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In this Oct. 1, 2011 photo, rapper Heavy D, also known as Dwight Arrington Myers, performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related causes. Since 2011, hip-pop pioneer Heavy D, singer and rap chorus specialist Nate Dogg and New York rapper Tim Dog all died of ailments in their 40s. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

After recent deaths, health is new priority in rap

Ryan Pearson, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop may need a checkup. The culture that in the 1990s lost its brightest stars to gun violence has in recent years seen a series of notable rappers die of drug- and health-related causes.
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This undated file photo provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows suspect Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles police officer. A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, that a charred body inside the ruins of a mountain cabin that went up in flames is believed to be that of Dorner, suspected in four killings. Other agencies say a body has yet to be found. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department, File)

40 ex-LAPD officers seek reviews of dismissals

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dozens of fired Los Angeles police officers are taking up the chief's offer to re-examine their dismissals since a deadly rampage by Christopher Dorner, who claimed that he was wrongly expelled from the force...
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(Photo courtesy of NBC San Diego)

Women hurt in LA manhunt win $4.2M

Olsen Ebright, NBC San Diego
NBC San Diego - The city of Los Angeles will pay $4.2 million to the two women injured when police mistakenly opened fire on their truck during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner.
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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Dr. Conrad Murray, surrounded by his defense attorneys, looks on after the defense rested their case in his involuntary manslaughter trial in the death of singer Michael Jackson at the Los Angeles Superior Court on November 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Murray decided not to testify for his defense. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical licenses if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Jury is seated in Michael Jackson wrongful death case

Linda Deutsch, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury of six men and six women was accepted by both sides on Monday for the trial of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of Michael Jackson against AEG concert promoters.
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60 inmates brawl at Los Angeles jail; several taken to hospital

Steve Gorman, Reuters
LOS ANGELES - Guards at a downtown Los Angeles jail fired rubber pellets and pepper spray to swiftly quell a racially charged brawl involving more than 60 inmates, and several injured prisoners were taken to a hospital, a jail spokesman said.
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Rugby is more than a game for several thousand students in South Los Angeles, thanks to a 10-year-old program run by ICEF Public Schools.(Video still via NBC Los Angeles)

Rugby program inspires South LA teens

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NBC LOS ANGELES - Fourteen-year-old Nia Tolliver is only a freshman in high school, but already shows speed, strength and endurance worthy of competing in the Olympics for rugby someday, her coach Stuart Krohn said...
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Bobby Brown turns himself in for DUI conviction

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bobby Brown has surrendered to authorities and will begin a 55-day jail sentence for a driving under the influence conviction...
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Rapper Too Short (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Rapper Too Short arrested on DUI, drug charges

Rebecca Macatee, E! Online
TODAY - Too bad for Too Short. On Wednesday, the rapper (real name: Todd Anthony Shaw) was arrested on the suspicion of drunken driving and felony drug possession, the Los Angeles Police told E! News...
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) loses control of the ball as he drives to the basket in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Kobe Bryant out indefinitely after spraining left ankle

Paul Newberry, AP Sports Writer
ATLANTA (AP) — Just when the Lakers were finally looking like the team everyone expected them to be, Kobe Bryant crumpled to the court.
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First lady Michelle Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Michelle Obama's credit data leaked online

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is the latest public figure to have her credit report and other personal information leaked online by a website posting private data on celebrities and government officials...
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