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Grammy-winning composer Clare Fischer dead at 83

Clare Fischer, a Grammy-winning composer who wrote scores for television and movies and worked with legendary musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, has died. He was 83.

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LA moves to block vote to mandate condoms in porn

The Los Angeles City Attorney's office has filed a lawsuit to keep the June 2012 ballot free of a measure that would require porn actors to wear condoms during film shoots.

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Baldwin apologizes to passengers, not airline

Alec Baldwin issued an apology Wednesday to fellow passengers on an American Airlines flight that was delayed by his refusal to stop playing a cellphone game — but stopped short of apologizing to the airline or the flight attendant he later mocked on Twitter.

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Woman charged in airline terror hoax on ex-lover

A California woman surrendered to the FBI Wednesday on charges that she called an airline to report a fake terrorist threat hours before her ex-lover was to board an international flight, authorities said.

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Scandal-plagued former Bell official sues city

Public outrage — and changed locks — forced Robert Rizzo out of a job last year, but the former city manager says he's still owed his $1.5 million salary and benefits.

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UCLA considers allowing coed dorm rooms

Coed dorm rooms could be a reality for some UCLA students as soon as next year — but don't expect campus housing to turn into "Real World UCLA" with strangers of different genders being thrown into the same living situation.

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USS Iowa to be moved to LA to be battleship museum

The USS Iowa — the last surviving World War II battleship without a home — will head to the Port of Los Angeles to stand as a permanent museum and memorial to battleships, the Navy said Tuesday.

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FDA cooking up helpful new nutrition facts label

Uncle Sam wants you to know more about what you're eating.

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Mom accused of taking US rep's grandsons speaks up

A mother accused of taking the grandchildren of U.S. Rep. Gary Miller and fleeing to Mexico vowed to fight the case against her.

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Correction: Betty Ford-Rancho Mirage

In a story about former first lady Betty Ford's death, The Associated Press incorrectly identified one of the speakers who will deliver a eulogy at her California funeral. The speaker will be Geoffrey Mason, who is affiliated with the Betty Ford Center, not Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, a University of Michigan dean.

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Former first lady Betty Ford dies at 93

Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday.

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States consider banning teens from tanning beds

If a proposed law passes, California teens under 18 will need a fake ID to "fake and bake" themselves to a golden brown.

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Ruling: LA County needn't mandate condoms in porn

An appeals court has ruled that courts can't compel public health officials to require and enforce condom use in porn.

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Octomom's fertility doc moves to keep license

The fertility doctor who helped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments is asking that he be allowed to continue practicing medicine while he appeals his license revocation.

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Octomom case rattled fertility medicine

The case of a fertility doctor who lost his license for helping "Octomom" bear the world's largest-surviving brood of babies has rattled the field of fertility medicine — a $3 billion industry with little regulation.

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Man celebrates 85 years of living with diabetes

When Bob Krause turned 90 last week, it was by virtue of an unflagging determination and a mentality of precision that kept his body humming after being diagnosed with diabetes as a boy.

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APNewsBreak: Calif. could require condoms in porn

Porn performers in California would be required to use condoms in sex scenes if draft rules from state workplace safety officials advance out of the proposal phase.

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Porn trade group has plan for actor health care

Porn performers will soon be given a list of recommended health care providers for their frequent sexually transmitted disease testing, and results will be fed into a new industry database, according to a porn trade group.

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Rates rise, health insurance execs bank big bucks

Top executives at health insurance companies banked large salaries in recent years while rates rose dramatically on individual policyholders in California, according to filings with the state insurance commissioner last month.

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Calif. clinic that catered to porn stars closes

A health clinic that catered to porn stars in the San Fernando Valley has closed following a series of recent controversies, including complaints from an HIV-infected actor that he received inadequate care.

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Calif. officials find rise in maternal mortality

Maternal mortality is on the rise in California, with African-American mothers roughly four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than women in any other racial or ethnic groups, state health officials reported Tuesday.

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Job cuts for poor seniors could up homelessness

For $700 a month, 65-year-old Esmeralda Calderon cares for children part-time through a federal community service job that's in jeopardy because of cuts to the proposed federal budget for 2011. It's the only source of income for a woman who has no one to rely on and lives alone in public housing in a gritty Hollywood neighborhood.

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Calif. GOP leader says email sender should resign

The head of Orange County's Republican Party is vowing to keep up the pressure on a local GOP official to resign for sending an offensive email about President Barack Obama.

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USC re-opens transplant program after problem

A University of Southern California-affiliated hospital reactivated its kidney transplant program — two months after it was shut down because a doctor put the wrong kidney into a patient who survived the error.

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Hustler fined $14K for not using condoms in porn

California workplace safety officials have fined Larry Flynt's Hustler Video and another porn producer for not using condoms on set to protect sex performers from exposure to disease.

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