Their influence is everywhere, from the streets of South Central L.A. to the runways of Milan.

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Before he was a three-time Grammy winner, Keb Mo was simply Kevin Moore. (Laughter.) Keb Mo was just little Kevin -- (laughter) -- the kid down the block in South Central L.A. Little Kevin.

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As part of a global network developing new disaster recovery protocols for rich countries, he has been studying the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that claimed 309 lives in L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009.

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In 2009 almost 300 people died in a quake in L'Aquila in the central Abruzzo region.

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Beverly Reid O'Connell, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Valerie L. Baker, retired.

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Desserts are scrumptious.l Michael Jordan's Steakhouse NYC -- Grand Central Station, 23 Vanderbilt Ave.

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Captain ANDREW SMITH (Director, LAPD Central Division): The three big missions - Union Rescue, L.A. Mission and the Midnight Mission - feed people and they do tremendous job at it.

NPR: Feeding the Homeless on L.A.'s Skid Row

Ms. L. REDGRAVE: We'd go for walks in Central Park.

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Security is a natural business choice for Stephanie, who spent nearly a decade as a top level L.A. homicide detective working everything from narcotics to street patrol in the high crime South Central area.

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