- State takes closer look at district
- RESULTS
- Wendy's stock rises on talk of possible sale
- Also
- MediaNews, Hearst settle suit
- U.S. and Japan sign nuclear power pact
- New loan package offered by WaMu
- Alcoa might sell 3 business units
- Grand jury indicts man in case of 2 stolen violins
- A real page turner
- APRIL FUELED
- Durable goods orders up in March
- His romance with reading
- Journey shapes the singer
- Prescription for trouble
- Timeline of shootings at Va. Tech emerges
- 'Fusion Tango' is in the tradition
- Man threatens rape of 2 girls, police say
- A bumpy start for Luongo
- United Airlines' parent posts loss
- In gray area, there's gold
- State Speaker Nunez joins Clinton's campaign
- Carlisle fired after Pacers miss playoffs
- Bulls see a lucky Dow 13,000
- U.N. issues report; Iraq won't disclose civilian toll
- Israel says no large-scale response in Gaza for now
- Doctor freebies common, study says
- We should join Japan's 'arc of freedom'
- Victim called 911 shortly before pair were killed by police at resort
- State may sue EPA over clean air law
- Mavericks finally solve the Warriors to get even
- Also
- Disney may rename more Buena units
- Soap, the perfect aperitif
- Teen girl accused of murder in fatal crash
- COACHELLA PREVIEW THE BIG ONE
- NATO yanks message on opium crops
- OCPAC hires fundraising chief
- Apple peels past forecasts
- It's a suction showdown
- N.Y. police get some help from Miss America
- Come into my mud pool
- Race is onstage in South Carolina debate
- Honda's profit declines 20%
- O'Donnell's 'View' exit threatens ABC's gains
- Valley night life gets another liftHere's the...
- Memo leak poses risks, official says
- Moving journeys
- Supreme Court throws out 3 death sentences in Texas
- No longer the flavor of the month
- Baby, do you feel like dancing?
- Long Beach Airport terminal to undergo significant expansion
- TEEING OFF
- Fremont workers sue over losses
- Anschutz side rests in 'Sahara' legal battle
- 'Macbeth' to be 'horror thriller'
- Lake Balboans get a shock -- they aren't
- A 'real' Tristan enters the love duet at Disney
- Spector's past put on view at trial
- Latinos reshaping nation's religious terrain, study says
- Singing Ella's praises
- Loma Linda unit pays $2 million to settle suit
- Charm The Giant comes up big
- Drawn to a yellow alien
- Tornado crosses the Rio Grande, killing 10
- Prostate cancer test's accuracy cited
- Berwanger had the write stuff
- Washburn stops A's with three-hitter
- Mexico renews tortilla price pact
- Jarden to acquire K2 in $765-million deal
- Falling into the do-gooder doldrums
- Glenn Sutton, 69; wrote hit songs for Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy Wynette
- Warren E. Avis, 92; brought car-rental business to airports
- Drew's homer steals spotlight from Peavy
- Schwikert flips for Bruins
- Third and long odds
- Hidden treasures
- The dawn of total war
- Car wash employee dies after being hit by car
- Bonds manages to sting Dodgers
- Home builder Ryland Group swings to loss
- Those outsized imaginations
- San Francisco and Shanghai groups form venture fund targeting China
- N. Korean refugees on a hunger strike
- Supreme Court may ease limits on 'issue ads'
- Senate OKs bill to boost science and math skills
- Lavigne's third ends up in first
- This New Yorker finds his American scene
- Angels pound Devil Rays, 9-1
- Harold Max Mayer, 90; former chairman of Oscar Mayer & Co.
- Arab Israeli suspected of aiding his nation's enemy
- James Richards, 58; renowned cat veterinarian and vaccine expert
- Moving to California, or moving out
- H8 cyber mssgs; they R 4 losers
- IHOP profit falls more than 10%
- Deal would boost India operations
- Loma Linda unit pays $2 million to settle suit
- Betemit is dropped into a tough spot
- A-Rod would be welcomed
- Tribune launches $4.3-billion tender
- Chemical in water burns residents
- Everyday choices spell life or death
- Body found at site targeted in manhunt
- Experts may have found what's bugging the bees
- Japanese leader expected to keep a low profile in U.S.
