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Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race
Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...
Tags: Social Issues, Mexico, Jan Perry, Richard Riordan, Health Insurance Cost
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Drones: Killing enemies, and creating them [Blowback]
In his Feb. 5 Op-Ed article, "The case for drone strikes," Michael W. Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, Barack Obama, Politics
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Sia Nyorkor
Email Sia: snyorkor@kwch.com Like Sia on Facebook: Sia Nyorkor Facebook Follow Sia on Twitter: @SiaKWCH12 Sia joined KWCH in October 2012 as a Multimedia Reporter and is thrilled to be back in the Mighty Midwest! Born and raised in Indianapolis,...
Tags: Murder, MTV (tv network), Liberia, Television Networks, Gainesville
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South Korea tycoon sentenced for embezzling more than $40 million
A South Korean executive was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for embezzling more than $40 million from his conglomerate, the third-largest of the massive and powerful chaebols that have long dominated the South Korean economy. SK Group...
Tags: Punishment, Corporate Crime, Samsung Group, Embezzlement, South Korea
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Reuben Pannor dies at 90; trailblazer for open adoptions
People have an intrinsic right to know their ancestry — at least Reuben Pannor thought so. A Los Angeles social worker and trailblazer for the open-adoption movement, Pannor co-wrote "The Adoption Triangle," a 1978 book that served as the...
Tags: Social Issues, Atlantic Ocean, Labor Legislation, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S. Army
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Climate change could cut Western water runoff by 10%
Another climate change study is projecting declines in runoff in many parts of the West, a scenario that would put more pressure on the region’s water supplies. Using new model simulations, scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth...
Tags: Global Change, Science and Technology, Conservation, Weather, Environmental Issues
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Da Chen on his new novel, 'My Last Empress.' He's in L.A. Thursday
Da Chen hit bestseller lists in 1999 with his first book, the memoir "Colors of the Mountain." That, and its sequel, "Sounds of the River," told of the hardships he experienced while growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Chen had moved...
Tags: Google+, Research, Arts and Culture, Literature, Apple iPad
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Larry S. Gibson's book on Thurgood Marshall examines the forces in Baltimore that shaped young judge
Forty-three years of letters, photographs, campaign buttons, itineraries and the occasional miniature flag are crammed into 2,000 fat binders lining three walls — floor to ceiling — of a storage room in the University of Maryland School of...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Lawyers, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Salads, Laurence Fishburne
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Meijer heir helps Hurricane Sandy victims
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Like thousands of other volunteers, Peter Meijer has been working non-stop helping the victims of Hurricane Sandy. His long days transitioned from preparing evacuation shelters to search and rescue efforts to clean up...Tags: Meijer, Inc., Hypothermia, Manhattan (New York City), West Point, Armed Forces
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Legg Mason Capital Management's chief investment strategist resigns
Legg Mason Capital Management's chief investment strategist, Michael J. Mauboussin, resigned as of Jan. 2, said Mary Athridge, Legg Mason Inc.'s spokeswoman. Mauboussin's resignation is not a surprise, and he's expected to announce his plans in the...Tags: Legg Mason, Inc., Bill Miller
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Central Floridian of the Year Deirdre Macnab: League's leader, inspired by history, fights for voters
Winter Park's Deirdre Macnab regularly travels across Florida to talk to groups about her organization's mission. Sometimes she dresses as Susan B. Anthony, the fearless leader of America's women's suffrage movement. The costume is a good fit for...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Orange County (New York), Orange County (Florida), Voting, Finance
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Reviewing the news
25 years ago Editor named to nominate Pulitzers Ken Winter, Petoskey News-Review editor and general manager, will go to Columbia University next month to help nominate recipients for this year's Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Winter has been named a...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Awards and Prizes, Politics, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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