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Mayor Peduto defends hiring 'dear friend'
2015-01-08 10:01:36| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Mayor Bill Peduto defended a reorganization in the city's Parks and Recreation Department that left no room for a holdover from two previous administrations and opened up a new position for a "dear friend" of the mayor who was most recently working as a car salesman. Speaking to reporters on a variety of subjects in his office today, Mr. Peduto said Dick Skrinjar, a former spokesman for Mayor Bob O'Connor and briefly Mayor Luke Ravenstahl who was working as assistant director of senior programs in the parks department, had a chance to apply for the new position but did not.
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VIDEO: Sony boss defends free speech
2015-01-06 12:05:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Sony has condemned the "vicious" cyber attack that led to it suspending the release of its film The Interview.
California's Top Utility Regulator Defends Record
2014-12-19 05:02:07| Energy - Topix.net
California's chief utility regulator ended the last scheduled public hearing of his increasingly embattled 12-year term Thursday with no explicit reference to the alleged back-channel dealings with the state's largest utility company that have marred his tenure. California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey's only public reference to the matter Thursday was an enigmatic one.
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Coca-Cola Co defends CEO as shareholder demands replacement
2014-12-16 15:11:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The Coca-Cola Co has accused investor David Winters of trying "to grab some headlines" after he called for CEO Muhtar Kent to be replaced.
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EPA head Gina McCarthy defends strategy, denies Republican 'doomsday scenarios'
2014-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: Facing significant budget cuts and an incoming Republican Congress determined to limit her authority, Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy might be expected to sound a bit chastened. She doesn't. In an exclusive interview with CBS News, McCarthy, who became EPA administrator in 2013, defended her agency's plans to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, strengthen ozone standards and regulate leaks of methane. "It's my job to explain to people why what we are...
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