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Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region -

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Chris Kraul - Nov. 23 (News) - The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired Colombian naval officer German Alfonso. Just ask him about the time his neighborhood in this historic coastal city became an island.

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Banks prove they need a strict baby sitter -

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:46:54 -0800

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CIA says it gets its money's worth from Pakistani spy agency

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Greg Miller - Nov. 15 (News Report) - The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's intelligence service since the Sept. 11 attacks, accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign spy agency's annual budget, current and former U.S. officials say.

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Nuclear scars: Tainted water runs beneath Nevada desert

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Ralph Vartabedian - Nov. 13 (Special Report) - In a study for Nye County, where the nuclear test site lies, Buqo estimated that the underground tests polluted 1.6 trillion gallons of water. That is as much water as Nevada is allowed to withdraw from the Colorado River in 16 years -- enough to fill a lake 300 miles long, a mile wide and 25 feet deep.

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Mental health of troops comes under scrutiny

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Molly Hennessy-Fiske - Nov. 11 (News Report) - Sgt. Justin "Jon" Garza joined the Army eight years ago at 20. When he arrived at Ft. Hood in June, the communications specialist had deployed six times to Europe and the Middle East, including two bloody stints in Iraq, and was due to return in September. He had broken up with his girlfriend, developed a drinking problem and gone AWOL.

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Healing our troubled vets

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - Nov. 11 (Editorial) - The public is kinder to its veterans today than it was during the Vietnam War, when soldiers risked their lives overseas only to face scorn from antiwar activists when they got home. Yet veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan may be having a harder time readjusting to civilian life than previous generations of warriors.

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Obama's gospel mistake -

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:41 -0800

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California's best years have passed, voters say -

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:41:18 -0800

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12 killed in suicide bombing at Pakistani market

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

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Ft. Hood shooting suspect endured work pressure and ethnic taunts, his uncle says

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Richard Bourdeaux - Nov. 07 (News Report) - When Rafik Ismail Hamad last traveled from the West Bank to visit relatives in America, he was struck by the pressures one of his nephews was facing. The younger man, an American-born Muslim of Palestinian descent, spoke to his uncle of ethnic taunts by Army colleagues. He was haunted by the wartime disabilities of soldiers he treated as an Army psychiatrist, Hamad recalled, and was overwhelmed by a growing caseload he felt unable to manage.

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State prison watchdog strongly criticizes procedures in Jaycee Dugard case -

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:16:20 -0800

Los Angeles Times - Nov. 04 - CBS NewsState prison watchdog strongly criticizes procedures in Jaycee Dugard caseLos Angeles TimesInspector General David R. Shaw says parole officials supervising Phillip Garrido could have discovered Dugard much earlier than August, when he was arrested. By Michael Rothfeld Reporting from Sacramento - State parole officials missed many chances to ...Report to detail how California parole agents supervised Phillip GarridoSan Jose Mercury NewsReport: Kidnap suspect improperly supervisedThe Associated PressCalifornia issues damning report into Dugard kidnap caseAFPFOXNews?-Sacramento Bee?-KCRA.comall 278 news articles??

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Afghanistan: Now what?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - Nov. 03 (Editorial) - In the first round of balloting, Afghan President Hamid Karzai received 1 million "ghost votes" from people who simply didn't exist. When those were eliminated, he lacked the requisite plurality and was pressed by his Western backers into agreeing to a runoff -- only to see his challenger drop out in anticipation of further fraud. Faced with a one-man race, the Independent Election Commission on Monday canceled the second round and returned Karzai to power for a second five-year term.

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Healthcare provision seeks to embrace prayer treatments -

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Tom Hamburger, Kim Geiger - Nov. 03 (News) - A little-noticed measure would put Christian Science healing sessions on the same footing as clinical medicine. Critics say it violates the separation of church and state.

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Britain is forcing breakups of bailed-out major banks -

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Anthony Faiola - Nov. 03 (News) - The move to downsize some of Britain's largest banks comes as U.S. politicians are debating whether American banks should also be required to shrink.

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West Hollywood reaches out to gay and lesbian tourists

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - Nov. 02 - West Hollywood reaches out to gay and lesbian tourists

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California's deficit of common sense

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Rebecca Solnit - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - California is rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recession, we have lots of money. The problem is one of distribution, not of actual scarcity.

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Afghan challenger won't participate in runoff if his conditions aren't met

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Alexandra Zavis - Oct. 31 (News Report) - Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah will not participate in next week's presidential election runoff unless incumbent Hamid Karzai meets his demands for a credible vote, a senior campaign official said today.

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Afghan officials unveil plans for runoff

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Alexandra Zavis - Oct. 30 (News Report) - Afghan election officials said Thursday that they would increase the number of voting centers for next week's presidential runoff election, disregarding U.N. advice to open fewer sites to prevent the rampant fraud that characterized the first round of balloting.

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House health compromise has 'public option' with a catch

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Noam N. Levey, Janet Hook - Oct. 29 (News Report) - Paving the way for a crucial vote on healthcare legislation in the next two weeks, House Democratic leaders plan to unveil a compromise bill today that would create a nationwide government-run insurance plan but omit what many liberals consider the key to cost control.

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Motive unclear, suspect still at large in North Hollywood synagogue shooting -

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Duke Helfand, Andrew Blankstein, Robert Faturechi - Oct. 29 (News Report) - Los Angeles police continued their search for a suspect and a motive in the shooting of two men early this morning in the underground parking lot of a North Hollywood synagogue.

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L.A. County free H1N1 vaccine clinics overwhelmed

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Molly Hennessy-Fiske - Oct. 28 (News Report) - Los Angeles County's free H1N1 flu clinics opened last week amid public health officials' promises to aggressively vaccinate people at highest risk, especially the uninsured. Instead, overwhelmed clinic staff began vaccinating many people who were not supposed to be first in line for protection, officials said Tuesday.

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Push for Afghanistan troop increase continues on deadly day

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Laura King, Julian E. Barnes, Paul Richter - Oct. 27 (News Analysis) - On a day when 14 U.S. servicemen and drug agents were killed in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, the largest such toll in more than four years, momentum continued to build to send more troops to the war zone. Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a Washington address that he would support a decision by President Obama to "send some additional troops" provided improvements are made in Afghan troop training and government, and civilian aid efforts are increased.

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States 'opting out' is a healthcare option

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Noam N. Leey, James Oliphant - Oct. 24 (News Analysis) - "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Friday that states might be able to "opt out" of any nationwide government insurance plan, a compromise that she suggested could unify congressional Democrats and enable President Obama to sign a healthcare overhaul bill later this year."

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Pakistan army captures Taliban leader's hometown -

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Unknown - Oct. 24 (News) - "The town of Kotkai is symbolically important because it is home to Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud and one of his top deputies. It also lies along the way to a major militant base".

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Now, a Cheney surge: Blasts Obama for Afghan 'dithering,' delays and indecision

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:10:20 -0700

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