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Why is there a double standard?
Hang in there Councilman Sinanyan! Why should your comments made on the Internet years ago matter to the public when a conflict of interest by sitting council members went unchallenged at the voting booth in 2013? In 2009, council members Friedman,...Tags: Interior Policy, Local Elections, Elections, Public Housing, Science and Technology
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A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Plan B (drug), Feminism, Science and Technology
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MOCA architecture show opening pushed back to June 16
The Museum of Contemporary Art released a statement Friday saying it has moved back the opening date of its show about contemporary Los Angeles architecture, part of the Getty's "Pacific Standard Time Presents" initiative, by two weeks, to June 16....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Frank Gehry, Arts, The Getty, Science and Technology
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Diversity and choice key for city schools
We share the editorial view that outgoing Baltimore City Schools CEO Andrés Alonso created a strong platform to sustain ongoing improvement in our schools ("School reform 2.0," May 12). But the editorial's call for more standardization around the system...
Tags: Charter Schools, Science and Technology, Academic Progress
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L.A. artists, architects' effect on each other at MAK Center exhibit
"Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better. The exhibition at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, curated by UCLA architectural historian and critic Sylvia Lavin, is a wry study of the ways Los Angeles artists and...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Thom Mayne, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Venturi, Science and Technology
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Technology, Biology, Music
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Recall Alert: 2007-13 Toyota FJ Cruiser
KickingTiresToyota is recalling 11,489 model-year 2007-13 FJ Cruiser SUVs due to auxiliary headlights that do not comply with federal safety standards for brightness, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The affected vehicles were...Tags: Science and Technology, Toyota, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, SUVs and Crossovers
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Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'
Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine” in both English and Arabic. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company consulted "a number of...
Tags: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, International Organizations, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority
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Local Voices: Naperville, Lisle and Aurora
Letters to the editor from Naperville, Lisle and Aurora residents. Speed risks The proposed change in Illinois' speed limit from 65 to 70 miles per hour on tollways and interstate highways increases the risk of damage. The approximately 8 percent...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, National Rifle Association of America, Wireless Technology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elections
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Republican senators boycott vote on EPA nominee
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democrats. Republicans on the Senate...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues, Barbara Boxer, Science and Technology, George W. Bush
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MOCA architecture show, funded by Getty, could face cancellation
Times Architecture CriticThe curator of a major architecture exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art says he is concerned it will be canceled in advance of its planned June 2 opening. “A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California”...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, Getty Foundation
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Day County OKs cattle-finishing operation
A 480-head cattle-finishing barn can be built near Webster, a Day County board decided Tuesday. The Day County Planning and Zoning Board approved a conditional use permit for Scott Shiley after adding several restrictions. The permit request was...Tags: Voting, Interior Policy, Elections, Science and Technology, Housing and Urban Planning
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