- Steven Zeitchik: reporter -- Entertainment
- Barbara Walters tries to find Sarah Palin a job
- Exclusive first look: Olivia and Erin square off on 'The City'
- Nuclear power: less effective than energy efficiency and renewable energy?
- Opinion: Will prayers sway Lieberman on healthcare? Rabbis rally. Priests, ministers, imams too
- 'Twilight' producer: Taylor Lautner is going to blow people away with his acting
- Can you handle it? Beyonce and Lady Gaga's 'Video Phone'
- Baking really needs the baker's attention
- Wall Street recovers quickly -- unlike the rest of the nation
- Opinion: Poll: Will you buy Sarah Palin's new book?
- Cookalong -- and dine late -- with Chef Gordon Ramsay
- Angelides commission staffs up for investigation of 2008 financial meltdown
- The Deal: Ben Wolff's handcrafted flowerpots now 40% off at Ojai Terrain Store
- Monster Mash: Zaha Hadid's Maxxi building in Rome; Glassell will is upheld in Texas; Ashlee Simpson on Broadway
- On Location: Commercial producers revved up over GM's pay-later policies
- Marcel Theroux on Siberia, disaster and the bafflement of technology
- 'Real Housewives of Orange County': Jeana Keough on why she's leaving and what she really thinks of Vicki
- Cookalong -- and dine late -- with Chef Gordon Ramsay: Here's your shopping list
- Bill Hancock named first executive director of the BCS
- Opinion: Palin's book sparks attack on vegetarians
- Football: St. Francis QB is the Cardiac Kid
- '90210': Jessica Stroup on Silver's mom, men, and being more than Naomi's minion
- Baseball: Orange Lutheran sophomore commits
- Taylor Lautner brings a slice of 'New Moon' to Jay Leno
- 'Dancing With the Stars': Semifinal smackdown
- The Morning Fix: Sarah and Oprah; Oprah and Sony! Disney sinks Captain Nemo. Chernin sees few regulatory hurldles for Comcast-NBC. Any best actresses out there?
- More than 14,700 taxpayers disclose offshore bank accounts
- Heather Locklear returns to 'Melrose Place' tonight
- Food truck profile: Little Spoon dessert truck rolls across Los Angeles
- 'Gossip Girl': The beginning of a bad romance
- Latest economic indicators more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho
- 'House M.D.': Chase and Cameron face the fallout
- EGYPT: Algerian ambassador summoned to clarify post-football match incidents
- Lou Dobbs says CNN didn't like his 'advocacy'
- Angela Adams' rockin' new rugs
- Today only: Free flatbread lunch at Jamba Juice (and some fine print)
- Opinion: Obama's wow bow II: Turns out Japan's emperor is just fine with simple handshakes (video)
- Tuesday's poll: Who is the best pound-for-pound boxer of all time?
- Opinion: Going berserk over 'Going Rogue;' Democrats' reaction to Sarah Palin book and publicity
- Klimt and Carriera acquisitions for the Getty
- Boyle Heights food vendors try to survive as city crackdown intensifies
- A restored and remastered 'Gone With the Wind'
- Four Percent of U.S. Children Have Food Alergies, Analysis Fnds
- Edward Woodward dies at 79; British actor starred in 'The Equalizer,' 'Breaker Morant'
- 'The Vintage Caper' by Peter Mayle
- 'Going Rogue: An American Life' by Sarah Palin
- Ken Ober dies at 52; host of MTV's 'Remote Control' game show
- Clippers tonight
- THEATER REVIEW : 'Po Boy' is a feast of family relationships
- SOUTHLAND
- WORLD BRIEFING : BRITAIN : Suspect charged in serial rapes
- CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK : In control on the guest seat : Sarah Palin stays on message during 'Oprah' interview and the gracious interplay is fascinating to behold.
- ANGELS FYI : Team not interested in signing Holliday
- USC FYI : Players look for answers to debacle
- BUSINESS BRIEFING / EARNINGS : Lowe's sales and net income drop
- THE NATION : CIA spy missions will be reviewed
- Gunmen kidnap, kill 13 outside Baghdad
- US--Economy
- RANKINGS
- CALIFORNIA : LAFD badge dug out of ashes : The early-1900s relic was prized by fireman's granddaughters, who passed it along to the department's museum.
