- Neighborhood councils' success limited
- Man kills five, then himself
- Talking to the enemy
- It's a crime Chargers sidestep radio gabfest
- Galloway improves, but more work ahead
- Pitt's streak ends at Wisconsin
- Bryzgalov not yet cleared
- Down for the count? Guess again
- Quick! They're running out of air
- The heart of country
- A surprisingly inventive bunch
- End of the road for Ducks
- Election may show conservatives split
- Digital mindbender
- Drawn to Obama
- Building wealth by buying homes and then renting them out
- They're all yours, Mr. Stern
- Silver lining gleams
- Army Pvt. Michael Bridges, 23, Placentia; killed by possible 'friendly fire' in Iraq
- Children are scavenging Peru's dumps
- Before the Web, a thriving electronic community
- NFC
- Local art's savior: sprawl
- Rarities sparkle in a festival of classics
- Picturesque village goes out on a limb to stay so
- Getting paid to act her age: 97
- Padilla terror case gets closer look
- Golf's off-season looks a little silly
- The great escape
- Political feud splinters quiet Glendora
- How KB Home CEO's pay went through the roof
- In Saigon, spending is great frenzied fun
- The Strip gets a bit less sexy
- Before Pitching Mr. Big, Study His Desk Drawer
- Making mpg matter
- Her Koran recitals say a lot
- Perez Hilton takes their best shots
- Group rallies to rescue town's icon: a garage
- Chargers' popularity grows
- Bryant's time is adding up
- High-wire act raises the bar in fight scenes
- No party is complete without . . .
- It's not just about double-digit returns
- New Year's, Hmong-style
- A Rye Look at the Things We Eat
- If Al Gore were an elf
- IRAQ OPENS ITS ARMY TO HUSSEIN LOYALISTS
- Expected storm fails to deliver the goods
- THREE POINTS
- High rollers making waves
- And we owe it all to golf
- Guppy Love: Hotels go to great lengths to de-stress guests
- The power of place
- Comics tartare
- Boston feels the warmth
- Bayh says bye to '08 bid
- Talking to the enemy
- Canyon's Loucks keeps head in game
- Corp is second to none in Orange Lutheran win
- They'll take the bling without the blood
- Buzz Vertigo
- Talk dirty to me
- Bragging rights, and then some
- Marchers protest police shooting
- Strike a pose, then copy it
- Employers' immigration pains
- COMING ATTRACTIONS
- 'Soft' Chargers take on Chiefs
- Futurity bright for Stormello
- Visions of Joanna
- Atheist Chic
- France: An ancient but comfy B
- Travel the globe from your comfy armchair
- 90036
- Hong Kong, a.k.a. treasure island
- Partisan battle boils over Fla. House seat
- Resigned Cubans expect no changes
- Army Sgt. Angel de Jesus Lucio Ramirez, 22, Bakersfield; among 3 killed in blast
- War casualties
- Sivuca, 76; Brazilian accordionist, composer won Latin Grammy
- Chris Hayward, 81; cartoon and TV writer, Emmy winner
- Other deaths
- Forgotten gifts
- A coup that stuck
- First things first
- Police occupation in Oaxaca ends
- Two women embrace a belated family bond
- Loaded question
- THE NICKEL PACKAGE
- Clooney isn't really 'the devil'
- Discoveries
- Remodel may not bring payoff
- Judge releases Cuban refugees
- LOOKING AHEAD
- The politics of poetry
- Airlines' plans to improve service are barely off the ground
- Average mortgage rates and indexes
- In Defense of the Persian Palace
- Hundreds arrested in police clash
- Soup deliveryman ends up in hot water with a judge
- CIF's big day isn't quite state of the art
- Nyman lifts U.S. in the downhill
- More than beating Seminoles on the line
- For the record, he'll be snacking on crow
- The high points
- Bypassing the escape clause
- Our gang and the little woman
- Live large on QM2, except for the cabin
- Power returns to battered Northwest
- From "Gonzo" (circa 1979)
- No charitable feelings after rent increase is posted
- AFC
- Here come the Suns
- A year to remember?
- Last-minute inspirations
- Redefining age-old traditions
- A bumper crop
- Joining the festivity
- Planning can help avert holiday debt hangover
- Deal of the week
- Wasted days and wasted nights
- BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS
- Parks pass cost to rise Jan. 1
- These bargains made in Mexico
- King abdicates to make way for son
- Fire writes the final chapter for the world's largest egg ranch
- Plenty of seats are available
- Canyon upsets De La Salle
- It definitely isn't light reading
- Brust gets a primer with Kings
- When the bottom line gets a present
- Be prepared in snow country
- Tyranny, realism and Jeane Kirkpatrick
- Spitting on a dead man
- Redrawing Walt Disney
- Long Beach leaders call for healing after attack
- Kidnapped hunter is released
- Florida students to pick majors -- before high school
- Abbas confirms his plan to seek early elections
- A farcical attack on Hitler taboos
- Biedrins playing like a veteran
- Stiller and comic pals have 'Night' to remember
- The Beauty of Writing
- The road back to L.A. can throw a few curves
- Unaffordable exemptions
- U.S. coin series will feature women, for a change
- Ties that bind Iraqi forces break easily
- Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Rudy Salcido, 31, La Puente; killed by roadside bomb
- Johnson's bodyguard is shot to death at club
- Flat and unhappy, Bruins win
- Heath sinks Loyola Marymount
- NBA brawl clears floor
- Leaping ahead of the curve
- 'Left Behind' video game: Let us prey
- Lapses on defense lead to frustration
- Army Cpl. Jeffrey G. Roberson, 22, Silver Lakes; dies in Afghanistan blast
- Talk is cheap, unlike the asking price
- A Parisian present ... pour moi?
