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Activists ask Congress to investigate Inglewood police killings
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCivil rights activists alarmed by the fourth officer-involved fatal shooting in Inglewood since May called Monday for congressional and local inquiries into the use-of-force policies of the Inglewood Police Department. A day after police fatally shot...Tags: Gang Activity, Juvenile Delinquency, Government, Murder, Crimes
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DeLauro's Remarks At The DNC
Below is the text of Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro's remarks as prepared for delivery for the Democratic National Convention: I am Rosa DeLauro from the State of Connecticut . Shelly in Utah wrote to Barack Obama to tell him about the discrimination she...Tags: Tennessee, Local Authority, Missouri, Montana, Government Health Care
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Activist Najee Ali Sentenced to 4-years in Prison
LOS ANGELES -- Activist and former gang member Najee Ali was sentenced Monday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to the attempted bribery of a witness in his daughter's assault case.
A frequent critic of Los Angeles law enforcement, Ali, 45,...Tags: Alhambra, Snoop Dogg, Prisons, Theft, Elijah Muhammad
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Thousands celebrate life of Bernie Mac
Chicago Tribune reporterThere they stood, three buddies at the center of the elevated pulpit, all wiping away tears and preparing to speak at the memorial service for their friend, their colleague and, in some cases, their mentor. They appeared uncomfortable, and it took a...Tags: Movies, Don Cheadle, Christianity, Isaac Hayes, Andy Garcia
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Pondering Najee Ali's place
I know there was high-fiving in some circles this week when bombastic black activist Najee Ali was sentenced to four years in prison for trying to bribe a witness in a criminal case against his 20-year-old daughter.
Najee -- everybody calls him that --...Tags: Gang Activity, Crimes, Bribery, Lawyers, Prisons
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Federal foreclosure-purchase program may fall flat in California
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTo Congress, it looked like a way to both ease blight and provide affordable housing: give local governments $4 billion to buy, repair and resell homes lost to foreclosure. But the program -- included in the landmark housing bill signed by President Bush...Tags: Local Authority, Real Estate Buyers, Housing and Urban Planning, Freddie Mac, George Bush
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Bernie Mac funeral, photos
Tribune staff reporterMore photos from the funeral >>> There they stood, three buddies at the center of the elevated pulpit, all wiping away tears and preparing to speak at the memorial service for their friend, their colleague and, in some cases, their mentor. They appeared...Tags: Movies, Don Cheadle, Christianity, Isaac Hayes, Andy Garcia
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Congress Passes Housing Rescue Bill
The Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging economy. President Bush said he would sign it promptly,...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Government, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, George Bush
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Fed Adopts Plan to Curb Shady Mortgage Practices
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve has adopted rules to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis and propelled foreclosures to record highs. Chairman Ben Bernanke and his...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Pennsylvania, Real Estate Buyers, Government, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Housing bill heads to Senate; Bush withdraws veto threat
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe House approved a sweeping plan Wednesday to ease the country's most serious housing crisis since the Great Depression by providing aid to homeowners facing foreclosure and a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....Tags: Ken Calvert, Financial and Business Services, Henry M. Paulson, Upper House, The White House
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Housing rescue bill OK'd
The House approved a sweeping plan yesterday that responds to the most serious housing crisis since the Depression by providing a federal backstop for struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and aid to homeowners facing foreclosure.
In a...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Local Authority, Henry M. Paulson, Upper House, The White House
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More Obama supers: Down to 12
Spin CycleBack to the riveting superdelegate announcements: Obama announces 4.5 more -- most notably, California Rep. Maxine Waters, switching from Hillary. The first switch today, which is a pretty good show of loyalty for someone whose campaign seems about to...Tags: California, Delaware, Florida
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