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A Los Angeles County firefighter climbs to the roof of the Body Shop, a landmark West Hollywood strip club mentioned in the Motley Crue hit "Girls, Girls, Girls," after a fire broke out Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in West Hollywood, Calif. No one was believed to have been in the building at the time, Los Angeles County fire Inspector Frank Garrido said. Associated Press. A Los Angeles County firefighter climbs to the roof of the Body Shop, a landmark West Hollywood strip club mentioned in the Motley Crue hit “Girls, Girls, Girls,” after a fire broke out Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in West Hollywood, Calif. No one was believed to have been in the building at the time, Los Angeles County fire Inspector Frank Garrido said. Associated Press.

CALIFORNIA

Blaze hits landmark club

WEST HOLLYWOOD | A fire Thursday burned through the roof of the Body Shop, a landmark West Hollywood strip club mentioned in a Motley Crue hit.

The blaze was reported about 6:46 a.m. at the one-story club on Sunset Boulevard, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

Firefighters don’t think anyone was in the building at the time of the fire and were investigating its cause.

It took about an hour to douse the fire, which was mainly confined to the attic, fire inspector Frank Garrido said. One firefighter suffered a minor injury.

ILLINOIS

City OKs lease of meters

CHICAGO | The Chicago City Council has approved a more than $1.1 billion deal to lease city parking meters to a private operator.

Mayor Richard M. Daley pushed for the deal passed Thursday as a way for the city to weather tough economic times.

But the 75-year lease means hourly meter rates will climb. In some neighborhoods, they will quadruple from 25 cents now to $1 next year.

Daytime downtown hourly parking rates that now are $3 will climb to $3.50 next year and to $6.50 in 2013. After that, rates will be adjusted annually by inflation.

MASSACHUSETTS

Three indicted in gun-fair death

SPRINGFIELD | Three men, including a small-town police chief, were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter counts in the gun-fair death of an 8-year-old who accidentally shot himself in the head with an Uzi that a prosecutor said he never should have been allowed to handle.

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