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Technical difficulties — as in no Internet connection — at home this morning. So, better late than never...
- LAT's James Rainey gets up close and kinda personal with Arianna Huffington (including on video) but finds the Huffington Post can still be seen as too thin. LAT
- KTLA's recent interim boss, John Vitanovec, has left Tribune amid continuing speculation about Don Corsini, who recently announced his departure from Channels 2 & 9. Variety
- Villaraigosa plays the good soldier, says he will campaign hard for Obama. LAT, Franklin Avenue
- Culver City blogger arrested at home for posting unreleased songs by Guns N' Roses on a website. LAT
- Half of the sexual charges against fashion designer Anand Jon were dropped by the DA, leaving charges of forcible rape, lewd acts upon a child, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, sexual battery by restraint and attempted forcible oral copulation involving ten victims in his trial. LAT
- TheWB.com has relaunched, in beta mode anyway.
- Ed Fuentes isn't quite leaving Downtown, or blogdowntown, after all.
- LAT Metro reporter Sharon Bernstein is moving to the Business desk as an assignment editor for real estate coverage.
- Must admit, my mouth began watering reading Judith Kane Jeanson's guide to the city's best rotisserie chickens. LAT
- San Francisco Chronicle will stop using the term "progressive" to describe liberals. Bay Guardian
- Author and former Reason editor Virginia Postrel has launched Deep Glamour: At the Intersection of Imagination and Desire, a blog tied to a forthcoming book, with former Fishbowl LA editor Kate Coe.
Plus: Mark Lacter's Morning Headlines at LA Biz Observed.