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Mayor Villaraigosa Joins the Port of Los Angeles and the AQMD to Premiere the World's First All-Electric Drayage Truck (Business Wire)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

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LA May 11th-13th - Los Angeles, California, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:36:52 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Los Angeles, California, United States I totally missed my morning flgiht to LA from SLC! Ah I was going to miss the Jazz game, bummer! Luckily Andy was able to give me a ride to the airport with plenty of time to spare. I hate getting to the airport early. Nonetheless, I was able to get on another flight down to LA. Jazz go into overtime by the time...

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LA and finding Hollywood - Los Angeles, California, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:20:34 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Los Angeles, California, United States Our Short Stop in NZ As we had certainly spent way more time than anticipated in Sydney and Australia, unfortunately we had to cut our time in New Zealand short. In fact so short our stop over only lasted a couple hours which allowed us just enough time to explore Auckland airport before boarding our connecting...

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USC, Los Angeles Coliseum sign lease (Covers.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:28:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) -Southern California has signed a new 25-year lease that will keep the Trojans' football team in the Los Angeles Coliseum and include improvements in the stadium. USC has played in the 85-year-old facility since it was built in 192...

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No Los Angeles CAO job for Marcus Allen (Daily News)

kerry.cavanaugh@dailynews.com (Kerry Cavanaugh, Staff Writer) — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:08:37 GMT

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's pick to oversee Los Angeles' finances turned down the job offer Wednesday and said he will continue working in the private sector.

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USC, Los Angeles Coliseum sign lease (Fox News)

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:14:50 GMT

Southern California has signed a new 25-year lease that will keep the Trojans' football team in the Los Angeles Coliseum and include improvements in the stadium. USC has played in the 85-year-old facility since it was built in 1923. Among other details, the agreement calls for the Coliseum Commission to replace all of the seats, upgrade the video and scoreboard on the peristyle end and...

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Trojans, Los Angeles Coliseum sign 25-year lease (CBS SportsLine.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:59:07 GMT

Southern California has signed a new 25-year lease that will keep the Trojans' football team in the Los Angeles Coliseum and include improvements in the stadium.

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USC, Los Angeles Coliseum sign lease (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:45:01 GMT

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TOWN HALL Los Angeles: US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Speaks With Filmmaker Rob Reiner (Market Wire - Government: Local)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:58:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) The Honorable Harry Reid, United States Senator, Nevada (D) and Senate Majority Leader, will speak with Rob Reiner, activist and filmmaker, on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at UCLA's James Bridges Theater as a part of TOWN HALL's ongoing Writers Bloc series.

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LOS ANGELES: California Supreme Court Imposes Homosexual 'Marriage' on State (VirtueOnline)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:40:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES: California Supreme Court Imposes Homosexual 'Marriage' on State May 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Today the California Supreme Court imposed, through judicial fiat, so-called same-sex marriage on Californians, thus totally disregarding the sanctity of marriage and the will of the people. In 2000, Californians adopted Proposition 22 to protect marriage...

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The Los Angeles Film School: The Los Angeles Film School Adds Game Development Degree and Computer Animation Degree (Market Wire - Media and Entertainment: Movies)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:58:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) The Los Angeles Film School has added two degree offerings, an Associate of Science Degree in Game Development and an Associate of Science Degree in Computer Animation, each set to begin in September 2008.

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Los Angeles, CA - MySpace Wins $230M Judgement Against Spammers (Vos Iz Neais)

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:55:37 GMT

Los Angeles, CA - The popular online site MySpace has won a record $234 million judgment involving junk mail sent to its members in what is believed to be the largest anti-spam award ever. A federal judge in LA ruled against two of the internet's most prominent spam defendants, Sanford Wallace and Walter Rines, after they [...]

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Summer's Best: Classical Music - Los Angeles Times (Entertainment Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:24:31 GMT

Summer's Best: Classical MusicLos Angeles Times, CA - 17 minutes agoTHE INDICATION of summer in ever-sunny Southern California is that the music has moved outdoors. If the calendar doesn't agree, that's the calendar's …

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Lori Drew Indicted in Myspace Suicide Hoax (LAist)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:06 GMT

According to AP, as reported on CNN , Lori Drew was indicted Thursday in the case of the MySpace hoax. Lori Drew and cohorts allegedly set up a fake MySpace profile that romanced and then dumped 13-year old Meghan Meier. These actions are believed to have led to her suicide on October 16, 2006. Drew was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of fraudulently gaining access to someone...

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What's also playing at Cannes: Crime - Los Angeles Times (Brad Pitt Celebrity News)

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:22:31 GMT

What's also playing at Cannes: CrimeLos Angeles Times, CA - 48 minutes ago… Departed," returned to his villa on the grounds of the ultra-luxurious Hotel du Cap, the favored beachfront lodging of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. …

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Road to No. 102: Women's Tennis Edition (Bruins Nation)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:56:23 GMT

It's less than a week since UCLA's women's water polo team captured championship No. 101 , and it's already time to start talking titles again. This afternoon at 3 pm, UCLA's No. 7 women's tennis team faces off against No. 10 Southern Cal in Tulsa in the NCAA Round of 16 . From the official site : No. 7 UCLA Heads to NCAA Round of 16 in Tulsa, Okla. The seventh-seeded UCLA women's tennis team (20-5)...

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Tokio Lounge to be Transformed into Ecco, 'Hollywood's First Eco-Friendly Lounge' (LAist)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:14:14 GMT

The night spot formerly known as Tokio Lounge is undergoing a complete rennovation and being transformed into Ecco . Using natural and environmentally friendly materials and products, Ecco is calling itself "Hollywood's first eco-friendly lounge." Expected to open in July, the new lounge will feature an organic menu, eco-friendly cement (waste materials added to pack cement), an LED lighting system,...

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Extra Extra: Get Your Wedding On! (LAist)

Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:24 GMT

Photo by Lord Jim via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Mayor Villaraigosa is totes down with the gays : the mayor praises today's court ruling and says "he would officiate over as many same-sex weddings as possible." Props to him!!! The Guvnuh has a blog ? Um, sort of... "Zis is not the Austria I remember! I remember a beautiful Austria where tall, tanned, buxom, lederhosen-clad Amazonian...

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Euro-Trash/Carrion Feeder Hybrids Created Using The DNA of Short Sighted Americans (LAist)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:22 GMT

The ongoing economic meltdown (caused by the uniquely American combination of self absorbed consumption and delusional self destruction, otherwise known as the "housing boom") has become so convoluted and terrifying that it's starting to feel like science fiction. However, as the LA Times' indispensible LA Land blog makes clear, to make the most sense out of things, we should be boning up on Jonathan...

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Irksome and Insufferable 2: The Ten Most Annoying Actors (LAist)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Less is more, Shia! Less is more! | Photo courtesy of Paramount A few weeks ago we ran a story called "Irksome and Insufferable: The Ten Most Annoying Singers" . Given that actors are just as capable of being annoying as musicians, I thought it would be worthwhile to throw out 10 names for public review. I avoided the easy ones (Jessica Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, etc.) and tried to cobble together a...

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