- Nancy O'Dell says adios to 'Access Hollywood'
- Football: Asante resigns at L.A. Jordan
- Adam Lambert: An ex-fat, ex-closeted, ex-redhead who's 'very normal' on 'Chelsea Lately' -- and funny too
- Stephen King's favorite book of 2009 and other author picks
- Opinion: Ashley Dupre: From prostitute-to-politicians to, uh, paid journalist
- Kings' Alec Martinez finally gets a second chance
- Parvo-infected poodle-mix puppies rescued by border control agents
- Stanley Tucci to direct 'Lend Me a Tenor' on Broadway
- Sarah Ferguson promotes 'The Young Victoria' with a scent at Neiman's
- Danica Patrick might make NASCAR debut at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana
- Senate healthcare bill: What happens next
- Why can't Nancy Meyers get any respect?
- Michelle Obama, U.S. Marines team on Toys for Tots
- Top retailing trend: Frugal is the new normal
- Southwest Museum gift shop to close; was the last section still regularly open to the public
- Opinion: Hugo Chavez parties at Copenhagen like it's 1959
- Should food trucks fear the Bustaurant?
- John Edmond Jr. dies at 67; popular golf teacher at Rancho Park in West L.A.
- Courtney Love: I don't want Frances Bean to become Jamie Lynn Spears
- Missoni for Converse zigzagging to market in April
- Boys' basketball: Fans banished from gym
- Architecture 2009: Christopher Hawthorne's Top 10
- Franken shuts down Lieberman on Senate floor
- 'Top Chef' reunion: Bryan wins some hot wheels
- Divorced for Christmas -- what more could Jon and Kate Gosselin ask for?
- Complete book coverage for Dec. 20, 2009
- The hits just keep coming for the Kings: Randy Jones joins walking wounded
- 'So You Think You Can Dance': Chatting with Season 6 winner Russell Ferguson
- Football: Get ready for LB Poly-Mission Viejo in 2010
- Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted drone spy videos
- Pixar guru John Lasseter makes his presence felt on Disney toy aisles
- Football: A call to action for City Section supporters
- Your morning adorable: London Zoo's meerkats celebrate Christmas early (with mealworms!)
- Fingerless gloves: a cooler alternative for L.A. winters
- 10% of underwater homeowners would walk away, survey finds
- 'Nevermore,' biographical play about Edgar Allan Poe, travels to Baltimore
- Parentology: Drowning in your kid's toys?
- Vermont court case pits couple against man who killed their dog, has implications for an animal's worth
- Big step forward for 3-D at home
- Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva's body shown to reporters after wild shootout
- Jennifer Jones, Oscar-winning actress and Norton Simon widow, dies at 90
- San Francisco Bay Area home sales rise in November
- CBS' Nancy Tellem steps down to take advisor gig
- And the happiest state is. . .Louisiana?
- Bechtel, unions pair with BrightSource to fill construction jobs at Ivanpah solar project
- Obama's 2010 challenge: waking up the liberals, calming down the independents
- Liberals unhappy with healthcare overhaul bill
- 3D TV at home gets more real, but still needs those glasses
- New York's Visnja Jewels debuts at Maxfield
- Consumer Confidential: free shipping, less TV
- Danica Patrick plans to make NASCAR debut at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana
- Dodgers sign Doug Mientkiewicz and Angel Berroa to minor-league deals
- Modern design is for the birds
- Morning Money Links: Bernanke a step closer to a job in 2010; Citigroup makes a mess of TARP exit; SEC meets CDOs; if only you'd bought gramps' Iowa farm
- Opinion: Nancy Pelosi: Climate change summit is really about jobs
- Tim Finchem says PGA Tour will survive just fine without Tiger Woods
- Long Beach: Loc Phan, 74
- Is this the future of magazines?
- Thursday's question: Which pre-Christmas bowl game are you most looking forward to?
- Monster Mash: Art critics name top 2009 exhibitions; Tony Kushner's new play; China looking for looted artifacts
- Mortgage rates continue to creep higher
- Boys' basketball: Wednesday's scores
- Girls' basketball: Wednesday's scores
- Opinion: Tea party outpolls Democratic, Republican parties -- will anger fuel 2010 elections?
