"… e of the Times Mirror Co. for $8.7 billion. The purchase included the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Hartford Courant.The merger made Tribune …"

"… and television stations in the top three markets in America – New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. It also made Tribune the dominant player in Connecticut. Whil …"

"… until the stations have to renew their licenses, which isn't until 2006 in Los Angeles and 2007 in New York. Tribune is betting the FCC will change the cross-own …"

"… rred her to a shelter, and she was subsequently placed in a foster care in Los Angeles.Chung speaks Mandarin, and she was recruited by the nonprofit group Kids i …"

"… of scale, from 1999-2005, one ring smuggled a billion fake cigarettes into Los Angeles and New Jersey. Fully 99 percent of the U.S. counterfeit market is supplie …"

"… a group of 62 ethnic Chinese who smuggled one billion cigarettes into the Los Angeles-Long Beach and Newark ports, using false descriptions such as “wicker fu …"

"… feits, largely Marlboros and Newports, were in turn sold on the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City.“Any brand or quality, Yunxiao can help you …"

"… ossing the cigarettes legally into Mexico, Abraham sold them to a buyer in Los Angeles. In doing so, he avoided paying mandatory state and local taxes, instead p …"

"… years.” …"

"… e of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigations office in Los Angeles. “Try coming in with a warrant then, and you have no case.”“You have …"

"… rs, wheelers and dealers who’d been sneaking counterfeit smokes into the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. But authorities had lately intercepted a few of thei …"

"… t wanted companionship.”“Chinese Beverly Hills”Fifteen miles east of Los Angeles lies the San Gabriel Valley: a cluster of low-slung, palm-lined suburbs va …"

"… sident pro tem, and the speaker of the house.Robert Stern, director of the Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies, was one of the drafters of the Cali …"

"… rs of Congress to pass on to their fellow legislators. Rep. James Moran, a Virginia Democrat, even stopped by Akin Gump's swanky offices for a personal briefi …"

"… Va.Moran added: "I represent thousands of lobbyists in my district [in the Virginia suburbs of Washington] so I am not going to say anything negative about th …"

"… alth System and Health Net Federal Services.Thomas Bliley, who represented Virginia's 7th district for two decades before joining the law firm Collier Shannon …"

"… e limit for even the largest markets in the nation, including New York and Los Angeles, is eight stations.The Center also found that such ownership concentration …"

"… built even a single operational station. Mark Silberman, president of the Los Angeles-based MS Communications, LLC, told the Center he has never broadcast anyth …"