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- Russian roulette left a 15-year-old girl dead in Mid-City on Sunday. At the trigger was a 16-year-old boy who didn't realize there was a bullet in the gun.
- Should be good for tourism: LAX has a new runway that can accommodate A380s, which are "extra jumbo aircraft" that weighs one-million pounds.
- A sailboat washed ashore in Venice on Sunday, and with no skipper in sight.
- After Friday's announcement about Metblogs going to the wayside, things are looking on the up and up again, says Co-Founder Sean Bonner.
- This can't be good: "Mexican drug smugglers are increasingly peddling a form of ultra-potent heroin that sells for as little as $10 a bag and is so pure it can kill unsuspecting users instantly, sometimes before they even remove the syringe from their veins."
- Lock those doors! While an Echo Park couple slept in their bed Friday night, someone walked in and burglarized them, something they didn't even know until they woke up.
- The 10 Wealthiest Angelenos.
- A card to give downtown residents discounts at local businesses continues to gather sign-ups.
- Archbishop José Gomez, who will taken over the Los Angeles Archdiocese next year, will be formally welcomed to the city on Wednesday.
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