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Extra, Extra: Where Mexicans Came From, 1-800-GET THIN's New Charity & How to Pay for New Transit Jobs
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- Hmmmm...the 1-800-GET THIN founders said they have created a charity to help global poverty and they want donations
- A jury decided that a man was guilty of killing his wife over paternity test results
- Friends hold a vigil for an FBI agent who went missing two months ago
- The head of IT for Los Angeles resigned
- Mexicans are actually Asian
- Is there enough money for all the transit jobs that Mayor V is promising?
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