Extra Extra: Live Together, Die Alone

"The fundamentalists in the Virgil Village neigborhood have started a campaign to cover all exposed hydrant-breasts. Surely this is American prudishness at its silliest. Grow up! Hydrant-nipples are natural and beautiful. You would never see a hydrant like this in Europe. " | Photo and caption by benrodian via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr

• Really, the only news I care about today? "Lost" is on tonight. Tomdog had the scoop today.
• Hang out with your roommate...drink all day...get in a fight...get stabbed -- in the BUTT! Yes, as in ass. "The suspect and victim are roommates and had been drinking all day. They began fighting for an unknown reason." Come on now -- is it really "unknown"?
• Construction crews are hoping to have today's mudslide on Sepulveda cleaned up by rush hour -- hopefully all you commuters just now hitting the road won't have any problems.
• Criminal charges are being filed against an importer who allegedly distributed over 90,000 tubes of toothpaste that contained antifreeze, a poisonous substance. Some 70,000 tubes were confiscated at the Port of Long Beach.
• Sick, sick, sick. An Orange County woman was sentenced to 50 years in jail for her role in helping her boyfriend videotape the molestation of her niece.
• A church in Arleta was set ablaze by an arsonist who threw a Molotov cocktail into the building earlier today.
• U.S. household worth fell for the first time in five years in 2007: "A slowdown in consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the economy, threatens to push the U.S. into a recession."
• I think we need a laugh. How about a toddler singing "Hey Jude"? Yeah, that'll do the trick!