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Extra, Extra: Video of Conrad Hilton's High-Speed Crash, Kelly Osbourne Stops Saying 'Tranny' & the 'Twilight Belt'
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- Do you live in the "Twilight belt"?
- UC President says, like the rest of America, he's appalled by the UC Davis pepper-spraying incident.
- Kelly Osbourne is retiring the offensive word "tranny."
- Here's a video of Paris Hilton's little bro slamming into parked cars.
- A hot dog thief was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
- Scenes from bloody, bloody Cairo.
- The low job placement rate of for-profit schools could put them at risk.
- Franklin Avenue has a round-up of the Great Los Angeles Walk.
- L.A. is hosting an auto show.
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