LOS ANGELES TIMES News, Mar 11, 2012

Berkeley chief apologizes for sending officer to reporter's house Los Angeles Times By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times Berkeley's police chief apologized Saturday for sending a sergeant to a reporter's house in the middle of the night to request changes to a story. Chief Michael Meehan sent the sergeant to Bay Area News Group ... See all stories on this topic »

Larry Mendelson, Victor Mendelson & Eric Mendelson Social Miami She has appeared on CNBC, CNN, PBS and Headline News in addition to being frequently quoted by outlets including Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, and Wikipedia. She lives on Key Biscayne with her husband and daughters. See all stories on this topic » Social Miami

New Medal of Honor to explore soldiers' psyches Aiken Standard In a telephone interview with the Los Angeles Times, the soldiers, now retired from active duty, identified themselves only by their first names, Nate and Kevin, in order to protect their identities and those of the troops who served with them. See all stories on this topic »

LAFD says data on response times is misleading Sacramento Bee AP LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Fire Department officials have for years released misleading data on the response times of firefighters, according to areport. LAFD brass made the admission Friday after mayoral candidate Austin Beutner cited fire ... See all stories on this topic »

Laptop City Hall: A viewer's guide to a pivotal meeting (and the politics ... Capital Times Reporter Shawn Doherty previously worked for Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times. She joined The Capital Times in 2008 to write about health issues and started the Vital Signs blog. Doherty now covers Madison city government, and Laptop City Hall is a ... See all stories on this topic »

The Pulse: The local connections to that judge's racist e-mail Philadelphia Inquirer The chief judge is Alex Kozinski, who made headlines four years ago with his own computer indiscretions. Kozinski was presiding over an obscenity trial in Southern California in summer 2008 when the Los Angeles Times, acting on a tip from a disgruntled ... See all stories on this topic »

SNL Has Limbaugh's New Sponsors Newser More» (NEWSER) - Advertisers are still jumping ship from Rush Limbaugh's show in the wake of his comments about Sandra Fluke , and the Los Angeles Times notes that he has now lost 11. Which means that even for Rush, one expert notes, this controversy ... See all stories on this topic »

Robert Scheer: Congressman Dennis Kucinich May Be Out, But He's Not Gone Noozhawk Back in 1979, I interviewed Mayor Kucinich for the Los Angeles Times, where I was working, and for Playboy. The Playboy interview caused him some discomfort with his solid base of Catholic voters, but they and other Clevelanders were warm to his ... See all stories on this topic »

Should Meat and Milk From Clones Be Labeled? Europe Says Yes OpEdNews Martha Rosenberg is a health reporter and commentator whose work has appeared in Consumers Digest, the Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New Orleans Times-Picayune, Los Angeles Times, Providence Journal and Newsday. See all stories on this topic » OpEdNews

Commentary: No more down time for the Saints Alexandria Town Talk SHREVEPORT, La. -- Ah, the good ol' days, when the final few weeks of winter offered New Orleans Saints fans a choice: Take the ample quiet time to decompress from another dreadful season, or eat and drink sorrows away with king cake and daiquiris ... See all stories on this topic »

Westra leads Vacansoleil from controversy to the podium velonews.competitor.com Valverde roared back into contention with time bonuses that came with his win in stage 3, but he didn't have the legs to counter Wiggins up the Mende climb in stage 5. Westra came out of the woodwork with a surprise victory atop La Croix Neuve above ... See all stories on this topic » velonews.competitor.com

Maxwell S. Keith Dies at 87; Replacement Lawyer in Manson Case New York Times In December 1970, a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles appointed Mr. Keith to represent Leslie Van Houten, one of three young women on trial with Charles Manson for the gruesome killings of seven people over two August nights in 1969. See all stories on this topic »

North Port man videotaped arrest, then got arrested Sarasota Herald-Tribune The issue exploded onto the national scene in 1991, when four white Los Angeles Police Department officers were videotaped beating black motorist Rodney King. That incident led to international headlines, race riots, 53 deaths and nearly $1 billion in ... See all stories on this topic »

Google, Facebook and consumers must work together regarding privacy concerns Tuscaloosa News Google in particular has become a fixture of controversial headlines recently. Just a few weeks ago, the company came under fire for placing its social network Google+ at or near the top of search results, above results that were many times more ... See all stories on this topic »

Roy Exum: America's Hottest Book The Chattanoogan Saturday morning I was quickly on the trail of a 340-ton rock that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art just had transported 11 miles during the night. It seems a Nevada artist named Michael Heizer has talked the highbrows into making a huge piece of ... See all stories on this topic » The Chattanoogan

Americans with Disabilities Act Necessity: Conservative, White, Male Bloggers ... Wizbang (blog) You read that headline correctly. Conservative, white, male bloggers NEED a hand from Washington. In fact, I'd say we have a right to it. We are being discriminated against even from those on our own side. It's time for redress. I DEMAND a handout. See all stories on this topic »

REP. EDWARD WHITFIELD HOLDS A HEARING ON ENERGY DEPARTMENT BUDGET Power Engineering Magazine STEVE SCALISE, R-LA. REP. BRIAN P. BILBRAY, R-CALIF. REP. CORY GARDNER, R-COLO. REP. MORGAN GRIFFITH, R-VA. REP. DAVID B. MCKINLEY, RW.VA. REP. CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, R-WASH REP. PETE OLSON, R-TEXAS REP. MIKE POMPEO, R-KAN. REP. See all stories on this topic »

Review: Drake in concert San Jose Mercury News (blog) On the plus side, however, Drake actually knew where he was playing this timearound. That seemingly wasn't the case during that Wild 94.9 gig, when he referred to the host city as Los Angeles. That never goes over well in the Bay Area. See all stories on this topic »

Sean Young, J-Lo and Sacha Baron Cohen ... - Los Angeles Times Sean Young, J-Lo and more: Headline-making moments of Oscars 2012 ...There are some reports that she allegedly slapped the guard when he turned her away .... with $70.7 million - L.A. Times - Entertainment News 03/04/2012, 9:16 a.m. ... www.latimes.com/.../la-na-nn-sean-young-j-lo-oscars-2012-20...

LA schools ban blindfolds in lessons after scandal | Latest National ... The Los Angeles Unified School District has barred lessons involving blindfolds and ... Latest National Headlines ... they ate cookies smeared with his semen, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday ( http://lat.ms/AgoEYx). ... Carrillo told reporters at a news conference that he filed 20 claims, which are precursors to lawsuits, ... www.star-telegram.com/.../lewd-conduct-by-1-teacher-prompt..

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