- Roger Ebert's new show hits the weekend airwaves next month, but without Elvis Mitchell
- Around town: Christmas movies, world cinema and ... nihilism?
- Hulk Hogan wedding marred by a brawl
- UCLA basketball: Tyler Lamb still sick from chicken chili cheese fries
- YouTube in talks to buy Next New Networks
- New Interior Department report on wild horses calls for more research into population-control methods
- Frances Brody estate sells for $14.8 million
- It Speaks to Me: Alexandra Grant on R.B. Kitaj's 'How to Read' at LACMA
- In our pages: the Jessica Mitford biography 'Irrepressible'
- Twitter raises $200 million in funding, is worth $3.7 billion, report says
- Russell Martin's deal with the Yankees could be worth as much $5.4 million
- Stylish new films to see this holiday season: 'The Tourist'
- On eve of Larry King exit, CNN tries to paint happy face on record low ratings
- The Spotlight: 'The Look of Love' in 'Fascinating Rhythms' at Rubicon Theatre Company
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund bring 'Country Strong' out West
- DirecTV agrees to settle charges of misleading advertising
- Justin Bieber off the hook in alleged laser-tag scuffle
- Rollin' on out! AMC greenlights the railroad series 'Hell on Wheels'
- Michael Vick wants a dog as a pet
- USC football: Lane Kiffin wishes Jurrell Casey and Tyron Smith well
- Chivas USA drafts Jimmy Conrad; Galaxy selects Juan Pablo Angel in MLS re-entry draft
- Fisker Automotive to sell electric vehicles in China and start U.S. deliveries in spring
- Twitter looking at expanding into Sacramento, report says
- Jon Bon Jovi named to president's Council for Community Solutions
- Opinion: MOCA's decision to whitewash Blu's controversial mural: Censorship or sensitivity?
- Photos: A closer look at medlars
- USC football: Robert Woods named Sporting News freshman All-American
- Kings: Good things come to those who wait...
- San Gabriel Dam opened for tests
- 25 years of Border Grill
- Opinion: Ronald McDonald in court
- Parents group criticizes heavy sexual content on TV
- Redistricting panel set amid debate over expertise
- Jets suspend Sal Alosi for ordering players to form human wall on sideline
- Holiday Trends: Nuts for the Nutcracker
- Chile sought U.S. help over 'radicalized' Mapuche Indians
- Chuck DeVore to run in 2012 -- he just doesn't know what for
- Sacha Baron Cohen looks to Spanish fascism
- 'The Biggest Loser' winner Patrick House is reality TV's newest celeb
- Judith Regan's strange TV date
- Writers on E! and other Comcast cable networks vote for guild representation
- Your morning adorable: Vienna zoo's giant panda cub gets a name
- Golden Globes: Is the media too obsessed with a second-rate awards show?
- Ryan Reynolds-Scarlett Johansson divorce: A wee peek into their privacy
- Cage Against the Machine: Silence is golden and going gold
- ABC News asks if incest between consenting adults is OK on Facebook; Slate says 'incest is cancer'
- Where are those L.A. Times holiday cookie recipes already?
- California will suffer as the U.S. grows, forecast says
- Terrell Owens blames coaches for Bengals' woes
- California gets high marks for health emergency preparedness, but funding remains a worry
- Theme Parks: 10 favorite Top 10 photo galleries of 2010
- Hot Property: Luxury condos offered in bulk or individually via sealed bid
- Shopping: Fashion events from Dan Deutsch Optical, DNA and L.A. + JO
- Consumer Confidential: Chase gets tough, Dannon pays up, more cars recalled
- Advocacy group files Happy Meals lawsuit against McDonald's
- History Channel has year to remember
- Bruce Springsteen performance of 'The Promise' songs streaming for the holidays
- Usher kicked in the face by a fan on stage
- Stephen Sondheim holds his own against Stephen Colbert
- Universal creating Syfy film label
- How to be a careful car buyer
- Gawker hackers expose easy-to-guess passwords such as 'password' and '1234'
- Signings of baseball's best leave Dodgers just another middling franchise
- Opinion: Compact, communal and collaborative: What Mark Zuckerberg may have known all along about creating productivity in the modern office space
- Celebrity Closet – Beth Riesgraf’s super feminine style and what she’ll be wearing this holiday season
- Facebook friends Clicker to give users a Facebook-friendly Internet TV guide
- Southern California housing market falters in November
- Boys' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Spencer Bachus, incoming House financial chairman, gets heat for saying regulators should 'serve' banks
- Girls' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Rip Torn pleads guilty in drunken bank break-in
- Football: Umbrellas are OK for CIF bowl games
- Twelve Days of Christmas Flash Mobs: Mind the gap
- Mark Madoff's wife speaks
- CIF-Mater Dei court hearing is postponed
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Kate Middleton, Lanvin and Willow Smith
- Wall Street Roundup: Wells Fargo goes it alone. Missing from CEO meeting.
- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, is Time's Person of the Year
- Pictures: 10 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snubs
- Peter Greenaway talks about 'The Last Supper,' Hendrick Goltzius and the death of cinema
- Dodgers reach agreement on a three-year deal with Matt Guerrier
- Football: Mad scramble begins for games in 2011
- Obama meets with top CEOs to urge more hiring, discuss 'our shared mission of building a strong economy'
- Monster Mash: Director named for Eli Broad's Michigan museum; Michael Jackson photos sell
- Tom Waits issues statement regarding his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 'The Good Wife' recap: 'It has to be right'
- Frugal Fashion: Camilla Belle in winter white at the Hollywood Style Awards
- The Wellesbourne brings old-English style to West L.A.
- Boys' basketball: Referee is attacked in Florida
- Question of the Day: Do you think the Jets’ Sal Alosi was acting alone in Tripgate?
- Football: Troy Niklas is the big man on campus
- AFGHANISTAN: Taliban accused of forcing farmers to grow opium poppy instead of saffron
- The Morning Fix: What do the Globes mean? Favreau exits 'Iron Man' franchise. Syfy goes Hollywood.
- About (Late) Last Night: Jon Stewart and Ricky Gervais talk Stephen Hawking, slag Jay Leno
- The best behaved dogs in town
- Saving seeds for a harvest that never ends
- 'Nip/Tuck' star Dylan Walsh files for divorce from Joanna Going
- Red Sox star Carl Crawford will not open an antiquarian bookstore (probably)
- Pop music's utility man: Flo Rida's singles, going steady
- One year ago: Oral Roberts
- What's the best recipe to come out of the L.A. Times Test Kitchen in 2010?
- Inflation hits China's most popular instant noodles
- Opinion: Poll finds voters not impressed with Republicans' House takeover that hasn't happened yet
- Culture Watch: What's new in music, DVDs and books
- Football: Who should be the 2010 player of the year?
- Opinion: Stunning new Gallup Poll finds 13% of Americans still approve of Congress
- Randy Couture wants Rua, Machida, or UFC retirement
- Karen Sortito dies at 49; marketing exec negotiated product tie-ins to Bond movies
- Book review: 'Irrepressible: The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford' by Leslie Brody
- J. Michael Hagopian dies at 97; Armenian American documentary filmmaker
- Golden Globes 2011: Popular shows and actors dominate TV nominations
- Introducing django-softhyphen
- Baca's done it again, and this one's a doozy
- Baca's done it again, and this one's a doozy
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- Golden Globes 2011 nominations: Newcomers Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence and Mila Kunis react
- Gunman robs Bellagio of $1.5 million in chips
- Frances Brody estate sells for $14.8 million
- Alzheimer's disease cause needs to be reconsidered, researcher says
- Mixing it up
- Peter Greenaway furthers his reach into pure visual art
- Galaxy drafts Juan Pablo Angel, gets rights to Frankie Hejduk
- Jimmie Johnson edges John Force for Driver of Year award
- Clippers' road woes continue in 105-91 loss to Philadelphia
- Golden Globes 2011: Popular shows and actors dominate TV nominations
- Tax-cut deal moves closer to passage
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- Little sign of inflation as prices barely rise
- Dollar gains against euro, pushing stocks lower
- AEG's grand plans for a football stadium lack one thing — backing from the boss
- Judge dismisses delta smelt protections
- The Afghan money pit
- Coming to terms with sadism
- Rep. Mike Rogers named next chairman of House Intelligence Committee
- Critic's Notebook: Where the Golden Globe nominations went wrong
- Senate agrees to take up New START treaty
- Theme Parks: 10 favorite Top 10 photo galleries of 2010
- Heavy rains continue as Colombia seeks to aid flood victims
- Best bedbug essays get the treatment
- Karen Sortito dies at 49; marketing exec negotiated product tie-ins to Bond movies
- NTSB finds discrepancies in San Bruno pipeline records
- Senate Republicans threaten to derail lame duck session over $1.2-trillion omnibus spending bill
- Bill Clinton comes to the aid of Barack Obama; high-speed rail funds for California; and the estate tax
- Blu says MOCA's removal of his mural amounts to censorship
- Horoscope: Dec. 15
- Berlusconi narrowly wins confidence vote
- 'Tron: Legacy' is a multiplatform bet for Disney
- Happening Wednesday: Badly Drawn Boy, Bing and more
- Pittman's focus is football, for a few more days
- Luxury shoppers are making a comeback
- Icahn slate is rejected by Lions Gate shareholders
- Why 3 youths killed by train were walking on tracks remains a mystery
- In region he oversaw, a mixed review for Holbrooke
- 16 in global child porn 'club' indicted
- YouTube in talks to acquire Next New Networks
