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Parent Maria Guadalupe Garcia holds a sign reading in Spanish: " We don't want new teachers," as some parents protest replacing the staff outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Allegations of teacher lewd behavior comes as school district administrators move to replace the entire staff at Miramonte Elementary School while the Los Angeles Unified School District investigates two teachers arrested last week. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff

Christina Hoag, Greg Risling The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:18am

LOS ANGELES -- An entirely new staff of teachers will greet students Thursday at an elementary school rocked last week by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.

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Hundreds arrested at Occupy protests in LA, Philly

Christina Hoag, Kathy Matheson The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 1:01pm

LOS ANGELES -- More than 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, cleared the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from a park around City Hall and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave. Similar raids in Philadelphia led to 52 arrests, but the scene in both cities was relatively peaceful.

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Compton cricket team gains international renown

Christina Hoag, The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, June 19, 2011 - 4:34pm

COMPTON, Calif. -- Compton Cricket Club players have sipped tea with Prince Edward at Buckingham Palace, played against Aborigines in the Australian outback, and swapped stories of violence-torn neighborhoods with residents of Belfast.

At home, though, it's another story.

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