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Dec 2011

California's DUI deaths reach all-time low

The number of drunk driving-related deaths dropped to a record low in California in 2010, marking the largest single-year decline in DUI fatalities in the last 14 years, a new report says. Alcohol was a contributing factor in crashes that...

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Dec 2011

Hollywood gunman: Friends tell LAPD of drug use, depression

LAPD officers run with guns drawn to the suspected gunman after the shooting spree Friday on Vine Street in Hollywood. (Gregory Bojorquez) Friends of the gunman who opened fire on a street in Hollywood last week said 26-year-old Tyler...

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Dec 2011

Amnesty for Unlicensed, Uninsured Drivers with Unregistered Cars

So much for public safety. Obedient as always to the will of his political masters, Chief Charlie Beck is moving rapidly to please the mayor's desire to all but halt impounding of cars of motorists driving without a license. In a follow-up...

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Dec 2011

Number of police officers killed in line of duty spikes in 2011

Police officers and relatives hold candles at a ceremony honoring officers killed in the line of duty in 2008. The number of police officers who have died in the line of duty in 2011 has increased 14 percent nationwide from last year,...