- 'Handcrafted Modern' looks inside midcentury designers' homes
- Keeping tabs: QB Dan Selway
- DUBAI: Obese journalist takes his battle of the bulge public in health campaign
- Wall Street Roundup: A productive mole. A Madoff endures.
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: Finally, a key-chain ticking off the seconds left in Barack Obama's term
- Twelve Days of Christmas Flash Mobs: Natal Feliz de Lisboa
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Zooey Deschanel is suing Steve Madden. Kate Middleton's dress is already being made. And there's a total lunar eclipse on the way!
- Live chat: Blankstein, Rubin on 'Grim Sleeper' case
- Free shipping leads to heaviest online shopping week ever
- ISRAEL, WEST BANK: MTV does Ramallah car scene
- Monster Mash: Protesters decry Smithsonian's removal of controversial video; new twist in Ansel Adams case
- Baseball: Marlins loaded with top prospects from SoCal
- Football: A backup plan is needed for next CIF bowl finale
- The Morning Fix: 'Tron' hot, 'Yogi,' 'How Do You Know' not! Is Fox helping or hurting its affiliates?
- Opinion: Late-night jokes: Michael Vick, Michael Bloomberg, Jon Bon Jovi; Plus JibJab annual news review
- Boys' basketball: San Fernando Valley tourney resumes
- Kittypod Dome, sensible shelter for the modern cat
- Was 'Tron: Legacy' more popular because audiences didn't think much of the original?
- Football: They love their prep football in Texas
- Don Van Vliet's tip for guitarists: "Listen to the birds. That's where all music comes from."
- One year ago: Brittany Murphy
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: Voters of all stripes -- even Republicans -- more receptive to Bill Clinton now than Obama
- Exclusive: Maroon 5 is house band for 16th Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg visits China
- Lunar eclipse
- Cotton's sudden boom raises specter of a bust
- Book review: 'The Memory Chalet'
- Whooping cough risks, symptoms and vaccine
- Good Form: Get down to build up
- Eric Gordon leads Clippers past Timberwolves, 113-90
- FCC set to adopt net neutrality rules
- Group lists its five worst cookbooks for 2010 -- unless you like heavy cream, butter and bacon
- Senate judicial confirmations skip 2 California nominees
- Holiday drinking and winter cold could be a dangerous duo for your heart
- Knee remains a sore spot for Lakers center Andrew Bynum
- U.S. says Starr emails should bar release
- Improved economy has U.S. driving more
- Cleaning up your carb act: Where to begin
- Airport security 'checkpoints of the future' are proposed
- Scam Watch: Online shopping, stealing from children, kids' vitamins and sweepstakes fees
- Classic Hollywood: For holiday cheer, check out these '30s and '40s comedies
- Even after 10 years, In-N-Out Burger still resonates
- Kings miss out on the goods
- Events happening Monday
- Bringing Leimert Park back
- Small-business advice: Contract negotiation tips
- Tom Brady or Michael Vick for MVP? It's an easy call (for Brady)
- Lower-cost substitute for Zegerid
- Democrats cautiously optimistic they have votes to ratify New START
- Breast-feeding benefits academic performance 10 years later
- Stop pretending
- Southland slogs through storm system of a decade
- Next steps for 'don't ask, don't tell'
- Travel chaos in Europe; more blizzards forecast
- Three onside kicks that did the trick on Sunday
- Dairy component shows promise in cutting diabetes risk
- A reversal on carbs
- The Healthy Skeptic: telomerase activators
- Firm needs to help voodoo-style dolls boost sales
- Meal replacements might not help obese teens lose weight and keep it off
- AT&T to buy Qualcomm's mobile spectrum for $1.93 billion
- Company Town: 'Tron' lives up to its legacy
- Book review: 'The Memory Chalet'
- Monday's TV highlights
- Obama has strong first-half finish
- Republicans stiffen opposition to nuclear treaty with Russia
- Echinacea for a cold? Eh, don't bother, study concludes
- Marco Sturm to be on fourth line in Kings debut
- Insurgent attacks kill 14 Afghan soldiers, police
- Suit seeks to open Compton to Latino voters
- 'Somewhere' hits home for Sofia Coppola
- 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit comes home
- Offbeat Christmas flicks
- Blake Edwards: an appreciation
- New rain, flood advisories as storms pound region, prompting evacuation in Kern County
- Hotel room for $20.11? Yes, but just for one night at Red Roof Inns
- Knott's Berry Farm offers line-cutting pass for popular rides
- Up next for the Lakers: Tuesday vs. Milwaukee
- Love and politics in a cynical age
- From Vegas to the White House, on a trail of ivories
- 'Red' and 'The Social Network' take long route to success
- Helene Elliott's NHL rankings
- HBO series brings NHL teams to light
- Tim Tebow to start again for Broncos
- The seasons of selling
- Horoscope: Dec. 20
- Tax deduction for mortgage interest could be on the chopping block
- Iranians brace for fuel subsidy cuts
- Troublesome back keeps Craig Smith out of lineup
- Any hidden hazards for kids in your holiday decor? Let's start with mistletoe...
