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Brazil sets out climate strategy to cut deforestation by 20 percent by 2010
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Brazil sets out climate strategy to cut deforestation by 20 percent by 2010

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As scientists warn Brazil's rainforest is nearing a point of irreversible decline, Lula makes ambitious deforestation pledge to fight climate change Brazil says deforestation across its Amazon rainforests rose by 20% in 2008 -...

Los Angeles County's Homeless Population is Growing Faster Than Any Other State
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Los Angeles County’s Homeless Population is Growing Faster Than Any Other State

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More L.A. Latinos falling into homelessness, shaking communities in 'a moment of crisis' Share this: This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time...

Flash Flood Warning and Warning in Place for Santa Monica
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Flash Flood Warning and Warning in Place for Santa Monica

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Scattered storms, lightning hit Southern California and prompt beach closures By Kate Randall The Associated Press Thursday, February 11, 2019 SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California weather forecasters say they're watching a storm...

U.S. Soccer Federation President Montagliani says there are 50 misconduct cases in the past four to eight years
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U.S. Soccer Federation President Montagliani says there are 50 misconduct cases in the past four to eight years

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U.S. soccer president tells CNN more misconduct cases reported Share this story WASHINGTON (CNN) – The head of the United States Soccer Federation says he knows of more misconduct cases in the federation’s history...

"I was married in Puerto Rico and I didn't know that I was married."
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“I was married in Puerto Rico and I didn’t know that I was married.”

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Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico reveal that they're married to a man with the same name. Ana María Sánchez "I was in Argentina for two years before I moved to Puerto Rico. I...

Long-Term Care Spending on Adults with Disabilities in California and the U.S.
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Long-Term Care Spending on Adults with Disabilities in California and the U.S.

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In California, spending on adults with disabilities differs by 'race and place' Published April 25, 2016By Andrea Y. C. Liu, Special to The Christian Science Monitor Last Updated April 25, 2016Posted online April 24,...

The Politics of Child Care
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The Politics of Child Care

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How intense pressure from for-profit daycares has transformed Ontario’s rollout of $10-a-day child care — and sparked a political standoff In 2013, the provincial government announced it was going to create, and then pay...

Sea-Level Rise Could Be 20 to 25 Feet Higher in the Bay Area
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Sea-Level Rise Could Be 20 to 25 Feet Higher in the Bay Area

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Climate change is rapidly accelerating in California, state report says. The problem is particularly acute in the Bay Area, where rising temperatures will result in the loss of sea-level rise and flooding by the...

The Artist Who Paints Black Faces on His Faces
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The Artist Who Paints Black Faces on His Faces

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Review: Nikyatu Jusu's 'Nanny' artfully centers an immigrant's terror in a palpable nightmare. In 2001, an anonymous French artist, Jacques Jouannet, took a taxi into an immigrant neighborhood in Paris. As they passed a...

The Olympics Are a Public Good
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The Olympics Are a Public Good

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Letters to the Editor: Why Mayor Eric Garcetti shouldn't be ambassador to India The world has been looking on with consternation while the City of Los Angeles has been getting ready for the Olympics....