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Mitt Romney’s mediocre poll numbers are a ceiling

Source: RealClearPolitics.com

GOP nominations candidates have come and gone, but why not Romney? by Jayel Aheram Editor-in-Chief Despite months of being crowned the inevitable Republican nominee by the corporate media, Mitt Romney’s polling numbers have been steady. With the exception of New Hampshire where he enjoys a 40 percent support, there seems to be a hard ceiling [...]

Law enforcement threatened by cuts

by Christopher Livingston
As the California budget cuts continue, they have affected departments like education and the post office. Next on the list: law enforcement.

Hollywood versus Silicon Valley

by Andrew Morales
One could not write a script like this.
Hollywood’s fight to checkmate copyright infringing websites has now reached the threshold with the introduction of a new bill in the House.

California Dream Act repeal in question

by Christopher Livingston
Even before Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 131 , also known as the California Dream Act, the battle between the opposing and supporting sides raged.

Wireless network should now be operating normally, says COD tech

Frustrated students try to access the wireless network.

After weeks of sluggish service, College of the Desert Information Systems. says wi-fi services are working as they should by Andrew Morales Section Editor A consistently sluggish and temperamental wireless internet at College of the Desert was finally restored to full working order last Monday. The internet kept acting sluggish because of the increasingly high [...]

ELECTION 2012: GOP presidential candidate profiles

by Christopher Livingston
With the 2012 elections nearing, President Barack Obama has announced his intention to seek re-election.

‘Occupy’ movement continues, protesters take residence in Palm Desert park

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by Christopher Livingston
Occupy Coachella Valley has expanded, staging a long-term encampment of Palm Desert’s Civic Center Park.

Troops in Iraq expected to leave by end of 2011

President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, where he declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end.  (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

President Obama announces end of combat operations for the third time by Christopher Livingston Staff Reporter On October 21, President Barack Obama announced the United States will withdraw all troops from Iraq by the year’s end, bringing an end to the eight-year Iraq War. Two days later, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that Iraq [...]

Obama’s much-touted ‘jobs bill’ fails to pass

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks on his American Jobs Act legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)

by Christopher Livingston

President Barack Obama’s goal of creating a $447 billion jobs package to assist the American economy failed in the Senate.

‘Dream Act’ and HPV vaccine act among bills signed by governor

New laws favor aid for illegal immigrants, HPV vaccines for girls as young as 12 by Valerie Castro Student Contributor Governor Jerry Brown signed the second half of the “Dream Act” into law last Saturday. This new law, AB 131, allows undocumented immigrants to receive financial aid in college beginning Jan. 1, 2013. According to [...]

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