- Fashion infestation: Bedbugs are so hot right now
- The history of the future: A clean, green tech lesson with Alexis Madrigal
- A celebration of Julius Shulman
- Warner Bros. cancels 3-D version of next Harry Potter installment
- MEXICO: Felipe Calderon criticizes California's marijuana legalization measure
- Weekend Shopping: Them Atelier launches a collection; Paul & Shark trunk show; Nordstrom beauty event
- Jazz review: Esperanza Spalding at the Broad Stage
- The Times to publish voter's guide Sunday, with insights on governor's race and propositions
- The 'Kings of Pastry' comes to Los Angeles
- The Project: D.I.Y. pork belly banh mi sandwiches
- Your morning adorable: Twin red panda cubs make their debut at the Calgary Zoo
- Gospel singer Albertina Walker dies at 81
- Football: The real season begins next week
- GMO corn: An organic farmer's best friend?
- This crop of pears requires the kid-glove treatment
- Universal yanks its 'gay joke' trailer for 'The Dilemma': New promo due later today
- SYRIA: Foreigners' interest in traditional furnishings counteracts weak local demand
- Abigail Ahern lamps gleefully rock a little granny style
- The Dry Garden: Long Beach lawn rebates prove just how beautiful change can be
- Opinion: Social media wrap: Charlie Crist's worst pitch ever (we're talking about baseball)
- Pot proposition burning topic at forum
- Opinion: Jerry Brown, learn to hang up a phone
- '30 Rock' recap: The rainbow coalition
- L.A.'s CleanTech corridor: new visions for the riverfront
- Exclusive: Joe Gibbs talks about the differences between Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch
- The Metropolitan Opera's live movie screenings turn 5, despite early skepticism
- Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
- What does the boom in mergers & acquisitions tell us? A conversation
- University of Connecticut admits recruiting violations in mens' basketball
- Window Display Designer
- Question of the day: Which major sport is most likely to have a work stoppage that will delay or cancel the season?
- Johnny Depp surprises London students with a visit from Capt. Jack Sparrow
- Your guide to L.A. Opera's outdoor screenings of 'Il Postino'
- Wall Street Roundup: Junk bonds shine. Soros and Greenspan are gloomy.
- 'Fringe' recap: That wasn’t supposed to happen
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: What do Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga have in common? (Hint: They both rock!)
- Monster Mash: Long-lost Vivaldi concerto identified; Disney Theatrical Group to shut L.A. office
- 'Community' recap: So long, Mom
- About (Late) Last Night: Jon Stewart ribs an absent Sean Penn
- Rex Morgan: The doctor is no longer in
- Manolo Blahnik holds book signing at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills
- The Morning Fix: MGM finally unveils restructuring plan! Former 'ChiPs' star Larry Wilcox pulled over. AEG has cable play plans.
- Opinion: Social media wrap: The pitter patter of digital footprints -- remember, Obama warned you
- Water polo: Loyola topples No. 1 Mater Dei
- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: Frank McCourt back running team -- see, he is the owner
- Dancing celebrities flip over disparaging judges on ABC and Univision
- Medical marijuana patients will be able to smoke openly at this year's Cypress Hill Smokeout
- HSN lines up name designers for 48-hour event
- Opinion: Republicans and Democrats begin playing the Expectations Game over Nov. 2 midterms
- 'The Social Network,' a timely publicity moment for anti-Zuckerbergians
- Opinion: Joe Biden update: Frustrated at lack of outrage, he calls donors 'dullest audience I've ever spoken to'
- Opinion: Obama confession: I didn't run to be popular (but please send me $3 anyway)
- Lou Dobbs to MSNBC: 'I have never hired an illegal immigrant'
- Meg Whitman opens her checkbook again
- Roy Ward Baker dies at 93; British film director
- Georges Charpak dies at 86; French physicist won Nobel Prize
- Critic's Notebook: Mario Vargas Llosa's work and life push boundaries
- Market Watch: A rare shot at delicate Comice pears
- Andy Albeck dies at 89; former head of United Artists
- PASSINGS: Dolores Wilson, Sidney J. Weinberg Jr.
- SEIU defeats insurgent group to continue representing Kaiser healthcare workers in California
- Democratic Reps. Waters and Rangel to face ethics trials after elections
- Blasts kill 8 at Sufi shrine in Pakistan
- Is music a muse for athletic performance?
