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Federal contractors donate to 'super PAC' backing Romney
A "super PAC" that has spent more than $35 million on behalf of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has accepted donations from federal contractors despite a 36-year-old ban against such companies making federal political expenditures.
At least...Tags: Lawyers, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Department of Defense
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'Super PAC' leaders profit from lack of oversight
The Red White and Blue Fund, a "super PAC" backing the presidential bid of Republican Rick Santorum, paid more than half a million dollars last month to a newly formed direct mail firm.
The owner of that company?
None other than Nick Ryan, a former...Tags: Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Charity, Republican Party, Karl Rove
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Election decision may force disclosure of secret donors
WASHINGTON — Advocacy groups spending millions of dollars to influence the 2012 election now face the prospect of having to reveal their secret donors, after a federal appellate court panel refused to block a lower-court order requiring the...
Tags: Laws, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Democratic Party, Judges, Charity
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McManus: Lies, damned lies and political advertising
The television commercial is designed to spark outrage. "Billions of taxpayer dollars spent on green energy went to jobs in foreign countries," it intones. "The Obama administration admitted the truth — that $2.3 billion of tax credits went...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Tax Credits, Art Pope, Democratic Party, Plant Openings
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'Breaking Bad' characters endorse in real school election
Show Tracker"Breaking Bad's" Walter White has weighed in on the upcoming student body elections at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, and he's come down on the side of Maxwell Ulin. Ulin's rival, Summer Kennedy, has an endorsement from "Breaking Bad's" Gus Fring.... -
Assembly panel kills measure to overturn Citizens United
PolitiCalA key Assembly committee Tuesday killed a measure that would have lent California's voice to the national debate on Citizens United, the landmark Supreme Court decision that lifted the ban on direct corporate and union political spending and led to...... -
Fashion reboot: an eco-friendly wardrobe makeover
Los Angeles TimesA lot has been made of organic cotton and other eco-friendly fabrics made from Tencel, hemp and bamboo as fashion rides the mega-trend of environmentalism. But recycled clothes purchased at thrift and consignment stores, as well as upcycled items reworked...Tags: Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Shoes, Clothing, Earth Day, Alexander Wang
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When time allows, 1992 riots are poignant lesson in L.A. schools
They were not even born at the time their city erupted in flames, violence and rage against a system that would not convict Los Angeles police officers of brutally beating a black man.
But high school students Jiaya Ingram, Ashley Torres and Jessica...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Egypt, Culture, India, Prisons
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'Super PACs' largely funded by a wealthy few
When it comes to big money in politics, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons' influence has long been apparent in Texas, where he has plowed more than $1 million into Rick Perry's gubernatorial campaigns.
Now Simmons has found a new outlet for his outsize...Tags: Parties and Movements, Target, Democratic Party, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Weather Underground
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Bingham Ray dies at 57; leading force in independent films
Bingham Ray, the co-founder of October Films, one of the top independent film distribution companies of the 1990s, and a former president of United Artists who was a leading force in independent films for more than two decades, died Monday. He was 57....Tags: Entertainment, Jim Jarmusch, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Robert Duvall
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Obama campaign preparing for major TV ad buy
Republican voters may not have settled yet on a challenger to take on President Obama, but his reelection campaign is laying the groundwork for what could be a major television advertising buy to buttress his standing in the coming months.
Campaign...Tags: Parties and Movements, Primaries, Television Stations, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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'Super PACs' are showing their power
Political committees unfettered by donation limits are dominating the last weeks of the presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, funding aggressive attack campaigns that are swamping the efforts of the candidates themselves.
In Ohio,...Tags: Parties and Movements, Primaries, John Murray, Democratic Party, Charity
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