January 18, 2013 at 9:49am 12 notes
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Source: Los Angeles Times
• Algeria raid puts a lawless region in the spotlight: Algiers says 45 hostages, including Americans, escaped the gas field seized by militants. But later reports paint a grimmer picture.http://lat.ms/11CTtxq • Seeking to harness Obama’s campaign resources for a second term: An ambitious new political organization is being built out of the machine that propelled the president back into office, with the hope of supporting his policy objectives. http://lat.ms/XfzjSO • Texas talk is losing its twang: Fewer Texans are speaking in the traditional dialect, as urbanization, pop culture and an influx of newcomers have conspired to displace the local language.http://lat.ms/Vbrgfx • Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at 94; original ‘Dear Abby.’ Phillips, writing as Abigail Van Buren, dispensed wry, no-nonsense advice to newspaper readers around the world for over 40 years. Her identical twin also wrote an advice column, as Ann Landers. http://lat.ms/14g6Cvb • L.A. mayoral candidate Jan Perry hopes her plain talk will resonate with voters: The councilwoman, ousted from her coveted downtown district because of a political feud, acknowledges that her frankness carries risks. http://lat.ms/XfkUWR

• Algeria raid puts a lawless region in the spotlight: Algiers says 45 hostages, including Americans, escaped the gas field seized by militants. But later reports paint a grimmer picture.http://lat.ms/11CTtxq

• Seeking to harness Obama’s campaign resources for a second term: An ambitious new political organization is being built out of the machine that propelled the president back into office, with the hope of supporting his policy objectives. http://lat.ms/XfzjSO

• Texas talk is losing its twang: Fewer Texans are speaking in the traditional dialect, as urbanization, pop culture and an influx of newcomers have conspired to displace the local language.http://lat.ms/Vbrgfx

• Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at 94; original ‘Dear Abby.’ Phillips, writing as Abigail Van Buren, dispensed wry, no-nonsense advice to newspaper readers around the world for over 40 years. Her identical twin also wrote an advice column, as Ann Landers. http://lat.ms/14g6Cvb

• L.A. mayoral candidate Jan Perry hopes her plain talk will resonate with voters: The councilwoman, ousted from her coveted downtown district because of a political feud, acknowledges that her frankness carries risks. http://lat.ms/XfkUWR

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