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- Last night's strong wings caused a minivan to crash into a bus, killing two near Barstow - NYT

- After 16 years of courting, the LA Times press operators join the Teamsters - 10News

- Speaking of 16... 16 Google employees will owe the State of California about $380 million in taxes, which is enough to cover the salaries of more than 3,000 state workers - AP

- Crime rate in LA went down over 7% in 2006, with 31.5 crimes per 1,000 people, but gang violence rose - AFP

- Adult websites might get the .XXX suffix they'd love and should have - AP

- Peanuts kill more Americans than Terrorism - Free Market News

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- Humans can cause Earthquakes - Wired

- Friend of Dita and Brian's sez that Marilyn Manson has too many demons, and that's why they got a divorce - Playfuls

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