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NYC Mayor: Manhattan Man Arrested in Bomb Plot
The Associated PressMayor Michael Bloomberg says an al-Qaida sympathizer who plotted to bomb police and post offices in New York City has been arrested. Bloomberg announced Sunday the arrest of 27-year-old Jose Pimentel on numerous charges. Pimentel was arrested...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Police Arrests, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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Monica Ratliff's election to L.A. school board is 'huge upset'
On its face, the election this week of a Los Angeles fifth-grade teacher to the Board of Education was a stunner. Monica Ratliff's low-budget effort included her boyfriend, a film school instructor, as her campaign manager. She had no paid staff and no...
Tags: Michael Antonovich , Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Monica Ratliff, the 5th-grade teacher who schooled L.A.'s campaign 'experts'
The Times' editorial board endorsed 5th-grade teacher Monica Ratliff for a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District board -- twice -- but that doesn’t mean we expected her to win. Ratliff went into Tuesday dubbed the underdog by a mile,...
Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Teachers, Local Government, Teaching and Learning, Antonio Villaraigosa
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Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
NEW YORK — Two years after resigning from Congress amid a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner announced in a video message Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of...
Tags: Primaries, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Anthony D. Weiner, Politics
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New York Mayor Weiner? Most women say no thanks, poll finds
NEW YORK -- Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who enjoyed online relationships with several women before he resigned his congressional seat amid a sexting scandal, might have a harder time winning female fans in his run to be New York City's next mayor. Hours...
Tags: Primaries, Hillary Clinton, ABC (tv network), Anthony D. Weiner, Politics
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Anthony Weiner in N.Y. mayor race 2 years after 'sexting' scandal
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose once-shining political career collapsed after lewd online relationships with women forced him to resign from Congress two years ago, entered New York's mayoral race Wednesday with promises to make...Tags: Primaries, Hillary Clinton, Brooklyn (New York City), U.S. Congress, Anthony D. Weiner
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Ratliff holding slim lead in LAUSD race
The race for an open seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education was close in early returns with Monica Ratliff ahead despite financial support and union backing that made her opponent, Antonio Sanchez, a heavy favorite. In the Los Angeles Community...
Tags: Michelle Rhee, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Antonio Villaraigosa, New York City
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Oklahoma's tornado and political cheap shots
It's as predictable as it is disheartening: A red state gets hit hard by a tornado outbreak -- in this case killing at least 24 people, many of them children attending school -- and the first batch of letters from readers (most of them from Southern...
Tags: Employees, Ron Paul, Career and Workplace, American Red Cross, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Trove of Muppets creator Jim Henson's items headed for Museum of the Moving Image in NYC
Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from...Tags: Long Island, Entertainment, Broadway Theater, Sesame Street (tv program), Miss Piggy (fictional animal)
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Idaho couple and Sun Valley Resort embroiled in Twitter tussle over social network handle
Associated PressBOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle. Leonard Barshack, who in the 1990s founded the Internet...Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet, Laws
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L.A.'s Mid-Wilshire neighborhood could be election bellwether
It's a small swath of Los Angeles, near the city's heart, that hasn't received much attention from the mayoral candidates. But a Times analysis shows that a 2.8-square-mile, Mid-Wilshire neighborhood has had an unmatched record of picking mayors in both...
Tags: Primaries, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Magic Johnson, NPR
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Editorial: Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food
Is there any human impulse stronger than the urge to tell others what not to eat? Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty snacks, fried anything, refined grains, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial...Tags: Nikki Haley, PepsiCo Inc., Nutrition, Consumer Goods Industries, Health Insurance Cost
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