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BREAKING: Rodney King Dead at 47

Lite 98.7 — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:42:35 +0000

Rialito, CA — Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating by police in 1991 sparked the Los Angeles riots after the officers were acquitted, has died at the age of 47. According to multiple national media outlets, a publicist confirmed King’s death this morning. Celebrity tabloid site TMZ was first on the story, though it [...]

123 Fall Ill After Night In Playboy Hot Tub

Mark Richards — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:27:05 +0000

Last February, Hugh Hefner and his crew held a fundraising event at the notorious Playboy mansion.

And this one resulted in over 100 people reporting pneumonia and flu-like symptoms after the evening’s shindig came to a close.

Two months later, Los Angeles Health officials finally know what may have caused the outbreak: the Legionella bacterium, a potentially lethal bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease. It was located in a sample of water taken from the Playboy’s famed hot tub.

Extreme Animal Hording

Eric Meier — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:00:54 +0000

In a case of good intentions gone awry, police animal services officers have removed 110 cats from a Los Angeles-area home. Members of the Howe family were allegedly running a non-profit unlicensed cat rescue organization out of their 900-square-foot house, which also served as the primary residence for seven human beings. According to Mark Howe, [...]