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Economist Zandi said to be candidate for key federal housing post
WASHINGTON -- Economist Mark Zandi reportedly is being considered by the Obama administration to head the federal agency that oversees taxpayer-owned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as the White House seeks a candidate who could avoid Republican opposition...
Tags: Republican Party, Fannie Mae, Finance, Financial and Business Services, Citigroup Incorporated
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Harris and Newsom highlight opposition to Prop. 8
SACRAMENTO -- California’s top prosecutor used her refusal to defend Proposition 8, a voter-passed initiative that bans same-sex marriage in California, as an example of Democratic values as she spoke to party activists on Saturday. “When I...Tags: Family, U.S. Supreme Court, Marriage, Politics, Gays and Lesbians
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California Democrats gather in Sacramento to celebrate victories
California Democrats, gathered for their annual convention in Sacramento this weekend, are expected to celebrate their victories -- holding every statewide elected office, winning super majorities in both houses of the Legislature in November and...Tags: John Burton, Barbara Boxer, Gun Control, Executive Branch, Interior Policy
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California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for legalizing pot
SACRAMENTO-- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom called for the legalization of marijuana on Saturday. “It’s time to decriminalize, tax and regulate marijuana,” he told delegates at the California Democratic Party convention. “It’s...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Gavin Newsom, Regional Authority
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Eye-candy comment leaves sour aftertaste
Dear Barry: Ordinarily, I'd address you as Mr. Obama or Mr. President, in deference to your office. But we need to have us a guy-to-guy chat here, so I hope you'll excuse the familiarity, because I just have to ask: Barry, brotherman, bubbeleh, what the...
Tags: Standards, The Miami Herald, Ken Salazar, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Pittsburgh Penguins
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Another patient of O.C. doctor dies of prescription drug overdose
An Orange County doctor featured in a Times investigative report because 16 of his patients fatally overdosed on drugs he prescribed has had another patient death, according to recently released coroner's records. Wayne Oviatt, a patient of Dr. Van Vu...
Tags: General Practitioners, Pharmaceuticals, Darrell Steinberg, Prescription Drugs, Substance Abuse
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Obama's eye-candy comment leaves sour aftertaste
Dear Barry: Ordinarily, I'd address you as Mr. Obama or Mr. President, in deference to your office. But we need to have us a guy-to-guy chat here, so I hope you'll excuse the familiarity, because I just have to ask: Barry, brotherman, bubbeleh, what...
Tags: Standards, Ken Salazar, Pittsburgh Penguins, Shaun Donovan, Star Trek: The Next Generation (tv program)
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Obama apologizes to Kamala Harris for 'best-looking' remark
WASHINGTON -- President Obama apologized to California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris for commenting on her appearance during a fundraiser earlier this week, an aide said Friday. During an event in Northern California on Thursday, Obama referred to his fellow...
Tags: Mike Honda, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, White House, Jay Carney
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Society's views on men and women
President Obama’s recent faux pas concerning California’s attorney general, 48-year-old Kamala Harris, was as transparent as it was informative. Sadly, his locker-room-type insult reminds us that, while our nation appears to be getting...Tags: Barack Obama, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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California courts familiar with gay parent issues
SAN FRANCISCO -- When the California Supreme Court struck down a same-sex marriage ban in 2008, the majority ruling reflected a series of decisions the court had already reached in disputes involving gay parents. Gay rights lawyers said this week...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Family, Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Social Issues
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President Obama: When making nice can be naughty
Does it matter that President Obama was right? That Kamala Harris is “the best-looking attorney general in the country”? Not really. As a quip, it failed; as an attempt at gallantry, it didn’t need saying. The president cushioned his...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, Racism, John F. Kennedy, White House, Employment Opportunities
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Search on in Mexico for suspect in abduction of Northridge girl
Mexican authorities said they were conducting an extensive search for a man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old Northridge girl. Mexican police issued wanted posters for the suspect, Tobias Dustin Summers, on Friday. Police...
Tags: Crimes, Prisons, Sexual Assault, Sex Crimes, Los Angeles Police Department
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