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The New Buzz: There is now some competition in the electric car market, where GM had been the only major player. Miller Honda in Van Nuys and three other Honda dealerships in California on Tuesday began leasing electric cars at $499 a month. Honda’s car, with the dealership’s Dwayne Johnson, above, is the first to be powered by a next-generation battery technology called nickel-metal hydride. Other auto makers are also preparing for 2003, when at least 10% of all new cars offered for sale in California must be emission-free.
* MOTORING HOME: Officers detain Robert Bean, 37, suspected of stealing a motor home in Huntington Beach and leading authorities in a leisurely chase up the San Diego Freeway to his home in Van Nuys on Tuesday. B4
* CANYON CLASH: Foes of a proposed golf course in Big Tujunga Canyon say the development would ruin sensitive plant habitat and lead to an “ecological disaster.” B1
* HOME TAX: Writers and artists are lobbying for an exemption from Los Angeles’ tax on home-based businesses. B1
* THE SPIN: So long, Peter O’Malley. Hello, Rupert Murdoch--an artful dodger emerging on L.A.’s political scene. B1
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