- Final 2006
- Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
- I got an A in Phallus 101
- Corp brings up the level with his passing, running
- Carnal knowledge
- Apartment vandalism has neighbors on edge
- It pained Riley just to watch Heat
- Waiting for the promised land
- The surreal deal at LACMA is Magritte after 5
- Slender Roots
- Amputee aims at setting a record time for marathon
- Riding the wake of the Web
- Washington State upsets Arizona in overtime
- What's on the travel agenda for this year?
- Family carries on after a tragic day at Rose Bowl
- An intelligent take on stupidity reborn
- Snowman draws abominable horde
- High Times
- DISCOVERIES
- One simple rule for prorating rent: All months have 30 days
- 90704
- Return trip for electric vehicles
- France: A dining spot worth the search
- One nation, under God ...
- A teen mom, dropout turned D.C. police chief
- A final flight into the history books
- Warning issued on Bangkok
- Before 'Howl,' the hospital
- 'Nashville Star' cultivates country
- Brown assails execution of Hussein
- Aegean islet is a celebrated dump
- Polygamist leader evidence in court
- Here's to good health
- From soup to nuts:
- To be or not to be? It'll be in D.C.
- Deal of the week
- Snag the best seat on the plane
- The big chill
- Cut loose in the cosmos
- The Really Big One
- Roots of anger
- Can Arnold win on healthcare?
- National film critics select 'Pan's Labyrinth' as best picture
- Sheehan to join protest of U.S. prison
- He's hoping 13 will be lucky
- The anti-Clarett
- Kurtag lifts the silence
- It was all so amateurish, in a good way
- Phallus 101
- A green limo is no stretch
- Stewart picks up top-rider torch
- Moving to unite blacks, Latinos in a neighborhood plagued by fear
- THE TIMES' RANKINGS
- COMING ATTRACTIONS
- Bears are focusing on getting over hump
- Chillin' in Antarctica, with art on the rocks
- No Hollywood ending
- The long nightmare hasn't ended
- Spanish icon of luck is bewitched by the stars
- Memory lane
- Bynum is early to rise
- No doubt, Peter defeats Toney
- 'The Apprentice' has its work cut out for it in L.A.
- Still in the spotlight
- A Patagonian panorama
- Antarctica's Mr. Clean
- Man accused in Winfrey extortion bid
- Antitank mines hamper progress of U.S.-Iraqi assault
- Through rose-colored microscopes
- For O.C., life goes on
- Soccer isn't as big in New Hampshire, either
- Cold comfort on the street
- Oregon trail leads to UCLA's first loss
- Toll in Assam clashes tops 55
- Cassell returns to bench
- Poly turns to Rowe to get things going
- He makes Eagles dare to be good
- Ranch is a cut above the herd
- Great Shapes
- Abbas bans Hamas police force
- Too many cooks and not enough kitchens
- Project manages to shore up the beach
- Tyler makes the breaks
- Cowboys are penalized for not holding
- Thai officials hope to put 'coyote girls' in their place
- And now for something completely different
- Cher shows her flip side
- Witness accounts of attack on civilians revealed
- Oil fueling separatist fervor anew in Biafra
- Beethoven and a Barcalounger
- Terrell Hansen, 65; recipient of heart transplant inspired a novel
- The Orange County Republican politicos love and hate
- Calming voice sought in a restive region
- Maliki unveils effort to end bloodshed
- Oh, now the right wants to talk nice
- Other deaths
- The Right Choice
- Farrakhan has 12-hour surgery
- Taxiing plane clips another at JFK
- USC's Danelo found dead
- Genocide question hits home
- Offense
- Plenty of prescriptions, but no cures
- Dissent case will test limits of officers' speech
- Titans end skid to Pacific
- Team tries to shake off tough loss
- Cincinnati holds on for victory
- Circumstances sometimes restrain inaugurations' pomp
- Mmmm, tastes like crocodile
- Now You Know
- Up-and-comer on Avenue of the Stars
- And the winner for awards show overload is ...
- The many upsides of going underground
- A fashion pioneer in a stylist-free era
- Defense saves the day for Colts
- U.S. PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON IRAN'S OIL FIELDS
- Marine Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard, 20, Merced; killed by a sniper in Iraq
- Going nowhere on the Westside
- Face cards
- Times printers vote to unionize
- Dashing for a cross and fortune
- Too bad Broncos can't buck the system
- USC shows pros how
- Corp brings up the level with his passing, running
- In Britain, wigs may be cast out of the courts
- A crash course in Arabic music
- Hits, misses on New Year's Eve
- THE RED RIDER
- The Agoraphobic's Holiday
- TOURS & CRUISES
- Late tax changes create opportunity, confusion
- Check that cancellation clause or bookings could be costly
- Changing China: good try, but no sale
- A bug's life
- Atop the world of the Maya
- Mad Max
- These will help you think warm thoughts
- Never Let Horse Sense Get in the Story's Way
- Fixer? Break it down
- Green, getting its legs
- BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS
- Sylvia Sidney, Hollywood (1931)
- Dionysian rave
- Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
- Where's Waldo McBurney? Still working at 104
- Momofuku Ando, 96; inventor's Cup Noodle became an instant hit
- Meyer picks best of leftovers
- Giants, Jets fuel flames
- Robber of O.C. bank, thrift is a return customer
- Bruins' loss an early wake-up call
- Dixie Meister wins by a nose
- Sounds to match to the 'Children of Men' vision
- A hard look at life on the kibbutz
- Coughlin faces tough adversary in Reid
- Final rankings
- Only one loss, but it's in conference
- Virginia Tech upsets Duke
- Wizards' defense proves offensive
- Seeing double wasn't even the half of it
- Reshaping the muse mold
- For these singing and dancing kids, life begins at '13'
- A patron at the helm?
