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From the LA Times:

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State Wants Money Back From Nonprofit
L.A. group is told to repay $150,000 as officials' oversight of grants is questioned.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-soccer22dec22,1,4743869.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Rivals Fire at Hahn's Record
Challengers accuse incumbent of only protecting environment when forced to do so.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-debate22dec22,1,99989.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Beat of Different Drummer Leads Students to Learn
ArtsCOOL sessions in music, dance and other subjects are taught by CalArts faculty and graduates. The program aims to get struggling L.A. Unified youth interested in art and school.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-class22dec22,1,4694388.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Hahn's Ties to Fundraiser's Mailers Probed
Ethics panel is looking at whether associates helped skirt campaign fund rules in 2001.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hahn22dec22,1,249380.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Morrison Hotel Hit With Tenant Suit
Residents of the downtown building made famous by the Doors say conditions are awful. The city has filed a criminal case.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-slum22dec22,1,6531668.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Nurses Sue Gov. Over Staffing
Schwarzenegger's decision to side with hospitals and suspend a law requiring lower patient-to-staff ratios is illegal, group says.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nurse22dec22,1,7634329.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Tanzanian Pleads Guilty in Mall Bomb Hoax
A Tanzanian man who claimed in a hoax telephone call that Al Qaeda terrorists were planning to bomb a Westside shopping center has pleaded guilty to federal charges, the U.S. attorney's office said Tuesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hoax22dec22,1,2538556.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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1,150 sex offenders here
About 10 percent of them haven't registered with police or this combo
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2611969,00.html

Mayoral hopefuls take shots at Hahn
Challengers focus on Hahn
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2612147,00.html

D.A.'s office probing campaign donations
As part of a mortgage scam investigation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has started a review of campaign contributions to Mayor James Hahn and two Los Angeles City Council members to determine whether city ethics laws were broken, prosecutors said Tuesday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2612046,00.html

An 'Eiffel' idea for downtown?
Report: Public demands iconic architecture
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2611645,00.html

Supervisors fret over extra cost of replacing seal
Cover-up proved ineffective
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2611676,00.html

Arnold urged to ask Bush for fairer share of money
SACRAMENTO -- Legislative Democrats called on Tuesday for Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to persuade President George W. Bush to return California's "fair share" of federal taxes, allowing the state to erase its deficit without huge cuts or GOP-opposed tax hikes.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2611990,00.html

Governor's health care reform plan ready
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to restructure the state's mammoth health care program for the poor has finally been completed and is expected to be released next month as part of his proposed budget.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2611993,00.html

Arnold reveals size of staff
About 185 work for governor, says report
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2612005,00.html

Teen drug use down; inhalants new worry
WASHINGTON -- Fewer teenagers are smoking cigarettes or using illegal drugs, but a survey released Tuesday shows a troubling increase in the use of inhalants by younger adolescents.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2611900,00.html

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From other sources:

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From the LAPD
LAPD Supports Wounded Troops
http://www.lapdonline.org/press_releases/2004/12/pr04623.htm