Cheerleaders Fight for Pay, DNA Dating, and Homeless LA

Mayor Eric Garcetti is promising to end homelessness among veterans in Los Angeles by the end of next year. Meanwhile, the situation on LA’s Skid Row is worse than ever, but the city and county say they have a new plan to improve services. After a lawsuit, the Oakland Raiders offered to double their cheerleaders’ pay. The team is offering the Raiderettes minimum wage. Tens of thousands of Iraqis that worked with the Americans during the war are afraid for their lives and trying to come to the U.S. But many of their cases are caught up in red tape. And in our regular web roundup: the end of online passwords, dating sites that use DNA, and chat roulette for stoners.

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