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Sep 15, 2008 8:00 AM CDT

Jennifer Hudson Gets Engaged

Reality TV boyfriend pops question on birthday

(Newser) - Jennifer Hudson got a big surprise on her 27th birthday: an engagement ring. Hudson's beau, David Otunga, aka "Punk" from VH1's I Love New York 2, popped the question while celebrating the Oscar-winning actress-singer's big day in Los Angeles on Friday, her publicist confirmed.

Texting May Have Led to
LA Train Crash

Sep 15, 2008 7:06 AM CDT

Texting May Have Led to LA Train Crash

Teens say engineer was chatting with them just before tragedy

(Newser) - The engineer in a Los Angeles train crash that killed 25 people may have been text-messaging with two teenagers before running a stop signal, CNN reports. Federal investigators will be studying the phone records of the teenagers, one of whom told local KCBS-TV that he had been chatting about his...

Metrolink Blames Dead Engineer for Train Wreck

Sep 13, 2008 4:11 PM CDT

Metrolink Blames Dead Engineer for Train Wreck

(Newser) - A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed today for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 25 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the wreckage, the AP reports. A preliminary investigation found that "it was...

LA Train Crash Toll at 18; Passengers Still Trapped

Sep 13, 2008 9:32 AM CDT

LA Train Crash Toll at 18; Passengers Still Trapped

135 injured; federal investigation planned

(Newser) - The death toll in the Los Angeles train crash yesterday rose to 18 this morning, with 135 injured and more passengers still trapped inside train cars. Crews worked through the night to tear apart the metal to reach passenger spaces. "There's human beings in there and it's going to...

Up to 15 Dead in
LA Train Smashup

updated

Sep 12, 2008 7:21 PM CDT

Up to 15 Dead in LA Train Smashup

Commuter and freight trains collide during rush hour, sparking blaze

(Newser) - Ten to 15 people are dead and 70 injured after two trains collided in Los Angeles during rush hour today, the Los Angeles Times reports. At least 10 are critically hurt and dozens are likely trapped after a freight train slammed a Metrolink commuter train and derailed several cars. Firefighters...

Jamie Lynn Decoy Dupes Paps

Sep 12, 2008 11:15 AM CDT

Jamie Lynn Decoy Dupes Paps

Teen mom sneaks out of LAX with some help from the cops

(Newser) - Los Angeles airport police duped a crowd of paparazzi looking to get a shot of Britney Spears' little sister Wednesday by leading an unidentified woman—wearing sunglasses and looking away from cameras—down an escalator while the real 17-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears and her baby left the airport from another...

Simpson, Wentz
Await Twins: Pal

Sep 8, 2008 11:20 AM CDT

Simpson, Wentz Await Twins: Pal

Singers won't confirm or deny rumor

(Newser) - Pregnant Ashlee Simpson is eating for three, the Sun reports. “Pete and Ashlee are having twins. They’re really happy," musician Tyga said of the pop star and her husband, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz. Simpson looked big enough for two last night at MTV's Video Music Awards,...

Blown Tire Forces Emergency Landing at LAX

Sep 2, 2008 4:54 PM CDT

Blown Tire Forces Emergency Landing at LAX

American flight circled airport for 45 minutes to burn fuel

(Newser) - An American Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Los Angeles today because of a blown tire, the LA Times reports. Flight 1586, carrying 135 people bound for Toronto, circled Los Angeles International Airport for 45 minutes to burn fuel, “diminishing the possibility of having some sort of fire...

Phelps' Agenda: VMAs,
Entourage ... LiLo?

Aug 29, 2008 11:10 AM CDT

Phelps' Agenda: VMAs, Entourage ... LiLo?

As starlet Lohan pesters for a date, swim star films HBO cameo, preps for MTV show

(Newser) - Michael Phelps is getting more Hollywood by the day, AP reports: The swimming star yesterday filmed a cameo spot for the show-biz-centric HBO series Entourage, and will be a presenter at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sept. 7 (six days before he hosts Saturday Night Live). And, the Daily ...

LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer

Aug 29, 2008 4:01 AM CDT

LAPD Hunts Resurfaced Serial Killer

'Grim Sleeper' linked to 11 slayings was off cop radar for over a decade

(Newser) - The LAPD is back on the trail of a serial killer linked to at least 11 murders over 23 years, the Los Angeles Times reports. The killer shot dead eight young women he had sexually abused and a man in the mid-1980s—then apparently went dormant for 13 years before...

Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210

Aug 28, 2008 11:49 AM CDT

Garth, Doherty Reunite for 90210

But both admit reunion was nerve-racking

(Newser) - Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were nervous about reuniting for the new incarnation of Beverly Hills, 90210, reports Entertainment Weekly. The actresses talked about the drama behind the 1990s drama, which ultimately resulted in Doherty’s departure from the show. "I don't think we ever hit each other,”...

LA Cop Pulls Gun on Diddy

Aug 25, 2008 1:12 PM CDT

LA Cop Pulls Gun on Diddy

Deputy 'fearing for his safety' brandished weapon during early-morning stop; calm prevails

(Newser) - A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy pulled a gun on Sean “Diddy” Combs during a routine traffic stop early yesterday, the New York Daily News reports. The officer “ pulled his firearm, fearing for his safety,” the department explained, when the rap mogul and six of his cohorts...

Stars Come Out for Obama

Aug 22, 2008 9:58 AM CDT

Stars Come Out for Obama

Fete raises $200K with $2,300 tix

(Newser) - With $2,300 checks, celebrities including Jamie Foxx, Lucy Liu, and Isaiah Washington showed their support for Barack Obama last night at a swanky Beverly Hills shindig, the AP reports. The Black and White Gala raised $200,000 for the Obama campaign from the deep pocketbooks of the likes of...

LA Gets the Luxury Condo Bug

Aug 21, 2008 9:38 AM CDT

LA Gets the Luxury Condo Bug

City's vertical trend extends to rich

(Newser) - LA’s multi-millionaires are downsizing. While the wealth and fame in the City of Angels has traditionally expressed itself in estates, preferably gated, now a steady stream of the very-well-heeled are trading in their mansions for high-rise luxury condos, the New York Times reports. “People are ready to live...

Spears
Custody Circus
Price Tag: $700K

Aug 19, 2008 10:25 AM CDT

Spears Custody Circus Price Tag: $700K

Britney must pay ex K-Fed legal fees

(Newser) - Britney Spears' recently resolved custody battle with ex Kevin Federline will cost her $716,000 in legal fees—and she didn’t even get custody of the kids. The struggling pop star must pony up $466,000 for her two legal eagles and another $250,000 for Federline’s attorneys,...

DeGeneres to Wed Tomorrow

Aug 15, 2008 9:54 AM CDT

DeGeneres to Wed Tomorrow

Intimate ceremony in the works since May

(Newser) - Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s intimate wedding will take place this weekend in California, Us Weekly reports. The daytime gabber and her 35-year-old bride announced their intentions to wed following the Supreme Court’s gay marriage ruling this spring. "Planning a wedding is very stressful. It's crazy....

Panettiere's
Dad Accused
of Hitting Wife

Aug 12, 2008 12:37 PM CDT

Panettiere's Dad Accused of Hitting Wife

Teen star's parents got into spat at her charity event

(Newser) - Teen actress Hayden Panettiere's father posted $50,000 bail yesterday after he was arrested on felony domestic violence charges following a fight with his wife at their daughter’s charity event, People reports. Alan Panettiere and the Heroes star's mom, Lesley Vogel, “were doing a good amount of yelling”...

'Rockefeller'
Linked to
Missing Couple

Aug 11, 2008 6:33 PM CDT

'Rockefeller' Linked to Missing Couple

Calif. officials to question him about vanished newlyweds

(Newser) - Accused kidnapper Clark Rockefeller is a German national wanted for questioning in a Los Angeles double-murder case, California authorities said today. The statement marked the first by officials that German Christian Gerhartsreiter used the Rockefeller name in Boston and Christopher Chichester when living with a couple that later disappeared in...

SEIU Local Paid Big Bucks to Relatives' Firm

Aug 9, 2008 7:05 PM CDT

SEIU Local Paid Big Bucks to Relatives' Firm

Fast-rising union prez defends payments to wife's company

(Newser) - California's biggest union local has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on companies owned by its president's relatives, the Los Angeles Times reports. The SEIU local for low-wage caregivers, and a related charity, paid six figures to a video company run by the wife and mother-in-law of union President Tyrone...

'Coercive Paternalism'
Is Bad Parenting

OPINION

Aug 9, 2008 9:57 AM CDT

'Coercive Paternalism' Is Bad Parenting

Laws designed to force public to choose healthy options is 'Orwellian'

(Newser) - Under the banner of what’s good for you, an insidious new trend is growing. “Coercive paternalism,” Steve Chapman writes in Reason, is the wrong-minded older sibling of the much-in-vogue “libertarian paternalism” responsible for dietary information in chain restaurants. “Libertarian paternalists … limit themselves to promoting...