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Los Angeles city councilman opens lead in race for mayor

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti opened a narrow election night lead in his bid to become mayor of America’s second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook, early returns showed late on Tuesday.

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Los Angeles mayoral race narrows, latest opinion poll shows

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey’s director said Greuel could still … Continue reading

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Bodybuilding icon Joe Weider dies in Los Angeles at 93

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Joe Weider, the self-made fitness and bodybuilding guru who built a magazine empire that included more than a dozen popular publications such as Muscle and Fitness, Shape and Men’s Fitness, died on Saturday at the age … Continue reading

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Candidates for mayor of Los Angeles take aim at business taxes

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Leading candidates for mayor of Los Angeles are trumpeting the need to reduce business taxes to grow the city’s economy, even as the nation’s second-largest metropolis scrounges for new revenue to plug a budget hole set … Continue reading

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Deputy killed in shootout with suspected fugitive Los Angeles ex-cop

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A gunman thought to be a fugitive ex-cop who has led Southern California authorities on a six-day manhunt barricaded himself inside a cabin in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles on Tuesday and traded gunfire with … Continue reading

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Los Angeles police offer gift cards to take guns off streets

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police traded gift cards for guns in Los Angeles on Wednesday, in a buyback program Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced as a crime-fighting response to the deadly shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Los Angeles port strike triggers fears, lobbying by businesses

(Reuters) – A national coalition of U.S. business groups is urging an end to a strike at the twin California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach amid fears that a prolonged stand-off will cost the American economy many billions … Continue reading

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Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled for fifth day by strike

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A strike by clerical workers at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach idled most of the busiest U.S. cargo shipping complex for a fifth day on Saturday as container-laden vessels waited to be … Continue reading

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Anti-Islam filmmaker held at Los Angeles federal jail

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California man behind an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was being held at a federal high-rise jail in downtown Los Angeles on Friday over possible probation violations, a prison official … Continue reading

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How To Know If You Are Getting The Best Los Angeles Criminal Lawyer

How To Know If You Are Getting The Best Los Angeles Criminal Lawyer Article by Jason Daniels … Continue reading

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