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Loan Modification Plan Has Helped 20 Percent Of Eligible In California, Nevada And Arizona

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Loan Modification, California, Mortgage Modification, Making Home Affordable, Mortgage Servicers, Mortgage Crisis, Loan Mod, Nevada, Arizona, Home Loans, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's plan to combat the foreclosure crisis has reached about 20 percent of troubled homeowners in the states ...

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Porpoise Being Attacked By Dolphins (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Dolphins Attacking Porpoises, Calderon Dolphin, California, Porpoise vs Dolphin, Dolphins, Monterey Bay, Porpoise, Calderon Dolphins, Tortoise for Sale, Bottlenose Dolphin, Porpoises, Porpoises Dolphins Video, Home News

Bodies of dead porpoises off the coast of California have perplexed scientists for some time. Researchers now say they are most likely being killed by...

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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform - We Are Already Suffering And Don't Need More

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nebraska, Medical Errors, California, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Indiana, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

If you listened to the rants and harangues of those trying to kill the House health care bill on Saturday, you couldn't miss the endless blathering ab...

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Body Found At Hoover Pool: Gabriel Contreras Dead Beneath Pool Cover In Redwood City Public Pool

San Jose Mercury News | Posted 11.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Hoover Park Body, Hoover Park Pool, Redwood City, Palo Alto, California, Public Pool, Hoover Park Swimming Pool, Bay Area, Hoover Park Death, San Mateo County, Redwood City Pool, Redwood Pool, Gabriel Contreras, Home News

A maintenance worker found the body of Gabriel Contreras, 21, of Palo Alto after lifting part of the cover from the swimming pool at Hoover Park. The ...

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"Got MILF?" T-Shirt Makers Sued By "Got Milk?" Creators

Carlos Cagin | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: California, A.g. Kawamura, Milk, Food and Agriculture, Tagline, Got Milk Tagline, Milf, California Milk Processor Board, Got Milk, Trademark Infringement, Deez Design, Got Milf, Business News

Talk about a serious lack of sense of humor: The dairy producers behind the ubiquitous "Got Milk?" slogan are suing a small T-shirt company that switc...

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Let's List Governor of California On eBay

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Warren Buffett Berkshire, Ebay, Governor of California, California, Jerry Brown, Politics News

For months (if not years) we've been reading that the State of California is broke. Here are two possible solutions.

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Timing For Newsom in Governor Race, All Wrong

Mira Veda | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, California, Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown, Politics News

Perhaps, in a few years when he's proven he has the character everyone admired in him in the first place he can jump into another race in politics.

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Heidi DeJong Barsuglia Denies Mike Duvall Affair: Energy Lobbyist Reinstated After Recorded Sex Talk

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Mike Duvall Affair, On Tape, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Audio, Mike Duvall, Recorded, Duvall, Barsuglia, Lobbyist, Sex Chat, Microphone, Video, Sex Talk, Sex Conversation, Sempra Energy, Yorba Linda, Gop, Heidi Dejong Barsuglia, Politics News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former California lawmaker was caught on tape bragging a...

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Two Percent Ain't Good Enough

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California, Children, Usc, Public Education, Foster Care, Los Angeles, Relationships, Living News

Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.

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Job Losses? Not in North Dakota. A Stimulus Plan That Really Works

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: State Deficits, Banking Crisis, Fractional-Reserve-System, Job Loss, Unemployment, Farid Khavari, Bank of North Dakota, President Obama, North Dakota, Florida, Montana, State-Owned Banks, Job Creation, California, Business News

Why is North Dakota doing so well, when other states are suffering the ravages of a deepening credit crisis? Its secret may be that it has its own credit machine.

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A Sad Day for Californians: Gavin Newsom's Withdrawl from the Race for Governor

Sarah Granger | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gavin Newsom, California, Governor, Politics News

While I'm saddened he will not be continuing his run for Governor of California at this time, I feel lucky we still have Mayor Newsom in San Francisco to continue fighting the good fight.

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Schwarzenegger: F-Bomb In Veto Letter Was "Wild Coincidence"

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger Fuck You, California, Schwarzenegger Wild Coincidence, Schwarzenegger Acrostic, Acrostic Poem, Schwarzenegger Secret Message, Lawmakers, Schwarzenegger Coded Poem, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger Veto, Schwarzenegger Coincidence, Schwarzenegger F-Bomb, Arnold Schwarzenegger Letter Fuck You, Arnold Schwarzenegger "Fuck You" Veto, Schwarzenegger Fuck You, Schwarzenegger Veto Fuck You, Fuck You Wild Coincidence, Politics News

It's just one of those wild coincidences, like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams dying the same day, exactly 50 years after they signed the Declaration ...

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Henry Miller and a Sunday in Big Sur

Alex Henry | Posted 11.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Hieronymus Bosch, Tropic of Cancer, Carmel, California, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Big Sur, Henry Miller, Tropic-of-Capricorn, Dumas, Emil White, Voltaire, Gombrowicz, Montaigne, Style News

I was not far into Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller, but I was sufficiently delighted by what I had read that I decided I must visit this place.

