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Bring the Corpses Down from our Lamp Posts!

Richard Arthur | Posted 08.13.2008 | Style

Read More: Decency, Culture Wars, Ric Arthur, Gunther Von Hagens' Body Worlds, Advertising, Corpse, Cult, Richard Arthur, Modern Culture, Los Angeles, Death, Style News

Today, if you drive down any random street in L.A., you are treated to gory photos of corpses ten feet tall hanging from every street lamp.

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Does This Mean Edwards is Now For Gay Marriage?

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Lgbt, Monica Lewinsky, Washington, Civil Rights, Campaign Finance, Cindy McCain, War, Iraq, Democratic Party, Los Angeles, New York City, Barack Obama, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Iran, Religion, Marriage, New Jersey, Sex, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Massachusetts, Gay Marriage, Gay Issues, Republican Party, Politics News

It is shocking that politicians with personal lives as deeply flawed as Edwards, the Clintons, McCain and others, set themselves up as defenders of an institution they have raped of all moral significance.

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Bikes: An Exercise in Frustration

Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal | Rhonda L. Rundle | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Car Culture, Bike to Work, Green, Environment, Bike, Los Angeles, Excercise, Green News

LOS ANGELES -- Paula Rodriguez, who lives in the San Fernando Valley, got so disgusted with soaring fuel prices last spring that she stopped driving, ...

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Southern California Earthquake Clocks In At 5.8 On Richter Scale

AP | ROBERT JABLON | Posted 07.29.2008 | Home

LOS ANGELES — The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, ...

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Street Racing Kills -- Help Me Stop It

Steve Parker | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living

Read More: LA Times, Green Beret, San Diego, Nitrous Oxide, Bloods, Santa Monica, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Rodney King, Lapd, Otis Chandler, Mayor Tom Bradley, Phoenix, Long Beach Grand Prix, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hulk Hogan, LA County Sheriff, Nbc, Maryland, National Hot Rod Association, Christmas Trees, Illegal Street Racing, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Crenshaw Boulevard, Orange County, Environment, Big Willie Robinson, Vietnam, Crips, Brotherhood Raceway, Mustang, Ventura, Whipnotic, Nhra, Living News

San Diego counts so many bodies and seriously injured people from street racing they say it is at "epidemic" levels and is a public health problem.

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Solar Cells, Turbo-Diesels Spell Future For Cars

Steve Parker | Posted 07.12.2008 | Green

Read More: 24 Hours of LeMans, Photovoltaic, Suv, Miller Cycle Engine, Environmental Protection Agency, Mark Fields, Mississippi, Prius, Oxnard, Richard Nixon, Pacific Ocean, Mazda, Ford, Toyota, Los Angeles, Epa, Bmw, Pacific Coast Highway, Orange County, Audi, Solar Cells, Eunos, Highlander, Peugeot, Saabs, x5, Lemans, Millenia, Xedos, Subarus, Rx7, r10, Environment, Green News

Many news reports the past two days have been about Toyota's intention to build the next-generation gas/electric hybrid Prius at a factory now under c...

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Environmental Racism Takes Hold In California

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Environmental Justice, Environmentalism, Los Angeles, Oil Refining, Racial Politics, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental, Environmental Racism, Los Angeles Pollution, Environment, Asthma, Racism, Air Pollution, Green News

Don't we all deserve clean air? The answer seems obvious, but in the predominantly Latino, Black and poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Southern Los An...

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You Can Be Ticketed for Feeding a Parking Meter After the Time Limit: How Many People Really Know?

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Parking, Parking Officials, Economy, Michael Russnow, Parking Meters, San Francisco, The WGA, Cbs, Meter Maids, Los Angeles, CBS Television City, The Writers Strike, Business News

I've been refeeding meters for years and never gotten a ticket. Apparently, according to the meter maid, I'd been lucky in all cases.

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Magic Johnson's Urban Business Empire

Los Angeles Times | Mike Bresnahan and Greg Johnson | Posted 06.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Magic Johnson Movie Theatre, Magic Johnson, Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, Los Angeles, Urban Business, Urban Marketing, Business News

Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced his arrival as a businessman 13 years ago, when he took part in an unusual meeting with gang leaders from the Bloods ...

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"I'm Going to Disneyland!"

Ken Levine | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Traffic, Tourism, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland, Anaheim, Disney, Space Mountain, Los Angeles, Nostalgia, Entertainment News

I have always loved Disneyland. I'm not ashamed to say it. Even as a five year-old curmudgeon I marveled at the imagination, scope, and vision of this wondrous (albeit highly profitable) world.

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What Recession? Mega-Mansions Boom In L.A.

The Los Angeles Times | Jessica Garrison | Posted 06.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Super Rich, Mega Mansions, Los Angeles Mansions, Hollywood Mansions, LA Mansions, Portugeuse Limestone, Bel Air Mansions, Los Angeles Mega Mansions, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills Mansions, Business News

In Beverly Hills, a 32,000-square-foot beaux-arts mansion that will be sheathed in Portuguese limestone and adorned with gold-plated doorknobs fashion...

