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Few Watch Ahmadinejad on Kimmel

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Andy Borowitz, United Nations General Assembly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, U.N. General Assembly, U.N., United Nations, Jimmy Kimmel, Iran, Abc, Los Angeles, Comedy News

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly "furious" that few viewers watched his appearance last night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

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California's Own Bernie Madoff

Jerry Brown | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: California AG, Chais Victims, California, Investment, Madoff, Attorney General, Jerry Brown, Deregulation, Ponzi Scheme, Regulation, Bernard Madoff, Stanley Chais, Investor, Los Angeles, Chais Scheme, Business News

Some called Beverly Hills financial adviser Stanley Chais an investment wizard, but in reality he was nothing more than a glorified middleman, channeling hundreds of millions of dollars in investors' funds to Bernie Madoff in New York.

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Next Up for the Santa Monica Pier is Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza"

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Santa Monica Pier, Stilt Walkers, Cirque Du Soleil, Kooza, Dancing, Carnival, California, Los Angeles, Ballet, Entertainment News

Cirque du Soleil helped the Santa Monica Pier celebrate its 100th birthday on 9/9/09. Next up for the partying centenarian is "Kooza," Cirque's new s...

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Media Monk

Lisa Napoli | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: David Soul, Nuns, Buddhist Monks, Star Trek, International Buddhist Meditation Center, Los Angeles, Koreatown, Living News

Wednesday nights, I visit Kusala -- not your average bald, quiet monk. He is a large, friendly, open man, a forceful presence, and he leads us in a discussion of Starsky and Hutch.

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Will Work for Charity

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Charity, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Jobs, Los Angeles, Job Market, Job Hunt, Living News

The job market for corporate giving professionals says a great deal about the state of the L.A. economy. When businesses lose their commitment to the community, we all lose out.

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Michael Moore's New Movie on Capitalism a Breakthrough

Robert Greenwald | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Moore, Capitalism, Capitalism a Love Story, Los Angeles, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News

Who would have thought that the 21st century challenge to capitalism would come in the form of a rip-roaring funny and emotionally moving film?

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Dirty Dancing in Hollywood

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dirty Dancing, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Agents, Patrick Swayze, Indie Film, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Everyone has a Dirty Dancing story. This is mine. In the mid-'80s, a year out of Oxford University and a year into an investment-banking career, I decided to dance.

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The Other Man

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Driving, Gps, Relationships, Humor, France, Multicultural, Men, Cars, Film, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Tehran, Europe, Technology, Couples, Living News

I'm in love with another man. Let me call him Daniel. I met him through my husband Ron. He introduced us at Marseille airport and then offered him a ride to the village where we were staying.

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Arson Caused L.A. Wildfire: U.S. Forest Service

AP | GREG RISLING and RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home

Read More: L.A., U.S. Forest Service, LA Sheriff's Department, Wildfires, Station Fire, Criminal Charges, Fires, Arson, Los Angeles, Home News

LOS ANGELES — Investigators launched a homicide investigation Thursday into the wildfire north of Los Angeles after determining that the giganti...

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The Billboard That Mercury Insurance Won't Let You See

Jamie Court | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Joseph, Mercury Insurance, Los Angeles, Consumer Watchdog, California State Government, Politics News

CBS folded and removed the billboard criticizing Mercury Insurance without even a word of warning to its client, my consumer group, Consumer Watchdog.

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Denver Traffic Is 15th Worse In Country

Denver Business Journal | Mark Harden | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Inrix, I-25, Los Angeles, Denver Traffic, Denver News

Denver has the 15th worst traffic congestion out of 100 U.S. cities, and it's gotten a bit worse from last year, according to a new ranking by traffic...

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Saving Mount Wilson

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mt Wilson, Edwin Hubble, California Wildfires, Astronomy, Los Angeles, Living News

It's heartening to see that in the case of the Mt. Wilson observatory, people were willing to put their lives on the line to save a bucolic piece of living history.

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Investigators look for clues into cause of CA fire

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Los Angeles, Wildfires, Weather Extreme Weather, California, California Wildfires, Home News

LOS ANGELES — Investigators gathered along a remote road in a blackened forest Wednesday and hunted for clues at the spot where a gigantic blaze...

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The California Wildfires Rage On (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Wildfire Damage, California Wildfires, Station Wildfire, Los Angeles Wildfires, Wildfires, Send Us Your Photos, Slidehuge, Wildfire Photos, Los Angeles, Green News

The California wildfires continue to rage throughout Southern California, with thousands of firefighters at work to stop further destruction. For th...

