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LOS ANGELES — The clinic that for the last decade had monitored the health of those working in the multibillion-dollar pornography industry abruptly shut its doors in December. (more)

Last week the federal government released its official 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the last step in a process that’s repeated every five years. (more)

1.) Deficit commission gets no respect during SOTU address — “Wait for the deficit commission.” That’s what the White House told Reuters’ James Pethokoukis whenever he asked about Pres. Obama’s strategy for dealing with America’s debt problem. “Obama’s panel has come and gone,” Pethokoukis wrote after the SOTU address. “And in his speech last night, he failed to explicitly endorse any of its budget-cutting recommendations.” After 10 months of deliberation and town halls across the country to the tune of $500,000, and a contentious fight over which commission faction’s proposal was the best proposal, Obama has essentially scrapped the whole thing. “I don’t agree with all their proposals, but they made important progress,” Obama said last night. “To put us on solid ground, we should also find a bipartisan solution to strengthen Social Security for future generations.” Never mind that Obama has endorsed exactly zero of the commission’s ideas, but as Pethokoukis points out: “Did Obama not check his in-box? His bipartisan commission gave him a Social Security fix.” (more)

Nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards were announced this morning in Los Angeles.  (more)

The Los Angeles Police Department was inundated with hundreds of phone calls, e-mails and other tips a day after detectives released photographs of unidentified women found in a trailer belonging to alleged serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. (more)

Talk about a surprise guest. (more)

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) — Police are searching for a Pennsylvania couple after a man’s dismembered body was discovered inside a backpack in a hotel near downtown Los Angeles. (more)

Reese Witherspoon was all smiles today as she received a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (more)

What a difference a year makes for Tiger Woods. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — He was a small man who dreamed big, hit the highest heights and failed like few others. (more)

The L.A. City Council is moving to get tough on harassment of bicyclists. (more)

Mel Gibson reportedly has been ordered to fork over $60,000 in back child support to his baby mama — and to let her live rent-free in his Sherman Oaks, Calif., home with their year-old daughter. (more)

This YouTube video reminded me that I was the person who introduced Keith Olbermann to America. (more)

LOS ANGELES — A mysterious “missile” streaked across the sky off the Southern California coast Monday night and was caught on video by a local TV station’s helicopter camera. (more)

This summer, programmers at Go Country 105 radio in Los Angeles unveiled a new single called “Country Strong” and asked listeners to guess who was the twangy alto belting out lines about how she’s “hard to break, like the ground I grew up on.” (more)

Note to contestants hoping to impress American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez: Don’t sing her songs. (more)

Check out a sneak peek of The Oprah Winfrey Show’s exclusive interview with Michael Jackson three kids for an episode airing Monday (November 8). (more)

Do yourself a favor and don’t even bother going to the movies this November. Read more about why pretty much every movie coming out this month will suck below. (more)

LOS ANGELES — Late last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was still coming to terms with that most deeply confounding of European filmmakers, Jean-Luc Godard. (more)

In a city that seems to have everything, it’s incredible to think Los Angeles has been lacking a National Football League franchise for the past 15 years. (more)