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Lance Armstrong, born Sept. 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas, is a champion professional cyclist, who has won the Tour De France seven times (every year between 1999 and 2005) in his career. Armstrong is also notable for overcoming testicular cancer and has a charitable foundation, which is well-known for its yellow Livestrong bracelets. Armstrong also won the UCI Road World Championships and United States National Road Race Championships in 1993. (Photo GETTY IMAGES)
Lance Armstrong, born Sept. 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas, is a champion professional cyclist, who has won the Tour De France seven times (every year between 1999 and 2005) in his career. Armstrong is also notable for overcoming testicular cancer and has a charitable foundation, which is well-known for its yellow Livestrong bracelets. Armstrong also won the UCI Road World Championships and United States National Road Race Championships in 1993. (Photo GETTY IMAGES)
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Voters back tobacco tax but split on term-limits change
PolitiCalA proposed $1-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes remains highly popular among California voters, but they are split over whether to change the state’s 22-year-old term limits law, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The two... -
California voters favor tobacco tax, less sure on term limits
SACRAMENTO — A proposed $1-a-pack tax increase on cigarettes is popular among California voters, but they are split over whether to change the state's 22-year-old term limits law, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows. The two measures...
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Tour de theft targets high-end racing bikes
Jet Tanner was sound asleep in his Irvine home on a March night when he was awakened by the sound of crashing glass. He ran to the front of the house just as the thieves were pulling away. They left a computer and a flat-screen television. In fact, the...
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Tobacco company ads take aim at Proposition 29
Every morning when UC San Diego physicist Herbert Levine laces up his running shoes and chugs alongside Mission Bay, his earphones crackle with radio ads opposing a proposed $1-per-pack cigarette tax to raise money for cancer research. The ads are funded...
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No on Prop. 29
What's to like about taxes? Most people view them at best as a necessary evil to help pay for robust government services — a public benefit. But cigarette taxes are an anomaly. In their case, the tax itself is a public benefit. Proposition 29, which...
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Think of the tobacco tax as user fee
SACRAMENTO — Let's begin with the basics: Tobacco companies are inherently evil. They peddle poison that causes cancer and addicts people to their killer products. Second, smoking is nuts. Smokers know that. Spare the lectures. Can't stop, they...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Don Perata, Companies and Corporations, Health and Medical Professionals
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Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is living with his decisions
As an athlete, an Olympic swimmer with goals different from, say, someone who earns a living as a businessman or artist or construction worker, Eric Shanteau made decisions that might raise an eyebrow. In 2008, less than a week before the U.S. Olympic...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Charity, Japan, Testicular Cancer, Trials
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Tobacco companies add $15 million to fight cigarette tax
PolitiCalTobacco companies are stepping up their efforts to defeat Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack. On Friday, the parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported giving...... -
Proposition 29 and the contributions of political campaigns
No matter how you feel about Meg Whitman, head of Hewlett-Packard, former head of eBay, you'd have to concede that one of her biggest contributions to the California economy was as candidate for California governor. She lavished about $160 million on...
Tags: Politics, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cancer, Health Organizations, Meg Whitman
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Big Tobacco adds nearly $9 million to fight against cigarette tax
PolitiCalThe parent companies of Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. reported nearly $9 million in contributions to the campaign against Proposition 29, the June ballot measure that would hike cigarette taxes by $1 per pack.... -
Woman accused of impersonating police officer arrested
L.A. NOWA woman wearing a dark blue outfit and claiming to be a police officer ended up in the back of a Pasadena police cruiser Thursday for impersonating a law enforcement officer, according to Pasadena police. At 2:45 p.m. Thursday, a...... -
Two officers are released from hospital after crash in Jefferson Park
L.A. NOWTwo Los Angeles police officers were released from the hospital for minor injuries after their patrol car was struck by an unlicensed driver in the Jefferson Park area Friday night, according to authorities....
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