Extra, Extra: Vuitton as Art and L.A.'s Top Cheap Eats

• LAT tells us what L.A.'s top 25 "culinary bargains" are (find more Foodie news from today here).
• Did you know that a Louis Vuitton store also qualified as a public art gallery?
• Sex, scandal and assault at the Playboy Mansion: oh my!
• The Walk of Fame's stars have been temporarily "displaced" to make way for the construction of the new W Hotel.
• City Beat pleads L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's case.
• A woman in Rowland Heights was arrested last night on suspicion of murdering her husband and 2 sons at the family home.
• Steve Wasserman and Robert Scheer, former colleagues at the LAT, will join forces on Scheer's political website, Truthdig.com.
• State Senate Democrats are asking the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations to help them peel off a few more Republicans to get this year's budged passed.
• Keep your fingers crossed: though he is still suffering from a left ankle injury, David Beckham says there's an "outside chance" he may compete against D.C. United tonight.
• Oh, how the mighty have fallen: John McCain, once seen as the putative Republican presidential front-runner, is now polling an anemic 3% in Iowa.
• The stock market takes another tumble on credit and loan fears: 387 points down.
• Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) says forget about impeachment talks: bring on the criminal charges instead.

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