- At the heart of it, a need to finish up
- Five reasons you can't put a hand on Clausen
- War is hell for the enemy too
- Tour firms hope U.S. opens door to Chinese
- Birders atwitter over sighting at Salton Sea
- Jesus Blancornelas, 70; writer exposed actions of drug cartels
- Ex-Russian spy who criticized Kremlin dies; cause unknown
- Opposition leader in Belarus held
- Big numbers on this stage aren't Heisman guarantee
- Kobe-Shaq rivalry now has a price
- One thing Ricky Jay can't make disappear is the fun
- Sermon's words shine some light
- Playtime or annoyance?
- Iran and world super villains
- Assimilation requires change
- When it comes to flu shots, it's better late than never
- Debate about fee continues
- Don't forget animals' plight
- Edison said to cover up injuries
- Opinion: Morrison: Go vote Cal!
- Opinion: Random sentences from reader mail
- Opinion: OpEd: Ad Alta Altman
- Opinion: Goldberg: Madonna vs. western civ.
- Opinion: Editorial on Editorials
- 125 years of Thanksgiving editorials
- Planting the future, one tree at a time
- Activist, Waters declare a cease-fire
- TOLL IN IRAQ AT 120 A DAY, U.N. REPORTS
- E-Trade bought shares of BoysToys in data breach
- Hastings says he's fit to lead intelligence panel
- Manning Jr. suspended for game
- Three networks ask court to halt FCC crackdown
- IBM settles overtime class action
- The tiger's lair
- More than just one turkey day
- Plenty of story lines to feast on
- Mixed picture in jobless benefits
- Holiday closures
- Ride him, Cowboys
- Spacey to star in 'Moon' revival
- Judge denies class status for thousands of Vioxx lawsuits
- Neighbors try to tackle football din
- 125 years of turkey
- Up for a game of turkey, anyone?
- School oil-rig lawsuits dismissed
- Clippers lose their edge on home court
- Giving thanks at the orphanage
- Time Warner Cable sued
- Sharpen those blades
- A humorous hodgepodge
- Holiday closures
- Lost camper, trying to signal rescuers, starts wildfire
- MicroUnity sues AMD over patent infringement
- A look that sticks
- Secret Service is there, purse isn't
- Mandrake hypnotizes Culver City art crowd
- Lacking funds, zoo poisons lion cubs
- Hope is the one antidote
- On the Mexican border, fear rules
- Bloomberg names a food czar
- Refugee All-Stars have tales to tell
- Holiday getaway is a mess
- UCLA not voted off the island
- JPMorgan agrees to settle Bank One disability suit
- Ultimate bachelor pad, then and now
- A run on passports as rules change
- 92-year-old dies in drug raid
- NFL fans' kicks are blocked
- Britain to hand over security role in 3 cities
- Healthcare premiums to soar for entertainers
- BUZZ BANDS
- Scores arrested in Mafia case raids
- Gonzaga knocks off North Carolina, 82-74
- Opening salvos in a major battle
- Holidays, done the Hollywood way
- 8 youths are charged with hate crime in Long Beach
- Edward Ford, 96; courtier coined phrase for the queen in 1992
- BJ's Wholesale CEO quits as sales disappoint
- Teva gets approval to sell generic anti-nausea drug
- CB Richard Ellis, Sears Tower to end lease deal
- Corinthian records charge for options
- Now online: slide-rule celebrities
- Gulf Coast fears loss of clout in D.C.
- Naseem has defied the long odds of life
- Gorbachev 'doing well' after surgery
- Korean War GI's remains identified
- Chamber group explores the contrasts
- Simpson admits writing book for 'blood money'
- Table is set, and they might be talking turkey
- A band that's so last decade
- Man enters plea in two fire crew deaths
- Lennar unveils plan for Bay Area
- Also
- Casting his own light on a dark spot
- Unrivaled moments
- U.S. says air carriers need to give better service
- Last dance for Summerdance
- Weather could knock the wind out of a holiday tradition in New York
- For two lucky birds, it's gravy
- The other music awards
- Better mental health services are ordered for foster children
- High school pulls newspaper over racist opinion piece
- Matthews is the centerpiece
- Matthews, Pierre signings are not money well spent
- Retailers report losses of $37.4 billion to theft
- The long fade-out? Not for Mr. Altman
- Two days of frivolity are still on the board
- THURSDAY BRIEFING
- China finds sharp rise in HIV cases
- Hitchcock is hired by Blue Jackets
- Chance sightings, definitive guides
- Fetal monitors disappoint
- Doctor Love is trying to make Singapore sexy
- This town has turned festive
- 30 years later, the game is on
- Holiday lights? Let your fingers do the walking.
