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ACLU Campaign Introduces Californians to Their District Attorneys

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Many DAs aren’t used to voters paying attention to them,” Ana Zamora, the ACLU of Northern California’s criminal justice policy director, said in an interview with NBC Los Angeles. The group hopes the report will help the communities better engage local DAs. The ‘Hey DA Campaign’ in California will change that.

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NBA Players Look to Bench Amid Donald Sterling Crisis

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Award Revoked The NAACP had to reverse course over the weekend after it was revealed the association’s Los Angeles chapter had planned to give the Clippers’ owner a lifetime-achievement award next month. “If you’re silent about this, then you’re accepting this,” she said.

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Despite Perception, Many Women Are Gamers, Too

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However, the recent Entertainment Software Association (ESA) annual report on the gaming industry finds they are only 19 percent of gamers. The findings on sales and usage in ESA’s annual report show a change in the demographics of gaming. The Data is in.

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Travel Agents to Critics: We’re Not Dead Yet!

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In 143 million transactions, those agencies sold $86 billion worth of air travel (64 percent of the market),” ASTA stated in a press release. In the end, the reaction drew more attention than the slight itself—with The Los Angeles Times , Time magazine , and The Washington Post picking up the story.

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Labor Tensions Cause Port Headaches for Retail, Manufacturing Industries

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PMA says the union has deliberately slowed work at the ports to gain leverage in negotiations; ILWU denies that claim and suggests that the bottlenecks have been caused by recent changes in shipping procedures implemented by the companies, Reuters reports. In 2002, after a 10-day work stoppage at the ports, President George W.

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How NYC’s Foam-Container Ban Won Over an Association Ally

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A press release announcing the ban contained quotes from a surprising supporter —the New York State Restaurant Association. WABC-TV reports that nonprofits and businesses with less than $500,000 in revenue could be exempted as long as they’re able to prove that using nonfoam materials “would create financial hardship.”