Topic: California
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GMO, Organic, and six other food labels you should know
A quick, easy guide to eight commonly seen (and misunderstood) food labels, from 'GMO' to 'grass-fed.'
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5 memoirs to add to your 2013 reading list
A new crop of memoirs takes readers to the worlds authors once knew.
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3 novels with unforgettable main characters
These protagonists will still be on your mind long after you've reached the last page.
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How much do you know about California? Take our quiz.
There's California and then there's the rest of the United States. If you have Hollywood, the Golden Gate, earthquakes, volcanoes, Death Valley, and the Lakers, what else do you need? If you're a Californian, see how well you know your state. If you're not, see if you can pass yourself off as one.
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Top 10 places to buy a foreclosed home
Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas to buy a foreclosed home, according to RealtyTrac:
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Amid attacks on law enforcement, prosecutors rattled but resolute
The national wave of attack on law enforcement officials amounts to an 'attack on the rule of law' that shows 'prosecutors really aren't lawyers, but warriors.' Many are taking extra precautions.
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How much do you know about California? Take our quiz.
There's California and then there's the rest of the United States. If you have Hollywood, the Golden Gate, earthquakes, volcanoes, Death Valley, and the Lakers, what else do you need? If you're a Californian, see how well you know your state. If you're not, see if you can pass yourself off as one.
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Microsoft: Facebook Home is cool. But a lot of those ideas are ours.
Facebook Home, a new suite of Android apps, was unveiled at a big press event yesterday. And one Microsoft exec is saying that we've seen it before.
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Global News Blog Good Reads: Christian Middle East exodus, online ed, drone strikes, and Japan's prisons
The round-up of Good Reads for this week includes a look at the plight of Christians in the Middle East, how online classes are faring, a visual timeline of US drone attacks, and why Japan's crime rate is so low.
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Decoder Wire Uproar over Obama comment on Kamala Harris: political correctness run amok?
President Obama sparked a mini-tempest when he called California's Kamala Harris the 'best-looking attorney general in the country.' At least he also called her brilliant, dedicated, and tough.
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'The Company You Keep' never quite figures out what it wants to be
'Company,' directed by and starring Robert Redford, is equally preachy and melodramatic.
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Modern Parenthood Target dress apology: Industry experts should not require Twitter policing
The Target dress apology started on Twitter, after a shopper took a snapshot of a piece of plus sized clothing in the color 'Manatee Grey.' The standard size of the same piece was 'Dark Heather Grey.' The Target dress apology shows that a slew of people in Target command center weren't paying attention.
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Energy Voices Californians support coal despite LA plan to ban it (Sponsor content)
Californian support for clean coal power is in stark contrast to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to remove coal from the city's electricity mix by the year 2025, Tracey writes.
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Is Facebook smartphone just a new way to collect data about you? (+video)
Facebook's smartphone launch raises alarms with consumer advocates who worry that more ease for consumers also means less privacy, as Facebook extends its capacity to mine personal data.
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Tax VOX Stockton to enter bankruptcy. What happens next?
Stockton, Calif., will be the largest US municipality to enter bankruptcy. The question, Gordon writes, is: Who will be left holding the bag?
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Jay Leno leaving 'Tonight,' has NBC learned transition lessons?
Jay Leno leaving: NBC's hand was forced, to its perspective, by ABC when that network put Jimmy Kimmel in the time slot shared by Leno and CBS' David Letterman earlier this year.
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Sea lion boogies down, overturns theory (+video)
Ronan, a California sea lion with a knack for keeping a beat, challenges theories about the nature of rhythmic ability.
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Opinion: Liberal hypocrisy on Bloomberg's moneyed fight for gun control
President Obama heads to Colorado today in his push for gun control – a cause NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent millions to support. Liberals who usually oppose the influence of money in politics are now praising Bloomberg. Such hypocrisy undermines their cause.
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Change Agent How Ontario is putting an end to coal-burning power plants
Ontario is on the verge of becoming the first industrial region in North America to eliminate all coal-fired electrical generation. Here’s how Canada’s most populous province did it – and what the US can learn from it.
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At a West Bank seder, Jews commemorate a modern quest for freedom
For Jews living in the West Bank, a Passover seder is an opportunity to discuss how one of history's most famous liberation stories can apply to freedom struggles today.
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Connecticut responds to Newtown with groundbreaking gun control laws
Connecticut's gun-control package includes a dangerous-weapon offender registry and a requirement to obtain 'eligibility' certificates to buy bullets, rifles, and shotguns.
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Armed teachers? NRA task force suggests voluntary program.
A task force commissioned by the NRA reported its findings Tuesday, including a proposal to train school personnel in firearms safety.
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Apple CEO apologizes to China for repair policies
Apple CEO apologizes after Chinese government media attacked Apple repair policies in the country. Some Chinese consumers mocked the government's attacks but Apple CEO apologizes nonetheless.
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Texas DA death suggests simmering neo-Nazi war could be boiling over
The Texas DA killed Saturday was the second Kaufman County prosecutor killed this year. A notorious neo-Nazi prison gang recently vowed to target Texas law enforcement.
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Culture Cafe 'Finding Dory': The 'Finding Nemo' sequel is coming in 2015
'Finding Dory,' a 'Finding Nemo' sequel, will follow Dory and other 'Nemo' characters about a year after the original film. 'Finding Dory' will be released in November 2015.
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Georgia city requires gun ownership in all households after new ordinance
Georgia city requires gun ownership: While lawmakers in generally more liberal states with large urban centers like New York and California have moved to tighten gun control laws in the wake of the massacre, more conservative, rural areas in the American heartland have been going in the opposite direction, arguing that guns keep people safer.
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Stockton, Calif.: largest city bankruptcy ever (+video)
Stockton, Calif., bankruptcy will be closely watched to see who takes the biggest loss: creditors or retirement funds. Although the Stockton bankruptcy is the largest-ever failure of a US city, other cities are also in dire straits.
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Stocks slide with slowdown in manufacturing growth
Stocks opened April on a weak note, ending slightly lower after an industry group reported that US manufacturing growth cooled in March. Industrial stocks fell the most in the S&P 500.
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Decoder Wire Was Ashley Judd sabotaged by rival Democrats?
Ashley Judd was forced out of the Kentucky Senate race by Democrats, says an adviser. But, in many ways, the charges he makes sound a lot like typical, sharp-elbowed politics.
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USA Update Texas DA killed: Link to slaying of deputy two months ago?
Texas DA killed on Saturday, nearly two months to the day since the shooting of one of his assistant district attorneys. Mike McLelland had been vocal about bringing justice to the first case.
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