In an awesome demonstration of the future of American high technology, President Barack Obama and a young science fair participant used an air cannon to shoot a marshmallow across the East Room of the White House. ** NEW COLUMN COMING UP … ROMNEY WILL ... »
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** NEW POLL: MOST WANT GOVERNMENT TO AID CONSUMERS ON FORECLOSURES. In direct contradiction of putative on-and-off Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney’s views, most voters want the government to try to help homeowners caught in the foreclos... »
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Last week’s Iranian claim of seizing a US spy aircraft is turning out to be not only true, but a global media bonanza. A high-tech, stealth CIA drone was captured intact by Iranian officials while on a surveillance mission over Iran. The mishap put sop... »
** JERRY-RIGGING: GOOD OVERALL RESULTS IN NEW POLLING, TROUBLE ON HIGHER ED, AND THE BEAT GOES ON WITH THE GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT. Amidst all the chaos of the moment, which is an awfully long moment, Governor Jerry Brown is holding up well in the esteem of... »
The California Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments this morning in one of the state's budget nail-biters, California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos. Cities and redevelopment agencies have sued to stop the state from axing 400 or so agencie... »
After the last round of layoffs in Loma Linda, City Manager T. Jarb Thaipejr thought the worst was over. “I thought 'I’m cruising now.' But then the Supreme Court made its ruling,” he said. A December decision by the California Supreme Court ruled the ... »
