Today on the show, we discuss Obama's recent comments that he would accept 'piecemeal' immigration reform. Then, a new Pew study shows Americans are burnt out on disaster relief, kids in Baldwin Hills schools get their iPads, the fight over Gore Vidal's estate and much more.
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• 6:51
Yesterday, in front of business executives at a conference sponsored The Wall Street Journal, the president said he'd be OK with "piecemeal" legislation.
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• 4:19
Politicians seem to have reached an impasse when it comes to immigration reform, so some young tech types are moving ahead without them.
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• 3:30
L.A. Unified School District's iPad program has many skeptics. It also has diehard enthusiasts, like the second graders at Baldwin Heights Elementary.
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• 6:29
A standoff between a rag tag group of townspeople in Mexico's Michoacan state and the violent drug cartels that wield power there.
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• 7:02
Bitcoin, the anonymous cyber currency, has gone from less than $300 per coin to more than $900 just a few days ago back down to just over $600 today.
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• 9:36
The Black Mamba returns to the court, a Jacksonville man courts a new quarterback, and Richie Incognito in the court of public opinion. It's time for our weekly sport segment. We're joined by Andy Kamenetzky for all the latest.
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• 5:53
One of the big winners is California's public employee and teacher pension fund, commonly known as CalPers, who'll receive nearly $300 million.
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• 4:25
Much of the recent public debate over the Affordable Care Act has focused on the millions of people seeing their health insurance policies cancelled because they don't comply with the federal law.
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• 5:19
In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, the U.S. is leading the international relief effort in the Philippines, but the American public seems to be already tuning it out.
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• 5:10
Researchers from UC Berkeley and the University of San Francisco recently published a study on the long-term effects of such natural disasters.
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• 5:04
Hanukkah kicks off the holiday season next week. If you dread the idea of poring through catalogs or braving the mall, we've got just the thing for you -- shopping with your smart phone. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's Wednesday which means it's time for App Chat.
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• 7:14
Writer Gore Vidal died more than a year ago, but his family says he wrote his last will when he wasn't of sound mind. We look at the case with an estate planner to examine the law and the options when this happens in your own family.
The national Mexican soccer team, known as El Tri, has played its final match to qualify for the World Cup.
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• 5:26
Auto manufacturers are packing more digital electronics into their vehicles, but experts don't expect it to mean the death of AM and FM.
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• 4:40
We end the hour with a remembrance of Diane Disney Miller. She passed away yesterday at her home in the Napa Valley.