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- Round 2: Rocker and reality star Bret Michaels has been hospitalized again.
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- Planning your future-future trip on California's High Speed Rail? LA to Sacramento would take 2 hours, 17 minutes, and cost $53; LA to SD=1 hour, 18 minutes and $30.
- Good luck! "A 13-year-old boy from Big Bear Lake was at an elevation of more than 24,000 feet today in his attempt to climb the north side of Mount Everest."
- L.A.-based American Apparel has hit some hard financial times.
- L.A. Streetcar and Bringing Back Broadway, both Initiatives to improve downtown L.A., are seeking federal funds in the latest series of federal transit grants.
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