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- Whacky! Watch the LAX bomb scare suspect from Sunday get tasered by police in this video.
- Have you checked out the Los Angeles Film Festival yet? It's gearing up for its second weekend.
- There was a 5.0 earthquake today, but in a place where people usually don't feel them: Canada.
- Real estate agents can be douchey: Curbed LA reader finds photoshopped photos of homes where sunsets and skylines are apparently doctored.
- Check your meat: 35,000 pounds of beef was shipped to Los Angeles was recalled today.
- The Orange County Fairgrounds have been sold to a local government consortium for $96 million.
- After 20 years, Burbank Airport's runways are getting a much-needed $1 million facelift.
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