Today, we take a look at reports that the L.A.Sheriff Dept. hired officers with troubled records. Then, what's behind Amazon's announcement that they plan to offer deliveries via drone? Also, how do we manage wildlife as human development encroaches more and more in into their habitat? Then we talk to LA Times reporter Rebecca Keegan for our regular segment On The Lot about the business of Hollywood.
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Dozens of hires by the LA County Sheriff's Department in 2010 were made despite evidence of serious misconduct on or off duty. The LA Times reveals all in a new report.
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Amazon revealed last night on CBS' "60 Minutes" that they want to deliver packages to people in 30 minutes using drones.
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Each week we profile a different musician - and this week we have Irene Diaz with her debut album "I Love You Madly."
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All weekend -- starting Thursday night -- people pounded that pavement at shopping malls all over the country in search of the uber holiday deal. But while foot traffic was up, you all didn't spend as much as retailers may have hoped.
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The line between wildlife habitat and human housing is becoming increasingly blurred, so how should we deal with bears digging through the neighborhood garbage cans? Or an alligator taking a dip in the pool?
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Wildlife collisions cause a $1 billion a year in damage nationwide. Some states are taking steps to help animals get across highways safely.
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Time for On The Lot, our weekly look at the business of entertainment with Rebecca Keegan of the LA Times.
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In Washington, D.C. a photo exhibition of nearly 100 images has opened at the National Geographic Museum. The exhibit, "Women of Vision," showcases work by 11 of the world's top women photographers who have shot photos from the battlefields of Iraq to the inner workings of the brain.
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The Obama administration had promised they'd fix most of the problems with the troubled healthcare.gov by the end of November. Yesterday, officials at Health and Human Services, the department in charge of the site, essentially declared victory.
The city's youth and poverty often define it in the public consciousness, but some see opportunity in the community's civic and social chaos.
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On Saturday the conservative party candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner. But rival Xiomara Castro and the supporters of her Libre party have rejected those results.
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Since the end of Prohibition, states have grappled with how to regulate the sale of alcohol. Some retain laws that haven't changed much in the last 80 years. Take New Mexico. It has some of the most expensive liquor licenses in the country.
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What would you do with a gift of $2.7 million dollars? That was the question faced by San Francisco Middle Schools after Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff donated the amount to the district. He asked that the money go towards innovation, so the district will use half the money to beef up its tech infrastructure.