local government watchdog agencies accusing Feuer of more...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Religion and Belief, Politics, Values, Carmen Trutanich
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O.C. supervisors deny $20,000 increase for grand jury
The first grand jury report described Orange County as being a "hotbed of corruption, conflict of interest and abuse of authority" while the next blamed political leaders for the "implosion" of the county's health plan for the poor. This week, jurors...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Justice System, Sexual Misconduct, Values
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Newton: The mayoral money trap
There are good reasons for most of the city's campaign finance laws. Individual contribution limits are intended to keep a single donor from purchasing the support of a candidate. Public financing is intended to level the playing field between...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Wendy Greuel, Values, Politics, Eric Garcetti
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