- L.A. County starts using stroke centers
- Will UC buy into the 'new' King?
- Events happening Tuesday
- Middlebrooks next to test Notre Dame defense
- Business Briefing
- OBITUARIES : BOBBY FRANKEL, 1941 - 2009 : Hall of Fame horse trainer
- Mark Martin seems likely to come up short again in Cup chase
- Tax credit questions and answers
- Boeing shareholders sue over 787 jet
- 'Po Boy Tango' info
- Tuesday's Highlights
- Lottery results
- What's really at issue in the Koreatown-Little Bangladesh dispute
- 'The Vintage Caper' by Peter Mayle
- U.S. going after just big Swiss accounts
- SMALL BUSINESS : Firm is trying to turn wind power on its axis : Green Wave Energy and investors are banking on the unconventional design of its microturbines
- Locklear moves back just in time
- Horoscope: Nov. 17
- WORLD BRIEFING : ITALY : You have a date with Islam, ladies
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : ORANGE COUNTY : Primary today to fill Duvall's Assembly seat
- FILM REVIEW
- NOTES : Grizzlies, Iverson agree to part ways
- Drug firms' deal is in play : Congressional moves challenge the pact that pharmaceutical companies reached with the White House.
- BUSINESS BRIEFING / THE ECONOMY : Retail sales rise 1.4% in October
- Partisan payback
- LETTERS : Pros and cons on Palin
- THEATER REVIEW : A 'Poppins' that's welcome to pop in
- THE NATION : Uninsured trauma patients are far more likely to die, study says
- Helene Elliott's NHL rankings
- USC's Lewis has survival skills
- TOTALLY RANDOM : Woods is a big attraction down under
- WORLD BRIEFING : PERU : President points finger at Chile
- QUICK TAKES : Klimt comes to the Getty
- Up next for the Bruins: Friday against Cal State Bakersfield
- His relatives' Christmas cheer goes only so far
- Bruins, far from perfect, need lots of practice after loss to Cal State Fullerton
- A race to the center : The three Republican candidates hoping to succeed Arnold all seem a lot like ... Arnold.
- LETTERS : Fat facts
- WORLD BRIEFING : WEST BANK : Soldiers refuse to help oust settlers
- USC leads in number of foreign students
- GAME OF THE DAY : Hawks get their fifth straight win : ATLANTA 99 PORTLAND 95 (OT)
- HELENE ELLIOTT / ON THE NHL : Kings must see if they can take the heat of the spotlight
- Top court again restores a Calif. death sentence : For the third time the U.S. Supreme Court rules against Fernando Belmontes, who beat a woman to death in '81.
- Stock indexes reach 13-month highs on October retail sales : The Dow jumps 136 points and the S&P; 500 surpasses 1,100. Treasury yields sink on Fed chief's comments.
- Under pressure, Afghanistan unveils anti-corruption plans : Ministers announce a new crime unit and other measures as Western envoys push Karzai for reforms.
- U.S., China to work for stronger ties : Obama and Hu pledge cooperation on nuclear and climate issues. But signs of tension are evident.
- UCLA FYI : In search of a reliable run game
- Dancing with the dragon : Acknowledging China as a world power, as Obama has done, doesn't weaken the United States.
- Whom to tax for health reform? : The Senate majority leader considers whether to target rich workers or 'Cadillac' insurance policies.
- Lakers miss that certain someone : Slumping team hopes to get injured Gasol back Thursday. Bryant OK, but Walton is out.
- OBITUARIES : EDWARD WOODWARD, 1930 - 2009 : British actor starred in TV's 'Equalizer'
- Gas prices drop despite oil futures' climb
- UCLA's 2009-10 men's basketball schedule
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : WESTMINSTER : Doctor sentenced for selling drugs
- GAME OF THE DAY : Devils finally lose on road : PHILADELPHIA 3, NEW JERSEY 2
- SAM FARMER / ON THE NFL : The calls that gall : Controversial decisions by Jones-Drew, Belichick illustrate just how fine the line is between brilliant and foolish in NFL
- CLIPPERS FYI : Thornton weighs in on woes on court
- BUSINESS BRIEFING / LENDING : GMAC chief De Molina is leaving
- Fed targets fine print on gift cards : It proposes rules that would limit fees and prohibit early expiration dates.
