- Clippers' Eric Gordon says he has a 'good shot' at making Team USA final roster
- Kanye West unveils new song at secret, all-formal party in New York
- PREACH IT! Dina Lohan’s word o’ the day: 'hardball.' Or maybe it’s 'overboard.'
- Desire of pay TV distributors to be gatekeepers to broadband and tablets could increase programming costs
- City Section orders more night games for girls' basketball teams
- Lighten up, Leo DiCaprio? Readers respond, Sharkey bites back
- Los Angeles lobbyist received big legal contract from Huntington Park
- Music review: Bramwell Tovey, Emanuel Ax and the L.A. Phil at Hollywood Bowl
- Guido de Marco, Maltese president who worked for EU membership, dies at 79
- Baseball: Don Furnald is new Etiwanda coach
- Your morning adorable: Black panther cubs mug for the camera at Berlin Zoo
- Struggling to avoid bankruptcy, Blockbuster extends debt deadline to Sept. 30
- Softball: L.A. team reaches final at RBI World Series
- DUBAI: Police issue stern warning against violating Ramadan fast
- It's 'Goliath versus Goliath' as Oracle files patent lawsuit against Google
- Rihanna defends la grammaire française used in new tattoo
- Football: Servite, Thomas gearing up for another title run
- Can Angelina Jolie get saltier?
- Starbucks working with Yahoo to offer website with coffee shop's own content
- Video: David Lazarus on bank overdraft fees
- Report: Reggie Bush apologizes to USC
- Hollywood Headlines: A crazy week in review
- Opinion: Props to the printers -- with revisions
- Love hurts at David Hasselhoff's Comedy Central Roast
- Richie Hayward, drummer and Little Feat co-founder, dies at 64
- TV This Week for August 15th – 22nd
- Consumer Confidential: Retail sales, Android lawsuit, naked vacations
- Alfredo Rodriguez, jazz pianist pal of Dudamel and Quincy Jones, to play Pasadena
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: 'Glee,' Gisele Bundchen and Beyonce
- Arcade Fire announce two shows at the Shrine Auditorium (and one at Henry Miller Library in Big Sur!)
- 'The Office' heads to China?
- Despite controversies, OneUnited chief executive hopes to raise private equity
- SoCal man can sue to reclaim Pissarro painting seized by Nazis
- Wall Street Roundup: Bonuses up, Goldman's cinematic fight
- First Take: Prop. 8 backers move to stop new marriages. The GOP's Valley Girls.
- Ray Bradbury week in Los Angeles: Something special this way comes
- Question of the day: Should Ben Roethlisberger’s suspension be reduced from six to four games?
- Monster Mash: More skepticism in Ansel Adams controversy; Andrew Lloyd Webber coming to Xbox
- The Dry Garden: A skeptic's view of vertical gardens
- So you wanna be a Test Kitchen intern.... Meet Maria Sulprizio
- The Morning Fix: Rupert to stop the presses! Don't cut that cord. Oprah network costs go up but so does her commitment. Battle of sexes at box office.
- Creating a unique library in Colorado
- Eric Holmes tops NASCAR Hunter Index for developmental drivers
- Opinion: Ukraine soldiers party with sledgehammers
- 'Soba Pop' at Breadbar; more soba-making classes; 'pop art' sushi at Royal/T
- Kathy Goodman: OMG!!
