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Target CEO resigns, Latino plurality, snobby salespeople and more
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May 5, 2014
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Target CEO resigns, Latino plurality, snobby salespeople and more

Today, we'll start with a discussion of Target CEO's resignation amid the data breach scandal. Then, charities struggle with decision to keep or return donations given by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Plus, the NHL season gets exciting in California, The Headshot Truck hopes to take the hassle out of actors' headshots, new study suggests that snobby people make better salespeople for luxury good, and much more.

Target turned 50 years old over the summer!

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Target turned 50 years old over the summer! Nampa, Idaho
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Today, we'll start with a discussion of Target CEO's resignation amid the data breach scandal. Then, charities struggle with decision to keep or return donations given by Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Plus, the NHL season gets exciting in California, The Headshot Truck hopes to take the hassle out of actors' headshots, new study suggests that snobby people make better salespeople for luxury good, and much more.

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Target's CEO and President Gregg Steinhafel resigned from the company today. It comes just five months after a data breach ensnared millions of Americans' personal data.
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Five organizations and two high schools told KPCC they won't return Sterling donations. But will they accept future support if he offers it?
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In California, Latinos are now the largest population group in the state. That's according to projections from experts, who say 39 percent of Californians are Latino, surpassing non-Latino whites.
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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico has a reputation as one of the cities with the highest homicide rates in the world. But in the past two years, the city has become less violent, and as the number of murders go down, the number of people and businesses returning have gone up.
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L.A. Magazine's Bill Esparza talks to Take Two host Alex Cohen on how to navigate eating and drinking Mexican-food scene without limes.
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The freeway series so far has captured the attention of fans and novices alike, with the first game ending in a dramatic overtime win for the Kings.
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It's Monday, which means its time for On The Lot with Rebecca Keegan of the LA Times, our weekly look at the movie business.
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The Headshot Truck is a mobile photography studio, which caters to aspiring actors. Photographer Adam Adam Hendershott and his business partner Will Harper are two of the entrepreneurs behind the project.
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There’s a new plan emerging that could revitalize the Democratic Party. The plan looks to give Democrats a stronger hand in the redrawing of district lines for state legislatures and the U.S. House.
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If a big quake hits and your apartment is damaged or, worse, you're injured, who, if anyone, is at fault?
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Complaints that colleges and universities are mishandling sexual assault cases is creating a national outcry.
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Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. They're now an important part of the daily lives of many Americans. The popularity of social media has changed the way we interact with friends, and with businesses, but it doesn't stop there.
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Los Angeles County is responsible for storm water pollution which flows down the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. This morning the Court decided to let stand a 9th circuit ruling finding that the county violated the Clean Water Act
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The look of cholos might be familiar to us in LA, but that style is catching on among men in Bangkok, Thailand — most of whom don't understand Spanish or truly understand what being a "cholo" is about.