Extra, Extra

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• If you were on the 405 just south of Wilshire this morning, then you know. A multi-car crash brought the freeway to a halt during rush hour. No one was injured however and the cause is still under investigation.
• UCLA math geniuses claimed a $100,000 prize for the discovery of a rare prime number. You know, numbers that are only divisible by 1 and itself? Well these guys found a special one called a Mersenne prime number with more than 10 million digits! How about putting some of that brain power to fixing the economy?
• LA is set to receive $50 million in federal aide for foreclosure relief. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development set aside around $4 billion for relief and the city will use its share to buy foreclosed homes, fix them up and make them into affordable housing.
• Workers at LAX have reached a labor agreement for the sky caps, bag handlers, attendants and other service workers. Wages are improved but healthcare benefits remained the same.
• Seven people were arrested in a drug trafficking ring that used stolen Doctors' identities. They used the identities to access addicting drugs like Vicodin and other prescription narcotics. Eight doctors as well as dozens of "patients" had their identities stolen.
• Now everyone wants to be down. A man was accused of breaking into Dodger Stadium, stealing a uniform, and posing as one of the players. When a security guard stopped him, he identified himself as a Dodger player but the guard recognized him from and earlier incident and called the police.
• Police are warning people to be alert for fake water and power workers. Authorities say that they impersonate crews and then rob homes. To protect yourself, just don't open the door until you call DWP and verify any work being done.
• Parents just dont understand. A high school paper is catching heat from parents for running Hooters ad. The ad features a girl wearing a tank top and holding pom-poms and a coupon for $5 off any purchase of $20 or more. One of the student editors said that there was a meeting about the ad before they decided to run it and it was determined to be OK. The paper has now decided that they will not run any more Hooters ads.