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L.A. Police Union Defies The Governor With A Wink And A Nod

2009-11-20 15:05:42

The Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union the represents rank-and-file members of the Los Angeles Police Department, on Friday issued a statement calling Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's pri...

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Is Alleged War-Hero Imposter Also Sgt. Leatherchaps? (We Investigate)

2009-11-20 12:31:41

On Veteran's day we told you about the strange saga of 39-year-old Steven Burton, who the U.S. Attorney has accused of posing as a war hero -- uniform, Purple Heart, the whole get-up. We were rec...

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Man Arrested For Allegedly Hiring Teen Boys To Spit On Him

2009-11-20 10:39:16

A Thousand Oaks man was arrested after allegedly paying boys from a local high school to spit on him, slap him and yell profanities at him, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department reports.Autho...

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Judge Throws Out Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Miley Cyrus

2009-11-20 10:19:44

A lawsuit from a woman who claimed Miley Cyrus violated her civil rights and those of other Asian-Americans when she stretched her eyes out with her fingers for a photo was thrown out Friday. C...

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When Claiming Disability, Try Not To Appear On TV ... Working

2009-11-20 08:22:21

A Sunland interior designer pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud this week after he had claimed disability to the tune of more than $147,000 and an insurance company worker happened to catch the ...

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The Gangs Of New Media: Criminals Get Social Too

2009-11-20 07:00:30

Gang members have been spotted on MySpace and YouTube and have now spread to Facebook and Twitter. It's a natural migration: The "sets" rely on technology to communicate like everyone else. But n...

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For The Record: Setting Things Straight Regarding Neon Tommy Report On LA Weekly

2009-11-20 06:00:00

Neon Tommy, the publication of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, this week takes a look at the Weekly and some of the changes that have taken place at the paper in rece...

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Oprah Out (But How Will We Know What Books To Read?)

2009-11-19 17:54:02

Nikki Finke nailed it. Oprah Winfrey is signing off of her network show in 2011 to focus on her cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), which is scheduled to debut in January of that year,...

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All Your Bong Are Belong To U.S.

2009-11-19 17:10:12

The man cannot be fooled: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced Thursday they seized a bong-load of paraphernalia that was shipped to ...

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Hollywood Sign Not So Accessible ... To Hollywood Film Crews

2009-11-19 16:17:24

In one of those only-in-L.A. factoids, we're amused to report that one of the places the Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Teamsters say is difficult to access for location shoots is the iconic,...

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Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 273, Man Gunned Down in Sear's Parking Lot

2009-11-19 15:18:18

A man was fatally shot in the parking lot of a North Hollywood Sears department store on November 18. The 8:45 p.m. shooting took place in the 6400 block of North Laurel Canyon Blvd close to Vict...

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UC Tuition Hits The Roof: 10k A Year Would Buy A Lot Of Beer

2009-11-19 13:30:16

The University of California Board of Regents on Thursday bit the bullet and approved a 32 percent increase in tuition that will see a two-phase, $2,500 price hike that will put the public system...

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Friends Of Crash Victim Allege LAPD Cover-Up

2009-11-19 11:32:25

Friends of a Brentwood woman who was killed in a collision with a Los Angeles Police Department cruiser last month held a vigil this week and called for an investigation into whether the patrol ca...

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Pro-Pot Group Says L.A. City Council In Its Pocket

2009-11-19 10:54:39

Pro-medical-marijuana group Americans For Safe Access this week claimed victory in its campaign to get the Los Angeles City Council to see things its way when it comes to regulating L.A.'s 800 or ...

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South L.A.'s Hospital Of Horrors To Reopen

2009-11-19 10:23:44

The UC Board of Regents on Thursday agreed to help reopen one of the most troubled medical institutions in state history, Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. The move followed an offer by bil...

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