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Sep 2009

Kidnapping suspect's prison term raises questions

Some wonder why Phillip Garrido, accused of taking Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991, served only 11 years of a 50-year federal sentence for a similar 1976 crime. As details continued to emerge about Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnapper,...

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Sep 2009

LAPD helps a family of one of their own

Firefighters and police put their lives at risk on the job every day. Now, the LAPD is rallying around the family of one of its own. Click here for more information about the Taylor family and how to help. Officer Scott Taylor's...

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Sep 2009

3-year-old's drowning underscores L.A. Fire Department budget cuts

No rescue unit was available at the nearest fire station when the Bel-Air emergency call came in - in part because of budget-related idling of trucks. Next-nearest unit took 10 minutes to arrive. A 3-year-old boy died in a swimming pool...

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Sep 2009

California Assembly passes a slimmed-down prison measure

The revised package falls $230 million short of the $1.2 billion in cuts to prisons in the July budget deal. It's unclear whether the Senate or governor will go along with the plan. After more than a week of political hand-wringing, the...