90067: Century City- A Hub Of Influence

Comments (0) | 2012 campaign, campaign money in Los Angeles, century city, Investigative Reports, Karl Rove, mitt romney, poorest L.A. zip codes, President Obama, richest L.A. zip codes, Super PACs, top L.A. donors

Ryan Faughnder, Rosa Trieu
Special Projects Reporters

Century City ranks at the top of L.A.'s biggest campaign donations.

House Approves Student Loan Bill, Defying Veto Threat In Senate

Comments (0) | House, House Speaker John Boehner, loans, National, President Obama, Senate, Stafford loan, student, student loans, White House

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Speaker of the House John Boehner. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Students are caught between desires for spending cuts and tax increases.

George Zimmerman's Attorney Calls Hidden Donations An "Oversight"

Comments (1) | bail, Benjamin Crump, Bernardo de la Rionda, Bond, donations, George Zimmerman, Judge Kenneth Lester, mark o'mara, National, Trayvon Martin

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

(Photo courtesy of Creative Commons).

Zimmerman paid $15,000 for release.

L.A. Riots: LAPD's Terry Hara Highlights Department Changes

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Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

Deputy Chief Terry Hara (Creative Commons)

Hara says the department has learned.

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Obama To Visit Top College Campuses In Three Swing States

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

President Obama is trying to staying on top of the re-election game. (Wikimedia Commons)

Obama will try to convince Congress to keep interest rates on student loans low.

U.S. Stocks Mostly Higher, Except For Nasdaq

Comments (1) | apple, Dow Jones, economy, ge, general electric, microsoft, Nasdaq, Nation and World, oil, Oil Prices, S&P, shares, standard & poor, stock market, Stocks

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

New York Stock Exchange (photo courtesy of Creative Commons).

Good news came from most U.S. stocks and Europe, except in technology shares.

Police, USC Announce $125,000 Reward For Info Leading To Murdered Grad Students

Comments (4) | 27th street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, ming qu, Reward, USC shootings, ying wu

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Police on the scene in West Adams area (Alan Mittelstaedt)

LAPD encourages help in finding the killer.

Tornadoes, Storms Predicted Throughout Weekend

Comments (0) | midwest, National, storm, threat, tornado, tornadoes, weather

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

A tornado that hit Oklahoma in 1999. (NOAA Photo Library via Creative Commons)

Expect a storm throughout the weekend in Los Angeles.

Half A Million Mac Computers Infected With Flashback Trojan

Comments (0) | apple, flashback trojan, infected, java, Mac, Millions of Milkshakes, Technology, Trojan, trojan virus

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

(Photo by Robert S. Donovan, Creative Commons)

Has your Mac been infected by the widespread trojan?

Phone Records May Help Zimmerman's Defense

Comments (3) | case, George Zimmerman, killing, National, phone calls, Trayvon Martin

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

George Zimmerman (Creative Commons)

Analysis of newly processed versions of Zimmerman's 911 phone call may prove he was not racist.

U.S. And Other Countries To Pay Rebels In Syria

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

(Victoria Pickering, Creative Commons)

The Obama Administration has agreed to suit the opposition force up with communications equipment.

Storm Hits Southern California From NorCal

Comments (0) | Los Angeles and Region, National Weather Service, nws, santa ana winds, Southern California, storm, waves

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Photo by Jennifer Kendall

The National Weather Service has issued an advisory due to snow and high winds from a storm moving south.

Rave Producers, Former L.A. Coliseum Execs Charged In Scandal

Comments (0) | Coliseum, edc, electric daisy carnival, Executives, la coliseum, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, pasquale rotella, patrick lynch, producers, Reza Gerami, scandal, Todd DeStefano rave

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

A rave hosted by Insomniac in 2007. (Insomniac Events)

Six people were indicted as part of a corruption scandal.

Pope In Western Hemisphere To Address Drug War And Communism

Comments (0) | cartels, Communism, cuba, Drug war, Drugs, International, marxism, Mexico, pope, pope benedict xvi

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Pope Benedict. (Creative Commons Licensed by Sergey Gabdurakhmanov)

Expected to cover challenges facing Mexico and Cuba.

Stephanie Wiggins' Battle To Tackle L.A. Traffic

Comments (1) | 10, 110, carpool, expresslanes, I-10, I-110, LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, metro, metro expresslanes, program, project, project manager, silver line, stephanie wiggins, traffic

Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

Stephanie Wiggins, right, shows various community neighborhood councils how Metro ExpressLanes work.

SLIDESHOW: The project manager of the Metro ExpressLanes talks about changing traffic and driving mentality in LA forever.

Taliban Calls for Vengeance On U.S. After Shooting

Comments (1) | Afghan, Afghanistan, american, Nation and World, shooting, soldier, Taliban, war

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Taliban insurgents in support of the peace process, northern Afghanistan, April 2011. (Tamkeen/Wikimedia Commons)

The Afghan Parliament are demanding a public trial within the country.

Syrian Opposition Regime Says It's Too Late To Talk

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Kofi Annan called for peace in Syria (Wikimedia Commons)

Syrian opposition forces reject talks between president and U.N. envoy, calling it pointless.

