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Smoke dope and save the state of California, dude
Activists fund TV ads that claim legalising drug could solve financial crisis
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'Playboy' wins rights to serialise lost Nabokov novella
Friday, 10 July 2009
In a symbolic marriage of high culture and low-brow titillation that recalls its glory days, Playboy is to serialise the final work of the Russian-born American novelist, Vladimir Nabokov, which has stayed hidden for more than 30 years.
Massive power outage hits west Los Angeles
Thursday, 9 July 2009
A power outage lasting more than two hours caused massive traffic jams across west Los Angeles and trapped at least a dozen people in elevators.
Washington Post sorry after sale of political dinners turns sour
Thursday, 9 July 2009
Readers and journalists protest over newspaper's bid to profit from lobbyists
Cyber attack targets include White House and the Pentagon
Thursday, 9 July 2009
A powerful internet attack that overwhelmed computers at US and South Korean government agencies for days was even broader than initially realised: targets included the White House, the Pentagon and the New York Stock Exchange and other official websites in the most widespread cyber offensive of recent years.
Polanski lawyers take case to US appeals court
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Fugitive film director Roman Polanski has taken his bid to have a decades-old sex case thrown out to the US appeals court.
Pantless driver faces drink-driving charge
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
A man who claimed he lost his pants faces drunken driving charges after being stopped by police when naked from the waist down.
Glitz and glamour at Jackson's final show
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
In death as in life, Michael Jackson was the hottest ticket in town. Guy Adams reports from a star-studded send-off.
LA braced for Michael Jackson's farewell
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
The stage is set for Michael Jackson's final act - as Los Angeles was braced for what could be the biggest, most spectacular celebrity send-off of all time.
Police shoot dead Carolina serial killer
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
The serial killer who terrorised a South Carolina community by shooting dead five people before police killed him was a career criminal paroled just two months ago, authorities said today.
What's your game, Sarah?
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
The Alaska Governor's shock resignation has left Republicans baffled, reports David Usborne in New York
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