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  • In what will be its biggest acquisition to date, Google will buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion by early 2012. [LATimes]
  • A $250, 000 Rembrandt drawing is stolen over the weekend from the Marina del Rey Ritz-Carlton in what authorities describe as a well-planned heist. [KABC]
  • An investigation is underway after the Compton Sheriff's phone system is flooded with calls following The Game tweeting the station's phone number for prospective music interns to call. [KTLA]
  • Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren welcome second baby girl, Haven Garner Warren in L.A. on Saturday. [Radar]
  • Will "Real Housewives of New York City" be as obnoxious and cringe-inducing the same next season if Bravo doesn't ask Jill Zarin back? [Post]

Hulu, the company that started out hot and heavy as the predicted killer of all TV as we know it, has seen its hype fizzle like a classic high school jock turned high school janitor story. Hulu has long been feeling the pressure to generate more money from its media owners and is currently openly for sale with lots of changes to come.

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  • The same antiretroviral drugs that treat HIV and AIDS can also be used to cut down the risk of contracting HIV in the first place, two new studies show. [WaPo]
  • Google+ is estimated to have passed 10 million users last night and is on course to hit 20 million by the weekend. [WSJ] More»
  • Anderson Cooper gives Snooki's book a dramatic reading... [Gawker]
  • The designer of Princess Beatrice's fascinating bow hat is defending it, and its wearer, from the fashion bullies. [People]
  • Casey Anthony already is thinking up disguises for when she is back in the "real world." [DB]
  • Google+ keeps going and going... with predictions it will hit 20 million users by the weekend. [WSJ]
  • Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced that it was withdrawing a $12 billion bid to take over the shares it does not already own in Britain’s main satellite television broadcaster. [NYT]
  • Google+'s most popular user is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. [Atlantic]
  • The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn has fallen apart so much that charges are expected to be dropped within two weeks. [NYP] More»

via guestofaguest.com Last Tuesday Google launched Google+, the site's attempt at a social network which creates more private and exclusive online relationships. Could it be, a site that will connect you with your friends and keep those weirdos from elementary school away? Here's hoping. MORE>>>

Last Tuesday Google launched Google+, the site's attempt at a social network which promises to "fix" the awkward way we communicate online by creating more private and exclusive online relationships. Could it be, a site that lets you connect with your friends and keep the creepers at bay? Here's hoping. More»

  • Minnesota shut down today, leaving 20,000 state employees without work, [NYT]
  • A source says that Vinny Guadagnino stormed out of the Jersey Shore shared house during filming,and isn't returning. [NYP]
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  • After a brief separation a few years ago while he sought treatment for sex addiction, David Duchovny and wife of 14 years Tea Leoni are separated again. [TMZ]
  • CA Legislature passes new budget that would cut funding for UC and Cal State schools, courts, health and education programs for the poor, and close 70 state parks. [LATimes]
  • Madonna is planning to open her own orphanage in Malawi that will care for at least 1,000 children and they will all practice Kabbalah, do daily pilates and be raised on vegan macrobiotic diets. [PE]
  • Google launches its social network Google+ for a limited trial run on a selective invite-only basis available only to truly special people but common folk may send requests to join. [HuffPo]
  • Bankruptcy court judge allows Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to borrow $60 million to maintain operations while MLB considers seizing control of the franchise. [KABC]

I've been an iPhone user since the beginning (and have proudly never owned a Blackberry, thank you very much) but I still find myself never knowing about all the "cool" apps that everyone else somehow discovers. Here's a cheat sheet of all the apps you need to have, should want to have, and will seem like a total weirdo if you don't have. More»

  • Get ready for the Steve Jobs biographical comic book, Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple, coming to a comic stand near you. [KABC]
  • In an effort towards the green movement, Google invests $280 million in solar panel company for private homeowners to power their homes with clean energy. [HuffPo]
  • Montel, as in Montel Williams, plans to open his own medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento. [KTLA]
  • House of Representatives grants NY congressman Anthony Weiner two-week leave of absence, Obama says if he were in Weiner's shoes, he'd resign. [LATimes]
  • Despite having invariably unimpressive and often quite terrible style, billion dollar fashion empire mogul Jessica Simpson gets a new NBC fashion reality show, "Fashion Star". [PE]