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Push to Cut CDC’s Vaccine Funds Could Harm CA’s Health
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Another Man Freed by DNA Testing—After 27 Years in Prison
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Sunday Boating in Topanga: “Dude, Are We, Like, Floating?”
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Defending Teachers
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R.I.P Warren Christopher – A Man Who Mattered
The LA Times editorial hits exactly the right note about the exceptionally bright, exceptionally...
Power out and rain craziness so no posting
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Four NY Times Reporters to Be Released
Here’s the NY Times report of Friday morning: Four New York Times journalists missing in...
House Votes to Cut NPR Funding. So, is Public Radio Really Left Biased?
As you likely know, the House of Representatives has passed bill that would defund National Public...
Saving Hamilton High
Students from Hamilton High School music and humanities magnets will be staging a walk out and...
This Real-Time, L.A.-Based Radiation Monitor Says Stop Freaking Out
This radiation freak out reality check is courtesy of GOOD magazine. Here’s the heart of...
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day (Kiss Somebody, Irish or Not)
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Innocence Watch: 20 Years Behind Bars…and More
OUT OF THE FIRST 239 EXONERATIONS PROVEN BY DNA TESTING 175 involved mistaken eyewitness...
Four New York Times Reporters Missing in Libya – UPDATED
The journalists are: Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and the paper’s Beirut...
9th Circuit Rules That Muslim Woman Can Sue About Hijab Removal
It’s astonishing that allowing this suit was even a question. In 2000 Congress passed a law...
Saluting Monday’s New Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers Because…..
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Police Commission Ruling on the Manuel Jamines Shooting: Lawful
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Thinking of Japan, the Blocked California Budget and More
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