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 Why Taylor Swift broke up with Spotify | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 129

The clout that Taylor Swift and her label have over Spotify is a sign of an ever-shifting music industry landscape.

 LA author, defendant says Supreme Court move frees Sherlock Holmes, other beloved characters to the public | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 359

The Supreme Court Monday affirmed the rights of creators to develop characters who live in the public domain. The case's defendant says that's good news for lovers of classic fiction.

 Trickle of mail-in votes predicts an historic low-turnout election | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 103

Mail-in ballots are coming in at slower rates than 2012 and 2010. Low turnout elections tend to reduce the representation of young voters, and voters of color.

 Supreme Court case tests status of Jerusalem | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 265

Can U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem list Israel as their place of birth on their passports? A 12-year-old boy is contesting the U.S. position that no one has sovereignty over the city.

 Covered California says small business health premiums will rise 5.2 percent statewide | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41

Firms with 50 or fewer employees can buy insurance through Covered California, but they are not required to under the Affordable Care Act.

 Obama's low approval rating casts shadow over Democratic races | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 265

President Obama rallied supporters in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. The last-minute swing was unusual for a president who's kept a relatively low profile.

 Listeners remember Tom Magliozzi of 'Car Talk,' dead at 77 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 438

Tom Magliozzi, one of the hosts of Car Talk, passed away today at the age of 77 due to complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.

 Police ID suspect in Halloween hit-and-run that killed 3 Santa Ana teens | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 55

Jaquinn Ramone Bell was arrested at a motel in Stanton. Two other adults and two teenage children were taken into custody but later released, according to police.

 Los Angeles gets $36 million to expand workforce centers, help job seekers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59

Mayor Eric Garcetti will announce a plan to expand and improve L.A.'s workforce centers. Another $180 million may be allotted over the next five years.

 Could drought-stressed crops be more nutritious? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 326

Scientists in the Central Valley are analyzing the nutritional content of some of those crops stressed out by the drought. Sasha Khokha looks at some surprising results.

 Sexual harassment: Student explains 'yes means yes' to fraternities and sororities | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 183

Student Ian Tolino volunteers as a peer counselor, often lecturing in fraternities and sororities about sexual assault and what is the definition of sexual consent.

 Los Angeles ponders diagonal crosswalks. What are the arguments for and against? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1051

You may have been to an intersection or two in Los Angeles where there are crosswalks built diagonally, so as to allow pedestrians to cross from one corner of an intersection to the other.

 Virgin Galactic founder says space innovation worth the risk of fatal test crashes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1357

Federal investigators say Virgin Galactic's experimental rocket ship broke apart in flight after a device to slow the space plane's descent deployed too soon.

 Procrastinators, listen up! This is the final ballot rundown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1853

We know that sample ballot has been waiting for you in your car or on your desk for weeks and you’ve had the best intentions of getting to the bottom of Props 45 and 47, and buffing up on the arguments for and again the water bond, but the clock is running out.

 On The Lot: Fandango goes to space and 'Furious 7' gets a trailer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 410

Rebecca Keegan from the LA Times joins Take Two every week for her segment "On the Lot" where she talks about the latest in Hollywood.

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