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Etheridge, Girlfriend to Wed
 Etheridge, Girlfriend to Wed
Oct 2, 2008 10:46 AM CDT

Etheridge, Girlfriend to Wed

(Newser) - Melissa Etheridge will wed her longtime girlfriend, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, and they have a deadline: before next month's vote in California on amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. “We have four children and we’re trying to find the right time,” the rocker told Extra...

Engineer Sent Texts Just Before Crash

Feds find message 22 seconds ahead of fatal Sept. 12 train wreck

(Newser) - The engineer steering the Metrolink train that crashed last month sent a text message 22 seconds before the fatal collision, the Los Angeles Times reports. Robert M. Sanchez sent 29 text messages Sept. 12, a federal investigation reveals. The commuter train ran through a red signal and hit a freight...

Heroes Star's Dad Charged With Hitting Wife

(Newser) - Heroes star Hayden Panettiere's father, Alan, was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday for hitting wife Lesley. After a late night out at their 19-year-old daughter's charity event last month, he allegedly struck her "one or two times on the cheek causing bruising with a closed fist," an LA...

Cable's Mad Men, Adams Sweep Emmys

Broadcast hangs tough in comedy with big wins for 30 Rock

(Newser) - Cable shows trumped network TV in last night’s 60th annual Emmy Awards as HBO’s John Adams grabbed 13 awards, a record for a miniseries, the Los Angeles Times reports. AMC’s Mad Men, which led in nominations, took home six trophies, including one for best drama. Glenn Close...

Is Metrolink Up to the Job? Train Crash Raises Doubts

AWOL execs slammed in aftermath of worst crash in decades

(Newser) - The country's deadliest train crash in decades has focused attention on mass transit carrier Metrolink, which operates on a shoestring budget and has many wondering whether it's up to the job, the Los Angeles Times reports. Five Southern California counties chip in to run the system, set up with relatively...

Parking Goes Green, For a Day
 Parking Goes Green, For a Day 
Sep 19, 2008 4:13 PM CDT

Parking Goes Green, For a Day

Drivers from NY to LA find lawns in place of their favorite spots

(Newser) - Signs of a movement to highlight the need for more urban green space sprouted in cities across the US today, the LA Times reports, turning parking spaces into bite-sized parks. The second annual Park(ing) Day may prove an inconvenience to commuters from San Francisco to New York, but that’s...

USC Student Fatally Stabbed in Neighborhood Attack

Los Angeles campus tense after killing, sexual assaults

(Newser) - USC students are demanding the university beef up security after a film student was fatally stabbed yesterday in a neighborhood attack, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Idaho native was killed after an argument with a man in an apartment complex near the LA campus. A wave of anxiety has...

Underwear Model Squires Miley to Church

Pop star, parents, Nashville Star reject attend church together

(Newser) - Fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus is keeping company with a 20-year-old underwear model and aspiring country singer, E! reports. Justin Gaston, an ex-contestant on Billy Ray Cyrus’ reality TV show Nashville Star, attended church with the family, setting tongues wagging. Reps for the possible couple say he's a "friend" who's in...

Double Jeopardy: Victim Was 'Hero' of Earlier LA Crash

Army vet who helped passengers in '05 wreck among Friday's 25 dead

(Newser) - Though Gregory Lintner walked away from a 2005 Metrolink crash that killed 11 people—eight in his train car—he remained haunted by it until last week, when he relived the nightmare. Lintner was one of 25 people who died during Friday’s ill-fated California ride, the Chicago Tribune reports....

LA Train Riders Mourn Victims
 LA Train Riders Mourn Victims 
Sep 15, 2008 3:19 PM CDT

LA Train Riders Mourn Victims

Cars half empty on first workday after crash; LA mayor among passengers

(Newser) - Los Angeles' mayor joined commuters on half-empty trains today, saying they were still "the safest option for commuters” despite the Friday crash that killed 25. Stations were visibly quieter as Metrolink workers assured passengers the trains were safer than freeways, the Times reports. While many stayed home, one rider...

