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Unexpected Health Insurance Rate Shock-California Obamacare Insurance Exchange Announces Premium Rates
English: Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Every now and again, a political pundit is required to stand up and admit to the world that he or she got it wrong. For me, this would be one of those moments. For quite some time, I have been predicting that Obamacare would likely mean higher insurance rates in the ...
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77 Percent of Los Angeles Voters Call For Overturning Citizens United
endorse state and federal amendments overturning the decision , with an overwhelming 76.6 percent in favor of the resolution. The nation’s second-largest city now ...
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Church State Celebrates Spring With New Menu
Chef Tony Esnault visited the KCAL9 studios Friday to talk about the French eatery’s new items and to show viewers how to make their Salade de legumes fraicheur (vegetable salad). The restaurant is known for their daily fresh oyster selection, Mussels, Escargot, bone marrow, and their light and delicious flatbreads. For more information, ...
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Suspects Sought In OC ‘Smash-And-Grab’ Burglaries
LAGUNA BEACH (CBSLA.com) -- Police sought the public’s help Friday in identifying suspects in two separate burglaries in Orange County. The first of the ';smash-and-grab'; incidents occurred on May 10 at a European Optical store in the 1200 block of South Coast Highway, according to Laguna Beach Police. Officers responded to an alarm at 7:50 a.m. and found the store’s ...
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Hollywood talent agencies selling to create capital
Studios often mimic each other's projects in development, releasing similar concepts within the same year. The top talent agencies imitate each other as well by emulating the business strategies of their competitors. United Talent Agency has cozied up to top Wall Street banker Ken Moelis to judge investment offers for a minority stake in the company, according to the Hollywood ...
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Broadcasters take aim at Aereokiller with D.C. lawsuit
In a move that may lead to a Supreme Court showdown, several television broadcasters filed suit against Alki Davids Aereokiller in a Washington, D.C., federal court on Thursday. Brought by ABC, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and Allbritton Communications, which owns ABCs TV station in the capital, the copyright infringement lawsuit argues that the digital distribution services tiny antennas retransmit ...
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Study of Rotten Tomatoes shows sour stats on female critics
A new study followed reviews by top Rotten Tomatoes critics this spring and found top male critics wrote 82 percent of film the reviews featured on the site during a two-month period. Top female critics accounted for less than 20 percent of the reviews. Lack of female studio heads, film directors and leading roles for women has plagued Hollywood for decades. Now a new study shines the light ...
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Are blockbusters bad for the DVD rental business
The trend of swinging for the fences with huge summer blockbusters, such as the upcoming "Man of Steel," has companies like Redbox concerned, as those types of movies don't rent as well as films with more moderate takes. Blockbusters are great for theatrical, but not so much for rental. Redbox is concerned that the 2013 summer of big franchise films will be bad for business when ...
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Shuttle is major draw at California Science Center
The Los Angeles museum, where the retired shuttle is on permanent display, had 180,769 visitors in July 2012, before the shuttle arrived. This July, museum officials expect 230,916 ...
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Player Capsule Steve Nash
Trevor Wong When Steve Nash was acquired over the summer and subsequently reunited with Mike D'Antoni when his old coach replaced Mike Brown in mid November, the hope was to ...
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As Best Buy reduces disc sales f.y.e swoops in
Trans World Entertainment's f.y.e. stores are looking to pick up where Best Buy is leaving off in terms of disc sales. Where Best Buy sees a drag on its bottom line, others see opportunity. The giant electronics retail chain has announced that it will give less shelf space to packaged media, ie. DVD and Blu-ray discs, and put more emphasis on its digital platform. In turn, Trans World ...
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UFO Over Historic Barn Photo Captures Mysterious Object in California Skies
A woman has claimed to have seen a UFO over a historic barn in Santee, Calif., on May 7. A woman has claimed to have seen a UFO over a historic barn in Santee, Calif., on May 7, according to reports.Ellen Henry, a member of the Santee Historical Society (SHS) located in San Diego County, has photographed what appears to be an object in the sky above Santee earlier this month. According to ABC ...
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Navel oranges other fruit coming on strong in California
TIM HEARDEN Capital PressSACRAMENTO -- Navel orange production in California's Central Valley has come on strong in the spring after a slow start, but growers don't expect to meet initial estimates.While a few shipping houses are already finished for the year, many others will be busy until late June or early July, said Paul Story, director of grower services for California Citrus ...
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Bids starting to come in for Hulu
Peter Chernin has submitted a bid for Hulu. The offers are starting to come in for Hulu. Reports are coming in that Peter Chernin and Guggenheim Digital Media have both submitted bids for the video site, with several other companies also showing interest. Currently, Hulu is jointly owned by News Corp., Walt Disney Co., and NBCUniversal. The subscription video-on-demand site has the ...