- U.S. intelligence reports cast doubt on war progress in Afghanistan
- LAPD defends use of red-light traffic cameras
- Beauty rest, getting enough? If not, you might be looking a bit less attractive
- Office walls are closing in on corporate workers
- HCP to pay $6.1 billion for HCR ManorCare's nursing home properties
- Filling Fido and Fluffy's food bowl
- Federal Reserve vows to stick with stimulus program
- On Bell's agenda: abuse from residents
- 'Irrepressible' info
- Transplantable organs lost to delays, outdated practices [Updated]
- U.N. Security Council ends key Iraq sanctions
- Suicide bombers attack worshipers in Iran
- Mark Wahlberg, the Globes' golden boy
- Hotel deal: Weekends on sale at Hiltons and related brands worldwide
- Healthcare is a rare bright spot in employment picture
- After many delays, Marco Sturm finally practices
- Former TV chef insisted that wife's would-be killer not harm dogs
- Retired NFL players lend support to student-athlete injury bill
- Woman killed, six men wounded in strip-mall shootout
- Senate set to begin debate on nuclear arms treaty
- There's nothing groundbreaking in downtown L.A. stadium design proposals
- Lots of talk about presidential debates – but no candidates have spoken up
- Dodgers agree on deal with Matt Guerrier
- Golden Globes snub 'True Grit,' 'Hereafter,' 'Black Swan's' Barbara Hershey, 'Get Low's' Robert Duvall
- Book review: 'Irrepressible: The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford' by Leslie Brody
- Renewable-energy program has chance of extension
- Power at the DWP
- Ronni Chasen's work lives in the Golden Globe nominations
- The individual mandate: It's constitutional
- NFL Bottom Ten: Panthers getting thrown for losses
- Will Call
- Pot smoking makes a comeback among teenagers
- Ducks' Carlyle extends contract
- Lakers forward Lamar Odom ready for new role
- Christmas list for sports fans
- Food-borne illnesses make 1 in 6 Americans ill each year, CDC says
- What's in store for employee healthcare costs for 2011? Find out at this Web chat Thursday
- Quick Takes: Juan Williams has book deals
- Rural America gets even more sparsely populated
- Tyler Trapani talks about John Wooden as Bruins prepare for Wooden Classic
- Islanders can do little as waves destroy refugee boat off Australia
- Senate approves deal to extend tax cuts, unemployment benefits
- Las Vegas robber loses gamble
- Getting schooled in the flu
- Hawaii: Continental Airlines adding new Hilo service from Los Angeles
- Iraq's war on Christians
- J. Michael Hagopian dies at 97; Armenian American documentary filmmaker
- Novartis buys Alcon for $12.9 billion
- PacifiCare ordered to not pay $120 million in dividends
- Villaraigosa's DWP pick an outsider
- Brown wants to fast-track budget agreement within 60 days
- House approves repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
- Church affirms Virgin Mary apparition in Wisconsin
- A crying shame
- AROUND THE NFL: Vikings hope Brett Favre can play against Bears
- Congress gets 83% disapproval rating in Gallup Poll, worst in over 30 years
- Holidays losing their sparkle? Lack of sunlight could be the reason
- Sam Farmer's NFL pick: Chargers vs. 49ers
- Boat filled with asylum seekers wrecks off Australia
- North Korea shelling stirs up Japan-South Korea tensions
- San Bernardino County judge rebuked for crude gestures, improper remarks
- Sasha Vujacic will always be a part of Lakers lore
- McDonald's sued for marketing Happy Meals to children
- Carnival Splendor: Fire-damaged cruise ship won't return to sea before Feb. 20
- Man killed after being pulled into wood chipper in Fallbrook
- Flagrant foul levels Clippers' Blake Griffin
- SAG Award nominations are coming
- For the record - Dec. 15, 2010
- 'The Biggest Loser': Patrick House wins Season 10 and a chance to start over
- Boys' basketball: Taylor scores 25 points for Sierra Canyon
- Concerns over golden eagles may put a damper on wind farm development
- Manny Pacquiao delays next bout to May 7
- Wednesday's Highlights: 'Criminal Minds' on CBS
- Wednesday's Talk Shows
- Latest tourist activity: Be a paparazzo for a day
- ISRAEL: Jerusalem Marathon runs into politics
- Michael Hiltzik: How to overcomplicate a tax break
- Getting Bizzy with e-commerce preference engines
- Shepard Fairey weighs in on MOCA's mural controversy
- Judge orders O.C. garment company to pay $887,000 to underpaid workers
- Why Jon Favreau is moving away from 'Iron Man' (and how it will affect the franchise)
- 'Biggest Loser' host Alison Sweeney gets her dog into the weight-loss game
- Charlie Sheen won't face criminal charges for N.Y. hotel meltdown
- Boys' basketball: Thousand Oaks is off to 9-0 start
- Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper among 2011 Rock Hall inductees
- Will Mark Wahlberg's Sports Illustrated cover curse his Golden Globe chances?
