Just another news: September 2012

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Colombia earthquake

Colombia Earthquake: Deep 7.1 Quake Reported In Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from an earthquake centered deep underground in the country's southwest whose magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey placed at 7.1. The USGS says the ...
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Strong earthquake hits southwestern Colombia
2012 - An estimated magnitude-7.1 earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia, the Associated Press reports. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries in the region.
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Major quake hits Colombia, no reports of death or damage
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A large earthquake shook Colombia on Sunday, rattling residents in the southwest of the Andean nation, but there were no reports of deaths or major damage, authorities said.
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KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -3.4 magnitude quake rattles Dallas ...
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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Large quake hits Colombia but does not generate Pacific-wide tsunami
A large earthquake struck southwestern Colombia this morning but did not generate a destructive tsunami, officials said.
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No reports of deaths, major damage in Colombian quake
There were no immediate reports of deaths or major damage from a strong earthquake that struck the southwest of Colombia, local media reported. A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Colombia on late morning. No tsunami warnings ...
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7.4 earthquake in Colombia
Current Location in Site. RNZ Home » News » World » 7.4 earthquake in Colombia. 7.4 earthquake in Colombia. Updated at 6:06 am today. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake has hit southwestern Colombia, the US Geological Survey reports. The quake was ...
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WHY IT MATTERS: Social Security
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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Kosovo PM: EU-led talks with Serbia must happen
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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No tsunami threat for Colombia after 7.6 earthquake hits Costa Rica
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Wednesday there is no threat for a tsunami on Colombia's coasts after a 7.6 earthquake hit Costa Rica. While including Colombia's Pacific region in its initial alert, the "warning area is reduced" and "cancelled ...
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Costa Rica manager Pinto: 'The earthquake didn't shake me, Mexico won't either'
Costa Rica manager Pinto: 'The earthquake didn't shake me, Mexico won't either'. The Colombian manager was adamant about his team not being overwhelmed by the task at hand.
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Newspaper: Malvo felt like 'worst piece of scum'
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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Supreme Court Justices attend annual Red Mass
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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El Salvador, Chile Earthquakes Erupt Today 2012 Across Each Country
LOS ANGELES (LALATE) - El Salvador, Chile and Colombia earthquakes today 2012 erupted across each respective country. Major tremotos struck El Salvador and the other two countries Saturday September 1, 2012 following recent temblor activity striking ...
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KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Wave of bombings across Iraq leaves ...
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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Bomb explodes near north Nigeria Islamic school
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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Georgian grape pickers show government's challenge
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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McCain: Don't expect surprises in upcoming debate
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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At General Debate, Colombia encourages UN in efforts to solve Syrian crisis ...
26 September 2012 - In a speech to the General Assembly, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos today called on the United Nations to persevere in its efforts to resolve the fighting in Syria and reduce poverty in Haiti.
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Oregon State outlasts Arizona 38-35
An earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia centered deep underground with a magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey's preliminary estimate puts at 7.1.
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U.s. geological survey

USGS reports deep 7.1 earthquake in Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from an earthquake centered deep underground in the country's southwest whose magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey placed at 7.1. The USGS says the ...
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USGS: 3.4 magnitude quake recorded west of Dallas
DALLAS (AP) - A minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude rattled a suburban community west of Dallas during the night but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at ...
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USGS Aquifer Tests Near Pavillion, Wyoming Reveal Petroleum-Based ...
A report by the U.S. Geological Survey showed petroleum-based pollutants in samples from a monitoring well in the aquifer adjacent to Pavillion, Wyoming, which is at the center of a national debate over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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US report leaves debate open on contested Wyoming fracking study
While the United States Geological Survey report included raw data from samples it collected from a well near Pavillion, Wyoming, in April and May, the agency did not provide any analysis, leaving the information open to varying conclusions ...
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Two Earthquakes Rattle North Texas
The U.S. Geological Survey confirms a magnitude 3.4 earthquake occured at 11:05:01 p.m. The USGS listed the epicenter at 32.847°N, 96.956°W.
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Big Earthquakes Can Trigger Temblors Across The Globe, USGS Says
A large earthquake in one part of the globe can trigger earthquakes elsewhere, according to new research by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and UC Berkeley. The global aftershocks are fairly immediate, taking place within a week of the ...
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US to help India form framework for shale gas licensing
The United States Geological Survey will also help India in assessing the shale gas resources in India, a press released by the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, says.
www.thehindubusinessline.com
USGS report shows there is room for ditch efficiencies
Those questions are the subject of a study recently released by the U.S. Geological Survey, which will be the subject of a presentation next week at the quarterly meeting of the Verde River Basin Partnership.
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US monitor reports preliminary 3.4 magnitude quake west of Dallas, Texas; no ...
A minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude rattled a suburban community west of Dallas during the night but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Article continues below. The quake ...
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Research reports climate change could cripple southwestern forests
That's the word from a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Arizona, and other partner organizations.
phys.org
BART First US Transit Agency to Adopt Earthquake Early Warning System
The California Integrated Seismic Network is a collaboration among various groups that operate seismic sensors, including the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, California Geological Survey, Caltech Seismological Laboratory and ...
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USGS wants to study 'water gun' for Asian carp
Biologists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center in La Crosse hope to use this technology to identify the frequencies and amplitudes that will effectively herd Asian carp into anglers' nets and create underwater ...
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DALLAS (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude has rattled an area west of Dallas, Texas.
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Thousands pray for US at 'America for Jesus' rally
The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude has rattled an area west of Dallas, Texas.
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FUGLEBERG: The Pavillion mess
On Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey released its test results from those test wells - the ones you would likely miss if you drove by them on the roads that cut through the gas field.
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Moderate Earthquake Strikes off Solomon Islands
The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.2 quake struck Saturday morning about 281 kilometers (175 miles) west of the Solomon Islands' capital, Honiara, at a depth of just 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
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US military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2000
The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude has rattled an area west of Dallas, Texas.
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USGS: 6.0 magnitude quake hits off Solomon Islands
SYDNEY: A quake measuring magnitude 6.0 hit off the Solomon Islands on Friday, but Australian seismologists said there was little risk of a tsunami.
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Here is the latest Texas news from The Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude has rattled an area west of Dallas, Texas.
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Sumatra earthquake caused large aftershocks all over globe
In one study, USGS seismologist Fred Pollitz and colleagues analyzed the unprecedented increase in global seismic activity triggered by the Magnitude-8.6 East Indian Ocean quake of April 11, 2012, while in the second, seismologist Volkan Sevilgen and ...
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Colombia

