With a population of 9.8 million people spread over 4, 058 square miles, L.A. sucks up 1.9 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Ross opened the 5, 000-square-foot store six years ago when he moved to L.A. from Toronto, where he ran a similar shop.

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Following other popular L-Series phones, such as the Optimus L3, L5 and L7 that were released globally earlier this year, all L-Series phones are designed around five primary aesthetic elements: Modern Square Style for comfortable grip, Floating Mass Technology for a slimmer look, Seamless Layout for a more intuitive arrangement of keys, Harmonized Design Contrast utilizing metallic accents and Sensuous Slim Shape that naturally draws the user's attention.

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Larger venues like the L.A.'s Staples Center, New York's Madison Square Garden and Miami's American Airlines Arena, not to mention large football stadiums like Giants Stadium in New Jersey and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, bring tales of two price ranges for this summer's concerts.

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Some of the most powerful and hopeful art of the Egyptian revolution came in the form of gigantic trompe l'oeil paintings on the concrete barriers that blocked protesters' access in and around Tahrir Square and elsewhere in Cairo.

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The Lakers light their court in the same fashion, but they're the Lakers, in showbiz L.A. (For what it's worth: Barclays is much lower-lit than Madison Square Garden.) The Nets don't have to try so hard to be cool.

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