- Nepal may tell aspiring climbers: Beginners keep out
- Congress approves stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown
- Sip whiskey, sake and suds on tasting tour of Japan's finest spirits and sushi
- VW emissions rigging will drive auto industry manufacturing costs higher
- Taliban insurgents take city of Kunduz
- Taliban captures military base in northern Kunduz city
- Police: Officer killed in mall shooting; suspect charged
- Swimming to Europe: Syrians race to beat winter
- Rising bloodshed in L.A. feels like 'Dodge City,' LAPD chief says
- The season that really matters for Dodgers now officially beckons
- UCLA pre-med student charged in killing of sorority member Andrea DelVesco
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- Readers React: Solutions for marijuana's environmental mess
- National Book Foundation announces its 5 under 35 honorees
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- VW plant cuts shift, financial arm freezes hiring
- The Latest: Syrian group says Russian strikes killed 36
- For a tranquil weekend getaway, try wine country -- in Carmel Valley
- Danny Pintauro's HIV-positive revelation has Alyssa Milano in tears
- 3 human adult-sized skulls found at Palmdale home
- Opinion: Building a livable Los Angeles
- 'Scream Queens' recap: Revenge is best served with a 'Chainsaw'
- Eli Broad gives five decades of personal photographs, videos and papers to UCLA library
- At MLB Advanced Media there is a push to stay ahead in the streaming arena
- 'Meow the Jewels': A landmark achievement in feline-based music
- Shaking off turmoil, U.S. firms added 200,000 jobs in Sept., ADP says
- US defense official: Russia launches airstrikes in Syria
- Livable City: Building a better Los Angeles
- Kirkus announces finalists for $150,000 in literary prizes
- Brandon Bass hopes to help young Lakers by being best version of himself
- Special waterfowl hunt proves a 'blessing' for Twin Cities veterans
- Photo 'indisputable proof' that mountain lions live in Kansas
- Driving while under the influence of drugs an increasing problem, report says
- Marla Ridenour: Loss to Raiders showed all the failures on Browns GM Farmer's resume
- Medical students use self-reflection to improve patient care
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- Wing tips: The art of bird hunting
- 'Deep poverty' rate highest in Philadelphia, according to federal data
- Sideline Chatter: Brazilian soccer referee had a hair-trigger temper, and the hardware to back it up
- There's more to fall turkey hunting than meets the eye
- Red Cross: Wounded trapped in C. African Republic capital
- Afghan forces retake Kunduz from Taliban, government says
- Dennis Anderson: Exhilaration takes flight on duck opener
- Syria's Assad welcomes Russian decision on sending troops
- Column: Who wins with the GOP tax plans? Mostly the wealthy.
- Buried under unpaid traffic fines? California launches amnesty program
- Sean and Sara Watkins bring 'Family Hour' show home to Largo on Oct. 2
- Editorial: Why the U.S. needs to dance with the Russian bear in Syria
- Readers React: Goodbye to John Boehner
- Op-Ed: Lewis MacAdams: Give the L.A. River a seat at the Olympic negotiating table
- Editorial: China's change of heart on climate change
- Editorial: Reconciliation: another futile GOP attack on Planned Parenthood
- Readers React: Save San Pedro's Red Car line
- California economy is projected to grow faster than U.S. through 2020
- Op-Ed: Conor Friedersdorf: Time is ripe in California for the Avocado Party
- Readers React: The battle over teacher pension costs
- Readers React: The teacher-student bond lives on after graduation
- A grandmother's ordeal in the hands of Mexican kidnappers
- Kim Davis, Kentucky clerk who opposes gay marriage, met Pope Francis on his U.S. visit
- Police: New Hampshire woman was slaying victim found in 1981
- Vatican observers raise questions over clerk's pope visit
- Muslim man accused of eating beef is beaten to death in India
- What colleges are doing to address students' unprecedented levels of stress
- 'Everest,' 'The Walk' studios gamble big with limited-release strategy on Imax
- 'Star Wars' and diversity could draw more Oscar viewers, film academy president says
- Essential California: Meet the new state Hall of Famers
- What can we learn from Europe's last massive human migration?
- Finland suddenly a top choice for Iraqi asylum-seekers
- Nigerian president also plans to be oil minister
- How 'Toy Story' changed the face of animation, taking off 'like an explosion'
- From the Archives: Our 1995 review: 'Toy Story' visuals delight kids, while adults will appreciate the wised-up jokes
- China's friendlier relationship with Hollywood may not extend to loosening its quotas
- Today: Kabul's Big Loss. L.A.'s Homicide Problem Grows.
