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California unemployment rises to 9.3 percent; 9.9 percent in L.A. County

Conservative radio, keeper of the doctrine, goes apeshit over tax talk

Is that a Trojan horse in your registry or are you just happy to see me?

It rhymes with 'tennis'

Rainy day shorts

MTA chief Roger Snoble is stepping down.

CalPERS is warning California cities that they might have to pay more to cover the pension fund's losses.

A cloud-source police scanner for New York.

Democratic lawmakers in California want to raise taxes without Republican interference.

Sunday shorties

Is Madoff an abberation? Or a metaphor for the American economy?

'An eye for an eye' codified.

Hard times grows the flock.

Shoe flies.

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Parallel deconstruction

Fuck you, judge

The wretched sport

The deadliest beat

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An interesting couple of maps.

Can Oprah save newspapers? (Hint: The answer is no.)

Dee Dee Myers explains why Bill Clinton is in the way no matter what his wife does.

Sunday shorts

Content Bridges lauds the Alaska Daily News coverage of Troopergate.

Speaking of Sarah Palin, she remains a lightning rod in the Dem/Rep culture wars.

Eastside LA offers some interesting stats for the area ($300 for an acre of land!).

Finally, is Foothill Cities blog still offline? Yep.

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Why think when someone else can do it for you? Mark Halperin's analysis of last night's presidential debate is spot on (meaning, of course, that I agree with it).

AIG was too big to fail because it threatened to sink Goldman Sachs (former employer of our Treasury Secretary). But the trouble started when a small operation in AIG's midst went viral.

Will House Republicans get behind a bailout bill? If they don't, will John McCain be forced to oppose it as well?

A history of the blog

A sign bloggers are going pro.

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A Hermosa Beach man, Nicholas Rice, was on K2 (story updated here) when an avalanche killed 11 climbers.

'Jimmy Justice' watchdogs cops in New York.

California State Controlle: Computer system too old to cut pay... but what if they were all getting raises?