- Fullerton Arboretum's tomato tasting and salsa contest
- Time for a new Dodgers closer: Joe Torre must realize he can no longer count on Jonathan Broxton
- Ellen DeGeneres steps up to the 'So You Think You Can Dance' challenge
- One year ago: Les Paul
- The Deal: Weekend sidewalk sale on L.A.'s 3rd Street
- Football: Thousand Oaks receiver eyes Pac-10 schools
- Art review: 'Stille Post: 7 Curators 7 Artists' at Kinkead Contemporary
- Opinion: Nevermind layoffs, Milwaukee teachers union sues over male members' right to erection help
- Daniel Craig wants another shot at Bond: 'It's out of my hands.... If I get the call, I'll be there'
- Book review: 'Faithful Place' by Tana French
- Market Watch: Coachella desert's Valencia Pride and Keitt mangoes have arrived
- Senate passes border security bill
- News Corp. plans national newspaper for tablet computers and cellphones
- Business groups amp up campaign against marijuana legalization
- To fight homelessness, turn Project 50 into Project 10,000
- Target stores negotiate with gay-lesbian group over political spending
- Google accuses California of rigging bidding process for e-mail contract
- A proposed mosque near ground zero; Jonah Goldberg and the 14th Amendment; for-profit colleges
- Fears of a new superbug from Asia may be overblown, experts say
- LAPD warns of possible serial rapist on skid row
- Prop. 8 hangs by a legal thread
- Resuming gay marriages, wisely
- Rafael Nadal advances to semifinals in Toronto
- The FDA approves ella for emergency contraception
- Movie review: 'Lebanon'
- Lose the ruling, attack the judge
- Letters: The Dodgers have blown it
- French look askance at topless beachgoers
- Movie review: 'Most Valuable Players' examines the H.S. musical
- 15-year-old twins killed in Crenshaw apartment fire
- A biased ruling on gay marriage in California
- Movie Review: 'Animal Kingdom'
- Ron Burkle launches proxy fight against Barnes & Noble
- Fiorina, Whitman court Central Valley voters
- Dustin Johnson has put U.S. Open collapse in the past
- Blockbuster gets reprieve from creditors, reports loss
- Horoscope: Aug. 13
- Compton residents plan fourth recall attempt this year
- Happening Friday
- Night Life: A new twist on the L.A. club scene at SPiN Hollywood
- Whitman ads invoke Bell scandal to attack Brown
- Vijay Iyer's jazz pulls from grab bag of genres and years
- Floods in Pakistan's south take huge toll on farmers
- UC researchers ratify their first union contract
- Firms oppose California bill to disclose policing of labor practices
- Latin America ahead of U.S. on same-sex marriage
- Fast Track: Jennifer Aniston vs. Bill O'Reilly
- Wind comes into play at PGA Championship
- Angels' defense sparkles, but offense is flat in 3-0 loss to Blue Jays
- Rejection of California state worker furloughs is upheld
- North Korean soccer team reportedly punished
- Perfect storm gathering over Dodgers
- Trying to shed light on a shadowy figure in Proposition 23 battle
- Wilshire Grand developer seeks public assistance on $1-billion project
- Nancy Dowd's winter home in the Caribbean is for sale
- Angels' Brandon Wood probably will play winter ball
- Acetaminophen, better known as Tylenol, linked to asthma in new study
- Mental health advocates demand BP pay stress-related claims
- One cornerback spot is up for grabs at USC
- Matt Kuchar has halfway lead, for now, at PGA Championship
- That strange sweetness that lingers after you eat an artichoke
- La Mesa man can sue Spain and cultural foundation over Impressionist painting, court rules
- Friday's TV highlights
- He knows all about museum adventures and date nights
- France cracks down on Roma migrants
- Long search for Mitrice Richardson comes to tragic end
- AVP season canceled, but Manhattan Beach event will go on
- Jonathan Broxton doesn't lose a lead, only his job, as Dodgers fall
- Market Watch: Coachella desert's Valencia Pride and Keitt mangoes have arrived
- Angels get blanked by the Blue Jays
- Bruins optimistic about offensive line
- 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
- Movie review: 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
- Book review: 'Faithful Place' by Tana French
- Genetically modified crops pop up in the wild
- Proposition 8 backers unhappy with federal judge's ruling
- Spin Hollywood at the Mondrian
- Rodent of the Week: Nerves regenerated after spinal cord injury [Updated]
- 'The Expendables'
- UC Berkeley adjusts freshman orientation's gene-testing program
- 'Expendables' poised for big action at the box office
- Word Play: A horrid success with kids
- Movie review: 'The Expendables'
- Coming Sunday: Put to the test
- Watch out, Barbie: Mattel's edgy Monster High is in session
- Matt Kemp won't agree or disagree with Dave Stewart's comments
- I'll have a Big Mac and fries with a side of statins
- 'Eat Pray Love' info
- Failing Mitrice Richardson
- Buss as a Hall of Famer? It has a definite ring to it
- Fiorina says she opposes calls to alter the 14th Amendment
- Big banks resisting changes to overdraft fee policies
- 'Animal Kingdom'
- Cris Arreola defeats Manuel Quezada by unanimous decision
- Skip the Viagra prescription -- it might not be needed
- Movie info: 'Lebanon'
- Box office info: Vijay Iyer Trio
- Wii titles drag down July video game sales
- Chargers' Shawne Merriman signs tender offer
- New York Jets' Mark Sanchez more comfortable in his second season
- When piety cuts into the partying
- An Appreciation: David L. Wolper transformed TV landscape
- This old flag is no glory
- Movie review: 'Eat Pray Love'
- Blackstone to buy power producer Dynegy
- Nicky Panicci lists his Hollywood Hills home
- Myanmar announces November election
- News Corp. explores national news app for iPad, mobile phones
- PHOTOS: New Drew University facility
- Quick Takes - Aug. 13, 2010
- For the record - Aug. 13, 2010
- Frank Vessels dies at 58; prominent Southern California racehorse breeder
- Thomas C. Peebles dies at 89; doctor isolated measles virus
- "So You Think You Can Dance": Raise a glass of Gatorade -- we have a new winner!
