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Democrats are stepping up their charge that the IRS investigation so far has focused too much on conservative groups and ignored targeting of liberal and progressive groups.

via Washington Wire http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/07/12/democrats-step-up-criticism-of-irs-probe/?mod=WSJBlog

She is accused of confiscating Kenyan woman’s passport and forcing her to work 16 hours a day at a condo complex in Irvine for meager pay.

The Saudi princess and her family had crossed the globe in May with an entourage of servants and settled into one of the labyrinthine upscale communities that dot Orange County.

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The bill would give a state agency the authority to impose standards similar to those for ambulatory surgical centers.

via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/us/north-carolina-house-passes-new-restrictions-on-abortion.html

Back in May, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who had previously called the fourth season of Arrested Development a nonrepeatable “one-off,” said his company would be “willing” to air further seasons if the famously difficult-to-herd cast members would make themselves available for filming. Now, according to producer Imagine Entertainment’s co-chairman (and season four character) Brian Grazer, it seems that Netflix is officially “interested” in the idea of additional Arrested episodes. “We are in conversations with them to do another [season],” said Grazer during a Thursday interview with Bloomberg Television. “They are interested in doing that.”

While Variety sources “emphasized that there are no active negotiations at present between Netflix and studio 20th Century Fox TV,” both sides are said to “expect a renewal to come together eventually” thanks to the apparently healthy appetite of the series’s binge-watching audience (the exact size of which has still not been revealed). The logistical challenge of getting the busy Bluth family together means that new episodes are probably a couple years away (Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett, and Tony Hale are all currently signed up for other TV jobs), but Arrested fans should feel free to congratulate themselves on a job well done: whether you loved or hated season four, that straight fourteen hours you spent staring at your computer in May really paid off.

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via Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/netflix-talking-about-more-arrested-development.html

We’re watching #sharknado pic.twitter.com/RZoDHMPCpw
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) July 12, 2013

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Consumer advocates are planning to ask regulators on Monday for their commitment to investigate allegations that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme, The Post has learned. The National Consumers League — the first group to call for an investigation in a March 12 letter — asked for the meeting with the Federal Trade…

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A short but not necessarily cheering exposition of our governing problems.

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Air quality district board will hold a public hearing in Diamond Bar before voting on restrictions proposed for beach fire rings. Hundreds of bonfire boosters are expected to attend.

Like many defenders of the beach bonfire, Chris Epting has questioned the priorities of air quality regulators who want to clamp down on the hundreds of fire rings that blaze nightly on Los Angeles and Orange County beaches, sending pollutants into beachfront neighborhoods.

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