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Extra, Extra - Atwater Village Has Pride Too!
• The Atwater Village Newbie's wife, Mrs. Newbie, wins the Atwater Village Street Fair cookie contest - AVN
• Al Sharpton met with Sheriff Lee Baca today regarding Paris Hilton - Fox 11
• Former Fox 11 TV reporter / LAPD sergeant Rod Bernsen cleared of accusations that he touched two 12-year-old boys in a hot tub - LA Times
• Deadly auto accident on the PCH near the Ventura County line claims one life - LAT
• Mayor Tony blames himself for his failed marriage - Daily News
• Senate Republicans have confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - Reuters
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• He's so fucking hot: Pat O'Brien gets two more years to be The Insider - NY Post
• Shrek the Third only makes it to #5 last weekend - Defamer
• A new gym in Inglewood is being named after, and dedicated to Johnnie Cochran - LA Parks
• Speaking of... OJ Simpson talks to Editor and Publisher about... everything... - E&P
• The long-awaited Lemongrass in Eagle Rock gets a meh - Franklin Ave.
photo by the Atwater Village Newbie used by permission
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