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Three students at Newman Elementary School in Chino were injured while police officers gave a Red Ribbon Week presentation to students on drug-use prevention. One officer's motorcycle was unattended when a student pulled the trigger on the rifle that was mounted to it.

Our favorite amateur gumshoe is back! We'll be seeing a reincarnation of Angela Landsbury's Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote very soon. Deadline Hollywood revealed that NBC will be reviving the show with a new detective to take her place—Octavia Spencer (from The Help fame).

Move over Portland. Los Angeles is becoming a hub for well-crafted coffee brews from nuanced chocolate, berry-forward roasts to lighter bodies with jasmine flavor notes. However, there are so many overwhelming choices, so why not get tips from the coffee geeks and try a new roast? From Coffee Commissary to Go Get Em Tiger, we asked the ones most acquainted with the beans to recommend their favorite roasts that they sell—and they described them all like fine wines.

In a tale of ironic events, two students at an elementary school in Chino were taken to the hospital for minor injuries after an officer's pistol accidentally discharged during a safety presentation today, reported CBS Los Angeles.

Tom Hardy certainly isn't getting typecasted for any Bane-like roles since he starred as the villain in The Dark Knight Rises. The actor has just signed on to portray iconic pop star Elton John in an upcoming biopic, Rocketman.

So what's wrong with the THC-blood test? Cheech and Chong would tell you lots. It's problematic because it's the standard procedure in most states. A regular toker would have THC detected in his or her bloodstream anywhere from two to seven days, long after that weekend party and when you're back slaving away at your nine-to-five job.

He recently made a surprise appearance on George Zakarian's SiriusXM show, "Food Talk," when the host was interviewing guests at the New York City Wine & Food Festival, according to Page Six.

An African-American family living in Alhambra were victims of a hate crime, as they came home yesterday afternoon to find their home covered with racial epithets and swastikas signs in red paint/

The first sea creature was an 18-foot behemoth found on off of Catalina Island on Oct. 13. The second one, a 14-footer found in Oceanside Harbor, was dissected by scientists on Oct. 21 to be examined for their cause of death and a toxicology report. In the meantime, scientists have been weighing in on the reasons they think the deep-sea dwellers—who rarely are seen dead or alive—have surfaced.

Since the website's launch in June, CEO Roy Condrey said that they've been swamped with requests, according to The Houston Chronicle. For a fee of $11.99, the service will let you know if anyone's died in your house and send you a "certified report."

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Brace yourself—this may sound like the start of a Frankenstein movie. A new experiment using discarded infant foreskins from circumcision procedures at Columbia University Medical Center may be the key behind hair loss treatment, AFP reports.