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- An appeals court in Iran freed journalist Roxana Saberi from prison. CNN, NPR, LAT
- The Service Employees International Union was included on a conference call between the Obama Administration and California officials to work out terms of the stimulus package. LAT
- With state tax revenue falling below expectations, the budget faces new big cuts this month regardless of what happens in the May 19 election. Sacto Bee
- Some 300,000 California immigrants became U.S. citizens last year, hastening the ethnic transformation of the state's political landscape. LAT
- Why voters really, really hate the state budget propositions on the ballot. CalBuzz
- The Daily News re-endorses Carmen Trutanich and David Vahedi, saying "city government desperately needs some new blood." DN
- Trying to parse contributions to Jack Weiss that the city Ethics Commission determined were improper. LAT
- Orlov's Tipoffs: City budget this week, billboards and Supes on Twitter and YouTube. DN
- Sam Rubin has the secret to "Star Trek's" big box office: "It doesn't matter if avid Trekkers loved the new version. It doesn't matter if most young audiences couldn't pick DeForest Kelley; (The original Dr. McCoy), out of a line-up. What matters is simply this. The new 'Star Trek' movie was good, really good; and that is such a rare thing in Hollywood these days." KTLA
- In the Victor Heights neighborhood west of Chinatown, peafowl are still welcome. LAT
- A 23-year-old woman died when her car jumped the curb and hit the statue of former Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis in MacArthur Park. LAT
- Dana Goodyear profiles Fred Franzia, owner of the Central Valley’s Bronco Wine Co., "the fourth-largest winery in the United States and the largest purveyor of 'extreme value' wines, such as the Charles Shaw brand." The New Yorker
- Patt Morrison put Saturday questions to Hugh Hefner, about aging and other topics. LAT Op-Ed
- Former LAT sports writer Jonathan Abrams, who now covers the NBA for The New York Times, takes questions from readers on line this week. NYT
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| CBS and ABC have far bigger fish to fry - namely whether their stations can get back the auto and retail advertising that fell off a cliff in 2009.
| Recycling!
| And there's still time to take part!
| Searching for answers after a third loss this year.
| Jihad and cash offers meet American soldiers during the Gulf War, and beyond.
| After a tough year financially, the Museum of Contemporary Art put on a gala party to celebrate with 1,000 of its closest friends.
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