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LAX rated average — and that's good
It's the highest score ever earned by LAX in the J.D. Power and Associates airport satisfaction study. Breeze
Police commission wonders about union policy
When LAPD officers get suspended, the Police Protective League pays their salaries if they pay $300 for the insurance. DN
Campaign contributions of the rich
Tina Daunt matches up some of the L.A. Business Journal's list of the richest Angelenos with their federal donations. LAT/Cause Celebre
Why 'Indiana Jones' was on front page
"It was one of the most anticipated films of the year, if not this decade," says an LAT editor who took part in the decision. Reader's Rep Journal
Supervisor candidates on KCRW
Bernard Parks and Mark Ridley-Thomas go at it tonight on "Which Way, L.A.?" with Warren Olney. 7 pm, 89.9 FM.
Sun-Times column skewers Tribune's Abrams
Robert Feder writes that "When these self-styled experts and radio industry expatriates aren't pontificating about all that's wrong with newspapers or making grand pronouncements about the future of television, they're churning out more memos, public statements and press releases than I've seen in nearly three decades of covering the Chicago-based company. It might be nice, however, if they'd bother to get their facts straight." Sun-Times
Regarding LiveNewsCameras.com
The news video website I mentioned Monday has a Los Angeles moderator some weeknights: Athenia Veliz-Dunn, a producer at Fox 11. She staffs the live window from 5 to 11 pm Monday through Wednesday.
The house that Frank built
John Henry, principal owner of the Boston Red Sox, has received permission from the town of Brookline to tear down the 13,000 square foot mansion he bought last year from Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. Henry wants to rebuild on the site something to his own liking. McCourt had renovated the place in the not too distant past. Boston Globe
Coro chief exits
Tom Riley resigns as president & CEO of Coro Southern California to live in Florida. Don Pierro is named as successor.