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21

Jan 2010

Supreme Court eases restrictions on corporate campaign spending

The Supreme Court has given big business, unions and nonprofits more power to spend freely in federal elections, a major turnaround that threatens a century of government efforts to regulate the power of corporations to bankroll American...

21

Jan 2010

L.A. police union wants cops to be notified when expected wave of prisoners comes to town

The union representing Los Angeles police officers on Thursday asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ensure that local departments are notified when prisoners from the massive release planned for Monday come their way. "We are very concerned...

20

Jan 2010

D.A. to urge legislature to pass new body armor law

District Attorney Steve Cooley and state Sen. Alex Padilla will hold a news conference Friday to urge the state legislature to pass what they describe as an urgent law that would ban violent felons from wearing body armor. Cooley, who has...

20

Jan 2010

LAPD preparing to deal with nearly 6,000 freed prisoners in area

The Los Angeles Police Department seems to be taking the possibility of a state release of prisoners starting Jan. 25 seriously. California is under a federal order to release 40,000 prisoners, nearly one in four in the state, to relieve...