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Because you don't already spend too much time on Facebook (hey, those cartoon farm fields don't till themselves), now Burbank-based Warner Bros. has a way for you to access and rent some of their films via the social networking service, says the AP. The service is in its testing mode, and launched today with an offer for their film "The Dark Knight."

Is it the neck laden with big, blingy gold chains? The omnipresent sunglasses, walking stick, or dapper hat? The animal print mixed with bold-colored garb? Sure, at Halloween, (and year-round on some L.A. streets) it's easy to spot the pimps in the crowd. Now a case before the California Supreme Court has arrived at the deciding point of when a pimp becomes a pimp, according to the AP via CBS2. The issue is tied...

Photo via Public School 612 on Facebook School's in, and the curriculum is beer and food. Public School 612 is poised to open up in Downtown tomorrow, and the new brew-centric eatery and watering hole is backed by the dining industry savvy of Grill Concepts, as in the folks who bring us The Grill on the Alley and the Daily Grill. The brains behind the beer, however, is local talent Hallie Beaune, one half...

"Rango" courtesy Paramount Pictures "Rango," the animated tale of chameleon's quest to "find himself" finally knocked the pirouetting horror show of "Black Swan" out of the top of the box office over the weekend, but a promotion associated with the animal-friendly film has some enemies in the form of an animal rights group. PETA is raising objections to PetSmart, the national pet store chain, for their "Rango" promo, which is offering shoppers $10 off...

Photo by NJ Tech Teacher via Flickr How do you solve a problem like fraud? Thanks to the FBI, the cause of the problem for a group of nuns bilked of over a quarter million dollars, has surrendered, according to the Department of Justice. Linda Rose Gagnon, 57, of Tustin, is accused of three counts of wire fraud. The injured party is the U.S. Province of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, Inc., a...

The California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles County Cornoner's office are working to piece together a troubling case this morning, after a dead body was discovered on the 10 Freeway, according to the LA Times. The body was first spotted "in the middle lanes of the 10 Freeway near Crenshaw Boulevard" at around 3:35 this morning, and reported to the CHP. While on the freeway, an estimated minimum of 20 vehicles struck the...

Photo by ˜db˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A Downtown collision yesterday ended with the suspect fleeing the scene, only he didn't do it in his car, and he didn't do it on foot. Following a crash between a vehicle heading west on Seventh Street and one heading south on Alvarado, the driver of the westbound car took off...by hopping on the bus, according to the Daily Breeze. The accident took...

Photo by shrff via Flickr We were among the local publications who were pretty stoked to hear the Angel City Brewery would be setting up a beer and art garden across from their new DTLA digs this weekend. We were also the recipient of a handful of chagrined emails and Tweets from beer and fun loving people who showed up at the spot...only to find no Beer Garden in sight. There was no inclination...

A former NFL player for the Raiders has been charged, along with two others, for the 2008 murder of a Lancaster man. Anthony Wayne Smith, 43, played as defensive end for the Raiders between 1991 and 1998. At the time of the crime, Smith lived in Marina del Rey. Smith, along with Charles Eric Honest, 41, of Los Angeles, and Dewann Wesley White, 32, of Bloomington, were charged last month with murdering 31-year-old Maurilio Ponce on Oct. 7, 2008.

A freshly-butchered pork roast is tied off after a live demo by local butchers Lindy & Grundy during the Oct. 2010 Artisanal LA event (Photo by R.E.˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Sorry, carnivores, but as of today, pork is no longer "the other white meat." Sure, you can call it that, but the people behind pork, aka the National Pork Board, have officially abandoned the 25-year-old campaign slogan, and instead...

The Los Angeles Police Department have released information regarding two planned Sobriety and License checkpoints for this weekend. Tonight they will be set up in Pacoima near the I-5 and 118 Freeway interchange on Van Nuys Boulevard between Laurel Canyon and Remick Avenue from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, the LAPD plan to run a checkpoint in Baldwin Hills on La Brea Avenue between Rodeo Road and Exposition Boulevard from 8 p.m. -...

Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Ground was broken yesterday on the $69.2 million project to bring new 4.4 miles in each direction of bus and carpool lanes to the Golden State (I-5) Freeway in Burbank between the Hollywood Freeway (SR-170) and the Buena Vista Street interchange. Funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ($39.3 million) and by Prop C funds ($22.6 million) from...