BRIEFLY : POLICE DODGE BULLETS DURING GANG SHOOTOUT.VAN NUYS - Police making a narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. arrest on Burnett Avenue had to duck for cover Monday when two rival gangs shot it out after breaking a truce, officials said. No one was injured in the 1:15 a.m. shooting, and police were unable to locate any of the gang suspects after searching the 8700 block of Burnett Avenue, said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police Sgt. Arthur Reyna, a department spokesman. ``After they were taking this guy into custody, two rival gangs got into it and fired shots at each other. Rounds were actually whizzing by (the officers') heads,'' Reyna said. - Daily News MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. faces more heat on subway funding The MTA faces more grilling on its subway spending plans as the California Transportation Commission holds a hearing today on 13 Southern California counties' transportation funding blueprints for the next six years. CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center officials said they plan to press the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to dip into nearly $400 million in funds committed to three temporarily mothballed rail projects, rather than ask the state to put up additional money to finish the Red Line subway to North Hollywood. The MTA and 12 other counties are presenting their 1998 State Transportation Improvement Program plans, which the CTC must either accept or reject under recent legislation. - Daily News Student passes crisis from hazing injuries As UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX campus police continued investigating whether a hazing incident injured three fraternity pledges, one student's condition was upgraded from critical to fair, officials said Monday. UCLA freshman Marshall Lai, 18, was taken out of the intensive care unit and his condition was declared upgraded at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. Sunday night, said Linda Steiner-Lee, a hospital spokeswoman. Lai was being treated for kidney failure kidney failure or renal failure Partial or complete loss of kidney function. Acute failure causes reduced urine output and blood chemical imbalance, including uremia. Most patients recover within six weeks. after evidence showed that the three engaged in intense physical activity, officials earlier said. Another student remained in serious but stable condition, with kidney failure, at Alexian Brothers Hospital in San Jose. - Daily News |
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