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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Los Angeles stories: 346 news summaries

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 Farrah's Funeral: 
 'Goodbye, Sweet Girl' 

'She's the most beautiful angel in heaven'

Jun 30, 09 11:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s family and friends gathered to honor the actress’ memory at her private funeral today in Los Angeles, People reports. Ryan O’Neal and son Redmond were among the 200 or so at the service, while longtime friend Alana Stewart and Fawcett's doctor, Lawrence Piro, delivered eulogies. "... More »

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cancer • Hollywood • Los Angeles • funeral • eulogies • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's former nanny says the pop icon was so addicted to prescription drugs that she had to pump his stomach regularly, the Times of London reports. “There was one period that it was so bad that I didn’t let the children see him," said Grace... More »

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drugs • drug addiction • Los Angeles • Michael Jackson

Jackson Doc Hires Attorney
to Meet LAPD

Cops question Murray just to 'fill in blanks,' lawyer says

Jun 27, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Conrad Murray, the man at the center of suspicion surrounding Michael Jackson’s death, hired a lawyer before meeting again with police today, the Los Angeles Times reports. But Murray’s attorney says authorities have assured him the cardiologist isn’t a suspect. “We’ve been told more... More »

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investigation • Los Angeles • autopsy • death • LAPD • Michael Jackson • Conrad Murray

Dems Get in Shouting and (Alleged) Shoving Match

'He touched me first,' says Waters

Jun 26, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of House Democrats had a less-than-decorous exchange on the floor yesterday, the Hill reports. With the chamber clearing out after a series of votes, Appropriations chair David Obey and Maxine Waters began screaming at each other over an earmark for a school bearing Waters' name. “You’re... More »

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House Appropriations Committee • earmarks • Los Angeles • House of Representatives • House Democrats • Congressional Black Caucus • Maxine Waters • David Obey

(Newser) - A new Los Angeles Times poll shows why gay marriage advocates and opponents are targeting LA Latinos after Proposition 8: Unlike African Americans, they are divided on the issue. While African American voters oppose gay marriage by 54% to 37%, Latinos are split, 45% in favor and 46% against.... More »

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California • gay marriage • African Americans • Los Angeles • Latinos • Proposition 8 • blacks

 LA Flocks to Lakers Parade 

Cops vow to jail
miscreants as
coliseum fills

Jun 17, 09 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - An estimated 150,000 clogged streets in downtown Los Angeles today as the NBA-champion Lakers took a victory lap around downtown, the Times reports. Some 80,000 more jammed the Coliseum for a rally at parade’s end. Police, hoping to avoid the looting and chaos that followed Sunday’s... More »

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sports • NBA • Kobe Bryant • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • NBA playoffs • Los Angeles • Orlando Magic • Coliseum

 Calif. Porn Actress 
 Tests Positive for HIV 

Health officials call for industry to improve safety measures

Jun 11, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - California's pornography industry has confirmed its first case of HIV since 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. The female performer worked infrequently, according to a rep for the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, who denied rumors of an outbreak. LA County health officials said they planned to investigate and renewed... More »

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HIV • pornography • Los Angeles • adult films • HIV/AIDS • porn star • sexually transmitted diseases • Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation • Los Angeles County • San Fernando Valley

LA Mayor Moves On to Another Anchor Gal Pal

Girlfriend filed story on Villaraigosa as recently as this weekend

Jun 2, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two years after Antonio Villaraigosa had the affair with a local newscaster that led to the breakup of his 20-year marriage, the LA mayor has a new flame—yet another TV news anchor. Lu Parker, a former Miss USA contestant who reports for television station KTLA, has been dating Villaraigosa... More »

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Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • journalistic ethics • news anchor • television news

(Newser) - Mesmerizing photos of Marilyn Monroe before she hit the big time have surfaced in the archives of LIfe magazine. The 1950 shots in Griffin Park in Los Angeles reveal a peaches-and-cream 24-year-old Monroe before the ultra-glam shots that would become a staple of her career. "I was amazed looking... More »

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entertainment • Los Angeles • sex • photograph • Marilyn Monroe • photographers • Life • Griffin Park • Ed Clark

(Newser) - A Los Angeles judge today sentenced Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison in the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. The legendary music producer, whose first trial in the case ended in a mistrial, plans to appeal, KTLA-TV reports. Spector, 69, listened impassively as he drew... More »

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entertainment • Phil Spector • Lana Clarkson • crime • murder • Los Angeles • shooting

