• After demonstrations left 1,400 protesters demanding democracy dead, Syria's president Bashar Assad announces intent for political reform but not enough toward democracy. [LATimes]
• Rapper Tone Loc, aka Emilio from Ace Ventura, arrested for felony domestic violence against his baby-mama. [TMZ]
• Our own Miss California, Alyssa Campanella, wins crown as Miss USA, giving us all a reason to be proud we're Californians. [KABC]
• Always the exemplar of balanced, healthy lifestyle, Heidi Montag claims to have lost nearly 30lbs by working out 14 hours a day for the last two months. [PE]
• Renowned Malibu-based contemporary artist Paul Alan Rusconi arrested on accusations of molesting his two 20-month-old daughters. [KTLA]

• Forgotten about that swine flu thing? Don't, it's on the verge of being certified as a "pandemic" [CNN]

• Stodgy old media New York Times gives a shot right back to the Daily Show's takedown, with out of context quotes, etc. [NYT] More»

• What happens in college should stay in college. Unfortunately for one unlucky 22-year old, he must have been reminiscing about his wild fraternity party days after blacking out, breaking into a Bridgehampton home, and getting caught all to catch some shut eye [NY Post]

• Is the Runaway Bride Star attempting to run away from his Water Mill home after lowering the original asking price from $8.8 mill to $7.2 mill. Richard Gere and his wife Carey Lowell are on the run to get out of the Hamptons considering they also own a home neighboring Jimmy Buffett [Newsday]

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