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Donald Sterling, corporate buzzwords, lime theft and more
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Apr 28, 2014
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Donald Sterling, corporate buzzwords, lime theft and more

Today on the show, we'll start with an update on the controversy surrounding alleged racist comments allegedly made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. What role to NBA team owners play? Then, the origin of corporate buzzwords. Plus, voice recognition is getting better, Mexican drug cartels are driving up the prices for limes, and much more.

Beleaguered Clippers owner Donald Sterling probably doesn't want to listen to what Chris Ames has to say about his self-congratulatory ad campaign.
Beleaguered Clippers owner Donald Sterling probably doesn't want to listen to what Chris Ames has to say about his self-congratulatory ad campaign.
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Today on the show, we'll start with an update on the controversy surrounding alleged racist comments allegedly made by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. What role to NBA team owners play? Then, the origin of corporate buzzwords. Plus, voice recognition is getting better, Mexican drug cartels are driving up the prices for limes, and much more.

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Kevin Arnovitz, who writes the TrueHoop blog for ESPN.com, and L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez talk with Take Two about what's next.
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Office speak comes from all around the world, and the phrases usually come from the top-down. We've collected a top 10 list.
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Will Oremus recently wrote an article using voice recognition technology and even though it's far from perfect, Will says that the tech has gotten better.
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Jesse Katz's LA Magazine piece about Dodger slugger Yasiel Puig just got optioned by Brett Ratner's production company.
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Does the reaction we had as a society say anything about what we think of race? To talk about this we are joined now by Marne Campbell, assistant professor of African-American Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
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There have been 58 cases of measles reported in California, so far this year. Keeping the outbreak in check requires a massive amount of work by local governments.
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The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito says it's taken in nearly 400 seals and sea lions since January first.
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DirecTV and Time Warner seem to be farther apart then ever, which isn't just bad news for DirecTV subscribers. It's bad for everyone who can't watch the Dodgers.
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Comcast and Charter Communications have just penned a $20-billion deal that would swap customers in several markets including Los Angeles.
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Despite the good news, today's "Building a Grad Nation" report finds that more improvement from California is needed to reach the goal of a 90 percent graduation rate by 2020.
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A shortage in Mexico has made the fruit rare or, if you can get your hands on them, really expensive. It's now cheaper for you to buy a pound of crude oil from Mexico than a pound of limes.