Court victory for LA street vendors
Street vendors in downtown Los Angeles scored a victory in court on Thursday after a judge allowed the group to move forward in a with a legal challenge against the city's "no vending zones" in popular areas.
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- Lexington Herald-Leader
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- Fox News
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- WFTV
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Rioter charged in Pelosi laptop theft sentenced to prison
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- The Daily Beast
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- AFP
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