Strong earthquake hits southwestern Colombia
2012 - An estimated magnitude-7.1 earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia, the Associated Press reports. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries in the region.
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Colombia Earthquake: Deep 7.1 Quake Reported In Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from an earthquake centered deep underground in the country's southwest whose magnitude the U.S.
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Oil groups tussle for Colombia licences
Some of the world's largest oil companies are jostling for licences to explore for shale gas in Colombia, one of many countries hoping to replicate the North American boom in unconventional gas.
www.ft.com
Santos: In Colombia, as among Israelis and Palestinians, talks are the way forward
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos likened his bid to end decades of violence through talks with Marxist rebels to the elusive Israeli-Palestinian quest for a two-state solution.
www.jta.org
Ecuador says freed foreign tourists are 'in good spirits'
Two women tourists rescued from kidnappers in Ecuador near its border with Colombia are receiving medical attention in the capital, Quito, the country's interior minister said on Sunday.
www.guardian.co.uk
Flamingoes Edge Colombia to Set a Date With France
Nigeria's Flamingoes have qualified for the quarter finals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women World Cup in Azerbaijan after defeating Colombia 3:0 to top their group. After the 11:0 thrashing of the host nation, Azerbaijan, so much was expected from the ...
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Colombian President Santos Receives AJC Diplomatic Statesman Award
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was honored at an American Jewish Committee (AJC) luncheon in New York, and received the global advocacy organization's prestigious Diplomatic ...
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Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos Hypes Success At Council of the Americas
The Colombian government and the FARC recently announced that they will hold joint peace talks in an effort to end the half century-long internal civil conflict that has seen 50,000 and 200,000 people killed and 2.4 million and 4 million people ...
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Colombia Keeps 4.75% Rate and Extends Daily Dollar Purchases
The Colombian currency has appreciated 7.7 percent this year, the fourth-best performance against the dollar among the 31-most traded currencies tracked by Bloomberg worldwide.
www.businessweek.com
Colombia peace talks: Why the United States should support the process
But sitting down to negotiate, as he proposes, with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgency, a group with deep ties to narco-trafficking, kidnapping and on the US terrorist watch list, is not without a high degree of political risk.
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Colombia Absolves Kidnapping Victim Accused of Misdeeds
CARACAS, Venezuela - Bringing to a close a case that stunned Colombia and focused attention on a brutal episode in the country's long-running guerrilla war, Colombian authorities this week absolved a former state legislator just months after accusing ...
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Colombian Copycat Banks Sell 13 Years of Bonds in Months
The sales are helping fund a 17 percent lending surge as Colombia's economy expands at the second-fastest pace among Latin America's biggest countries, behind Peru.
www.businessweek.com
Fitch Updates Colombian Residential Mortgage Criteria Assumptions
BOGOTA, Colombia - Fitch Ratings has today updated its rating criteria for assessing credit risk in Colombian residential mortgage loan pools that are used as collateral for structured finance transactions.
www.heraldonline.com
Large quake hits Colombia but does not generate Pacific-wide tsunami
A large earthquake struck southwestern Colombia this morning but did not generate a destructive tsunami, officials said. The 7.1-magnitude temblor was centered 31 miles south of the regional capital ofPopayan, Columbia, and 203 miles northeast of Quito ...
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Colombia's Ecopetrol says rebel attacks drop off as talks loom
LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Colombia's Ecopetrol said rebel attacks on its pipelines had dropped in the last month, giving hope that upcoming peace talks to try to end five decades of war could benefit the country's largest oil producer.
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Tombini Classmate Reappointed as Colombia Central Bank Chief
... Classmate Reappointed as Colombia Central Bank Chief. By Matthew Bristow and Christine Jenkins - 2012-09-28T22:30:14Z.
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Colombian Bond Yields Fall to Record Low as Central Bank Meets
Yields on Colombia's peso bonds fell to a record low amid speculation policy makers will lower benchmark borrowing costs as soon as today to support growth in the Andean economy.
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UPDATE 2-Colombia current acct deficit widens in H1 vs year ago
Capital, financial account totals $6.74 billion in 1st half of 2012. * FDI rises 18 pct to $7.79 billion in January-June period. By Jack Kimball.
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Colombia is Second in World for Land Mine Victims, Behind Afghanistan
403962 01: A Colombian soldier searches for possible land mines left by the FARC, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, after the group dynamited an energy tower owned by the state operated national energy distribution network, ISA, April 15, ...
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Colombia to renegotiate terms of BHP's Cerro Matoso mine
BOGOTA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Colombia will renegotiate out-dated contract terms including royalty payments for BHP Billiton's Cerro Matoso nickel mine in a bid to get a better deal for the Andean nation, government officials and a tribunal said on ...
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Mulholland bridge

Carmageddon 2 Construction On Schedule, 405 Freeway Expected To Open On ...
Crews working around the clock since Friday evening have taken down all but two columns of the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405, Rick Jagger, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said Sunday morning.
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Carmageddon II, the sequel: Bridge chunk gives a scare, but work goes on
Officials on scene said a portion of the Mulholland Bridge overpass fell about 4 p.m. local time, but no one was injured. Up to that point, other than having to chase some motorists, skateboarders, and walkers off a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 ...
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UPDATE 1-Los Angeles drivers see minimal traffic in 'Carmageddon 2'
(Adds details on Mulholland Bridge). By Alex Dobuzinskis. LOS ANGELES, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Drivers in Los Angeles saw limited congestion on Saturday near a key freeway corridor shut down this weekend in what has been dubbed "Carmageddon 2," due ...
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Carmageddon II: Bridge demolition slowed after glitch
increase text size decrease text size. Demolition crews taking down a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge that traverses the 405 Freeway got a slight scare Saturday afternoon when a large chunk of the bridge fell unexpectedly and forced a work slowdown.
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Carmageddon 2: First Day Of Construction Starts Off Smoothly (VIDEO)
A 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 was shut throughout the weekend so that crews can demolish a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge as part of a $1 billion-project to add a new carpool lane. Officials said demolition was nearly complete and that ...
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Carmageddon II: No Delay After Bridge Chunk Falls
The demolition of the north half of the Mulholland Bridge over the 405 Freeway is progressing on schedule. Officials Saturday night said the work that's prompted the total shutdown of the heavily-traveled freeway, dubbed Carmageddon II, should be ...
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History Flows Through Sepulveda Pass—An Update
Ultimately, a matte painting was used for the shot, but it's clearly reminiscent of the view from the Mulholland Bridge, part of which is being replaced this weekend. The Sepulveda Pass is not only a crucial corridor for the link between the Valley and ...
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Time travel: Paul Newman and the Mulholland Drive bridge *
Scott Fajack spotted "Harper" playing on Turner Classic Movies tonight and thought to grab a circa-1966 shot of the Mulholland Drive bridge in Sepulveda Pass, spanning what was then called by everybody the San Diego Freeway. Notice that there is no ...
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405 Freeway Closes Without a Hitch for Carmageddon II
The demolition and reconstruction of the Mulholland Bridge is part of the $1 billion Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project, which includes a carpool lane and other upgrades to a stretch of the freeway that about 278,000 drivers travel each day ...
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Carmageddon II: Demolition a labor of love for one bridge engineer
From an overlook south of the construction site Saturday afternoon, Francis watched chunks of concrete fall from a section of the Mulholland Drive bridge that is being demolished. The northbound side of the bridge will be widened as part of the $1 ...
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Despite some traffic snarls, Carmageddon II going smoothly
Demolition crews 12 hours into taking down the second part of the Mulholland Drive bridge on the second day of "Carmegeddon II.
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Carmageddon II: MTA warns of 'real threat of chaos' near closed 405...
Carmageddon II, during which workers aim to complete demolition work on the Mulholland Bridge, is part of a $1 billion project to add a 10-mile car-pool lane along the northbound 405.
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Carmageddon or Carma-Heaven? Either way, closure of 405 Freeway...
The closure, which will enable crews to demolish the north half of the Mulholland Bridge over the freeway, is expected to continue until 5 a.m.
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I-405 in L.A. closed for bridge demolition
One of the busiest freeways in California, the 405, stands vacant as workers demolish the south side of Mulholland overpass on the freeway during the 53-hour total freeway closure.
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The demolition of Mulholland Drive bridge on the west side of Los Angeles ...
REFILE - CORRECTING SPELLING OF SLUG TO USA-CARMAGEDDON/ The demolition of Mulholland Drive bridge on the west side of Los Angeles continues in Los Angeles, California September 29, 2012.
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Mulholland and Sunset bridges over 405 Freeway to reopen Monday morning
Realigning Mulholland Drive from the remainder of the old bridge, onto the half-built new bridge, is a critical step in advance of next weekend's "Carmaggedon II" closure of the 405, officials have said.
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Mulholland Bridge shut for weekend for Carmageddon 2 preparations
The Mulholland Bridge was shut down Friday night and will stay closed until 6 a.m. Monday As a result of this weekend's closure, traffic will be shifted to the rebuilt south side of the bridge and workers will make adjustments to the roadway, preparing ...
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Photos: Carmageddon II
Construction crews were hard at work early Saturday morning demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway during Carmageddon II, the second closure of the 10-mile stretch of the nation's busiest freeway in 14 months.
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405 Freeway closures this weekend a preview of 'Carmageddon II'
increase text size decrease text size. Carmageddon. Portions of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass will be closed this weekend and next so that workers can prepare the remaining span of the Mulholland Bridge for the final phase of its demolition.
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Mulholland Drive bridge closed in run-up to 'Carmageddon II' on 405
LOS ANGELES -- As Los Angeles gears up for "Carmageddon II," driving across the old Mulholland Drive bridge is impossible this weekend, as Metro crews realign, repave and restipe Mulholland above the San Diego (405) Freeway. Metro contractors were ...
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Carmageddon construction

