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Community Commentary: Obama's jobs bill deserves a layoff
Did you know that the so-called jobs bill adds the unemployed to the list of "protected classes" who can sue any employer for discrimination based on the applicant's perception that their unemployed status led to their not being hired? How crazy is that?...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace
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World View: Eurasian rumble comes to Newport
NEWPORT BEACH — Can you say, "Nagorno-Karabakh"? Mumbling that double-barreled name to my boss' face triggered a moment of rare discomfort between us. The keen eyes of my editor narrowed and squinted at me through his glasses. His face formed a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, United Nations, Local Elections, Maine, Civil Unrest
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Former Newport Harbor, CdM teacher sharp to the end
John Warren Johnson, a longtime science teacher at Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar high schools, has died of congestive heart failure. He was 96.
His son, John Richard Johnson, said his father died Thursday at a hospice in Santa Barbara.
The elder...Tags: Biology, Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Mountains, Richard Johnson
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Mailbag: Where are all the quality candidates?
My purpose here is to give you my view of one of Costa Mesa's City Council candidates, Jim Righeimer, and to comment on what I view as the continuing downfall of a once great city. I read about the DUI checkpoint debate, which was started by Righeimer...Tags: Property, Crimes, Research, Politics, Civil and Public Service
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Breaking down Measure V
In the order of appearance in Measure V, here is an explanation of each section: Taxes: The city charter currently allows the city to tax property owners to meet its bond payments and its retirement benefits for city employees, to pay for libraries...Tags: Fires, Civil and Public Service, Companies and Corporations, Disasters and Accidents, Employees
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Comments & Curiosities: Enjoy the attacks and slant while you can
You're sad, aren't you? Be honest. You're all upset because Tuesday is Election Day and campaign season is almost over. You want the commercials and the campaign mail and the media coverage to just go on and on, don't you? Political campaigns – you...Tags: Global Warming, U.S. Senate, Politics, Political Campaigns, Texas
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Newport sold $1.8M in oil last year
As Gulf Coast residents suffer from their loss of beaches and bays, residents of Newport can enjoy their water and sand for exactly the same reason – oil.
For 30 years the city of Newport Beach has been operating its own oil wells on Banning...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Petroleum Industry, Newport Beach, California
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Newport Beach charter gets update
NEWPORT BEACH — Bringing the city into modern times and to the forefront of environmentalism, the Newport Beach City Council on Tuesday night approved a list of proposed city charter reforms. Council members proposed prohibiting offshore oil...Tags: Property, Civil and Public Service, Politics, Government, State Budgets
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Gulf spill puts county crews on alert
OCLNN.comWith seven active oil platforms off its coast, Orange County has the potential for a devastating leak similar to the one caused by an explosion last month in the Gulf of Mexico. Located off the coasts of Huntington Beach and Seal Beach, the platforms are...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Petroleum Industry, California, Advanced Training
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Pennsylvania natural gas interests spent $1.3 million on lobbying
— Five of Pennsylvania's largest natural gas drilling interests spent a staggering $1.3 million to lobby state government from January through March as lawmakers and the Corbett administration worked to approve a new impact fee on the industry....Tags: Allentown, National Government, Politics, Companies and Corporations, Tom Corbett
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Climate change
Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne penned a typically thoughtful and informative article ("BP's Whiting refinery agrees to cut air pollution," News, May 24), about the new emissions cleanup agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the...Tags: Global Change, Michael Hawthorne, Global Warming, Politics, Conservation
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California gas prices to set record for Memorial Day weekend
California drivers will pay record gasoline prices over the Memorial Day weekend but could get relief in the weeks ahead — unless more unplanned refinery outages occur. Then all bets are off, analysts say. The average price of a gallon of regular...Tags: Minor League Baseball, Commodity Markets, Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Holidays
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