L.A. Times - News — Arturo Chavez Chavez was a Chihuahua state prosecutor during the 1990s, when hundreds of women were slain in Ciudad Juarez. Before a Senate committee, he acknowledges failures by agents he supervised. ... more info

L.A. Times - News — The San Fernando Valley man, now 44, walks free after more than 26 years behind bars. 'How can you put this into words? It's unbelievable,' he says. A San Fern... more info

Jury selection began Monday in a trial that could see John Travolta take the stand against two people accused of trying to extort ... more info

Fashion Wire Daily - At London Fashion Week, there's a pleasurable contrast between the truly offbeat and bizarre dreams that inspire designers and the edgily elegant ideas that emerge on the catwalk. This was rarely more true than at the beautiful g... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" -- based on footage from concert rehearsals before his death in June -- will have simultaneous premieres in more than 15 cities around the world next month, the studio behind the film sai... more info

L.A. Times - News — Huge crowds greet the flag-draped caskets of soldiers killed in a suicide bombing last week. At the ceremony in Rome, onlookers reportedly yell, 'Now pull them out!' and 'How many deaths more?' ... more info

L.A. Times - News — Militias burn more than 2,000 homes in a village as violence surges in southern Sudan. Ethnic fighting in southern Sudan claimed 76 lives over the weekend as t... more info

L.A. Times - News — In the interests of a speedy resolution to the election, the two agencies overseeing the vote agree to rely on statistical sampling rather than a thorough investigation of alleged irregularities. ... more info

VH1 Blog — I Love Money 2’s George “Tailor Made” Weisgerber and Kwame “It” Smalls were on Monday’s Judge Pirro, suing a boxing promoter that they claimed canceled a “celebrity” match they intended to include in their Tailor Made & It Run the Cit... more info

All About Jazz — The singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage in Spain. Mr. Cohen fainted during a performance of his song Bird on the Wire in Valencia on Friday night, The Times of London reported. The concert was stopped, and Mr. Co... more info