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Extra, Extra: Drunk Astronauts and More Simpsons Love
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- A fuel spill caused by an accident involving a big-rig truck shut down most of the 60 freeway in Pomona this morning.
- Fancy yourself a good football player? A few more spots on the Trojan roster have just opened up.
- 10 more L.A. locations worthy of a Simpsons make-over.
- Controller Laura Chick and Playa Vista head Steven Soboroff get it on over methane investigation (not like that).
- California's Air Resources Board is set to crack down on diesel-powered heavy construction equipment with tough new rules.
- Was slave labor used to build the U.S. embassy in Iraq?
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- Nike, Reebok and NFL all give Michael Vick the financial cold shoulder.
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