- Review: Marcia Gay Harden serves as the beating heart of medical retread 'Code Black'
- I failed my driving test twice. Will Google's self-driving car save me?
- How race helped shape the politics of Senate candidate Kamala Harris
- Christie Hefner criticizes Obama administration's secrecy stance
- Ben Carson's open bias against Muslims a sign of coarse times
- California on verge of unprecedented clout in Congress, but McCarthy and Pelosi barely speak
- You can have Christmas dinner at Hogwarts
- Essential Politics: Talking politics at the Playboy Mansion
- Weapons believed to be from Iran seized in Arabian Sea
- Plan offers new hope for housing the homeless
- Top Iran leader warns of 'harsh' measures over hajj disaster
- Only woman on Georgia's death row executed; 1st in 70 years
- UN: HIV patients should start treatment immediately
- The Latest: Migrants quit rocks on the Italian-French border
- Russia launches airstrikes in Syria amid U.S. concern about targets
- China micromanages Tibet, floods it with money to woo locals
- France investigates alleged crimes against humanity by Assad
- Correction: Mormons-History story
- Russia begins airstrikes in Syria, but West disputes targets
- Correction: France-Uber story
- In the Kitchen: Hack-a-snacks and more
- Google's driverless car prototype
- Man convicted in murder of woman dumped in Newport Bay to silence her
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- A three-way tie in AL West would clinch playoff spot for Angels
- Clayton Kershaw dominates Giants, 8-0, Dodgers clinch third consecutive National League West Division title
- 16 Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq are released
- Fever and Lynx to meet in WNBA Finals in rematch of 2012
- Top rookies could impact postseason
- Woman convicted of orchestrating her husband's death is executed in Georgia
- Albert Pujols, Erick Aybar send Angels to seventh straight win, 8-1 over A's
- Ducks earn 2-1 overtime win over Kings, whose Sutter is in tinkering mode
- Sheriff starts testimony at his contempt-of-court hearing
- Man who killed 5 in Denver bar sentenced to life in prison
- Israel says it strikes Gaza following rocket fire
- Pujols, Aybar send Angels to 7th straight win, 8-1 over A's
- Angels look determined in hunt for playoff spot
- US airstrikes back Afghan push to retake city from Taliban
- Bid to revive Export-Import Bank gets a boost
- M's rally past Astros, 6-4
- Clayton Kershaw leads Dodgers into postseason with one-hitter against Giants
- Oklahoma delays execution; drug didn't match protocols
- Latest: Oklahoma officials call execution delay frustrating
- Lakers cut down some of Kobe Bryant's activity on first day of camp
- Former Clinton cabinet secretary Shalala suffers stroke
- Dodgers clinch third straight NL West title, beat Giants 8-0
- Model X: Under the hood of Tesla's SUV strategy
- Debts and a lawsuit are the closing act at W. Hollywood music festival
- Dodgers clinch third consecutive National League West Division title
- Georgia executes woman on death row after several appeals denied
- Street encampments on skid row
- Clerk who rejected licenses for gays says she met with pope
- Russia urges coordinated terrorism fight as airstrikes begin
- Hiker dies after falling from waterfall in Ventura County
- Government forces in Burkina Faso storm holdout rebel camp
- L.A. County adds $50 million to funds for fighting homelessness
- Photos: Tesla Model X
- Rangers edge Tigers, 7-6
- Hamels battles rocky start for win as bullpen shuts down Tigers
- L.A. County forms health 'super agency,' but some fear it will be unwieldy
- Royals come up short again in 4-2 loss to White Sox
- Rookie Corey Seager again starts at shortstop for Dodgers in key game
- Missouri QB Mauk suspended for game vs. South Carolina
- NCAA's sanctions make SMU model of holding coaches accountable for entire program
- Father of Marysville school shooter convicted of gun charges
- Driscoll's exec picked to lead produce industry social responsibility group
