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To celebrate their 60th anniversary, The Original Tops on East Colorado in Pasadena will be rolling back the price of their Tops Special Burger, which means diners can land a delicious deal: The burger will be a mere 60 cents Friday and Saturday (October 19-20).

Since his escape from jail in Devore in late August, Darnell Washington and his wife, Tania, have been on the run and racking up a number of serious criminal charges. Following his escape, Washington was joined by his wife, and the duo allegedly committed a string of car jackings, and are suspected of shooting and wounding a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy.

A "superfan" of singer Miley Cyrus will spend 18 months in jail thanks to a September stunt in which he showed up at her Studio City home armed with a pair of scissors and hopped the fence in hopes of being united with his love.

The Mitt Romney GOP presidential campaign has made liberal use of the phrase "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose" in speeches and on posters, but now the Hollywood writer-director who penned the phrase for use in his TV show "Friday Night Lights" is crying foul.

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for firing a gun at a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter while it was in flight. Danny Anthony Lopez was 18 years old at the time of the April 2011 crime.

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Just like the title of Justin Bieber's album, when someone calls 911 about a person waving a gun, the cops are apt to "Believe." But in the case of the call that came in last night about such a person outside Bieber's L.A. home, well, it seems to have been yet another "swatting" prank targeting celebs.

A 68-year-old Disneyland machinist remains hospitalized in critical care this week after being accidentally struck by a vehicle from the Space Mountain ride.

Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl has had a difficult year, and now he's sent what must have been a difficult letter to write: The Councilman has revealed to his constituents he will not run for a third term.

Chez Jay, a dive-y dining institution in Santa Monica, has been granted landmark status, and will remain standing. Considered the inspiration for the fictional Regal Beagle from TV's "Three's Company" (set in Santa Monica), Chez Jay has looked pretty much exactly the same since it was built in 1959.

A big move in the showbiz trade news biz was revealed today: Penske Media Corporation, parent company of the wildly popular Hollywood insider site Deadline.com, has purchased trade rag veteran Variety.

After over 40 years together, including 30 years of marriage, actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have announced they are separating. "A rep for the couple confirmed the split -- but has no further comment at this time," reports TMZ.