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Lawmakers Throw Out Plastic Shopping Bag Ban

Lawmakers Throw Out Plastic Shopping Bag Ban

Lawmakers came to a late-night decision over California's proposed ban on plastic shopping bags -- bag the ban.

Lawmakers Throw Out Plastic Shopping Bag Ban
Orange County Man Charged in Wife's Murder Due in Court
Orange County Man Charged in Wife's Murder Due in Court
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA -- An Orange County man accused of bludgeoning his wife of 39 years years to death and then dumping her body in a Ventura County campground is set to be arraigned Wednesday.
Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Crashes in San Bernardino Desert
Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Crashes in San Bernardino Desert
ADELANTO, Calif. -- The Air Force is reporting that one of its unmanned MQ-9 Reaper aircraft has crashed in a sparsely populated area in San Bernardino.
Murrieta Brush Fire 40% Contained, Firefighter Injured
Murrieta Brush Fire 40% Contained, Firefighter Injured
MURRIETA -- A brush fire has burned about 80 acres of heavy brush near Lake Elsinore, according to Riverside County fire officials.
Michael Douglas Battles Stage 4 Throat Cancer
Michael Douglas Battles Stage 4 Throat Cancer
Oscar winning actor Michael Douglas has revealed he is battling stage four throat cancer, but says his doctors give him an 80% chance of survival.
Suspect in Target Stabbings Will Not Stand Trial
Suspect in Target Stabbings Will Not Stand Trial
A 34-year old woman accused of stabbing four people at a Target store in West Hollywood in May has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.
Robbery Suspect Identified After Trying to Return Stolen $8K Fur Coat
Robbery Suspect Identified After Trying to Return Stolen $8K Fur Coat
Police are searching for a woman who broke into a home and stole over $40,000 worth of property, including jewels and furs.
Car crash kills nun, injures Ambassador Douglas Kmiec, priest
Car crash kills nun, injures Ambassador Douglas Kmiec, priest
A car driven by Douglas Kmiec, the U.S. ambassador to Malta, went off a road near Calabasas, killing a nun who was a passenger in the vehicle, and injuring Kmiec and another passenger, the California Highway Patrol reported Thursday.
Lawmakers Throw Out Plastic Shopping Bag Ban
Lawmakers Throw Out Plastic Shopping Bag Ban
Lawmakers came to a late-night decision over California's proposed ban on plastic shopping bags -- bag the ban.

Los Angeles

Janitors' Protest Leads to 13 Arrests

Janitors' Protest L...

JONATHAN LLOYD and SCOTT WEBER, NBC Los Angeles

A march and rally supporting laid-off janitors blocked several intersections ...

 Los Angeles
Eighteen caught in disabled parking placard sting

Eighteen caught in ...

C.J. Lin, LA Daily News

Eighteen motorists were cited Tuesday for fraudulently using handicapped park...

 Los Angeles
Mother Harassed for Breastfeeding in Orange County Store

Mother Harassed for...

TARA WALLIS-FINESTONE, NBC Los Angeles

A Southern California mother is outraged she was asked to stop breastfeeding ...

 Los Angeles
LA ranks 10th on the list of the nation's cities with the most bedbugs

LA ranks 10th on th...

Kevin Modesti, LA Daily News

Warning: Just reading this story could make your skin crawl. In the ickiest n...

 Los Angeles

California

$701 million payroll boost forecast from California high-speed rail

$701 million payroll boost forecast from California high-...

A long-awaited statewide high-speed rail system could get Southern California on track ...

 California

National

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

US admits human rights shortcomings in UN report

The Obama administration has told the United Nations that America's human rights record...

 National

World News

Islamist rebels attack Somali hotel, killing 32

Islamist rebels attack Somali hotel, killing 32

Islamist militants wearing Somali military uniforms stormed a hotel favored by lawmaker...

 World News

Business

Bruegger's Bagels' owner posted signs telling customers it is Albany that is raising its prices.

Cash-strapped New York starts enforcing sales tax on slic...

What's the tax on a bagel? It depends how you slice it—or in the case of New York, if y...

 Business

Sports

Tiger Woods Fans Snub Shirts as Golfer Has Worst Year of Career

Tiger Woods Fans Snub Shirts as Golfer Has Worst Year of ...

Tiger Woods fans have put up with the philandering, the text messages and the domestic ...

 Sports

Technology

Software Predicts Criminal Behavior

Software Predicts Criminal Behavior

New crime prediction software being rolled out in the nation's capital should reduce no...

 Technology

Law & Order

Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to zombies

Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to zombies

The Minneapolis city attorney's office has decided to pay seven zombies and their attor...

 Law & Order

Education

Girls Bugged Teachers' Staff Room

Girls Bugged Teachers' Staff Room

A pair of mischievous Swedish schoolgirls ended up in court for bugging their teachers'...

 Education

Science & Health

53 Wild Burros Die In Desert Heat

53 Wild Burros Die In Desert Heat

13 wild burros trapped in a remote area near Needles were saved from dying of dehdratio...

 Science & Health

Real Estate

Property values in LA County drop $18 billion from 2009

Property values in LA County drop $18 billion from 2009

The assessed values of properties in Los Angeles County dropped for the second year in ...

 Real Estate

Art & Entertainment

Man Arrested Near Paris Hilton's Home

Man Arrested Near Paris Hilton's Home

Officers arrested a man early Tuesday near the home of Pa...

 Art & Entertainment

Food & Dining

South Korea cracks down on snake soup restaurants

South Korea cracks down on snake soup r...

South Korea will crack down on restaurants that serve sna...

 Food & Dining

Going Out

Hard L.A. Canceled

Hard L.A. Canceled

Hard L.A., an electronica-focused concert planned for Sat...

 Going Out

Events

Pro Surfing Takes to the Waves in Huntington Beach

Pro Surfing Takes to the Waves in Hunti...

The world's largest professional surfing competition bega...

 Events

Lifestyle

22-year-old Mexican beauty queen crowned Miss Universe 2010

22-year-old Mexican beauty queen crowne...

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe 20...

 Lifestyle

Travel

Rescuers work at the site of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

China plane crash leaves 43 dead [VIDEO]

A Chinese passenger jet broke apart as it approached a fo...

 Travel

Shopping

Girls Inc. of Greater Los Angeles Joins EILEEN FISHER in Hosting Shopping Day to Benefit Girls

Girls Inc. of Greater Los Angeles Joins...

On September 26, Girls Incorporated of Greater Los Angele...

 Shopping

Oddly Enough

Justice Department Seeks Ebonics Experts; DEA wants “Black English” linguists to decipher bugged calls

Justice Department Seeks Ebonics Expert...

The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fl...

 Oddly Enough