- USC's Kevin O'Neill returning to Tennessee for first time
- Holistic nutrition is weak on science, strong on selling supplements
- Yul Brynner as photographer
- Up next for Kings: Tuesday at Colorado
- Sofia Coppola's showbiz story that's intimate, not personal
- Kidnapped Mexican politician released after seven months
- Zenyatta should be front-runner for Horse of the Year
- What the stats on teens and marijuana don't show
- California isn't broken
- Investors will be eyeing data, placing bets for 2011
- Violence follows Belarus election
- County planners OK development along Marina del Rey waterfront
- 'The Memory Chalet' info
- Up next for Clippers: Monday vs. Minnesota
- Good Form: Get down to build up
- The iceman goeth
- Connie Pentek Designs at a glance
- Vaginal steam bath finds a place among Southern California spa options
- Seriously, Congress
- 27 die in oil pipeline explosion in Mexico
- Cotton's sudden boom raises specter of a bust
- Audit calling for deep cuts puts Bell police, residents on edge
- Whitman paid a high price for Latino distrust of GOP
- Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings has foot surgery
- Bruins are not taking Montana State lightly
- Toyota slapped with record penalty
- Toyota to pay record fines for disclosure delay
- San Diego State becomes a destination point
- Incoming House intelligence chairman pushed for drone strikes
- Congressional Republicans just can't win with the right
- Up next for USC basketball: Tuesday at Tennessee
- Lunar eclipse: Free talks and telescope viewing at Griffith Observatory
- Mercury in dental fillings
- Toyota can't hide settlement terms, judge rules
- Up next for the Ducks: Tuesday at Buffalo
- S. Korea holds live-fire drills
- Meghan Daum on Larry King; John Boehner's tears; and the healthcare individual mandate
- Gas prices flat, but probably not for long
- South Korea conducts artillery drills; North Korea says it won't retaliate
- Phil Cavarretta dies at 94; National League MVP led Chicago Cubs to last World Series appearance in 1945
- PASSINGS: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Walt Dropo, Eugene V. Wolfenstein
- Cricket tries to Muve music collections to cellphones
- Monday's Highlights: 'Million Dollar Money Drop' on Fox
- Monday's Talk Show
- Live review: 'Peaches Christ Superstar' at the Orpheum Theatre
- Football: Paraclete sets up game with San Diego school
- Year in review: Movies, television, music and the arts
- Final in Chicago: Blackhawks 3, Kings 2
- After two in Chicago: Blackhawks 3, Kings 1
- PASSINGS: Dick Hoerner, John A. Ferraro
- After one in Chicago: Blackhawks 1, Kings 0
- 'Gulliver's Travels' premiere: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel brave the rain
- Lady Gaga, Neil Patrick Harris take to Twitter to celebrate DADT repeal vote
- The more things change, the more it's like the Kings
- Rain forces Hollywood Park to cancel final seven races
- 'Red' and 'The Social Network' wrapping up long box office runs
- Football: Farmer is Mission League MVP
- 2010 Year End -- Architecture
- Sezmi to scale back service in Los Angeles
- With Zack Greinke traded to the Milwaukee Brewers; who's got the best starting rotation now?
