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Rap star Kanye West charged in airport fracas

Rap star Kanye West charged in airport fracas Los Angel

Two of octuplet babies come home amid mayhem

Two of octuplet babies come home amid mayhem Los Angeles  - Two of the octuplets born in January to single mother Nadya Suleman were enjoying their first day at home Wednesday, hours after a raucous reception from paparazzi might have made the hospital seem calm.

The photographers and other onlookers clung to Suleman's vehicle as it drove up to the suburban Los Angeles home through a throng of hundreds awaiting the arrival of the celebrity babies and their controversial mother.

Death penalty sought for US arsonist

Death penalty sought for US arsonistLos Angeles  - An arsonist who set a massive wildfire in southern California in 2006 that killed five firefighters is facing the death penalty after being convicted for murder and arson, it was reported Wednesday.

Raymond Lee Oyler, 38, was convicted on five counts of murder, 20 counts of arson and 17 counts of using an incendiary device, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The prosecutor said Oyler coldheartedly killed the five firefighters in the 2006 Esperanza fire, which he set using a device made with matchsticks and a cigarette.

One-time fugitive released 30 years after attempted police bombings

One-time fugitive released 30 years after attempted police bombings Los Angeles  - A woman who tried to assassinate police officers thirty years ago and hid for 24 years mostly as a suburban housewife was released from jail Tuesday after serving almost eight years of a 14-year sentence.

Sara Jane Olson, 62, was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, an urban guerrilla group in the US which is most notorious for the 1974 kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst.

Schwarzenegger launches green training for at-risk young adults

Schwarzenegger launches green training for at-risk young adults

Dylan's toilet is raising a stink

Dylan's toilet is raising a stinkLos Angeles - Legendary protest singer Bob Dylan is getting some protests of his own over a portable toilet at his exclusive Malibu compound which neighbors say is fouling up the neighbourhood's ocean air, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

Borrowing one of the folk bard's most famous lines, the report said that the stench "blowin' in the wind" had made members of one family ill and forced them to abandon their bedrooms on warm nights.

The family claimed that Dylan, 67, has ignored their complaints for six months.

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