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Yahoo! Alerts Sunday, April 26, 2009 7:30 PM EDT Sponsored Link Special Offer - Free Trial of Blockbuster.com Rent Movies from Blockbuster.com. Delivered Direct To Your Mailbox. Click here to start today. www.Blockbuster.com Today's Local News for Los Angeles CA : As of 7:30 PM EDT Madoff scam victims in California seek tax refunds Los Angeles Times - Apr 26 7:14 PM EDT Frank McHugh's past problems Los Angeles Times - Apr 26 3:14 AM EDT Flu vaccine of no use against swine flu; no cases in Los Angeles Los Angeles Daily News - Apr 26 7:26 PM EDT Police seeking brazen "Chateau" thieves Los Angeles Daily News - Apr 26 6:41 PM EDT Survey: Gas Prices Hold Steady In US CBS 2 Los Angeles - Apr 26 6:27 PM EDT Thieves Targeted Computers For Credit, Tax Data CBS 2 Los Angeles - Apr 26 3:27 PM EDT Los Angeles Times Madoff scam victims in California seek tax refunds Apr 26 7:14 PM EDT Many are pushing for changes in state law that would allow them to recover income taxes paid on "phantom profits." Hundreds of Californians, including many of them nearly broke and elderly, are pressing legislators for help in getting compensation for some of the money they lost in a Ponzi scheme run by confessed swindler Bernard Madoff. Frank McHugh's past problems Apr 26 3:14 AM EDT Past problems In a digital age, vinyl albums are making a comeback Apr 26 2:30 AM EDT Sales of such albums were up 89% in 2008, which has fueled a mini-boom in neighborhood record stores in L.A. At least one member of the Who seems to approve. Neil Schield knows the grim state of the music business as well as anyone; last May, he was laid off from a company at the vanguard of digital music distribution. 'Friending' is better done in person Apr 26 1:31 AM EDT It took me three days to collect 88 friends on Facebook . . . and four days to be ordered offline by my daughter. Military embraces green energy Apr 26 12:59 AM EDT A Mojave Desert Army base is full of plug-in cars, solar panels and new experiments. Liberal agenda? Nah, it's about saving money, even lives. But the Defense Department could cement a national trend. Inside a futuristic-looking dome that rises from the sandy wasteland of the high Mojave Desert, soldiers in plywood cubicles work at computers powered by solar panels and a towering wind turbine. Los Angeles Daily News Flu vaccine of no use against swine flu; no cases in Los Angeles Apr 26 7:26 PM EDT For information on swine flu, including prevention, go to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's website at http://lapublichealth. Police seeking brazen "Chateau" thieves Apr 26 6:41 PM EDT WOODLAND HILLS-Police continued to investigate on Sunday a large scale burglary within the landmark "Chateau" office building, where dozens of desk top computers were taken and the identities of hundreds, possibly thousands of clients could be at risk. U.S. declares public health emergency; Mexico City shuts down Apr 26 1:56 PM EDT WASHINGTON - The U.S. is declaring a public health emergency to deal with the emerging new swine flu. Moorpark wins national Acadeca, again Apr 25 7:26 PM EDT Moorpark High School retained its U.S. Academic Decathlon title today, earning the school's second consecutive national championship and fourth overall. 'Golden Girl' Bea Arthur dies at 86 Apr 25 6:11 PM EDT LOS ANGELES - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86. CBS 2 Los Angeles Survey: Gas Prices Hold Steady In US Apr 26 6:27 PM EDT Gas prices in the U.S. are holding steady. That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday. The average price of regular grade gasoline was $2.05 a gallon on Friday, when the two-week survey was completed. Thieves Targeted Computers For Credit, Tax Data Apr 26 3:27 PM EDT Thieves with a master key stole scores of computers containing at least 7,000 credit card numbers, 800 tax documents and other sensitive material from as many as 60 businesses occupying a Ventura Boulevard office building, it was reported Sunday. Miss California Speaks About Pageant Flap Apr 26 2:33 PM EDT Carrie Prejean, the California beauty contestant who became the lightning rod of the Miss USA pageant when she told a judge gay people shouldn't marry, is planning to say more on the subject when she attends church. Driver Shot Multiple Times Over Roadway Dispute Apr 26 2:17 PM EDT A motorist was shot multiple times Sunday when he and another driver stopped at a red light in Atwater Village got into some kind of fight, police said. Driver Ends Police Chase When He Plows Into Tree Apr 26 1:18 PM EDT A suspect in a shooting who led police on a car chase through South Los Angeles crashed into a tree Sunday, injuring himself and a passenger, a sergeant said. NBC4 Los Angeles Miss Calif. Shares Story "We Haven't Heard" Apr 26 2:27 PM EDT Carrie Prejean appears at the Rock Church to ������share the story behind the controversy that we haven������t heard.������ Teens Trying to be 'Stars' Lured Into Prostitution Apr 26 1:12 PM EDT MySpace and Craigslist were used by a pimp to recruit teenage girls into what was supposed to be a glamorous life of luxury, but turned out to be prostitution, sheriff������s deputies said. U.S. Declares 'Public Health Emergency' Apr 26 1:12 PM EDT UPDATED: Roughly 12 million doses of the drug Tamiflu are being released from a federal stockpile so that states can get it if needed as more cases of swine flu emerge in the U.S. Pet Insurance Apr 26 7:57 AM EDT Medical emergencies can strike pets. Pet insurance is one option for pet owners. Swine Flu in San Diego, Kansas, Texas, Maybe NY Apr 25 8:27 PM EDT Another case of swine flu has been detected in Imperial County and at least two (maybe as many as ten) more cases have been detected in two more states. KTLA-TV Los Angeles Thieves Steal at Least 7,000 Credit Card Numbers Apr 26 7:04 PM EDT WOODLAND HILLS -- Thieves stole computer servers containing at least 7,000 credit card numbers, 800 tax documents and other sensitive material from an office building in Woodland Hills, police said Sunday. The theft happened Friday night at the Chateau Office Building at 20501 Ventura Boulevard. The landmark building's massive columns are visible atop a hill on the Ventura (101) Freeway. The ... Road Rage Shooting Leaves One Man Wounded Apr 26 2:19 PM EDT ATWATER VILLAGE -- Los Angeles Police say a motorist was shot multiple times when he and another driver stopped at a red light in Atwater Village and got into some kind of fight. The victim, who is in his 40s, was stopped at Carillon Street and Atwater Avenue, near the Glendale Freeway, about 1:00 Sunday morning.���� He and another driver got into an argument, and the other man opened fire. The ... Man with Fake Gun Killed by Deputies Apr 26 2:04 PM EDT COMPTON -- Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man after chasing him on foot from a fast food restaurant. Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the shooting.���� Deputy Lillian Peck says deputies were chasing a suspect after responding to an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant.���� When deputies ordered the suspect to stop, he turned and pointed what seemed to be a ... Southland Immigrants Targeted by Crime Ring Apr 26 12:04 PM EDT CERRITOS -- Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials believe an organized crime ring is targeting Chinese immigrants. Investigators say Chinese business owners have been victimized by a telephone extortionist who demands money, and threatens to set fire to businesses or to harm family members.���� The calls are made through the���� Internet to evade police traces. Hundreds of Chinese immigrants in the ... 3 Hurt When Scaffolding Collapses at Festival of Books Apr 26 12:06 AM EDT WESTWOOD -- Three people were hurt Saturday when a wind gust knocked over a scaffolding at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA. Two men and a woman here hit by the 15-foot scaffolding just before 2:30 p.m., according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The accident happened near Dickson Court on the UCLA campus. "Apparently, it fell because there were banners and ...

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