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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: Economy, Business and Finance, General Contracting, Justice System, Science and Technology, Barack Obama
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Political Fundraising, Federal Election Commission, Sheldon Adelson, Companies and Corporations
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Voting, Justice System, Barack Obama
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Credit and Debt, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Doyle McManus
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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: Marc Jacobs, Shoes, Earth Day, Alexander Wang, Fashion Trends
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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: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Academic Progress, Teachers, Parenting, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Romney spends heavily in a challenging month
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and a "super PAC" working on his behalf spent more than twice as much as they raised in January, underscoring how persistent challenges by rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have taxed the former...Tags: Meg Whitman, Economy, Business and Finance, Food and Drug Administration, John McCain, Immune System
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Obama's 'super PAC' decision reflects new campaign reality
The Obama campaign's new, friendlier posture toward "super PACs" was the result of an "evolving conversation" on the role of outside money, senior campaign officials said Tuesday, pointing in particular to the dominance of candidate-specific super PACs in...Tags: Charity, Americans for Prosperity, Republican Party, Elections, Politics
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Obama campaign urges donors to back 'super PAC'
In the latest ratcheting-up of this year’s political arms race, President Obama has given the go-ahead to his donors to contribute funds to a “super PAC” set up by two of his former aides, a reversal of his previous opposition to the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Federal Election Commission, Political Fundraising, Mitt Romney
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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: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations
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