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- Is Charlie Sheen the next Mel Gibson? The troubled actor called in to a radio show to rant maniacally, and used an anti-Semitic slur in reference to the producer of "Two and a Half Men."
- After being stolen eight years ago, a Siberian Husky is reunited with his family in Lynwood.
- Camp Pendleton has begun training Marines on how to behave in the wake of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
- LAPD will not protest "American Idol" performances by Sophia Shorai, the daughter of Kathleen Soliah. Soliah, who now goes by the name Sarah Jane Olson, is a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army and was convicted in the attempted murder of two LAPD officers.
- The Electric Daisy Carnival is being moved from LA to Las Vegas.
- A former LA fire chief denies, in court, that he is guilty of murdering a woman in 2006.
- Enter our contest to win tickets to the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra's "Westside Connections" series, which takes an innovative look at the connection between music and other artistic disciplines.
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