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Battling high flood waters in Venice | VIDEO

Heavy rains and seas whipped up by strong winds have flooded Venice, Italy and brought the lagoon city’s high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began being kept 150 years ago.

2012/11/12

Cat trapping plan put on hold by LA judge

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A $150 million renovation project at a Venice apartment complex is on hold until November because of a couple dozen stray cats. Owners of the Lincoln Place apartments planned to trap […]

2012/10/26

Venice opens with 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist'

VENICE, Italy (AP) – Director Mira Nair says hopes that her new film “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” will help open a dialogue about stereotypes of the Islamic world that have deepened in the last decade. The […]

2012/08/29

Attorney: Skateboarder shouldn't be charged

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ronald Weekley had plans to return to college this week in Louisiana where he was studying chemistry. Instead, he says he finds himself questioning why he was forced to the ground […]

2012/08/21

LAPD probe excessive-force claim in video arrest

(AP) – Los Angeles police are investigating an allegation that officers dog-piled and punched a skateboarder who was already subdued during a videotaped arrest. A video clip shows four officers apparently struggling on the ground […]

2012/08/20

Venice Beach zip line advances with city approval

(CNS) – The Board of Public Works today approved a permit for a company to set up a nearly 700-foot zip line on Venice Beach, despite opposition by some residents who argued the attraction would […]

2012/08/10

Arrest of suspects in youth minister homicide

(CNS) – Police today confirmed the arrests of two people in connection with the slaying of a 23-year-old youth minister who was gunned down in Venice a week ago. But police did not immediately release […]

2012/06/11

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