To prepare for the show, exhibit curator Paul Martineau spent several months plowing through 1, 200 boxes of prints in a cold cinder-block room at the Herb Ritts Foundation in Hollywood, looking for shots with the L.A.-bred photographer's signature style: glowing California light, bold shadows, bare skin and film-noir settings.

WSJ: Herb Ritts at the Getty: Capturing the Soul of Fashion

To narrow the racial gap in swimming, the L.A.-based Amateur Athletic Foundation gives grants to swim facilities in Southern California.

NPR: L.A. Effort Narrows Swimming's Racial Gap

The Director of the National Science Foundation (metallurgist Arden L. Bement) shall establish a Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program which will apply to 1, 000 students that will receive free-ride scholarships plus stipends and internships.

FORBES: Rockefeller's Cybersecurity Act of 2010: A Very Bad Bill