In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed over fifty homes within the first 24 hours. National outlets may be covering the fires, but CNN also found it is easier to buy a gun than fruit and......

Phillyist has been suffering through an extreme bout of insomnia lately, which we mentioned to you last week. That, combined with our currently heavy workload, makes us lament the mere two days we get every weekend and kind of think about moving to France and joining up with our Parisian sister site. If only we spoke the language... Austinist: Yikes! No thank you! Sampaist: A public park in Brazil may soon give park-goers the......

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this guy......

- Looks like the Mayor's brother won't be running for state representative after all. We imagine he didn't want the job all that badly, since he didn't bother showing up to defend his petition. - The Frankford part of the city is in the news for gunfire again...this time a deliveryman was robbed at gunpoint, and several shots were fired at his car. Thankfully, he was not wounded. - Senator Vince Fumo claims the Republicans......

As Phillyist gets ready to close our laptops for the weekend, we thought we'd leave you with this photograph of Julia Roberts as Erin Brockovich. Why? Well, keep reading. And hey, have a nice weekend! Shanghaiist: What China really needs right now is Erin Brockovich. Houstonist: We were surprised not to find this post when we were assembling Elite -ist yesterday, but here it is: Houstonian Chloe Dao won Project Runway. Those of you who......

Sorry we're late today, folks. We'd offer excuses, but we're sure you don't care, so we won't waste any more of your time! SFist: If you're excited about tonight's Project Runway finale, you'll love this post. Otherwise, you should at least appreciate the pretty pictures, like the one on the right. Gothamist: Guess what the dirty minds at Phillyist misread this headline as? Londonist: It took us a while to realize this wasn't a typo.......