Archive for July 11th, 2016

Los Angeles Times: ‘Confusing’ California primary ends on sour note

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Elections

John Myers
July 10, 2016

State officials will write the June 7 primary’s final chapter this week by certifying that more than 8.5 million ballots were cast, though it’s unlikely to assuage voters or local elections officials who complained that overlapping and confusing rules left them with a lingering political hangover.

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Filed under: Elections, In the News, Politics, State of California

Los Angeles Times: More than 1 million OxyContin pills ended up in the hands of criminals and addicts. What the drugmaker knew

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OxyContin

By Harriet Ryan, Lisa Girion and Scott Glover
July 10, 2016

In the waning days of summer in 2008, a convicted felon and his business partner leased office space on a seedy block near MacArthur Park. They set up a waiting room, hired an elderly physician and gave the place a name that sounded like an ordinary clinic: Lake Medical.

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Filed under: Business, Healthcare, In the News, Law Enforcement