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This week the Los Angeles City Council voted 10-5 to place an election reform proposition on the November ballot. Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez explained "most members of the Council are tired of the nonstop harassment over voter ID we're getting from Republicans at the local and national level. I mean, the insistence that voting ought to be confined to citizens is simply unfair. Everyone who resides in the City should have a say in who governs them. This includes individuals who have no mailing address. Why should the homeless and poorest inhabitants of our City be denied a voice?" The Councilman...

Judge Revives Boy's Bid To Divorce Father Teen's Father Killed His Mother POSTED: 3:24 pm EDT April 28, 2004 UPDATED: 5:50 pm EDT April 28, 2004 CANTON, Mass. -- The case of a 14-year-old boy seeking to sever ties with the father who murdered his mother is headed for trial. A family court judge in Massachusetts reversed his own decision and is allowing the case to go forward. If Patrick Holland's bid succeeds, he would become the first child in the United States to successfully divorce a parent. Patrick (pictured, right) has not seen his father since October 1998,...