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Yesterday Los Angeles Based Oakwood Apartments celebrated it's 50th anniversary of being in business, providing temporary furnished housing for 50 years. Today, after 50 years, Oakwood Apartments of course is a global brand spanning from L.A. to Asia Pacific. In 1960, a man named Howard Ruby, with two partners realized there is a need to provide temporary apartments for Los Angeles area single people. With the ... Full story

All Minneapolis public schools were put on lockdown today as Minneapolis police responded to threats posted online. MinnPost.com reports that threats did not target any individual school, so the entire district was locked down and all people entering and leaving buildings were checked. Threats also prompted a partial lockdown at Cretin-Derham High School in St. Paul, and Minneapolis police believe they likely came from the same source. Minneapolis ... Full story

Authorities say a shooting on the Ohio State University campus has left one person dead and injured two others. According to a university police dispatcher, the three people were shot early Tuesday inside a maintenance building near the campus power plant. Police told WBNS-TV in Columbus that one person was pronounced dead at the scene, and two others were taken to Ohio State University Medical Center, where ... Full story

The Dan Rather watermelon comment against Obama just recently has sparked accusations that the remark sounded very racist: On his appearance on The Chris Matthews Show, Rather stated: And the Republicans will make a case and a lot of independents will buy this argument. "Listen he just hasn't been, look at the health care bill. It was his number one priority. It took him forever to get ... Full story

Amber Dubois, a 14-year-old girl who disappeared in February last year, has been found dead, authorities in San Diego County confirmed today. Her remains were found in north San Diego, according to LeftCoastRebel.com. People feared John Albert Gardner, the man charged with 17-year-old Chelsea King's rape and murder in the same area, was also involved in Amber's disappearance. It is still unclear if the cases ... Full story

The suspect who opened fire on two security guards at an entrance to the Pentagon died at hospital. He was injured by the return fire of other guards, standing there. The injured guards are stable and out of danger. He did not give them any clue of attack. He just approached the security guards near gate and started firing. The suspect was identified as an ... Full story

Did you catch that Facebook account of John Patrick Bedell aka J Patrick Bedell? Report say the Facebook account of “JPatrickBedell” for John Patrick Bedell aka J Patrick Bedell have been deleted. But the Wikipedia and BazPedia accounts of JPatrickBedell remain live Friday morning, as reported earlier on LALATE. On WikiUniversity he describes everything from the death of Col. Sabow to “I am currently working on DNA ... Full story

WASHINGTON — The D.C. Medical Examiner's Office says the alleged shooter at the Pentagon has died. Beverly Fields, chief of staff of the D.C. medical examiner's office, said the body of 36-year-old John Patrick Bedell arrived at the medical examiner's office shortly after midnight. Bedell was shot by two Pentagon police officers after authorities say he drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at a ... Full story

Pentagon Shooting Suspect, Hollister man John Patrick Bedell, 36, died after shooting and wounding two police officers. On Thursday, Bedell opened fire at the subway entrance to the Pentagon complex, wounding two officers who returned fire. Bedell was hit and brought to a local Washington hospital where he died a few hours later. The officers were treated and released. Chief of Pentagon police, Richard Keevill said, "He ... Full story

A gunman coolly drew a weapon from his pocket and opened fire at the teeming subway entrance to the Pentagon complex Thursday evening, wounding two police officers before being shot and critically wounded, officials said. Authorities said all three were taken to a hospital. Richard Keevill, chief of Pentagon police, said the two officers suffered grazing wounds that were not life-threatening. The suspect, believed to be a ... Full story