An estimated 1,400 police officers descend on the Occupy LA encampment around City Hall in an eviction operation just past midnight, arrest roughly 200 defiant protesters, hazmat crews begin cleanup. [KABC]
In an attempt to get in touch with Santa Claus, two children in upstate New York call 911 asking to speak to either Father Christmas himself or the police chief. Don't they know he lives in the North Pole? [LATimes]
Actor and comedian Patrice O'Neal dies at 41 of complications from the stroke he suffered in October. [TMZ]
Conrad Murray is given the maximum sentence of four years in county jail (not prison) for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. [KTLA]
Kourtney Kardashian confirms she's nine weeks pregnant with boyfriend and baby daddy Scott Disick's second child. [Radar]
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