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Judge denies Burbank's request to throw out former police officer's lawsuit
A judge on Wednesday denied Burbank's request to throw out a lawsuit filed by a former police officer who claims he was fired in retaliation for exposing alleged misconduct by his colleagues. The attorney for former officer Pete Allen hailed the judge&...Tags: Lawyers, Politics, Justice System, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice
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Judge wants more study
A judge has put off ruling on the city's motion to dismiss a former Burbank police officer's wrongful termination lawsuit, saying she needs more time to evaluate the case. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Donna Fields Goldstein had been slated to...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Google Inc., Career and Workplace
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Judge to rule on motion to dismiss Burbank police officer's wrongful termination lawsuit
A judge this week is slated to rule on the city’s request to dismiss a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former Burbank police officer. The officer, Pete Allen, was fired three years ago after he lied to internal investigators about...Tags: Politics, Laws, Justice System, Google Inc., Crime, Law and Justice
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Calling Ghostbusters isn't going to help
Newspapers are the last bastion against government waste, fraud and corruption (Ron Kaye's column, “Why local newspapers matter,” July 8). I am a retired newspaper reporter who covered municipal government for several papers, and I know...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Newspaper and Magazine
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Schiff should add his name to resolution
It has been a little over two years since the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, gave us Citizens United. This decision held that, for purposes of freedom of speech, corporations are deemed to be “persons” and that the limitation on political...Tags: Politics, Adam Schiff
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Political Landscape: Ramani: Gatto is aloof
Representatives for Republican Assembly candidate Sunder Ramani are arguing that his opponent is dodging opportunities to participate in debates ahead of the June 8 runoff election to represent Glendale, Burbank and parts of Los Angeles. Ramani...Tags: Laws, Pakistan, Entertainment, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Barack Obama
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Roger Ailes grabs moral high ground over Obama on phone, email seizures
The Baltimore SunThe Obama White House has been trying to de-legitimize Fox News almost from the day it took office. Remember the media blitz of 2009 launched by then White House Communications Director Anita Dunn? I stood with Fox on that one on principle and came away...Tags: Government, National Government, FBI, Fox News Channel (tv network), Politics
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Fox News CEO Roger Ailes blasts administration, praises his team
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes sent a memo to the channel's staff critical of the Obama administration in the wake of revelations that the Justice Department was probing phone and email communications by Fox News reporter James Rosen and described him as a...
Tags: Government, National Government, U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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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: Laws, Government, Prosecution, National Government, Barack Obama
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Headlines for Thursday, May 23, 2013
GODSMACK: Sully Gets Own Guitar
Godsmack frontman Sully Erna is the latest musician to get his own signature guitar.
Gibson's Sully Erna Les Paul Studio model is ebony black with a Godsmack sun emblem on the body...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Feist, Maroon 5 (music group), Entertainment, Teachers
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Letters to the editor: Obesity, scandals, and McCartney
I am a retired physical-education teacher who worked with students from kindergarten through eighth grade. A majority of my students could not do one pull-up. I tried to be creative and make exercising fun, for which I had a fair amount of success. I am...Tags: Services and Shopping, Government, Overweight, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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The NLRB's school-door stand
WASHINGTON — Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be...Tags: Human Rights, Employment Opportunities, Politics, Justice System, Work Relations
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