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Obama in Malaysia, California drought, LAPD photo archives and more
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Apr 25, 2014
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Obama in Malaysia, California drought, LAPD photo archives and more

Today on the show, we start with a discussion about President Obama's visit to Malaysia. Then, a huge settlement was just reached in a tech industry anti-trust lawsuit. Plus, how the sharing economy has grown into such a huge industry, One Day In L.A. storytelling event brings together filmmakers from 11 cities, the latest in California's drought news, the Paris Photo exhibit features rare photos from the LAPD's crime scene archives and much more.

US President Barack Obama (L) and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (R) attend a joint press conference at the presidential Bule House on April 25, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. The U.S. President is on an Asian tour where he is due to visit Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Philippines.
US President Barack Obama (L) and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (R) attend a joint press conference at the presidential Bule House on April 25, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. The U.S. President is on an Asian tour where he is due to visit Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Philippines.
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Today on the show, we start with a discussion about President Obama's visit to Malaysia. Then, a huge settlement was just reached in a tech industry anti-trust lawsuit. Plus, how the sharing economy has grown into such a huge industry, One Day In L.A. storytelling event brings together filmmakers from 11 cities, the latest in California's drought news, the Paris Photo exhibit features rare photos from the LAPD's crime scene archives and much more.

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Obama is only the second U.S. president in history to travel to Malaysia — the last was Lyndon Johnson in 1966.
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An antitrust lawsuit out of Silicon Valley pitted more than 64,000 software engineers against some of the biggest names in tech: Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe.
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It's the end of another week and time for the Friday Flashback, Take Two's look at the week in news. This morning, we're joined in-studio by Los Angeles Times columnist James Rainey and in DC by Jamelle Bouie of Slate.
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Today, in the United States, people are allowing strangers into their homes and cars more than ever. They're allowing them to borrow their most prized possessions and sometimes even take care of their pets while they're away.
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This Saturday, in 11 different cities across the U.S., including L.A., amateur and pro filmmakers are taking part in a 24-hour film collaboration.
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Produced by James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the show features stars from Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, to Jessica Alba and even Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford. But despite the list of exotic shooting locales, this is not some fictional swashbuckler.
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To really get a handle on climate change, it's important to look at not only what's going on now, but also what's happened in the past: The way, way past, like 50 million years ago.
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Looking at the city's iconic playground these days may make it seem as though there's no drought. A closer inspection, however, shows another story.
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Welch is funding a lawsuit seeking to dismantle teacher protections in California, claiming they hurt kids. What's in it for him?
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One of the most striking exhibits at the Paris Photo event is a collection of rare crime scene photos unearthed from the LAPD's archives. Some of the photos date as far back as 1925.
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Wayne Kramer of the MC5 is back after 14 years with a new album called "Lexington." But fans of his work might be surprised, as this album is all about the jazz.