- DUBAI: Politics and AIDS at film festival
- Jake Peavy likely to open season with Padres
- From the Archives: Carrie Fisher on her wry memoir and going too fast
- Carrie Fisher on her wry memoir and going too fast
- IRAQ: Shoe tosser hits the big time
- Who can afford a nip and tuck? Plastic surgery gets hit hard
- Girls' volleyball: Corp named Gatorade state player of the year
- 'Heroes': 'Villains' ends, but what would Obama do?
- Opinion: Obama, Biden wisely plan extra time for inauguration train trip
- Sampler Platter: Eau de meat, beer in Sudan, molecular gastronomy & more
- MOCA want a cookie?
- Opinion: Not up to him, but Al Sharpton's N.Y. Senate pick is Caroline Kennedy
- Opinion: A real school reformer for Obama
- Bush's bluster
- Less cocaine on U.S. streets, report says
- Desert Hot Springs: Where being in hot water is a good thing
- Dorothy Kneedler Lawenda, co-founder of interior design firm Kneedler-Fauchere, dies at 94
- Carol Houck Smith dies at 85; editor worked with distinguished poets, authors
- U.S., auto executives trying to craft bailout
- Bush's shoe toss
- A real school reformer for Obama
- Jeff Franklin's Sunset Strip-area home for sale for $6,495,000
- Canola is a multi-tasking crop
- Discord within SAG is rising
- Stocks end lower amid worry about Madoff losses
- A good old time with no strings
- Iraq to Bush: shoe
- U.S. tightens tap on water from N. Calif.
- This house was decked with stolen reindeer
- New funds to assist child health program
- O.C. to trigger layoffs Dec. 29
- Star-crossed in Dallas
- Moms on the lookout
- Hasbro drops suit against Scrabulous
- Suits allowed over 'light' cigarettes
- Worried about a gray zone
- No retrial for mom charged in girl's death
- Storm takes freezing turn
- THREE ON THE FLOOR
- Bettie Page: a bangs-up style
- How 'Cadillac's' art imitates life
- Players learn that 'free' actually has a high price
- Ducks tonight
- State's Nos. 1, 2 are not a match
- Back to the 'Junction'
- Fraud alleged at National Lampoon
- Less cocaine on U.S. streets
- Israel issue tough on Egypt artists
- Go with a pit bull PTA mom
- Visas that don't work
- MTA TO ADOPT NEW FARE SYSTEM
- Bidding farewell to Oscar auction
- What a long, strange case it is
- Yorba Linda battered, not beaten
- Lions do no favors for the Motor City
- Veteran Chiefs GM is out
- Straight from Rejects' bin
- MGM Mirage sells Treasure Island
- A political dynasty seeks to reclaim a seat
- A blue plumber in McCain country
- Gas prices drop to '04 levels
- High court gives new life to lawsuit by ex-detainees
- Scientists cheer latest Obama picks
- Heart, stroke deaths down
- Editor helped poets, writers
- Suns beat Knicksin D'Antoni's return
- USC doesn't show much pep
- Arena Football League cancels 2009 season
- America through Egyptians' eyes
- Being in hot water here is quite nice
- Abbott cholesterol drug OKd
- Bush's bluster
- It's good Dunleavy avoids the door
- Old ways pay off for New Line
- Ex-KB exec to plead guilty in options case
- Fed may plumb fresh depths
- Yahoo introduces features to make its services more social
- U.S., UAE reach nuclear agreement
- Nicholas loses bid to avoid federal trial
- Latin America moves forcefully to fight slump
- Throw a shoe, become a legend
- Cheney OK'd harsh CIA tactics
- Started interior design company
- Letters to Santa get personal replies
- TIMES' TOP 25 BASKETBALL
- Industrial output declines 0.6%
- Mattel to settle lead toy probe
- Settlement ends deal for Huntsman
- Siemens to pay fines in criminal probe
- Soul-searching at the Secret Service
- Quaids settle with hospital
- The sacred, civics merge in East L.A.
