by Matthew Baracat (Associated Press)
November 13, 2009
A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.
The sentence handed down in suburban Washington was far less than the [...]
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By John Hoeffel (LA Times)
November 10, 2009
As hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries have opened this year in a startling rollout across California, unnerved local officials have started to push back aggressively.
Many cities and a few counties have banned them. Others have imposed emergency moratoriums. And some have started to sue dispensaries to force them to [...]
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Will President Barack Obama give General Stanley A. McChrystal the 40,000 troops requested to fight the war in Afghanistan?
By Alex Alonso
October 9, 2009
President Barack Obama won the Nobel peace prize during a time when he has to decide whether he will approve the deployment of 40,000 troops to Afghanistan to accommodate General Stanley A. [...]
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By TAREK EL-TABLAWY, Associated Press Writer Tarek El-tablawy, Associated Press Writer – 31 mins ago
RIPOLI, Libya – The only man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 returned home to Libya to die after he was released from a Scottish prison Thursday, a decision that outraged some relatives of [...]
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In the second quarter, the number of homeowners behind on payments or in foreclosure rose along with the jobless rate, with California among states leading the way.
By Martin ZimmermanAugust 20, 2009 | 11:51 a.m.
The mortgage meltdown continued to worsen in the second quarter as the number of homeowners who are either behind on their [...]
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Barack Obama hosted a father’s day White House lawn cook-out and he invited several celebrity fathers, influential men, and local teen boys for some grilled steaks and burgers whipped up by chef master Bobby Flay.
In attendance were Dwyane Wade, Alonzo Mourning, Etan Thomas, the President of Motorola, the President of Morehouse, and many others.
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Obama Wins?
By Alex Alonso
October 20, 2008
To win the Presidential election you need to win 270 of 538 electoral votes. The national polls are irrelevant therefore we should be tracking state polls. A tie would be 269 to 269 but that has never happened and neither has a Republican president ever won the White House [...]
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Alex Alonso
December 7, 2005
For years, going back to President Ronald Reagan, illegal immigration has not been a concern for Washington politicians, both Democrats & Republicans alike. It’s because the benefits of hiring low wage workers, and how companies yield larger profits when they employ them. It is capitalism at it’s finest, whether one [...]
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Interview with Maxine Waters – January 18, 2003
From the Rita Walters learning Complex in South Los Angeles on January 18, 2003. Addressing a groups of youth men and women and a panel that included Jimmy McGhee, project directors, Charline Nunez, LAPD Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell, Bill Maritnez of the Gang Violence Bridging Project at California [...]
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