- Transit agency seeks Gov.'s help to avoid strike
- RESULTS
- Howard Larman, 73; longtime co-host of folk music radio show
- Real MVP isn't playing in this series
- It's a long night when workers' fate is pitted against tourism in one vote
- Chevron shareholders reject bid for environmental review
- Bank group to launch bidding war for ABN
- Collection ratings cut for 3 lenders
- Delta's plan to exit bankruptcy approved
- Flight of the honeybees
- Smithsonian to set butterfly fee
- McCain gets in digs as he makes race official
- Old, renewed
- Democrats step up oversight investigations
- Peak-hour bus lanes are urged
- A poised Pronger sets the tone
- Lake Balboa finds that it isn't
- Perceptive view of the loft lifestyle
- Remembering Halberstam
- A violent truce
- Army's lies
- Celebrity tipsters provide the 411
- Lost limbo
- An 'Idol' show of sensitivity in wake of tragedy
- Whitewashing the wall
- Designed for parents, not kids
- Global warming on the front burner
- Frost is no match for the natives
- Votes of support for McGovern
- Going south
- U.S. housing slump hits home
- A choice in Mexico
- Old Mike, new Christine
- McCain enters from the outside
- Bohdan Paczynski, 67; a key figure in the search for dark matter and planets
- 'Gilmore Girls': Crawling out of the rabbit hole
- Saving kittens
- Grazer's Palisades Compound For Sale: $27.5 Million
- Bruin Turned Bear: Thornberg Sees "Crazy Credit" and "Sheer Stupidity"
- Grills
- ASCAP loses its double dip
- Property Tax Cuts In Ventura County?
- 'Dancing With the Stars': Heather Mills, we salute you
- 'American Idol': America gives up the votes for 'Gives Back'
- Subtlety takes a holiday from Argentina's politics
- 'The Shield': Mackey unleashed
- Open House Gimmick: Poker Night
- "The Sun Was in My Eyes," And Other Excuses For Crummy Sales
- Translating the words of love
- Opinion: In today's pages
- Opinion: Reboot your opposition, Senator X
- 'American Idol': More conversation with Mr. Cowell
- "No More Up'" in Housing; Anxious in The OC
- Cacio e pepe
- Chicken with artichokes
- Asparagus bisque with herb cream
- Loteria Grill cochinita pibil
- Chichen Itza cochinita pibil
- Roasted pepper rolls stuffed with tuna
- Kawasaki KLR650 is a singular dual sport
- A deadly hush in Room 211 -- then the killer returned
- Are guns all-American?
- In defense of Baghdad's 'walls'
- Mexico City legalizes first-trimester abortions
- Jim Newton: the Opinion L.A. chat
- Best of 2007: Go, speed racers, go
- Young girl learns life lessons the hard way
- LAPD skid row searches found unconstitutional
- Rutgers' Stringer to earn same base salary as Schiano
- Home sales plunge 8.4% in March
- Halberstam embraced idea of sportswriting
- Dueling rich men: Pickens, Forbes on oil
- Writer's death was instant
- A guiding star in South L.A.
