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From the LA Times:

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Go Ahead, Just Try to Disappear
Global positioning technology on mobile phones and other devices can track errant workers, teens or even pets. The price is privacy.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gps27dec27,0,163095.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Give Up the Suburb? Yes. Give Up the Car? No Way
When urban planners first talked about the new residential boom in downtown Los Angeles, they conjured up idyllic streets where pedestrians - their cars sold to ex-neighbors in the suburbs - strolled happily to work along streets lined with cafes and bookstores.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-downtown27dec27,1,3635634.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Bringing Her Lone Star Power
Donna Brorby was relentless in forcing Texas to clean up its prisons. Now the lawyer is being asked to fix the troubled CYA.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prison27dec27,1,1453304.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Plan to Cut Port Smog to Be Unveiled
Potential new rules and initiatives to reduce air pollution could require widespread changes and cost billions of dollars.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-air27dec27,1,7661817.story?coll=la-headlines-california

A Savvy Housing Group Expands
The East Los Angeles Community Union, known for cultivating Latino leaders, builds in the Inland Empire.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-telacu27dec27,1,5595846.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Before the Parade Passes by, LaBonge Gets L.A. in Line
Budget woes threatened to end a long-standing Los Angeles tradition. But a few civic boosters, including City Councilman Tom LaBonge, stepped in to raise the money to make sure the city has a float in the Pasadena Rose Parade.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-polcol27dec27,1,5722328.story?coll=la-headlines-california

Formerly Homeless, He Has a Life Plan
After being a ward of the court for seven years, Tommy Davis found himself thrust into adulthood - and homelessness - on his 18th birthday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-holidayfund27dec27,1,3035539.story?coll=la-headlines-california

EDITORIAL
Free and Valuable Checkup
As the credit cards come to rest post-holiday, do yourself a favor and exercise your new right to see what kind of damage you - or someone else - might have done to your credit record.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-credit27dec27,1,5514489.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials

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From the Daily News:

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Valley groups rush to gather aid
San Fernando Valley Indian and Sri Lankan communities are organizing fund-raising drives for survivors of the massive tidal wave that killed more than 11,000 people across two continents.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2619908,00.html