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L.A. Traffic Cops Act in Porno While on Duty

Max Read · 04/30/11 04:30PM

Generally speaking, the only job at which one is allowed to act in a pornographic movie while on the clock is "porn star." Alas, this lesson was lost on two fine officers with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, whose brief, on-duty foray into the world of sex movies has aroused the attention of their superiors.

Lindsay Lohan's Punishment: Cleaning a Morgue

Maureen O'Connor · 04/25/11 03:14PM

As part of her punishment for violating probation, Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service at the L.A. County Department of the Coroner. Apparently she will do "basic janitorial work. She won't be handling any dead bodies but she'll certainly see them." She will also serve 360 hours of service at a homeless shelter for women on Skid Row.

Taylor Swift Has a New Los Angeles Pied-à-Terre

Richard Lawson · 04/22/11 03:31PM

Though she's based primarily in Nashville, teen emotions mogul Taylor Swift spends a lot of time in Los Angeles and is, apparently, sick of staying in hotels. So she's purchased a house!

Jodie Foster's Beverly Hills Fix-Me-Up

Richard Lawson · 04/15/11 12:06PM

Jodie Foster bought this 7 bedroom, 8 bathroom ranch home in the hills back in 2005, started (and maybe didn't finish?) some renovations, and is now selling the place for almost $2 million more than she bought it for.

Match.com Sued by Woman Over Sexual Assault

Max Read · 04/15/11 12:02AM

A Los Angeles woman is suing dating website Match.com after being raped on a date with a man she met through the service. She's also seeking a restraining order that would stop the site from adding new members.

Tori Spelling Ditches Encino, Man

Richard Lawson · 04/11/11 02:34PM

Donna Martin graduates... to a new house! One-time actress turned low-budget reality TV star and scorned daughter Tori Spelling is selling her Encino, CA mansion for a cool $3.2 million. This is like the hundredth house she's lived in over the past few years, maybe because moving to a new house is such good plot fodder for lady-interest reality shows? Who knows why.

Man Who Captured USC Students Having Rooftop Sex Tells All

Seth Abramovitch · 03/30/11 09:34PM

Ah, spring in Los Angeles. The temperatures are climbing, the breasts are augmenting, and frat boys are copulating on rooftops. Yesterday, we shared photos of a Kappa Sigma fraternity member and female companion engaged in a variety of illicit yoga poses on the roof of USC's Waite Phillips Hall. Today we meet the man who took them.

What Are the World's Most Livable Cities?

Brian Moylan · 02/21/11 04:50PM

Every year the Economist Intelligence Unit looks at all the cities in the world and ranks their livability based on stability, health care, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Which city came out on top?

Gibberish-Speaking CBS Reporter Had Migraine

Max Read · 02/18/11 01:55AM

The key question following CBS L.A. reporter Serene Branson's on-air linguistic breakdown after the Grammys was "Did she have a stroke?" (This was the nice-seeming way of asking "Is it okay for me to laugh at this video?") Well: The blood test and brain scan results have apparently ruled out the possibility of a stroke, and Branson's doctors now believe she suffered from a migraine; her neurologist, Dr. Andrew Charles, says "she's completely back to herself." Which is great news, for Branson and for your heavy conscience. Laugh away! [AP]

Here Are Some Warm Places to Move To

Brian Moylan · 02/03/11 02:11PM

In the northern parts of this country, it's already been a long, wild winter. That makes it the time of year when those of us in freezing cities fantasize about which tropical locations we'd move to. Let's contemplate the options.

Unarmed Naked Man Shot and Killed by LAPD Officer

Jeff Neumann · 01/16/11 10:57AM

The LAPD is defending two of its officers, one of whom shot and killed an unarmed naked man, claiming self defense. The police union said cops have previously been "killed by naked people … who disarmed the officer."