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Artificial Reef Being Built To Defend Against Los Angeles Nuclear Plant's Pollution

LA Times | Susannah Rosenblatt | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Southern California Edison, Artificial Reef, Southern California Edison Artificial Reef, San Onofre, San Onofre Artificial Reef, Los Angeles Artificial Reef, LA Artificial Reef, Los Angeles, San Onofre Nuclear Plant, Green News

Rocks bigger than basketballs were pushed into the ocean off San Clemente this week to provide the foundation for a 150-acre reef for giant kelp -- a ...

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Disenfranchised Again in California

Tad Daley | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008, Electoral College, Instant Runoff Voting, Gay Marriage Swing States, California Gay Marriage, Swing States, Los Angeles, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The democracy fatigue that so many of us are experiencing this week in Los Angeles could have been remedied with one easy modification to the electoral system: instant runoff voting.

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What The White House Needs Is Just A Splash Of Aloha

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Hawaii, White House, Family, Politics, Flip-Flop, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, San Francisco, Living News

It looks like the White House has a real shot at getting some Aloha after all. Maybe Obama will bring some simplicity, integrity and laidback-ness to the people, so we can all chill out already.

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Thousands of Parents Stand Today for Public School Choice

Mike Piscal | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Change, Public Schools, Parents, Los Angeles, Protest, Education, Charters, Politics News

Today several thousand parents will assemble to march on the Los Angeles Unified School District to demand choice, equity and accountability within California's public school system.

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My Own Votes, Four of Them, Were Flipped Yesterday Before My Very Eyes

Brad Friedman | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vote Flipping, Election 2008, Los Angeles, California, ES&S, Election Integrity, Politics News

Yesterday I personally experienced the latest in a mounting string of failures by voting systems made by ES&S, the country's largest supplier of voting equipment.

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Los Angeles To Sue Time Warner Cable: Major Havoc And Distress

LA Times | Andrew Blankenstein | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

Read More: LA Sues Time Warner, Rocky Delgadillo, Time Warner Cable, Los Angeles, Business News

The Los Angeles city attorney's office plans to sue Time Warner Cable Inc. today, alleging that the company caused "major havoc and distress" when it ...

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Tell Your Los Angeles Friends

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Los Angeles Times, James Bianco, Bill Johnson, Los Angeles, Politics News

There's a teeny tiny election tomorrow in Los Angeles, but it's very necessary that we let all our Angeleno friends know: A crazy racial separatist ...

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Interview with Exene Cervenka of X

Jacqueline Colette Prosper | Posted 05.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Contemporary Art, Live Music, Music, Los Angeles, Punk Rock, Entertainment News

The show references popular culture and its search for the hero in movies, literature, and celebrity-obsessed media.

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WATCH: HBO "Recount" People Set Up Original Florida Voting Machines

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home

Read More: The Grove, Election Reform, Films, Vote, Why Tuesday, Hbo, Los Angeles, Florida, Recount, 2000, Home News

They're ba-ack! The infamous Election 2000 Votomatic reappeared in L.A. this afternoon, complete with butterfly ballots and hanging chads. Were they any less confusing in L.A. than they were in Broward County?

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From Lonesome Dove to Lonesome Book Lover

Patt Morrison | Posted 05.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Los Angeles, Books, Living News

The stars came out for a love of Larry McMurtry, just as 45 years ago McMurtry came out to Los Angeles, and kept coming back - for a love of books.

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Tate Donovan: Fired Up For Obama And Phone Banking Indiana

Reny Monk | Posted 04.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Supporters, L.A., Democratic Nomination, Democratic Primary, Primary, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Phoning, Los Angeles, Obama, Phone Bank, Indiana, Home News

Professors, actors, millionaires: Was it a Gilligan's Island remake? No. These were some of the people at the L.A. farmers market phone banking for Obama. I asked them what they were thinking.

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Perspective from L.A.: Empowering Women in the New Economy

Madeline Janis | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Leaders, Poverty, Economy, Jobs, Los Angeles, Women Leaders, Inequality, Politics News

It's no secret that our economy has undergone a dramatic transformation. This transformation underscores the need for strong women leaders.

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It's Time for Dodger Baseball... at the Coliseum

Ken Levine | Posted 04.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: L.A. Coliseum, L.A. Dodgers, Dodgers, Los Angeles, Entertainment News

The event was a one-day return to 1958 when the Dodgers first arrived in Los Angeles. They played in a football stadium for their first four seasons. The dimensions were wacky as a result.

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So Powerful, They Don't Need To Shave

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Business Life, Peeves, Designer Stubble, Pretentious Buttheads, Los Angeles, New York, Business News

At our lunch places, I've seen movie moguls who make billions walking around like my uncle Al after he spent a night at the track. All that's missing is the Pendleton bathrobe hanging open.

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