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House Sends Health Care Overhaul Bill To Obama With 219-212 Vote
Associated Press WriterA transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage. On the cusp of succeeding where numerous...Tags: Allen Boyd, Bart Stupak, Barack Obama, New York, Health
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Beverly Hills subway video: Two thumbs up for explosions!
Do Joss Whedon's kids go to Beverly Hills High School? I ask because the school district's parent teacher council recently came out with a video -- apparently made by parents of kids in the district, some of whom work in the entertainment industry --...
Tags: Transportation, Los Angeles Times, PTA, Explosions, Science
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Letters: Beverly Hills and the Westside subway
Re "Clear the tracks, Beverly Hills," Editorial, April 21 Ever since Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) prevented our subway from being finished by pushing though a ban on federal funds for tunneling under Wilshire Boulevard on the Westside, we have...Tags: Transportation, Subway Transportation, Travel, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Cummings seeks Wal-Mart investigation
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in...Tags: Walmart, Economy, Business and Finance, Corruption, Corporate Crime, The New York Times
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Wal-Mart under fire, accused of paying bribes in Mexico; Executives could face U.S. prison terms
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claims that U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart used payoffs to speed zoning and other permits in its break-neck Mexican expansion is sparking soul-searching in Mexico, where crowded government offices are the working grounds of shadowy...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Walmart, Corporate Crime, The New York Times, Punishment
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Apple's record profits; Beverly Hills and the Westside subway, Mayor Villaraigosa's budget proposal
Apple's big days Re "Apple's profit nearly doubles," Business, April 25 The article describing the profits of Apple is but one of several such announcements of record profits in many industries that appear in newspapers regularly. This at a time when...
Tags: Social Issues, Jim Nielsen, Janice Hahn, Rob Woodall, Subway Transportation
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Internet sensations the Gregory Brothers Auto-Tune the world
There's a passage at the end of "Auto-Tune the News #4," one of the Gregory Brothers' slightly less popular videos (it's been viewed roughly 750k times, compared with 30 million views of their "Double Rainbow Song"), when former House Speaker Newt...Tags: Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Joe Biden, CBS Corp., Entertainment, MSNBC (tv network)
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Casey, Schwartz named to payroll conference committee
Pennsylvania Ave.Ending weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to...... -
Apple, Android must better protect kids who use apps, FTC says
Apple and Android need to do more to protect young consumers who buy apps on mobile devices, according to an FTC report released Thursday.
In "Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Dis app ointing" (ha ha), the FTC examined 8,000 mobile...Tags: Consumers, Computer Hardware, Apple iPhone, Security, Tim Cook
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Darrell Issa's political theater
When Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a hearing Thursday on religious freedom and the mandate that health insurers cover contraception, he ignited a firestorm of...Tags: Birth Control, Health, Family Planning, Justice and Rights, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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Year in Review: Congress' 10 biggest enemies of the Earth
Opinion L.A.Republicans launched an unprecedented frontal assault against environmental protections and regulations this year, prompting Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to call his chamber "the most anti-environment House in history." Here are the 10 most powerful and... -
Casey, Schwartz named to payroll tax committee
Call Washington BureauEnding weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to negotiate...Tags: Jack Reed, Xavier Becerra, Sander M Levin, U.S. Senate, Parties and Movements
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