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Phew. It looks like parts of Asia might have a rape problem.
A new study published in the journal Lancet Global Health found that, on average, more than 1 in 10 men (11 percent) from China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Papua New Gu...
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Information from two rave-death coroner's reports we received today has been added to the bottom.
Four suspected ecstasy overdose deaths on the East Coast in the last few weeks have put the drug, long popular in rave-crazed Los Angeles, back in the ...
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See also: L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic.
His legislation, Assembly Bill 184, proposed to lift any statute of limitations on alleged hit-and-run drivers, meaning they could be prosecuted at any time during their lives. However, amendments and co...
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A man who cops say threw a pot of boiling water on his girlfriend, causing severe burns to her arms and back, has been returned to L.A. to face justice after fleeing to South Korea, the FBI announced today.
Feds say 33-year-old Min Kyu Kim of Los An...
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As if USC and UCLA needed any more fuel for their decades-long crosstown rivalry, the latest US News Best Colleges ranking has the schools neck-and-neck.
Yep. This year USC and UCLA will not only battle over which campus has the best football team, ...
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Southern California is the capital of many things -- earthquakes, surf and skate culture, yoga. You can add to that list crazy dog people.
The weather is ideal for pet-walking. And we have the space for proper canine care -- backyards, dog parks, yo...
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The adult video industry's lobbying group last night cast doubt on reports that a fourth performer has come up HIV-positive following an outbreak affecting at least three porn stars.
See also: Porn Biz Sees Fourth Case of HIV.
The Free Speech Coali...
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Jamie McCourt, in 2010
No one is crying for Jamie McCourt. The ex-wife of former Dodger owner Frank McCourt lost her bid Monday to reopen her divorce settlement. And no one cares.
Dodger fans were once united in rooting for Jamie McCourt. Her ...
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Updated at the bottom: Garcetti came, he saw, he conquered. First posted at 11:59 a.m.
Last month Mayor Eric Garcetti said he'd be quitting his active service in the U.S. Naval Reserve by the end of the year.
See also: Mayor Eric Garcetti To End Ac...
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Ricky Nolasco
My parents went to Ohio on vacation and all I got was this crappy t-shirt!
It's worse than that, actually. The Dodgers went to Cincinnati for the weekend and all I got -- well, all we got -- was a humbling sweep at the hands of the...
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Yet another case of HIV in the adult video industry has been reported, Michael Weinstein of the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation told LA Weekly today. The patient, said to be male, would be the fourth porn star to turn up positive in the last th...
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Updated with the boy's death and ID. First posted at 9:07 a.m.
Beverly Park is a gated community along the ridge line above Beverly Hills. It has been home to many a celebrity (Barry Bonds, Camille Grammer, Wayne Gretzky) and features $20 million-pl...
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A 6 percent drop in the number of folks working in the entertainment industry (motion pictures and sound recording) had business journalists wondering if the porn industry's HIV-related shut-down in August caused the plunge.
There were 22,000 fewer ...
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UCLA football fans today were mourning the death of Nick Pasquale, a 20-year-old Bruin wide receiver who was fatally struck by a driver over the weekend in his hometown of San Clemente.
Teammates gathered at Spaulding Field on campus yesterday to re...
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Added at the bottom: The third performer to come up HIV positive is said to be a woman. The industry trade group has issued a more detailed statement.
The porn industry was being asked to shut down production again after another performer has tested...
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The move comes as Herbalife hires lobbyists and gears up for a battle on Capitol Hill over its business model. Congresswoman Linda Sanchez has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether the company is actually operating as a pyramid sc...
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L.A.'s hit-and-run epidemic crashed the tony Westside last night when a 33-year-old man was fatally struck by a Jeep near the Four Seasons hotel, police said.
See also: L.A.'s Hit-and-Run Epidemic Gets National Coverage From ABC's 20/20.
It happene...
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The battle over mandatory condoms in porn just got a little more political.
If you ever wondered which lawmakers in Sacramento have been sitting on their hands as groups like the AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been calling on tougher regulation of a...
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The annual Labor Day Weekend DUI crackdown put 2,313 of you in jail in L.A. county, an increase from the 2,098 alleged drunk drivers nabbed during the same period last year, the sheriff's department says.
That's quite a way to wind down the summer. ...
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There's taking a kid's lunch money, which is pretty low. Then there's letting a guy to steal L.A. school books and sell them on sites such as Amazon.
That's what the District Attorney's office says. Twelve area school district employees were indicte...
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