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Costco: Food Stamps Will Be Accepted

Seattle Times | Melissa Allison | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Harlem, Welfare, Big Box Retail, California, Food Stamps, Economy, Jim Sinegal, Washington State, Recession, New York, New York City, Big Box Retailer, Groceries, Costco, Food, Michigan, Business News

Costco Wholesale plans to accept food stamps at its warehouse stores nationwide, a major shift for a company that earlier this year said it doubted th...

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Push To Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground In California

nytimes.com | JESSE McKINLEY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Legalized Marijuana, California, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Marijuana Legalization, California-Marijuana, Pot Legalization, Legalize Marijuana, Politics News

These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California -- and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federa...

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Schwarzenegger "F*** You": Did Gov Send Lawmaker Obscene Message Through Acrostic Poem? (PHOTO): UPDATE

AP/ The Huffington Post | JUDY LIN | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger Fuck You, California, Acrostic Poem, Schwarzenegger Acrostic, Schwarzenegger Secret Message, Schwarzenegger Coded Poem, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lawmakers, Schwarzenegger Veto, Schwarzenegger F-Bomb, Arnold Schwarzenegger Letter Fuck You, Arnold Schwarzenegger "Fuck You" Veto, Schwarzenegger Fuck You, Schwarzenegger Veto Fuck You, Politics News

UPDATE: Gov. Schwarzenegger has denied that he intentionally sent an obscene message to lawmakers. The Governor claimed it was one of those "wild coin...

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California: An Example of State Action on Workplace Flexibility

David Gray | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Family-Work-Issues, Family-Leave, Family, Workers, Workplace, California, Politics News

Work family conflicts are real and growing. There is a mismatch between the needs of families and the structure of work. Creative public policy is part of the solution.

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A Reasonable Case For Regulation

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sec, Lehman Brothers, Financial Services Committee, Regulation, Rating Agencies, Moody's, Fitch, Standard & Poor, Financial Regulation, Jackie Speier, California, Politics News

How would you feel if you discovered that a highly-rated bond received its grade not because the company is strong, but because the rating agency assumed the government would bail the company out?

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Car Dealers Exempt From New Consumer Protection Agency

Steve Parker | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Walt Minnick, White House, National Automobile Dealers Association, North Dakota, Congress, California, Mike Castle, John Campbell, President Obama, Cfpa, Cars, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Mississippi, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Delaware, Travis Childers, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

The House Financial Services Committee approved a key amendment Thursday, 47-21, to keep automobile dealers exempt them from a new government consumer protection agency.

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Schwarzenegger Delivers Gun Violence Prevention Advocates Victory In California

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Illegal Guns, Guns, Barack Obama, Ammunition, Politics News

Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a law that requires handgun ammunition to be treated by retailers in much the same way that cigarettes, cold medicines and even spray paint are treated.

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Schwarzenegger Blames Budget Woes On "Judges Going Absolutely Crazy"

The Sacramento Bee | Kevin Yamamura | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Budget, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News

After railing against labor unions, waste and fraud in the past, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday found a new target to blame for California's ...

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Is CNBC Pimping for State Street Bank?

Jerry Brown | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Attorney General Jerry Brown, State Street Bank and Trust, California, Wall Street, Calpers, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Cnbc, Jerry Brown, State Street Bank, Calstrs, Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, Eliot Spitzer, Business News

In my book, there's nothing 'quaint' about corporate fraud or ripping off pension funds. So, I'll continue to bring the high-priced rip-off artists like State Street Bank to justice, regardless of CNBC sneers.

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Jerry Brown, California AG, Squabbles With CNBC (VIDEO)

Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Cnbc, State Street Bank and Trust, California Attorney General, California, Jerry Brown, Business News

Yesterday, California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced an enormous, $200 million lawsuit against Boston-based State Street Bank. But, when Brown...

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Divergence, of Course

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Alabama, California, Bankruptcy, Federal Budget Deficit, Wall Street, Main Street, Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Household Debt, Business News

Despite the excitement over the stock markets, credit markets remain ground zero. They are where defaults destroy fortunes but they are also crucial to US industrial growth.

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2835, Necessity, Medical Necessity, President Obama, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Doj, Raid, Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Medical, Medical Marijuana, Obama, War on Drugs, Injustice, Drug, Eric Holder, California, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gonzales v Raich, Federal Prosecutor, Schedule I, Schedule, Ed Rosenthal, Marinol, Schedule II, Medical Use, US v Rosenthal, Drug War, Department of Justice, Justice, Federal Attorney, Oakland, Gag Rule, Federal, Attorney General, Necessity Defense, US v OCBC, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Holder, Controlled Substances Act, Ag, Cannabis, Chris Weigant, Ashcroft v Raich, hr2835, Drug Policy, Medical Necessity Defense, Raich, Ocbc, Rosenthal, Politics News

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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