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Extra, Extra: What Conrad Murray Owes MJ's Kids, Court Protects Grizzly Bears & Taiwanese Make Fun of Pepper Spray Defense
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- The DA wants Conrad Murray to fork over $100 million to MJ's children.
- Even the Taiwanese are making fun of Megyn Kelly's defense of pepper spray as a food item.
- 9th Circuit Court of Appeal upholds protection of Yellowstone grizzlies.
- You think Obamajam is awful? At least we don't live in New York where Obama and Bieber are visiting on the same day.
- A doc weighs in on the most important medical question of our time: how did that lady (you know the one) end up with such an epically, disproportionately large butt?
- Vintage Los Angeles: bicyclists aren't new to Spring Street.
- SoCal lawmaker wants to require college coaches to report sex abuse charges.
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