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• 'Dear John' bumps 'Avatar' with $32.4M debut

  A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up typically slow times at theaters over Super Bowl weekend.

• Golden milestone for the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  Fifty years ago, the Hollywood Walk of Fame began as a gimmick to lure visitors to a Los Angeles neighborhood that had fallen on hard times in the post-World War II years.

• Mudslides sweep away cars, assault homes near LA

  THUNDEROUS mudslides damaged dozens of homes, swept away cars and pushed furniture into the streets of the foothills north of Los Angeles as intense winter rain poured down mountains denuded by a summer wildfire.

• Illinois Spotlight: Actor nears 40 years in role

  Meet Ted Neeley , Superman. He may not move faster than a speeding bullet or leap tall buildings in a single bound.

• Mudslides damage, wreck homes in L.A. foothills

  Los Angeles Co Fire says at least 43 houses have been damaged by mudflows, mostly in Pickens Canyon.

• LA County coroner says heiress Casey Johnson's death was diabetes related

  The Los Angeles County coroner says socialite Casey Johnson's death was related to diabetes.

• Ferrari owner's dream garage grinds neighbors' gears

  His pristine Ferrari 512 BBi "Boxer" sits in the middle of Holger Schubert's living room in Brentwood, right next to stylish furniture, a built-in bookcase and a flat-screen TV that slides on tracks past walls of glass that frame an ocean view.

• UPDATE 2-Mudslides damage, wreck homes in L.A. foothills

  Mudslides touched off by torrential rains poured down onto upscale neighborhoods in the fire-scarred foothills above Los Angeles on Saturday, damaging dozens of homes and destroying some of them.

• The Hollywood Walk of Fame | A brief history in photos

  Taking an early stab at envisioning what would become the Hollywood Walk of Fame, artist Jack Lane, right, puts the finishing touches on a painted star framing a celebrity's caricature on the sidewalk in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in February 1956.

• Mudslides sweep away cars, batter homes near L.A.

  Thunderous mudslides swept away cars and pushed furniture out of homes and into the streets in the foothills north of Los Angeles Saturday as an intense winter storm brought down hillsides in wildfire burn areas.