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Trial strains the hope of a prisoner's wife
Pamela Griffin long imagined her husband, Robert Griffin, getting out. His indictment in a federal case targeting the Aryan Brotherhood stunted those dreams. As the trial unfolds, her fears mount.
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County faulted in death at King-Harbor
The life of Edith Rodriguez could have been saved by proper treatment, a sealed report says. She died May 9, 2007.
An official Los Angeles County assessment has acknowledged for the first time that a woman who died shortly after writhing in pain for nearly an hour on the waiting room floor of Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Medical Center could have been saved if she had been properly treated.
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Officials give varying accounts of nine-hour plane diversion
TACA airlines says events were out of its control. A statement from Ontario airport says the airline did not request that passengers be allowed to exit the plane. Passengers are still confused.
One woman screamed that she might have a heart attack. Another panic-stricken woman clamored for her medicine. The bathroom could not be serviced for nearly six hours and at one point, drinking water was at a premium.
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Santa Ana gang member convicted of killing blind man
He could face life in prison for the execution-style shooting in 2006 in plot to steal the victim's car and sell it for parts. Two other co-defendants face trial in January.
A Santa Ana gang member has been convicted of first- degree murder for shooting a blind Armenian man execution-style so he could steal his car and sell it for parts.
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Mystery shrouds chained teenager
Youth is turned over to Child Protective Services after escaping from Tracy home. His aunt, a Girl Scout leader and her husband are charged with torture, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
The boy was naked except for a pair of gray boxer shorts. He was covered with soot and gashes and shackled with a heavy chain when he flopped over the 8-foot-high backyard fence and landed in a health club parking lot, free.
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Construction halted on Los Angeles Zoo elephant exhibit
The City Council stops work on the partially built Pachyderm Forest but does not kill the project outright. The meeting is packed with supporters and opponents of the exhibit.
After weeks of impassioned and lengthy debates over elephants and whether the world's largest land mammals still belong in the Los Angeles Zoo, supporters and critics alike got only a tentative verdict Wednesday: The City Council halted construction of the zoo's controversial $42-million elephant exhibit but did not outright kill it.
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Hosts, producers urge L.A. City Council to retain public access TV
Under new rule taking effect in January, Time-Warner could scrap program and pay a fee instead.
Skip E. Lowe was on his way back from the TV studio Wednesday when he learned that his 30-year-old public access show may not fade to black in Los Angeles after all.
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U.S. citizen allegedly tortured in United Arab Emirates
ACLU says Naji Hamdan, a naturalized American, was detained at the behest of the U.S. government and has been charged in the Persian Gulf nation with a terrorism-related offense.
A former Hawthorne man detained in the United Arab Emirates since Aug. 29 has been tortured and ultimately charged with a terrorism-related offense, according to a lawyer with the ACLU of Southern California.
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Murder suspect killed himself in jail, coroner says
An autopsy and other tests show Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, who was accused of killing his wife, hanged himself, officials say. His lawyer says coroner ignores evidence of beating.
The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that the death of a Japanese businessman in an LAPD jail cell was a suicide by hanging.
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Thursday, 04 December 2008