Carmageddon 2 Construction On Schedule, 405 Freeway Expected To Open On ...
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Construction crews demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge over the closed 405 freeway during Carmageddon on September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The 405 Freeway is completely shut down for a ...
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Carmageddon 2: First Day Of Construction Starts Off Smoothly (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES - Construction crews were on schedule and traffic tie-ups were minimal in Los Angeles on Saturday, making for a smooth start to Carmageddon II, the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways. A 10-mile stretch ...
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Carmageddon II, the sequel: Bridge chunk gives a scare, but work goes on
During Carmageddon, however, the area is brightly illuminated overnight so construction workers can safely do their jobs.
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'Carmageddon' the sequel begins on Los Angeles freeways
LOS ANGELES - Traffic was light around Los Angeles hours after the start of Carmageddon II, and transportation officials were hoping it stays that way until a bridge is demolished before the Monday morning rush hour.
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Carmageddon II: Road crews already hard at work
Construction workers were hard at work early Saturday morning demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge along the 405 Freeway, the start of Carmageddon II -- a 10-mile closure of the nation's busiest freeway. Workers have 53 hours to ...
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Photos: Carmageddon II
Construction crews were hard at work early Saturday morning demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge over the 405 Freeway during Carmageddon II, the second closure of the 10-mile stretch of the nation's busiest freeway in 14 months. The 405 ...
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'Carmageddon,' the sequel: So far, Los Angeles drivers staying home
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The opening scenes to a massive highway project dubbed "Carmageddon II" have so far been free of traffic jams, officials said Saturday.
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Carmageddon II: Demolition a labor of love for one bridge engineer
From an overlook south of the construction site Saturday afternoon, Francis watched chunks of concrete fall from a section of the Mulholland Drive bridge that is being demolished.
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Carmageddon II: Good karma so far as motorists heed warnings
"We want to thank the public for their cooperation, and we want to encourage people to shop locally and stay away from the construction site." He added that transportation officials hoped things throughout the weekend would "continue going as well as ...
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Carmageddon II: Businesses celebrate with burgers, breakfast
Although TV helicopters hovering overhead reminded the family of the construction, for Sanders, Carmageddon II was no longer the day's biggest news.
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Carmageddon II: Near Closed 405 Freeway
That's what Los Angeles officials hope Angelenos will opt to do during Carmageddon II, the 52-hour closure of of the San Diego (405) Freeway that began Friday night as a sequel to last year's roadblock.
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Carmageddon 2: 405 Freeway demolition hiccup momentarily halts work
A massive section of the 50-year-old old bridge came crashing down - not according to plan. "On an operation of this size, of this magnitude, pieces come down of all different sizes and shapes," said Dan Kulka with Kiewit Construction. "We did not ...
abclocal.go.com
Carmageddon II off to smooth start; bridge demolition well underway
The 405 was shut down between the 10 and 101 freeways for 53 hours starting Saturday so that construction crews can demolish the north remaining half of the Mulholland Drive bridge, part of a larger $1-billion freeway improvement project that includes ...
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'Carmageddon II' Construction Remains On Schedule
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) - Construction for "Carmageddon II," the shutdown of ten miles of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass, remained on schedule Sunday.
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Carmageddon II off to a smooth start
... crews gradually shut down ramps and closed lanes of traffic to make room for a small army of construction workers tasked with knocking down the remaining half of the Mulholland Drive bridge this weekend.
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Carmageddon II raises traffic concerns...to the sky?
... shut down as construction teams -- you guessed it -- demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge so that it can be rebuilt wider and more seismically sound.
www.csmonitor.com
Carmageddon II: Leave car at home, get a discount at LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is encouraging people to avoid Carmageddon II, leave their vehicles at home and visit the museum this weekend at half the cost.
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Los Angeles drivers see minimal traffic in "Carmageddon 2"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Drivers in Los Angeles saw limited congestion on Saturday near a key freeway corridor shut down this weekend in what has been dubbed "Carmageddon 2," due to fears of gridlock from a 53-hour construction project, officials said.
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Carmageddon Part 2: Los Angeles' 405 Freeway Shutdown
Carmageddon or Carma-heaven? Carmageddon II. Carmageddon or Carma-heaven? A group of people monitor construction crews demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge along the 405 Freeway September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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Carmageddon or Carmaheaven? Traffic jams on the big screen
Carmageddon II is fast approaching, with transportation officials shutting down a 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway this weekend for the second time in 14 months.
www.latimes.com

Carmageddon 2012

Carmageddon 2 Construction On Schedule, 405 Freeway Expected To Open On ...
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Construction crews demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge over the closed 405 freeway during Carmageddon on September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The 405 Freeway is completely shut down for a ...
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'Carmageddon' the sequel begins on LA freeways
2012 -. LOS ANGELES -- Southern California drivers appeared to be heeding warnings of a potential traffic meltdown Saturday and were generally staying clear of routes around the weekend closure of one of the nation's busiest freeways.
www.usatoday.com
Carmageddon 2: First Day Of Construction Starts Off Smoothly (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Construction crews demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge over the closed 405 freeway during Carmageddon on September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The 405 Freeway is completely shut down for a ...
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'Carmageddon' demolition on schedule with drivers told to avoid LA freeways ...
LOS ANGELES - Construction crews are on schedule and traffic tie-ups are minimal in Los Angeles, making for a smooth start to Carmageddon II, the sequel to last year's shutdown of one of the nation's busiest freeways. Demolition of the center span of ...
www.washingtonpost.com
Carmageddon II: Los Angeles preps for freeway closure sequel (+video)
... hoping to see a repeat of the first 'Carmageddon,' when hundreds of thousands of motorists stayed off the road.
www.csmonitor.com
Carmageddon II: No Delay After Bridge Chunk Falls
"Carmageddon II" work on the Mulholland overpass was temporarily stopped after a large portion fell unexpectedly.
www.nbclosangeles.com
Los Angeles revives traffic jam warnings for "Carmageddon 2"
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Car-crazed Los Angeles is preparing for a weekend of potential traffic gridlock that has earned the nickname "Carmageddon 2" amid fears drivers might not heed warnings to stay off the roads during a massive 53-hour freeway ...
www.reuters.com
Carmageddon not just good for air quality, it's great
bridge-from-above5501.jpg The biggest winners in Carmageddon are those people who live on the Westside. Not only did the 405 freeway closure last year make traffic disappear and stop the perennial roar of tires on pavement that blankets the area, it ...
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'Carmageddon' demolition on schedule in LA
29, 2012 in Los Angeles. Construction crews began work early Saturday taking down a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge along Interstate 405, one of the nation's busiest freeways.
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Carmageddon 2 Closures: Alternate Route Maps To Help Plan Your Weekend
The 405 expansion project otherwise known as "Carmageddon 2" begins this Friday, Sept. 28. with ramp closures starting at 7 p.m.
www.huffingtonpost.com
Sunday Triathlon to Shut Down Roads
... San Diego Elite Men's Race on May 12, 2012 in San Diego. advertisement. Click Here! A smooth start to Carmageddon II traffic could turn into a bumpy ride Sunday when a triathlon shuts down north-south streets between downtown and the Pacific Ocean.
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Carmageddon II Could Clean Up 405 Air Pollution By Up to 83 Percent -- UCLA
UCLA reports that a study of last year's Carmageddon shows an 83 percent improvement in air quality around the closed portion of the 405 during that July weekend.
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Carmageddon II: MTA warns of 'real threat of chaos' near closed 405...
That's what Los Angeles officials hope Angelenos will opt to do during Carmageddon II, the 52-hour closure of of the San Diego (405) Freeway that began Friday night as a sequel to last year's roadblock.
www.dailynews.com
Carmageddon Part 2: Los Angeles' 405 Freeway Shutdown
Carmageddon or Carma-heaven? Carmageddon II. Carmageddon or Carma-heaven? A group of people monitor construction crews demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge along the 405 Freeway September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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'Carmageddon' the sequel begins drivers told to stay off LA freeways amid 405 ...
Associated Press | Sep 29, 2012 2:47 AM CDT in. The sequel to Carmageddon has had its midnight premiere, and Los Angeles transportation officials are hoping the weekend proves as successful as last year's first edition.
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Carmageddon or Carma-Heaven? Either way, closure of 405 Freeway...
Work continues on the Mulholland Drive bridges over the 405 Freeway Tuesday, September 18, 2012. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) (Michael Owen Baker).
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Carmageddon Cleared LA's Skies; A Forensic Use for Maggots
Clearer skies during Carmageddon. The closure of the 405 freeway in Los Angeles this past July may have increased road rage, but at least it temporarily brought down pollution levels.
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Carmageddon II: Getting In and Out of LAX
The Metrolink line from Ventura is also adding weekend service because of Carmageddon, and Prime Time Shuttle service is holding drivers on standby while the San Diego (405) Freeway is shut down to accommodate for the demolition of the Mulholland ...
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Los Angeles braces for Carmageddon II
Los Angeles braces for Carmageddon II. by William M. Welch on Sep. 27, 2012, under USA TODAY News. Source: USA ... Los Angeles is preparing for the sequel to its "Carmageddon" weekend of July 2011, when a planned construction shutdown of a 10-mile ...
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'Carmageddon 2' is just one part of a much bigger project to improve the 405
'Carmageddon 2' is just one part of a much bigger project to improve the 405. By Corey Moore | Sep 27, 2012.
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405 freeway closure

