- Classic Hollywood: The sound of the season in Bing Crosby's Christmas specials
- Small-business advice: Evaluate workers and reward performance, even in lean years
- Sugary cereals may not be a kid's favorite breakfast. Really.
- A real pilot but a fake doctor -- and the requirements it takes to really be either one
- Steele to seek reelection as RNC chair
- Jonathan Quick shuts out Red Wings to lead Kings to 5-0 victory
- Exceptionalism and the left
- Diverse menu of films, TV
- 'The Social Network' is anointed by L.A. Film Critics Assn.
- Helene Elliott's NHL rankings
- A Closer Look: Weight-loss drugs
- Residents of quiet desert town up in arms over proposed military training center
- Historic 747 reaches a grim destination
- Be vigilant against telemarketing fraud, FBI advises
- Hollywood farmers market squabble could spill over to other markets
- Obama signs child nutrition bill, championed by the first lady
- Doctors and nurses' weight biases harm overweight patients
- High school football state bowl showdown is a private affair
- Martina Navratilova's toughest foe was a mountain of trouble
- No Fear is creating financial concerns for mall owners
- Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall put their Colorado chalet on the market
- Stay at the place where a Capra classic was born
- Obama to push corporate America to increase hiring
- Packers' Aaron Rodgers has concussion
- Happening on Monday
- Death of Bernard Madoff's elder son is ruled a suicide
- Black List showcases the best overlooked screenplays
- Global Health Watch: India delays placing graphic pictorial warnings on cigarette packs for a year
- 'Black Swan' has legs at box office
- Airlines improve lost-luggage rates
- Long Beach police kill man reportedly brandishing gun
- Bernard Madoff won't attend son's funeral
- Baggage-fee revenue jumps 23% in third quarter
- The Unreal World: A brain injury, then a nightmare in the ambulance
- Give Brown credit for a good week
- Folic acid levels are high enough in most people -- except the right people
- Berlusconi's fate may rest on lawmaker pregnancies
- Holiday shopping in Greenland
- Rates for adult vaccinations remain low
- 'Bing Crosby: A Holiday Celebration' info
- In Haiti, good intentions have unexpected and unfortunate results
- Young organ donor honored for 'gift beyond measure'
- Holiday shopping in Greenland
- California high school bowl games
- Hospital patient in custody after allegedly assaulting rehabilitation therapist
- Midwest storm cancels flights, brings down Metrodome roof
- L.A. County ousts head of troubled child welfare department
- Metrodome roof collapse had to be a sign from above
- After fast start, St. Louis Blues struggling to stay in race
- Reining in Vernon
- Monday's TV highlights
- It's getting even wilder in the Wild, Wild (AFC and NFC) West
- Fewer cancers found in Hinkley than expected
- Clippers owner Donald Sterling has some choice words for Baron Davis — during games
- Would you marry someone who has cancer? She did
- 6 NATO troops die in attack
- U.S. judge rejects key part of Obama healthcare law
- Sports injuries in young athletes -- and how to prevent some of them -- will be featured in this Web chat Tuesday
- Horoscope: Dec. 13
- Company Town: 'Dawn Treader's' foreign appeal
- Pew, Washington Post-ABC polls: Americans back tax-cut package
- Key healthcare provision voided by federal judge
- Want your New Year's resolutions to stick? Join this Web chat to find out how
- Enriched eggs, milk may not be best source for omega-3s
- Up next for UCLA: Monday vs. UC Davis
- Suicide bomber kills 13 in Iraq's Anbar province
- Fir crazy: Selling Christmas trees is a 24-hour job in New York
- Parking vs. produce
- Budget-friendly destinations for the holidays
- Will 'Social Network' lead Golden Globe nominations?
- The CalWorks road map
- Father's death linked to use of heart drug, avocados touted for lowering cholesterol
- The oceans' SOS
- How to get your omega-3s
- Marine fights Vietnam's dog-meat tradition
- SCREEN SIREN RITA HAYWORTH
- Tax cuts will pass despite Democratic uprising, Obama advisor says
- Vaccines for adults
- Good Form: Focus on the abdominals
- Up next for the Kings: Monday at Detroit
- Salvia smokers share their experiences with Johns Hopkins researchers
- The 2010 Black List of screenplays
- No-sweat holiday gifts for serious athletes
- Letters: Different views on the need for vitamin D
- PASSINGS: Dov Shilansky
- Luxury home prices are still heading down
- Boeing raises aircraft prices more than 5%
- Weighing effectiveness versus risk in obesity drugs
- Apartment-dwelling children, tobacco-smoke exposure -- and a new front in the tobacco wars?
