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Federal raids a 'serious blow' to rhino trade
Federal wildlife investigators in California and other states say they have cracked an international smuggling ring that trafficked for years in sawed-off rhinoceros horns, which fetch stratospheric prices in Vietnam and China for their supposed cancer-...Tags: Natural Resources, Vietnam, Laws, Literature, Transportation Security Administration
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Simi Valley residents urge city leaders to address drug deaths
Hundreds of parents, teenagers and other concerned residents packed Simi Valley council chambers to demand city officials address a spate of drug overdose deaths.
In the front row Monday night sat the parents of children who died of overdoses last month....Tags: Health, Emergency Health Procedures, Behavioral Conditions, Addiction
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Tammy Lang takes on the cult of Nico in 'Chelsea Madchen'
For anyone who has ever heard her, there is no mistaking — or forgetting — the voice of Nico, the icy blond German chanteuse who sang with the groundbreaking group the Velvet Underground in the 1960s and became a cult figure as a solo artist....Tags: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie), Lou Reed, Movies, Cults and Sects, Celebrities
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Guard arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine into jail to sell
L.A. NOWA jailer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine into Men's Central Jail with intent to sell it to inmates. Remington Orr, 24, who is not a deputy but has worked for...... -
Guard arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine into jail
A jailer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine into the Men's Central Jail with intent to sell it to inmates, authorities said Tuesday. Remington Orr, 24, who is not a deputy but has worked...Tags: Labor Legislation, Crimes, Prisons, FBI, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Whitney Houston: Revisiting her 'Crack is whack' interview
Whitney Houston's drug history is getting lots of media folks in trouble this week. Popular Southern California radio hosts John & Ken were suspended this week for suggesting she was a crackhead. And a Fox News commentator is in hot water for referring to...Tags: Whitney Houston, ABC (tv network), Mardi Gras, Kevin Costner, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Spy Work
LA Times MagazineFor Gary Oldman, a long-deserved Oscar nomination is nice, but it’s really all about the work... -
Broadway sees itself in 'Smash'
— In the second episode of the new NBC series "Smash," a hard-driving Broadway producer played by Anjelica Huston throws a drink in the face of her ex-husband and former business partner at a midtown Manhattan watering hole.
"Would you get out of...Tags: Times Square, Cinderella (movie), Katharine McPhee, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Celebrities
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Television review: Kevin Smith's 'Comic Book Men' know their stuff
"Comic Book Men" is a new retail reality show from AMC, a network not commonly associated with reality shows. It is different from other retail reality shows in that it comes from and features Kevin Smith, the movie director and Hollywood refusenik, who...Tags: AMC (tv network), Television Industry, Movies, Television, Entertainment
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Packed with heroin, burrito used in sting had bite
The young woman sat by herself in a hallway of the bustling courthouse, nervously clasping a brown paper bag. Inside was a warm bean and cheese burrito stuffed with 24 grams of black tar heroin.
Henry Marin, a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy,...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Prisons, Gang Activity, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Student defends teacher caught with pot
When the police were leaving a Thousand Oaks high school campus after a routine search of student lockers for contraband, one of their drug-sniffing dogs paused at a vehicle in the staff parking lot.
The car belonged to a special education teacher, and...Tags: Health, Teaching and Learning, Football, Newspaper and Magazine, Health and Safety at School
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1st charge filed in FBI probe of L.A. sheriff's deputy misconduct
Federal prosecutors filed their first criminal charge in the ongoing investigation of deputy misconduct in the Los Angeles County jails, saying that an ex-guard has agreed to plead guilty to felony bribery and is cooperating with the FBI.
The case...Tags: Prisons, Corporate Crime, Bribery, Corporate Crime, Trials
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