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Rescue efforts ongoing as grim scene emerges after tornado

Los Angeles Times ( By Matt Pearce ) — MOORE, Okla. -- After darkness fell over this tornado-stricken city on Monday night and early Tuesday morning, rescuers confronted a strange and grim tableau.
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Supreme Court to revisit church-state separation

Los Angeles Times ( By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau) — Justices will decide whether a town council violates the 1st Amendment by opening its monthly meetings with a Christian prayer. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin most of its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor.
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Ray Manzarek dies at 74; keyboardist for the Doors

Los Angeles Times ( By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times ) — Manzarek, who was influenced by John Coltrane, added a jazz component to the band's rock sound and filled the role of bassist. The band charted 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 starting in 1967. When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and the band members were honing their chops playing five sets a night at the London Fog club in Hollywood, it wasn't rock stardom on keyboardist Ray...
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Mile-wide tornado flattens school, homes near Oklahoma City

Los Angeles Times ( From the Associated Press ) — There are no reported deaths so far amid rubble and fire in suburban Moore, Okla. MOORE, Okla. — Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.
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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer

Los Angeles Times ( By Larry Gordon and Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times) — The school's 'all hands on deck' effort to lure Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson from UCLA included money and the prospect of new collaborations, as well as less tangible personal perks. The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant.
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Labor group won't back away from campaign mailer

Los Angeles Times ( By David Zahniser, Laura J. Nelson and Kate Linthicum,) — Mailer to Latino voters urges support for Wendy Greuel because she 'will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour,' but Greuel does not back that minimum pay level for all workers. The most powerful labor organization in Los Angeles refused Friday to back away from a campaign mailer in which it urges voters to support Wendy Greuel for mayor because she "will raise the minimum wage to $15 an...
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Analyst disputes Brown's budget outlook as too glum

Los Angeles Times ( By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times) — Legislature's advisor sees $3 billion more in revenue, which could hamper the governor's bid to curb spending. SACRAMENTO — California's financial picture is much brighter than Gov. Jerry Brown suggested in his latest spending plan, according to the Legislature's top budget advisor, who said the state will have $3.2 billion more at its disposal than the governor estimated.
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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento

Los Angeles Times ( By Mark Z. Barabak and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times) — Lawmakers and candidates are increasingly feeling they can accomplish more at the state level than in Washington, where many would be serving in the minority. WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President...
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In Mexico, immigrants' relatives watch U.S. debate, and hope

Los Angeles Times ( By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times) — Many are skeptical that Congress will pass immigration reform legislation, but if it happens, they say, it will mean the reunion of countless family members, some separated for 20 years. TONATICO, Mexico — Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway.
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Ex-Compton fire official charged with arson, theft

Los Angeles Times ( By Abby Sewell, Angel Jennings and Richard Winton, Los) — Marcel Melanson, once considered a charismatic department hero, pleads not guilty to stealing expensive radios while a battalion chief and denies setting a fire to cover up the theft. Marcel Melanson was a hero in Compton.
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California's unemployment rate drops to 9%

Los Angeles Times ( By Alana Semuels ) — California’s pace of job creation slowed in April, as employers added 10,300 jobs in April, nevertheless pushing the state’s unemployment rate down to 9% from 9.4% the month before.
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing

Los Angeles Times ( By Chad Terhune and Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times) — It's the only hospital near the top in every category in a Medicare report. But few patients pay the full amount. When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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L.A. mayor's race result may be unknown for weeks after election

Los Angeles Times ( By James Rainey, Los Angeles Times) — Mail-in ballots, the apparent tightness of the race and the peculiarities of the City Clerk's counting procedures open the possibility of a delayed outcome. After a contest for mayor of Los Angeles that has consumed the better part of two years, the two finalists, their staffs, the media and a largely disinterested electorate doubtless would welcome an end to the drama Tuesday, election day.
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Federal judge lifts LAPD consent decree

Los Angeles Times ( By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times ) — The order ends oversight imposed in 2001, mostly over the Rampart scandal, which involved abuse of suspects, evidence tampering and perjury. The federal judge who oversaw a dramatic, forced transformation of the Los Angeles Police Department has freed the department from the final vestiges of federal oversight.
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Cause of Texas fertilizer plant fire may never be known

Los Angeles Times ( By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times) — Investigators have not been able to rule out arson or a faulty golf cart or electrical system. Officials won't comment on whether an arrested paramedic has been cleared. A malfunctioning golf cart, a faulty electrical system or even arson could have led to the fire that triggered the deadly explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, but federal and state officials said Thursday that...
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