On Sept. 14, AAN will host AANtourage, a reception for film-industry ad buyers designed to showcase the alternative-newspaper business and demonstrate gratitude to our clients for their support. AAN members who attend will have an opportunity to schmooze with studio and ad-agency reps while enjoying gourmet food and an open bar poolside at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood. "Many of the regional agencies that we used to visit on a regular basis are no longer placing the media buys (for movies)," notes Austin Chronicle's Carol Flagg. "This party will allow us to introduce ourselves directly to the L.A. agencies that place this business."

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Last month when L.A. Weekly broke the story that a police detective had connected the violent deaths of several prostitutes as the work of one individual, Fresno inmate Roger Hausmann was named as the leading suspect. However, L.A. Weekly revealed Friday that a DNA test has subsequently cleared Hausmann, who remains imprisoned on unrelated charges. "Obviously there is still someone out there," said Captain Ed Winter from the L.A. County coroner’s office.

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