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- Suspended coach Andy Moeller parts ways with Cleveland Browns
- Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Criminal Minds' on CBS
- LEADING OFF: Blue Jays, Cardinals try to clinch; Tanaka back
- Woman charged in connection with vandalism on dentist's sign
- Lakers training camp: Watch Metta World Peace and D'Angelo Russell hit the court
- Engine firm to pay Orbital $50 million after NASA launch pad explosion
- Major companies form group to push for LGBT rights globally
- Suspect arrested in shooting, robbery after Cardinals game
- Pierzynski powers Braves, Wisler to 2-1 win over Nationals
- Angels' Joe Smith can pitch Wednesday after his ankle injury heals
- Q&A: A look at the proposal for US-Hawaiian relationship
- L.A. Unified wants to know when parents want school to be in session
- L.A. Unified wants to know when parents want school to be in session
- Rothstein's ex-banker to plead guilty to fraud charge in Miami federal court
- Bulls' Rose says woman consented to group sex
- Florida to host Haiti presidential debate Sunday
- Cavs' Shumpert needs wrist surgery, expected to miss at least 3 months
- Clippers' Austin Rivers sees benefits of working with Sam Cassell
- Listen: Kamala Harris talks about her failed 'palace revolt'
- Blues singer Frankie Ford dead at 76, had hit with 'Sea Cruise'
- Obama and Putin confront a common foe in Syria as reluctant allies
- Teen shot by LAPD officer files federal civil rights lawsuit against city
- What girls in L.A. learned from "He Named Me Malala"
- Prime ministers from New Zealand, Curacao at Red Sox-Yankees
- Receiver Michael Pittman signs financial-aid agreement
- Steve Kerr expects Andre Iguodala to come off bench again
- Indians' Brantley could be shut down with sore shoulder
- U.S. sanctions target Islamic State's support network
- Police Files for Sept. 29
- O'Reilly to Trump: To win the nomination, don't you need to be 'a bit kinder and more mature?'
- Twins-Indians rained out; doubleheader set Wednesday
- Kamala Harris bio
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- Bruins' Josh Rosen gets enthusiastic progress report
- Girls' volleyball: El Camino Real pulls out five-set win over Granada Hills
- 33 stung by stingrays in Huntington Beach; low surf, warm water blamed
- Watch the Clippers scrimmage at training camp in Irvine
- Former LAPD officer pleads no contest to selling drugs
- H.B. punk band Karate in the Garage has a surprising punch on stage
- Review: 'Labyrinth of Lies'' hunt for Nazis: Compelling topic, clunky approach
- Object Lesson: How Frank Gehry's 1970s factory snapshots reveal L.A.'s industrial guts
- Commentary: Newspaper allowed op-ed critical of columnist to go too far
- Royals pitcher Greg Holland to undergo Tommy John surgery Friday
- Memory of JPL's Claudia Alexander lives on -- atop a peak on Rosetta's comet
- Football: Lakewood Coach Jimmy Nolan will miss next game after ejection
- Smuggler sentenced in death of two undocumented immigrants
- Jordan Clarkson looks to expand range, comfortable at two-guard
- Dwayne Johnson's new puppy Brutus dead after eating a toxic mushroom
- Cowboys sign DE David Irving off Chiefs' practice squad
- Father of Washington state high school shooter is convicted of gun charges
- Commentary: Banning Ranch development plan must be stopped
- USC's Cody Kessler shakes off interception, keeps putting up big numbers
- 'X-Files' trailer is stuffed with classic '90s conspiracy theories
- Review: What is truth? One painter's mesmerizing new show offers an answer
- Angels remind outfielder Shane Victorino to play through on game-winning hit
- Veteran critical of female Rangers reaches out to skeptical congressman
- A's make Justine Siegal first female coach
- Versteeg, Nordstrom ready to help Canes
- Review: Frank Bowling at Marc Selwyn Fine Art: Discipline meets delight
- College football's startling start: Look at Oregon, Auburn, Utah et al.
