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latimesmuskal

  1. Celebrate 11022011 with a palindrome, LOL lat.ms/socD6h
  2. Carson City IHOP gunman said he saw demons, authorities say lat.ms/sfjboK
  3. Video of Texas judge whipping daughter goes viral lat.ms/tuxQrL
  4. Autopsies complete on 2 cruise passengers who died aboard ship lat.ms/rIFJ2w
  5. Bloods, Crips, Juggalos? FBI: Insane Clown Posse fans are gang lat.ms/tXYaHy
  6. Texan warns Obama: Mexican cartels 'spilling over' border lat.ms/rW1LcU
  7. Conservative group launches ad campaign on Solyndra loan lat.ms/uX8W3e
  8. Bipartisan group says deficit panel should consider 'all options' lat.ms/uT3KpV
  9. Woman on Texas death row to be re-sentenced; life term expected lat.ms/tjo1ff
  10. After freak snowstorm, East Coast prepares for ... balmy weather? lat.ms/u1sCSX
  11. Congressional legislation aimed at protecting circus animals lat.ms/sq3RaE
  12. Ricin: Is it the perfect way to kill? lat.ms/svzZgE
  13. Energy Dept. official says agency overwhelmed by loan program lat.ms/t4Xm0n
  14. Report: Third woman considered complaint against Herman Cain lat.ms/v84VTy
  15. Joplin tornadoes may have stirred up buried lead lat.ms/vZITnP
  16. Herman Cain lands a 'lucky penny' from a GOP lawmaker lat.ms/vgTCQu
  17. Activists propose to 'occupy' Iowa caucuses lat.ms/uPp48X
  18. Gallup poll: President Obama scores points with Iraq withdrawal pledge lat.ms/rSE72h
  19. Ohio approves virtual third party effort for 2012 lat.ms/s6zuVX