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Rapper recants on LAPD role in Biggie Smalls murder

All these years later, Waymond Anderson says he was part of a scam to link LAPD officer David Mack to the 1997 shooting of Smalls, whose real name was Chris Wallace. Beyond that it gets complicated. LAT

Many red light runners not cited

In the Valley, 45% of drivers nabbed by red-light cameras don't get tickets because their identity can't be ascertained. Map of intersections with cameras is included with the story online. DN or a citywide version in the Breeze

Developers donate $50 million to Antonio's schools

Mayor Villaraigosa today will unveil the gift from Richard and Melanie Lundquist to be paid over ten years to the Partnership for Los Angles Schools, the nonprofit created to give the mayor oversight of two low-performing high schools and the middle and elementary campuses that feed into them. DN

They say tomato, we say....

While KFWB's announcers claim to do the news from the "KFWB Broadcast Tower," sister station KNX claims to be in the "CBS Broadcast Center." In fact they share the same office tower (once known as the California Federal tower) on Wilshire Boulevard's Miracle Mile. Franklin Avenue

New LAPD headquarters up to $437 million

The original estimate to sell the concept was $302 million. Plus it ruins one of the the most dramatic street views Downtown. LAT

Last of Ambassador Hotel to be razed

Almost all of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub that was spared the first wave of demolition at the Wilshire Boulevard site will be torn down to make way for a school. The Board of Education accepted a conclusion that the structure was unsound, over the objections of the Los Angeles Conservancy. LAT

L.A's Wi-Fi pledge

Still as hollow as ever. LAT

More NYT bestsellers

The paper's Book 'Review adds a separate listing for quality paperback fiction. LAT

Blogging the Solar Power 2007 conference in Long Beach

Here's the link to NewEnergyNews.com.

McCourt's Boston estate a tear-down

Boston Red Sox owner John Henry bought the former home of Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and plans to level it. The seven-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion cost $16 million. Portfolio

He shoots, he writes

Former (and returned) Laker Derek Fisher has sold his memoir to Touchstone Fireside.