- Pellicano sentenced to prison
- Philadelphia soars in victory
- Stuff that stocking with Mighty Muggs
- Toyota suspends plan to build Prius hybrids in U.S. factories
- U.S., auto execs try to craft bailout
- Education nominee is called a reformer
- Las Lomas project may be 'finally dead'
- Instilling a lifelong love of books
- A GAME CHANGER
- Frank talk about Dodgers usually leads to distrust
- Clippers tonight
- Kings can't reel in the Sharks
- Who can be president
- Lady Vols' long streak in AP's top 10 ends
- Kidnap expert seized in Mexico
- Resident of Kalaupapa leprosy colony helped end quarantine
- Criterion's Blu-ray debut is up to snuff
- Charter school group's new head
- Disneyland offers payment plan
- Finally
- Protecting teachers
- SOUTHLAND
- Death Valley National Park's superintendent to retire
- U.S. votes down 'Survivor' props
- DaVita receives U.S. subpoena
- A blow to the head
- Nakura sends mallets flying
- Ridley-Thomas backs Price for his Senate seat
- 7 men sentenced in racist murders
- Iraq war vet on psychiatric hold
- Hemlock to build Tennessee plant
- Woman dies after car is hit by train
- Tribune names revenue chief
- Bushes' Barney goes for the gold
- Shrek leaves the swamp for Broadway
- Woman killed in car explosion
- Zimbabwe's lessons
- Donation restores beach bonfires
- Not for prophet
- Aging 'Idol's' newest wrinkles
- So much for working people
- Our money, their agenda
- FDA studying bisphenol A
- Cruise apologizes
- 'SNL' bit fails to amuse governor
- Coolest gifts ever
- 'Gypsy' to close 2 months early
- 9 police killed in suicide attack
- Fluid fueled church fire
- Madonna split costs millions
- Man, 25, shot in Bentley dies
- Kodak complaint to be investigated
- When the shoes flew
- What binds Bernstein and Carter
- Joint offensive against rebels
- 'Watchmen' judge undecided
- Premier survives ouster bid
- Sect leader guilty of sexual contact
- Obama clears himself and staff
- European banks hit by ties to Madoff
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 16, 2008
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 16, 2008
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 16, 2008
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 16, 2008
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 16, 2008
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 16, 2008
- Former president of Ecuador
- Palestinians rejoice as Israel frees 224 prisoners
- 'The Hills': Spencer proposes again, this time with tequila
- Opinion: What impeachment? Blagojevich signs bills as legislators plot ouster
- Andruw Jones already thinking of next free-agent contract
- Lady Vols' top 10 streak ends but will be hard to beat
- Seeking whale watchers
- Totally Random
- Former KB Home exec pleads guilty in options-scandal case
- Bo Derek should lead horse racing board
- Presents outside the box
- Opinion: Obama picks Salazar for Interior and Chicagoan Duncan for Education
- Would MOCA barter art for solvency? Co-chairman says 'probably not'
- Hugh McCutcheon to coach U.S. women's volleyball team
- Soft-opening party at the Deli at Little Dom's
- Sole power
- Sorry, dawg, just not feelin it
- John McCain ad irritates many in Hollywood
- Gossip columnist banned from 'Valkyrie' screening
- Rafael Furcal hears Oakland A's knocking again
- Shopping with your dog? The pet-friendliest (and unfriendliest) stores
- This Just In: Lawry's Carvery set to open Friday at L.A. Live
- Can low-carb diets affect memory?
- Corey Maggette already on the trading block?
- Opinion: Corrected: Caroline Kennedy not using the Chicago Way to gain her Senate seat
- Vin Scully to Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame
- Let them drive (hardtop) roadsters -- the new BMW Z4
- 10 gifts for gearheads
- Tiger Woods 'disappointed' with caddie's comments; Williams says he regrets what he said
- DRM's lingering hold at iTunes
- Now you can spy on iPhone users too
- This just in: Wolfgang does Dallas
- Fanboy gift guide for 2008
- National Lampoon CEO charged in stock-fraud case
- Hasbro withdraws lawsuit against makers of Scrabulous
- Hockey's Team USA includes two Californians
- Last chance to save your Pownce data
- Kings will have four players in world junior tournament
- Yahoo takes another step toward being more open, social
- Big Guys We Love
- La Canada residents perturbed over peacocks
- A castle too sweet for Rapunzel?
- Opinion: Hairy Kerry rises to chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Top ten most viewed home galleries of 2008
- Weird L.A.: readers' photos show a side of the city that you don't see in guidebooks
- 'Jim Dine: Poet Singing (The Flowering Sheets)' @ Getty Villa
- The language of intoxication: Drunk, hammered or merely tipsy?
- Snackbar tempts ArcLight addicts in Hollywood
- ESPN exec tops 'most influential' sports executives list
- Potluck paranoia: Do you have it?
- Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson help Barney say 'Happy Holidays'
- 'American Idol' producer Ken Warwick admits, 'It got a bit boring'
- Bernstein at 90 meets Carter at 100
- Is Joe Biden in the doghouse?
