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- A protest that included a march from the Rampart division LAPD station to Macarthur Park over the police shooting death of a day laborer has ended peacefully.
- RIP to longtime Hollywood journalist James Bacon, 96.
- Actress Lindsay Lohan admits that she did, in fact, fail a recent court-ordered drug test.
- LA Now has more details about the death of a man in La Mirada who was tasered by authorities during a confrontation.
- Octomom Nadya Suleman is making headlines (again) because she is broke (again) and faces eviction (again).
- Authorities in Pico Rivera are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was run over by a freight train last night.
- Casting: Actor Peter Coyote will join the drama over at Law & Order: Los Angeles.
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