- At Hero Complex: Ron Howard and the Dark Tower
- Brad Richardson to rejoin Kings' lineup, John Zeiler headed back to American Hockey League
- French scholar Jacqueline de Romilly dies at 97
- Box office: 'How Do You Know' flops; 'Tron' doesn't; and like the bear himself, 'Yogi' is soft
- Boys' basketball: Saturday scores
- Girls' basketball: Saturday scores
- ISRAEL: Police investigating death of U.S. tourist in mysterious attack
- Twelve Days of Christmas Flash Mobs: Love actually
- The 'Green' line: the Hornet and the Lantern
- Fox News reports: Dodgers bullpen is leaning heavily to the right
- Football: UCLA struggles to get back into recruiting game
- IRAN: Fired former Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki lets loose on Ahmadinejad
- Boys' basketball: No. 1 Long Beach Poly stays unbeaten
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: Final Gallup Poll sees historic GOP wave into 'uncharted territory' of a 60+ seat gain
- Your weekly ScamWatch
- Ten years ago: Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
- Serious Eats blog concludes that foie gras is not unethical
- Opinion: If you still think there's no subversive war on Christmas out there, you're not reading enough editorial cartoons
- Charles M. 'Chuck' Jordan dies at 83; former GM vice president of design
- The Siren's Call: We Three Kings?
- Scene & Heard: Steven Spielberg presents Jeffrey Katzenberg with Ambassadors of Humanity award
- 'Tron' fans are sitting pretty — in $15,000 armchairs
- 'Of Love and Evil' by Anne Rice
- Book Review: 'A Rope and a Prayer' by David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill
- 'The Emperor of All Maladies' by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- David Ulin's favorite books of 2010
- 'Prejudices: The Complete Series,' H.L. Mencken
- Charles Portis' 'True Grit' story aims for revenge, redemption and loss
- Rent Watch: Landlord can require permission for roommate
- 'Sandy Claws'
- A father gives his son the gift of time
- What to do with extra money from refinancing a mortgage
- Gas-powered carriage didn't have much speed to burn
- Travel gear: High Sierra's roomy duffel
- In Hollywood, a tougher climb to studio executive ranks
- The time may be right for Kamala Harris
- Muslim convention ponders interactions with American culture
- TV This Week
- Notes on a Year: Charles McNulty on Theater
- Readers recommend: Cervena Tabulka Restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic
- Travel calendar
- The Siren's Call: We Three Kings?
- A barrier to new Iraq government falls with vote by parliament
- Eagles believe in miracles, and make one happen
- Seoul unfazed by North Korea's threats over military drills
- Chess: A Knight's Tour
- Notes on a Year: Christopher Knight on art
- Underrated Overrated
- Automobile Club of Southern California's magazine cover art is on exhibit
- Book calendar: Author events for the week of December 19, 2010
- Charles M. 'Chuck' Jordan dies at 83; former GM vice president of design
- 'The Emperor of All Maladies' by Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Foreign Briefing: New events at old sites
- Gains outweigh setbacks in a landmark year for gay rights
- Q&A on the census and redistricting: Which states may gain or lose?
