• Hellish travel nightmares may be curtailed by long overdue amendments to the Passenger Bill of Rights, such as limits to how long airlines can hold passengers grounded on the tarmac and fairer refunds for lost baggage. [KABC]
• Massive $4.1-billion modernization construction project at LAX will create a projected 39,900 jobs and generate $6.9 billion in economic activity. [LATimes]
• A year after Deepwater Horizon explosion and Gulf oil spill, the nation's worst environmental disaster, Congress hasn't passed any new safety laws on offshore drilling. [HuffPo]
• Poor Rebecca Black is still getting death threats saying she'll be killed if "Friday" isn't taken off the internet. [PE]
• The guidos and guidettes will reportedly take on the motherland, specifically Florence, for "Jersey Shore" Season 4. [TMZ]

• Will Obama's 2012 presidential campaign feature Jay-Z? [Post]
• 40 arrested, 16 hospitalized at this weekend's Monster Massive Halloween rave in Exposition Park [KTLA]
• Get ready for some Justin Bieber-scented wristbands and dog tags available at Walmart on Black Friday [PE]
• After he was dropped by the film, Liam Neeson replaces Mel Gibson for the tattoo artist character in The Hangover 2 [TMZ]
• In an attempt to rebuild its rep, BP's new chief exec says media and oil rivals were "scaremongering" in wake of Gulf oil spill [HuffPo]

• Vogue's Hamish Bowles and Anna Wintour find a fashion week date in the Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire [Post]
• BP's 193-page probe of the Gulf oil spill places blame on several other companies besides itself [LATimes]
• Was Spencer Pratt the one who gave Vivid Karissa Shannon's sex tape? [TMZ]
• Reggie Bush will likely be stripped of his 2005 Heisman Trophy this month for violating NCAA bylaws [KTLA]
• Bristol Palin wants Levi Johnston banned from the "DWTS" set [PE]

• Zac Efron has a boys night out at a strip club... A female strip club [NYPost]
• Gulf of Mexico oil spill is dissolving much faster than expected [NYTimes]
• Man catches HUGE Mako Shark in Oxnard, possibly CA's biggest [KTLA]
• Lindsay's hair & makeup team are on call to get her camera-ready for her jail exit [Popeater]
• Was Oksana's publicist fired, or did he quit that mess? [TMZ]

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Yesterday, Armani Exchange teamed up with the SurfRider Foundation to benefit the gulf oil spill clean-up effort with the event, "Cool Down for a Cause" at their Robertson Boulevard store in West Hollywood. More»

On Saturday, hundreds gathered at Venice Beach to get really, really sandy for a great cause.  The crowd formed an impressive human chain along the sunny coast and spelled out "GO GREEN" and "END OIL" as part of the Hands Across the Sand nation-wide demonstration More»

• And so it begins...violations already starting at the Surf Lodge [Curbed]
• Video: Royal Pains cast member tries out the legendary Lobster Roll [USA Network]
• Think you can fix Long Island?  Join the discussion! [LIBN]
• Oil fears flood Long Island cities, citizens prepare for the worst [LIPress]
• Healthy eating tips for keeping that beach body even while on vacation [Plum TV]

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@JenKirkman Hey homophobes, deny gays rights all you want but you can't deny that they know how to clean shit up after pride parade. No trash anywhere!
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Protesters at ARCO on Sunset at Fairfax, June 8, 2010

Last night, an eclectic crowd of Angelenos came together for a common purpose and held a demonstration to boycott the ARCO gas station (a west coast subsidiary of BP) on the corner of Sunset Blvd and Fairfax a.k.a. "Sunfax." More»

Go HERE for more photos by Fedele Spadafora, and tag yourself and your friends!

On Saturday, Bogart Street Studios hosted OIL SLICK, a benefit for environmental recovery undertaken by the Gitana Rosa Gallery.  Never have hipsters, bohemians, and polo-shirt enthusiasts come together so peacefully for a non-sadistic cause. More»

• Joran van der Sloot, the lead suspect in the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is wanted in Peru for murder [KTLA]
• Fresh out of rehab (really, he was released Monday), Jason "Gummi Bear" Davis proposed to his longtime beard girlfriend at the Ivy on Robertson yesterday [NYPost] More»