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While Rome Burns...

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Business Life, Los Angeles Fires, Los Angeles, California Wildfires, September 11th, Rodney King, Business News

I'm in LA today. I'm having a little trouble breathing, and my eyes are smarting. But sometimes you have to suck it up to get the job done.

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Huge wildfire portends bad Calif. fire season

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wildfires, Wilfire, Extreme Weather, California Wildfires, Los Angeles, California, Green News

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters reported progress Tuesday against a gigantic blaze on the edge of Los Angeles that might be just a preview of even gr...

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HuffPost Review: Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice

Mike Miley | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Book Reviews, Thomas-Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Gravity's Rainbow, Hunter S. Thompson, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, The Big Lebowski, Media News

If you had told me one year ago that the most delightful beach read of 2009 would be written by Thomas Pynchon, I'd have stared back at you in disbelief, raised eyebrows in tow.

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LA Rx: Making Medicine Affordable for LA

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Health Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Starting today, every major pharmacy in Los Angeles will give a 5 to 40 percent discount on the prescription medication people need to live a healthy life.

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Glenn Beck's Attack On Van Jones: Fantasies and Falsehoods

Eva Paterson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Glenn Beck, Van Jones, Glen Beck, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Civil Rights, Rodney King, Home News

Van Jones draws a distinction between "cheap patriotism" and "deep patriotism." I highly recommend that chapter to Glenn Beck.

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Calif. firefighters wage fierce wildfire battles

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: California Wildfires, Wildfire Evacuations, Los Angeles, Wildfires, Rancho Palos Verdes, Home News

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters beat back flames licking at ocean-view estates Friday, while another wildfire raged through a dry forest above Los An...

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Man dies after being Tasered at LA subway station

AP | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

Read More: La, L.A., Police Brutality, Tasered, Tasers, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles, Home News

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a man has died after a deputy shocked him three times with an electric stun gun a...

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Best Urban Beaches

Nancy Stoner | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Beachreport, Waterprogram, Stormwater, Beaches, Water Quality, Environment, Los Angeles, Vacation, Zuma Beach, Green News

All too often city beaches offer something other than fun: an elevated risk of contracting rashes and diarrhea because failing urban pipes dump untreated sewage right into our beaches.

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Saving Small Businesses, The Brooklyn Way

Jim Luce | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Alan Fleishman, Responsible Development, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Upper West Side, Emory University, Grant Neumann, Stonewall Democratic Club New York City, Gay, Manhattan, Jonathan Bing, Retail Condos, LGBT Community, Micah Kellner, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, West Village, Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation, Planned Parenthood New York, Non-Profit Organizations, American University, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, Bob Zuckerman, Washington D.C., Fort Greene, Twitter, Atlantic Yards, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Mom and Pop Store, New York City Council, Property Tax Incentive, 39th District, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus Canal, Main Street, Richard Gottfried, Matt Titone, Danny O’Donnell, Kensington, Marty Connor, Retail Condominiums, Long Island Railroad, Deborah Glick, Storefront Space, Dirk McCall., J.D. Degree, Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Economic Stimulus Package, Tom Duane, Brownstones, Alan Gerson, Park Slope, Borough Park, Lambda Independent Democrats Brooklyn, Flatbush, Facebook, Eminent Domain, Harvey Milk, Jewish, New York City, Progressive Brownstone Brooklyn, Carolyn Maloney, New York League of Humane Voters, David Nimmons, San Francisco, Zuck Mobile, Tom Smith, Small Business, Bensonhurst, Eshow, Bangladeshi-Americans, New York News

Bob Zuckerman does not want to wait for the economic stimulus package to drip down to Brooklyn's quickly emptying storefronts.

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Task Force Raids LA Marijuana Dispensaries, Shoots Dog (HuffPost Exclusive: Search Warrant)

Anthony Citrano | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raids, California, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Obama Drug Policy, Dea, Los Angeles, Eric Holder, Exclusive, Drug Policy, Politics News

There hasn't been a more confusing legal environment regarding marijuana than there is now in California, as recent multi-agency raids on two L.A. medical marijuana dispensaries demonstrate.

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Real Progress in My Partnership Schools

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 09.18.2009 | Local

Read More: Los Angeles, Test Scores, Partnership Schools, Education, Education Reform, Villaraigosa, Local News

In Los Angeles, we have shown that even in schools that have been neglected for decades, when you raise standards and hold schools accountable, the kids will respond.

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