The nation's highest court has begun a new session.

UPDATED: U.S. Announces Terrorism Alert For Americans Traveling To Europe

Comments (0) | alert, britain, France, Germany, Nation and World, terrorism

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

What should you do when traveling to Europe?

L.A. Area May See Flooding As Storms Loom To North

Comments (0) | advisory, flood, flooding, Los Angeles, storm, weather

Neon Tommy

Thunderstorms to roam L.A. area all weekend, flooding possible.

California Budget Deal Reached

Comments (0) | Arnold Schwarzenegger, budget deficit, California, california budget, darrell steinberg

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

Two-thirds approval of Legislature needed to approve budget in a Thursday vote.

WaPo: Obama Makes It Official: Rahm To Rouse

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

CNN: Rahm Emanuel Faces Uphill Battle To Bo Chicago Mayor

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

Endorsement Of Maliki May End Coalition Stalemate In Iraq

Comments (0) | International, Iraq, Maliki

Neon Tommy

Progress on the road towards an Iraqi government.

WWJ: Emanuel Exits White House

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

NYULOCAL: Emanuel Leaving

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

HUFFPO: Reaction To Emanuel's Depature On Twitter

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

Obama To Make Energy Policy One Of His Top Priorities In 2011

Comments (1) | 2011, energy, Nation and World, Obama, policies

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

Much more needs to be done to make the U.S. less reliable on fossil fuels.

AIG, Government Reach Agreement On Repayment Of Bailout

Comments (0) | AIG, bailout, fed, Nation and World, treasury

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

The deal comes as AIG's bailout loan nears its due date.

Congress Exits Without Passing Budget, Tax Cuts Bills

Comments (0) | bush era tax cuts, california budget, Harry Reid, nancy pelosi, National, us budget

Neon Tommy

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Creative Commons)

The clock will begin ticking on Congressional tardiness when the federal fiscal year begins Friday.

New CNN/Time Poll Shows Democrats Leading In California Senate, Governor Races

Comments (0) | Boxer, brown, California, California, Fiorina, governor, polling, Senate, whitman

Neon Tommy

GRAPHIC: New poll shows Democrats ahead in California races.

"Law & Order" Mock Front Page Ad In L.A. Times Stirs Controversy

Comments (1) | advertising, LA Times, law and order los angeles, National, new york times, newspapers

Neon Tommy

Law & Order: Los Angeles ad resembles regular front page.

UPDATED: Meg Whitman Denies Abusing Her Undocumented Housekeeper

Comments (1) | abuse, Gloria Allred, governor, housekeeper, illegal, immigration, jerry brown, meg whitman, nanny, Nicky Diaz Santillan, Nicky Santillan, Race for California, undocumented

Neon Tommy

Whitman's former housekeeper says she suffered "emotional and financial abuse."

Residents Of Bell Working To Oust Overpaid Leaders

Comments (1)

Neon Tommy

After the arrest of eight city leaders, residents want four city council members out.

Schwarzenegger Lashes Out At Big Oil, Koch Brothers On Prop 23

Comments (0) | AB 32, AB32, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Big Oil, governor, green jobs, greenhouse gases, koch brothers, prop 23, Proposition 23

Neon Tommy

Governor upset about threat to environment, green jobs.

Federal Judge Stops California Execution Of Convicted Murderer and Rapist

Comments (0) | embryonic, funding, Nation and World, research, stem cell, U.S.

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

A federal judge stopped Tuesday the execution of Albert Greenwood Brown.

House Republicans Blast Democrats For Delaying Rangel, Waters Ethics Trials

Comments (0) | charles rangel, house ethics committee, maxine waters, National

Neon Tommy

Maxine Waters (Creative Commons)

Five Republicans say trials should begin before elections.

LAT: Gubernatorial Candidates Set For First Debate

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

CSM: Pitfalls For Meg Whitman And Jerry Brown To Avoid In First Debate

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

NYT: California Gubernatorial Candidates Ready For First Debate

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

Schwarzenegger Blocks Access To Autopsy Reports

Comments (0) | Arnold Schwarzenegger, autopsies, murder victims, sacramento, sealed

Neon Tommy

Gov. Schwarzenegger has made it more difficult for the media to access certain public autopsy reports.

Schwarzenegger Postpones Execution Of Convicted Murderer And Rapist

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

Albert Greenwood Brown Jr.’s execution, the first in California in nearly five years, was scheduled to take place Wednesday for the 1982 murder and rape of a 15-year-old girl. But an order issued Monday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger delays the execution until Thursday.

SoCal Teacher Found Dead In Apparent Suicide; Was Upset Over LATimes Performance Database

Comments (1)

Neon Tommy

The body of a teacher in Southern California who had been missing for several days was found yesterday in Angeles National Forest. He had apparently jumped from a bridge in the park.

The Daily Breeze reports that he had been upset over his low teaching performance scores being published by the Los Angeles Times. For more on the story, read here.

There's Hope For Journalism And Public Relations Amid Times Of Change

Comments (0) | geneva overholser, Journalism, Media, Opinion, Pollack PR marketing group, PR, public relations, usc annenberg

Neon Tommy

The director of USC's journalism school weighs in.

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert Testifies About Agriculture Jobs Bill Before Congress

Comments (0) | National

Neon Tommy

Stephen Colbert (Creative Commons)

The solution to the Ag Jobs bill? Vegetables that pick themselves, Colbert says.

JOBSANGER: Democrats Prove Themselves To Be Wimps

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

HUFFPO: Obama Will Demand Vote After Elections

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

TPM: Senate Democrats Shelve Vote

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

Vote On Bush-Era Tax Cuts Won't Come Before Election Day

Comments (0) | bush tax cuts, Harry Reid, National, us senate

Neon Tommy

Harry Reid (Creative Commons)

The Senate's leader has chosen to delay a vote on renewing Bush-era tax cuts until after the Nov. 2 elections.

Fox35: California Big 5 Reach A Budget Deal

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

LAT: Schwarzenegger Spokesman: Leaders Have 'Framework Of An Agreement' On State Budget

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

San Jose Mercury News: Report: 'Framework Of An Agreement' Reached To Resolve California's Budget Stalemate

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

REUTERS: Live Blog Of Afghan Elections

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

WSJ: Wealth And Poverty

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

NYT: Poverty Rate Rose Sharply In 2009, Says Census Bureau

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

LAT: 1 In 7 Americans Live In Poverty, Census Bureau Reports

Comments (0)

Neon Tommy

Doctor In Critical Condition After Being Shot At Johns Hopkins In Baltimore

Comments (0) | doctors, Johns Hopkins, medicine, National, shooting

Neon Tommy

Creative Commons

Late Thursday morning a doctor from Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, MD was shot on the eighth floor of a hospital building. The suspect barricaded himself in one of the rooms on that floor.

Police said the doctor is in critical condition, but the injuries are not life threatening.

Some of the building where the shooting took place is on lockdown and area streets have been closed as authorities try to subdue the suspect.

Search

Buzz