- Andrew Bynum keeps scoring even as Lakers struggle
- Ducks falter again to cap winless trip : PITTSBURGH 5 DUCKS 2
- FINANCIAL CRISIS : GM TO PAY OFF LOANS EARLY : The automaker says it could be out of debt to the U.S. and Canadian governments by June.
- OUT THERE : Food vendors struggle to survive
- LETTERS : Making sense of a muddle
- OBITUARIES : KEN OBER, 1957 - 2009 : Host of game show on MTV
- Magic Johnson teams with TCW in lending venture
- SHIPPING : Tide may be changing at Port of L.A. : Exports in October rise, and glimmers of hope are seen up and down the West Coast.
- QUICK TAKES : The Pratts seek to show more
- NATIONAL BRIEFING : UTAH : One guilty plea in Smart abduction
- QUICK TAKES : YouTube in deal with Univision
- THEATER REVIEW : This Grinch isn't a mean one : In the stage musical version, the would-be holiday villain lacks menace. But it's still fun, especially for kids.
- RECORD RACK : Mayer's mood shifts
- QUICK TAKES : From 'Melrose' to 'Chicago'
- LETTERS : Justice for 9/11, but where?
- CalPERS vote tightens rules for middlemen : New policy would require disclosure of payments and gifts by 'placement agents.'
- QUICK TAKES : Finally
- REAL ESTATE : BofA set to seize Maguire property : Irvine tower is among the first losses of what may be a wave as the office market bottoms.
- AROUND THE NATION : Michigan didn't file forms on players
- THE NATION : Taxpayers could get a surprise bill : More than 15.4 million may have to repay part of a stimulus-related credit, a government watchdog report says.
- BOOK REVIEW : Politics of resentment : The Sarah Palin autobiography assigns plenty of blame but doesn't give much credit where it's due. / Going Rogue; An American Life; Sarah Palin; HarperCollins: 413 pages; $28.99
- THE DAY IN SPORTS : Titans' Adams fined $250,000 for gesture
- WORLD BRIEFING : AFGHANISTAN : French general survives deadly rocket attack
- NATIONAL BRIEFING : NATIONWIDE : Immigrants won't need HPV shot
- Johnson clinches win in shootout : KINGS 4, FLORIDA 3 (SO)
- ART REVIEW : A bright pairing : MOCA exhibit shows the rise of American art -- and of L.A.
- Illinois prison could host detainees' military trials : Thomson Correctional Center is an option for Guantanamo transfers and military trials of terrorism suspects.
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : LOS ANGELES : Guilty verdict in LAX cop slaying
- NATIONAL BRIEFING : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Postal Service down $3.8 billion
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : LOS ANGELES : Judge upholds 8-year sentence
- 'GWTW' returns in all its glory : Digital software helps the 1939 movie, now on Blu-ray, look as stunning as ever.
- It's a world of hurt in Ravens' victory : BALTIMORE 16 CLEVELAND 0
- Counties diverge on plan to widen the 405 : O.C. wants more lanes, but L.A. County won't go down that road.
- MEXICO UNDER SIEGE : Marching the police off to jail : As Mexico's drug war rages, officials are making an unprecedented push to clean up the nation's notoriously corrupt law enforcement
- THE WORLD : 6 slain Jesuits receive highest award : El Salvador honors the priests killed in 1989, and the defense chief says the army is ready to ask for forgiveness.
- COLUMN ONE : U.S. warplane fell into obscurity : Its crash site in China, neglected nearly 60 years, gets a look
- THE WORLD : U.N. agency suspects Iran is lying : A report says satellite photos show a nuclear plant was underway five years earlier than Tehran claims it was.
- WORLD BRIEFING : TANZANIA : Judge orders Rwandan freed
- For now, there's plenty of room on Eastside trains : Only 13,000 riders daily are expected to use the new extension.
- Toxins could kill wetlands proposal
- CALIFORNIA : Mayor, union vie for 4 schools : Jefferson High is among the campuses that Villaraigosa and teachers backed by the UTLA have bid to run.
