[ [By Rebecca Martin and the editors of Wetpaint Entertainment, experts on everything Jersey Shore] GQ recently ranked the Jersey Shore as #19 on its list of the 40 Worst-Dressed Places in America, in large part because of MTV's smash hit Jersey Shore. But we're not totally convinced. Sure, the guido style popularized by the cast is frequently questionable, but we have a soft spot for their brazenly asset-flaunting choices. At some point, trashy turns the bend and becomes artful again — or maybe we've just been brainwashed by their day-glo skin. More»

• Amid ongoing political instability, pro-government Syrian protesters launch attack on U.S. embassy in Damascus. [LATimes]
• So happy to hear Vinny Guadagnino has moved back into the Seaside Heights house to finish out filming for "Jersey Shore" season 5. [TMZ]
• The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge AKA William and Kate have returned home to England after their three-day jaunt in L.A. [Telegraph]
• David and Victoria Beckham welcome welcome their fourth child yesterday at Cedars Sinai, a baby girl named Harper Seven Beckham. [KABC]
• Kate Hudson also gave birth over the weekend to a baby boy with fiance Matthew Bellamy of Muse. [PE]

• James "Whitey" Bulger, Boston mobster and 15-year fugitive found living in Santa Monica, may be shipped off to Mass. today to face the music on charges of murder and other crimes. [KTLA]
• Was Whitey Bulger involved in the '90 unsolved "holy grail of art crime", a Boston museum heist of a Vermeer, five Degas and three Rembrandt paintings? [LATimes]
• Conservatives enraged over children's animated film Cars 2 for portraying Big Oil as the villain. [HuffPo]
• Lindsay Lohan once again squeaks by jail time after appearing in court for a failed alcohol test while on house arrest, claims innocence, blames test results on kombucha tea. [PE]
• Sources say Season 5, which begins shooting in Seaside Heights next week, will be the current cast's last for "Jersey Shore". [TMZ]