Saturday, August 23, 2008

LA City News Scan (8.23.08, 1 PM Update)

At least one other man was wounded in the shooting, police say.

A 25-year-old man was shot and killed this morning and at least one other man was wounded at a park in Reseda near the facility's baseball diamond and pond, authorities said.

Obama Introduces Biden

Obama introduced his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, at a rally in Springfield, Ill., calling him "an expert on foreign policy whose heart and values are rooted firmly in the middle class." Earlier Saturday, Obama put to rest months of conjecture in announcing Biden as the person who could help balance his own resume. (Text of Speech)

President of California's largest local says it will be placed under a temporary trustee after Los Angeles Times stories reported payments to firms owned by his wife and mother-in-law.

The head of California's largest union local has stepped aside in the wake of Times reports that the organization and a related charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to firms owned by his wife and mother-in-law.

via Zuma's LA Daily Blog by zumadogg@gmail.com (zuma dogg) on 8/23/08
Zuma Dogg/Viewer Mail: LA Daily Blog Reader said... If you read further down the article, they even quote Randi Levin, the ITA general manager (GM) and say that the "Feddie Bureau of I" was ITA...

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