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From the LA Times:

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House GOP Leaders Kill Effort to Limit Patriot Act
Amendment to prevent searches of library and bookstore records fails on a tie vote.
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Videos of Beating Don't Back Claims About Wire Cutters
Sources say tapes fail to show police finding the item they say was in the suspect's pocket.
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Vehicle Seizures Cut Crime, Raise Legal Questions
Proponents of the growing practice see it as a cure for many urban ills. Others see it as police infringing on civil liberties.
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Panel OKs Phase 2 of Playa Vista
Despite vocal foes, the Planning Commission approves the mix of housing, office, retail and commercial space on the Westside.
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Gang Member Sentenced in Killing
The victim was fatally stabbed in a fight outside Hoover High in Glendale in 2000.
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Free Hybrid Parking Proposed
Hahn says his plan to allow gas-electric vehicles to use metered spaces at no cost would help improve the city's air quality.
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City Downplays Port Pollution, Critics Say
Harbor-area residents have erupted in anger over a new plan from the Port of Los Angeles, claiming port officials are intentionally manipulating numbers to hide the true impact of port pollution in Los Angeles and northern Orange counties.
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Schools Push for Higher Attendance
L.A. Unified officials hope to gain $29 million by cutting absence rate by one percentage point.
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L.A. Policing Is Called Racially Discriminatory
At forums in response to the recent videotaped beating of a car-theft suspect, people of color tell stories of harassment.
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From the Daily News:

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Priced out of a house?
With prices and interest rates trending higher, only 19 percent of California households could afford the median-price home in May -- the lowest affordability rate since the previous housing boom, near its peak in 1989, a real estate group reported Thursday.
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LAPD beating probe narrows
Four Los Angeles police officers, including one seen on videotape striking car-theft suspect Stanley Miller, are under investigation for using force against the 36-year-old Compton man during a widely publicized June 23 arrest, Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday.
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Reward offered in fatal shooting
Officials announced on Thursday a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the men responsible for the slaying of Tony Men, who was fatally shot April 27 as he sat in his car with his 17-year-old girlfriend, his 15-year-old brother and a friend.
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Stealing water can result in loss of car
County officials have added vehicle seizure as a penalty for those convicted of stealing water, stiffening sentences for a crime that has plagued this arid community.
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Teen admits shooting officer outside Pomona courthouse
POMONA -- Only a few minutes into his first interview with police, a 16-year-old Fontana boy quickly and bluntly confessed to killing a California Highway Patrol officer outside the Pomona courthouse in April.
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Ridge warns of plan for new attack
WASHINGTON -- American intelligence analysts have credible information that al-Qaida terrorists are planning another attack in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Thursday.
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From the LAPD
"Sobriety Checkpoint"
WHEN: Saturday, July 10, 2004 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department’s South Traffic Division will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the southern area of Los Angeles. The checkpoint will be located in the 77th Street Area on Florence Avenue between Saint Andrews Place and Western Avenue.
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"13 Year-Old Shot and Killed"
Los Angeles: 77th Street Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting incident that led to the death of 13 year-old Joseph Fleetwood Calloway, a resident of Los Angeles.
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From Attorney General Locker
Hate Crime Decreased 10 Percent in 2003
Drops Reported in Crimes Based on Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, Gender and Religion
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From Senator Boxer
Challengers Boys And Girls Club Receives Boxer Award
Senator recognizes organization for providing guidance and assistance to Los Angeles youth
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