- Phone calls seeking Medicare information likely lead to identity theft
- THE TIMES' RANKINGS
- Sunshine and faux snow
- Documentary captures force of nature that was Vince Lombardi
- 'Amazing Race' recap: I got GPS, OK?
- ‘Dexter’ recap: Don’t be sorry your darkness is gone
- Clippers make comeback, but still fall to Magic, 94-85
- USC football: Jurrell Casey honored as USC's most valuable player
- Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga dominate YouTube in 2010
- Football: Crespi's Ussery commits to Fresno State
- Monday's Highlights: 'Marry Me' on Lifetime.
- Clippers trail Magic at halftime, 59-40
- Monday's Talk Shows
- Ducks' Corey Perry gets first career hat trick in 6-2 win
- Live review: Night 1 of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas
- UCLA basketball: Tyler Lamb, Anthony Stover get food poisoning
- Nicole Richie, Joel Madden get married
- Marian Gibbons dies at 89; co-founder of Hollywood Heritage
- No Selanne, no Koivu for Ducks
- Football: Showing support for a teammate
- Music review: Michael Stern makes impressive Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra debut
- Live review: Warpaint at the Troubadour
- Football: Servite gets nod over Centennial for Open Division
- Football: State bowl pairings
- Are Dodgers fans now willing to accept a lesser product?
- SAG investigating alleged misappropriation by former employee
- Limited release: 'Black Swan' transforming into box-office phenomenom, 'Fighter' has strong first round
- Box office: Weak domestic starts for new 'Narnia,' Depp and Jolie's 'Tourist' turn attention overseas
- Boys' basketball: Saturday's scores
- Bill Nye the Science Guy forgives USC its Twitterishness
- David L. Ulin on Mahmoud Darwish
- Got more orange than you know what to do with?
- LEBANON: Hezbollah strays from Iranian line on WikiLeaks, praises its disclosures
- Agency attempts to remove Great Lakes gray wolf from endangered species list
- 'Yogi Bear' premiere: Justin Timberlake bares all about being Boo-Boo
- Your weekly ScamWatch
- What's hitting its peak in December? Romanesco
- Amir Khan "picked up a few million fans" with compelling victory
- Book review: 'Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories' by Simon Winchester
- Pajamas, nightgowns and lingerie make cozy Christmas gifts
- Book review: 'Tablet & Pen,' edited by Reza Aslan
- Shopping: Devon's revved up
- Not Just for Kids: 'Matched' by Ally Condie
- Discoveries
- Listing details
- Michael Jackson estate is warily watching rival releases
- Hollywood Reporter's 'Power 100: Women In Entertainment Breakfast'
- Book review: 'And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris' by Alan Riding
- Small details complete a big Bel-Air package
- Book calendar: Author events for the week of December 12, 2010
- Adele Starr dies at 90; unflagging gay-rights activist
- Book review: 'Sal Mineo: A Biography' by Michael Gregg Michaud
- Dick Turpin dies at 91; longtime real estate editor of The Times
- May I help you?
- Planning your trip to Solitude Mountain Resort, Utah
- New on DVD: 'Despicable Me'
- Film
- Tours & cruises
- In North Pole, Alaska, Christmas is a year-round labor of love for Santa's helpers
- Hollywood Backlot: 'Men of a Certain Age'
- Book review: 'And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris' by Alan Riding
- Small details complete a big Bel-Air package
- Utah's low-profile Solitude Mountain Resort
- The joys of snowshoeing
- Shop for snowshoes like a pro
- Listing details
- Carrie Dennis is easy to notice in the Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Planning your trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Yosemite National Park, in winter's grip
- How I Made It: Renata Simril, real estate advisor
- Diseases we can stop, but don't
- Romancing the swing vote
- Six NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
- NFL two-minute drill
- Homeowners associations: Board can set rules for safe use of facilities
- Shopping: Devon's revved up
- More strings attached to 'free' checking accounts
- Horoscope: Dec. 12
- Former Laker Jordan Farmar is adjusting to life with the New Jersey Nets
- Dick Turpin dies at 91; longtime real estate editor of The Times
- Special envoy Holbrooke undergoes heart surgery
- Suspected bomber dies in Stockholm blasts
- Freshmen Tyler Lamb, Anthony Stover get food poisoning
- Holiday gift guide for every personality and lifestyle
- Homeless advocates march in Venice
- South Koreans at sword's point over hero's statue
- It's getting even wilder in the Wild, Wild (AFC and NFC) West
- Afghan president signs deal on pipeline project
- Electric vehicles may bring new sticker shock: multiple mileage ratings
- Pulling the parent trigger
- Adele Starr dies at 90; unflagging gay-rights activist
- Up next for UCLA: Monday vs. UC Davis
- Martina Navratilova's toughest foe was a mountain of trouble
- Mexican TV moves beyond the telenovela
- A one-man sideshow is selling Vegas
- Book calendar: Author events for the week of December 12, 2010
- Laser tag, karaoke keep finals from being a test of nerves
- Should health prognosis prompt a saver to spend on fun?
