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Kentucky head coach John Calipari works the sideline against Connecticut during the second half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

LOVERRO: It’s time for the Wizards to be bold and go get John Calipari

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Los Angeles police officers stand outside the West Traffic Division station Tuesday, April 8, 2014, after an officer was shot and wounded inside the station Monday evening. A gunman who opened fire inside the police station, hitting one officer several times, was hospitalized early Tuesday in critical condition after he was wounded in the ensuing gunbattle, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nick Ut )

Suspect in LA police shooting wanted to be officer

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

This March 7, 2010 file photo shows Mickey Rooney at the 82nd Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Rooney's final will filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, calls for his stepson and caretaker Mark Rooney to receive the bulk of the actor's modest estate. Attorney Michael Augustine, who Rooney nominated to run his estate, said Tuesday that the actor died after a nap Sunday, April 6, 2014, and wanted his stepson to be the sole beneficiary of his estate because of the care he had received in recent years. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

Mickey Rooney’s will details final wishes

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

School desks placed by parents, district graduates and activists block a street in front of the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters in a demonstration against student dropout rates Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in downtown Los Angeles. Protest organizers say the 375 desks are there to represent the 375 students who drop out of the district every week during the school year. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Students line LA street with desks in protest

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San Jose Sharks' Logan Couture, right, is defended by Nashville Predators' Shea Weber during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, April 5, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Sharks head into division showdown vs. Anaheim

By JOSH DUBOW - Associated Press

Cracks in LA commuter rail bridge to be repaired

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** FILE ** Entertainer Mickey Rooney is shown in this May 1987 file photo. Rooney, a Hollywood legend whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died. He was 93. Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said that Rooney was with his family when he died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. (AP Photo/File)

Legendary star Mickey Rooney dies at 93

By Anthony McCartney - Associated Press

Los Angeles Police: Legendary Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney has died at age 93

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California attorney general engaged to be married

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AP Exclusive: California immigration holds drop

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers' Yasiel Puig makes his point to a teammate during warm ups for a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants on Saturday, April 5, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Puig plays, but Giants beat Dodgers 7-2

By JOE RESNICK - Associated Press

A pedestrian walks into Hollywood/Wilshire Public Health Center in Los Angeles on Friday, April, 4, 2014. The Department of Public Health urged gay men who had HIV or multiple partners to be vaccinated against invasive meningococcal disease. Los Angeles County Public Health Clinics are offering free vaccines against invasive meningococcal disease to those without health insurance. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Gay men concerned after LA meningitis deaths

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers' DeAndre Jordan, right, screams after making a dunk in front of Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Mavericks beat Clippers 113-107 behind Nowitzki

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

LA mayor quickly vies for Letterman’s ‘Late Show’

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A helicopter drops water on a fire burning near homes on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Azusa, Calif. A wildfire burned out of control near homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains early Thursday, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds that spit embers into neighborhoods in the city below, igniting trees. Evacuations were ordered for houses at the edge of the fire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Southern California wildfire spreads; 3 men arrested

By Raquel Maria Dillon - Associated Press

**FILE** Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (third from right) and Janice Hahn Councilperson with the District 15 (second from right) walk past a police line as they arrive to address the community and expresses their condolences over the death of a medical technician, who apparently distraught over losing his job at a hospital, fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself at their harbor-area home in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2009. (Associated Press)

L.A., Chicago hold nation’s top slots — for murder: Report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times