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Kevin Roderick • September 19 2008 9:27 AM

Budget deal reached in Sacramento. Bee, LAT, SFC
A Blue Line train collided with a Metro bus near near Washington Boulevard and Griffith Avenue this morning, causing 13 minor injuries. LAT
DWP workers will receive a 5.9% raise next week triggered by inflation in a deal struck three years ago. DN
United is dropping its once-ballyhooed, but under-used Palmdale service. LAT, Breeze
The LAT's "road to nowhere" story about Gov. Sarah Palin is deceptive, says Patterico.
Two class-action lawsuits � filed in a Los Angeles Superior Court and federal court on behalf of exotic dancers � argue that L.A. strip clubs violate labor laws. Xbiz
Plans are in escrow for turning the former Douglas aircraft plant in Long Beach into a major studio complex. LBReport
Bill Boyarsky and William Bradley have been debating Gov. Schwarzenegger and post-partisanship all week online. Dust-Up

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George Clooney is just a Valley guy

11:31 AM Fri | The actor gives CBS' "Person to Person" a tour of his Studio City home of 20 years. He moved to Los Angeles almost ten years before; his dad Nick Clooney...

11:00 AM Fri | No charges to be filed in Alhambra cold case arrest

10:38 AM Fri | Madonna's stalker arrested near hospital he left

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The one economic report that could decide the election

1:36 PM Fri | Mark your calendars - Nov. 2, 2012.

12:48 PM Fri | Anyone remember that George W. Bush initiated the auto bailout?

12:26 PM Fri | California coffers not filling up that quickly

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