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F-16s intercept small plane in Obama's airspace

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 1:58pm

LOS ANGELES -- Two F-16 military fighter jets were dispatched Friday morning to intercept a general aviation airplane that violated airspace restrictions as President Barack Obama was leaving Los Angeles International Airport.

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DA wants son tried as adult for shooting ICE agent dad

Matt Stevens, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 4:57pm

LOS ANGELES -- The 14-year-old son of an ICE agent was charged Friday with murdering his father, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says prosecutors now will push to have the juvenile tried as an adult.

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Lindsay Lohan's legal woes end after 5 years

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 2:02pm

LOS ANGELES -- An L.A. County Superior Court judge ended Lindsay Lohan's supervised probation Thursday, praising her for completing her community service and ending five years of criminal court appearances that saw her jailed several times.

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Scarlett Johansson hacker pleads guilty to stealing naked images

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 4:51pm

LOS ANGELES -- After hacking into the email accounts of Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson to procure naked images of them, a Florida man pleaded guilty in court Monday to nine felony cyber crimes and was immediately taken into custody.

Features, Crime, Actress, Email, Guilty plea, Hackers, Hacking, Nude photos, Scarlett Johansson, Theft Read more Comments

'Kony 2012' co-creator detained for lewdness, taken to mental health facility

Richard Winton, Tony Perry Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 5:10pm

SAN DIEGO -- The co-founder of Invisible Children, a San Diego-based nonprofit that produced the viral "Kony 2012" video, was detained in San Diego on Thursday night, police said.

Jason Russell appeared to be masturbating in public and vandalizing cars, San Diego police said. He may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol, police Lt. Andra Brown said.

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Two people, a suspected gunman and a victim, were found dead inside a burned home in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, February 16, 2012. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Hollywood shooting, fire leaves 2 dead, 3 injured

Dalina Castellanos, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 11:00am

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- A shooting and fire Thursday afternoon at a house in East Hollywood left two people dead, including the suspected gunman, and three others seriously wounded.

Authorities said the incident was the result of domestic violence. The wounded, two women and a man, all in their 30s, were all shot in the upper torso. They were hospitalized in serious condition, but officials said all three are expected to survive. All were conscious and able to talk, police said.

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Whitney Houston's death certificate reveals little about cause

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 3:46pm

LOS ANGELES -- Whitney Houston's death certificate reveals little about what caused the pop star's death.

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Doctors told to provide drug records in Whitney Houston case

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 8:55pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Wednesday that investigators have made contact with "a number" of doctors as they try to determine how Whitney Houston died.

Authorities collected several bottles of drugs from Houston's suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was found dead Saturday. But officials have said the amounts of drugs did not seem unusually large, leaving it unclear whether the medications had anything to do with the singer's death.

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In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, singer Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Whitney Houston death probe focuses on drugs found in her room

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 12:28pm

LOS ANGELES -- The investigation into the death of Whitney Houston is shifting to a new phase, with officials focusing on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room and who prescribed them to her.

Investigations are expected in the next few days to serve subpoenas on the doctors and pharmacies where Whitney Houston obtained the prescriptions as they try to determine her cause of death, according to a source with knowledge of the case.

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Second LA teacher charged with lewd acts on a child

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 6:42pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced Tuesday that Miramonte Elementary School teacher Martin Bernard Springer will face charges after his arrest last week for allegedly fondling two girls at the school.

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In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after photos surfaced. Berndt been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 7 to 10. AP Photo/ Los Angeles Sheriff's Department)

Teacher accused of outrageous lewd acts was previously investigated

Howard Blume, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 6:15pm

LOS ANGELES -- A veteran Los Angeles teacher charged this week with lewd acts on 23 children was also investigated in 1994 after a girl reported that he tried to fondle her, sheriff's officials said.

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Demi Moore suffered convulsions after 'smoking something'

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 5:14pm

LOS ANGELES -- A woman who called 911 from Demi Moore's home Monday night told officials the movie star was suffering convulsions and was semi-conscious after "smoking something."

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, actress Demi Moore attends the premiere of "Margin Call" in New York. A spokeswoman for Moore on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 said the actress is seeking professional help to treat her exhaustion and improve her health. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)

Paramedics rush to Demi Moore's home

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:15am

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Demi Moore was receiving medical treatment Tuesday after paramedics rushed to her home near Benedict Canyon in the Los Angeles area on Monday night.

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Detectives find no evidence of foul play in Natalie Wood's death

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 10:15am

LOS ANGELES -- Nearly two months after they began a controversial new investigation into the death of Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives have uncovered no evidence to suggest the star's death was anything but an accident.

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Occupy protesters to target Rose Parade

Catherine Saillant, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 4:05pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Rose Parade has long been a magnet for protesters looking for global attention for their causes and grievances.

Native Americans once threw a balloon filled with red paint onto the parade route to represent the spilling of Indian blood. AIDS activists interrupted the parade by staging a sit-in. One year, a Pasadena mayor wore a "Tournament of Racists" T-shirt to protest what he saw as the parade's lack of ethnic diversity.

But this year, Tournament of Roses organizers and Pasadena police are gearing up for something different as Occupy protesters, fresh from their encampments across the country, plan to converge on Pasadena. Like activists in the past, they are hoping to widen their impact with an estimated domestic TV audience of 50 million people and about 700,000 people along the route.

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