Carmageddon II: LA coping well with freeway closure
Day 2 of Carmageddon II began with few problems as construction crews continued their work on the closed 405 Freeway and were still confident they will have the roadway open by the Monday morning commute.
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Carmageddon II: Different opinions on freeway widening
Ahluwalia said his family decided to stay close to their Sherman Oaks neighborhood this weekend because of the 10-mile closure of the 405 Freeway that is part of a $1-billion widening project that will add a new carpool lane to the 405. On Sunday ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon II: LAX largely unaffected by freeway closure
The Los Angeles International Airport, which sits west of the 405 Freeway, remained mostly unaffected by the closure of a 10-mile section of the freeway. Taxi and airport shuttle drivers insisted that they weren't experiencing significant delays in ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Scenes from the 405 Freeway as Carmageddon gets underway
A smooth start to the weekend's 405 Freeway closure Friday may have been helped by residents like Mounir Hajjar, who had planned for the worst.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon Improved Los Angeles Air Quality During 2011 Freeway Closure ...
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon). On the eve of "Carmageddon II," researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles revealed that last year's July 15-17 closure of Interstate 405 resulted in significant air quality improvements in the vicinity of the ...
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Carmageddon 2: 405 closure just hours away
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Crews shut down the 405 Freeway in both directions between the 101 and 10 freeways on Friday night as the second phase of Carmageddon construction began.
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Carmageddon 2: First Day Of Construction Starts Off Smoothly (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Construction crews demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge over the closed 405 freeway during Carmageddon on September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The 405 Freeway is completely shut down for a ...
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Carmageddon or Carma-Heaven? Either way, closure of 405 Freeway...
When the 405 Freeway is completely closed in the Sepulveda Pass around midnight, it will take the main connection between West Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley out of service.
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Carmageddon II: No Delay After Bridge Chunk Falls
Areas that saw heavy traffic Saturday included the northbound lanes of the 405 Freeway south of the closure area, the 10 Freeway and some Westside surface streets, including Pacific Coast Highway. The Hollywood and Harbor freeways near downtown saw ...
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405 Freeway closures this weekend a preview of 'Carmageddon II'
increase text size decrease text size. Carmageddon. Portions of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass will be closed this weekend and next so that workers can prepare the remaining span of the Mulholland Bridge for the final phase of its demolition.
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'Carmageddon' demolition on schedule with drivers told to avoid LA freeways ...
Demolition of the center span of the Mulholland Drive bridge along Interstate 405 was nearly complete Saturday afternoon, according to Rick Jagger with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Carmageddon II: MTA warns of 'real threat of chaos' near closed 405 Freeway
That's what Los Angeles officials hope Angelenos will opt to do during Carmageddon II, the 52-hour closure of of the San Diego (405) Freeway that began Friday night as a sequel to last year's roadblock. | Live Blog: Carmageddon ll. The fear, however ...
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Carmageddon II: More street closures Sunday for triathlon
The closure of parts of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue could add to congestion on the Westside because of the temporary shutdown of a 10-mile section of the 405 Freeway. The freeway, which will be closed between the 10 and 101 freeways until ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon II: Important Info About the 405 Closure
About 250,000 motorists travel on the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass on a typical weekend day, and officials are asking people to stay close to home during the freeway closure. "Carmageddon weekend is fast approaching, and Angelenos will ...
altadena.patch.com
'Carmageddon' the sequel begins on LA freeways
Work is to be completed and the freeway reopened in time for the Monday morning rush hour. The contractor faces a penalty if the work is not done in 53 hours.
www.usatoday.com
Carmageddon II: For traffic control center, it's time to shine
This is one of the central headquarters for Carmageddon II, where a handful of engineers will work 53 straight hours to ensure that all goes well with the temporary closure of a portion of the 405 Freeway -- the nation's busiest. The city of Los ...
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"Carmageddon II": 405 Lane Closures
Crews are gearing up to shut down a stretch of the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass again, and while last year's uneventful closure may have Angelenos feel safe to venture out on alternate routes, transportation officials are repeating months of ...
www.nbclosangeles.com
Live discussion: Is it Carmageddon II or Carmaheaven?
The 405 Freeway closure known as "Carmageddon II" is in full swing, as crews work to demolish the northern half of the Mulholland Drive bridge as part of a $1-billion project that includes adding a carpool lane to the freeway below.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
405 freeway closure could lead to Carmageddon II
The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project is preparing for the demolition of Mulholland Drive Bridge, causing full closure of Interstate 405 on Sept. 29 and 30. According to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the ...
sundial.csun.edu
Rain wouldn't delay Carmageddon weekend's 405 Freeway closure
There is a small chance of rain for the upcoming Carmageddon II weekend, but it is unlikely to change the freeway closure or construction plans.
latimesblogs.latimes.com

405 freeway

Carmageddon 2 Construction On Schedule, 405 Freeway Expected To Open On ...
LOS ANGELES - The demolition of a bridge that forced the weekend closure of one of the nation's busiest freeways is on schedule, while many Los Angeles drivers heeded warnings to steer clear of the area, and officials expect to reopen the lanes as ...
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Letters: Freeway noise -- get used to it
Residents who live near the 405 Freeway knew full well when they decided to buy their homes that they would be subjected to a barrage of noise, including the constant roar of the freeway day and night and a full orchestra of beeping construction trucks ...
www.latimes.com
Carmageddon II: Different opinions on freeway widening
Ahluwalia said his family decided to stay close to their Sherman Oaks neighborhood this weekend because of the 10-mile closure of the 405 Freeway that is part of a $1-billion widening project that will add a new carpool lane to the 405. On Sunday ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Scenes from the 405 Freeway as Carmageddon gets underway
A smooth start to the weekend's 405 Freeway closure Friday may have been helped by residents like Mounir Hajjar, who had planned for the worst.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon Part 2: Los Angeles' 405 Freeway Shutdown
Carmageddon or Carma-heaven? Carmageddon II. Carmageddon or Carma-heaven? A group of people monitor construction crews demolishing a portion of the Mulholland Drive bridge along the 405 Freeway September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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Carmageddon II: LAX largely unaffected by freeway closure
The Los Angeles International Airport, which sits west of the 405 Freeway, remained mostly unaffected by the closure of a 10-mile section of the freeway.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon 2: First Day Of Construction Starts Off Smoothly (VIDEO)
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 29: Construction crews demolish the north side of the Mulholland Bridge over the closed 405 freeway during Carmageddon on September 29, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The 405 Freeway is completely shut down for a ...
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Carmageddon 2: 405 closure just hours away
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Crews shut down the 405 Freeway in both directions between the 101 and 10 freeways on Friday night as the second phase of Carmageddon construction began.
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Carmageddon or Carma-Heaven? Either way, closure of 405 Freeway...
LOS ANGELES - After months of pleas to motorists to stay out of their cars this weekend, "Carmageddon II" finally gets under way tonight, when the San Diego (405) Freeway's ramps and lanes will be blocked off in the Sepulveda Pass, followed by the full ...
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Carmageddon II: Businesses celebrate with burgers, breakfast
At the top of their driveway near a blocked-off 405 Freeway entrance ramp, Jill's son, 7-year-old Matthew Sanders, stood behind a piece of cardboard that read "Lemonade and cookies.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon II: Good karma so far as motorists heed warnings
As of late Saturday afternoon, the region appeared to be averting a "carpocalyptic" meltdown as Angelenos boarded buses, mounted bicycles or otherwise steered clear of the 405 Freeway and key surface streets. "Things are going extremely well just as ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Carmageddon II: MTA warns of 'real threat of chaos' near closed 405 Freeway
That's what Los Angeles officials hope Angelenos will opt to do during Carmageddon II, the 52-hour closure of of the San Diego (405) Freeway that began Friday night as a sequel to last year's roadblock. | Live Blog: Carmageddon ll. The fear, however ...
www.dailynews.com
One 405 On-Ramp Already Reopened
A message board flashes a warning Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, to drivers on Interstate 10, the Santa Monica Freeway in West Los Angeles, to plan for the two-day closure of the Interstate 405 freeway over the Sepulveda Pass this coming weekend, Sept.
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Carmageddon Improved Los Angeles Air Quality During 2011 Freeway Closure ...
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon). On the eve of "Carmageddon II," researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles revealed that last year's July 15-17 closure of Interstate 405 resulted in significant air quality improvements in the vicinity of the ...
www.huffingtonpost.com
405 Freeway closures this weekend a preview of 'Carmageddon II'
increase text size decrease text size. Carmageddon. Portions of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass will be closed this weekend and next so that workers can prepare the remaining span of the Mulholland Bridge for the final phase of its demolition.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
405 Freeway Closes Without a Hitch for Carmageddon II
Patch is providing a live blog of the entire Carmageddon II weekend, as well as a Storify with colorful Tweets, news and photos from locals experiencing the 405 closure. Caltrans will have 30 additional portable electronic message signs on various ...
agourahills.patch.com
Carmageddon II: Important Info About the 405 Closure
About 250,000 motorists travel on the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass on a typical weekend day, and officials are asking people to stay close to home during the freeway closure.
altadena.patch.com
A Freeway's Closing Fails to Scare All of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - Last year, before a 10-mile stretch of the nation's busiest freeway, Interstate 405, was closed for an entire weekend in July, city officials warned of potentially endless gridlock (or more endless than usual).
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Despite some traffic snarls, Carmageddon II going smoothly
Officials reported unusually light traffic and few problems during so-called "Carmageddon II," the name given to the shutdown of the San Diego (405) Freeway between the Ventura (101) Freeway and the Santa Monica (10) Freeway. Following last year's ...
www.whittierdailynews.com
LA drivers steer clear of 'Carmageddon' scenario
Morning walkers and bicyclists stop on Skirball Bridge to view and photograph heavy equipment busy in the demolition of part of the Mullholland Drive bridge over the 405 freeway early Sept. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. Construction crews began work early ...
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405 closures

