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You name it, Eric Garcetti has done it
In exactly one week, Los Angeles will wake up with a newly elected mayor. The lucky leader of 4 million restless campers with cracked sidewalks could be Wendy Greuel, the business-suited Valley kid who worked for Mayor Tom Bradley and President...
Tags: George Plimpton, Colleges and Universities, Eric Garcetti, Music, Teaching and Learning
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Russian Deputy Premier Vladislav Surkov relieved of duties
MOSCOW — Vladislav Surkov, a masterful political operative and propagandist known as the “gray cardinal” of the Kremlin, was fired Wednesday in a move that was widely seen as a reflection of a deepening rift in the relationship between...
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Moscow (Russia), Government, Politics, Russia
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GM CEO to speak at Notre Dame biz school event
SOUTH BEND (AP) — The top executive at General Motors Co. will be the featured speaker for the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business graduate commencement ceremony. Daniel Akerson is scheduled to speak at the event May 18 at the...
Tags: General Motors Corp., United States Naval Academy, University of Notre Dame, Science and Technology, Corporate Officers
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Mighty Big Aspirations
You often hear people say that when the job market is bad, it's a good idea to go back to school and boost your academic credentials. I have disregarded that advice because I fear it might interfere with my TV watching, but many folks — whether...
Tags: University of Chicago, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Research, Science and Technology
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When the heart says Baltimore and the head says D.C.
Five years ago, I thought I might have to leave Baltimore. Not because I wanted to but because I thought I needed to. It was 2008. Like many employers, Urbanite magazine, where I worked, was feeling the effects of the Great Recession, so I would soon...
Tags: Brookings Institution, East Baltimore Development Inc., Bill Clinton, The New York Times, Annie E. Casey Foundation
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China's me-first foreign policy
China's more assertive foreign policy over the last two years has played a key role in getting two arch-conservatives — Japan's Shinzo Abe and South Korea's Park Geun-hye — elected to lead their respective countries. Some Chinese observers...
Tags: South Korea, Communist Party of China, Japan, Elections, Beijing (China)
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Council delays decision on dismissal of top health official
In a move that the county attorney and elected officials conceded was highly unusual, the Anne Arundel County Council weighed a measure this week that would have spelled the ouster of the county's top health official, Dr. Angela M. Wakhweya, the first...Tags: Justice System, Medical Procedures and Tests, Annapolis, Elections, Health
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Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor's race
Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear...
Tags: Jan Perry, Eric Garcetti, Elections, Event Planning, Gloria Molina
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Founder of Unification Church Rev. Sun Myung Moon dies
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass weddings -- died early Monday in South Korea, the church...
Tags: South Korea, Richard Nixon, Colleges and Universities, Japan, Pneumonia
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Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; led controversial Unification Church
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed Messiah from South Korea who led the Unification Church, one of the most controversial religious movements to sweep America in the 1970s, has died. He was 92. Moon, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia...Tags: South Korea, Nation of Islam, Christianity, White House, Colleges and Universities
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Rev. Moon, Unification Church Founder, Dies at 92
CNNGAPYEONG, South Korea -- The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- founder of the church whose followers are colloquially known as the Moonies -- died early Monday in South Korea, an organization affiliated with his church said. The Universal Peace Federation said on...Tags: South Korea, Wars and Interventions, Richard Nixon, Pneumonia, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Sun Myung Moon Dies At 92; Led Controversial Unification Church
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed Messiah from South Korea who led the Unification Church, one of the most controversial religious movements to sweep America in the 1970s, has died. He was 92. Moon, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia...Tags: Nation of Islam, Christianity, Marriage, White House, George H.W. Bush
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