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2013-05-18 03:12:12 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 23 +1s)
The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized today for the agency's "foolish mistakes" in singling out conservative groups for intrusive and time-consuming scrutiny, but said that the effort was not driven by partisan motives.
2013-05-17 21:00:25 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 25 +1s)
A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts suggests that people who retire over the next quarter-century could suffer declining standards of living compared with earlier generations, a rare and troubling phenomenon in modern-day history. The retirement math is most vexing for Generation X and for so-called late boomers, according to the study.
2013-05-17 18:14:45 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 32 +1s)
Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. PDT, writes +Deborah Netburn. "This is a really big asteroid, similar in size to the one that killed off the dinosaurs, and it's getting very close to us," said Amy Mainzer, who tracks near-Earth objects at +NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge. There is no chance that asteroid 1998 QE2 could collide with Earth this go-around; its next close approach won't be until 2119.
#space #asteroids #asteroidtracker #QE2
2013-05-17 17:24:40 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)
+David Lazarus writes about a couple's travel nightmare that landed them on an entirely different continent because of an incorrect airport code.
Share with us: What's been your worst travel experience?
2013-05-17 16:23:34 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)
Today’s front page
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center stands out for steep pricing: It's the only hospital near the top in every category in a Medicare report. But few patients pay the full amount. http://lat.ms/10J0VTt
L.A. Philharmonic concerned about potential subway noise: A test suggests that a new downtown connector line might be heard in Disney Hall. Metro says it will find a way to eliminate all sounds. http://lat.ms/13ATRfI
IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules: IRS was ill-equipped to handle the deluge of tax-exempt applications from 'social welfare' organizations and to police their political activities, experts say. http://lat.ms/YNl3WP
Wendy Greuel cites high-profile role as an executive at DreamWorks SKG: The mayoral candidate's position at DreamWorks was about more than making movies — she was a go-... more »
2013-05-17 14:38:54 (8 comments, 7 reshares, 33 +1s)
Despite an online petition that garnered over 200,000 signatures protesting the re-imagining of Pixar's "Brave" heroine Merida, Disney has no intention of abandoning its sexier version of the Scottish archer.
What do you think of #Disney 's decision?
#Brave #Movies #entertainmentnews
2013-05-17 05:35:34 (10 comments, 7 reshares, 40 +1s)
President Obama today ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons.
"This is … an international problem," he said during a news conference. "It's not going to be something that the United States does by itself. And I don't think anybody in the region would think that U.S. unilateral actions … would bring about a better outcome."
2013-05-16 22:25:03 (16 comments, 37 reshares, 51 +1s)
Warning: This story is not for the faint of heart. Public pools might just have more in them than you've bargained for.
2013-05-16 22:04:16 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)
At Google I/O on Thursday, Google took another small step in that direction by announcing that Glass will soon have seven new apps, including Evernote, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
2013-05-16 20:59:07 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 25 +1s)
For a little after-lunch sauciness, we thought you could use a dash of Sriracha...
#sriracha #hotsauce #food
2013-05-16 19:02:53 (9 comments, 7 reshares, 44 +1s)
In total, Google+ is being updated with 41 new features, but the most notable change is in the content feed. Now, new posts show up in one, two or three columns depending on the screen size being used to check out Google+.
2013-05-16 17:02:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested 13 models of compact SUVs, measuring damage from front-end collisions with fixed objects such as a tree or pole. Only the Subaru Forester earned an overall rating of "good." The rest were rated "marginal" or "poor."
2013-05-16 16:56:40 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 21 +1s)
Today’s front page
Obama ousts IRS chief over inquiry: In a bid to restore Americans' trust, the president says targeting conservative groups was 'inexcusable.' http://lat.ms/12wgReR
Forecast for L.A.'s mayor race: paltry turnout: In a city with more than 2 million eligible voters, roughly 400,000 may cast ballots in Tuesday's election. The low turnout is in keeping with historical trends. http://lat.ms/10I76qH
Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells: For the first time, scientists have created embryos that are genetic copies of living people to make stem cells, which may help treat many diseases but also raises concerns about human cloning. http://lat.ms/10I8YQ9
An early terrorist in U.S. condemns today's jihad: El Sayyid A. Nosair, imprisoned for the murder of Rabbi Meir Kahane and the first... more »
2013-05-16 16:55:00 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)
More than 2 million people can vote for mayor of Los Angeles. But if history is a reliable guide, as many as 1.6 million of them will skip Tuesday's election.
