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BlackVoices History Quest: Los Angeles

Posted 02.11.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Adventure and Educational Travel, Family Trips, Black History Museums, Family Road Trips, Road Trips, LA Black History, Travel, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Today's edition of Black Voices Black History Quest is based in Los Angeles. We have some great places for your next trip to Los Angeles, including...

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Immigration Is Not Just An Election Year Issue, It Is A Reality Millions Of Undocumented People In The U.S Have To Face Every Day

Nancy Meza | Posted 02.11.2012 | Latino Voices

Read More: Los Angeles, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Ucla, Dreamers, Deportation, DREAM Act, Latino Voices News

In this year's elections, both parties have used the "immigration issue" as political football, but in reality, immigration is a problem undocumented immigrants in the U.S. must face every day.

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Los Angeles moves haltingly toward ending fines for truancy

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 02.10.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Daytime Curfew Ordinance, Daytime Curfew, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

By Susan Ferriss, iWatch NewsLOS ANGELES -- Fifteen-year-old Juan Carlos Amezcua was just five minutes late for school, and already at the corner by...

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Mary J.Blige Plays For AIDS Charity

AP | ALICIA QUARLES | Posted 02.11.2012 | Impact

Read More: Forest Whitaker, Mary J Blige Charity, Video, Red Campaign, Malin Akerman, Aids, Mary J Blige, Kelis, Los Angeles, Mary J Blige AIDS, Avalon Nightclub, Impact News

By ALICIA QUARLES, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- Mary J. Blige brought out plenty of emotion as she performed in front of a packed house to support...

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LA Mayor And Obama Supporter Previews Line Of Attack On Mitt Romney

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.08.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a Democrat, plans to dig into Mitt Romney in a speech on immigration reform Wednesday, when he w...

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Bus, Train Ads Aim To Rescue Ailing Transit Budgets

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 02.08.2012 | Business

Read More: Boston, Mass Transit, Budget Cuts, Subway, Chicago, New York Subway, Public Transit, Commuting, Culver City, Buses, Los Angeles, Budget Deficits, Metro, Business News

Faced with the clashing imperatives of protecting public health and preserving the fiscal well-being of public transportation, Boston transit official...

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Chefs' Favorite Fried Chicken Joints

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 02.06.2012 | Food

Read More: New Orleans, Olive and Sinclair, Susan Feniger, Nashville, Popeyes Chicken, Asheville, Boston, Slidepollajax, Marc Murphy, Ken Oringer, Prince's Hot Chicken, Marcus Samuelsson, Los Angeles, Fried Chicken, New York, Restaurants, Food News

We asked chefs around the country to share their favorite places for fried chicken, from dives to upscale.

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What's The Big Deal About Mike Kelley's Death?

Posted 02.02.2012 | Arts

Read More: Schadenfreude, Suicide, Ellsworth Kelly, Mike Kelley, Max Estenger, Vicious Attack, Los Angeles, Artist Deaths, Arts News

Mike Kelley died of an apparent suicide in his bathtub a few days ago in Southern California. He was perhaps the most influential artist to emerge in ...

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Bye-Bye LAX, Hello LIZ: Honoring Elizabeth Taylor and Rebranding Los Angeles Airport

Derek Shearer | Posted 02.03.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Urban Politics, Lax, Culture, Los Angeles, Rebranding, Los Angeles News

LA should step up to the global marketing plate and rename our airport after Elizabeth Taylor, one of the great movie actresses of modern times. LAX should become LIZ.

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Artist Mike Kelly Found Dead In His Home

AP | By DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 02.02.2012 | Arts

Read More: Artist Mike Kelley, Suicide, Mike Kelley, Artist, Los Angeles, Artist Deaths, Arts News

LOS ANGELES -- Mike Kelley, the daring and influential contemporary installation artist who counted the band Sonic Youth and artist Paul McCarthy amon...

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One Woman's Fight For Social Justice

Constance L. Rice | Posted 02.01.2012 | Books

Read More: La, Street Violence, Los Angeles, Gang Culture, Gang Intervention, Power Concedes Nothing, Books News

In twenty years as a civil rights attorney in Los Angeles, I've had my share of shattering midnight calls from police and gang intervention workers, clients and social workers. But few calls rattled my world like the one that came on a quiet Jacaranda June morning in 2008.

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Awesome Spring Break Vacations That Don't Require A Passport

Mary Rambin | Posted 02.01.2012 | Travel

Read More: Resorts, Texas, Golf, Houston, Southern California, California, Phoenix, Conde Nast Traveler, Spring Break, Sedona-Arizona, Slidepollajax, Atlanta, Relais & Chateaux, Family Vacations, Los Angeles, Summer Vacation, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Each less than two hours outside of a major city, these destinations offer gorgeous landscapes and entertain singles, couples and families for a reasonable price. I love them all just as much as my Mexican hideways!

