Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The House of Representatives passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unprecedented crackdown on the pharmaceutical industry. Her bill, "H.R.3," would allow the government to dictate prices on a broad array of drugs, with the promise of bringing domestic prices closer to those in foreign countries with government-run healthcare systems. H.R.3 is savvy politics. Nearly eight in ten Americans say prescription drugs cost too much. But government price setting is not the solution. Such policies stifle...
The Santa Monica police say that a young man in a Jeep SUV, possibly high or drunk, drove his SUV off the top of the parking structure at 2nd Street and Colorado in Downtown Santa Monica. The unidentified 20-year-old may have been a marine from 29 Palms. The Fire Dept account of the incident, which is at bottom, differs from the SMPD story. "Three people were in the vehicle however, two were able to jump out prior to the vehicle driving off the top of the structure" says the Fire Dept., adding...
A spectacular fire at the marathon refinery in Carson lit up the night sky and caused a boom audible all the way to Santa Monica around 10:53 p.m. PST Tuesday night. Fire companies from at least three cities assisted the fire company associated with Marathon oil itself. No injuries were reported from the 24 hour operation. LA gasoline prices will almost certainly rise as a result, since California has only three or four refineries producing the state's blend. The fire at the North side of the...