- Body of abducted reporter is found
- Banks plan class action against TJX
- Boeing lands orders from two airlines for its 787 jet
- McClatchy net income drops 67%
- Italian that feels so right
- U.S. nuclear arms policy for future is ill-defined, panel says
- Prosecutors wrap up case in 11 killings
- Storm brings snow, hail, tornado
- Mayor appoints two to head city agencies
- Body of missing sailor is found
- Snoop Dogg wears even more bling
- Race as a part of the 'Idol' race
- This planet could have a life of its own
- Airmen placed in jobs they're not trained for, general says
- Investigation of professor is urged
- Class size snafu costs district
- Dodgers are driven to distraction by Giants
- Canucks' Luongo is a big roadblock
- RESULTS
- Tillman's brother lashes out
- From art house to blockbusters
- Cheesecake earnings drop 5%
- PCBs cause autism-like condition in newborn rats
- City attorney protests budget cut for his office
- Mayor signs plan to raise renters' relocation fees
- Boy, 4, drowns in pool in his backyard
- Chicago rolls again and puts Miami in 2-0 hole
- For once, offense saves the bullpen
- Where the wind led them
- His beat was his country
- Viewers mostly turn away from the reruns on NBC
- Striking a balance of sweet, sitcom
- Friends -- and enemies
- Police sent to bar ousted lawmakers
- Lawmakers vote to legalize abortion in Mexico City
- Mollie Orshansky, 91; economist created U.S. poverty line formula
- Welcome to the neighborhood
- CBS rejects ad featuring golfer Daly and beer
- By the Numbers
- Inflation fears lower consumer sentiment
- New Orleans' blacks see rental block
- Democrats want swifter EPA action on emissions standards
- Group claiming to have killed 9 U.S. troops issues threats
- Campaign funding rule before Supreme Court
- Juvenile camp instructor jailed
- Ex-O.C. supervisor sentenced to jail time
- Gov. will not meet attorney
- City wins $238,000 in suit against parking firm
- Bonds offers little insight on record, or anything
- Yankees fall into last place with loss
- Wells tops Johnson in battle of the aged
- Beauty before age
- Buffalo isn't alone on this bill
- Diversity fused into a unique sound
- Northrop reports 8% rise in earnings
- RESULTS
- Angels' victory is a real rush
- Pacific Chorale gets NEA grant
- Toyota ends GM's reign as car sales leader
- Stocks end session mixed
- Boarding of gulf ships will resume
- Latest violence kills 4 civilians
- Baath Party leaders divided
- UCI, fraternity are sued over 2005 death of pledge
- Williams inserted into the lineup
- CORNER KICKS
- Despite flaws, 'Yankee' retains a certain charm
- Human consumption of tainted hogs probed
- Michael Smuin, 68; won awards with choreography for Broadway, ballet and TV
- Challenger for America's Cup
- Vonage wins stay of patent ruling
- MySpace launches Spanish websites
- Top 25 hedge-fund chiefs earn $14 billion
- The state's uneven growth
- Police panel backs anti-gang plan
- Iggy goes spastic with Stooges again
- Sublime ambition
- Inquiry on Rove has its doubters
- Money at root of O.C. double killing?
- Spector's fame a golden oldie
- Keeping Brown's legacy alive
- Living with constant comparisons
- Occidental profit slips on drop in production, prices
- Sun posts profit on job cuts, demand
- Moderate gets the nod from Turkey leadership
- Victim of shooting April 15 dies of injuries
- Martin throws criticism at himself
- 'Uncovered' women target of crackdown
- Galaxy advances in Cup qualifying
- Italy will return statue to Libya
- East West to acquire Desert bank
- Intel's share of chip market rises as AMD's drops
- Bhutan's democratic doubts
- County OKs vote on term limits
- Amazon profit climbs 115% as its sales surge
- Judges to revisit deaf-worker case
- Making a case for temp lawyers
- Leland Newcomer, 86; president of two Southland colleges
- Minuteman leader founds new group, drops lawsuit
- Earnhardt is hoping for a deal
- Weed whackers wanted
- Go ahead, just ask a question
- Mourners express gratitude for Yeltsin's accomplishments
- Justice rides shotgun
- Architect admires his work
- Lost in valley of the Suns
- Hamas fires a barrage, ends truce
- Bryant is being pushed to brink
- When the government sticks to its story, whatever the price
- 'Heroes' returns but, oh, is it anemic
- Panel to urge new student loan rules
- No alligator belt, but thinner wallet
- A delicious wake-up call, straight from the Yucatan
- Rights advocate gets five years
- Herman Riley, 73; jazz saxophone player was a favorite of vocalists
- Bill Moyers eyes run-up to Iraq in his return to PBS
- MySpace users may run for office
- Second terror suspect charged
- War votes target GOP lawmakers
- Baltimore Sun offers 50 buyouts
- George Howard Jr., 82; federal judge presided over Whitewater cases