- Does Microsoft have an iPad-killing tablet in the works?
- Opinion: What if Obama's healthcare law required every American to buy a gun? How'd you feel about that?
- Sean Combs talks Euro-infused album, reinvention and trading in solo act for Diddy Dirty Money
- Turning the channel to TCM Remembers 2010
- Vegas zinger started Khan-Maidana post-fight scuffle
- Cuba launches its online encyclopedia
- Sports Legend Revealed: Were the Chicago Blackhawks once forced to start a local goalie they found in a bar drinking on the day of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals?
- 'How Do You Know' premiere: Reese Witherspoon, Jack Nicholson, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd
- YouTube giving away 100 television sets in Google TV contest
- How 'The Tourist' got three Golden Globes nominations and 'True Grit' got nada
- Poizner tries to block PacifiCare from paying dividends
- Iran disinvestment law is working, Poizner says
- Comic-Con gears up for third test run of new online ticket sales system
- Ryan Reynolds-Scarlett Johansson split: Who gets 'The Whale'?
- Kings' trade for Marco Sturm is official
- On Location: New book presents a photographic history of filming in Los Angeles
- Pssst. Want to know the secret to a perfect apple pie?
- Stylish new films to see this holiday season: 'True Grit'
- 11 baking days til Christmas....
- Brown wants to complete budget in 60 days, predicts cuts to education
- Facebook intern maps out friendships around the world
- L.A. Unheard: The World Record powers (and pops) toward sophomore set
- Tiffany & Co. has keepsake pendants and charms on lock
- Gmail creator Paul Buchheit gives Google's Chrome OS a vote of no confidence
- Golden Globes to Johnny Depp: We're sending a limo -- or two!
- Jennifer Connelly is pregnant; baby No. 2 with Paul Bettany
- Football: De'Anthony Thomas is City player of the year
- The seven best quotes from today's Golden Globe nominees
- Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds are getting a divorce
- Smart phones in combat: Army may issue iPhones and Android phones
- Golden Globe nominee Natalie Portman on freshman weight gain, going vegan-adjacent
- Microsoft may launch tablets to rival the iPad at CES
- Opinion: Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's case for going digital and empowering Republicans in California
- Kadir Nelson's cover art for new Michael Jackson album
- Album review: Michael Jackson's 'Michael'
- Fed signals no retreat from stimulus program
- Indoor-outdoor tepee for kid play or adult refuge
- New database lets people search for information on outbreaks of food-borne illness
- Airlines predict greater profits for 2010, 2011
- MOCA's mural mess
- On Sale: Regal accessories from Top Shop
- How Prince's all-gold Fender Stratocaster came to be
- Holiday CDs for every musical taste
- Who's the Miley Cyrus bong video villain? Some say Anna Oliver
- Small-business optimism index hits three-year high
- olympics top rotator
- A June World Cup in Qatar could get very, very hot
- All 12 Lions Gate board nominees elected -- a blow for shareholder Carl Icahn
- Italian street artist Blu calls MOCA's removal of his mural censorship
- Ducks sign Randy Carlyle and David McNab to one-year extensions
- Peru: Alberto Fujimori's daughter is running for president
- Angels get Ryan Braun ... or one of them, at least
- Russell Martin's sad fade to black as a Dodger: catcher reportedly signs with Yankees
- Sepp Blatter's joke isn't so funny to gay-rights activists
- Consumer Confidential: Retail sales up, airlines rake in fees, Chrysler recalls Rams
- Michael C. Hall divorce has him alone among fellow Golden Globe nominees
- Facebook's top 10 status trends include Bieber, World Cup and 'HMU'
- Metal Mulisha licensee threatens suit over school ban
- Video: Hugh Jackman hurt in a crash landing on 'Oprah'