- Loyola hands Valencia its first loss
- Republican-leaning U.S. Chamber of Commerce buys ads supporting Democrats
- Score Harlem Globetrotter tickets with Howard Johnson hotel stays
- Rizzo may seek more money
- Hungary's leaking toxic sludge reaches Danube
- A flurry of deals delays state budget
- Movie review: 'Leaving'
- Rangers make it two in a row over slumping Rays
- 'IRT Deadliest Roads' info
- Friday's TV highlights
- ESPN's 'GameDay' visits matter, especially to Pac-10 towns
- Los Angeles affiliate KCET is leaving the PBS network
- Levels of worrisome chemical higher in female cashiers
- Five things to watch with the Kings this season
- Movie review: 'Kings of Pastry'
- Gay teen endured a daily gantlet
- Brown or aide is heard slurring Whitman
- Up next for Ducks: Saturday at Nashville
- Schwarzenegger honors Fresno man who rescued kidnapped girl
- UCLA vs. Cal: Bruins aim to stop their Berkeley losing streak
- UCLA must defend against Cal's air attack
- Connecticut says men's basketball program committed major NCAA violations
- Amino acid cocktail extends life by 12% -- in mice
- Senate vote brings end to California budget impasse
- Manly-man TV
- Friday's TV talk shows
- Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel for literature
- He lost his feet and hands to a rare disease but not his passion to play football
- Mistakes prove costly for Reds in 7-4 loss to Phillies
- Europe praises choice of Liu for Nobel
- USC's Matt Barkley feels no extra pressure going against Stanford's Andrew Luck
- USC vs. Stanford: Trojans face a tense present against Stanford and an uncertain future this season
- Search continues for 2 who kidnapped pharmaceuticals deliveryman
- 'Leaving' info
- Bill Lockyer for treasurer
- Quick Takes: Toni Braxton's money woes
- Gold medals instead of gold stars: Schools with healthy makeovers get awards -- and money
- Would it earn Papa's seal of approval?
- 'Secretariat' info
- Alain Johannes adjusts to the dawn
- No. 22 Oklahoma State beats Louisiana-Lafayette, 54-28
- LAPD officer convicted of fleeing scene of accident
- 'Kings of Pastry' info
- Leading contenders march on in soccer's 2012 European Championship qualifying
- Playing in Vancouver has extra meaning for Kings' Willie Mitchell
- Georges Charpak dies at 86; French physicist won Nobel Prize
- L.A. Unified layoffs proposal: Putting students first
- Deal with ACLU would reward teachers at some L.A. Unified campuses if they boost academic performance
- Opera and Broadway singer
- General freeze on home seizures sought
- Happening Friday
- Brisk back-to-school sales a relief for retailers
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono's deportation battle
- Movie review: 'Secretariat'
- Movie review: 'Nowhere Boy'
- Geithner's stature and influence at the White House increase
- Andy Albeck dies at 89; former head of United Artists
- Breast cancer stories that compel us to think pink
- State investigates cause of Knott's Berry Farm coaster accident
- Kings measure Drew Doughty's growth in leaps and bounds
- Astros extend contract of Manager Brad Mills
- As the going demands more toughness, can USC get it going?
- Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Movie review: 'Tamara Drewe'
- 'In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works' info
- Horoscope: Oct. 8
- Poverty rises sharply in Inland Empire areas, study finds
- Medical workers were allowed to keep practicing despite failing drug, alcohol tests
- Brightsource Energy's Ivanpah solar power plant gains final clearance
- Nebraska runs Kansas State into the ground
- MGM reorganization plan would put Spyglass CEOs in charge
- Gaps in medical research ethics
- Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday night vs. Toronto
- Democrats go on the attack over undisclosed donations to GOP
- A cancer patient's Ironman competition; Meg Whitman vs. Jerry Brown; a sobering look at military casualties
- Downtown L.A. parcel for sale — priced higher than before the recession
- Letters: USC fans don't like losing, defenseless trend
- American Airlines to begin daily flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai in April
- Zenyatta holds the horse racing world in her hoofs
- Abbott to withdraw diet drug Meridia
- Chef hopes to heat up Senate race in South Carolina