Carmageddon II: LA coping well with freeway closure
The closure of parts of Venice Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue may add to congestion on the Westside because of the temporary shutdown of the 405 Freeway. Venice Boulevard was expected to reopen about 10 a.m.. At sunrise, more than a hundred people ...
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LIVE: Updates on Carmageddon II, 405 Closure
12:17 a.m. EOC announces full closure is in effect. 12:11 a.m. The northbound side of the 405 in the Sepulveda Pass is fully closed.
northhollywood.patch.com
Carmageddon Improved Los Angeles Air Quality During 2011 Freeway Closure ...
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon). On the eve of "Carmageddon II," researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles revealed that last year's July 15-17 closure of Interstate 405 resulted in significant air quality improvements in the vicinity of the ...
www.huffingtonpost.com
Carmageddon 2: How 405 Closure Will Affect Traffic
The 405 Freeway will once again be closed northbound between the 10 and 101 freeways, and southbound between Highway 101 and the Getty Center Drive ramp.
sierramadre.patch.com
Carmageddon 2 Closures: Alternate Route Maps To Help Plan Your Weekend
The 405 expansion project otherwise known as "Carmageddon 2" begins this Friday, Sept. 28. with ramp closures starting at 7 p.m. and lane closures starting at 10 p.m. By midnight, the I-405 freeway will be completely closed between the I-10 and U.S ...
www.huffingtonpost.com
L.A. Triathlon Closures in Venice
Of course, the 405 is closed two exits north of Venice for the weekend-long Carmeggedon II construction. Motorists leaving the LAX will have no alternative but to take the 405 to the 10, then go east or west around the 405 closure at the 10. Southbound ...
venice.patch.com
405 Freeway closures this weekend a preview of 'Carmageddon II'
The work is in anticipation of what is billed as "Carmageddon II" -- the full 10-mile closure of the 405 in both direction, between the 10 and the 101 freeways.
latimesblogs.latimes.com
405 freeway closure could lead to Carmageddon II
The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project is preparing for the demolition of Mulholland Drive Bridge, causing full closure of Interstate 405 on Sept. 29 and 30. According to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the ...
sundial.csun.edu
During major interstate road closures, area air quality improves dramatically
"It has to be a significant, regional change, not just 10 miles of freeway closing," Paulson said. "It was really, really, really clean in Santa Monica, and I don't think that was due just to the 405, because the wind blows in from the ocean. I think ...
phys.org
TRAFFIC ALERT: Carmaggedon II Plus Night Closures at Long Beach Interchange
Heading north from Long Beach on the 405 likely isn't a good idea this weekend, with the full freeway closure on the other side of the I-10 being called Carmaggedon II.
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Carmageddon 2: 405 closure just hours away
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Crews shut down the 405 Freeway in both directions between the 101 and 10 freeways on Friday night as the second phase of Carmageddon construction began.
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Carmageddon II: Getting In and Out of LAX
Mekahlo Medina shows Angelenos which mobile applications can help navigate through the second weekend closure of the San Diego (405) Freeway during the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2012. Carmageddon II: There's an App For That · WATCH ...
www.nbclosangeles.com
Carmageddon II not expected to impact OC traffic
Construction closures on I-405 in Orange County will continue this weekend despite the freeway shutdown taking place across the Los Angeles County line, over the Sepulveda Pass.
www.ocregister.com
Fire closures slow commuters even more on the Westside
At the height of rush hour, the California Highway Patrol closed the northbound Getty Center off-ramp of the 405 Freeway as well as Sepulveda Boulevard between Moraga Drive and the Getty Center as emergency crews scrambled to fight the fire burning ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com
Closure of nation's busiest freeway drives 'Carmageddon II' fears in Los Angeles
The closure is part of a $1 billion construction project, where contractors will complete demolition work of the Mulholland Bridge in order to widen the 405 freeway in LA. Sections of northbound 405 will be closed this weekend for 10 hours as crews ...
usnews.nbcnews.com
Carmageddon 2: Freeway Closure Schedule, Alternative Routes
Ramps start closing at 7 p.m.; Freeway lanes will begin closing at 10 p.m.; By midnight, the 405 Freeway will be completely closed.
glendora.patch.com
'Rampture' Is Just the Latest Front in My War with the Devil
Pundits dubbed last year's weekend-long closure of the 405 Freeway "Carmageddon." They've named the closure of Wilshire Boulevard on- and off-ramps to the 405 the "Rampture." As a commuter who drives more than 60 miles each workday from my home ...
www.citywatchla.com
Closures scheduled for I-405, 22 widening
To get around that closure, motorists coming from northbound I-405 should exit Valley View Street, turn left on Garden Grove Boulevard, turn right on Valley View, make a left on Lampson Avenue, turn right on Seal Beach Boulevard, and make a left on ...
www.ocregister.com
Seal Beach Bridge Demolition Begins, Full 405 Closure Causes Traffic
While nighttime commuters from Long Beach and North Orange County struggled with traffic resulting from full freeway closures on the I-405 this weekend, Orange County Transportation Authority crews worked to begin demolition activity on the Seal Beach ...
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Sunset Boulevard bridge over the 405 to reopen Monday
The reopening marks a breakthrough in the $1-billion 405-widening project, which has created epic traffic jams and led to unprecedented full-freeway closures. The Sunset bridge was the first of several bridges to go under the jackhammer, in July 2010 ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com

