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    Feb 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Allergan halts Lap-Band sales to 1-800-GET-THIN clinics

    The maker of the Lap-Band will no longer sell its product to clinics affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company — a blow to Southern California surgery centers that have built an empire implanting the weight-loss devices in people looking to shed pounds.
    The maker of the Lap-Band will no longer sell its product to clinics affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN marketing company — a blow to Southern California surgery centers that have built an empire implanting the weight-loss devices in people...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, Food and Drug Administration, Elections, Companies and Corporations

    2. Dec 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Explosion fears: House OKs pipeline safety bill; Senate up next

    Nation Now
    A pipeline safety bill that gained momentum after a spate of incidents around the country, including last year's deadly explosion in Northern California, cleared the House with unusual speed on Monday. The pipeline safety bill was expected to move quickly...
    3. Dec 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Darrell Issa: California uncooperative in gas-mileage probe

    Nation Now
    Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican who chairs the House oversight committee, is accusing his home state of failing to fully cooperate with his probe of California's role in the Obama administration’s setting of tougher federal fuel-economy...
    4. Feb 1, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Indoor tanning: Not as sunny as depicted, Congress' Democrats say

    Nation Now
    The indoor tanning industry is providing false and misleading information about the health risks of tanning, congressional Democrats say. Their criticism follows an investigation in which their staff, including college interns, phoned salons...
    5. Feb 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Anger bubbles up in Congress over anti-obesity ads targeting soda

    Nation Now
    Taxpayer-funded anti-obesity ads targeting soda aren’t going down well with a Tennessee congressman, who has introduced legislation to prohibit federal spending on any campaigns targeting legal American-made products....
    6. Oct 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Berman-Sherman battle is one Democrats would rather not have

    Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington -- Rep. Howard Berman hasn't had to fight for a job since Richard Nixon defeated George McGovern and M*A*S*H made its television debut. That was 1972, when he won a state Assembly seat in his first race. Now the...

    Tags: Steven Spielberg, Richard Nixon, Antonio Villaraigosa, Republican Party, Bill Clinton

    7. Oct 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Artists' royalty suit may hinge on constitutional issue

    Culture Monster
    A class action suit against Christie's and Sotheby's claims that the auction houses violated a California law requiring California sellers to pay a 5% resale royalty to the artist who created the resold work. The courts upheld the state law more than 30...
    8. Jun 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Waxman and Feinstein renew push for homeless vets

    Opinion L.A.
    The lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union filed against the Veterans Administration last week reflects a split among local leaders over how best to solve the problem of homelessness among local veterans. On one side are such governmental...
    9. May 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    10. Sep 2, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Gulf oil: new explosion boosts support for moratorium

    Greenspace
    The new explosion on a gulf oil production platform Thursday revved up support for the Obama administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling, just as oil companies were mounting an offensive against the measure. “Today’s news comes as no surprise,...
    11. Oct 7, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Lenders face pressure in California to stop foreclosures

    Money & Company
    Lenders are coming under increasing pressure in California to halt foreclosures. Two advocacy groups -- the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Greenlining Institute of Berkeley -- this week called for a California...
    12. Sep 20, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Book review: 'Yellow Dirt'

    Studded with vivid character sketches and evocative descriptions of the American landscape, journalist Judy Pasternak's scarifying account of uranium mining's disastrous consequences often reads like a novel — though you will wish that the bad guys got punished as effectively as they do in commercial fiction. Real life is complicated, and Pasternak, a veteran of 24 years with the Los Angeles Times, does justice to the historical and ethical ambiguities of her tale while crafting a narrative of exemplary clarity.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Studded with vivid character sketches and evocative descriptions of the American landscape, journalist Judy Pasternak's scarifying account of uranium mining's disastrous consequences often reads like a novel — though you will wish that the bad...

    Tags: Utah, World War II (1939-1945), Documentary (genre), Metal and Mineral, Arizona

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