How to Make Movies Not Suck
latimesblogs.latimes.com — Berkeley Breathed, the cartoonist behind the classic "Bloom Country" comic strip, is not a fan of "2012" -- to say the least. The influential entertainer contributes an essay on how Hollywood lost the magic and what it needs to get it back. (Submitted by electricwaffles) More...
Agents seize 316,000 bongs listed as 'Christmas ornaments'
latimesblogs.latimes.com — “They’re very colorful and big,” said Cristina Gamez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “Some of them are like 2 feet tall.” Gamez said glass bongs and pipes, contained in nearly 860 boxes of cargo, are worth about $2.6 million. (Submitted by MrBabyMan) More...
Study: Nine states risking California-style 'fiscal peril'
latimesblogs.latimes.com — If misery loves company, the Pew Center on the States public policy think-tank has some comforting words for Californians: Though our fiscal problems are in a league of their own . . . some of the same factors driving California toward the brink of insolvency also are hurting an array of other states." (Submitted by bettverboten) More...
Key to a Successful Social Network: Hot Chicks
latimesblogs.latimes.com — When Jonathan Linner describes his social networking website Brightkite, he sounds more like a savvy nightclub owner than the chief executive of a bleeding-edge Bay Area start-up. Whereas most new technologies tend to favor the early adopter, Linner is focusing on a different audience: hot girls. (Submitted by electricwaffles) More...
Woman under police protection was slain with officers nearby
latimesblogs.latimes.com — The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating how a woman under the department's protection after she filed a domestic abuse report was slain at her Mid-City apartment as officers were outside. (Submitted by hdar3415) More...
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