ROBERT JABLON

Associated Press Writer
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Father pleads not guilty to killing daughter

A man serving time for killing his infant son and trekking around the country with the child's body pleaded not guilty Friday to doing the same thing to his baby daughter.

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'Palimony' figure Michelle Triola Marvin dies

Michelle Triola Marvin whose landmark lawsuit against her former lover, "Dirty Dozen" actor Lee Marvin, placed the word "palimony" into the family law lexicon and changed the legal rights of unmarried cohabiting partners, died Friday at age 76.

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ACLU settles suit over unsanitary immigrant center

Federal immigration officials have settled a lawsuit that claimed suspected illegal immigrants were kept in "barbaric" conditions in a downtown Los Angeles detention center, civil rights groups announced Wednesday.

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2 firefighters killed fighting California wildfire

Two Los Angeles County firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions.

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Freed journalist gets back to day-to-day life

One of the two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea for 4 1/2 months said Tuesday she has spent much of her first week of freedom catching up on playtime with her 4-year-old daughter and reacquainting herself with simple day-to-day pleasures like going for a walk.

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Freed journalists were separated, fed bad food

Two American journalists who returned home Wednesday after being held nearly five months in North Korea were separated and fed bad food during their ordeal, but their families never lost faith that they would come back.

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Freed journalists were separated, fed bad food

Two American journalists who returned home Wednesday after being held nearly five months in North Korea were separated and fed bad food during their ordeal, but their families never lost faith that they would come back.

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Freed journalists home in US after NKorea pardon

Two American journalists freed by North Korea have returned home to the United States on a flight with former President Bill Clinton.

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Taco Bell ad star Gidget the Chihuahua dies at 15

Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15. Gidget suffered a massive stroke late Tuesday night at her trainer's home in Santa Clarita and had to be euthanized, said Karin McElhatton, owner of Studio Animal Services in Castaic, which owned the dog.

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Taco Bell ad star Gidget the Chihuahua dies at 15

Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, has died. She was 15.

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Kindly elf hands out $13,000 to LA's homeless

While carmakers have their hands out to Congress, a kindly soul showed up in a car to deliver his own bailout to those on Skid Row.

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Majel Roddenberry, widow of 'Trek' creator, dies

Majel Barrett Roddenberry, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's widow who nurtured the legacy of the seminal science fiction TV series after his death, has died. She was 76. Roddenberry died of leukemia Thursday morning at her home in Bel-Air, said Sean Rossall, a family spokesman.

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Las Vegas gets record Dec. snowfall, 3.6 inches

Flights resumed in and out of Las Vegas, but schools and highways were closed Thursday after a record-setting snowfall coated marquees on the Strip, weighed down palm trees and blanketed surrounding mountain areas.

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Michael Jackson may be too ill to travel

Michael Jackson may be too ill to travel to London to testify in a suit which claims he owes an Arab sheikh $7 million, the pop star's lawyer said Tuesday.

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Longtime game show host Jack Narz dies in LA at 85

Jack Narz, a longtime game show host who was an early victim of the quiz show scandals of the 1950s when a show he was hosting was canceled, has died. He was 85.

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Crews 'turn the corner' against 1 Calif. wildfire

Firefighters "turned the corner" Saturday on a wildfire that destroyed part of a town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, one of the hundreds of blazes that continue to char huge swaths of California.

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"Star Trek" theme composer Alexander Courage dies

Alexander "Sandy" Courage, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated arranger, orchestrator and composer who created the otherworldly theme for the classic "Star Trek" TV show, has died. He was 88.

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Earle Hagen, `Andy Griffith' composer, dies at 88

Earle H. Hagen, who co-wrote the jazz classic "Harlem Nocturne" and composed memorable themes for "The Andy Griffith Show," "I Spy," "The Mod Squad" and other TV shows, has died. He was 88.

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Spectacular blaze damages nightclub at Hollywood and Vine

Fire tore through a hip nightclub at the storied corner of Hollywood and Vine on Wednesday, covering the landmark-studded neighborhood with smoke and ash. No injuries were reported.

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Navy Sonar Ban in Southern Calif. Upheld

The Navy must abide by limits on its sonar training off the Southern California because the exercises could harm dozens of species of whales and dolphins, a federal appeals court ruled.

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California Braces for More Wintry Storms

Swaths of California were bracing for another bout of heavy weather as a fresh series of storms swirled toward the state.

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Suit Claims LA Hospital Dumped Patient

Civil rights activists sued a hospital Thursday for releasing a paraplegic, mentally ill man who was found crawling in a Skid Row gutter in what the lawsuit describes as an "obscene" case of homeless dumping.

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Author Wife of Aldous Huxley Dies at 96

Laura Archera Huxley, the widow of "Brave New World" author Aldous Huxley, who worked to preserve his legacy for nearly half a century after his death while authoring her own books, has died. She was 96.

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Actor and Activist Floyd Westerman Dies

Floyd Red Crow Westerman, an American Indian activist, actor and folk singer who appeared in "Dances with Wolves" and performed with Willie Nelson and other musicians, has died. He was 71.

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Trebek Hospitalized With Heart Attack

Longtime "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek was hospitalized Tuesday after a minor heart attack, a spokesman for the game show said. Trebek, 67, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center late Monday night and was expected to remain there about two days for tests and observation, said show spokesman Jeff Ritter.

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