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Marijuana For The Taking (And The Toking) Found Floating in Ocean Off Marina Del Rey

Fast Times ​Yes, there is a god, said the surfer. Free marijuana floating in the ocean was just there for the taking. Unfortunately, sheriff’s deputies got to it before any of the guys at Venice Pier could. Damn it: Sheriff’s marine operations deputies spotted the good stuff, packed in bales and floating in the water. [...]

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Beverly Hills Housewives Star Kim Richards’ Recovery Update: Taking Post-Rehab “Day by Day”

Todd Williamson/WireImage We’re happy to report that Beverly Hills Housewives star Kim Richards is doing very well since completing a stint in rehab. Just days after the reality star hit the Weinstein Company’s Golden Globes afterparty looking happy and healthy, her sister and TV costar Kyle Richards is now opening up about Kim’s serious health [...]

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Ringless Kris Humphries “Sad” About Split, but “Taking It Day by Day”

INFphoto.com The ring is off for Kris Humphries too, but he’s still feeling the pain from his sudden split with Kim Kardashian. “He’s sad,” a source close to Humphries tells E! News. “He doesn’t want a war. He’s laying low.” Instead, the basketballer has been spending extra time in the gym back in his home [...]

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Tourists Taking Pictures Are The Latest Targets of Homeland Security, Which is Recruiting Hotels to Report ‘Suspicious Activity’

DHS Say it don’t spray it. ​Tourists are the latest target of the federal government’s domestic terrorism watch. The “If You See Something Say Something” anti-terror campaign is now expanding to America’s hotels. Fair enough, but consider that the “See Something” initiative was originally launched in conjunction with the Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, itself an [...]

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Lewis Lee, O.C. 22-Year-Old, Dies After Taking Acid, Running Around Naked, Jumping Out of Moving Car

OC Register LSD victim Lewis Lee ​The drug-fueled death of young Cypress man Lewis Lee on September 6 has ignited a familiar debate on the Orange County Register‘s comment board: Should acid, that peace-loving Burning Man staple borne of the 1960s flower-child movement, be considered as dangerous and deadly as, say, heroin? The Register describes [...]

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Raoul Joseph Germain Gets 21 Months in Federal Lockup After Taking Cash For No-Look Building Inspections

​One of the dirtiest scandals to hit City Hall in a while made headlines again today when a building inspector got 21 months behind bars for taking bribes to approve projects. Sixty-year-old L.A. building inspector Raoul Joseph Germain was sentenced to federal time today after he pleaded guilty to taking a bribe in May. According [...]

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Who’s Britney Spears Taking to Europe?

Roderick Trestrial Britney Spears is heading to Europe with a lot of baggage. But it’s all good. We already know Joe Jonas is set to tour with Spears when she jumps the pond later this month, but there’s more… READ: Will Britney Spears and Joe Jonas make music together? Pauly D will also be joining [...]

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Taking Random Photos in Long Beach Can Put You in Handcuffs (Really)

LAPD Does this photo have aesthetic value? ​Nice to see Jim McDonnell bringing some of the good ole’ LAPD to his gig as chief of the Long Beach Police Department. We remember the pre-Bratton days when L.A. cops were outright hostile to reporters and it took an act of congress to get some info for [...]

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Teen Model’s Parents Sue Photographer For Taking Sexy Pics [Models] (Jezebel)

16-year-old fashion model Hailey Clauson’s parents are suing photographer Jason Lee Parry and chain retailer Urban Outfitters. Clauson’s parents are unhappy with how Clauson, who turned 15 the month the pictures were taken, is depicted — and they’re unhappy that photos taken for a magazine editorial have turned up on t-shirts for sale at Urban [...]

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Speaker John Pérez Hits A Snag, As L.A. County Balks At Taking Over Vernon

Speaker John Pérez ​For the last eight months, Speaker John Pérez has been trying to shut down the city of Vernon and turn it over lock, stock and barrel to the county of L.A. You’d think he might check with the county first to see if they want it. But apparently not. The Times reports [...]

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Wisconsin Recall Election Results: Democrats Win Two Seats, Fall Short Of Taking Over Senate

WASHINGTON — Democrats won two Wisconsin state Senate seats in Tuesday’s dramatic recall elections, but they fell short of the three needed to take the majority away from Republicans. Six incumbent GOP state senators were forced to defend their seats on Tuesday in historic recall elections . The efforts to change the makeup of the [...]

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So True? So False? Is Jennifer Aniston Taking a Year Off From Acting?

Jason Merritt/Getty Images Just when Jennifer Aniston eventually commences to shed of that great woman picture with her raunchy position in Horrible Bosses arrives word that she’s seeking to take a break from working. Like a yearlong break! US Weekly is reporting that the Close friends star has purposely cleared her timetable except for the [...]

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