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- You never know what you'll find at a garage sale. One man says his $45 purchase of photos ended up being $200 million worth of lost Ansel Adams shots.
- Nathaniel Ayers, the Skid Row classical musician who was focus of a book and movie, played at The White House with columnist/writer Steve Lopez in tow.
- The stalking case of ESPN's Erin Andrews has gone to the hill. The House of Representatives today debated legislation that toughens penalties for stalking, with Andrews herself personally supporting the bill.
- For $1.399 million, you can own Mary Tyler Moore's former home in the hills of Studio City.
- Three-card monty is still illegal and the LAPD is still busting people for it.
- An Echo Park bike theft turned violent -- gunshot, but a miss -- when the victim started taunting a suspect about his mom.
- Two brothers, age 10 and 12, were found shot to death in a ravine in Chino Hills today.
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