Morning Buzz: Friday 4.20.07

$6.8 billion, good for the LAPD, cuts for others. LAT, DN

Lays out his legal theories to the editorial board, which blogs about it.

The nanny made up the story, she told two nannies, and so on and so on. LAT, DN

Plan to cut 100 positions should go out Monday. Layoffs follow if they don't make the numbers. CT

Cops, students and schools officials say the mayor's claim of a turf fight over East Valley High is news to them. DN

A special effects shot for the film Pineapple Express ignited debris and forced evacuation of the newspaper. Breeze

A 50-year-old man set himself on fire, suffering critical burns and forcing evacuation of the building. P-T

Here's the audio on TMZ.

Times copy editor Larry Harnisch borrows the 1947 Project model for his Times blog rehashing the news of 1957, using LAT clips. At the original, they've moved on to 1927.

Rick Wartzman looks at the idea to strip away the floor-area ratio rules in the old industrial district even though L.A. voters decided in 1986 against runaway density. LAT

He's the saint of copy editors apparently, from the Times

Nicole Avant, who helped start the African American group Culture Cabinet and is a leading fundraiser for Obama, is "tenacious...smart...savvy. She never gives up, and she's as cool as the other side of the pillow," says Kerman Maddox. LAT

It had been in Miami. The 11th annual festival will be held October 25 to 29, with events in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. AP