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Extra, Extra: The Future Of The Dodgers Is Here
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- The Dodgers' top prospect was called up and will make his Major League debut tonight in San Diego.
- LAUSD will pay an additional $4.5 million to victims of former Miramonte Elementary teacher Mark Berndt.
- Liza Minnelli is selling her pad in New York and moving to Los Angeles. Welcome home, Liza.
- L.A.'s "biggest genre film festival" announced its lineup today, including the L.A. premiere of Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Assassin closing out the fest.
- The heartwarming story of how two neighbors hated each other so much that one erected a giant middle-finger statue in their yard (don't worry, they're friends now).
- The L.A. Times explains why they ran that horrifying photo of the drowned toddler.
- Poor Biebs, still pining for Selena.
- We present to you, Shrek 2. Not the ogre, but the overgrown sheep.
- Finally: Dodgers and Giants fans might have opposing loyalties, but these two kids are pretty cute (Vin Scully thought so too).
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