- Chris Weitz on getting the 'Twilight' gig: The secret translation
- Boxer David Haye may fight Wladimir Klitschko
- Prius U.S. production delayed indefinitely
- 'Survivor' loses to Giants-Cowboys game in Nielsen ratings
- Opinion: More delay in Obama's report on team contacts with Blagojevich
- Football: L.B. Poly's second-half comebacks are amazing
- Santa's Little Helper: Gifts for the cat lover
- More homemade gifts: candied ginger
- Adventures in gift giving: DIY jewelry
- In the dark ...
- Ducks' Brad Larsen has hip surgery
- Opinion: Can anyone govern California?
- Marimbist Makoto Nakura dazzles with LACO
- Football: City final attracted 8,400 at Coliseum
- Speedskater Jennifer Rodriguez gives U.S. team a lift
- Holly the pointer wins the AKC National Championship dog show
- 'American Idol' Daily: Change is a comin'
- Opinion: In today's pages: MOCA, Blackwater, and more
- New Clash autobiography, an illustrated mash-up
- If looks could kill
- Pairing with sherry: Craft LA competes in Copa Jerez
- Ducks' George Parros a hit with his play, not his fists
- Opinion: Flying shoe, don't bother Bush
- Why dense breast tissue raises cancer risk
- Wake-up Call: NFL referees, Santonio Holmes, Hawk-Eye, Dustin Brown, Lane Kiffin
- Opinion: Financial Strategy -- Short-Selling or High Heels?
- Betsy Sharkey becomes part of movie-reviewing team
- Boys' basketball: O'Connor impresses at Ocean View tourney
- Update: Bond Street names Brian Redzikowski as new executive chef
- Schutzhund dogs: a deadly weapon your kid can play with
- A parent's guide to buying video games
- Losing its allure: Dollar tumbles against euro, yen
- 'Shrek the Musical' on Broadway: What did the critics think?
- Football: State bowl pairings
- Already, fashion for the shoe-throwing set
- The Heidi Chronicles, Chapter 22: Stage work
- Around the Web 12.15.08: Metallica version of Guitar Hero, WSJ vs. Google, new Mahalo Answers
- Mexico's San Miguel de Allende and Oaxaca among hemisphere's top 10 cities to visit
- Playboy cover offends in Mexico
- 'The bicycles' announce Aceves Navarro retrospective
- Young designers find a dead end in auto industry
- ISRAEL: New blow to pension savers
- Football: CAA meeting is Wednesday
- IRAQ: The shoes that shook the Arab world
- Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines
- Backstage: Target during the holidays
- Storm hits Southland
- Small Bites: Primo knows no bounds, waiting for Saam, and DineLA starts next month
- IRAQ: Another day, another grave
- EGYPT: A call for a national strike in support of Gazans
- 'The Crow' remake, Frank Miller, Thor and 'Twilight' all in Everyday Hero headlines
- "Home and Away" on the comics pages
- Critiquing the Nobel Prize
- Opinion: The Letters Top Five
- 'Californication': Summer of love
- Opinion: Zoos without elephants: a lesson in compassion
- Arthur Kantrowitz dies at 95; physicist pioneered rocket nose cones, intra-aorta pumps
- Coming clean in the inner city
- Orange County's careless cutbacks
- 'The Black Hand' by Chris Blatchford
- 'The Nutcracker' by Los Angeles Ballet
- Review: 'Christmas Oratorio,' Musica Angelica
- Zoos without elephants: a lesson in compassion
- Kardashian home in Hidden Hills for sale at $3,395,000
- Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic plays Brahms
- Paula Redstone buys Beverly Hills home for $4.15 million
- 'Wall-E,' 'Torino' win big for '08
- Los Angeles Ballet
- Potluck fear and loathing
- A better workout
- Recall experiment proved unsuccessful
- Sugar deal may be going sour
- Starting a firm? Plan ahead
- Israel moves to shore up pensions
- Atheists answer day of prayer with lawsuit
- HO-HO HOKUM?
- Lawyer makes his case for treatment
- Ports push expansion despite rocky economy
- Why the doctor won't see you now
- Worker laws at issue in budget
- Room for opportunity
- Presents for the athlete on your list
- Bypassing your phone company
- Female sex hormone to be tested
- Aligned to boost core strength
- Fannie won't evict tenants
- Fed move, auto bailout pending
- Southern California braces for rainfall