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Legend, Kennedy Center Program Honors Marvin Gaye

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 01.31.2012 | DC

Read More: John Legend, What's Going on ... Now, Video, Youth Education, District of Columbia, Cleveland, Chicago, Dc Around Town, Music, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kennedy Center, Marvin Gaye, Santa Fe, DC News

WASHINGTON — Grammy award-winning singer John Legend surprised a high school choir Tuesday at the Kennedy Center to help start a program encoura...

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Sundance Doc Review: Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 01.30.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Cypress Hill, Krs-One, Sundance, Ice-T, Dre, Los Angeles, New York, Rapping, California Love, Sundance Film Festival, Park City Utah, Grandmaster Caz, The Art of Rap, Ice-T Documentary, Icet Sundance, Sundance 2012, Sundance Film Festival 2012, Entertainment News

Ice-T revisits his roots as a rapper by visiting with an endless parade of legendary emcees to discuss how they approach their songwriting in Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap.

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WATCH: Freeze-Tag Has Never Been So Smart

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.30.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Kickball, Silver Lake, Video, Hipster Freeze Tag, Los Angeles, Ned Ehrbar, Adult Freeze Tag, Freeze Tag, Comedy News

Although hipster-bashing will soon become officially comically irrelevant (the President has an Instagram account, for goodness sake), one trait that ...

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Ex-Cocaine Kinigpin 'Freeway' Rick Ross Aims To Make Amends After Prison

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 01.29.2012 | Black Voices

Read More: Ricky Donnell Ross, Drug Trafficking, Video, Cocaine Sentencing, Rick Ross, Drug Kingpin Rick Ross, Crack Cocaine, Fbi, Drugs, Drug Dealers, Rapper, Dea, Freeway Rick Ross, Los Angeles, Ricky Ross, Black Voices News

Nearly every night that "Freeway" Rick Ross spent in prison, the same nightmare filled his head: He and his crew are sitting around a table piled h...

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California Dreaming...

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 01.27.2012 | Arts

Read More: Photography, Post-War America, Southern California, Los Angeles, Palm Springs Art Museum, Art Exhibitions, Swimming Pools, Arts News

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PLAN ForYourArt: January 25-February 1

Bettina Korek | Posted 01.27.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: Pacific Design Center, LA Museums, Los Angeles Art Scene, Los Angeles Art, Pacific Standard Time, La Around Town, Lacma, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Artist Thomas Demand and filmmaker Alex McDowell discuss models as tools and interpretations of worlds and what makes a surrounding not only convincing but also a reality.

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Bashing the Homeless: When Pinkberry Becomes Punkberry

Joel John Roberts | Posted 01.26.2012 | Impact

Read More: Homelessness, Pinkberry, Orange County, Los Angeles, Pinkberry Young Lee, Pinkberry Homeless Man, Young-Lee-Assault-Charge, Impact News

What is this country coming to when a guy in a car chases down a homeless man and pounds him with a tire iron, just because they exchanged angry words?

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Rockefeller Imposter Ordered To Face Murder Trial

AP | By LINDA DEUTSCH | Posted 01.25.2012 | Crime

Read More: Bizarre Murder Stories, Christian Gerhartsreiter Trial, Multiple Identities, Video, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Rockefeller Murder Trial, Rockefeller Imposter, Los Angeles, Crime News

ALHAMBRA, California -- The bizarre murder case against a man who assumed multiple identities including that of a Rockefeller is headed for trial and ...

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Hope for Morality in California?

Alex D'Andrea | Posted 01.23.2012 | Politics

Read More: Moral Conduct, Children in Sports Academies, Section 1983, Congressman Ron Paul, Aclu, Los Angeles, Ventura, Governor Romney, Politics News

One is not surprised that the only form of communication left at one's disposal is the litigation route -- how sad and deplorable is this?

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Second Annual Los Angeles Music Video Festival Gears Up For Spring

Turnstyle | Posted 01.20.2012 | Los Angeles

Read More: LA Music Festival, Festivals, Vevo, Music Videos, Sami Kriegstein, Mtv, Music, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

By: Noah Nelson Later this spring the Los Angeles Music Video Festival, launched last year as a one-day celebration of the art form, will return in a...

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Education Department Seeks Public Input To Prevent Cheating In Schools

AP | Posted 01.20.2012 | Education

WASHINGTON -- The Education Department wants the public's input to develop guidelines to prevent and detect cheating. The effort comes after several c...

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Snow (Finally) Comes To Mammoth Mountain

The Ski Channel | Posted 01.20.2012 | Travel

Read More: Snowboarding, Skiing, Mammoth Mountain, United Airlines, Los Angeles Travel, Video, California, California Travel, Los Angeles, Ski Blogs, Travel News

For skiers and snowboarders in California and across the nation, the time for waiting is over.

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Theater Review: Our Town in Santa Monica

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.20.2012 | Arts

Read More: Helen Hunt, Our Town, Barrow Street Theatre, Off-Broadway, Thorton Wilder, Santa Monica, Tony Award, Los Angeles, New York, David Cromer, Arts News

Thorton Wilder's play is arguably the greatest work in American dramatic literature. It combines elements of the mundane and universal, the quotidian and the divine, the parochial and the eternal.

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