- Nuns exit Chicago, but leave legacy
- Loss today could end Carolina's season
- Bears' Grossman makes right call
- It's outta the bottle
- A flurry of feathers in Venice
- Cold War relic a tourist draw
- Owens is in spotlight again
- A diverse five-pack of power
- Some long-awaited delights, but disappointments too
- Homeless can relate to film
- Castro checks in with phone calls
- Water use cuts urged during renovation
- Addiction as high drama
- Wrap up a little cultural cachet from Paris, London
- Pencil Pusher
- Malaria gaining a new foothold
- Not-so-true believers
- L.A. middle school teacher joins race to succeed Tokofsky
- Suns' win streak hits 14
- Plot twists are not all written
- Landmark feats
- Crossing borders, blending sounds
- BESTSELLERS
- My New Heaven
- Can Arnold make you care about redistricting?
- Migrant workers in their own land
- For moviegoers, crime does pay off
- A time when parents line up to surprise kids
- High praise for Placido Domingo
- This is first-class customer service
- A Montana Migration That Reflects the American Spirit
- Don't dis Mammoth; it's one of ours
- Patients get short shrift in changes to healthcare
- Please don't skimp on Travel's space
- Underdog status
- Boot consistently wrong about Iraq
- Privacy of patients' medical records
- Goldberg is off the mark on Pinochet
- Electoral College hurts California
- Old, new models of 'smart growth'
- Treasures from the past
- Takeovers often good for Wall St., not workers
- A Tunnel of Beauty
- 'Nut' with his cereal
- On center stage
- Pay increase would boost middle class
- Workers' comp plan benefits state
- Teenage drinking
- Perez Hilton takes their best shots
- Is Obama the new 'black'?
- What if terrorists destroy Washington?
- Why they deny the Holocaust
- DJ fight hits airwaves
- Merck wins Vioxx trial in Alabama state court
- PUBLISHER FIRED AFTER FUROR OVER O.J. SIMPSON
- Organizer's shady past casts pall on charity effort
- De La Salle-Canyon tops tripleheader
- Hartman's time with Galaxy is over
- Dance festival keeps focus on the fringes
- Code violations existed days before fatal blaze
- Aretha Franklin mourns Ertegun
- Storm batters Seattle region
- 'Virgin birth'-created stem cells show hope
- Making a play for Hollywood
- 'Jive Bomber' makes a return
- Stocks mixed after inflation report
- Mice in overhead bins may shift ...
- Pope's pastor calls for atonement on priest abuse
- New manual at odds with key Iraq tactics
- Park rangers kill infamous poacher
- Tensions rise among Palestinians
- Welcome to the bungle?
- SATURDAY BRIEFING
- Restraining order in case of box-office trackers
- Deployment may signal Iraq push
- Group takes up where search left off in hunt for missing man
- Drew University is reaching out to Latinos
- Dr. Dre's 'Detox' release going from rumor to reality
- 2 Marines slain in western Iraq
- Just call this panda an 'Atlanta Beauty'
- Plotter of wrestler's murder is sentenced
- Holiday bill is a bit unusual, a bit not-so
- Get a Grip, Guys
- Envoy pulled over spraying in Colombia
- Walter Ward, 66; lead singer of group the Olympics, who did 'Western Movies'
- Open airwaves
- It's last place Scott expected to be at Sherwood
- Dead art icons live on, in a fashion
- 'Blinking Sam' to be in full view
- Scotty Schulhofer, 80; Hall of Fame trainer of champion horses
- Searching for genuine faith in an assimilated holiday
- FBI site to aid UCLA hacker probe
- Chargers dish out a different kind of bolt
- Jazz caught at the end
- Dual meditations on the meaning of life
- A battlefield called school
- Genetic mutation prevents pain, scientists discover
- Clear winner in '08 nominating race: Iowa
- Col. Griffith's Christmas gift
- 'Christmas Carols' past don't haunt this Ebenezer Scrooge
- Shipp is getting there
- Recruits may be next in line
- Mora issues an apology for remarks
- Sing along with Justin Timberlake
- Bryant (53) takes game in his hands
- Downloads
- Wal-Mart labor suit likely to be dismissed
- Bomber makes test flight using only synthetic fuel
- Saturn moon looks unlivable after all
- Rethinking the unthinkable
- Deception alleged in petition bid
- Angels not pursuing pitcher Zito
- Mater Dei loses second ruling
- Asian Games soccer final serves as a diversion, if only for a moment
- In his dreams, at least he had some notice
- Yeah, Ciara saw all of this coming
- Not as much of an evolution as Ciara thinks it is
- Shopping for Person X
- Cowan still the starter for the Emerald Bowl
- TODAY
- I want my House TV
- Is skinny going out of style?
- Apple delays filing results a second time
- A frat for misfits at Ole Miss
- Miss USA winner under a cloud
- Deputies take O.C. supervisor to task
- Corks popping on Wall Street
- Plane doesn't find Mt. Hood climbers
- Federal judge gives border smuggler 19-year prison term
- Death may not be 'road rage'
- Senator is showing signs of recovery
- Oaktree may sell Pegasus Aviation unit
- MediaNews taking control of Breeze
- Rumsfeld's parting shot
- Giguere looking at a big raise
- Slip into something silly
- Out playing in the snow
- Theater owner Imax ends hunt for a buyer
- Ventura College widens aid effort
- Streaking Suns top Warriors
- A journey through Elektra's glory days
- Bush sticks to his views on gays becoming parents