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    Oct 13, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  1. Naked Ambition

    Spin Cycle
    Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1) Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), who compared GOP presidential tactics to those of segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace. 2) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who said Barack Obama...

    Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, Georgia, Republican Party, Michael Bloomberg

    2. Dec 15, 2008 |Blog| Newsday

  2. NYC's Chris Quinn: Caroline Kennedy news "exciting"

    Spin Cycle
    Now the phone lines are fully burning. With Gov. David A. Paterson having said he chatted with Caroline Kennedy about the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Secretary of State designee Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Quinn, Democratic speaker......

    Tags: Hillary Clinton, David A. Paterson, Caroline Kennedy

    3. Feb 19, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  3. Barack Obama: 'Urban president,' office

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva President Barack Obama is "the urban president,'' a first in modern times, schooled in New York City, trained in community organization in Chicago, resident of the South Side. And now he has a director of urban affairs.......

    Tags: New York, NAACP, Bill Clinton, Transportation, Academic Progress

    4. Apr 27, 2009 |Blog| Newsday

  4. Queens: The seat changes, the name remains?

    Spin Cycle
    Mark Weprin won a special election in Northeastern Queens in 1994 to fill the Assembly seat vacated by the death of his father, Assembly Speaker Saul Weprin. Now, Mark Weprin, left, in a political off-year for the Legislature, is......

    Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Mark Weprin, Politics, Parliament, Glen Oaks

    5. Mar 16, 2010 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  5. White House: Counting Latinos critical

    The Swamp
    by Clement Tan The director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs today exhorted Latino Americans to participate fully in the 2010 Census data collection, as Census forms begin to trickle into American homes this week. At an event......

    Tags: White House, Social Issues, Morris Heights, Kingsbridge, Washington (U.S. state)

    6. Sep 19, 2006 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Joel Stein: Finally, Some Prime-Time Racism

    I'VE NEVER BEEN interested in "Survivor," but the new, racist "Survivor" — that, I was psyched about. If "Battle of the Network Stars" made good TV, weekly competitions between poorly fed "tribes" of African Americans, whites, Asians and Latinos...

    Tags: Social Issues, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Coca-Cola Co., Campbell Soup Company

    7. Mar 15, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  7. L.A. mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel wins backing of Emily's List

    L.A. NOW
    Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel announced the backing of Emily's List....
    8. Feb 17, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Morning Fix: Kids and Hollywood hustles! Janet Jackson on 'X Factor'?

    Company Town
    Kids who want to be stars in Hollywood may learn some hard lessons. Silicon Valley is invading Madison Avenue. MSNBC has a new star -- Ed Schultz....
    9. Aug 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. For Murdoch, media has often been about friends and influence

    Company Town
    In 1996, the teenage son of a prominent political figure in Washington, D.C., got suspended from his tony prep school. Not wanting to see himself, his family or his boss embarrassed by his son’s actions, the father scrambled to keep......
    10. Sep 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  10. 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, the 'birthplace of hip-hop,' saved by government loan

    Pop & Hiss
    Imperiled by a potential sale from private investors, 1520 Sedgwick Ave., often labeled the "birthplace of hip-hop," has been saved by a $5.6-million loan from the city of New York's New Housing Marketplace plan, a program intended to aid multifamily........
    11. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. NYC tobacco policy would most curb youngest teens: researcher

    New York City officials, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced Monday that they will seek to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city’s five boroughs from 18 to 21 years of age. 
    New York City officials, with the blessing of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced Monday that they will seek to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in the city’s five boroughs from 18 to 21 years of age.  Although the proposed rule...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of California, Irvine, Health, New York City, Michael Bloomberg

    12. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Smoking and the right to dumb choices

    As thoroughly awful as everyone knows cigarettes to be — still the No. 1 cause of premature death in this country — public officials walk a blurry line when they try to reduce smoking's terrible toll. As long as they lack the will to ban tobacco altogether, they face all sorts of ethical, legal and political problems in regulating a product that is, after all, perfectly legal.
    As thoroughly awful as everyone knows cigarettes to be — still the No. 1 cause of premature death in this country — public officials walk a blurry line when they try to reduce smoking's terrible toll. As long as they lack the will to ban...

    Tags: Marketing, Tobacco Products, Advertising, OxyContin (drug), Michael Bloomberg

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