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The Assata Shakur story, Silicon Valley’s gender gap, gift concierge’s last-minute shopping ideas
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Dec 23, 2014
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The Assata Shakur story, Silicon Valley’s gender gap, gift concierge’s last-minute shopping ideas

A woman who was involved in a police shooting in the 1970s and fled to Cuba could now face capture. New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor talks about the gender gap in the Silicon Valley, and the gift concierge shares her ideas for last-minute holiday shoppers.

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A woman who was involved in a police shooting in the 1970s and fled to Cuba could now face capture. New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor talks about the gender gap in the Silicon Valley, and the gift concierge shares her ideas for last-minute holiday shoppers.

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In 1973 a young woman by the name of Joanne Chesimard was involved in the fatal shooting of a police officer in New Jersey.
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While researchers are making significant strides in the search for a cure for AIDS, one documentary shows ending the crisis will be complicated.
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In his latest piece for The New Yorker, medical writer Jerome Groopman explores new treatments, including a strategy scientists call "shock and kill."
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Reporter Jodi Kantor charts the rise of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs from 1994 when anything seemed possible through an every-widening gender gap that leaves women mostly on the sidelines of the tech revolution.
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In July, LAUSD agreed to increase the minimum wage for service workers to $15 an hour. Take Two checks back in with janitor Raul Meza to see how life has changed since getting the raise.
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This time on Tuesday Reviewsday - our weekly new music segment - we have a collection of rap, R&B and soul songs to help your holiday spirit.
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Last week, 25 movies were added to the National Film Registry. The list included familiar titles like "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Big Lebowski," as well as some lesser known films, like the 1976 drama "Please, Don't Bury Me Alive!" The film, directed by Efraín Gutiérrez, is considered the first Chicano movie, but it was almost lost to history.
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As online shopping continues to grow, brick and mortar stores are trying to figure out new ways to bring in customers. Could old school window displays help?