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President-elect Barack Obama formally announced today that he will nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton for the position of Secretary of State. From the Times’ story:
Obama also announced his intention to keep current Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his post, likely for at least a year in the new administration. The president-elect also [...]
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Gunmen apparently targeting Americans and Britons carried out a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai late Wednesday and early Thursday that left at least 78 people dead and more than 200 injured.
Witnesses interviewed by Indian and global television networks told of attackers sweeping through two luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal Palace [...]
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A federal judge has ordered the release of five terror suspects currently being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (A sixth suspect will remain in custody.)
From the Associated Press story:
In the first case of its kind, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said the government’s evidence linking the five Algerians to al-Qaida [...]
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Proposition 8, the initiative approved by California voters earlier this month to ban same-sex marriage, now heads to court.
The Times’ Maura Dolan reports today:
Meeting in closed session, the state high court asked litigants on both sides for more written arguments and scheduled a hearing for next March. The court [...]
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The Montecito wildfire, which began Thursday night, has destroyed more than 100 homes and burned 2,500+ acres in Santa Barbara County. Share your thoughts here.
Photo: Reed Saxon/AP
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling will allow the Navy to use high-powered sonar off the SoCal coast, despite protests from environmentalists who say the sonar harms whales and other marine mammals.
The Times’ David Savage reports:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts said the Navy needs to train its crews to detect enemy submarines, [...]
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Our recent post, "Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony: How to get inauguration tickets," ostensibly about travel to Washington, has elicited an outpouring of reactions to the election.
For example, Melanie Hubbard commented:
"The first greatest days of my life was when my children were born. The second greatest day of my life was [...]
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Weigh in on the Proposition 8 debate, and the lawsuits filed to challenge it, here. Do you think California voters made the right decision? How will it affect you, your family and friends, and others throughout the state?
*Earlier today, readers commented on this issue on a message board. The board is [...]
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Times art critic Christopher Knight is taking the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to task for its new exhibition — a collection of Vanity Fair magazine photographs, including the much-talked-about photo, above, featuring Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson. Says Knight: " ‘Vanity Fair Portraits’ is a vanity exhibition, plain and [...]
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Today the Los Angeles Times reported:
McCain, Palin demand L.A. Times release Obama video: The GOP running mates assail the newspaper, which says it will keep its promise of confidentiality to the source who provided the tape of Obama
Share your thoughts here.
Photo: Laurent Gillieron / Associated Press