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Pilots lock down cockpit over praying passengers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alaska Airlines says pilots on a flight from Mexico to Los Angeles locked down the cockpit and alerted authorities after three passengers conducted an Orthodox Jewish prayer ritual. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the...Tags: Alaska, Mexico, Mexico City, FBI
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Two arrested in Los Angeles in turtle smuggling case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men from Japan have been arrested on charges that they hid more than 50 live turtles and tortoises in snack food boxes to smuggle them into the United States. The U.S. attorney's office said Monday that Atsushi Yamagami...Tags: Nature, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Wildlife, Endangered Species
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Headlines for Wednesday, May 22, 2013
SAVING ABEL: Get New Single for Free
Saving Abel are giving away a download of their new single.
Fans can get the track "Mystify" at SavingAbel.com now. It will appear on the band's as-yet-to-be titled new EP,...Tags: Motocross, Walmart, Jannik Hansen, Bebe Buell, Cage the Elephant (music group)
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Overlooked by politicians, low-wage workers barely scrape by
Last week, I visited a South Los Angeles woman whose story should embarrass us. It's a story that's not uncommon, and deserves the full attention of the next mayor of the city. Alicia, whose full name I'm withholding because she's afraid her boss...Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Elections, Politics, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Turnout appears small as L.A. votes for new mayor
Though turnout numbers were not yet available from election officials Tuesday afternoon, voters were few and far between at many polling places across the city. Tuesday's contest -- where L.A. will determine its next mayor, city controller and city...
Tags: Local Elections, Polls, Elections, Politics, Voting
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Centerpiece of remodeled LAX terminal named for Villaraigosa
The centerpiece of the modernized Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles Airport will be named in honor of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa because of his contributions to airport development. The city's Board of Airport Commissioners...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Rentals
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Oceanside man sentenced to six months for stealing Marine gear
SAN DIEGO -- A former civilian contractor at Camp Pendleton was sentenced Monday to six months in prison followed by six months' house arrest after pleading guilty to stealing medical equipment meant to be shipped to forward-deployed Marines, including...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Punishment, Broken Bones, Theft
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: Conservation, Nigeria, Wildlife, Endangered Species, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Michael Jackson paranoid, anxious, obsessive, director says
Five days before he died, Michael Jackson was in such a sorry mental state that the director of his ill-fated “This Is It” concert series said he needed a psychiatric evaluation. Kenny Ortega sent the June 20, 2009, email to Randy Phillips,...
Tags: AEG, Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson, Health and Medical Professionals, Psychiatrists
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RPT-INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
ReutersBy Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by...Tags: Energy, Power-One Incorporated, Nissan Motor Co., Tesla, Companies and Corporations
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Race for city controller lands at LAX
This post has been corrected, as explained below. The Los Angeles city controller doesn't have any actual power over the modernization plans of Los Angeles World Airports or over whether a runway is moved at Los Angeles International Airport....
Tags: Local Elections, Accounting and Auditing, Fashion Shows, Dennis P. Zine, Entertainment Events
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Poll: Where should Vin Scully's voice be heard?
Readers are talking a lot about a man who talks for a living: Vin Scully. Times data editor Doug Smith's Op-Ed article Tuesday musing on "the voice of L.A." closed with a question: "As far as I'm concerned, the voice of L.A. should be heard every day in...
Tags: Juan Uribe, Radio, Music, Apple iPhone, Staples Center
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