- Sharks regroup against Kings, 6-3
- UPS bulks up for holiday rush
- Wal-Mart gets final OK to open bank in Mexico
- BRITISH BY NIGHT IN L.A.
- As Lebanon teeters, so does a U.S. ambition
- The Game has his advocates
- A false sense of security in L.A. County jail
- Council gives final OK to hotel workers' raises
- Flying fur balls and puffed-up divas too
- Cosmonaut golfer hits a global drive
- Utah's big rally beats Sacramento
- Qantas Airways gets $7.8-billion buyout bid
- Pay deals could cut Cubs' sale price
- Detainee refuses surgery
- 100% flamenco, straight up
- This is one hot property
- Monster Worldwide fires lawyer in probe of backdated options
- IAEA may end Iran reactor funding
- Still no slam dunk on an immigration bill
- U.S. beats Mexico to earn World Cup berth
- Less-eager consumers give investors pause
- Blast rocks Boston area
- Israel says Gaza push will go on
- Kerkorian to reduce his stake in GM
- An East L.A. classic
- Immigrant faceless in death? She decides not
- Disney shareholders to get less from radio deal
- U.S., Colombia sign trade pact
- Airbus bullish on jet market over 20 years
- Expansion of corps possible
- Experience of coaches is paying off
- FOUR GAMES TO WATCH
- Gable expected to start at tailback
- FINALLY
- Mt. Rainier park damage put at nearly $30 million
- SEC reprimands Tennessee's Fulmer
- Buffalo make the mozzarella
- Give thanks you're not at a singles dinner
- Mother of 4 charged with their murders
- Avalanche tops Selanne's 500th
- Bid to block Amgen drug discount fails
- WEEKEND FORECAST
- Music over martyrdom
- Breckinridge L. Willcox, 62; prosecutor won 2 major Soviet spy cases
- Home-loan demand falls even as interest rates slip
- For the man who wants it all
- Met is bringing opera to cinemas
- Early look at the Golden Globes
- If you want a better deal ...
- Low cholesterol may combat prostate cancer
- Smoking banned at National Zoo
- Smith Hempstone Jr., 77; U.S. envoy to Kenya, conservative columnist
- Ramos Martinez work auctioned for $1.8 million
- Grieving in a more divided Lebanon
- Where else for pie?
- British hostage killed in Nigeria
- Pot-smoking mom is put in timeout
- Kentucky cleared for executions
- Lights, camera and more lights
- Lone fire victim identified as wife of plastic surgeon
- Wolf Leslau, 100; UCLA professor sought out and recorded Ethiopian languages
- Train kills teenager as she helps a friend
- Council OKs payout in bias lawsuit
- Pierre, Dodgers make deal official
- Solid Old Dancers hit the NBA
- Again, a glimpse of the unattainable
- Settlements on shaky ground?
- The Democrats' cold war
- Occidental is the Eagle Rock core
- Plates serve a mixed message
- Eager to read about other fruits
- Does busy street equal pollution?
- Possibilities of the POSSLQ
- Battling over the draft
- The doughnuts of her dreams
- It's an issue of varied tastes
- A boar's head, and she was hooked
- Figuring out taxes
- Bobby and his times
- Patt Morrison: Vote for Cal!
- Opinion: Thanksgiving Leftovers Before the Main Course
- Recipe: Chipotle roasted salmon
- Opinion: Kramer, O.J. and Kaplan
- Opinion: Gregory Rodriguez, Mike Davis, and L.A.
