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Morning Buzz: Thursday 10.9.08
- Army Corps of Engineers suspends a staffer who floated the L.A. River in a kayak as a protest. AP
- L.A.'s billboard explosion is the subject of a segment on "SoCal Connected" tonight on KCET, along with a commentary by Sam Hall Kaplan that calls for even more of the garish TV screens popping up all over town.
- Both Sam Zell and Dean Singleton have kicked the tires on the San Diego Union-Tribune, which is for sale. U-T
- The Writers Guild instructed members not to work on a new television variety show featuring Ozzy Osbourne by the producers of “American Idol.” NYT
- Two bodies were found in the boat that had carried the missing brother of Reps. Loretta and Linda Sanchez. Breeze wires
- Patrick O'Connor cartoons John McCain's reference to Barack Obama as "that one." DN
- Patt Morrison sees "W" and concludes that it proves "it's too soon to laugh and too late to do anything but endure the tragedy of this administration." LAT Op-Ed
- Another gaffe by LATimes.com, confusing the state's ballot propositions. LAist
- The City Council voted to oppose the governor's plan to sell ads on freeway alert signs. DN
- Jonathan Gold calls Octavio Becerra's Palate Food + Wine "a dream of a restaurant." LA Weekly
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| A mythology has taken hold about the financial disaster: That only a select group of economists and money managers saw it coming.
| Hennessey + Ingalls Art and Architecture bookstore opens a branch in Hollywood this week.
| Bush sought to "make the pie higher," but President-elect Barack Obama says it's time "to make sure we're growing the pie …"
| Legendary 19th-century photographer Carleton Watkins, who is the subject of an exhibition at the Getty, traveled hard miles around California with a simple motto: stand "where the view looks best."
| For every dollar I put into my first car, I got back a lifelong education in auto repair, and this disease.
| Erin Kaplan responds
Here’s a way city hall can strong arm the Dodgers into paying at least part of the cost of providing public transportation to the stadium during baseball season.
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