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Los Angeles Muslims are looking to do what Muslims are doing across the country are doing, setting up their own enclaves. They are looking to officially set up an Islamic enclave within the Koreatown section of LA, which they want called "Little Bangladesh". The Muslim in charge of this project has said, "Maybe people should try to share a little bit".

Tacoma police might succeed after all in getting the City Council to expand a crackdown on drivers who leave their cars idling unattended on frosty mornings. But not in time to help them this winter - and not without some trepidation over a public backlash against the idea. The City Council will take up a proposed ordinance tonight that would make it a parking infraction to leave a car idling unattended on private property, similar to a rule already on the books that prohibits the practice on public streets. Last February, police officers hit the streets during one crackdown, handing...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Move over New York, take a hike Miami, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Dallas and Detroit. You may have stress but none of you have that rare combination of suicide, unemployment, theft and gloomy weather that Tacoma, Washington, has. The city of 195,000 just 30 miles east of Seattle was named America's most stressful city in a survey published on Friday. Tacoma ranked at the top of 100 large metro areas surveyed by the BestPlaces ranking researcher, which also took into account other factors such as commute times, alcohol consumption and self-reported mental health. "America leads the world...