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From the LA Times:

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Provision of Patriot Act Is Ruled Unconstitutional
A method used to obtain electronic data allows for 'coercive searches,' says a judge, who grants time for an appeal.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-patriot30sep30,1,5664024.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Governor Vetoes Port Smog Curbs
Environmentalists say big business wins out over clean air. Also killed are bills to curb outsourcing and allow importation of drugs.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bills30sep30,1,3968917.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Coalition Seeks to Protect Watershed's Very Nature
Army engineers and Ventura and L.A. counties will study ways to prevent development from harming the Santa Clara River.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-scriver30sep30,1,5500491.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Cities on 710 Push for Port Smog Clause
Panel's report says freeway expansion should not happen until air pollution is reduced.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ports30sep30,1,3955148.story?coll=la-headlines-california

City Panel Delays Vote on LAX Plan
A City Council committee deferred a vote Wednesday on a modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport, asking the city attorney and the airport agency to answer numerous questions about legal and security issues.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lax30sep30,1,2147616.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Business Tax Reform Could Be Costly
The main proposals to reform Los Angeles' business tax would cost the city $95 million annually, about a fifth of the revenue from the gross receipts tax, according to a report released Wednesday by the city's Office of Finance.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tax30sep30,1,7390504.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Deputies' Offenses Reported
A uniformed Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who had sex with a prostitute in his patrol car and destroyed videotaped evidence of the incident was among six deputies fired between April and June, the Office of Independent Review reported Wednesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sheriff30sep30,1,7803430.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Windsor Square Designated a Historic District
The area of stately mansions near Hancock Park contains 1,200 homes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hpoz30sep30,1,3643509.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Chick's Audit Is Criticized
Reviving a political fight over alleged wasteful practices at City Hall, a budget official for Los Angeles Mayor James K. Hahn has accused City Controller Laura Chick of overstating problems with the purchase of police cars and computers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-audit30sep30,1,5345174.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Alarcon Spearheads Suit Over DWP Rate Hike
State Sen. Richard Alarcon (D-Sun Valley) said Wednesday he was spearheading a class-action lawsuit that would be filed today to overturn the Department of Water and Power's 11% water rate increase.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs30.4sep30,1,5460171.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Rocket Launcher Causes Evacuation at LAX
Authorities evacuated the Southwest Airlines ticketing lobby in Terminal 1 of Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday after a man was found to have a rocket launcher in his checked luggage.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs30.3sep30,1,5066954.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Poker's hold on teens, tweens
TV and the Web spur the trend, which has kids betting potato chips and push-ups. Some worry: Is it too soon?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-hm-poker30sep30,1,7129832.story?coll=la-editions-valley

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From the Daily News:

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Congress airs debate on new phone books
WASHINGTON -- Congress may follow California's lead and require cellular companies to ask permission before adding their customers' numbers to wireless phone directories.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2435391,00.html

LAX plan on hold for study
Councilcommittee seeks more details
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435395,00.html

Hahn defends crime fight
Mayor responds to charges by challenger Hertzberg
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435411,00.html

Business tax cuts to cost $95 million
Critics say study doesn't figure in extra revenues
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435416,00.html

Baca says Measure A still needed
Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday he was surprised to learn that Los Angeles County government suddenly found a $309 million surplus, but he still urged voters to pass Measure A, a sales tax increase on the Nov. 2 ballot.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435427,00.html

Cross removal prompts suit
The three Los Angeles County supervisors who voted to remove the cross from the county seal were sued Wednesday by a church and nine people, including 1960s Ramparts magazine editor and radical-turned-conservative David Horowitz.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435443,00.html

Tutor sign-ups deadline is today
Today is the deadline for students at struggling Los Angeles Unified schools to sign up for free tutoring provided under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435486,00.html

Security searches reined in
Judge curbs government's secret access to Net, phone records
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435494,00.html

Council, including Zine, rejects area preschool
Bowing to pressure from Reseda neighbors, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday shot down a proposal to open a preschool for up to 48 children.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2435522,00.html

L.A. business-tax cuts tab: $95 million
Proposals to reduce the Los Angeles city business tax would cost the city as much as $95 million a year in annual revenues, according to a report released Wednesday that casts doubts on the feasibility of major tax relief.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20946%257E2435727,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
Six Month-Old Abducted by Mother
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department is requesting that the media provide the public with the following information to assist law enforcement efforts in locating a missing child.
http://lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/09/pr04486.htm

From Mayor Hahn
Mayor Hahn Appoints Sarah Magana-Withers To Board Of Information Technology Commissioners
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423657_09282004.pdf

Mayor Hahn Meets With City's Technology Industry
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423656_09282004.pdf

Mayor Hahn, Councilmember Garcetti Cheer Passage Of Hybrid Parking Program
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/myrpress/mayormyrpress27423655_09282004.pdf

From Senator Boxer
Boxer Testimony on Wireless 411 Privacy Before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=226912

From the Department of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security Announces $1.4 Million Competitive Grant Awarded to Telecommunications for the Deaf
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=4051