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- Like it or not, development plans are afoot for the Fairfax Theater at Fairfax and Beverly.
- The BART cop who shot and killed a man on New Year's Eve one year ago was charged with murder this morning in an Los Angeles courthouse.
- "Prosecutors are prepared to seek an indictment of Michael Jackson's doctor on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death, The Associated Press has learned."
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- Los Angeles has seen at least 9 murders in the first week of 2010.
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