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Friday Feb 3, 2012

• Actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81  
• Dodgers ask bankruptcy judge to disallow claims in Stow beating case
• Jury chosen to hear case against former LAPD detective in 1986 murder
• Poverty aid goes to Valley schools
• Homeless veterans one step closer to housing on VA campus in North Hills  

• TOM HOFFARTH on MEDIA: Sunderland pushes forward in post-Laker career 
• WASHINGTON STATE 60, USC 53: Second-half run spurred by Jackson comes up short. 
• LAKERS NOTEBOOK: Bynum finally gets his All-Star start 
• BOYS' BASKETBALL: Unconventional path to Taft works for Perry   
• GIRLS' WATER POLO: Falcons rally to remain unbeaten   

• Recruiting Question
• Barry To Chargers
• Recruiting Observations
• Morning Buzz
• Little Comment

• Signing Day Quotables: Adrian Klemm
• Weekly Answers, Pt. 1
• UW 71, UCLA 69
• Getting a little tight
• Lazeriffic

• NoHo company to give free kitchen to deserving local family
• Happenings: Feb. 3, 2012
• Ken Lloyd: Follow up on emails to get worker to act
• Money Manners: Boundaries issue, not generosity
• Home prices dropped in November in most US cities

• Editorial: A success story -- Contracting for services can make cities better
• Editorial: Dennis McCarthy -- your columnist, our columnist
• Gingrich win means Obama victory: Letters to the Editor for Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
• Alisa Mullins: Diabetes-suffering Paula Deen should go vegan
• Editorial: Lessons learned -- Laptops in lower grades paying off where it counts

• Encino-based real-estate firm NAI Capital to benefit from acquisition
• Promising signs emerge in San Fernando Valley housing market
• Home flipping drove housing bubble, feds say
• Abandoned Lake Balboa home is neighborhood eyesore  
• There's a real 'Up' house  

• Larry Elder: How do 'minority seats' make L.A. better?
• Doug McIntyre: School no protection from predators
• Contacting Dennis McCarthy  
• Doug McIntyre: LAUSD must heal breach of trust with the public
• Larry Elder: Calling term 'illegal alien' racist is just plain racist

• Homeless veterans one step closer to housing on VA campus in North Hills  
• Man beaten to death at Sherman Oaks park ID'd as Lancaster resident
• 2nd teacher removed from troubled Miramonte school, arrested  
• If you're going to wear a stolen jacket, make sure it doesn't say LA County Fire Dept.
• 6 women in critical condition in possible alcohol-related crash

• Jury chosen to hear case against former LAPD detective in 1986 murder
• Program offers new look, new view for young detainees in Downey  
• Law enforcement websites under attack
• Man beaten to death at Sherman Oaks park ID'd as Lancaster resident
• Sentencing delayed in case of attempted murder of Bellflower woman  

• Garden calendar
• Joshua Siskin: Winter flowering perennials are a treat for the senses  
• Hollywood Hills mansion could be yours in Dream House Raffle  
• Home items: Bid-worthy blooms. Tiny gardens.
• Madonna's "W.E." is a 'pretty vacant' exercise