- Privacy vs. the 'bling ring'
- 'The Vintage Caper' by Peter Mayle
- Designated treatment centers for L.A. County
- Decisions, decisions: the good (and bad) of NFL coaches' calls
- Senate blocks effort to halt facility upgrades in U.S. for Guantanamo detainees
- It's no way to fight a war on terror
- Up next for Lakers: Tuesday vs. Detroit
- Tuesday's Talk Shows
- A tour of L.A.'s rich rail history
- Toward a federal 'shield law' for journalists
- 710 Freeway tunnel would be feasible, Caltrans study finds
- SHANNON RYAN / ON COLLEGE BASKETBALL : BULL'S-EYE IS ON THEM : Kansas and Memphis, who play each other tonight, remain among nation's elite programs
- 4% of kids have food allergies
- Fraud alleged over troop food : A Kuwaiti company is indicted on charges that it overcharged for meals provided to the military overseas.
- LETTERS : What was Forbes thinking?
- RESULTS
- Killer's violent history disclosed : The man who fatally stabbed a single mother had previous arrests and twice had been deported.
- It could be open season on Bruins : UCLA loses opener in two overtimes, doing little to refute notion that young team may be in for a long winter. / CS FULLERTON 68 UCLA 65 (2 OT)
- Breast cancer testing uproar : A panel's view that mammograms aren't needed for women under 50 is attacked.
- Death and life downtown
- In rebuff to Trutanich, support for pot outlets : Rejecting advice to ban sales, L.A. City Council panels endorse patients' cash contributions.
- Bernanke sees need for further stimulus : The Federal Reserve chairman also says the central bank will help keep the dollar strong.
- ADVERTISING / COMPANY TOWN : A foolish fatwa in 'War on Christmas'
- 'Going Rogue' by Sarah Palin
- Cal Poly Pomona discloses online security breach
- Claremont's trolley experiment falls by the wayside
- Chris Norby is first but faces runoff in 72nd Assembly District
- PHOTOS: Charlie Beck sworn in as LAPD chief
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- Tuscan-style mansion in Tarzana up for auction
- PASSINGS: Dennis Cole, Bruce King, Francisco Ayala
- Tuesday's Highlights: Animals to the rescue in 'Merry Madagascar'
- UCLA basketball: First half report
- Sarah Palin quoting Pascal? Please.
- Obama and China's Hu Jintao pledge stronger ties
- Football: Hemet coach is fired
- 'How I Met Your Mother': Going to the smoon
- Football: Culver City linebacker commits
- A note on Money & Co.'s expansion
- Randy Carlyle's post-game quotes from Pittsburgh
- Bomb-sniffing dog missing in Afghanistan is found after 14 months
- Now for a look at non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a diagnosis that could increase
- Tuesday's Talk Shows: Sarah Palin is a guest on 'Good Morning America'
- Magic Johnson and TCW form lending venture for mid-size firms
- Girls' golf: Torrance wins SoCal championship
- Mayweather calls Pacquiao out, Arum says silence is golden
- Opinion: What Sarah Palin had in common with that TV show 'The Prisoner'
- 'Twilight: New Moon' rises in L.A.: red carpet in Westwood
- Girls' tennis: Chatsworth wins City Invitational title
- Thanksgiving countdown: Embrace the gravy
- Boys' basketball: Westchester-Taft early test
- A fashionable turnout to MOCA's 30th
- Theater review: 'Mary Poppins' at the Ahmanson Theatre
- Reader photo of the day: Gipper's big stretch
- Why didn't Oprah ask Sarah about Tina? Oh wait, she did.
- Dobbs' total-control clause may be the last of its kind
- Opinion: Oprah's Sarah Palin interview incites 'perky' reactions
- Publishing as a business model. Seriously, Seth Godin?
- Lakers Luke Walton out six weeks because of pinched nerve
- Do these genes make my heart seem big? Study finds a gene for empathy
- On Brightkite, ladies' night never ends
- Golden Gate Capital denies interest in Playboy
- Art review: 'Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years'
- Opinion: Will Tea Party conservatives crash Boxer-Fiorina?
