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February 1, 2007
Extra, Extra - Prime Time Edition
- Hi New LAist Readers: Skid Row gets an Internet Cafe - UPI
- Best LA Daily News Headline of the Week: "Moms + kids + wine = big-time buzz" - Daily News
- Those Aqua Teen Hunger Force "bombs" were headed to LA - LA Times
- Mello and Brand jockeying for Yao's All Star spot - AP
- Rush Limbaugh nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize - PR Newswire
- Wisconsin Police Chief writes himself a ticket for $235 - WISN
- No Protester arrested after climbing huge ladder at Wilshire and Western - Weston Deboer
- Are New Yorkers having more AND safer sex than us? - LA Voice
- Michael Jackson's kids look just like Leo DiCaprio - TMZ
- Thanks to the Earth greenhousing itself to death, people aren't putting anything in Savings - AP
- Say buh-bye to the ESPN2 logo - Deadspin
photo of today's Laurel Canyon/Riverside Hydrant Crash by LAist reader Drew
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I'm pleased to report that the occupant of the Chevrolet Camaro escaped without injury - which can't be said for his ride, which got darn good soaking.
Today of course, was the first day of television sweeps (the ratings period), and it was amusing to see that this incident (one of a half-dozen sheared hydrants we'll have a day) spawned breathless television coverage across the nation. If you missed it earlier, the locals will probably show it again tonight.
I've got some 'sheared hydrant' information planned for the LAFD Blog in the coming weeks, and remind everyone to drive carefully - lest the hydrant nearest their vehicle become spontaneously magnetic and drag their vehicle from the roadway ;)
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
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Rush Limbaugh was no more nominated for a Nobel than was Tony Pierce. Nominations for the Nobel Prize come from the Norwegian parliament with input requested by invitation only requested by Norwegian MPs. It doesn't matter how many letters are written by crackpot right-wing "foundations". It's still not a nomination.
What's particularly notable about Al Gore's recent nomination is that it came simultaneously from the two most extreme members of the Norwegian parliament; one from the left and one from the right.
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i saw them putting up a mooninite outside of pazzo gelato in silverlake last thursday. haven't been back since so i don't know if it has been taken down, but two guys were installing them and they waved and smiled at me as i walked by and looked curiously at it. they did not appear to be terrorists and i did not feel in danger.