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Friday, November 16, 2012

Editor's Notebook

Showdown in the Middle East, Goodbye Twinkies and Ikea's Forced Labor

Join the national conversation in this week's Hot Topics column.

This column is designed to offer a platform to discuss national stories on a local level. Share your opinion in the comment section! ---------- As Israel and Gaza traded rockets, the world watched as it unfolded over Twitter. With tweets like "We recommend that no Hamas operatives, whether low level or senior leaders, show their faces above ground in the days ahead" and "The #Hamas' Fajr-5 missile can reach 3.5 million Israelis. Imagine the entire population of #LA under threat" from the Israeli Defense Force, it seemed likely earlier this week that the fight would escalate. It did. On Friday, Hamas fired a rocket near Jerusalem, the first time they have ever aimed for the city. It's possible that this could become full on war, as Israel …

J M Davis

5:20 pm on Saturday, November 17, 2012

Unbelievable!!! Worker's listened to their union leader and look what it got them. Lets see the union fining me or lose my job? Well, lets lose my job. I can't believe it. This is America and those folks chose to let the union dictate their future. I guess the Baker's Union is proud???   more ›

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