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Hundreds oppose China refinery project in mostly peaceful protests
BEIJING -- Surrounded and pushed back by police, hundreds of people shouted and marched again in the southern China city of Kunming to protest the construction of a petrochemical plant. It was the second time this month that demonstrators gathered in...
Tags: PetroChina Company Limited, Fishing, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance
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Choi and O'Farrell in contentious battle for council seat
Mitch O'Farrell is probably the only candidate running for Los Angeles City Council who can do a backward handspring, no problem. Before taking a job a decade ago as a field deputy in the office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, O'Farrell, 52, spent years as a...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Antonio Villaraigosa, Port of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, Family
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Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state
SACRAMENTO — California may finally be free of deficits, but Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a cautious budget Tuesday, saying the state's financial condition remains treacherously unstable. Brown put lawmakers on notice that he had no desire to ratchet...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Energy Saving, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Darrell Steinberg
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Procedures and Tests, Family, Arts and Culture, Health Insurance
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Whooping Cough, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, AIDS, Social Media
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Is $1,721.75 the bill you'd expect for treating a cut?
It was your basic, run-of-the-mill accident. Kim Haselhoff's 9-year-old son got nipped in the finger by one of the family dogs. It didn't seem too serious, but there was a bit of blood. Unfortunately, the pediatrician's office had just closed, and the...
Tags: Tylenol (drug), Medicare, Prices, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Poll: The feds' selective scrutiny of tax-exempt 'patriots'
Vindicating the complaints of some "tea party" activists, a top IRS official admitted Friday that the agency had singled out such groups for scrutiny in the months leading up to the 2012 election. The revelation (accompanied by an apology from Lois...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Religion and Belief, NAACP, John Boehner, George W. Bush
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Absenteeism costs U.S. business $84 billion a year, report says
Employee absenteeism due to poor health costs U.S. businesses an estimated $84 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a new study. The annual cost ranges from $24.2 billion in professional fields to $160 million among agricultural workers,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Employees
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Catholic 'Sharia' in Pittsburgh
In the post-9/11 culture wars over Islamic fundamentalism, American conservatives — properly — have condemned attempts in Muslim countries to punish blasphemy or insults to the prophet Muhammad. It will be interesting to see if they are...
Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Islam, Arts and Culture
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Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show
New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation's hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The...
Tags: Medicare, Prices, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pneumonia, Healthcare Policies
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Bill would ban junk food from vending machines at state offices
Proposed legislation to remove junk food and sugar-loaded drinks from vending machines at California state office buildings and on government property is intensifying debate about when the battle against obesity becomes a gateway to "nanny state" tactics....
Tags: Holly J. Mitchell, Career and Workplace, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Gavin Newsom, Weight
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For Wal-Mart, should healthcare be a cost of doing business?
Big employers beware -- some California lawmakers want to pressure you to extend health insurance to virtually everyone who lands on your payroll, even part-timers who work less than two hours a day. That's one of the effects that a bill by...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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