Jennifer Hudson Gets Engaged
 Jennifer Hudson Gets Engaged 
Sep 15, 2008 8:00 AM CDT

Jennifer Hudson Gets Engaged

Reality TV boyfriend pops question on birthday

(Newser) - Jennifer Hudson got a big surprise on her 27th birthday: an engagement ring. Hudson's beau, David Otunga, aka "Punk" from VH1's I Love New York 2, popped the question while celebrating the Oscar-winning actress-singer's big day in Los Angeles on Friday, her publicist confirmed.

Texting May Have Led to LA Train Crash

Teens say engineer was chatting with them just before tragedy

(Newser) - The engineer in a Los Angeles train crash that killed 25 people may have been text-messaging with two teenagers before running a stop signal, CNN reports. Federal investigators will be studying the phone records of the teenagers, one of whom told local KCBS-TV that he had been chatting about his...

Metrolink Blames Dead Engineer for Train Wreck

(Newser) - A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed today for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 25 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the wreckage, the AP reports. A preliminary investigation found that "it was...

LA Train Crash Toll at 18; Passengers Still Trapped

135 injured; federal investigation planned

(Newser) - The death toll in the Los Angeles train crash yesterday rose to 18 this morning, with 135 injured and more passengers still trapped inside train cars. Crews worked through the night to tear apart the metal to reach passenger spaces. "There's human beings in there and it's going to...

Up to 15 Dead in LA Train Smashup
 Up to 15 Dead in 
 LA Train Smashup 
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Sep 12, 2008 7:21 PM CDT

Up to 15 Dead in LA Train Smashup

Commuter and freight trains collide during rush hour, sparking blaze

(Newser) - Ten to 15 people are dead and 70 injured after two trains collided in Los Angeles during rush hour today, the Los Angeles Times reports. At least 10 are critically hurt and dozens are likely trapped after a freight train slammed a Metrolink commuter train and derailed several cars. Firefighters...

Jamie Lynn Decoy Dupes Paps
 Jamie Lynn Decoy Dupes Paps 
Sep 12, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

Jamie Lynn Decoy Dupes Paps

Teen mom sneaks out of LAX with some help from the cops

(Newser) - Los Angeles airport police duped a crowd of paparazzi looking to get a shot of Britney Spears' little sister Wednesday by leading an unidentified woman—wearing sunglasses and looking away from cameras—down an escalator while the real 17-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears and her baby left the airport from another...

Simpson, Wentz Await Twins: Pal

Singers won't confirm or deny rumor

(Newser) - Pregnant Ashlee Simpson is eating for three, the Sun reports. “Pete and Ashlee are having twins. They’re really happy," musician Tyga said of the pop star and her husband, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. Simpson looked big enough for two last night at MTV's Video Music Awards,...

Blown Tire Forces Emergency Landing at LAX

American flight circled airport for 45 minutes to burn fuel

(Newser) - An American Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Los Angeles today because of a blown tire, the LA Times reports. Flight 1586, carrying 135 people bound for Toronto, circled Los Angeles International Airport for 45 minutes to burn fuel, “diminishing the possibility of having some sort of fire...

Phelps' Agenda: VMAs, Entourage ... LiLo?

As starlet Lohan pesters for a date, swim star films HBO cameo, preps for MTV show

(Newser) - Michael Phelps is getting more Hollywood by the day, AP reports: The swimming star yesterday filmed a cameo spot for the show-biz-centric HBO series Entourage, and will be a presenter at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sept. 7 (six days before he hosts Saturday Night Live). And, the Daily ...

LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer
LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer
Aug 29, 2008 4:01 AM CDT

LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer

'Grim Sleeper' linked to 11 slayings was off cop radar for over a decade

(Newser) - The LAPD is back on the trail of a serial killer linked to at least 11 murders over 23 years, the Los Angeles Times reports. The killer shot dead eight young women he had sexually abused and a man in the mid-1980s—then apparently went dormant for 13 years before...

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