Online rights restored to sex offenders as Prop 35 is struck down
eHarmony, Match.com and other major online dating websites want to have access to the national sex offender database in order to screen their users; Credit: VideoVillain/Flickr (Creative...
View ArticleFrom ‘The Graduate’ to ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ -- the life and times of Mike...
Journalist Diane Sawyer and director Mike Nichols arrive at the AFI Lifetime Achievement Awards honoring Nichols on June 10, 2010, in Culver City, Calif. Nichols died Wednesday at the age of 83.;...
View ArticleUC Board of Regents approves tuition hike
University of California, Berkeley students march through campus as part of an "open university" strike in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement November 15, 2011 in Berkeley, California. ;...
View ArticleIt’s easier, cheaper than ever to put in a DIY home security system....But is...
Las Vegas, UNITED STATES: An exhibitor checks the security cameras outside the NextGen Home at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, 09 January 2007. Working on Windows Vista...
View Article2014 LA Auto Show’s hot wheels, cheap cars, neat tech and safety first
Mazda's new 2016 CX3 attracts attention while on display at the LA Auto Show's press and trade day in Los Angeles, California on November 19, 2014. Nearly 60 North American and World vehicle debuts...
View ArticleObama to issue executive action on immigration
The president on Wednesday called the immigration system "broken" and pledged to work with Congress on comprehensive reform but hinted that he would sidestep legislators.; Credit: White HousePresident...
View ArticleGaming out ethical dilemmas of self-driving cars and car crashes
A Google self-driving car is displayed at the Google headquarters on September 25, 2012 in Mountain View, California. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Senate Bill 1298 that allows driverless...
View ArticleFight to the death: Yesteryear's dystopian films versus today's 'Hunger...
Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket with Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games."; Credit: Murray Close/Lions Gate EntertainmentThe latest battles of Katniss Everdeen are the most...
View ArticlePresident Obama announces sweeping immigration reform
AirTalk host Larry Mantle convened a conversation following President Obama's speech on immigration reform in the Crawford Family Forum on November 20, 2014. ; Credit: Maya SugarmanFrom the White...
View ArticleFilmweek: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1,' 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at...
US director Ana Lily Amirpour poses with The Cartier Revelation Prize for 'A girl walks home alone at night' after the closing ceremony of the 40th Deauville American Film Festival on September 13,...
View ArticleBreaking down the $140 million payout from LAUSD to Miramonte abuse plaintiffs
Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, California February 6, 2012. ; Credit: Krista Kennell/AFP/Getty ImagesIt is said to be the largest ever settlement against a school district in a sex abuse...
View ArticleSecretary of Defense Chuck Hagel steps down
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2014 file photo, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon. A U.S. official says that as part of the proposed 2015 defense budget, Pentagon chief...
View ArticleIs latest Benghazi report finding little fault on Obama administration the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), refers to a photograph made during the Osama bin Laden raid, while speaking during a press conference on 'unanswered questions that remain about Benghazi' May 15, 2014 at...
View ArticleColorado hospital bans not just smoking, but hiring of smokers
; Credit: Photo by Aldo Tapia via Flickr Creative CommonsCentura, which operates 15 hospitals in Colorado, says that it’ll stop hiring workers who smoke cigarettes starting on Jan. 1. The Denver...
View ArticleTo harm or not to harm: that is the question
; Credit: Photo by Greg Wagoner via Flickr Creative CommonsA new study by University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford has found that altruism may not work exactly as theorized....
View ArticleA town, and a nation, await grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri
Demonstrators shout slogans during a march in St. Louis, Missouri, on November 23, 2014 to protest the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. More than 100 protesters marched peacefully through St Louis...
View ArticleFerguson grand jury decision: Reactions and what’s next legally
Jodi Wurm helps to clean up after violent protests damaged businesses following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case on November 25, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown, an 18-year-old...
View ArticleThe new coming out: Disclosing a mental disorder at work
; Credit: Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty ImagesWork is where many of us spend a third of our lives doing—and for some, a bit more. As it encroaches more and more into our leisure time, our private lives are...
View ArticleLast minute Thanksgiving tips from LA’s top chefs
This is a traditional American feast but some other countries around the world also celebrate Thanksgiving.; Credit: It’s almost Thanksgiving, that meal that can be utterly daunting for many of us....
View ArticleHow do you talk about Ferguson with kids, colleagues and cranky uncles
A girl holds a sign as she protests the shooting of Michael Brown August 21, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Crowds continue to gather to march along Florissant Road after Brown was fatally shot by...
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