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You know how your friends are always asking you if you'll join them in a game of ping pong? No?! Well, we may be skeptical now like we once were about cellphones and instant messaging, but if ping pong takes off as the new "it" pastime, we may have Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon to thank.

In case you are the kind of Angeleno who has visiting Canadian relatives pack bags of Ketchup and Dill Pickle chips in their luggage for you, or your tastebuds wax nostalgic about all the crazy cool chip flavors you spotted on your travels to Asia, you may be interested in a fun pop-up shop debuting this week at iam8bit.

In today's Extra, Extra we've got late flights at LAX, big developments at USC, and Easy Bake Ovens (boys can use them, too!) along with more news of the day. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports. You can also find us on Pinterest, Storify, Foursquare, and Instagram (laistpics).

It's beginning to look a lot like awards season! Bright and early this morning, actors Busy Phillips and Taye Diggs did the honors at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood and revealed the nominees for the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Back off, Boston! Not this time, New York! Runner's World magazine has spoken: The Los Angeles Marathon is their pick for the "Best Big City Race" in America.

There are hundreds of old, unused parking meters in the city, and now officials are studying a proposal to convert them into "homeless donation" collectors that would enable people to feed the meter and have the funds distributed to local service organizations.

A search remains underway at MacArthur Park for a man who is thought to have gone into the lake and not surfaced.

The Geminid Meteor Showers, touted by Space.com as the "Year's Best Meteor Shower," are set to peak this week. Specifically, the night of Wednesday, December 12 is when the annual event is going to be at its best and brightest.

At least 25 occupants of a panga-style boat have been detained, after authorities determined the vessel was likely holding illegal immigrants being smuggled into the U.S.

Traffic on the 110 Freeway near Seventh Street in Downtown came to a total standstill Monday afternoon as over two dozen firefighters have been brought in to get a man down from a sign above the busy roadway, according to City News Service.

The bodies of a man and two women were found at the scene of a house fire in Azusa Thursday, and all three victims had suffered gunshot wounds, says the coroner's office.

The carcass of a 40-foot long fin whale that washed ashore in Malibu is still lodged on the beach, and just what to do with the remains of the massive mammal remains unclear.