Chinese President Xi Jinping to talk trade during Mexico visit; Darrell Issa: The man behind the AP, IRS and Benghazi investigations; California state parks launch new overhaul effort; Picture This: A laid-off Chicago Sun-Times photographer moves on; GoldieBlox game encourages girls to build engineering skills plus much more.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Mexico today, meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
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• 6:05
Between calling President Obama's press secretary a "paid liar," and leading the House Oversight Committee's investigations into Benghazi, the IRS and the AP scandal, California Republican Congressman Darrell Issa has been making headlines.
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• 4:40
It's been a rough stretch for California's state park system, between budget woes and the threat of park closures.
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• 5:18
The Writers Guild of America released its list of the 101 best written television series of all time this week.
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• 5:17
Joining us today for Tuesday Reviewsday is Steve Hochman, music critic for the LA Times.
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• 6:16
Today, the Obama administration announced steps to crack down on people or companies known as patent trolls. These trolls file patents with no intent of manufacturing or marketing the invention.
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• 3:27
On June 4, 50 years ago, Robert W. Patch of Chevy Chase, Maryland became the youngest person to receive a US patent.
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• 4:17
Stanford engineering graduate Debbie Sterling invented Goldieblox, a game she created to encourage girls to build spatial and engineering skills.
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• 2:27
David "Deacon" Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams for much of the 1960s, has died of natural causes in his Anaheim home. He was 74.
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• 6:12
Photographer Rob Hart was laid off from the Chicago Sun-Times last week along with 27 other colleagues. Now he's working on a new photo project documenting his life after losing his job.