RAQUEL MARIA DILLON

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Calle 13 wins 5 Latin Grammys in Las Vegas

Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 won all five awards it was nominated for Thursday at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, including two of the top awards of the night and honors in both urban and alternative categories.

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Wife of former AP general manager dies at 93

Betty Gallagher, the wife of a former Associated Press general manager and president who helped him run the Berlin bureau after World War II, died Thursday. She was 93.

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Vic Mizzy, who wrote 'Addams Family' theme, dies

Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms "The Addams Family" and "Green Acres," has died. He was 93.

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New LA Phil conductor's goal: Music for everybody

On his second day as musical director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the man of the moment in classical music rehearsed with a group of middle schoolers who were having tempo problems.

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LA Phil's new maestro: 'Classical music is cool'

Gustavo Dudamel held his first rehearsal as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's new maestro, wearing trendy black sneakers and a persistent smile that showed the sheer fun he's having directing one of the world's premiere orchestras.

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CA family mourns pole vaulter who died at practice

The University of California San Diego pole vaulter who died after hitting his head during practice followed family tradition by becoming a pole vaulter and died doing what he loved, his sister said Monday.

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Crews battling Calif. wildfire race to clear brush

Firefighters are racing against the weather to clear brush before heat descends on Southern California, stoking the giant 15-day-old wildfire burning in the Angeles National Forest.

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LA-area blaze size doubles, threatens 12,000 homes

A massive fire in the Angeles National Forest nearly doubled in size overnight, threatening 12,000 homes Monday in a 20-mile-long swath of flame and smoke and surging toward a mountaintop broadcasting complex.

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2 firefighters killed amid massive Calif. wildfire

Firefighters tried to hold back a massive wildfire from consuming thousands of homes and a communications center in Los Angeles County on Monday as they mourned two firefighters killed when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side.

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Huge blaze threatens 12,000 LA-area homes; 2 dead

Firefighters tried Monday to hold back a massive wildfire from consuming thousands of Los Angeles-area homes and a crucial communications center as they mourned two firefighters killed when their vehicle rolled down a mountain.

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Multiple fires, lack of breeze choke LA, SoCal

Firefighters in Southern California braced for another day of hot, extremely dry weather as they battled two wildfires in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Los Angeles, while crews worked to contain another blaze in a rural area of Northern California that consumed a mobile home.

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Reality contestant fought with wife before killing

Hours before she died, former model Jasmine Fiore was chatting on her cell phone with an ex-boyfriend — a conversation that police say threw her reality contestant husband into a jealous rage.

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$370M verdict against Guess co-founder Marciano

A jury returned a $370 million verdict against Guess Inc. co-founder Georges Marciano Friday in a civil defamation lawsuit that was filed by five former employees.

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Octomom calls for dismissal of child labor lawsuit

Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman wants a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by a child labor activist.

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Hospital fined for violating octuplet mom privacy

California health officials have fined a hospital where employees illegally accessed medical records for octuplet mother Nadya Suleman.

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Wildfire evacuees longed for home, even the weeds

As a wildfire raged for days in the mountains above town, thousands forced from their homes took shelter in evacuation centers, hotels, homes of friends and family — and even on boats in the city's harbor.

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Gleaning bears fruit for food banks, poor families

A growing army of needy people and volunteers are descending on farms, fields and backyards across the nation in search of leftover produce that might otherwise go to waste.

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Ex-LA hospital exec pleads guilty in med fraud

A former hospital executive pleaded guilty Wednesday to paying recruiters who brought in homeless people for unnecessary medical treatment in a scheme to collect millions of dollars from government health programs.

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AG: Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend was 'enabler'

Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-boyfriend was the principal enabler in a conspiracy with two doctors to provide the "known addict" thousands of prescription pills in the months before she died of an overdose, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Friday.

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Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged

Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-boyfriend and two doctors conspired to provide the Playboy Playmate with thousands of prescription pills before her 2007 fatal overdose, California's attorney general said Friday.

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Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged

Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-turned-boyfriend and a doctor surrendered to face charges that they conspired to provide the Playboy Playmate with thousands of prescription pills before her 2007 fatal overdose. A second doctor also is accused.

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Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged

Anna Nicole Smith's death may have been from an accidental overdose, but prosecutors say her ex-boyfriend and two doctors were responsible for feeding the Playboy Playmate's addiction.

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Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged

LOS ANGELES — Anna Nicole Smith's death may have been from an accidental overdose, but prosecutors say her ex-boyfriend and two doctors were responsible for feeding the Playboy Playmate's addiction.

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SAG rejects 'final offer' from producers

The Screen Actors Guild board of directors on Saturday rejected the "last, best and final offer" by Hollywood producers for a new contract.

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School board offers apology to singer Pete Seeger

Nearly a half century ago, amid suspicion and fears of McCarthyism, folk singer Pete Seeger faced an ultimatum from the San Diego school district: Sign an oath against communism or cancel a concert he planned at a high school auditorium.

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