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The LAPD's "Trespass" Problem
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The LAPD’s “Trespass” Problem

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Abcarian: Almost no one was spared in that racist conversation among top L.A. Latino officials that has been the subject of an open investigation by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer. According to federal subpoenas, Latino...

Georgia extends deadline for absentee ballots in runoff election
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Georgia extends deadline for absentee ballots in runoff election

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Georgia Judge Allows Another Saturday of Early Voting in Senate Runoff Republican U.S. Senate nominee Doug Jones (left) and Democratic U.S. House nominee and civil rights leader Doug Jones (right) meet at the Atlanta...

Why People Still Use Plastic Bags
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Why People Still Use Plastic Bags

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Editorial: What plastic bag ban? California stores still doling out disposable sacks This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is...

The State of the World’s Biomes in an Age of Global Change: Ecology and Human Security
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The State of the World’s Biomes in an Age of Global Change: Ecology and Human Security

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Climate change is fueling extremism, raising tempers along with temperatures, according to a report published Saturday by the Rockefeller Foundation in London. The report is one of the most thorough accounts of the extent...

The Brazilian presidential election is a watershed for Latin America and the world
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The Brazilian presidential election is a watershed for Latin America and the world

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Food is on the ballot in Brazil's contentious presidential vote Sunday. Two candidates are vying to be the first non-white president in the Western Hemisphere. Both men propose liberalising the country's social and labour...

Goodman, 62, of Blythewood, Calif., Was a Dancer with Mary Carver
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Goodman, 62, of Blythewood, Calif., Was a Dancer with Mary Carver

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Len Goodman is retiring from 'Dancing With the Stars' to spend time with family. The couple, who have been married for 18 years, made the decision together in January. They wanted to do things...

Pay Equity in Women's Soccer
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Pay Equity in Women’s Soccer

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Andy Scholes walks through US Soccer's landmark equal pay deal with the NWSL. (Peter Cianflone/Getty Images) It seems that any time women's soccer is discussed in America, it is about pay equality. The conversation...

Roger Federer’s Relationship With Pete Sampras
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Roger Federer’s Relationship With Pete Sampras

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See Roger Federer share tears and laughter with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper at the U.S. Open Roger Federer won yet another major title at the U.S. Open on Thursday to end a two-week drought...

Bus Workers Are Getting Ready for a Strike
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Bus Workers Are Getting Ready for a Strike

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Orange County bus mechanics, machinists and techs to begin strike, halting service on weekdays in September Two bus mechanics, a machinist, and an unspecified number of techs and clerks are at the center of...

Tommy Robredo beats Andrey Rublev to reach the last eight
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Tommy Robredo beats Andrey Rublev to reach the last eight

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Nick Kyrgios 'devastated' after quarterfinal defeat to Karen Khachanov as he destroys two rackets on court Australian Open semi-finalist Tommy Robredo had served to win at 3-3, but was broken at the fourth game...