- 24-hour dogfighting tip line to be unveiled by L.A. County prosecutors
- MOCA offers free admission to all through Friday
- Santa Fe Springs: Leonard Soliz Jr., 35
- Sampler Platter: Top 100 Wines of 2009, best late-night diner, best gay bar, Soda Pop's sandwich shop opens this week, tofurky gravy soda
- Santa Fe Springs: Celeste Jimenez, 31
- Harvard Park: Mulindwa Traylor, 24
- Florence: Jermaine Tillman, 30
- Jefferson Park: Young Lee, 62
- Boyle Heights: Ademio Morales, 43
- Is Vivendi ready to bid au revoir to NBC Universal?
- Boyle Heights: Armando Castaneda, 51
- Are you the world’s next top supermodel?
- Backers of Motion Picture & Television Fund nursing home, hospital appeal to Katzenberg
- Mel Karmazin says he's perfect choice for Comcast-NBC entity but he's just not interested
- PETA's latest anti-fur celebrity spokesmodels: Atlanta Falcons star Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October
- Adam Lambert says he knows nothing about love
- UCLA football: Virginia linebacker Aramide Olaniyan commits to Bruins
- Palin vs. 'Oprah': the anti-smackdown
- Univision makes friends with YouTube
- Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt pitch their own reality series beyond 'The Hills'
- Top Chef 'Just Desserts' and Season 7 casting
- Sezmi brings a new version of cable TV to Los Angeles -- without the cable
- Univision se hace amigos con YouTube
- UCLA basketball: Zeigler will wait, Smith will sign
- Opinion: Good news: Obama creates 30 new jobs in one congressional district. Bad news: No such district
- Football: Crespi should have been at-large entrant
- Gale Parker's Clothespin opens in West Hollywood
- New drug stimulates sexual desire in women in clinical trial
- Opinion: In her own words: Palin accuses McCain's staff of ruining her image in Alaska
- Maguire Properties sued for foreclosure on Irvine office tower
- Disney's dream that 'Christmas Carol' will be the new 'Polar Express' coming true
- Theater review: 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' at the Pantages Theatre
- Bernanke on bubbles: Nothing 'obvious' at the moment
- Kate Hudson sings, hoofs her way through 'Nine'
- Lakers making improvement on injuries
- The opposite of an e-book
- Marriage license granted to gay couple in Argentina
- Fed proposes new rules to protect gift card users from fees
- Football: Mater Dei-Bishop Amat is TV game
- Comedian, game show host Ken Ober found dead in Santa Monica
- Opinion: President Obama: 'I have never used Twitter'
- Ask a Vet: Should I seek a pharmaceutical solution to my pet's anxiety problem?
- VIDEO: Pau Gasol on 'CSI: Miami'
- 'Obamao' artwork tests limits of free speech in China
- You can put a winning pie on your Thanksgiving table
- Come Medicare Part D time (which is now), don't feel daunted -- help is at hand
- Scotty, beam us down to Payless to get our Starfleet-inspired kicks
- Up To Speed is moving to Money & Company
- Chris Columbus is 'like a proud parent' watching 'Harry Potter' stars from afar
- Screen a heart, save a life
- California Consumer is moving to Money & Co.
- Just add sequins: In 'Nine,' Kate Hudson emerges as a song-and-dance diva
- 'Gossip Girl': Gearing up for Lady Gaga
- Monday's question of the day: What did you think of Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fourth and two?
- Post office was $3.8 billion in the red last year
- 'Eating Animals' author Jonathan Safran Foer: Visiting factory farms, slaughterhouses part of writing process
- MOCA's permanent collection goes on view, temporarily
- More Americans feeling hunger's pinch
- USA Network's new deal with WWE could foreshadow a bigger deal
- L.A. Land is now part of Money & Company
- News Corp.'s top mouthpiece exiting
- 'Project Runway': Tim Gunn carries on (to Season 7)
- Mid-Wilshire: Flor Medrano, 30
- Mid-Wilshire: Daniel Carlon, 23
- 'Family Guy': A blow-up doll, clones and wedding vows
- Your morning adorable: One giant leap for a penguin in Antarctica
- Homicides: Nov. 9 - Nov. 15
- Enough pie to reach the sky in KCRW contest
- Obama pledges to reverse hunger
- Deals for $130 and less: Clarks Wallabees
- Wall Street back in its groove as stocks and commodities surge, dollar sinks