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When public infrastructure goes private
Consider some of the things that have bound our nation together: Universal postal service at a flat rate, whether you live in Santa Monica or Sitka, Alaska. Interstate highways, built with taxpayer funds and free of tolls. Regulated phone and electric...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Google Inc., Finance, Sociology, Time Warner Cable Inc.
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Clippers succeed thanks to him and really crummy Lakers
I don't want to take all of the credit for bringing the Clippers together; like Chris Paul, I'm more interested in the assist. But as soon as I got on the guys for losing sight of the finish line, they won a division title. You can look it up —...
Tags: Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Pacific Division (NHL)
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A federal judge takes on 'copyright trolls'
There are trolls who live under bridges in fantasy novels. Then there are "copyright trolls." The latter have always occupied one of the most squalid corners of the legal system. They're people or firms that acquire copyrights to movies, music or...Tags: Pornography, Arbitration, Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation and Regulation, Justice System
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Newton: Endorsement games
Over the past few weeks, the race for mayor of Los Angeles has been less a contest of ideas and leadership than it's been an endorsement roulette, with Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti trotting out their latest pledges of support as...
Tags: Jim Newton, Jose Huizar, Maxine Waters, Elections, Bill Clinton
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Kings, Jonathan Bernier find their way in 3-2 victory over Stars
DALLAS — Jonathan Bernier played goal Sunday with a heavy heart, still grieving the recent death of his maternal grandmother, Georgette St-Gelais. "It's never an easy time to go through," said Bernier, who missed the Kings' trip to the White...
Tags: Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Kyle Clifford, Travel, Ray Whitney
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Ducks reach another level in 4-2 victory over the Blackhawks
Rising above the muck of a lockout-compacted schedule to play gloriously intense hockey in mid-March, the Chicago Blackhawks and Ducks pushed each other to great heights. Their fast-paced, energetic battle Wednesday at Honda Center reinforced their status...
Tags: Ryan Getzlaf, Honda Center, Cam Fowler, Luca Sbisa, Jonas Hiller
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New blue harmony in Dodgers' opening-day win
It was a mound of mystique, on a day of magic. Sandy Koufax threw the first pitch. Clayton Kershaw threw the last pitch. Koufax brought thousands of Dodger Stadium fans to their feet. Kershaw kept them there. In a day filled with symmetry and sizzle,...
Tags: Dodger Stadium, Magic Johnson, Blake Griffin, Clayton Kershaw, Baseball
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Bankruptcy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Employment Opportunities
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Newton: An all-male City Council?
Imagine if Los Angeles, with a population that is roughly half Latino, had just one or even no Latinos in elected office. There would be protests and political recriminations in every election cycle. There would be lawsuits and threats of lawsuits. The...
Tags: Jan Perry, Laura Chick, Jose Huizar, Jim Newton, Crime, Law and Justice
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A crucial step toward retirement security for the working class
It's amazing, and depressing, when political compromise functions only to throw obstacles in the way of ideas that bring the greatest good to the greatest number of people. Today's example: the long, tortuous road to bringing more retirement security to...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Yale University, Employment Opportunities, Interior Policy
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The Magic Castle's Milt Larsen: Why humans need magic
Milt Larsen is a master of two kinds of magic. There's the abracadabra kind that his magician parents brought him up on, and the sort he began practicing with his late brother, Bill — the magic of preserving buildings, including the Variety Arts...
Tags: Patt Morrison, Television Industry, Music, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, New Year's Day
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UCLA wants more than Ben Howland could deliver—and it's entitled to
How can they fire a coach who just won a conference championship? How can they fire a leader who spent 10 years winning more than twice as many games as he lost? How can they fire a salesman who last season brought in the No. 2-ranked recruiting class...
Tags: Basketball, UCLA Bruins, Shabazz Muhammad, National Basketball Association, Sports
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