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			<title><![CDATA[Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-21 16:10:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Caņada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. 

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			<title><![CDATA[DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-20 05:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 

If you know one thing about the DSM, it&rsquo;s probably that this book is...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A birth control double standard]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-oe-clayton-boys-sex-condoms-20130520,0,2378892.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-20 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore &mdash; as well as most grocery and big-box...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plan B can be sold to 15-year-olds without prescription, FDA says]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-30 17:22:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has approved the sale of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, without a prescription for females ages 15 and older. 

The action comes roughly three weeks after a federal...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[L.A. County condom mandate pushes porn producers into Ventura County]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-23 05:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Here is a political object lesson from the seamier, steamier end of the entertainment business: The new law in Los Angeles County requiring actors in pornographic films to wear condoms seems merely to have pushed the smutty movie industry into the quiet...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ventura County may require porn actors to wear condoms]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-20 11:54:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Following the lead of Los Angeles County voters, Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks plans to introduce an ordinance that would require actors in adult films to wear condoms. 

The supervisor said such a measure may encourage producers of such films...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Caution advised after West Hollywood lawyer stricken with meningitis]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A recently confirmed case of meningitis in Los Angeles County and a spate of others striking gay men in New York City have officials in West Hollywood warning residents to take precautions. 

"We don't want to panic people," said West Hollywood City...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Caution advised after West Hollywood lawyer contracts meningitis]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-ln-attorney-dies-of-meningitis-as-la-officials-warn-public-20130412,0,4002785.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-12 18:48:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The deteriorating condition of a West Hollywood lawyer diagnosed with meningitis earlier this week heightened concerns by local officials about the possible spread of the disease. 

[For the record, 11:46 p.m. April 12: An earlier version of this article,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[At annual roast, Greuel and Garcetti trade barbs for laughs]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-22 09:02:37</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The deteriorating condition of a West Hollywood lawyer diagnosed with meningitis earlier this week heightened concerns by local officials about the possible spread of the disease. 

[For the record, 11:46 p.m. April 12: An earlier version of this article,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fate of same-sex marriage cases likely to influence public health]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-26 06:20:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Advocates for and against same-sex marriage will make legal arguments to the Supreme Court this week about whether laws such as the federal  Defense of Marriage Act and California&rsquo;s Proposition 8 run afoul of the Constitution.  

Meanwhile, in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hi there. What's your sign? Have any STDs?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-14 14:29:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One key to launching a successful business is finding the right problem to solve. That's why so many entrepreneurs are inspired by problems they encounter themselves or that stymie their family and friends. 

The trick is not confusing an anecdote for a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawmaker proposes requiring condoms for porn actors in California]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-13 14:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Following the lead of Los Angeles County, a state lawmaker is proposing to require that all actors in pornographic films made in California be required to wear condoms to protect them from exposure to AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases....]]></description>
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