Organizing for america

WNC lines up for Biden speech tickets
Tickets are free and can be picked up noon-8 p.m. today at Organizing For America at 230 Hilliard Avenue; Organizing for America at 1507 E. Haywood Road; and the Highsmith Center at UNC Asheville. / John Coutlakis/jcoutlakis@citizen-times.com ...
www.citizen-times.com
America's Cup finance deal to supes
If approved by the supervisors, the changes would replace a portion of the deal that had required the America's Cup Organizing Committee, a group of city leaders and philanthropists trying to raise $32 million over three years to defray public costs ...
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Organizing for America-Florida Celebrates Grand Opening of Two New Broward ...
FORT LAUDERDALE - Organizing for America-Florida will celebrate the grand opening of a new Miramar office this evening with Broward County Commissioner Barbara Sharief and local supporters and volunteers.
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SC Atheist Lobbying Group Launches Today
The SCA is a lobbying organization representing nontheistic Americans and advocating protecting and strengthening the secular character of government.
mauldin.patch.com
Democrats' effort to register students angers Pasco Republicans
Based on school official comments, the Republicans believe representatives of the Florida chapter of Organizing for America used deception to get access to the students at Gulf, Sunlake, Fivay and Hudson high schools, said Jim Mathieu, general counsel ...
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Pasco schools ensnared in voter registration imbroglio
The visitors who showed up at Gulf High to talk about voter registration efforts weren't from the county elections office, as school officials thought, but from Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic Party supporting President Barack Obama ...
www.tampabay.com
Making a case for secularism, science in America
In his new book, "Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans," he charts the development of the religious right and what he sees as the increasingly organized response from Americans who are committed to the separation of church and state.
www.charlotteobserver.com
Obama's 'Quiet Campaign' to Muslim-Americans
Among the list are networks for Jewish Americans, Catholics, Asian-Americans, Latinos and more. "Our groups are made up of supporters organizing around the issues they care about," boasts the site. "As a member of a group, you'll be connected with an ...
www.israelnationalnews.com
Michelle Obama to speak in Cincinnati
Organizing for America, in the neighborhood of East Walnut Hills, 2718 Woodburn Ave.; Organizing for America, in the city of Forest Park, 1240 W. Kemper Road; Organizing for America, in the Cincinnati neighborhood of College Hill, 5846 Hamilton Ave ...
www.ajc.com
The Tea Party Is Outside Your House
According to a study of this mojo by Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, AFP will spend around $62 million on Get Out the Vote efforts in swing states, managed by 116 organizers, headquartered in 51 offices. Compare that with Americans Coming Together, ...
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Romney's paid consultant submits suspicious voter registration forms
The lawyer, a volunteer with Organizing for America, President Obama's grassroots get-out-the-vote campaign, had just approached an 83-year-old woman who had never been registered to vote in her life.
www.allvoices.com
Atheists organizing Maryland lobbying group
The Secular Coalition for America, a nonprofit that lobbies of behalf of atheists, agnostics, free thinkers and "other nontheistic Americans," announced plans Wednesday to organize a Maryland chapter to advocate in Annapolis for strong separation of ...
www.baltimoresun.com
Obama-Romney shaping up to be a nasty fight in Florida
"Organizing for America...," Anthony LaPorta, a white male Naples voter in his early sixties queried an Organizing Fellow with OFA during a voter persuasion telephone call.
www.allvoices.com
Celebrating All of America's Workers
We also celebrate the hard-earned rights workers won for all Americans decades ago, including the right to organize at the workplace.
www.huffingtonpost.com
Obama campaign opens Maumee office
MAUMEE -- Obama supporters gathered in Maumee Thursday evening at the grand opening of the new Organizing for America-Ohio campaign office.
www.northwestohio.com
Community Credentials Deferred in North Carolina: A Change of Venue Could ...
On a balmy August morning, after the Organizing for America office in Asheville, North Carolina announced they would be would be handing out DNC "credentials" for the president's acceptance speech in Charlotte, a crowd began lining up early.
www.huffingtonpost.com
Entrepreneurs Create Solutions To America's Job Crisis (SLIDESHOW)
Patrick Dowd is organizing train rides across America to mobilize the Millennial generation. Bill Cunningham fills empty space in trucks to lower shipping costs.
www.huffingtonpost.com
VIDEO: Strickland Blasts Romney in Salem
Ted Strickland didn't mince words when he addressed volunteers at the Obama Organizing For America office in Salem Thursday night.
salem-nh.patch.com
Outside Democratic Convention 2012, Unions Call To 'Organize The South'
FreedomWorks, the conservative nonprofit organization, contributed $2.07 million to its super PAC, FreedomWorks for America. The group is run by former Rep. Dick Armey and was instrumental in organizing the original Tea Party protests in 2009. The ...
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America's Cup World Series Regatta club
But a select group of Swells were invited to swanky Club 45, a temporary tent and teak viewing deck next to the St. Francis Yacht Club, where they sampled benefits that an America's Cup Organizing Committee (ACOC) membership will yield. Now that the ...
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Obama for america

McCain calls Obama 'inept' and 'ignorant' in reaction to Libya attack
U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11 when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked.
thehill.com
Americans are growing more optimistic about economy, Obama's leadership ...
WASHINGTON - Americans are growing more optimistic about the economy and President Barack Obama's leadership, creating a significant obstacle for Republican rival Mitt Romney five weeks to Election Day.
www.pennlive.com
Hugo Chavez Says He'd Vote For Obama
Chavez also said in a televised interview that aired Sunday that he'd like to have "normal" relations with the U.S. government. The Venezuelan leader says, in his words, "If I were American, I'd vote for Obama." Chavez is running for re-election ...
www.huffingtonpost.com
Ryan Says Romney 47 Percent of Americans Remark a Misstep
''The problem is, it's part of a bigger picture of the fact that the Obama foreign policy is unraveling literally before our eyes on our TV screens'' as anti-American protests and unrest continue in the Middle East. For Related News and Information ...
www.businessweek.com
Obama's hypocrisy at the United Nations
Furthermore, Obama's commendable call for mutual respect among nations may have fallen on deaf ears because it was considered by many as disingenuous.
socialistworker.org
More Obama Reelect-Presumptive Coverage at the Politico: 'America's Next Top ...
But at the Politico on Thursday, the closest Josh Ragin got in an item found at the web site's "The Cable" section speculating on whether John Kerry or Susan Rice is better positioned to be Obama's nominee to be "America's next top diplomat" (i.e ...
newsbusters.org
Thousands pray for U.S. at 'America for Jesus' rally
Steve Strang, the influential Pentecostal publisher of Charisma magazine, which was distributed at the rally, recently wrote in a blog post that America is under threat from a "radical homosexual agenda." He also said Obama "seems to be moving toward ...
www.mercurynews.com
2000 Dead Soldiers and Obama Can Still Do No Wrong
It was once President Barack Obama's "war of necessity." Now, it's America's forgotten war. The Afghan conflict generates barely a whisper on the U.S. presidential campaign trail. It's not a hot topic at the office water cooler or in the halls of ...
frontpagemag.com
Obama at the UN: Emboldening the Barbarians at the Gate
Nor did he highlight the desecration of our embassies, the raising of the jihadist flag over sovereign American territory, and the rioters' ubiquitous chants in praise of the martyred Islamist terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
www.americanthinker.com
Why Obama abandoned audacity
Take the economic plan Obama lays out in the above ad. Create a million new manufacturing jobs. Help businesses double their exports.
www.washingtonpost.com
Vice President Biden says he doesn't recognize gov't-dependent America ...
President Barack Obama had been on the job less than a week when a top economic adviser told him and Vice President Joe Biden that the country faced a trillion dollar deficit, Biden told a roomful of Florida supporters Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
Jews and Obama -- pride and prejudice
They are the radicals now running - and ruining - America, destroying capitalism (as Lee Prescott describes in his book, Barack Obama's Plan to Socialize America and Destroy Capitalism), sabotaging our military, eviscerating the middle class with ...
www.renewamerica.com
Obama's policies have been a declaration of war on the middle class.
Neither Roosevelt nor Kennedy may have been the family man that Obama is, but they publicly embraced without apology the American exceptionalism and social conservatism that defined the United States at mid-20th century, the era that economist Michael ...
www.philly.com
As Middle East burns, Obama fiddles
(Recall candidate Obama's promise to sit down with the likes of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "without pre-conditions".
www.baltimoresun.com
If Obama Gets Second Term, Israel's January Attack on Iran Looms Large
Mitt Romney and President Obama are scheduled to debate on October 3. But if the American arms dealer I spoke with on September 29 is right, Obama has bigger things to worry about than the debate or the election - which is increasingly looking like it ...
www.forbes.com
Buying voters Obama style
Your fearless leader has come up with a new way to use money the government has to borrow, and that will be paid for by our children, to bribe voters and help bring America 4 more years of the Obama "recovery." Because Obama was unwilling to support a ...
www.americanthinker.com
Red-Blue America: Is it time to reform conservatism?
They know that President Barack Obama went on an "apology tour" asking forgiveness for American actions. They know that "climate change" is just a lie, a conspiracy by liberal scientists to wrest control of the economy away from the free market.
www.redding.com
Sept. 30: Obama, contraceptives and Rusty the horse
Obama's UN-impressive speech. Clifton, N.J.: President Obama tells the world's largest annual gathering of dictators and their enablers that "the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.
www.nydailynews.com
As Polls Show Romney Trailing In Florida, Other Swing States, Obama Edges ...
Now: Romney got some good news today, as a Mason-Dixon poll conducted for the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times has the race a dead heat: 48 percent Obama, 47 percent Romney. .... I thought all candidates had to be born in the U.S. in order to run.
wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu
Obama policy endangers Israel, Americans abroad
Israel must realize that President Obama may place long-standing traditional support of the Jewish state in doubt. Surely, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recognizes this after numerous snubs, insults and being bashed by Obama in France.
www.app.com

