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- Plans to operate on Bryan Stow, announced last night, have been tabled.
- Writer Arthur Laurent, writer of "West Side Story," died yesterday at 93.
- A KTLA anchor refuses to use the Shake Weight on the air because she doesn't want to end up on YouTube.
- A man was shot and killed over a parking spot outside a Chuck E. Cheese.
- Barbara Boxer has stepped in to demand that the EPA take action to fix a foul smell in the town of Mecca.
- Gene Simmons helped the FBI in a raid on alleged Anonymous member.
- Lindsay Lohan started her community service hours at the Downtown Women's Shelter.