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Santa Monica Daily Press January 7-8, 2006
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■ A 23-year-old man was found dead of smoke inhalation in a burning house in Billings, Mont., in November, and police said, to the best of their knowledge, it was the man who started the fire in two rooms to cover up the burglary he had just committed but that he wasn’t able to get out of the house in time. ■ And in Reseda, Calif., in September, one man was killed and his pal wounded in a shootout as they attempted a random carjacking but didn’t realize that men in the targeted car were FBI agents on surveillance.
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the seventh day of 2006. There are 358 days left in the year. On Jan. 7, 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation’s first president.
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MALIBU CITY HALL — Financial strains may be preventing Santa Monica public schools from reaching optimum class sizes, but that hasn’t stopped one elected official from insisting more teachers are needed. “I’m not going to advocate a blanket class size across the district,” said Shane McLoud, a school board member speaking to his colleagues on Thursday. “But I think we need to set goals that reallocate resources to schools and students that need them most.” Upon McLoud’s request, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District provided a report to the board of education regarding class sizes on Thursday. McLoud’s colleagues, however, weren’t about to jump on his policy bandwagon.
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Snow & Surf Report All systems go on June Mtn.
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Opinion Humor is hard to judge
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State Slick move, carmakers
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National Ski Association, out!
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International Intel chipping away
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Comics Strips so tease
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Not so fast: Grads need to pass exam
Sends a clear message
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MALIBU CITY HALL — Students who have met all other graduation requirements, but have failed the state-mandated high school exit exam, will likely be able to walk with their classmates in June. The board of education for the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District decided on Thursday the high school students — which could number as many as 72 — will be able to walk with their classmates during the 2006 graduation ceremony. “I firmly believe it doesn’t
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Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press Brian Stephens, 39, a bill poster for Clear Channel Outdoor, covers up a Best Buy panel with a new one advertising the upcoming film ‘The Pink Panther’ near Pico Boulevard and Main Street. The 12 x 24-foot panel takes Stephens about 30 minutes to install.
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Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press HIGH, BUT NOT DRY: Santa Monica High School’s varsity and junior varsity football teams break a sweat during conditioning drills at the Santa Monica Beach on Friday under the command of Samohi head football coach Mike Burnett.
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LOS ANGELES — I was looking for Marilyn Monroe, when I nearly walked over Rodney Dangerfield. Literally. I didn’t mean it to be an “I don’t get no respect” moment, but the path to the most famous crypt in California leads right past the comedian’s grave. “There goes the neighborhood,” reads the epitaph on Dangerfield’s headstone at the Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park. With Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder nearby, it really is a neighborhood. Even in death, the Hollywood crowd tends to form cliques. See CELEBRITY GRAVES, page 15
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