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Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson are the focus of separate investigations by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct , reports KPCC. Waters stands accused of arranging a meeting between Treasury officials and an association representing minority banks, one of which she owned stock in. Richardson may have "improperly profited" when she lost her Sacramento home to foreclosure, sold it to a third party and later reacquired it.

This is just... darling. "I don't see how you guys stand a chance. It's going to take some magic for you to come even close to us," Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters told Congresswoman Corrine Brown of Florida yesterday. Waters was right, Lakers kicked some ass, beating the Magic 100 to 75.

While you were being yelled at yesterday by the lifeguard not to run by the pool, Maxine Waters was celebrating the opening of the nation's first Impeachment Center (8124 West 3rd Street), a place that has suddenly grown in interest in the wake of President Bush's recent controversial move involving Scooter Libby's conviction. Waters said that this impeachment movement, "is one of the most important efforts this country has ever seen." Indeed, some say...

LAist Exclusive! The Los Angeles Republican's Coalition apparently had their email list hacked on Monday, spamming as many as 1,500 subscribers. The one-line message unintentionally originated from the Congressional email address of a field representative for Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles). It read: "I've started to get spam through the address. Please, unsubscribe." The broadcast wasn't well received by the list's owner, because it suggested that the GOP organization was sending out junk mail to list...

- The first charitable Muslim medical institution in the US was founded in South Central LA. The UMMA clinic was started by UCLA students in 1996 and was honored recently with a special address on the floor of the US House of Representatives by Maxine Waters. - Two Egyptian Nationals who plead guilty for enslaving a 10 year old girl here in Southern California were given 2 years in prison and forced to pay...

First off she looks damn good for 68. Say what you will about her politics, I know people half her age that don't look as good as our congresswoman from the 35th in South Central. Like Nelly, Maxine was born in St. Louis but eventually made her way to LA in time to graduate from Cal State LA even before it was called Cal State LA. Back then it was Los Angeles State College,...

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According to the Los Angeles Times, Representative Maxine Waters has been at the forefront of organizing the community's response to the proposed closure.