- In London, this rental is the best of both worlds
- Exiled by fear
- More for your money: Bargain airfare tips
- If you go to 'A Christmas Story' House & Museum in Cleveland
- Ex-director ponders suing over board's alleged fraud
- Servite already thinking about bouncing back next season
- Andrew Bynum says he has a sore knee
- Online language resources
- The Sunday Conversation: Walter Mosley
- Notes on the Year: Sarah Palin made masterful use of television to spread her brand
- From Facebook to WikiLeaks: The good, bad and ugly of technology
- CIA identity breach feeds mistrust with Pakistani agency
- Panda art that takes it to the excrement
- Home-buying paralysis? Tips for getting the best deal faster
- Play where Ralphie and Randy lived in 'A Christmas Story'
- David Ulin's favorite books of 2010
- A close-up on this year's film costumes
- Make the Big Green Buy
- William Rast line makes a timely appearance in Target stores
- Reserves help Lakers preserve a 120-110 victory at Toronto
- The DREAM Act; the stimulus vs. a payroll-tax holiday; the return of the luxury shopper
- Iran fetes new foreign minister ahead of nuclear talks
- UC San Diego grad student scrambling to avoid deportation
- Missing person isn't a Clipper
- Notes on the Year: They <i>really</i> suffered for their art
- The war's real report card
- Free-spirited actress needs to focus on material things
- A small town's music venue is a labor of love
- WikiLeaks revelations roil Indian politics
- Up next: UCLA basketball vs. Montana State on Tuesday
- Dream Act's failure in Senate derails immigration agenda
- By looking inside, Trojans turn it around against Kansas
- Safeway has healthy cash flow but faces competition
- Redistricting California
- An open-and-shut case
- War casualties
- Suspect arrested in Saugus after wild, destructive rampage
- Army Staff Sgt. Kyle R. Warren, 28, Huntington Beach; killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
- Rain expected to continue through Wednesday
- Notes on the Year: Feeding at the trough of decadence
- Letter: A sales tip that stayed with her
- Homes on the market: Rosemead
- Kansas City trades Zack Greinke to Milwaukee
- Scene & Heard: Steven Spielberg presents Jeffrey Katzenberg with Ambassadors of Humanity award
- How I Made it: Sean O'Toole
- For some, 'a sigh of relief'
- Mater Dei lawsuit seems frivolous, but it could be so much fun
- Newt Gingrich, serious this time, mulls a bid for president
- NFL two-minute drill
- Taliban kills 8 in twin attacks targeting Afghan security forces
- Letters: Always best to use a travel agent
- Charles Portis' 'True Grit' story aims for revenge, redemption and loss
- Book Review: 'A Rope and a Prayer' by David Rohde and Kristen Mulvihill
- Notes on the Year: The best drama was found in documentaries
- Christmas in London? Jolly good
- 'Of Love and Evil' by Anne Rice
- 'Prejudices: The Complete Series,' H.L. Mencken
- Into the wintry world of the snow globe
- Notes on a Year: Christopher Hawthorne on architecture
- Travel info: Cocoa Beach, Fla., and Kennedy Space Center
- The best way to London
- Bluffing with a weak hand
- Helping homeless addicts can take a whole team
- This month's money makeover
- Bruins reap benefits of win over Brigham Young
- The Times' top 25 boys' basketball rankings
- The gift of travel: Priceless
- 'Tron' fans are sitting pretty — in $15,000 armchairs
- When debt collectors go after the wrong person
- Comma to the Top is a shoe-in at CashCall Futurity
- LAPD officer wounds youth wielding pellet gun
- Bob Hope Airport raises parking fees
- Up next for the Ducks: Monday at Boston
- Bart Starr's significance in Green Bay continues well after his career
- Scrutiny of Lap-Band enterprise is overdue
- Knicks don't really have rivals
- A party where pain is the main guest
- In North Carolina, a racial uproar over schools stirs old echoes
- Chicago, Minnesota to battle elements as well as each other
- Horoscope: Dec. 19
- Fantasy boosts reality: NFL TV ratings hit a record this year thanks in part to fantasy football leagues
- Holiday cocktails: A hangover for your skin
- New redistricting panel takes aim at bizarre political boundaries
- Lenders soon to disclose how credit scores affect mortgage rate quotes
- For the record - Dec. 19, 2010
- Michael Hiltzik: Scrutiny of Lap-Band enterprise is overdue
- Home of the Week: Faithful to a stately vision
- Notes on a Year: Mark Swed on classical music
- Notes on a Year: Ann Powers on pop music
- The gift of foreign-language learning
- E-books are good news for the literary world
- Discoveries
- Home of the Week: Listing details
- For wedding belles
- Football: De La Salle dominates Open Division bowl