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At Universal Studios, students get a crash course in filmmaking
A 12-year-old girl crouches into a corner in an alley, talking on a cellphone. The tone of her voice, her body language and her facial expressions convey distress. Nearby, another girl holds a boom microphone over her as other 10- to 13-year-olds look...
Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), Celebrities, Amusement and Theme Parks, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning
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Burb's Eye View: Learning how the Skunk Works
Remember where you were the first time you saw a picture of a Stealth Fighter? It was probably around the time of the Gulf War, and you may have thought the same thing I did: “How did they get that boomerang to fly? “And it’s...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Movie company accused of fraud
Employees of a Burbank movie company face charges of conspiracy and fraud after allegedly bilking investors of $9 million to make independent films. An indictment from a federal grand jury this week focused on Q Media Assets LLC, located at 2301 W. Olive...Tags: Corporate Crime, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Entertainment, Movies, Justice System
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Cut all ties to Afghanistan
The May 23 headline read, "Karzai: More peace after US withdrawal in 2014." You're kidding, right? I can't believe that we continue to stay in Afghanistan and stuff the pockets of Hamid Karzai and his goons. This guy has the gall to say "things will only...Tags: The New York Times, NATO, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan
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Drone program had largely run its course
WASHINGTON — President Obama took pains to place the new restrictions on targeted killings he announced Thursday into the context of a broad reappraisal of the nation's anti-terrorism effort. Drones are not "a cure-all for terrorism," he said in...Tags: Intel Corp., Politics, Washington, DC, Human Rights, United Nations
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In Benghazi and eyond, fallen workers remembered
Let's take a break from the raging discord that has dominated Washington lately by remembering federal employees who died abroad in service to their country. With so much attention focused on what the government has done wrong, we'll end the week with...Tags: Sean Smith, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Christopher Stevens, Anne Smedinghoff, John Kerry
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Editorial: Obama won't ground aerial strikes that kill terrorists. Good.
President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes. Critics argue that the secret CIA-run program provokes political backlash in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, outweighing the value of...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Al-Qaeda, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Kabul (Afghanistan), Terrorism
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California state lawmaker proposes new journalist protections
Alarmed by the recent federal seizure of Associated Press phone records, a California lawmaker has proposed new protections for the records of reporters and editors in this state. State Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) said Thursday he will introduce...
Tags: Politics, Norma J. Torres, Washington, DC, Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Justice
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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...Tags: U.S. Military, Annapolis, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Defense, United States Naval Academy
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'Fast & Furious 6' revels in childlike love of vehicular mayhem ★★★ 1/2
“Fast & Furious 6,” — which surely maxed out Universal’s tank-top budget for the year, and sustains its joyful, unpretentious ridiculousness so perfectly that I secretly hoped the “6” meant “hours long,”...
Tags: Sung Kang, Dwayne Johnson, Entertainment, Telemundo (tv network), Movies
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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Politics, Al-Qaeda, International Military Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense
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Obama orders review of guidelines on investigating reporters
WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday he was troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may "chill" investigative journalism and said he had asked Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. to review Justice Department guidelines for going after...Tags: Politics, Media Industry, Laws, Washington, DC, National Government
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