Up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane... wtf is that?

As if the ghetto birds weren't enough, now the LA Sheriff is checking out unmanned drones for survelliance. Farewell privacy!

The long-awaited Biggie Smalls retrial pushed back to 2007,

American Airlines red-eye flight from LA to Chicago lands at O'Hare this morning without its nosegear lowering and locking. Pilots are amazing.

The editors of the LA Times are bashing their parent company's CEO today. Hugh Hewitt says "This is a classic hit piece, standard fare for the Times, but usually reserved for a politician that the paper has decided must go. Never before has the paper aimed at its own corporate CEO."

Headline of the day: 11 Cousins Have Their Stomachs Removed

LA tv pioneer to sell Univision for as much as $13 billion. A. Jerrold Perenchio was also a boxing promoter who helped bring the 1971 Ali-Frazier bout to closed-circuit tv.

Defamer: The Hollywood Reporter calls Owen Wilson a tool. Wait, it was a mistake? How can the truth be wrong?

Jim Carrey caught making out with Jenny McCarthy. See, Seacrest... this is how you do it.

Did Gov. Schwarzennegar answer your questions? Click here to see this morning's webcast press conference with questions submitted from People Like You. Topics: gay marriage, sex offenders, and the pressing need of more game wardens? Don't miss the end of the interview when he was asked what color he would be if he could be a color. He admits that in Europe red means communists, but he identifies with it because he fancies himself always "on fire".

On TV tonight: Frontline investigates VP Cheeney's role in the War on Terror in "The Dark Side" reviewed by Boston.com. From the people who brought you "Rumsfeld's War" and "The Torture Question". 9pm on KCET, KOCE, and KLCS. hattip metafilter

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