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Jun 2010

Prosecutors charge 10 in Lakers celebration unrest after Finals victory

Officials with the Los Angeles City Attorney's office said Monday that they have charged 10 people in connection with the mayhem that ensued outside Staples Center after the Lakers' NBA Finals victory Thursday night. At least 42 people...

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Jun 2010

Paralyzed former LAPD officer finishes races across America

Kristina Ripatti, who was shot and paralyzed while on duty as a Los Angeles police officer in South Los Angeles, is shown training for the 2010 Race Across America, the nation's longest-running transcontinental bicycle race. (Hans...

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Jun 2010

California government workers have built up $2.75 billion in paid time off

Working under one of the most generous state leave policies in the nation - and the country's harshest furlough program - California government employees have built up the equivalent of $2.75 billion of paid time off. Data analyzed by The...

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Jun 2010

What I Saw at the Lakers Riots

I don't know when this peculiar custom began, but it is one I hope - in vain, surely - to see ended someday. I refer to the bizarre practice of some sporting fans who, on the occasion of their favored team having achieved some triumph on...