Mitt romney ohio

Ohio Presidential Polls: Obama Leads Romney By 9 Points, Columbus Dispatch ...
No Republican presidential candidate has ever captured victory without the help of Ohio. Mitt Romney's road to continuing that trend was hit with another uphill poll on Sunday.
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ANN MCFEATTERS: Obama, Romney working hard to win Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio - They come. They wheedle. They cajole. They beg. They promise. And then in a few days, they return. President Barack Obama has been to Ohio 29 times. Mitt Romney just concluded a bus tour of Ohio. A bus tour! (Romney seems more ...
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Paul Ryan to Fox: 'We're going to win this'
posted by halboedeker on September, 30 2012 10:52 AM. Discuss This: Comments(9) | Add to del.icio.us | Digg it. Paul Ryan, left, and Mitt Romney campaigned in Ohio last week. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images. In an interview Sunday on "Fox News ...
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Mitt Struggling in Newest Polls
Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are running neck and neck in the battleground states of North Carolina and Nevada, new polling shows, while Mr. Romney faces an uphill battle to win New Hampshire, a state he picked to launch his campaign and that ...
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MSNBC caught in another big video gaffe
During his Wednesday broadcast, Scarborough again mocked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, this time for how he handled an Ohio appearance with vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan. The show played a clip of Romney taking the mike and ...
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Mike Rowe lends 'dirty jobs' cred to Mitt Romney in Ohio, but no endorsement
Presidential politics may be his dirtiest job yet. Mike Rowe of The Discovery Channel's reality hit "Dirty Jobs" lent Mitt Romney some working-class cred in Ohio on Wednesday - but no official endorsement. His appearance with Romney grew out of an ...
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Mitt Romney Ohio Ground Game: A Frantic Race To Catch Obama
Datchuk, 62, makes phone calls for Mitt Romney. And not just when he finishes his shift at his construction job. Every Saturday, he makes the five-minute trek to Suite 110F at 1335 Dublin Road, sits down at one of the white folding tables, grabs a ...
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Is the presidential race already over? It is if Mitt Romney can't do better ...
Polls show Mitt Romney falling behind in battleground states like Florida (Obama +7%), Ohio (+5%), Virginia (+5%), Colorado (+5%), Iowa (+8%), and New Hampshire (+7%).
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Mitt Romney Pleads for Voters to 'Come Through' for Him in Ohio
ABOARD THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN BUS, OHIO—From the start, the mood around Mitt Romney on the second leg of his barnstorm bus tour around Ohio was not desperate exactly, but pleading, insistent. Romney 2012. Republican presidential candidate ...
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Ryan admits GOP ticket has made 'missteps'
2012 - Paul Ryan today acknowledged the Mitt Romney campaign has made "missteps," but played down public opinion polls in swing states showing the GOP nominee trailing President Obama.
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Mitt Romney: Jack Nicklaus Is 'Greatest Athlete Of The 20th Century'
... Ohio, Romney, Romney 2012, Romney Jack Nicklaus, Politics News. Mitt Romney Jack Nicklaus. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney swung through Westerville, Ohio on Wednesday, where he had golf legend Jack Nicklaus teed up to sing his praises.
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Defining moment eludes Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney could use a big moment. Since he began stumping, the GOP presidential nominee's campaign events have been nearly identical - perfectly staged and choreographed, but forgettable.
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Will Ohio's economic uptick be a boon for Obama?
5, 2012 photo, Ed Burgy, vice president of sales and marketing for Fidanza, holds up a lightweight aluminum flywheel in Perry, Ohio. Burgy, a supporter of President Barack Obama, sees former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's plan to cut income tax rates ...
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President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talk infrastructure in Plain Dealer ...
In battleground Ohio, a state getting more attention than most this election season, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney fill their stump speeches with talk of cars or coal or trade with China. They say little, if anything ...
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Rich and frugal, MItt Romney struggles to connect with voters
This week, Mitt Romney tried once again to relate. "My heart aches for the people I've seen," he told people at a rally in Westerville, Ohio, on Wednesday. Later that day, asked in an NBC interview how he can "better connect with Americans," Romney ...
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What Do White Ohio Voters REALLY Want From A President?
That's why Ohio's white, working-class voters have taken center stage in the election, with Obama and Mitt Romney crisscrossing the state this week as they enter the campaign's homestretch. These voters may well decide who wins the White House. So what ...
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Supreme Court possibilities if Romney wins election
Washington (CNN) -- Here is an unofficial list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court if Mitt Romney is elected president in November.
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Mitt Romney highlights national debt in Ohio
Mitt Romney says the nation's debt could grow to more than $20 trillion if the country re-elects President Barack Obama.
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News: Shyne Rocks W/ President Obama? Takes Shot At Mitt Romney
G.O.O.D. Music's anticipated Cruel Summer album won't officially be released until September 18, but the LP leaked to the Web on Thursday, and in addition to that off-the-wall feature from R. Kelly on the opening track "To the World," 'Ye throws a ...
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Santorum: Back Todd Akin in Missouri, despite abortion flap, if GOP wants to ...
After holding a rally for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney here in the heart of Ohio's coal country, Santorum told NBC News that an Akin victory is essential for the GOP to regain control of the Senate and repeal President Barack Obama's ...
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Jim Messina, Obama Campaign Manager, Says Even If Romney Surges, 'We're ...
CHICAGO - "Let me show you what kind of advantage we have," said Jim Messina, springing out of a chair in his downtown office.
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Jim Messina, Obama Campaign Manager, To Senate Democrats: President Will ...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina met privately with Senate Democrats on Wednesday to discuss the campaign and how the president's reelection effort will affect other races.
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Obama campaign redoubling efforts amid fears of voter complacency
Jim Messina, President Obama's campaign manager, spoke by conference call to more than 100 members of his Virginia staff last Sunday night to ask whether they're meeting their door-knocking, phone-calling and voter-registering goals - and to urge them ...
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Myers: Obama an oratorical Hercules
We had some fun last week with Obama campaign manager Jim Messina's hilariously transparent attempt to lower expectations for the president in next week's debate.
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Jim Messina DNC Speech Boosts Obama At Democratic National Convention
... Jim Messina Speech, Jim Messina Speech Text, Messina Dnc Speech, Messina Speech, Politics News. Jim Messina Dnc Speech. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina delivered his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.
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Mitt Romney, Barack Obama fake flattery ahead of prez debate
But if Myers is giving any thought to a last-minute candidate swap, she'd better watch out for a head-on collision with Jim Messina. You heard how the Obama campaign manager was touting Romney... Content Preview This content is exclusive for Newsday ...
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Jim Messina Tells 2012 Democratic Convention The Election Is Not About ...
"This election isn't about Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. It's about you," Jim Messina said, in a variation of a line from the president's own speeches.
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Messina: Ad Flood Damps Anti-Obama Attacks
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina tours the floor at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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Obama campaign manager Jim Messina talks Ohio strategy at Democratic ...
JIM-MESSINA-OBAMA-CAMPAIGN.JPG Associated PressBarack Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina on the Democratic National Convention floor in Charlotte, N.C.
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Mitt Romeny, Barack Obama fake flattery ahead of prez debate
But if Myers is giving any thought to a last-minute candidate swap, she'd better watch out for a head-on collision with Jim Messina. You heard how the Obama campaign manager was touting Romney... Content Preview This content is exclusive for Newsday ...
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Obama's Messina Declares the Battle Won
Both of the top two presidential candidates are polled at 47 percent - but don't let that fool you, says Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager. He feels Obama is still winning: "In all the battleground states, we continue to see all our pathways there ...
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Obama manager: Campaign leads in battleground states
President Obama's campaign manager said today Obama leads in the battleground states that will decide the election against Republican Mitt Romney.
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Obama campaign has momentum and nerves
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast).
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Obama campaign continues to raise debate expectations for Romney
"He's quick, polished and ready with a punchy attack against the president," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina writes in the public memo. But, Messina continues in the memo, Romney refrained from outlining policy specifics on immigration during a ...
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Obama Campaign Team Previews Thursday Speech
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina, deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt sat down today with ABC News' Diane Sawyer and Jake Tapper and Yahoo News' Olivier Knox for a breakfast panel to talk ...
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Obama campaign tops Romney's donor haul in August
The Obama campaign has finally notched a win in its money war with Mitt Romney. The president's campaign, combined with the Democratic National Committee, raised more than $114 million in August, narrowly topping the Romney camp's haul for the first ...
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Messina issues urgent appeal for contributions
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Obama campaign manager Jim Messina implored viewers of the Democratic National Convention here to register to vote, volunteer for the campaign, and pull out their phones and text now to give $10.
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Obama camp sees 'pathways to victory'
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina says he sees the "pathways to victory" in the presidential race through the battleground states.
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Obama campaign manager Jim Messina puts faith in online organising
Jim Messina, who heads an army of several hundred staffers that has been working for 18 months to secure Obama's re-election, said that the digital campaign that has been assembled this year to interact with voters is "light years ahead of where we ...
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Obama camp pushes to get out the vote
Jim Messina, President Obama's campaign manager, spoke by conference call to more than 100 members of his Virginia staff last Sunday night to ask whether they're meeting their door-knocking, phone-calling and voter-registering goals - and to urge them: ...
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Jim Messina, Obama Campaign Manager, Says Even If Romney Surges, 'We're ...
CHICAGO - "Let me show you what kind of advantage we have," said Jim Messina, springing out of a chair in his downtown office.
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Jim Messina, Obama Campaign Manager, To Senate Democrats: President Will ...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina met privately with Senate Democrats on Wednesday to discuss the campaign and how the president's reelection effort will affect other races.
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Jim Messina Tells 2012 Democratic Convention The Election Is Not About ...
It's about you," Jim Messina said, in a variation of a line from the president's own speeches. When Obama has said the election is not about him, however, it has come across as self-deprecating.
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Jim Messina DNC Speech Boosts Obama At Democratic National Convention
... Jim Messina Speech, Jim Messina Speech Text, Messina Dnc Speech, Messina Speech, Politics News. Jim Messina Dnc Speech. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina delivered his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.
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Obama campaign redoubling efforts amid fears of voter complacency
Jim Messina, President Obama's campaign manager, spoke by conference call to more than 100 members of his Virginia staff last Sunday night to ask whether they're meeting their door-knocking, phone-calling and voter-registering goals - and to urge them ...
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Obama campaign manager Jim Messina talks Ohio strategy at Democratic ...
A very on-message Jim Messina said he doesn't worry about losing votes in traditional Democratic areas like Steubenville, where white working-class voters are frustrated about the economy.
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Mitt Romney, Barack Obama fake flattery ahead of prez debate
But if Myers is giving any thought to a last-minute candidate swap, she'd better watch out for a head-on collision with Jim Messina. You heard how the Obama campaign manager was touting Romney... Content Preview This content is exclusive for Newsday ...
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Jim Messina DNC speech text
As prepared for delivery: I'm so proud to represent the millions of volunteers who make up the best grassroots organization in the history of American politics!
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Messina: Ad Flood Damps Anti-Obama Attacks
Associated Press: President Barack Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina tours the floor at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
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Messina issues urgent appeal for contributions
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Obama campaign manager Jim Messina implored viewers of the Democratic National Convention here to register to vote, volunteer for the campaign, and pull out their phones and text now to give $10.
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Obama's Messina Declares the Battle Won
Both of the top two presidential candidates are polled at 47 percent - but don't let that fool you, says Jim Messina, Obama's campaign manager.
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Kenny Loggins is coming to Turlock
Loggins, 64, gained fame in the 1970s for his collaboration with Jim Messina, which produced such hits as "Your Mama Don't Dance, "Danny's Song" and "Angry Eyes.
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Messina: Swing States Polls Show Path To Re-Election
Jim Messina, President Obama's campaign manager, said that he is much more concerned with swing state polls than national polls in the final weeks before the election while speaking to reporters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Saturday, according to a White ...
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Myers: Obama an oratorical Hercules
We had some fun last week with Obama campaign manager Jim Messina's hilariously transparent attempt to lower expectations for the president in next week's debate.
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Obama campaign tops Romney's donor haul in August
In a statement, Campaign Manager Jim Messina said the Obama campaign grew its donor base "substantially" in August and celebrated the impact of small donations.
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Obama campaign manager Jim Messina puts faith in online organising
Jim Messina, who heads an army of several hundred staffers that has been working for 18 months to secure Obama's re-election, said that the digital campaign that has been assembled this year to interact with voters is "light years ahead of where we ...
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Obama manager: Campaign leads in battleground states
"We're either tied or in the lead in every battleground state, 45 days out," Jim Messina said during Obama's campaign trip to Wisconsin.
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Obama campaign continues to raise debate expectations for Romney
"He's quick, polished and ready with a punchy attack against the president," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina writes in the public memo. But, Messina continues in the memo, Romney refrained from outlining policy specifics on immigration during a ...
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Messina gives shout-out to shut-outs
Jim Messina, President Obama's campaign manager, expressed disappointment in his convention address about the "tens of thousands of people" who were not able to attend the president's Thursday night convention address because it was moved to a ...
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Messina: There are some states where neither candidate will clear 50 percent
Alex noted earlier that former congressman Virgil Goode has been granted a spot on the Virginia ballot despite a move by Republicans to keep him off, an issue that Obama campaign manager Jim Messina made clear he is mindful of at a Bloomberg News ...
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Grassroots

