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Commentary: Implementing health-care plan sets California on 'collision course'
If, as several experts anticipate, the Supreme Court strikes down some or all of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), California will find itself in the untenable position of having promised services it cannot possibly provide without...Tags: National Government, Politics, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance
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Morning Call takes first in Sandusky coverage
The Morning Call was recognized by the Associated Press this weekend with a first-place award for its coverage of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse trial in June. The award for general news reporting was presented to The Morning Call staff at the annual...Tags: Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Lehigh County, Halloween, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Allentown
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...Tags: Government Health Care, Crime, Law and Justice, Mastectomy, Genetics, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Judge temporarily delays 12-week abortion law in Arkansas
An Arkansas law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy was temporarily blocked by a federal judge on Friday. In a ruling from the bench, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock granted a preliminary injunction...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Beebe, Judges, Women's Health, Justice System
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Prosecutor argues Goodman has motivation to flee
The judge in John Goodman's DUI manslaughter case said Friday he'll rule sometime next week on whether to grant the Wellington polo mogul's request for freedom from house arrest and 24/7 police guards. Prosecutors argue Goodman, 49, has enough...
Tags: Lake Worth, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Litigation
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Greuel cites high-profile role as an executive at DreamWorks SKG
Wendy Greuel's resume is dotted with the political accomplishments of a politician on the rise. But there was an unconventional detour: her stint as an executive at DreamWorks SKG, working alongside Hollywood titans Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Politics, Wendy Greuel, Lobbying, Elections
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Judge grants injunction in Arkansas abortion ban case
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge has granted a request to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion Friday for a preliminary...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Beebe, American Civil Liberties Union
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'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American's right to free speech yet guarded “community standards” against “hard core...Tags: Politics, Humana Incorporated, Government Debt, Economic Indicator, National Government
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News 13 goes 'Inside Bush v. Gore' with Charles Wells
Staff writerIn local public-affairs programming this weekend: Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Wells talks to "Political Connections" at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday on Central Florida News. He talks to Ybeth Bruzual about a book he has written,...Tags: Altamonte Springs, U.S. Department of Justice, Orlando, Lake Nona, David Simmons
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Judge rules in favor of JPL scientists disciplined for emails sent from work accounts
Scientists and engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory were unfairly disciplined for sending emails about a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving background checks at the agency, a judge has ruled. The ruling comes after the JPL employees...
Tags: Google Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Work Relations, Judges, Justice System
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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Biology, Research, Biotechnology, Mastectomy
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Roberts to give LaLumiere address
LAPORTE -- U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will deliver the commencement address at LaLumiere School, where he graduated in 1973. Roberts, who grew up in Long Beach, will speak at the May 24 graduation ceremony, which starts at 10 a.m....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., Long Beach (Nassau, New York), Bethlehem Steel, Judges
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