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Protestors demonstrate outside Rohrabacher's office
As the intense debate about lifting the debt ceiling continued to paralyze Washington, about three dozen people protested Tuesday afternoon outside the office of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) in downtown Huntington Beach. The picketers, many of...Tags: Social Security, California, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Elections
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Mailbag: Keep holidays safe in H.B.
As the holiday season approaches, it brings many festive occasions with friends and family. However, it also brings increased risks of being injured or killed in alcohol-related accidents on our roadways. Just a reminder: A DUI conviction can cost...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Criminals, Business Enterprises, Chemical Industry
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For their idea, it's safety first
Four students from Mesa View Middle School in Huntington Beach might just be the answer to safe biking. The students put together a bike that, once someone is on it, will not stop beeping until the rider puts a helmet on. It serves the same function seat...Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Army, Electronics
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City Lights: Emotionally tied to kindness
Two major leaguers were playing catch in the courtyard of the Huntington Beach Youth Shelter on Thursday, and a teenage girl stole the show.
About 5 feet tall, she didn't tower above the men on the other side of the grass, but as she delivered...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Albert Pujols, Chicago Cubs, Human Interest, Athletes
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A well-rounded girl, student
Kathryn Gasparro served as president of her junior and senior classes at Fountain Valley High School — and in between, she came close to rubbing elbows with President Obama. Last summer, Gasparro ventured to Washington, D.C., to receive the...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology, South Carolina, Health, Colleges and Universities
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City Lights: Native returns to culinary dreams
One of the most most oft-quoted statements in American literature is F. Scott Fitzgerald's comment "There are no second acts in American lives." With a little pluck and perseverance, it's also one of the easiest statements to disprove. For this week's...Tags: Retirement, Charity, Social Issues, California, Career and Workplace
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Gutted for 'green'
Russell and Susan Kadota started the process earlier this year to convert their 2,200-square-foot home into the greenest property possible. When the construction crews finish, the house will boast recycled tiles, countertops and siding, low-flow...Tags: Government, Public Employees, California, Building Material, Energy Saving
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City Lights: Troops recall turmoil
"A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it anywhere." So read the poster of the 1969 movie "Easy Rider," which came out at the height of the counterculture's disillusionment with mainstream America. It's a time Virgil Bartolomucci remembers...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Kansas, Vietnam, Defense, Easy Rider (movie)
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Wyatt gets county job
Staff WriterLess than six months after leaving office, former Imperial County Board Supervisor Gary Wyatt is back with the county as the new intergovernmental relations director, the chairman of the board confirmed Monday. Wyatt chose not to seek reelection after... -
Lawmakers grill Apple execs over tax strategy
WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook was supposed to face a hostile Capitol Hill crowd but instead he wielded the company's popularity like a shield to deflect some of the most aggressive questioning over the company's...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Carl Levin, John McCain, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Rep. Issa tested by the spotlight
WASHINGTON — During the 2010 campaign, Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat from Sherman Oaks, joked, "Every time I try to encourage the White House to do more to help us elect Democrats to the House of Representatives, I send them a picture of Darrell...
Tags: Government, Executive Branch, U.S. Army, Parties and Movements, George W. Bush
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IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th
WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...Tags: John Cornyn, White House, Lawyers, Parties and Movements, Sherrod Brown
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