That low turnout could mean that the winner will garner fewer votes than any newly elected mayor since the pre-freeway era of the 1930's, according to a Times analysis of L.A. election records.
Read the story by +Ben Welsh and +Michael Finnegan: http://lat.ms/YYZ6q8
2013-05-16 15:03:46 (6 comments, 10 reshares, 38 +1s)
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of human cloning.
How far do you think science should go?
#Science #medicine #scienceeveryday
2013-05-16 05:22:55 (12 comments, 20 reshares, 60 +1s)
Kroger Co.'s anaerobic digester in Compton takes unsold food from Ralph's and Food 4 Less and converts it into 13 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year.
Here's +Tiffany Hsu's report:
2013-05-15 17:39:48 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)
If you've got infants or toddlers, you've likely got questions. We've invited pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp ("The Happiest Baby on the Block") to join us in a live video discussion today at 1 p.m. Pacific time. He'll be taking your questions, so don't miss it.
#parenting #parentingtips #parentingadvice #toddler #infants
2013-05-15 16:19:05 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)
Today’s front page
Gov. Jerry Brown unveils cautious budget for deficit-free state: The governor says California's financial condition remains unstable despite a surge in revenue. Only schools will get a substantial boost beyond his January budget. http://lat.ms/ZZO2Ed
Angelina Jolie's choice is clear to one who faced it: Her decision makes sense to others who've been there. We want to end the constant fear, and we don't want our children to suffer the same loss we have. http://lat.ms/10OQP80
FBI to probe fatal beating by Kern County deputies: The sheriff requests federal assistance amid charges of tampering with video of assault captured on cellphones. http://lat.ms/1001kRd
In a disputed reef, Philippines sees face of Chinese domination: Scarborough Shoal, a mecca for fishermen, is claimed by both countries, and the f... more »
2013-05-15 05:08:52 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)
+Armand Emamdjomeh's interactive graphic breaks down Gov. Jerry Brown's recently released $224 billion budget plan for California.
Each circle shows the proposed amount and percentage of change for a different section of the budget -- K-12 education, healthcare services, transportation, Highway Patrol, etc.
More on Gov. Brown's proposed budget from state politics reporter +Chris Megerian: http://lat.ms/18IQBkF
2013-05-15 01:51:16 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 32 +1s)
A study of satellite imagery and weather data shows that Mount Everest's glacial ice is in decline, +geoffrey mohan reports:
2013-05-14 19:35:24 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 11 +1s)
A woman on an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to New York caused the plane to be diverted to Kansas City because she was disruptive and apparently refused to stop singing.
Her song of choice? "I Will Always Love You," the Dolly Parton tune made famous by Whitney Houston in the movie "The Bodyguard."
2013-05-14 17:08:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)
Today’s front page
With new revelations, outrage spreads about IRS targeting: IRS officials kept details from Congress about targeting conservative groups, documents show. Republicans are furious; Obama says people must be 'held accountable.' http://lat.ms/17ZL1sS
L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, county officials have decided to stop sending children to the private foster care agency Teens Happy Homes. http://lat.ms/YHgnBQ
Kern County man dies after alleged beating by deputies:
Sheriff seizes witnesses' phones with video of the incident, bringing accusations of a coverup as Bakersfield police take over investigation. http://lat.ms/10wqDtl
Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at 85; popular TV psychologist:
Brothers he... more »
2013-05-14 18:28:52 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)
Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot hatched in Yemen.
+The Associated Press on Monday called the action a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news gathering.
Do you think it's ok for the government to monitor journalists without notice?
2013-05-14 13:55:01 (12 comments, 6 reshares, 39 +1s)
“My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was.”
Angelina Jolie disclosed in an op-ed that she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.
Would you make the same choice?
#health #breastcancer
2013-05-13 23:31:30 (3 comments, 6 reshares, 23 +1s)
Dr. Joyce Brothers, 85, has died. She became a pop-culture fixture, bringing psychology into the mainstream of society by ministering to America via the airwaves and in print.
2013-05-13 21:52:16 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 29 +1s)
As +Salvador Rodriguez writes: The Google clouds have gathered -- now your G-storage is combined for its email, virtual hard drive and social network.
