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Plastic bags to be banned in LA
May 25, 2012In what seems to be part of a steadily increasing effort to find, Los Angeles will become the largest city to ban plastic bags at grocery stores.
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Try telling John Carlos that sports and politics don’t mix
May 25, 2012Star sports editor talks to the 1968 Olympian about his iconic protest, a lifetime of struggle and why athletes are reluctant to make a stand.
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Mariela Castro in San Francisco: Cuba moving toward LGBT equality
May 25, 2012Mariela Castro Espin told a standing-room-only crowd of the progress Cuba has made toward equal rights for its LGBT community.
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Wrong turn could kill economic recovery
May 25, 2012A top international economic group says the recovery could reverse into a new recession due to misguided, wrong economic policies.
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Pay your share! Community members crash Chicago Mercantile Exchange
May 25, 2012Who would have guessed the Mercantile Exchange needed help from Illinois taxpayers?
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