Top of the Times: February 2, 2015

Monday, February  2,  2015

Top of the Times

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Obama confronts GOP with $4-trillion budget Lisa Mascaro, Kathleen Hennessey The president's spending plan is packed with liberal priorities that have little chance of passage but will serve as an initial foray in negotiations with the Congress.   Volunteers set out to count affluent Brentwood's homeless   Nevada's GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval starts new term with tax-hike surprise   Egyptian court reaffirms death penalty for 183 people   US & World   Blizzard batters Chicago, dropping more than a foot of snow   Albuquerque 3-year-old finds mom's gun, wounds both parents with 1 shot   New York mayor dogged by police anger, and a fumbled groundhog     advertisement Business   Electric public transportation firm makes comeback   Hospital chain Prime Healthcare faces a fight to grow California stumbles at shifting care for costly patients   Rubicon Project holds lead among competitors in advertising technology   Sports   It's a four-ring circus as Tom Brady and Patriots win wild Super Bowl Poll: Do you blame Pete Carroll or Russell Wilson for Seattle's Super Bowl loss? Lakers are something less than Super in ugly 92-80 loss to Knicks Text message from Matt Barnes motivates Clippers Lakers' Week 14 in review The Times' boys' basketball rankings   Pete Carroll blows it for Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX   Super Bowl notes: Seahawks' Bruce Irvin ejected at end of game     advertisement   Health   6 L.A. restaurants for vegans; there are 60 in L.A.   Juicing trend still going strong in 2015     Opinion   Let Prime Healthcare buy Daughters of Charity's hospitals   2016's field of Republican dreams