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Around Town: Bell scandal hits home
On July 15, the Los Angeles Times published the first reports of the inflated salaries of the city of Bell employees.
On Aug. 4, Valley Sun reporter Megan O'Neil followed up on the bloated pensions for recently retired city of Bell employees. ("There...Tags: Politics, Wages and Pensions, Local Elections, Retirement, Interior Policy
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Omar Suleiman dies at 76; former head of Egyptian intelligence
CAIRO — Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former spymaster and a confidant of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, died Thursday in a U.S. hospital, months after his unsuccessful presidential bid to restore the old guard to power after a national revolution, state...
Tags: Political Corruption, Egypt, Politics, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch
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A sequel to a nightmare for Iraqi refugees living in Syria
World NowFor some Iraqi refugees living in Syria, it feels like a sequel to a nightmare. Tens of thousands of Iraqis fled to Syria during the brutal sectarian war that followed the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein. Syria beckoned as a haven of religious... -
Crow delivers perfect folksy bluegrass
Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa Wednesday evening, treating a near-sold out crowd to 80 minutes in folk-rock heaven. Opening act Honey Honey — a cross between KT Tunstall, the Civil Wars,...
Tags: Folk (genre), The Jackson Five (music group), Music Industry, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow
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Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Political Dissent, Activism, Beirut (Lebanon), U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, George W. Bush
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Theater review: '9 Parts of Desire'
Orlando Sentinel theater criticIs it that daunting to be a woman? As a man, maybe I can't fully grasp the tangled emotions of guilt, courage, exhilaration, cynicism and terror of the nine women of "9 Parts of Desire." But the actresses depicting women who have all been affected by...Tags: Celebrities, Metal and Mineral, Building Material, Iraq
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Search For Stowaways In Ship Containers Turns Up Nothing
Pix11.com | @jamesfordtvA container on board a ship that cruised through the Middle East and Pakistan before heading to New York Harbor had everyone from Homeland Security to the Port Authority scrambling to make sure there aren't stowaways on board. A grueling day-long...Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Pakistan, National Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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The mess in the Middle East
Had Israel behaved as the Americans and Europeans desired, today Bashar Assad of Syria would be sitting atop the Golan Heights, and would surely start a war with Israel to divert attention from his domestic troubles. The "unintended consequences" of...Tags: Egypt, Israel, Politics, The New York Times, Public Finance
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New Jersey Muslims file federal lawsuit to stop spying by New York City Police Department
WASHINGTON (AP)— Eight Muslims filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday in New Jersey to force the New York Police Department to end its surveillance and other intelligence-gathering practices targeting Muslims in the years after the 2001 terrorist...
Tags: Politics, Terrorism, New York City Council, Human Rights, Islam
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Internet users, beware
Perhaps it's the third son of the president of Liberia who needs your help transferring untold millions of dollars into U.S. bank accounts. Maybe it's a supposed U.S. soldier who uncovered a secret stash of cash or precious metals in one of Saddam...Tags: Financial and Business Services, U.S. Postal Service
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Vatican: Christians expelled from war-torn Syrian town
World NowMuch of the Christian population of the besieged Syrian city of Qusair has abandoned the town after an “ultimatum” from the rebel military chief there, reports Agenzia Fides, the official Vatican news agency.... -
Ex-Marine guilty of smuggling AK-47, possibly from Hussein's guards
L.A. NOWA former U.S. Marine from Southern California could face up to ten years in federal prison after being convicted of illegal possession of a chrome-plated AK-47 machine gun that authorities say he smuggled back from a tour of duty in Iraq and may have...
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