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Bankruptcy judge says he will approve Tribune Co. restructuring
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAfter more than 31/2 years of bitter legal conflict, the judge in Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case said he would approve a plan to transfer ownership of the Chicago media company to a group of hedge funds and banks based in Los Angeles and New York. But...Tags: Business, Chicago Sun-Times, Newspaper and Magazine, Media Industry, Judges
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Ratliff holding slim lead in LAUSD race
The race for an open seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education was close in early returns with Monica Ratliff ahead despite financial support and union backing that made her opponent, Antonio Sanchez, a heavy favorite. In the Los Angeles Community...
Tags: Michelle Rhee, Voting, Michael Bloomberg, Antonio Villaraigosa, Teachers
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Spending in L.A. mayor's race breaks records
Spending in the hotly contested two-year race for Los Angeles mayor exceeded $33 million on Saturday, breaking previous records as unlimited outside money continued to play a dominant role in Tuesday's contest. Candidate super PACs and so-called...
Tags: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Wendy Greuel, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles International Airport, Port of Los Angeles
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Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff
The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Elections, Columbia University, Lawyers, Michael Bloomberg
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Topless Beatrice Arthur painting part of record $495-million auction
Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"? A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's...Tags: Human Accomplishments, Arts, J. Crew, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Painting
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Philanthropy: The New Hollywood Brand
VarietyThe charity banquet season hits its peak at this time of year, and the crowded ballrooms remind us that there are people in town who worry less about making money than giving it away. They have reason to worry; philanthropy has become a perilous and...Tags: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Sumner Redstone, Bill Gates, Corporate Officers, Charity
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Elaine Wynn bemoans state of education in Nevada, lobbies for national search for new superintendent
Las Vegas SunElaine Wynn called on the Clark County School Board to conduct a national search for its next superintendent during her keynote address Wednesday at a Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The president of the Nevada State Board of Education...Tags: Lobbying, Jim Gibbons, Finance, Brian Sandoval, Students
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Michael Bloomberg donates $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the Los Angeles school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge the already sizable war chest of the Coalition for School Reform,...Tags: Michelle Rhee, Michael Bloomberg, Local Government, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections
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N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg gives $350,000 to L.A. school board race
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $350,000 to the L.A. school board campaign this week, records show. Bloomberg's contribution, which was filed Tuesday, will enlarge an already sizable warchest of the Coalition for School Reform, a political...
Tags: Michelle Rhee, Michael Bloomberg, Antonio Villaraigosa, Local Government, Elections
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Juilliard School honorees include Daniel Day-Lewis, Dawn Upshaw
Daniel Day-Lewis will soon have a new role to obsessively inhabit -- recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the Juilliard School in New York. The arts school said it also would bestow commencement honors this year on opera singer Dawn Upshaw,...
Tags: Nancy Wilson, Celebrities, Laura Linney, Daniel Day-Lewis, Music
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In L.A. school board race, sky-high spending continues
Record spending will continue in the last remaining race for a seat on the Los Angeles school board, as a political action committee has put together a war chest of about $600,000 to use on behalf of a candidate endorsed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa....
Tags: Michelle Rhee, Academic Progress, Michael Bloomberg, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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MOCA gala takes walk on the wild side
It seemed only fitting that the MOCA gala celebrating the opening of Urs Fischer's new chaos-skirting show, organized under the "creative direction" of the crazy-making artist Rob Pruitt, would have a Dada sort of anti-logic. In other words, it was...
Tags: Arts, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Fine Artists, Artists, Cheech Marin
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