- Group seeks review of mining site near Teddy Roosevelt ranch
- Homicides continue to rise in Los Angeles, police chief says
- College Football Notes: Hayden Moore will start at quarterback for Cincinnati
- Airbnb fights back, says it isn't hurting L.A. housing
- Review: AC/DC salutes those who came to rock at Dodger Stadium
- Red Sox manager meets President Barack Obama at hotel gym
- The Times' Chris Dufresne's college football top 25
- Extra fees at sea: Carnival to expand high-speed Wi-Fi service
- Cardinals to activate Adam Wainwright
- Piscotty could play before regular season ends, official says
- Father of Marysville school shooter convicted of gun charges
- Mormons acknowledge early polygamy days at renovated museum
- Fig & Olive in West Hollywood linked to salmonella outbreaks, lawsuits filed
- L.A. County merging three health-related departments into mega agency
- Obama, world leaders search for strategy against Islamic State
- Bulls PG Rose to have eye surgery after getting elbowed
- USC's defense inspired by turnovers created by previous teams
- Carly Rae Jepsen signs on as Frenchy in Fox's 'Grease: Live'
- With Jon Jones on his way back, Daniel Cormier tries to sharpen a champion's mettle
- Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' ratings: Debut draws 1.1 million viewers
- NHL affirms it will get hefty fees from potential expansion teams
- Here's why sharing that Facebook privacy notice is worthless
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- How the Syrian crisis is particularly deadly for women and children
- Stingrays strike 33 weekend beachgoers in Huntington Beach
- No. 8 UGa looks to get past familiar nemesis: No. 13 Alabama
- Photography auction to benefit AIDS monument
- Photos: Tesla Motors electric cars over the years
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- Panthers DE Charles Johnson placed on injured reserve, eligible to return in November
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- Maldives minister says boat blast likely targeted president
- Consumer agency hears about student loan servicing problems
- Catherine Coulson dies at 71; actress became cult star as Log Lady of 'Twin Peaks'
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- 7,000 high school girls attend West Coast premiere of 'He Named Me Malala'
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- Attorney on how essential officer Porter is in Freddie Gray case
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- Texas officer who pinned black teen had disciplinary record
- Police investigate Georgia WR McKenzie
- Cardinals get rained out; will play Pirates in doubleheader Wednesday
- Marcin Gortat on lesson from Paul Pierce: Don't wear LeBron James' shoes
- Man fatally stabbed while panhandling in Van Nuys, police say
- AP Interview: NATO chief urges Russia to be constructive
- After counseling, losing 25 pounds, Robert Upshaw says he's ready
- As Obama and Castro meet, Cuba says embargo threatens full relations
- Obama, world leaders search for strategy against Islamic State
- EPA adopts rules to limit oil refineries' emissions into neighborhoods
- Stocks end mixed after an up-and-down day
- Appeals court: No Brady case arguments before February
- Year of terrible headlines sees South Africa's homicide rate leap again
- Lew Dickey out as CEO of radio giant Cumulus
- Lions' Tate: Opponents are calling out our plays
- 'This is pretty painful': Roethlisberger feared broken leg or season-ending injury after big hit
- Michigan State's Conklin does not have season-ending injury
- Cavs guard Shumpert needs wrist surgery, out 3 months
- Stanford computer scientist Christopher Ré wins MacArthur 'genius grant'
- Kevin Sherrington: SMU's Brown is a winner who gets penalties, so no outrage, please
- Tom Sorensen: NASCAR's popularity will take another hit with 2016 retirement of Tony Stewart
- New dates for the Who's postponed 50th anniversary tour
- A huge water district defends a secret handout
- Colorado high court weighs ski resorts' avalanche liability
- In year of diplomatic triumphs, Obama still dogged by Syria
- Novelist quits teaching at Arizona college over loyalty oath
- Jim Carrey's ex-girlfriend Cathriona White found dead in 'possible suicide'
- Pats, Pack a close 1-2 in AP Pro32; bad news Bears 32nd
- Iranian conservatives depict Obama handshake as pact with devil
- The estate of the late Sam Simon of 'The Simpsons' fame includes a Richard Neutra-designed home
- Edward Snowden joins Twitter, immediately gets more followers than NSA
- Local + Lejos offers handcrafted home goods from around the globe at a heartwarming price
- Texas police chief tells group what it can do with its demand to dump 'In God We Trust' motto
- Authorities ask family of missing persons for DNA, records
- My favorite place is shrouded in Yellowstone steam
- Dispensaries offer free marijuana to Valley fire victims in Northern California
- Planned Parenthood chief defends organization
- Analysis: Jon Jones' special treatment moves him closer to regaining UFC belt
- New Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto discusses his relationship with Angels' Mike Scioscia
- MacArthur 'genius' grant winner creates artificial leaves that photosynthesize
- South L.A. retailer faces charges for alleged illegal gun sale
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- Florida politicians protect special status for Cubans
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- Auto regulators say Fiat Chrysler under-reported roadway deaths
- VW diesel recall plan announced -- but not for U.S.
- You can now make actual Coke at home -- in a Keurig
- L.A.'s Milk Carton Kids bring their lo-fi neo-folk home on Oct. 1
- Voice coach to the stars Seth Riggs lists his home and studios for sale in Hancock Park
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- Karen Finley, Banned Books Week and the responsibilities of art
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- Opinion: Three days, three planned executions, three wrong calls
- Fox nominates activist shareholder Jeffrey Ubben of ValueAct Capital to board
- Matt Damon clarifies remarks on gay actors: 'It's painful when things get said that you don't believe'