(Newser) - Rob Riggle is really funny as a fake-news correspondent on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He’s also such a good Marine Corps reservist that he was just recommended for promotion to lieutenant colonel, NPR reports. "I know that being in the Marines has definitely served my comedy,... More »

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Los Angeles • The Daily Show • Rob Riggle • Marine Corps

Dolla Family Rips Claim of Self-Defense

Rep denies rapper
ran in gang; suspect pleads not guilty

May 23, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Self-defense played no role in the killing of 21-year-old rap artist Dolla, who was not a gang member, his family tells MTV. Aubrey Berry, 23, pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder and assault charges, saying he shot Roderick Burton in self-defense Monday in Los Angeles. His claim "is very... More »

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entertainment • Atlanta • murder • Los Angeles • rapper • Dolla

Hollywood Bends to Yogi's Rocking Style

LA's elite get tough love, NY accent from former drug addict

May 21, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vinnie Marino is as likely as yoga teacher as Led Zeppelin is meditation music. Yet the recovering drug addict stretches some of Hollywood’s most elite muscles—Heather Graham and Adrien Brody among them—to his own tune. Marino, 50, has a cult of followers who live for his rocking,... More »

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New York • Los Angeles • celebrity • exercise • Yoga • Adrien Brody • Heather Graham • Vinnie Marino • Grace Slick

(Newser) - The man accused of killing rapper Dolla claims the shooting was self defense, reports the Los Angeles Times. Police arrested Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, for shooting the rapper in the head at an Los Angeles shopping center Monday. The suspect's attorney said Dolla and friends had recently attacked Berry outside... More »

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Atlanta • murder • Los Angeles • strip club • rapper • Dolla

Dolla Shooting Suspect Held
on $1M Bail

Cops questioning 2 persons of interest in rapper's LA slaying

May 19, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles police have charged 23-year-old Aubrey Louis Berry with the murder of Roderick Anthony Burton II, better known as up-and-coming rapper Dolla, E! reports. Berry is being held on $1 million bail. Police have questioned two other persons of interest as well, a man and a woman, but neither... More »

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Los Angeles • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Dolla

 Rapper Dolla 
 Shot Dead 
 at LA Mall 

Man arrested at airport after Atlanta-based star gunned down

May 19, 09 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Up-and-coming Atlanta-based rapper Dolla was shot dead in the parking garage of LA's Beverly Center mall yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 21-year-old musician, shot in the head, had arrived in the city earlier that day. A suspect fled the scene in a silver Mercedes and was later arrested,... More »

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Los Angeles • hip-hop • rapper • shooting • Jay-ZTV • Dolla

(Newser) - The mayor of Los Angeles wants the city to follow Chicago’s lead and privatize parking meters and garages to stem the city's budget crisis, the LA Times reports. Antonio Villaraigosa says LA can pull in at least $80 million by leasing meters and six city garages to private... More »

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California • Chicago • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • parking meters • budget gap • garage

 Gunmen Grab 
 Toddler From 
 Calif. Home 

Cops stumped for motive by gunmen who invaded San Bernardino

May 4, 09 5:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 3-year-old boy was abducted from his California home yesterday after two gunmen bound his mother and four siblings, reports AP. "We have no idea why they took the child," said a police spokesman. "They were strangers to the whole family." The gunmen burst into the... More »

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California • crime • robbery • kidnapping • Los Angeles • Amber Alert • gunmen • home invasion • Briant Rodriguez

INVESTIGATION

Accusations Rarely Fell
LA's Tenured Teachers

Review hearings costly, unreliable: principals

May 3, 09 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - One Los Angeles high school teacher allegedly ridiculed a student for failing to commit suicide. Another kept a trove of pornography, marijuana, and cocaine at school. A third drank alcohol in front of students. None was fired, the Los Angeles Times reports in an investigation of a school district afraid... More »

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Los Angeles • teachers' unions • principal • teachers • students

LA Cops Arrest Suspected
Serial Killer
From '70s, '80s

72-year-old may have killed 30 women

Apr 30, 09 5:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles police say a 72-year-old insurance claims adjuster may in fact be the city's "most prolific serial killer," the Los Angeles Times reports. The suspect, John Floyd Thomas, may have killed up to 30 older women and raped scores more during two separate rampages in the 1970s... More »

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crime • Los Angeles • serial killers • DNA evidence • serial rapists

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