Morning Buzz: Thursday 9.18.08

USC student stabbed to death on a street near campus this morning. LAT
Hundreds of LAPD officers are attending the funeral downtown for Spree Desha right now. No live TV coverage except for cut-ins on Fox 11's "Good Day L.A.". LAT
Chief Bratton unveiled a new system allowing people to provide anonymous crime tips via text message. LAT
Dodgers owner Frank McCourt moved closer to acquiring the Los Angeles Marathon and moving the race to the President's Day Monday. LAT, DN
Journalist Celeste Fremon begins a series on a shooting five years ago in the Valley that left a family devastated. Witness LA
Author Neal Pollack admits he has a fantasy football team called the Los Feliz Yogis: "When I moved to L.A. nearly three years ago, I knew almost no one." CityBeat
Author Frances Dinkelspiel points out that the founder of Lehman Bros. bailed out Los Angeles in 1875 when Isaias Hellman,'s Farmers and Merchants Bank was on the verge of collapse. LAT Op-Ed