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By By JENNIFER MEDINA, on May 22nd, 2013 With low voter turnout, City Councilman Eric Garcetti beat City Controller Wendy Greuel, and takes over a city facing myriad problems.
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By John Phillips, on May 19th, 2013 For such a diverse city, the L.A. City Council is a depressing bastion of likeminded men.
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By By THOMAS KAPLAN and JESSE McKINLEY, on May 17th, 2013 Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez, who was accused of sexually harassing multiple female employees, said he would resign and instead run for New York City Council.
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A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III goes on display in Leicester on the first stop of a national tour.
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By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a fresh clampdown on immigration in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday, seeking to bolster his right-wing credentials and counter the rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Measures to restrict migrants’ access to healthcare and tackle illegal immigration form a central part of the speech, which sets out the British government’s legislative priorities for the year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LANCASTER, California (AP) — The first Chinese-owned vehicle manufacturer in the United States unveiled ambitious plans Wednesday to eventually build as many as 1,000 plug-in electric buses a year at a refurbished RV manufacturing plant in a wind-swept, sage-dotted corner of the Mojave Desert. In a news conference on a patio outside BYD’s new energy-efficient production facility, the company’s senior vice president, Stella Li, said the first of 10 zero-pollution vehicles, already on order from the city of Long Beach, should roll off the assembly line next year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 30th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, has said it has halted a controversial chemical plant project amid concerns over its proximity to an earthquake fault line. “The government insists that it will not allow production at the petrochemical project in Pengzhou to begin prior to a legally required examination,” the Chengdu Daily quoted a statement from a city council meeting on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, on April 30th, 2013 For the second time in a week, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, appeared at a news conference, a moment when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would have presided.
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By By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS, on April 22nd, 2013 A proposal, by Dr. Thomas A. Farley, New York’s health commissioner, and Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, is the latest in a long campaign to limit smoking.
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By By KATE TAYLOR, on April 21st, 2013 The audience directed its anger over Bloomberg’s policies toward the City Council speaker, and one of her opponents for mayor took several opportunities to criticize her.
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By Gershom Gorenberg, on April 18th, 2013 If philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz knew that Jerusalem city council members would one day propose naming a street after him and that the proposal would cause such loud opposition, he would have felt honored by the controversy.
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By , on April 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> London police are bracing for protests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday, with opponents vowing to pelt her coffin with eggs, coal or milk if they can get close enough – or simply turn their backs on the passing procession. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The guests arrived in Bentleys, Benzes and BMWs. At a plush, riverside wedding in an upscale suburb, the wine and spirits flowed and tables groaned with the ample buffet. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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A criminal investigation is launched into the death of a diabetic woman at Stafford Hospital in 2007, the Health and Safety Executive says.
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About 200 people gather in a Derby park to light lanterns in tribute to the six children killed in a house fire in the city.
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By By JOHN ELIGON, on April 6th, 2013 Adam Paul, the outspoken 32-year-old mayor of Ellisville, Mo., is at war with his City Council, whose allegations against him include cursing and drinking.
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By By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, on April 4th, 2013 A wiretap in a corruption case unrelated to New York’s City Council speaker, Christine Quinn, recorded a councilman’s assertion that he could extract Council money to be used as a bribe.
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By , on April 2nd, 2013 
Two people are treated in hospital following a number of “serious attacks” in Hereford.
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By , on April 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> New York State Senator Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who represents a Queens district, was among a group of six people charged yesterday in a bribery case aimed at getting him the Republican nomination for mayor. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Lai’s “implication in the case has violated the party’s rules against corruption and has spoiled the party’s image”, the party led by President Ma Ying-jeou said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Richard III’s head goes on display
A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III goes on display in Leicester on the first stop of a national tour.
Continue reading Richard III’s head goes on display
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