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21st Century Fox closer to becoming a reality
21st Century Fox will encompass News Corp.'s film and television studios as well as its broadcast and cable TV networks. News Corp. has moved one step closer to splitting up. The board of directors has approved the separation of the global media conglomerate into the new News Corp. and 21st Century Fox, which is scheduled to take place on June 28. Under the new structure, the new News Corp. ...
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Box-office preview Fast Furious Hangover race for first
"Fast & Furious 6" could soar to as high as $100 million this Memorial Day weekend. Theres a fast and furious battle for boys brewing at the box office this holiday weekend, with one high-profile comedy likely to wake up on Tuesday morning with a hangover. Fast & Furious 6 burst out of the gate last night with an estimated $6.5 million from late-night shows, according to the ...
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Paramount makes big bucks on Disneys Marvel movies
"Iron Man 3" could generate as much as $90 million for Paramount, which had nothing to do with the Disney release. With Iron Man 3 approaching $1.1 billion at the global box office, Paramount stands to collect nearly $200 million without lifting a finger. The deal stems from the Walt Disney Co.s $4 billion deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment in 2009. At the time, Paramount had ...
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California ranks near the bottom in new report on economic policies
Employees at Cardinal Labortories Inc., an Azusa manufacturer and distributor of pet care products, are shown here. California ranked fourth from the bottom in a report that evaluates states on the effectiveness of their current economic policies. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Eric Reed/HIGH) FILE PHOTO (Eric Reed/Staff Photographer) California's tax codes have wreaked havoc on the state's ...
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Wash. Collapse Stokes Fears About Safety Of SoCal Bridges
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) -- The dramatic collapse of a heavily-traveled bridge in Washington state has raised questions about the safety of bridges here in Southern California. KNX 1070′s Margaret Carrero reports some of the region’s aging structure faces increased scrutiny following the bridge collapse that left only three people injured despite sending two cars hurtling into the ...
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Correcting Dominican University of Californias 2011 Admissions Statistics
The school also misreported the same application count data to other data collectors, including the U.S. Department of Education, the College Board, Peterson's and The Princeton Review. Dominican University of California has provided U.S. News with new data it is reporting as correct. As a result, the number of applications for the fall 2011 entering class is now 2,357 versus the 3,093 as ...
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Michael Douglas Hollywood studios didnt believe he could impersonate the outrageously camp Liberace in Behind the Candelabra. They were wrong
When the American film director Steven Soderbergh approached Hollywood studios in 2011, asking them for $5m to finance Behind the Candelabra, his film about Liberace and his five-year affair with Scott Thorson, he was startled by their reaction. They all turned him down flat. Although the cast featured two Oscar-winning actors, the film would, they said, appeal only to a gay ...
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Hollywood Sentinel New Issue Features Art Worlds Most Powerful Jeffrey Deitch
The new issue of The Hollywood Sentinel launched this weekend, featuring Bruce Edwin's exclusive interview with MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch. MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, is headed by Mr. Deitch, who is considered by many to be the most powerful person in the world of art today. Known as a tough, yet brilliant dealer, Mr. Deitch helped raise the value of his ...
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2 men killed in Culver City when car crashes into pole
CULVER CITY - Two males were killed in a single-vehicle crash into a light pole in Culver City Friday morning, police said. The crash was happened around 2:30 a.m. at the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Green Valley Circle, near the Culver City border, said Officer James Stoughton of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Traffic Division, which was investigation the wreck. At ...
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‘Helpful Honda Guys’ Give Away Free Gas To Honda Drivers Across SoCal
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) -- The Helpful Honda guys are at it again . . . this time surprising drivers with free gas Friday and on Memorial Day! The carmaker, looking to reward its loyal customers, will tweet ...
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Residents Can Kayak Fish In LA River Starting Memorial Day
City officials will launch the new summer boat and recreational program on Memorial Day at 10 a.m. at Marsh Park in Elysian Valley. "For the first time since the Los Angeles River was channelized in the 1930's, the public will be welcomed to access and enjoy a 2.5 mile stretch of the Los Angeles River near downtown to boat to kayak, walk, and fish," officials said in a ...
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LAX gets a facelift
Los Angeles International Airport has decided to go under the knife again; the sixth busiest airport in the world is in the final stages of a multi-million dollar face lift of its international terminal, aimed at bringing the airport back up to world class standards in design and service and now there is talk of even further redevelopment for the domestic terminals as well.
LAX was once considered a pioneering facility in the early days of the jet age, the famous Theme Building, built to resemble a flying saucer that has just landed is testament to this period of advancement and modernism. The building features a circular restaurant below four concentric spider-like legs, in-keeping with the space-age theme of the building, this restaurant is called Encounters. Read more
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