A Cold Case Gets Hot: Is This L.A.’s Westside Rapist?

Bob Kistner had given up hope of ever finding his great-aunt’s killer. The retired police sergeant was just a rookie at the Long Beach Police Department when Maybelle Hudson, 80, was beaten, raped and strangled in her Inglewood garage after returning home from choir practice one day in April 1976.

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DNA leads to suspect in 1970s Los Angeles serial killings

A man charged this month with killing two Los Angeles women more than three decades ago may be linked to as many as 30 unsolved murders and "numerous sexual assaults," Los Angeles police said. Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton called a Thursday news conference to reveal the suspect’s name and details of the cases against him.

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Hearing set for Monday in Lohan case

A hearing is set for Monday in a case involving actress Lindsay Lohan after an arrest warrant was issued for her Friday, officials said. Lohan’s attorney told CNN the warrant was issued “out of a misunderstanding.” It was not known whether she would attend the hearing Monday

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Leaked photo of battered Rihanna forces investigation

Los Angeles police have launched an internal investigation to determine who leaked a picture of a bruised and battered Rihanna to the media. The close-up photo of the R&B singer — with contusions on her forehead and below her eyes, and cuts on her lip — was published on the entertainment Web site TMZ on Thursday.

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