- Opinion: New Editorials: Absentees, Affiliates, and Puritans
- Quick cassoulet
- Salad with shredded turkey, romaine, cilantro and sesame dressing
- Swiss chard and shiitakes with poblanos
- Piments pour viandes froides (Peppers for cold meats)
- Squash baked with sage and chile butter
- Turkey quesadillas
- Chipotle roasted salmon
- Brussels sprout leaves cooked with pancetta and mirepoix
- Cornmeal muffins with apricots and rosemary
- Imitation of life
- BOOK REVIEW: 'House of Hilton'
- Brussels sprout leaves cooked with pancetta and mirepoix
- Salad with shredded turkey, romaine, cilantro and sesame dressing
- Cornmeal muffins with apricots and rosemary
- Mining firms again eyeing Navajo land
- Grappling with the `Mel factor'
- Grants to nonprofit are deemed illegal
- Academy inspires commerce in youth
- Tradition takes a holiday
- This Latino superstore not quite in Santa Ana
- Grappling with the 'Mel factor'
- A NOVEL TWIST
- Blaine says he may be a 'bit crazy'
- Colombia trade pact is decried
- Former premier's trial underway
- Councilman requests analysis of bond deal
- No, wait -- did I say brasserie?
- Alcoa to cut jobs, shutter plants
- Conservative boycott of Wal-Mart is canceled
- ACADEMY AWARDS: BEST PICTURE
- Morneau wins the AL MVP award
- A third Marine pleads guilty
- Taser use limited at most UC campuses
- Limited use of jail informants urged
- Shocked disbelief that JFK is dead
- Google stands out as investors hesitate
- Higher prices lift profit and revenue at Deere
- EU loses ruling on modified foods
- Imams detained at airport allege bias
- SNEAKER CHIC
- 4th student dies after bus plunge
- Family of former patient donates $5 million to Mission Hospital
- Oklahoma stops UCLA, 77-68
- Backlash of the 'Borat' effect
- Double-take
- Viva la diva! (Not so much Il Divo)
- Family's survival story
- They'd love to be invited
- THE STUDIO REPORT
- Israeli group says data prove land theft
- Filipinos' hip-hop anthem
- A hot tip for the future
- Police, FBI target Valley gang crimes
- Dean Brelis, 82; foreign correspondent also wrote nonfiction, novels
- LAPD decides no change to pepper spray policy is needed
- Unrivaled moments
- Forever is too long
- The essential Altman on DVD
- 'Dancing' is top show, but CBS takes the trophy
- A FEEL FOR REAL STORIES
- In London, Russians feel a familiar chill
- A HOLLYWOOD ENDING
- Garcia keeps 80th Assembly District seat as Clute concedes; count goes on
- India and China agree there's room for two giants
- Is the election over? Not in every race
- No need to adapt
- Angelo D'Agostino, 80; priest founded home in Kenya for children with HIV
- Black Eyed Peas win 3 times as tops with fans
- Francis Girod, 62; French movie, TV director, screenwriter
- They sacrifice for moms' sake
- Getty makes new offer to Italy
- A Thanksgiving toast
- Pepperdine loses in double OT
- TODAY'S GAMES
- The old Young is good for USC
- Angels high on Matthews' list
- A heartfelt tale of a chaotic love triangle
- Would you mind looking at this?
- Crime on KCRW's Turkey Day menu
- Mexican exchange plans to go public
- Jack in the Box's profit rises in quarter
- Surgery found to speed relief from slipped disks
- U.S. ends effort to restore Lay conviction
- Print, online ad revenue at newspapers falls 1.5%
- U.S. attorney drops cases against 5 NYSE specialists
- PepsiCo to buy Naked Juice
- Deal signed to build test fusion reactor
- Court hearing election case is set ablaze
- POLITICIAN'S KILLING PUTS LEBANON AT THE BRINK
- Sex offenders wrongly held, court rules
- Jagr's goals lift Rangers
- 'Saw III' not for minors in France
- The spirit of giving -- grief, that is
- Disney in deal to offer movies via Comcast
- VeriSign may take $250 million in charges
- Mothers stage 'nurse-in'
- Investigative journalist is slain
- Director was a true original
- Maurice Graham, 89; 'King of the Hobos' began his rambling as a teenager riding the rails