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In L.A. school board race, sky-high spending continues
Record spending will continue in the last remaining race for a seat on the Los Angeles school board, as a political action committee has put together a war chest of about $600,000 to use on behalf of a candidate endorsed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa....
Tags: Political Fundraising, Los Angeles Unified School District, Elections, Michelle Rhee, Teaching and Learning
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NY proposal would make 21 minimum age for tobacco
No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a new proposal announced Monday that marks the latest in a decade of moves to crack down on smoking in the nation's largest city. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Grocery Coupons, Health, New York City, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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L.A. school reform effort draws diverse group of wealthy donors
They hail from New York, the Silicon Valley, Arkansas, Los Angeles and elsewhere. They are a rich and diverse lot, including Republicans, liberals, Hollywood notables and international corporate executives. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, L.A....
Tags: Media Industry, Netflix Inc., Walmart, Michelle Rhee, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Boy Scouts proposal would lift ban on gay youths
The Boy Scouts of America announced Friday a proposal to allow gay youths to join the program, a move that, if approved, would mark a dramatic shift for one of the nation's oldest and most traditional youth organizations. The proposal, which would...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Mitt Romney, Religious Events, Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations
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Santa Monica wins Eliasson sculpture; awaits a much bigger one
Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as...
Tags: Sculpture, Arts and Culture, New York City, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Gun control backers consider strategy after Senate defeat
WASHINGTON — Supporters of stricter gun laws have organization, money and — after the Senate blocked an expansion of background-check requirements — fury. What they don't have is a clear path to changing the political arithmetic of the...
Tags: Politics, Susan Collins, John McCain, National Rifle Association of America, Mark Begich
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Swift, hopeful reaction to immigration bill
WASHINGTON – An eagerly awaited immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators arrived early Wednesday, an 844-page bill that both the political left and right now see as the best chance in decades to achieve fix a broken immigration...
Tags: Immigration, Luis Gutierrez, Career and Workplace, Dick Durbin, Politics
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Proposed soda ban likely to backfire, study finds
After New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg unveiled his plan to ban the sale of sodas larger than 16 ounces, comedian Jon Stewart complained that the proposal "combines the draconian government overreach people love with the probable lack of results they...
Tags: The Daily Show (tv program), New York City, Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology, Consumers
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Letters: Misspent school money
Re "Diverse donors unite for school changes," April 15 I have 36 fifth-graders packed into a classroom with the same battered chairs and desks that have been in the room for 18 years, and no doubt several years before me. Maybe this assorted bunch of...
Tags: Elections, Politics
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In Senate gun control vote, tyranny of the minority
"We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone." — National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, in testimony before the...Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Career and Workplace, Lobbying, Firearms, Politics
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Senate rejects gun background check measure
WASHINGTON — Gun control advocates had told themselves this time would be different. It wasn't. The two-decade deadlock that has gripped congressional efforts to act on gun control continued Wednesday as a measure to require more gun buyers to...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Shootings, Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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US arms control advocates must show they like guns
NEW YORK (AP) — Lobbying for gun control in the United States often means proving how much you like firearms. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose state recently passed some of the strictest gun control measures in the country, often reminds people...
Tags: Joe Biden, Gabrielle Giffords, Shootings, Firearms, Politics
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