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Mailbag: Outraged over pay parking lot
I am writing to express my consternation and outrage at the conversion of the downtown Burbank, 135 E. Olive Ave., post office into a for-profit parking lot after 6 p.m. Let me get this straight: When I get off work at 7 p.m., I am expected to pay for...Tags: Happiness (state of mind), Crimes, Transportation, Travel, Politics
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New library gets another $100K
A planned $53-million replacement of the Central Library inched closer this week after Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) announced he had secured $100,000 for the project. While officials acknowledged that it was a relatively small sum compared with the...Tags: Science and Technology, Amazon.com Inc., Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Netflix Inc.
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Glendale Police Foundation donates DNA sterilization equipment to regional crime laboratory
The Glendale Police Foundation recently donated a vital piece of DNA sterilization equipment to the Police Department’s regional crime laboratory, officials said. The sterilizing hood will allow forensic specialists to work with DNA evidence...Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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Officials: Bomb suspect silent after read rights
BOSTON (AP) — Sixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he'd just been read his constitutional rights. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev immediately stopped talking after a...
Tags: Islam, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sports, Wars and Interventions, Tamerlan Tsarnaev
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Start the Presses: Remembering the Armenian Genocide
Each year Armenians worldwide commemorate the murder of 1.5 million of their ancestors by what was then the Ottoman Empire in the time around World War I. Each year, the United States government – fearing the backlash of Turkish rulers – fails...
Tags: Massacres, Politics, National Government, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Video: Schiff delivers speech on House floor in Armenian to honor genocide victims
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), lead sponsor of the Armenian genocide resolution in Congress, delivered his remarks in Armenian on the House floor Wednesday as he honored the 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred in 1915 at the hands of Ottoman Turks....Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Massacres, Adam B. Schiff, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Sun Cartoon: Armenian Genocide denied
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) last week again urged President Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide of that occured between 1915 and 1918 in the Ottoman Empire, now the republic of Turkey. Obama has steered clear of the term since taking office. Bert...
Tags: Barack Obama, Massacres, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Genocide, Hate Crimes
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JPL open house, felled by sequestration, costs about $400,000
Bracing for “significant impacts” to funding for public outreach programs next year, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory decided to cancel its hugely popular open house in June. The cost savings? Roughly $400,000 for the two-day event. The...
Tags: Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, Money and Monetary Policy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory cancels open house, citing budget cuts
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced this week that it has canceled its popular annual open house at its La Cañada Flintridge facility because of federal spending cuts. The event, scheduled for June 8 and 9, typically attracts crowds of more than 15,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Travel, Money and Monetary Policy, Tourism and Leisure
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Congress members urge NASA to spare planetary science funding
This post has been updated. See below for details.Don't cut planetary science funding, members of Congress urged NASA on Friday. In a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), urged the space agency to maintain funding levels for...Tags: Satellite Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, Science, Politics, Adam B. Schiff
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House passes CISPA, sets up showdown with White House and Senate
The House of Representatives passed a controversial cybersecurity bill as expected on Thursday, moving toward a possible confrontation with the Senate and White House. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013, or CISPA, passed by a vote...Tags: Barack Obama, Computer Crime, White House, Politics, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011
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Schiff: JPL open house suspension result of "extremely poor" federal fiscal policy
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Thursday expressed just as much disappointment regarding the suspension of the annual open house at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as just about everyone else in the science community. The Los Angeles Times reported...
Tags: Science and Technology, Satellite Technology, Science, Budgets and Budgeting, Money and Monetary Policy
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