- Long Beach: Jesus Nava, 23
- FAQ: Times comments policy
- The Morning Fix: SAG nominations! Tossing Tiger. TV academy election drama. X-Men piracy bust. Roy Disney, R.I.P.
- 100 million swine flu doses out by week's end
- Small Bites: Brunch tacos at Fig, pressed caviar at Petrossian and holiday bento boxes at Breadbar
- Midseason TV guide
- Thursday's poll: Who is the best clutch player in Lakers history?
- Opinion: Sarah Palin erases McCain -- from her hat
- The Deal: Steep reductions on Viesso floor samples
- Senate panel OKs nomination of Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chief
- Elin Nordegren to divorce Tiger Woods
- Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry dead at 26
- Obama's war plan up, health plan down
- Senate braces for weekend voting on healthcare overhaul
- Opinion: Bring back Joltin' Joe and his java -- and trash this ad
- 2010 Screen Actors Guild: Winners and Nominees
- EGYPT: One dead, 28 injured in eviction battle
- IRAN: Apparent attempt at humiliating activist sparks widespread hijab backlash
- Tell us about your Christmas cookie traditions
- Wooster Group leads REDCAT's winter/spring 2010 season
- Opinion: Al Gore (rhymes with bore) invents a poem about global climate warming change
- Judge asked to block wild horse roundup in Nevada
- Football: Crenshaw gets support from coast to coast
- 'Avatar' premiere rolls out the blue carpet for sci-fi epic
- For residents of the Station fire burn area, mud flows bring creeping fear
- California's quake alerts get major upgrade
- Yvonne King Burch dies at 89; member of King Sisters
- SAG nominations continue a trend
- Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang dies at 69; South African health minister denied HIV causes AIDS
- Closing in on the letter Z
- PASSINGS: Harold Bell
- Harper Simon plays the Bootleg Theatre
- 'Avatar' info
- Iran's missile test angers the West
- Panel votes to reconfirm head of California Public Utilities Commission
- Democrats take aim at healthcare bill provision
- Dodgers sign Jamey Carroll to a two-year deal
- France proposes 50% tax on banker bonuses
- 'Strip for the Holidays'
- Breakaway parish appeals case involving L.A. Episcopal diocese
- X at the Wiltern
- Metrolink got a waiver to not post simple safety signs
- A dazzling revelation
- Text of Federal Reserve statement
- Core values
- Google Goggles sets sights on visual search
- Chris Kaman and Baron Davis are potent combo in 120-95 Clippers victory
- Kenya's Kibera slum overflows with street art
- Bank of America names Brian Moynihan as new chief executive
- UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince tests injured arm
- Housing starts accelerate in November
- Sealing the Senate deal
- Talks to sell Playboy Enterprises end
- Indianapolis can go for broke or rest up for playoffs
- Wild boar is captured in Loma Linda neighborhood
- Shoppers have finished less than half their holiday shopping, survey finds
- Nihilist Film Festival at the Echo Park Film Center
- SAG nominations continue a trend
- Yvonne King Burch dies at 89; member of King Sisters
- USC's Matt Barkley seeks 'new beginning' in Emerald Bowl
- Pakistan declares amnesty law unconstitutional
- Up next for the Kings: Thursday at Calgary
- Fed chief endures a love-hate relationship with Congress
- Health bill held up by single Democrat and GOP tactics
- Broadcom ruling shifts scrutiny
- White Americans' majority to continue until 2050, report says
- Thursday's Highlights: Jane gets a bump on the head on 'The Mentalist'
- Horoscope for Dec. 17
- Christmas in the air at Egyptian, Aero theaters
- Response to rape victim stirs anger
- CalPERS backs requiring agents to register as lobbyists
- Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang dies at 69; South African health minister denied HIV causes AIDS
- Policing the LAPD's spending
- Van Nuys Airport tenants seek private management
- U.S., 5 other nations open wallets for forests
- Lakers, Kobe Bryant beat Bucks at the buzzer
- Hospital vote pits upstart union against colossus
- Where you've seen Emily Blunt
- 'The Lovely Bones' dollhouse is a pricey prop
- 'The Princess and the Frog'
- Fool's Gold is the real thing in world music
- They were schooled at Linebacker U
