Topic: Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz is winning support for his call to withhold political contributions from U.S. lawmakers until they strike a "fair, bipartisan" deal on the country's debt, revenue and spending.Schultz recently led the world's biggest ...

Obituaries in the newsJohnny HayesNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Johnny Hayes, a Democratic fundraiser who managed finances for the two presidential campaigns of former Vice President Al Gore, died Saturday. He was 67.His family issued a statement through Deputy Gov. Stuart Brunson saying Hayes ...

Calif. Speaker, Already Under Fire for Lavish Expenses, Shares LA Penthouse With FundraiserCalifornia's second-most powerful politician, whose lavish campaign spending is already under scrutiny, shares a luxury downtown penthouse with a prominent Democratic Party fundraiser, The Associated Press has learned.The fundraiser has ...