- Dodgers blow a seven-run lead in 10-9 loss to Phillies
- Friday's TV Highlights: 'Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi Tour' on VH1
- Loyola earns top athletic program award
- Friday's TV Talk Shows
- Football: Crenshaw is going to get early TV exposure
- Whitman blasts lawmakers for budget delay
- Deflation or not, gold's fans see reasons to buy
- Nintendo's woes hurt video game industry
- Facebook movie spawns mock trailers for fake movies about Twitter, YouTube
- Art review: Todd Gray and Kyungmi Shin at See Line Gallery
- Erik Morales fighting again Sept. 11
- Dueling Hollywood voices over Net neutrality
- Art review: André Ethier at Honor Fraser
- Theater review: 'Becoming Norman' at NoHo Arts Center
- Guilds and studios speak to the FCC with one voice on piracy
- Jason Schwartzman and wife expecting first baby in December
- Sutton Foster, Betty Buckley concerts added to Reprise season
- 'Top Chef': Kenny Gilbert talks about how he lost — and what he gained
- Jazz pianist Vijay Iyer talks Janelle Monae, mixing genres and more
- So, is Kelsey Grammer's new young girlfriend pregnant? Yes
- Opinion: Blog Roundup
- Theater review: 'Passengers' at Raven Playhouse
- Gulf oil spill victims applaud choice of New Orleans court
- Drew Barrymore and Justin Long will go a greater distance
- Courtney Love plus Britney Spears equals Lady Gaga?
- Google speaks to Android fans with new voice recognition feature
- Gas prices hit highest levels of the year
- Danica Patrick set to rejoin NASCAR in Michigan
- Chivas USA goalkeeper Kennedy to undergo surgery Friday
- Jonathan Franzen, on the cover of Time
- Art review: 'Everlasting Gobstopper' at Michael Benevento
- Halle Berry talks about motherhood and Gabriel Aubry
- George Michael charged with pot possession, unfit driving
- Wolf-hunting proponents consider a new tactic: Killing gray wolves in the name of research
- Snoop Dogg gets viral, sends messages to Britney Spears, Al Gore, 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Justin Bieber
- Will the UK Film Council closure leave British films out of the loop?
- 'Top Chef': Way to go, turbot!
- Species of titi monkey found in Colombia is new to science -- and in danger of extinction
- PREACH IT! Are we the only ones who haven't been interviewed about Mel Gibson?
- Serena and Venus Williams will play for U.S. in Fed Cup final
- Hollywood political donors are spreading the wealth in surprising ways
- Drake redefines the corporate party -- and Anna Kendrick aims for his entourage?
- If Dodgers' Kenley Jansen is living in Fantasyland, Joe Torre will be happy to play Walt Disney
- Jimmy Fallon preps for Emmy duty with a little help from 'Mad Men's' Christina Hendricks
- Jazzman Leon Breeden, leader of North Texas' 'One O'Clock Lab Band,' dies at 88
- 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World': The year's most honest romance?
- Football: Newbury Park QB picks up offer
- Consumer groups want federal investigation of insurers' medical spending
- PREACH IT! Levi Johnston will not leave you alone until he is on TV
- Movie projector: Stallone's 'Expendables' to blow away 'Eat Pray Love' and 'Scott Pilgrim'
- Bill to outlaw debit card fees passes Legislature
- USC football: Pat Haden backs Lane Kiffin's suspension of Dillon Baxter
- Furloughs off as appeals court hands Schwarzenegger legal defeat
- Ansel Adams controversy: Norsigian's photo expert says $200-million claim is `crap'
- Education groups no longer support Democratic budget plan
- Comments about online comments
- October is for literary festivals
- Thursday shopping: 'Real Housewife' Vicki Gunvalson signs books in Irvine, new tees launch at the Echo
- Today's showbiz puzzler: Why are so many old folks still so cool?
- Friday won’t be a furlough day, governor’s office concedes
- Ben McKenzie of 'Southland' and 'The O.C.' to star in 'Glass Menagerie' at Mark Taper Forum
- Your morning adorable: Endangered Amur tiger cub debuts at Erie Zoo in Pennsylvania
- Fiorina opposes changing 14th Amendment
- Rip Torn ordered to stand trial on gun, trespass charges
- Elaine Koster, who backed Stephen King and Khaled Hosseini, dies at 69
- Oil prices tumble as worries rise about economy
- Abdi's big upset and other random notes on Bravo's 'Work of Art'
- Spotlight on Candace Parker: Life after shoulder surgery
- Will public donations save the 'Gone with the Wind' gowns?