- Arab nationalism's last gasp
- Unneeded ice becomes a Florida headache, cubed
- Bush aides lay groundwork for Iraq surge
- Ethiopia's intervention may destabilize region
- Week of homicides racks New Orleans
- Trojans profit from this margin
- Clippers slip in Atlanta
- 'The Sprites' thrives in Broadway's ecosystem
- Modern art's train reaches the station
- On Monday: mutual funds
- BESTSELLERS
- The Mumbai connection
- Today is disaster preparation day
- Carving their place in history
- Bird lovers, let passions take wing
- Bleak house
- A judicious salary
- A reverie runs through it
- Not a whiff of drug trade found in Tijuana stops
- Toys R Us honors baby after protests
- County to take title to Disney Hall
- Tom Wilson, 74; former Rams halfback fought to get benefits for NFL retirees
- In vote, can Cal touch 'em all?
- Marine Lance Cpl. Fernando Tamayo, 19, Fontana; among 4 troops killed in blast
- Kings end long skid against Red Wings
- Singh takes a three-shot lead
- Wallace leads Bulls past the Pistons
- AMPING IT UP:
- Oregon trail leads to UCLA's first loss
- Can you say 'James Brown'?
- His latest role: Coming clean
- Fire damages Century City office tower
- Setting the rules
- Snow sweeps 2 cars off highway
- In Maine, skiing gets its tribute
- Rural areas have a doctor deficiency
- Sarkisian, Kiffin drawing interest from other teams
- THREE POINTS
- COAST TO COAST
- Conjuring up an indie success
- Those reverse mortgages have pitfalls
- Let's force medical insurers to play fair
- LAX needs better transit connection
- Health education gets top marks
- Downtown's proof of potential
- Understanding statue's history
- Persian Palaces: Carefully Constructed or Full of Flaws?
- A dim view of executions
- Reports support breast surgery
- The Migrant Workers' Plight
- Irresponsible role?
- Average mortgage rates and indexes
- Screenwriters still get overlooked
- Pin some blame on city planners
- The Quickest Potluck Fix
- Successful or just well-connected?
- Farewell to the pricey perfume
- Airline attendants deserve praise
- Petty fan hopes for many more
- Neocons in the driver's seat again
- Hopes, fears amid transfer of power
- Treasuring That Delicious Goo
- Philanthropic? Not in business
- The Beachcomber at Crystal Cove
- The EU's ugly little challenge
- About earlier stories in this series
- Free beer
- Martin Kruskal, 81; mathematician's wave research rippled through sciences
- Tijuana is glad police are back -- without guns
- TODAY
- Also
- L.A. police officer is shot in thigh; assailant is wounded
- Doomed flight changed course
- Defendants in New Orleans police shooting allowed bail
- Downloads
- Bill on Medicare drug cost is called weak medicine
- Stubble trouble
- Sailors' creed trumps landlubber's reckoning
- Carmichael returns to challenge Stewart
- Kerkorian increases stake in MGM Mirage
- N.Y. to share security-area status
- Was it virtue or betrayal?
- Janos Furst, 71; Hungarian violinist and conductor worked all over world
- Sailor 'knew the risks'
- Man hit, killed by commuter train
- Woman in power-pole crash dies
- Lakers are in the running
- Double dipping for all the chips
- Lesson 1: Beauty isn't skin deep
- Press operators at L.A. Times hold union vote
- Chavez denounced for canceling TV license
- EVERYBODY WILL KNOW IF IT'S PORK
- Governor promises a 'post-partisan' era
- High winds aren't over yet
- Schools takeover to get expedited hearing
- Epiphany a gift that is wrapped in varying meanings
- Bernard D. Meltzer, 92; co-wrote U.N. charter and prosecuted Nazis
- Clippers still not up to speed
- Grocers' suit over L.A. law will go to trial
- Trans fats transformed
- Bowwow factor is off the charts
- Indoors or out, this guy's the real deal
- Raise your mug
- Chief executive may not be a good fit for Gap, analysts say
- Kidnapped official recounts escape
- Army asks dead, injured to return
- A drink a day may aid blood pressure
- 76ers hire Brown as executive
- NFL Playoffs
- Eleanore Schoenfeld, 81; renowned cellist had taught at USC Thornton School since '59
- A nun with a nose for adventure
- Medici murder mystery
- Polish archbishop admits spying for communists
- Young conjuring most of his magic after halftime
- Las Vegas mayor has interest in the Chargers
- Have another burger
- American, 2 Iraqi interpreters abducted
- Job growth boosts fears of inflation
- A. Richard Newton, 55; tech pioneer at UC Berkeley
- USC prevails in second overtime
- Corbin Bleu is rockin' but has no time for misbehaving
- Convenience stores are thirsty for expansion
- Dreier shifts gears in a hurry
- Shipp brings positive energy
- Another Marsalis heard from
- Life in a 'bloody paradise'
- Goldman at top of M&A; advisor rankings
- Amateur scouting heads are fired
- Look out for the bit players
- Updated Journal writes its future
- Martin Kruskal, 81; mathematician's wave research rippled through sciences
- Rivera loses syndicated program
- New anti-terrorism regulations planned
- San Pasqual is first step to Big 'Cap
- Museum unveils Eakins' 'Clinic'
- Tiny meteorite crashes into house
- Glitterati and gawkers shrug off ceremony
- PASSINGS