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Extra, Extra: Villaraigosa Plans Run For Governor, Move To Venice, Is Robin Thicke's New Song 'Rapey?'
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- Soon to be ex-mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to run for governor.
- In other Mayor V. news, he's moving to Venice.
- The man who was shot at after police mistook him for ex-LAPD fugitive Christopher Dorner has, no surprise, filed a lawsuit.
- In other completely unsurprising news, Edison is urging people to go easy with the electricity this summer.
- Sorry, folks. Ryan Reynolds won't be The Highlander after all.
- Smoking stats: National smoking rate drops to 18 percent.
- Are the lyrics of Robin Thicke's new song "rapey?"
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