85-year-old fashion critic Richard Blackwell, best known for his scathing annual list of worst-dressed celebrities, is reportedly in an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital and has been unconscious since Tuesday. The information came via his partner, Robert Spencer, who declined to state from what illness Blackwell is suffering. His most recent "Worst Dressed" list was published in January of this year, and included mostly pop stars such as Victoria Beckham, Avril Lavigne, Amy Winehouse, Fergie, and......

Convicted murderer Susan Atkins has earned a dubious honor: She has been the longest incarcerated woman in California history*, having logged 37 of her 59 years as an inmate following her conviction in the famous 1969 "Manson Murders." Now, Atkins is pleading for an early compassionate release by State corrections officials because she faces another kind of life sentence--the impending end of her own. Although specific medical details have not been made public, Atkins is......

A state report (.pdf) to be presented today says that "as many as 24,000 deaths annually in California are linked to chronic exposure to fine particulate pollution," according to the LA Times. That's more than triple the figures announced by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) when they asked Governor Schwarzenegger and President Bush to declare a state of emergency regarding the 5400 environmental/pollution related deaths a year. With the alarming amount of deaths,......