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1.

Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefers to keep that blurry (www.latimes.com)

1156 points by prostoalex 2019-01-23 | 587 comments

2.

I'm on the FCC. Please stop us from killing net neutrality (www.latimes.com)

966 points by mjfern 2017-11-23 | 407 comments

3.

'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules (www.latimes.com)

872 points by augustocallejas 2015-09-23 | 196 comments

4.

Soylent halts sales of its powder as customers keep getting sick (www.latimes.com)

745 points by whitepoplar 2016-10-28 | 1021 comments

5.

Apple fans are coming to hate Apple software (www.latimes.com)

641 points by molecule 2016-02-08 | 585 comments

6.

SpaceX to lay off 10% of Workforce (www.latimes.com)

613 points by berbec 2019-01-12 | 528 comments

7.

The frequent fliers who flew too much (www.latimes.com)

546 points by ams1 2012-05-06 | 222 comments

8.

United removes first-class passenger to make room for 'higher-priority' traveler (www.latimes.com)

538 points by 4ad 2017-04-13 | 450 comments

9.

Housing a prisoner in California costs more than a year at Harvard (www.latimes.com)

525 points by omegaworks 2017-06-06 | 409 comments

10.

$1.2T in risky corporate debt showing similar warning signs to subprime crisis (www.latimes.com)

458 points by prostoalex 2019-01-21 | 263 comments

11.

Found trapped in a diamond: a type of ice not known on Earth (www.latimes.com)

441 points by pulisse 2018-03-09 | 72 comments

12.

Employers will do almost anything to find workers except pay them more (www.latimes.com)

427 points by SQL2219 2018-07-11 | 441 comments

13.

My daughter's disabled. Please don't look away from her (www.latimes.com)

415 points by helloworld 2018-03-23 | 150 comments

14.

U.S. lawmaker: 'Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress' (www.latimes.com)

409 points by JumpCrisscross 2018-06-06 | 216 comments

15.

Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions (www.latimes.com)

405 points by t23 2016-11-17 | 867 comments

16.

At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard (www.latimes.com)

401 points by wallace_f 2019-03-22 | 431 comments

17.

Unilever threatens to pull its ads from Facebook and Google over 'toxic content' (www.latimes.com)

378 points by CodeSheikh 2018-02-12 | 358 comments

18.

Roger Boisjoly dies at 73; engineer tried to halt Challenger launch (www.latimes.com)

375 points by pwg 2012-02-08 | 101 comments

19.

Google starts tracking what people buy in physical stores (www.latimes.com)

369 points by Jerry2 2017-05-24 | 243 comments

20.

How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear? Former industry execs tell all (www.latimes.com)

359 points by ilamont 2019-03-05 | 301 comments

21.

Zynga stock plummets below value of its cash and real estate (www.latimes.com)

343 points by sbierwagen 2012-10-10 | 294 comments

22.

To fix L.A.'s traffic, we need tolls (www.latimes.com)

329 points by awiesenhofer 2017-03-07 | 667 comments

23.

California has about one year of water left (www.latimes.com)

320 points by nickgrosvenor 2015-03-13 | 393 comments

24.

School is all about signaling, not skill-building (www.latimes.com)

315 points by kermittd 2019-03-16 | 216 comments

25.

In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA (www.latimes.com)

302 points by dismal2 2016-03-29 | 198 comments

26.

Caltech glassblower's retirement has scientists sighing (www.latimes.com)

301 points by wallflower 2016-06-27 | 165 comments

27.

L.A.'s crisis: High rents, low pay, and $2k doesn't buy much (www.latimes.com)

300 points by jseliger 2017-06-05 | 439 comments

28.

Obama threatens veto of CISPA bill (www.latimes.com)

294 points by evo_9 2013-04-18 | 62 comments

29.

California bans ITT tech from accepting new students (www.latimes.com)

293 points by emeraldd 2016-08-30 | 312 comments

30.

How counterfeits benefit Amazon (www.latimes.com)

293 points by petethomas 2018-09-29 | 171 comments

31.

Facebook shareholders are getting fed up with Zuckerberg but can’t do anything (www.latimes.com)

272 points by smsm42 2019-04-17 | 210 comments

32.

Tesla in autopilot mode crashes into parked Laguna Beach police cruiser (www.latimes.com)

269 points by extesy 2018-05-29 | 469 comments

33.

Sandra Bland arrest video has continuity problems, anomalies (www.latimes.com)

267 points by lisper 2015-07-22 | 318 comments

34.

Elon Musk of SpaceX: The Goal is Mars (www.latimes.com)

266 points by api 2012-08-02 | 100 comments

35.

Blasphemy laws are an offense against free speech, and they're spreading (www.latimes.com)

264 points by JumpCrisscross 2017-05-12 | 0 comments

36.

