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Vice President Joe Biden slams Romney on tax plan at campaign event in Las Vegas

Rallying union workers in Las Vegas, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday slammed GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for proposing an "Etch A Sketch-y" $5 trillion tax-cut plan that would hurt the middle class, and for promoting policies that he said would reduce women's rights.

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Slow UCLA response to violence questioned

LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours it took to actually bring in enough officers to quell the violence, according to three sources.

Holy Fire ceremony marked amid war’s backdrop

JERUSALEM — Bells and clamor, incense and flames. One of the most chaotic gatherings in the Christian calendar is the ancient ceremony of the “Holy Fire,” with worshippers thronging the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Saturday.