Big Paper Paid Them Off

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Los Angeles shoppers soon won't hear the question, "Paper or plastic?" at the checkout line.

The City Council voted last week to ban plastic shopping bags from stores beginning July 1, 2010.

In Los Angeles on July 2, 2010, outside a grocery store at night, a stranger approaches a customer and speaks with a hush, "Psst, yo man. Want some plastic?"