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Rapist worked at L.A. County hospitals despite reviews of record

Reducing California state payroll a daunting task

Tiptoeing through a middle-class house of cards

Trees and views add up to a lawsuit in Rancho Palos Verdes

L.A.'s Standard Hotel owner charged with chemical dumping

California healthcare funding differs by $1.5 billion in House, Senate stimulus plans

Octuplets' mom was hoping for 'just one more girl,' grandmother says

Former Hyundai executive extradited in 2005 hit-run death

Chatsworth fire burns 4 mobile homes

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At least 7 dead in tour bus crash near Hoover Dam

Ethical debate follows birth of octuplets

82-year-old Hollywood man charged in handyman's death

MOCA announces 32 staff layoffs

Vietnamese Americans gear up for celebration of Tet

Kenyan leaders partner with Santa Ana

Four teens arrested in Newport Beach robbery

Man gets 30 years to life for crash that killed fetus

Terms set for Register paper deliverers to get back pay

New I-9 form and rules start Feb. 2

Man who raped woman on shoulder of freeway gets 24 years

From a harbor-view home to a jail cell

LA Times Cuts Staff, Section
300 jobs axed; daily sections cut to four

Arnold, Lawmakers Race to Beat Budget Deal Deadline
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have been meeting for days in closed-door negotiations at the Capitol in an effort to reach a compromise.

Defense: BART Officer Used Wrong Weapon in Shooting
The lawyer blamed inexperience by the young officer, who passed his Taser user certification test on Dec. 3.

Ex-LA Priest Gets Prison for Molestation
A former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to three years in prison for molesting a 9-year-old boy in Los Angeles.

Mortgage Giants OKs Rent for Borrowers
Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also said Friday they would extend a previously announced suspension of evictions through the end of February.

Watchdog: No Way to Tell If $700B Bailout Effective
A new report from the Government Accountability Office says it will be impossible to sort out which of the government's spending and other tinkering has made a difference.

Attorneys: Bush Administration Tortured US Detainee
Top Bush officials knew a terrorism suspect was being tortured in a U.S. naval brig because the tight command structure would have required they be informed, his attorneys told a federal judge Thursday.

'Minority Report'-Style Ads to Track, Target Viewers
The makers of the tracking systems say the software can determine the viewer's gender, approximate age range and, in some cases, ethnicity and can change the ads accordingly.

US Sees Largest GDP Drop in Generation
The economy shrank at a 3.8 percent pace at the end of 2008, the worst showing in a quarter-century.

State Dept. Won't Renew Blackwater Contract in Iraq
Officials said the contract will lapse because of the Iraqi government's decision to deny Blackwater a license to operate.

UN: 'Witch Children' Imprisoned in Congo
A U.N. panel has expressed concern about the growing number of street children in Congo accused of witchcraft and subject to violence and torture as a result.

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Federal Gov't Job Bank
USAJobs is the official web portal for employment with the United States government.

Researchers Edge Toward Teleportation
No, it's not quite like you saw on "Star Trek", but it's getting closer.

Bart Simpson Voice Used to Promote Scientology
Listen to a "robocall" from Nancy Cartwright, the voice of TV's Bart Simpson, intended to promote an event at an upcoming Scientology event in L.A.

Harvard Economist: All Big Banks Must Go
The creation of a government bad bank to buy toxic assets may not be enough to fix the U.S meltdown, one economist at the World Economic Forum in Davos told CNBC.com.

VIDEO: Full House Awaits Octuplets Mom
CBS News has learned the mother who gave birth to the octuplets has six other children.

Russia, China Blame US for Meltdown
The leaders of Russia and China slammed the U.S. economic system in speeches this week, holding it responsible for the global economic crisis.

'Obamania' Sweeps into Canadian Classrooms
Teachers at a Canadian elementary school teachers are using the president-elect to teach geography, goal-setting, and letter-writing.

ILO: 50 Million Jobs to Vanish by End of '09
The dire prediction would raise the world's jobless total as high as 230 million people in the worst case scenario, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization.

Labor Union to Aid in Gas Contract Talks
A federal mediator has now been brought in to help negotiate a new contract between 5,000 union workers and the Southern California Gas Company. KFWB's Bill Cooper says the powerful L.A. County Federation of Labor has now offered its support to those workers.

Windfall for LA Schools in Stimulus Package
California is in line to get nearly $33 billion from Uncle Sam - if the Senate approves the stimulus package passed by the House. KFWB's John Brooks reports that includes about $1 billion -for the L.A. Unified school district.

		Madoff Family Secrets
		"Only On The Web:" Palm Beach, Fla. attorney John Pankauski speaks out about the alleged corruption of notorious alleged Ponzi scheme financier Bernie Madoff and certain members of his family.

		Evening News Online, 01.30.09
		Friday: Republicans decry Pres. Obama's stimulus package; More trouble for Bernie Madoff and his family; Plus, Steve Hartman meets a very precocious porcupine.

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