2013-05-13 21:33:01 (10 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)
Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, was convicted of killing three babies said to have been born alive and cleared in the death of a fourth, who prosecutors say let out a soft whimper before he snipped its neck. Gosnell was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the drug-overdose death of a patient who had undergone an abortion. The jury will return Tuesday to hear evidence on whether he should get the death penalty.
2013-05-13 18:32:43 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)
"I was old enough and I had failed enough to know: 'This is it', no more driving for four hours to play 45 minutes on a sound system I set up myself for $100 and cheeseburgers."
Read about the two comedians behind the YouTube hit +Epic Rap Battles of History, and how meshing wit, rhyme and raw humor are winning them millions of fans the world over.
2013-05-13 16:55:57 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 19 +1s)
Today’s front page:
Gun control backers turn up heat on selected senators: Gun control backers use ads and protests to try to press a few senators, like Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), to change their minds on background checks.
http://lat.ms/12prL61
Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws: In 1986, an amnesty law gave legal status and a path to citizenship to unauthorized residents. Today's mass legalization would occur in a much different economic and demographic climate. http://lat.ms/16uNptD
LAUSD board could ban suspensions for 'willful defiance': Backers of the resolution say 'zero tolerance' is harming kids. 'Instead of punishing students, we're going to engage them,' says one supporter. http://lat.ms/19js43f
Sagging legacy networks seek a reversal of fortune: Th... more »
2013-05-13 15:59:13 (4 comments, 6 reshares, 23 +1s)
International Space Station Expedition 35 Commander Col. +Chris Hadfield returns to Earth, and eventually Canada, on Monday. So, what better way to end the mission than doing a personalized rendition of #davidbowie 's classic "A Space Oddity," in the first music video from space.
Watch it here:
#Space #spaceexploration #spaceoddity #NASA
2013-05-13 13:48:30 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 15 +1s)
Supporters of tougher gun laws vowed not to let the issue fade, as it has in the past. The vote, President Obama declared, was "just Round 1." But with the next election 18 months away and a Senate calendar already filled with immigration reform and the federal budget, the prospects for a renewed fight seemed dim.
Welcome to Round 2 in the battle over gun control.
#guncontrol #guns #politics
2013-05-12 16:03:31 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)
A fancy store and a fancier purse become a treasured memory for two families.
2013-05-11 18:03:18 (24 comments, 6 reshares, 68 +1s)
Art or not?
Pop star Chris Brown's Hollywood Hills home includes outside walls with massive paintings of monsters, 8 feet tall in bright neon colors. Some say the images frighten children.
Read the story: http://lat.ms/12jZpdr
Photo by Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times
2013-05-11 04:20:22 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 34 +1s)
"The director has steadfastly proclaimed his passion for the novel, but the film he's made of it too often plays as no more than an excuse to display his frantic, frenetic personal style," film critic Kenneth Turan writes of Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" adaptation.
2013-05-10 23:58:14 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)
Stamp Out Hunger, the annual food drive spearheaded by the U.S. Postal Service, is tomorrow. +Rene Lynch has more details on the event and how you can participate:
2013-05-10 22:48:19 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 31 +1s)
Here's a little something for both auto and Beatles enthusiasts. Bidders will have the chance to snatch up the first car John Lennon ever owned: a 1965 Ferrari 330GT 2+2 Coupé. (Feel free to insert your own puns using "Ticket to Ride.")
2013-05-10 21:37:07 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 26 +1s)
IRS staffers selected for more review the applications that included the words "tea party" or "patriot," Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations, said in a conference call with reporters. The staffers also requested information the IRS does not normally ask for, including donor lists.
2013-05-10 20:26:10 (6 comments, 6 reshares, 50 +1s)
Beach weather is forecast for this weekend (http://lat.ms/18zlLLb) — and was in July 1921 at Seal Beach. Maybe take your mom; but leave the neckties at home.
Photo credit: Los Angeles Times / “Imagining Los Angeles: Photographs of a 20th Century City”
And for more Southland history, through the lens of the L.A. Times archives, see the L.A. Times Past Tumblr blog: http://latimespast.tumblr.com/
2013-05-10 18:54:36 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)
Free Wi-Fi from Facebook? You'd have to check in to check it out.