- James Keefe will be out two to three weeks
- Obama will be in climate spotlight in Copenhagen
- Emily Blunt's crowning achievement
- Most throw cold water on China warming theory
- Grandmother's gun used in murder-suicide
- A reality check for California's excessive borrowing
- Business Briefing
- New Jersey's Martin Brodeur matches another mark by Patrick Roy
- The wrong way to cut greenhouse gases
- Angels sign Hideki Matsui for his bat, not his media throng
- L.A. psychiatrist accused of improper relationships with 2 patients
- 'American Idol' creator to launch 'If I Can Dream'
- NFL Bottom Ten
- Roy Edward Disney, more than a famous name
- Roy Edward Disney dies at 79; nephew of Walt helped revive animation
- CalArts dancers present new works
- 'Crude'
- Up next for Ducks: Thursday at San Jose
- Holiday cheer, with a smirk
- Bicycles and L.A.; Tim Rutten on Climategate; a new home for Guantanamo detainees
- UC Riverside routs Berry College
- Fool's Gold info
- It's not the Playa Vista of developers' dreams
- Biotech bonanza lurks in healthcare reform bills
- Lakers reserves spark turnaround against Bulls
- Yegor Gaidar dies at 53; economist oversaw Russia's painful transition from communism to the free market
- Kirkus Reviews may have been annoying, but its successors are inane
- Ozomatli to play kid-friendly matinee at the Grammy Museum
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- L.A. to return $21.2 million to LAX's operator
- U.N. criticizes Venezuela's President Chavez for judge's arrest
- Politics is part of John Pérez's DNA
- Turner Broadcasting adds to its TV holdings in India
- Landon Donovan to stay with Galaxy
- For residents of the Station fire burn area, mud flows bring creeping fear
- Tiger Woods is AP's athlete of the decade
- PASSINGS: Harold Bell
- Ponzi scheme victims speak at sentencing for man who stole $11 million
- Turning on to rain, and turning off the tap, 55 gallons at a time
- Down and Derby's holiday party at the Echoplex
- Women's AP top 25 results for Wednesday
- Large crowd holds vigil for South Pasadena teen
- Maguire Properties sells Lantana Entertainment campus in Santa Monica
- Clutch performance makes Kings a hot team as they get set for the Flames
- Men's AP top 25 results for Wednesday
- Closing in on the letter Z
- Drug-related killings soar in Tijuana
- Movies opening this weekend
- 'Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy' plays L.A.
- Antitrust lawsuit seeks fundamental changes at Intel
- 4 arrested in Hollywood Hills home invasion robbery
- New shoes don't help Kevin Durant
- Steve Carell and Tina Fey could link arms again with 'Mail-Order Groom'
- Christmas Sweater Festival at El Rey on Saturday to benefit Childrens Hospital L.A.
- 13 Days of Grinchmas at Universal Studios Hollywood
- Pau Gasol proves to be quite the hot shot
- California's quake alerts get major upgrade
- LeBron James scores 36 points to lead the Cavaliers
- John Edmond Jr. dies at 67; popular golf teacher at Rancho Park in West L.A.
- Homeland Security rescinds Nation of Islam intelligence analysis
- Gardena Serra receivers' success is catching
- Thursday's Talk Shows
- Bowl picks, predictions and a few downright guesses
- U.S. pledge, signal from China spur hope for climate deal
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- U.S. sentences leader of Canadian drug gang to 30 years
- For the record - Dec. 17, 2009
- Dodgers exploring a deal for Aaron Harang
- Latin America Digest: Today's one-line news briefs
- 'So You Think You Can Dance': America's favorite krumper and more
- Michael Hiltzik: Biomedicine and generic drugs
- Thursday's Highlights: Jane gets a bump on the head on 'The Mentalist'
- Knott's Berry Farm parent Cedar Fair agrees to buyout by Apollo
- Thursday's talk shows: James Cameron is a guest on 'Tavis Smiley' and 'Charlie Rose'
- Santa gets OnStar but needs acting lessons
- New 'Iron Man 2' trailer is making the rounds and causing excitement
- Football: Richardson is back in UCLA fold
- I want to cook like chef Gordon Ramsay -- with a pit crew
- Obama describes emotional toll of a wartime presidency
- PREACH IT! Brother, can you spare a gig? For Jon Gosselin? No?
- Tiger Woods in the Dodgers' divorce saga? Well ...
