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Italy Earthquake: At Least 3 Dead After Quake Hits Near Bologna

(Adds background on castle, new magnitude) By Stephen Jewkes BOLOGNA, Italy, May 20 (Reuters) – A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, causing at least three deaths and bringing about the collapse of rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at [...]

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Italy Earthquake: At Least 3 Dead After Quake Hits Near Bologna

(Adds background on castle, new magnitude) By Stephen Jewkes BOLOGNA, Italy, May 20 (Reuters) – A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, causing at least three deaths and bringing about the collapse of rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at [...]

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Private Jet Crashes Near Camarillo Airport

A private jet crashed near Camarillo Airport this afternoon, according to authorities and reports. A Ventura County sheriff’s captain told the Weekly it happened about 12:15 p.m. near Hueneme and Las Posas roads. He couldn’t confirm that it was a private jet, as some Twitter users were saying. No word on injuries. Twitter user and [...]

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Shark Nearly Bites Girl, Snacks On Her Paddleboard Near Avalon

Updated at the bottom with details of the encounter. First posted at 10:58 a.m. A 15-year-old girl was nearly breakfast for a shark off the coast of Santa Catalina Island over the weekend. The shark bit her paddleboard several times about a mile from Avalon, while she was 200 yards offshore Sunday morning, L.A. County [...]

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Shirtless Kellan Lutz as Tarzan coming to a theater near you – sort of (The Dish Rag)

The new Tarzan movie “performance-capture 3D production.” Say wha? Does that mean Kellan Lutz’s six-pack will be — gasp! — fake? Source : The Dish Rag Explore : Actors and Actresses, Kellan Lutz Wikio – Celebrity

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Santa Monica Fire Blazes Near Third Street Promenade

@danilolee After the fire. Updated at the bottom with information that explosions were heard as the fire erupted. First posted at 5:26 p.m. Fire erupted in a multi-story building near Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica today. The blaze was confirmed to the Weekly by a Santa Monica fire official, but she did not have [...]

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L.A. Food Truck Driver Dies in Crash With Mercedes Near Pico-Union

@KFINEWS via Twitter “Steve here in downtown LA-Foodtruck and Mercedes collide, driver of food truck ejected and killed, 2 others injured” ​A horrific crash between a food truck and a Mercedes in the Pico-Union area of central Los Angeles has left one dead and two seriously injured, says Sergeant Larry Delgado, watch commander for the [...]

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Wilshire Boulevard Shut Down Near Miracle Mile After Man Shot: VIDEO

@DavidBegnaud A news chopper’s shot of the standoff. ​Updated at the bottom: A standoff with the shooting suspect is over. First posted at 2:28 p.m. It’s not unusual to hear of a man shot on a weekday afternoon in L.A. But in this area it is. Wilshire Boulevard was shutdown near the Miracle Mile east [...]

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Supergiant amphipod discovered in deep seas near New Zealand

Category: Science Author : Daniel McCall Posted: February 3, 2012Tags : deep sea amphipods, large amphipods, new zealand, supergiant amphipod A team of scientists recently set off on an expedition to the deep seas near New Zealand to sample various deep sea creatures, but what they found surprised them: a ‘supergiant’ amphipod measuring about 13 [...]

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Maya Rudolph, Bridesmaids Star, Tells Conan That Her Friend’s Dog Olly Found Severed Head Near Hollywood Sign

Conan Rudolph shared this photo of “Olly,” super-detective dog. ​The grim tale of the severed human head that turned up near the Hollywood sign was already a full-length, stranger-than-fiction L.A. horror flick. Dog finds head; severed feet and hands show up nearby; skeezy paparazzi try to sell alleged pics of head for $ 5,000. But [...]

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Human Head Found Near Hollywood Sign

Foul play in tourist country? ​Updated at the bottom with details about the victim. The whole thing is getting very real, and very terrifying. No, this is not a bad zombie movie. This is life in Los Angeles, where for whatever twisted reason, our true-life slayings are often sicker than our on-screen ones. A human [...]

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Marijuana Dispensary Numbers Remain Near 2009 High: Starbucks or Weed, You’ll Find Plenty of Choices in Los Angeles

This place was ordered to close a long time ago. ​Even after the city of L.A. tried to whittle down the number of pot shops to 100, even after a city councilman is proposing to outlaw them altogether, even after the federal government has announced a crackdown on California dispensaries, L.A. remains the medical marijuana [...]

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