Bill to put health warnings on soda and sugary drinks advances in California (www.latimes.com)

263 points by pseudolus 2019-05-24 | 257 comments

37.

To influence people don't try to persuade them, use ‘pre-suasion’ instead (www.latimes.com)

258 points by jrs235 2016-10-24 | 102 comments

38.

Earthquake early-warning system gave 10-second alert before Napa quake felt (www.latimes.com)

257 points by damian2000 2014-08-25 | 107 comments

39.

China Steps Up Trade Secret Theft from US Companies (www.latimes.com)

254 points by spoiledtechie 2018-11-18 | 184 comments

40.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy center booster lacked ignition fluid to re-light engines (www.latimes.com)

251 points by jacquesm 2018-02-12 | 175 comments

41.

Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses (www.latimes.com)

250 points by ftrflyr 2016-10-22 | 143 comments

42.

A forgotten hero stopped the My Lai massacre 50 years ago (www.latimes.com)

248 points by DoreenMichele 2018-09-21 | 98 comments

43.

Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb (www.latimes.com)

241 points by adamio 2015-05-13 | 409 comments

44.

California's beaches belong to the public (www.latimes.com)

240 points by pmoriarty 2017-07-01 | 242 comments

45.

Homeless Population Jumps by Thousands Across the San Francisco Bay Area (www.latimes.com)

238 points by ilamont 2019-05-17 | 245 comments

46.

My phone was searched at LAX, which apparently is the new normal (www.latimes.com)

237 points by JumpCrisscross 2017-04-07 | 271 comments

47.

Outrage culture is out of control (www.latimes.com)

236 points by ilamont 2019-02-22 | 143 comments

48.

I had a health crisis in France (www.latimes.com)

232 points by stzup7 2016-11-20 | 301 comments

49.

Tesla shares dive after Consumer Reports yanks recommendation for Model S (www.latimes.com)

223 points by 7Figures2Commas 2015-10-20 | 239 comments

50.

Working as a librarian gave me PTSD symptoms (www.latimes.com)

217 points by 80mph 2019-04-20 | 272 comments

51.

Science has lost its way, at a big cost to humanity (www.latimes.com)

214 points by smanuel 2013-10-27 | 132 comments

52.

From video game to day job: How ‘SimCity’ inspired a generation of city planners (www.latimes.com)

213 points by burritofanatic 2019-03-05 | 92 comments

53.

Nearly 1 in 3 drugs have a significant safety issue after FDA approval (www.latimes.com)

211 points by ohaikbai 2017-05-15 | 159 comments

54.

Lyft’s IPO disclosure shows it’s not close to profitability (www.latimes.com)

210 points by howard941 2019-03-08 | 298 comments

55.

How an ex-FBI profiler helped put an innocent man behind bars (www.latimes.com)

210 points by ClintEhrlich 2017-07-20 | 87 comments

56.

Boeing 787 Reaches 801 MPH as a Jet Stream Packs Record-Breaking Speeds (www.latimes.com)

207 points by ilamont 2019-02-19 | 180 comments

57.

California has the highest poverty rate in the USA (www.latimes.com)

205 points by rhapsodic 2018-01-15 | 119 comments

58.

California governor signs overhaul of bail system (www.latimes.com)

205 points by neo4sure 2018-08-28 | 196 comments

59.

Federal Reserve chair says decline in workers' share of profits 'very troubling' (www.latimes.com)

202 points by DoreenMichele 2018-07-17 | 272 comments

60.

Troubled covert agency responsible for trucking nuclear bombs across America (www.latimes.com)

200 points by greenyoda 2017-03-12 | 157 comments

61.

At 30, Game Boys live on in unexpected ways (www.latimes.com)

199 points by pseudolus 2019-04-21 | 117 comments

62.

Hype and plunder: Domo a new low for self-indulgent IPOs (www.latimes.com)

198 points by randyzwitch 2018-06-05 | 158 comments

63.

Yahoo ex-employee sues, alleging performance review manipulation, gender bias (www.latimes.com)

198 points by mcknz 2016-02-02 | 143 comments

64.

Iowa's handout to Apple illustrates the folly of corporate welfare deals (www.latimes.com)

198 points by sverige 2017-08-31 | 230 comments

65.

California's generation of electricity from coal drops dramatically (www.latimes.com)

193 points by Osiris30 2016-05-12 | 84 comments

66.

California's San Bernardino County restricts construction of solar, wind farms (www.latimes.com)

191 points by rhegart 2019-03-01 | 200 comments

67.

Denver voters consider next frontier in decriminalizing drugs: magic mushrooms (www.latimes.com)

190 points by petethomas 2019-05-06 | 145 comments

68.

