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From the LA Times:

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Local Aid With a Global Reach
None of it seems quite real. Maybe it's the far-off location of the disaster, the massive number of dead or the difficulty of accepting our own fragility. An earthquake hits beneath the sea, a tsunami fans out, and corpses line beaches and hang from trees.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lopez29dec29,1,6389156.column?coll=la-headlines-california

Husband Sought in Woman's Beating Death
Detectives were looking for the husband of a 24-year-old Boyle Heights woman found beaten to death and wrapped in a blanket at her home in the 300 block of north Indiana Street.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-briefs29.2dec29,1,1790141.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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From the Daily News:

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Aid to Asia
The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates will provide for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2623833,00.html

Area politicians no rebels
Study finds most follow party line in D.C.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2623156,00.html

Agency helps migrants adjust
Leader sees new role as integrating cultures
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2623083,00.html

Cyanide traces at water plants exceed state limit
SANTA CLARITA -- Two local water reclamation plants have been cited for violations of exceeding the state maximum level for traces of cyanide, but the levels pose no threat to humans and, so far, none to aquatic life, officials said Tuesday.
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2623318,00.html

Southwest commits to electricity
Bob Hope Airport switching from diesel-fueled equipment
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E2623344,00.html