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Obama's Marijuana Use as Teen Was EPIC: Joints Would Get 'Intercepted' by Future President

2012-05-25 13:33:13

When Barack Obama was running for president he wasn't shy about his past marijuana use, saying, "I inhaled. That was the point." Well, it looks like he wasn't joking. A forthcoming election-year...

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DUI Checkpoints Across L.A. For Memorial Day Weekend: Here's Your Cheat Sheet

2012-05-25 13:03:13

Memorial Day weekend is the traditional kick-off for summer. Don't start it $10,000 in the hole, which is about what you will pay in fines and legal costs if you get a DUI -- not to mention a li...

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"Porn Machete Murder" -- L.A. Weekly Story Now Airing on Investigation Discovery

2012-05-25 11:02:36

When it comes to headlines, it's hard to top the one that ran on the L.A. Weekly's cover Feb. 24, 2011: "Porn Machete Murder." But really, what better title for the true tale of low-level porn ...

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$1 Per Pack Cigarette Tax in California? Support is Burning Out

2012-05-25 09:09:42

Californians are leaning toward approving a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes. That's a no-brainer, since most of us don't smoke, and laws about lighting up in public have been getting more and more ...

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Malibu, Home of The A-Lister, Gets an F in Beach Water Quality

2012-05-25 08:00:56

The annual bible of where to go to the beach this summer and not get sick is out. The place to avoid, apparently, is Malibu. And not just because David Geffen doesn't want you there. Yes, des...

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Watch This Creepy Face Transplant Video Celebrating UCLA's New Surgery Program

2012-05-25 07:00:42

Living in L.A., you know someone, someday will turn this into an opportunity to finally make Joan Rivers attractive. For now, UCLA's foray into the face transplant business seems inspired by dis...

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California Assembly District 50: Where All the Rich, White, Liberal People in Los Angeles Live

2012-05-25 07:00:00

In the current issue of L.A. Weekly, the feature story "Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest" takes a look at the hard-fought, highly contentious political race for California Assembly District 50 ...

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Staples Center Staff, Cheerleaders Make 'Call Me Maybe' Music Video During Sportsageddon

2012-05-25 06:30:12

Hey Staples Center, want some free press? You got it! But only because you apparently put a zillion hours of talent-coaxing and editing into your music video for "Call Me Maybe," the catchy-ass...

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High Surf, Dangerous Rip Currents, Breezy Coolness For Holiday Weekend at L.A. Beaches

2012-05-25 06:00:12

So it's been a hot spring and you're ready to burst forth get your toes wet for summer's traditional opening weekend? Well, Mother Nature is playing a cruel joke on you for the Memorial Day holi...

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Brad Sherman Accuses Howard Berman Supporters of Stealing Campaign Signs

2012-05-24 18:15:15

Now that we're down to the last 10 days of the Berman/Sherman blood feud, things are getting pretty silly. First, the Howard Berman camp was high-fiving about Brad Sherman's photoshopped mailers....

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Mysterious Case of the Downtown L.A. Sunbathers Solved!

2012-05-24 15:00:14

An anonymous tipster (who we would totally bear-hug if he weren't so damn anonymous) has lifted the veil on yesterday's big street-art mystery: Who planted three paper-mache sunbathers in the ab...

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The Abbey, West Hollywood Gay Bar, Bans Bachelorette Parties as Political Statement

2012-05-24 13:30:44

[Update: Upon hearing the news, a good friend of ours asked if straight male bachelor parties are banned, as well. Great question! Brian Rosman, a publicist for The Abbey, says that although tha...

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Beverly Hills Subway Tunneling Under 90210 High School Approved by Metro

2012-05-24 12:43:38

Like Kobe Bryant to a woman in a hotel room, Metro today told Beverly Hills that this is gonna happen. Parts of the city had been dead against running the Westside subway extension underneath Bev...

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Ronald Reagan's Blood Coming Back Home to Southern California

2012-05-24 12:24:10

Reagan Blood is destined to become the name of a hipster electronic act headed for next year's Coachella. It is not, however, something that is going to be sold this week at auction. The Britis...

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Brian Banks Not Guilty of Rape, Still Hoping to Play for NFL's Chargers After 10-Year Ordeal

2012-05-24 12:10:41

Updated at the bottom: The Chargers respond. At 16 years old, Long Beach Polytechnic High School sports star Brian Banks was on the fast track to a smashing football career. He was a starring m...

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Dorothee Burkhart, Mother of Alleged Arsonist Harry Burkhart, Ordered to be Sent Back to Germany

2012-05-24 11:24:54

Around New Year's Harry Burkhart went on an arson spree that terrorized Los Angeles, prosecutors say. And one of his reported motives was that his dear mother, a woman who ran an erotic massage b...

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Trayvon Martin Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment in Ebony Magazine

2012-05-24 10:00:48

It was only a matter of time before L.A. street artist (turned international graphic-design star and Obama portraiteer) Shepard Fairey took on Trayvon. We're actually surprised it didn't happen...

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Porn Condom Enforcement Issue to be Worked Out by ... L.A. Arts Committee?

2012-05-24 09:01:34

The L.A. City Council made history when it voted to require condom use at on-location porn shoots in our fair metropolis. But history still awaits. We reported last week that a top city official...

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David Maghamifar, CSULB Grad From Italy, Dies When Car Flies off Pier at L.A. Harbor

2012-05-24 08:45:04

The 25-year-old whose car flew off Pier 300 at Los Angeles Harbor on Saturday afternoon has been identified as David Maghamifar. A Facebook profile that appears to belong to the victim says he g...

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Marijuana: Republican Dana Rohrabacher Wags Finger at Democrat Obama

2012-05-24 08:01:53

Much has been made lately of the Republican party's move to the right and its stubborn refusal to work with Democrats even on issues that some of them it once championed (such as Mitt Romney's M...

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