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Jaycee Dugard speaks, a possible lifting of the claims limits for the Chatsworth Metrolink disaster, KTLA's new set and and a whole bunch of media items. After the jump.
- Upstate kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard surfaced with a new photo and her story in People magazine.
- There are three, count 'em three, special sessions of the Legislature on tap. SJ Mercury
- Washington lawmakers are considering lifting the federal damages cap on train crashes to accommodate victims and families of the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth that killed 26 and injured 135. L.A. Daily Journal
- Los Angeles Unified officials plan to make up for a recent $140 million cut in state funding by using federal stimulus money. DN
- The state Senate may act today on a bill that would kill a legal challenge to an NFL stadium proposal in Industry. SGV Tribune
- The public inner dialogue among L.A. Times staffers around sports columnist T.J. Simers now extends to Steve Lopez, who says in his column, "Nobody I've ever met ever agrees with him about anything." LAT
- KTLA unveils its new news set. Franklin Avenue
- Silver Lake is not the Eastside, and consumerism isn't green. LA Eastside
- Former L.A. Times opinion editor Michael Kinsley is launching a business news website for Atlantic Media, probably in January. Daily Finance
- Bloomberg intends to grow Business Week, with more pages. PaidContent
- The National Magazine Awards added 12 new categories for online media, including podcasting and video. NYT
- LAPD chief makes his final visit with Patt Morrison on KPCC at 2 p.m.
- Tonight on NPR's "Fresh Air," Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl talks about the magazine's closure and her latest memoir, "Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way."
- Mystery author Michael Connelly speaks and signs tonight at Barnes & Noble at The Grove.
- The renovated Sportsmen's Lodge opens Friday in Studio City. DN