- Santa gets OnStar -- and a commercial pitch -- for the season
- Hot Property
- LA TIMES REVIEW: 'Avatar' restores a sense of wonder to the moviegoing experience'
- 'So You Think You Can Dance's' costume designer Soyon An on how she gets those looks
- But does melatonin actually do anything?
- Dodgers agree to deals with Jamey Carroll and Luis Ayala
- Weinstein Co. delaying 'Hoodwinked' sequel
- Latest recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen
- Bengals' Chris Henry in serious condition after accident
- Lakers vs. Bucks in-game report
- California debt default 'increasingly likely,' Cal Lutheran economist says
- Pomegranate seeds glisten like rubies at Mumbai Ki Galliyon Se in Artesia
- Turner Broadcasting boosts presence in India
- Honda Shadow Phantom sneaks onto the road for 2010
- The Tiger Woods 'mistress' look -- not unlike the 'stripper' look
- Football: My pick for the next Crespi coach is . . .
- Google News adds 55 more newspapers and publications to its Fast Flip lineup
- Opinion: International law is clear: Israeli settlements are illegal
- International law is clear: Israeli settlements are illegal
- James Cameron's greatest tantrums: Part 1
- Football: How does Gardena Serra avoid a letdown?
- Opinion: Poll: Is Fed Chief Ben Bernanke your person of the year?
- Important news about men in Santa hats -- and cows
- 'Crazy Heart'
- Music review: Marc-Andre Hamelin revives Alkan in San Francisco
- Photo ops: Rainy day wardrobes
- When asked to pray, what do doctors say?
- West Hollywood officials blast Jamie McCourt's lawyer's "thoughtless analogy"
- 'Tron: Legacy' and 'Tron: Evolution' -- the future is now
- Football: Count the cliches
- No illegal uploads of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' allowed, bub
- Banana Republic’s New Blues
- Football: Calpreps.com has state playoff proposal
- Lakers' Ron Artest writes open letter to Tiger Woods
- Football: Heartwarming gesture by Keary Colbert
- Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Fergie and friends light up New York's 'Nine' premiere
- Consumers still have more than half their holiday shopping to do, survey says
- Impressed by those survey findings? Consider the source
- 'Project Runway' 7 to be a hi-def 'hot mess'
- Music review: Handel's 'Messiah' at Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Sen. Charles Schumer apologizes for comment to flight attendant
- Best of 2009 entertainment gallery
- Are the Golden Globes really such a good crystal ball for the Oscars?
- Kings: Jack Johnson's out, Alec Martinez is back up and juniors rule
- New sponsor, new website, same old speed have Davis on track for Olympics
- Girls' Basketball: Nike Tournament of Champions begins this week
- UCLA basketball: Update on James Keefe injury
- People in paper houses should not strike matches
- Are the Red Sox going to get Adrian Gonzalez?
- Music 2009: Mark Swed's Top 10
- New 'Alice in Wonderland' trailer takes you away
- A cap-and-trade exercise riles Copenhagen
- Landon Donovan to stay four more years with Galaxy
- Your morning adorable: Otters throw their paws in the air, wave 'em like they just don't care
- Blue Shield of California gets tough over late payments
- Ducks' Joffrey Lupul to have surgery
- Rain-forest pledge: The Obama administration steps up
- Cirque du Soleil is ready to go Hollywood in 2011 at the Kodak Theatre
- Democrats withdraw healthcare amendment used by GOP as stalling tactic
- Powdery substance at Senate office tests negative
- Text of Fed statement on interest rates and economy
- For fraudsters, Medicare provides a tempting target
- Advertising Age: 7 for All Mankind jeans a decade top 10
- 'Project Runway': Get a look at the Season 7 cast!
- Roy Disney dies at 79
- 'Twilight's' Robert Pattinson takes a trip to LACMA
- Fake blood, real benefits
- Skinny snakes, sloths and hedgehogs found in Texas rescue of 20,000 exotic animals
- Wednesday's question: Is the acquisition of Roy Halladay enough to put the Phillies over the top next season?
- Tiger Woods is named AP athlete of the decade
- Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon really have split
- Morning Money Links: Fed meets, chaired by 'Person of the Year'; job growth 'only a month or two away'; the ultimate gold 'sell' signal?
- Preview the new website of the New York Public Library