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By  Lindsay William-Ross
Published Feb 24, 2010 11:00 PM
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  • Authorities have confirmed that a young woman who committed suicide in her car in Castaic had been reported missing from West Covina.
  • General Motors announced today that they are going to put an end to their Hummer brand; they've been trying to sell it off for years, but with no success.
  • The former head of a large California mental health facility has been arrested on molestation charges; he is suspected of molesting a Long Beach foster child for a decade, as well as other young boys dating back to the 70s.
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  • Officials in Santa Monica are having trouble identifying a man who was admitted to an ER there on February 12th.
  • He can't go on TV, but he can go on Twitter. Conan O'Brien joined the Twitterati today, and racked up tens of thousands of followers and issued just one Tweet.
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