Her six-hour commute each day seems crazy, but her affordable rent is not (www.latimes.com)

189 points by prostoalex 2017-12-16 | 226 comments

69.

Rejecting industry dogma, Costco backs calls to lift minimum wage (www.latimes.com)

188 points by SparksZilla 2013-03-06 | 462 comments

70.

Christopher Nolan: The power of people and why 2001 should be preschool viewing (www.latimes.com)

187 points by walterbell 2018-01-05 | 218 comments

71.

Give Snowden his due: He made a surveillance debate possible (www.latimes.com)

186 points by dllthomas 2013-07-31 | 59 comments

72.

102M dead California trees 'unprecedented in our modern history' (www.latimes.com)

185 points by Mz 2016-11-19 | 78 comments

73.

California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B (www.latimes.com)

184 points by protomyth 2018-01-17 | 476 comments

74.

Tech workers pledge to never build a database of Muslims (www.latimes.com)

183 points by Mz 2016-12-15 | 294 comments

75.

U.S. judge finds that Aetna misled the public about its reasons for quitting ACA (www.latimes.com)

181 points by zitterbewegung 2017-01-23 | 176 comments

76.

Jupiter surprises scientists in Juno’s first flybys (www.latimes.com)

181 points by JumpCrisscross 2017-05-27 | 20 comments

77.

As California’s labor shortage grows, farmers replace workers with robots (www.latimes.com)

181 points by mcspecter 2017-07-21 | 165 comments

78.

Lyft defies predictions by continuing to grow as a rival to Uber (www.latimes.com)

179 points by gwintrob 2016-01-08 | 149 comments

79.

A key ingredient for a universal flu vaccine may come from llamas (www.latimes.com)

179 points by broahmed 2018-11-04 | 49 comments

80.

LAX becomes largest U.S. airport to allow Uber, Lyft pickups (www.latimes.com)

173 points by denzil_correa 2015-07-16 | 122 comments

81.

Taxing Uber and Lyft rides is L.A's latest plan to free up congested roads (www.latimes.com)

172 points by prostoalex 2019-02-26 | 314 comments

82.

Voyager 1 is on the edge, and so is he (www.latimes.com)

170 points by edw519 2011-04-14 | 17 comments

83.

Dad gets OfficeMax mail addressed 'Daughter Killed in Car Crash' (www.latimes.com)

165 points by coloneltcb 2014-01-20 | 64 comments

84.

California drought most severe in 1,200 years, study says (www.latimes.com)

164 points by percept 2014-12-06 | 103 comments

85.

California ballot measure to decriminalize adult use of hallucinogenic mushrooms (www.latimes.com)

161 points by prostoalex 2017-08-29 | 107 comments

86.

Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches (www.latimes.com)

160 points by petethomas 2019-03-09 | 35 comments

87.

'Flash Boys' IEX stock exchange opens for business (www.latimes.com)

160 points by prostoalex 2016-08-19 | 147 comments

88.

Qian Xuesen dies at 98; Co-Founder of JPL and China's space program (2009) (www.latimes.com)

159 points by yapcguy 2013-12-14 | 84 comments

89.

San Andreas fault 'ready' with big earthquake, expert says (www.latimes.com)

159 points by smaili 2016-05-05 | 73 comments

90.

Apple wants the FBI to reveal how it hacked the San Bernardino killer's iPhone (www.latimes.com)

157 points by salmonet 2016-03-30 | 119 comments

91.

After Senate vote, NSA prepares to shut down phone tracking program (www.latimes.com)

156 points by tux3 2015-05-24 | 88 comments

92.

Jury finds protester not guilty in chalk-vandalism case (www.latimes.com)

155 points by scottshea 2013-07-02 | 71 comments

93.

LAPD adds drones to arsenal, says they'll be used sparingly (www.latimes.com)

153 points by radley 2014-05-31 | 110 comments

94.

House Passes Health Care Reform (www.latimes.com)

152 points by Xichekolas 2010-03-22 | 263 comments

95.

Supersonic passenger jets might make a comeback (www.latimes.com)

151 points by prostoalex 2017-02-04 | 165 comments

96.

Cal State will no longer require math and English placement exams (www.latimes.com)

150 points by mbgaxyz 2017-08-09 | 263 comments

97.

Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineering training (www.latimes.com)

149 points by ilamont 2018-07-25 | 137 comments

98.

Cockroach farms multiplying in China (www.latimes.com)

148 points by darkchyld 2013-10-16 | 123 comments

99.

13,000 fall into homelessness every month in L.A. County (www.latimes.com)

148 points by Futurebot 2015-08-27 | 80 comments

100.

George A. Romero, 'Night of the Living Dead' creator, has died (www.latimes.com)

147 points by bdcravens 2017-07-16 | 27 comments

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