Obama Campaign Nearing 10 Million Donations
"Tomorrow, we could hit 10 million grassroots donations in 2012 alone," he said. "It would be a historic milestone in grassroots politics, and a huge win for our way of building a campaign." According to Messina, the campaign had 9,725,074 donations as ...
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Grassroots Awards 2012: Kenny Dalglish and Craig Levein thank the unsung ...
KENNY DALGLISH and Craig Levein have hailed the true heroes of Scottish football at a glittering Grassroots Awards dinner. On a humbling night at Hampden, backed for the ninth year by McDonald's and the Sunday Mail, the Scotland legend and national ...
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Decatur residents hope concert proceeds will stop Walmart plans
A grassroots organization working to keep Walmart out of Decatur held a benefit concert Saturday night. So far, Good Growth Decatur's efforts have included monthly rallies at the six-way intersection where the Walmart is planned, a door-to-door ...
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Grassroots campaign urges Mormons to fast for Romney in debates
A Utah woman's personal email has sparked a grassroots campaign urging Mormons to fast and pray for Mitt Romney to improve his performance in the upcoming debates.
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Michelle Obama a 'huge force' in grassroots outreach
The first lady is "a huge force to educate folks and to really push our supporters," said Jeremy Bird, the Obama campaign's national field director, calling her "a champion of the grassroots." Her existing interests in getting people to register ...
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Grassroots Group Joins DOJ In Criticizing Alamance Sheriff
Burlington, NC -- A new voice joined the finger-pointing and name-calling Friday in the discrimination accusations surrounding the Alamance County Sheriff's Office.
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SAFA to invest in developing soccer from grassroots level
SAFA believes the only way to build a successful soccer nation is to focus on giving players at grassroots level more exposure, according to the message at a soccer development tournament held at the Lwandle Sports Complex at the Strand near Somerset ...
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Activists launch grassroots campaign for Prop. 30
A coalition of community groups is launching a grassroots effort to support Proposition 30 in hopes that voter turnout among young and minority voters will be a decisive factor in the November election.
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Centre has been pushing J&K for next level of grassroots empowerment
NEW DELHI: The call for empowerment of local bodies in Jammu & Kashmir may have gained political momentum only now, but the Centre has been pushing the Omar Abdullah government for several months to put in place the next panchayati raj tier: the ...
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UMWA Turns Out the Grassroots Troops in Patriot's Chapter 11
UMWA Turns Out the Grassroots Troops in Patriot's Chapter 11. Article · Video · Comments (2) · Bankruptcy Beat HOME PAGE ».
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GOP: Grassroots opposition to 3 Florida justices
Here's a riddle for Florida voters: who wears a black robe, is sitting on a stack of a million greenbacks, and has a red face because voters get to decide whether or not they keep their jobs?
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Xinhua Insight: CPC's new grassroots campaign to cement governance ahead of ...
The campaign marks one of the CPC's newest endeavors to form a strong grassroots base, especially in rural areas, to attain better governance in the run-up to the Party's 18th national congress, during which a new central leadership will be elected ...
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Grassroots Wind Energy Campaign
The Lawrence based Climate Plus Energy Project, the Wind Energy Coalition, and Interfaith Power and Light are putting together a grassroots letter writing campaign to try to get Congress to reconsider its vote. They argue that wind energy is good for ...
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Recruiting youth into leadership: CCM has to fill the void first
As an amateur political observer and a former leader of TANU/CCM at grassroots level (serving as Branch Party Secretary at Iyunga Secondary School and recently elected as a CCM Cell Leader where I live), I see three fundamental problems the party has ...
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Presidential Election Focuses on Grassroots
Madison Heights, VA - Campaign headquarters are popping up throughout battleground states as the presidential election approaches.
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Congress flays Mamata Banerjee for her grassroots leader comments against ...
"We have noted with dismay that the West Bengal Chief Minister has indulged in a personal attack on the Prime Minister and even described him as not being a grassroots leader besides taking recourse to mimicry in a televised interview last night ...
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Romney Has Less Grassroots Support Than John McCain Did
He may be closer to his opponent in the polls, but Mitt Romney has less grassroots support at this point in the race than John McCain did in 2008.
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Grassroots America announces 'get-out-the-vote' strategy
"We're targeting those two states, we're going to be trying to send people there to work with them, go door-to-door," said Jim Speiran, Chairman for Get out the Vote and Ballot Integrity for Grassroots America-We the People. "We're looking at doing ...
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FIVB and United Nations intensifying their partnership with grassroots project
Fédération Internationale de Volleyball: Anaheim, USA, Sept. 26, 2012 - On the occasion of the 33rd FIVB World Congress held in Anaheim, California from 19-21 September, FIVB outgoing President Jizhong Wei and Wilfried Lemke, Special Adviser to the ...
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NFL refs' return highlights this truth: in PR, grassroots trumps management
Last night, National Football League referees got a standing ovation when the first "regular" crew arrived for Week 4's first contest: the Baltimore Ravens game against the Cleveland Browns.
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