"Slut": Term Yields No Results On Rush Limbaugh's Site

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

(Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons)

You won't find "slut" or some of the related content on Rush Limbaugh's site anymore.

Teacher And Former Student Embrace National Media Attention

Comments (2) | California, high school, james hooker, jordan powell, relationship, tammie powers, teacher

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Another teacher-student relationship surfaces. (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons)

The pair defend their relationship on television.

National Weather Service Issues 19 Tornado Warnings In 6 States

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

The NWS had 22 active tornado warnings affecting 47 counties.

White House Hints At Tapping Oil Reserve

Comments (2) | gas, National, oil, oil reserve, reserve, rising gas prices, White House

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

The White House hinted at tapping into oil reserves to lower gas prices. (Courtesy Creative Commons)

The White House hinted it might tap oil reserves to lower gas prices.

Iran Ignores International Concerns About Its Nuclear Program

Comments (1) | bomb, enrichment, IAEA, Iran, Nation and World, nuclear, nuclear program, program, uranium

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Iran has increased its uranium production, ignoring international concern. (Courtesy Creative Commons)

Iran has tripled its production of enriched uranium, ignoring international concern about its progress toward an atomic bomb.

Google Sued By Apple Safari User, Under Scrutiny From Lawmakers

Comments (0) | apple, Congress, Google, lawsuit, policy, privacy, safari, sue, Technology, violate, violating

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Google is being used for violating users' privacy rights. (Creative Commons)

Question over users' privacy violations.

New Jersey Gov. Vetoes Bill Legalizing Gay Marriage

Comments (0) | Chris Christie, gay marriage, gov, governor, legalizing, National, New Jersey, nj, Veto

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. (Creative Commons)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie follows up on his vow to quickly veto a bill legalizing gay marriage.

IRS Releases List Of "Dirty Dozen" Tax Scams

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

The IRS released a list of scams for taxpayers to look out for. (Creative Commons)

Look out for these "dirty dozen" scams the IRS said to look out for.

Conservatives Fight For the Limelight At CPAC 2012

Comments (0) | CPAC, CPAC 2012, mitt romney, newt gingrich, political candidates, Politics, Rick Santorum

Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

What the big players at CPAC 2012 are talking about?

Two Suicide Bombers Kill 28 In Aleppo, Syrian Officials Say

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

Suicide car bombers reportedly leave 28 dead and 235 injured in security headquarters in Aleppo.

Two Suicide Bombers Kill 28 in Aleppo, Syrian Officials Say

Comments (0) | aleppo, bombings, Nation and World, suicide, Syria

Rosa Trieu
Staff Writer

Suicide car bombers reportedly leave 28 dead and 235 injured in security headquarters in Aleppo

Senate Votes To Ban Lawmakers From Insider Trading

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Rosa Trieu
Executive Producer

U.S Senate awaits House of Representatives' vote on the STOCK Act (photo courtesy of Creative Commons)

The U.S. Senate passed a law to ban lawmakers from using congressional knowledge for insider trading.

CicLAvia 2011 - A Virgin's Diary

Comments (2) | bicycling, biking, biking in los angeles, ciclavia, cycling, Los Angeles, los angeles bicycling, marathon

Rosa Trieu, Rebecca Baugh
Staff Reporter and Photographer

A first hand account of what it was like to ride in CicLAvia 2011.

Words Used in Reaction to Steve Jobs' Death

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Rosa Trieu, Monica Nguyen
Staff Reporter and Senior Graphics Editor

Students try to form words to describe how they felt after hearing about Steve Jobs' death.

Social Cataloging May Be Trapping Users In A Bubble

Comments (0) | amazon, cataloging, circle, Facebook, flixster, goodreads, information, netflix, Pandora, social, stumbleupon, Technology

Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

(PR Blog)

Are social networks limiting our ability to find new content?

Facebook To Have Even More Changes

Comments (0) | Facebook, features, Google Plus, Google+, new, Technology

Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

(Simply Zesty)

Facebook announces additional upcoming features to its already controversial changes.

Sprint: We Are Prepared To Carry The iPhone

Comments (0) | iPhone, iphone 5, Joe Euteneuer, rumor, sprint, Technology

Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

Sprint says it's ready to sell the iPhone, whether it's really going to be a carrier or not.

Google Fends Off HTC's Patent Bullies

Comments (1) | android, apple, Google, htc, Patent, smartphone, Technology

Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

Google finally comes to the defense of Android smartphone makers.

How Google+ Can Get More Users

Comments (0) | better, Facebook, Google Plus, Google+, options, Technology, themes, women

Rosa Trieu
Staff Reporter

Google+ and Facebook

How can Google+ improve itself to beat Facebook?

Wacom's Inkling Takes Digital Art Up A Notch

Comments (0) | Art, artist, Digital Art, Gadget, Inkling, Technology, Wacom

Rosa Trieu
Staff Writer

Inkling from Wacom

Wacom's Inkling takes digital art to another level.

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