- Francisco Rodriguez suspended two days by Mets; pitcher, both managers suspended by league after Reds-Cardinals brawl
- State risks $2 billion in unpaid bills if budget stalemate contines
- Twitter rolls out 'Tweet' button
- Browsing: Six colorful riffs on the hammock
- James Franco carries on the Warholian marriage of celebrity and art -- and who else?
- Question of the day: Who’s in the right, Jim Gray or Corey Pavin?
- Live Review: Lady Gaga at Staples Center
- Football: Anthony Barr grows to 6-5
- Day 43: California budget standoff now state's fifth-longest
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Paris Hilton, Karl Lagerfeld and Justin Bieber
- Mortgage rates sink to record low for eighth straight week
- Football: Garfield has a spirited competition
- 'Eat, Pray' L.A. Times bestseller again
- Lady Gaga, by the numbers
- Football: Twin Towers at Orange Lutheran
- Monster Mash: Mayas protest statue in Mexico; 10-year-old opera singer's 'Got Talent'
- First Take: Bell residents criticize Whitman. Reviewing Brown's jobs record
- The Morning Fix: Star salaries! Will Fox ever find a Cowell replacement? Weinstein Co. fights MPAA. RIP David Wolper
- Kenneth Turan's film picks of the week: Spielberg's 'Duel' and Lucas' 'THX 1138'
- IRAN: Woman sentenced to stoning death 'confesses' to assisting murder, slams her lawyer on state TV
- Ten years ago: Loretta Young
- Opinion: Spanish bulls hail provincial ban on 'fighting' them
- Wall Street Roundup: Hedging on guns. Wall Street's next sheriff.
- TV salaries: Jeffrey Donovan should buy Jon Hamm a beer
- Apple iAd partners say they're happy with early results
- Pictures: Top 13 traits for landing a promotion
- The Deal: Jonathan Adler rugs on sale through Sunday
- One year ago: Ruth Ford
- Opinion: Aiming to defeat Democrat Harry Reid, the GOP's Sharron Angle glad-hands at a Reno gun show
- Project Gutenberg on quest to digitize 1 billion books
- Opinion: Arizona's preemptive strike against card check
- Did 'Star Wars' become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back
- Opinion: A teeny, tiny majority of Americans approve of Obama's job handling race, but little else, it seems
- Mango coconut upside-down cake
- Tierra Sur's heirloom melon gazpacho
- Apricot, olive oil and cornmeal upside-down cake
- Peach upside-down rum cake
- Spiced cherry and blueberry upside-down cake
- Opinion: At last, Rush Limbaugh shares his wedding photos
- 'Top Chef': The wrong chef sent packing
- Dan Rostenkowski dies at 82; former U.S. representative from Chicago
- Away from it all
- The Review: South Beverly Grill
- Culinary SOS: Tierra Sur's heirloom melon gazpacho
- David L. Wolper dies at 82; producer of 'Roots,' 1984 L.A. Olympics opening ceremonies
- Wine of the Week: 2009 Giovanni Almondo Roero Arneis 'Bricco della Ciliegie'
- Sergio Garcia needs to take a break
- Tiger Woods happy with his play at PGA Championship
- Mortgage rates hit another record low
- General Motors CEO Edward E. Whitacre Jr. to step down
- Tough competition for wives takes a long-term toll on men's health, study finds
- David Beckham might not be fond of farewell
- Screening Room: Have a happy weekend at the Feel Good Film Festival
- 2011 Mazda2 is an entry-level blast
- Kenya sends bombing suspects to Uganda
- $3 billion allocated for jobless homeowners
- Where You've Seen Jacki Weaver
- America's tight job market; the security of Social Security; Israel's nuclear 'veil'
- Racial hatred blamed in girl's slaying in Harbor Gateway area
- Keeping up with the girls
- Thursday's TV highlights
- Suspect pleads not guilty to killing L.A. marijuana dispensary worker
- Gang-intervention worker turns grief into motivation
- Bubba Watson shares PGA lead with a 68
- UCLA's Datone Jones to have surgery on broken foot
- Dillon Baxter's suspension creates chances for other tailbacks
- Trim the pork from water bond
- Pop music: 'American Idols Live! Tour 2010'
- JaMarcus Russell case sent to grand jury
- Arctic rocks shed light on ancient Earth's inner workings
- Bobby Cox approaches retirement with success and humility