Patt Morrison for Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Has the Stimulus been Properly Stimulating?
Putting aside the growing unemployment numbers—something that the federal stimulus package was supposed to curtail with new job growth—there are new concerns that stimulus dollars have not been spent the way they were intended by the Obama Administration and Congress. The GAO says that states haven’t been using the funds as intended and the political mud is starting to fly. Have we been properly stimulated?
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Medi-Cal Millions Defrauded
The U.S. Attorney announced today that more than 40 people in Southern California have been indicted for defrauding the state's Medi-Cal system of nearly $4.6 million. The fraud, focused on Los Angeles and Orange counties, relates to health care provided to handicapped children
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U.S. Nuns under Scrutiny, Not Happy
The Vatican says it’s conducting a survey to “look into the quality of the life” of women’s religious institutions. But American nuns say it’s an effort to reel in nuns who are casting aside religious habits, leaving convents to live independently, and entering new professions like academia. Regardless of their intention, with the number of U.S. nuns down by two-thirds since the late ‘60s, can the Vatican afford to alienate them?
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Sherman Nuys or Van Oaks? The Valley’s Controversial Name Change
What’s in a name? Depends on who you ask in the San Fernando Valley; a one-square-mile section of 1,855 homes in Van Nuys is seeking to become part of neighboring Sherman Oaks, and they will most likely get their wish when the L.A. City Council votes on the matter next week. But there’s a lot of bitterness from the residents of Van Nuys who will be left behind—what’s the big deal about a name change in the Valley?
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Nevermore, Forevermore
In celebration of the bicentennial of the poet Edgar Allen Poe’s birthday, sci-fi/horror heavy-weights Jeffrey Combs and Stuart Gordon have put together “Nevermore: An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe." Patt sits down with the star and director of “Nevermore” to talk about the poet, the poems, and their play. Maybe they will be able to figure out whom or what is behind that rap-tap-tapping at the studio door.
"Nevermore…An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe… Prose, Poetry and Perversion…" runs at the Steve Allen Theater on Fridays and Saturdays from July 12th to August 2nd
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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