BRASIL Mujer Embarazada Baleada Dice Que Policía No Ayudó Una embarazada fue baleada en un tiroteo entre policías y presuntos criminales en una favela de Río de Janeiro y la mujer afirma que un agente le negó ayuda, pero ella y su bebé sobrevivieron después de someterla a una cesárea en un hospital. La policía […]
BREVES – Semana de 27 de noviembre, 2014
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Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Does Little For Osteoarthritis
Almost half of all U.S. adults and nearly two-thirds of obese adults will develop painful osteoarthritis of the knee by age 85. Osteoarthritis of the knee is more frequent after the age of 50, but can occur at any age. On occasion, it is precipitated by an injury, but more commonly it occurs as a […]
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Maximizing Strategies Make Social Security Complex
Well, maybe I should just stop writing about the hundreds of various Social Security issues I’ve been dealing with for 40 years now and just focus this column on one thing only: maximizing your Social Security retirement benefits. The amount of email I get on the subject just boggles my mind. Three or four years […]
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Giving Thanks with Flavor
As the holidays draw near, we all look forward to delicious food and creating memories with family and friends. It’s also a time to give back to those in need. Giving back has been an integral part of McCormick’s 125th anniversary program, Flavor of Together, which draws to a close this holiday season. People around […]
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Protestors Arrested in L.A.
As many as 130 people were arrested in downtown Los Angeles following a second night of Ferguson protests. Sirens blared and helicopters followed protestors overhead as they walked, biked and skateboarded through downtown streets. They carried signs in protest over the grand jury decision not to prosecute Darren Wilson, a white police officer for the […]
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Suspected Serial Killer Charged With Additional Murders, Attempted Murders
Sylmar resident, Alexander Hernandez, 34, has been charged three additional murders and five attempted murders,on top of previous charges from the series of shootings that occurred over a five day period last summer. Hernandez was previously charged with murder of a Pacoima man on Aug.21, as he was driving his pickup truck to work. Gilardo […]
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Obama’s immigration actions do have limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — As broadly as President Barack Obama may push the limits of his authority to shield from deportation millions of immigrants illegally in the United States, the fate of millions more will still be left unresolved. Obama is preparing to flex his executive powers Thursday, using an 8 p.m. EST address to announce […]
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Metrolink Sounds Alarm on Suicide Prevention
Earlier this month, a 16-year-old teenager in Santa Clarita killed herself by stepping in front of a freight train, devastating her friends and family. On Feb. 5, a man committed suicide by jumping in front of a Metrolink train in the City of San Fernando. The southbound train struck the man about 9:30 a.m. near […]
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Porter Ranch Residents Protest Oil Drilling
Residents of Porter Ranch have demanded a full assessment and environmental impact report (EIR) of a Long Beach oil drilling company’s proposal to expand oil drilling operations in the Santa Susana Mountains from 18 to 30 wells. The residents believe that the operation by Termo puts their health at risk, poses possible groundwater contamination, and they question the wisdom […]
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Los Angeles to show Solidarity with Mexico’s Missing
On Sept. 26, 43 students from Ayotzinapa, a rural teacher’s school in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, disappeared after participating in a political protest in the city of Iguala, some 150 miles from their school. Then mayor of Iguala José Luis Abarca and his wife Maria de los Angeles Pineda— who were on the […]