- 'Life as We Know It' info
- It was a no-hitter, but only one game
- 'Tamara Drewe' info
- 'Nowhere Boy' info
- Sail on bye-bye
- Hemingway's info
- Book review: 'In His Own Write' and 'A Spaniard in the Works' by John Lennon
- Long Beach Poly shows true colors in upset victory over Lakewood
- FDIC authorizes lawsuits against executives of failed banks
- Movie Review: 'Stone'
- Toyota offers free maintenance to new-car buyers
- Tourism to Mexico jumps nearly 20%
- NFL's Bottom 10: Fear not, fans of the 0-49ers
- Arizonans clean up after 'tornado outbreak'
- Show Info
- Investigation ordered into taped execution of Pakistanis
- Roy Ward Baker dies at 93; British film director
- California lieutenant governor candidates trade sharp barbs
- A good-bad budget
- Rizzo may seek more money
- No clear favorite at weekend box office
- On 10/10/10, a global party against global warming
- Market Watch: A rare shot at delicate Comice pears
- Albert Haynesworth's half brother dies in motorcycle crash
- Rodent of the Week: A non-invasive way to check glucose
- Congress considers shushing loud TV ads
- Former 'CHiPs' star is accused of securities fraud
- Rush to judgment in Sherrod case
- Movie review: 'Life as We Know It'
- Baseball's blown calls renew instant replay debate
- Critic's Notebook: Mario Vargas Llosa's work and life push boundaries
- Farmers Group agrees to pay $455 million to settle policyholder suit
- Movie review: 'It's Kind of a Funny Story'
- Mothers with immigrant housekeepers have harsh words for Whitman
- Kyle Busch, David Reutimann carry NASCAR feud to Fontana
- Braves' Rick Ankiel makes a splash in beating Giants
- For the record - Oct. 8, 2010
- Paris Fashion Week: At Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu, Paris Fashion Week boogies out
- 'The Vampire Diaries' recap: Truth be told
- 'Big Bang Theory' recap: 2 geeks passing in the night
- Theater review: 'La Victima' at the Los Angeles Theatre Center
- Football: Thursday's scores
- "CHiPs" TV star agrees to guilty plea in criminal stock-fraud case
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denies Montana's request to kill gray wolves in a 'conservation hunt'
- California is now home to 100 wild California condors
- Friday's Highlights: “Blue Bloods” on CBS.
- Art review: Emilie Halpern at Pepin Moore
- Friday's Talk Shows
- Sea Shepherd leader Paul Watson and Ady Gil skipper Peter Bethune offer very different takes on ship's sinking
- Art review: Simone Lueck at Kopeikin Gallery
- Art review: Paul McCarthy at L&M Arts
- Who does Shia LaBeouf play from here (and is it Karl Rove)?
- An associate of Jerry Brown calls Meg Whitman a "whore" over pension reform (AUDIO)
- David Linde seeks backing from Universal and Reliance for new venture
- Whitman and Fiorina, together again
- Bob Miller ready for Kings' opener
- Reminder for Dish Network UCLA fans -- no television Saturday
- Theater review: 'Campaign' at the MET
- Dark Passages: Pursued by the 'crooked' past
- Playwright Naomi Iizuka's Seattle opening will complete an unusual West Coast tour
- Daedelus headlines Friday night's 'Stop the Traffick' Jam! benefit
- Art review: Kalup Linzy at Ltd Los Angeles
- Spring Runway Beauty: Louis Vuitton gets twisted and Chanel loves a smoky eye
- Viagra's new TV ad has got the blues: The Chicago blues
- Sightings: Leonardo DiCaprio and Chris Brown party coast to coast
- Opinion: A legal victory for Obamacare
- Brett Favre, Jenn Sterger, naked pictures -- need we say more?
- Help for Schwarzenegger ally tucked into budget at last minute
- Abel Maldonado, Gavin Newsom exchange barbs
- Gavin Newsom-Abel Maldonado debate: Redistricting
- Gavin Newsom-Abel Maldonado debate: Government reform
- Mattie Larson joins Alicia Sacramone on U.S. world gymnastics team
- Theater review: 'Churchill' at the Whitmore-Lindley Theatre Center
- Gavin Newsom-Abel Maldonado debate: Proposition 23
- BLM approves Brightsource's Ivanpah solar project
- Gavin Newsom-Abel Maldonado debate: Immigration
- PolitiCal homepage blurb
- Former 'CHiPs' TV star charged with stock fraud
- Video: Loud commercials irritate you?
- Roy Halladay no-hitter could mean big bucks for MLB
- Memo to Dodgers: That's what an ace looks like
- 'Just Desserts' recap: Ice cream, you scream. Contestants scream, 'Get me out of here!'