"Essentially, Facebook Wi-Fi gives people a simple way to access Wi-Fi at local businesses, and it gives local businesses a way to connect with their customers," a Facebook spokeswoman told The Times.
2013-05-10 16:31:26 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)
Today’s front page
California sues JPMorgan over debt collection tactics: Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris accuses JPMorgan Chase of running a robo-signing 'debt collection mill' that preyed on consumers. http://lat.ms/12hSO32
USC gains Bruin brains as neuroscientists switch universities: University lures two prominent UCLA brain researchers with a vow to expand their world-renowned lab. http://lat.ms/178Tn3u
After rebuke by archbishop, Cardinal Mahony takes higher profile: Stripped of public duties by Archbishop Jose Gomez over mishandling of clergy sex abuse cases, Mahony has begun what some call a rehabilitation tour. http://lat.ms/176WLvN
Buzz word alert: Delight, a squishy, subjective, hard-to-pin-down term, is suddenly all the rage in data-driven Silicon Valley. http://lat.ms/18yz7rd
Similar records, but L.A. m... more »
2013-05-10 16:14:57 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)
Mom's special day is coming this weekend. Why not pay her a tribute here on the L.A. Times' Google+ page. Share with us what you think is special about your mom.
2013-05-10 15:01:54 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)
Kidnappings, suicide bombings and hundreds of violent deaths have bloodied Pakistan’s campaign trail. Still, the parliamentary vote Saturday is being heralded as a milestone in the country’s democratic advancement.
Once the votes are tallied and a new government formed, it will be the first time in Pakistan’s 66-year history that one elected leadership succeeds another, and that the departing government was able to serve out its full term.
Read more about the country's contentious race and why politics still remains a dangerous endeavor:
#pakistan #Worldnews #globalnews #politics
2013-05-10 13:46:38 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 34 +1s)
A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building in Bangladesh for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror, where the death toll has shot past 1,000.
Read her story here:
#News #worldnews
2013-05-10 00:01:38 (2 comments, 13 reshares, 48 +1s)
The bill would amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to make it clear that unlocking phones or tablets does not violate rules against modifying copyrighted works. Now, Section 1201 of the DMCA blocks users from going around any technologies meant to prevent them from doing things like "jailbreaking" their phones to run someone else's app, for instance, or unlocking the phone so it can be used with a different carrier.
2013-05-09 21:12:20 (2 comments, 6 reshares, 18 +1s)
Turn it up to 11!
“This Is Spinal Tap” will return in its original format June 11 and also will feature a black cover and black inner sleeve in a gatefold package with the original liner notes (from the Rocklopedia Brittanicus) and all 11 songs featured in Rob Reiner’s 1984 rockumentary, “This Is Spinal Tap.”
2013-05-09 20:02:37 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 25 +1s)
How much as the Earth changed since 1984? Check out +Google's stunning new Earth Engine project to find out.
#EarthProject #earth
2013-05-09 16:20:20 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)
Today’s front page
Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show: Medicare data on hospitals' disparate prices spotlight "practices that don't seem to make sense." http://lat.ms/15qOTpg
Delays, costs build up for 405 Freeway project in L.A.: The 10-mile project is expected to be mostly finished by mid-2014, a year later than anticipated. Meanwhile, who pays what for cost overruns is up in the air. http://lat.ms/190BUH6
Immigration reform divides Republicans: The party is having an unusually emotional debate on the immigration reform bill in the Senate and beyond. http://lat.ms/190MgXk
Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence: The system for vetting cops to determine good guy from bad is rife with problems. Officers as well as human rights groups are angry. http://lat.ms/15qrF2A
Antoine's i... more »
2013-05-09 18:18:16 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)
Five days before two bombs tore through crowds at the Boston Marathon, an intelligence report identified the finish line of the race as an "area of increased vulnerability" and warned Boston police that extremists may use "small scale bombings" to attack spectators and runners at the event.
Read more on the report here:
#Boston #bostonbombing #intelligence #security #terrorism #bostonmarathon #bostonmarathonbombing #bostonmarathonexplosion
2013-05-09 13:53:06 (14 comments, 6 reshares, 24 +1s)
More than four in 10 Americans think they’ll have to work into their 70s or 80s because they can’t afford to retire.
How long into your golden years do you think you will have to work?
#Economy #retirement
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