- "It turns out Silly String is a great way to find the micro-thin tripwires that set off improvised explosive devices, a constant killer in Iraq." - NJ.com

- Daily Breeze to be bought for $25 million by Hearst and sold to Dean Singleton - LA Observed

- LA Sparks sold for $10 million to two season-ticket holders - MSNBC

- East LA considers cityhood since it's "internationally known" - Azatlan News

- USC pumps over a billion dollars into LA annually - Daily News

- Sidewalks make people drive faster. More trees, lack of signs make people drive slower - Seed

- Winner of the "Not My Job" Award (photo) - flickr

- House of Representatives complain about proposed 5-day work week. 1, 2, 3, awwwww - WaPo

- "[California Congressman Henry] Waxman likes to point out that the House took 140 hours of sworn testimony to get to the bottom of whether Clinton had misused the White House Christmas-card list for political purposes, but only 12 hours on prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib" - Time

- 1,200 people in Toronto playing "Capture The Flag" - Torontoist

- Best Holiday Inns around the World - Forbes

- Bai Ling on "Lost"? Shwing! - d listed

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