- Abel Maldonado, Gavin Newsom set to debate
- Jon Stewart tops the Oct. 10 L.A. Times bestseller list
- Brightsource Ivanpah solar project gets final clearance, readies for construction
- Beckham returns in time to see history
- UCLA football: Linebacker Steve Sloan has chipped bone, but will play
- Dispatch from New York: Yes, the Public Theater's 'Gatz' is really six hours long
- Disney Theatrical Group pulls out of Glendale
- Food trucks rolling into Long Beach this weekend
- Rookies Brayden Schenn, Kyle Clifford, Jake Muzzin make Kings' lineup for opener
- An e-mail attributed to Nas blasts Def Jam execs for their musical direction
- Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga top Forbes' list of 100 most powerful women
- Reds' Brandon Phillips now has a place in history
- Are unrated horror movies the new 3-D?
- Theater review: 'The Tale of the Allergist's Wife' at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
- Spyglass proposes MGM reorganization plan, including prepackaged bankruptcy
- 200 species new to science are found in Papua New Guinea
- Boys' basketball: Windward's Saunders is headed to Harvard
- Movie projector: 'Secretariat' and 'Life As We Know It' will battle 'Social Network' for No. 1
- Amgen Tour of California to hit Squaw Valley, Mt. Baldy in May
- Chelsea Handler says 50 Cent isn't handling her
- News about Stieg Larsson's next book
- Furloughs likely for unions that have not reached contract agreements with Schwarzenegger administration
- 'Sons of Anarchy' earns a fourth season
- Paging Disney's Rich Ross: Whatever you do, don't read this 'Secretariat' review!
- Mortgage rates continue record descent
- Baseball: Loyola's Lombardi will attend UC San Diego
- Katherine Heigl says she's 'figuring out' her image problem
- Former Laker Rick Fox -- he's not only a ballroom dancer anymore
- Toni Braxton is back to bankruptcy -- could owe $50 million
- Sunday Books: coverage for October 10, 2010
- President Obama will not sign bill that would affect foreclosure proceedings
- David Bowie's new book 'Bowie: Object' rocks the Frankfurt Book Fair
- Lenders face pressure in California to stop foreclosures
- Opinion: Don't say you didn't see this coming: Lou Dobbs' immigration hypocrisy
- Your morning adorable: Madrid Zoo's giant panda twins are growing
- Mountain Mama outfits pregnant rock climbers in style
- Katherine Heigl in 'Life as We Know It': 'That was life imitating art'
- Budget would remove felons from home care jobs
- Ex-CNN anchor Lou Dobbs accused of hiring illegal immigrants; he denies it
- Facebook's new 'Groups' feature stirs controversy
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel prize-winner punched Gabriel Garcia Marquez to make a political point
- Two Democratic state senators to miss budget vote
- L.A. Unheard: LA Font's trunk music
- Andre Ward-Andre Dirrell Super Six fight is canceled
- Honda bests Toyota, and all of Detroit, in green automaker award
- Gustavo Dudamel gears up for 2010-11 L.A. Philharmonic season
- Football: Week 5 schedule
- Giants' roster cuts include Barry Zito, Jose Guillen
- Football: Dorsey QB Gray commits to Washington
- LIBYA: Anger and debate over higher bread prices
- Baseball: USC, Arizona make push for Owens, Lopes
- Football: Why sports are important
- Celebration of homegrown food set in Culver City
- Composer Daniel Catan takes on the Frank Capra classic 'Meet John Doe'
- The Deal: Fermob stacking chairs 40% off at SFMOMA
- 'Fair Game' premiere: Spying on Naomi Watts and Valerie Plame Wilson in New York
- Consumer Confidential: Verizon iPhone, new Gap logo, job market improves (slightly)
- Leon Russell on Elton John, crystal radio sets, and playing piano for Phil Spector
- Opinion: No-food-stamps-for-soda policy would only widen the social gap
- Sean Parker, co-founder of Facebook and Napster, gives $100,000 to initiative to legalize marijuana
- Honda wins green-automaker award
- Host cities announced for 2011 Amgen Tour of California
- 'Survivor' recap: Blind leading the blind
- Winning ugly: In tennis, grunting works, but is it fair?
- Your morning fashion & beauty report: Polo in the Palisades, football fashion and 'Full Metal Jacket' for your fingernails
- Wall Street Roundup: Stocks instead of jobs. Killing Dodd-Frank.
- Around town: Special screenings and more this weekend
- Question of the day: Which of the four winless NFL teams will be the last to win a game?
- Michael Douglas nearly done with throat cancer treatment
- Happy (early) birthday, Irving Blum!
- Latest recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen
- Solar panels for the president ... of the Maldives
- Football: Commissioners support regional playoff system