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EPA denies California's right to mandate emissions
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe Bush administration Wednesday denied California's bid to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, dealing a blow to the state's attempts to combat global warming and prompting an immediate vow from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to take the...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Global Change, Executive Branch, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government
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House members fault agency for inaction on flavoring peril
Sun reporterThree members of Congress have joined an outcry for federal regulators to protect workers from lung damage caused by a chemical contained in synthetic butter flavoring. Reps. George Miller and Hilda L. Solis, both California Democrats, and Rep. Major R....Tags: Popcorn, Employees, Indiana, Democratic Party, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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GOP-issued laptops now a White House headache
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhen Karl Rove and his top deputies arrived at the White House in 2001, the Republican National Committee provided them with laptop computers and other communication devices to be used alongside their government-issued equipment. The back-channel e-...Tags: Republican Party, Lawyers, Elections, Government, Gaming
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The NFL's Tillman offense
Mary Tillman has a message for the National Football League: Help me find out what happened to my son. Inspired to serve his country after 9/11, Pat Tillman gave up a lucrative career with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army in May 2002. As a Ranger,...Tags: Republican Party, Family, Iraq War (2003-2011), San Diego Chargers, Executive Branch
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Dumping Dingell was overdue
Nobody ever refers to members of Congress as "lions of the House," but Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) has as thick a mane as any (figuratively speaking, of course). The longest-serving current member, Dingell was writing legislation before Barack Obama...Tags: Conservation, Global Change, Laws, White House, Henry Waxman
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Potential hazards to consumers from flavoring agent unchecked
Sun reporterMillions of Americans are exposed regularly to vapors released when they heat products containing the same synthetic butter flavoring blamed for destroying the lungs of workers in popcorn and flavoring factories. But public health activists say no one...Tags: Ohio, Government, Environmental Pollution, Career and Workplace, National Government
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Democrats expand majorities; several races remain undecided
Los Angeles TimesDespite his conviction last month on corruption charges, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator, clung tenuously to his seat yesterday as congressional Democrats exulted in their election gains elsewhere around the...Tags: Ted Stevens, Republican Party, Executive Branch, Regional Elections, Florida
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Staffers scramble to finish stimulus bill
The Swampby James Oliphant and Richard Simon Congressional staffers worked overnight putting the finishing touches on the sprawling compromise stimulus bill that Democrats hope can be passed and signed into law by President's Day. House and Senate Democratic...Tags: Max Baucus, Private Health Care, Ohio, Republican Party, Unemployment
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Airport tests reveal major security flaws
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWashington Federal investigators smuggled the components of liquid-based bombs past screeners in 19 airports nationwide in secret tests earlier this year, showing that a terrorist could thwart the latest U.S. security regulations. "Our tests clearly...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Witnesses, Explosions, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Air and Space Accidents
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Still no toxic cleanup plan for Navajos
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Environmental Protection Agency plans to resume long-stalled testing for toxics on the Navajo reservation unleashed by abandoned Cold War uranium mines, but it and four other federal agencies have yet to come up with overall cleanup and health plans,...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, New Mexico, Democratic Party, Health
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Times Staff WriterRead-only summary seames rimmed for web, 76894 Read-only web_hed Passport problems? Call your congressman Read-only dpt_kicker Read-only txt If you need help with your passport, do not e-mail your congressional representative's office. Call. This...Tags: San Mateo, Mission Viejo, Walnuts, San Jose, George Miller III
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State Dept.'s chief watchdog resigns
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterState Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard, who has been accused of improperly interfering with investigations into private security contractor Blackwater USA and with other probes, resigned Friday. In a brief public statement, the longtime...Tags: Family, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Lawyers, Democratic Party
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