- Army Staff Sgt. Aracely Gonzalez-O'Malley, 31, Brawley; dies of brain aneurysm while serving in Afghanistan
- Colombia launches large-scale birth control effort
- 'Monday Night Football' gets competition from NFC
- Clippers change lineup to address turnover problems
- Pajamas, nightgowns and lingerie make cozy Christmas gifts
- The Coen brothers redo 'True Grit' for their first western
- Book review: 'Tablet & Pen,' edited by Reza Aslan
- U.N. pacts contain small steps but no broad accord on climate change
- Lakers' offense might be Bermuda Triangle for Ron Artest
- Lakers get a 'W,' but Kobe Bryant doesn't give them anything close to an 'A' for effort
- Clothing company threatens to sue over school district ban
- Target in Compton helps store employees tackle their personal problems
- 'A Wiggly Wish'
- Discoveries
- Maternity insurance is scarce and expensive for many Californians
- Major construction ahead on 405, 22 and 605 freeways
- Officials say all explosives and hazardous materials removed from site of San Diego County home
- YouTube is letting users decide on terrorism-related videos
- Temple's Al Golden agrees to take over as Miami football coach
- Skiing: the West's outstanding early-season conditions
- Shop for snowshoes like a pro
- Not Just for Kids: 'Matched' by Ally Condie
- Justin Timberlake is focused on film
- Macy's promotional strategy may be taking toll on results
- Health fad pendulum swings again
- Chess: A knight's tour
- Smart List: '24' clock is ticking on final season's DVD release
- Dramas so dark they're funny
- Michael Jackson estate is warily watching rival releases
- Hollywood Reporter's 'Power 100: Women In Entertainment Breakfast'
- L.A. mayor makes 3 public forays
- Up next for Lakers: Sunday at New Jersey
- Up next for Ducks: Sunday vs. Minnesota
- Mark Madoff, son of fraud figure Bernard Madoff, dies in apparent suicide
- Home of the Week update
- Gift-giving guide for the clueless at Christmas
- Corey Perry's first three-goal game leads Ducks to 6-2 win over Minnesota
- Ann Goldstein takes her MOCA learning to Amsterdam
- Politics in America: Only the rich need apply
- Looking ahead in the NBA
- Rivals lining up to run against Republican National Committee chief
- Despite police assurances, doubts linger that Ronni Chasen slaying has been solved
- Elderly man injured in Porter Ranch fire
- WikiLeaks, Assange should focus on mission, not revenge
- R.C. Owens' 'alley-oop' catches for 49ers were a hit right from the jump
- May I help you?
- Marian Gibbons dies at 89; co-founder of Hollywood Heritage
- Lenders may closely monitor borrowers for life of a loan
- NHL's home cooking
- Corruption sweep in Mexico's Michoacan unravels in the courts
- Actresses over 40 on a cinematic roll
- The Sunday Conversation: With Carrie Fisher
- Gay and homeless: In plain sight, a largely hidden population
- Some condo owners may lose FHA financing
- Servite repeats as Pac-5 Division champion
- Ruling keeps alive Nevada nuclear waste project
- How much money makes you 'rich'?
- Clippers mount comeback but lose to Orlando, 94-85
- Reality check for beginning skiers
- Julie Taymor's visions manifest in 'Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark' and 'The Tempest'
- 'In a Strange Room' by Damon Galgut
- Diller and Scofidio, in the business of architecture and artistry
- Mark Sanford: a legacy in his own mind
- Was Ronald Reagan a secret snitch?
- Snowshoeing info
- If you go to North Pole, Alaska, or send a letter to Santa
- Snow, horses and family in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
- Places to go snowshoeing
- Calendar
- Book review: 'Sal Mineo: A Biography' by Michael Gregg Michaud
- Christmas gift ideas: Makeup, perfume, lotion, candles and bath products
- Letters
- Readers recommend: Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park
- Book review: 'Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories' by Simon Winchester
- Gisele Bündchen talks about modeling, her family and 'Gisele & the Green Team'
- Older retirees again required to tap nest eggs
- Record-high temperatures expected
- Travel gear: Protective case for your iPod and speakers
- War casualties
- Boston Celtics have too many weapons
- Aydin Salek's family and friends mourn a bright future lost
- For the record - Dec. 12, 2010
- Yosemite National Park, in winter's grip
- Football: Servite has everything going right
- Football: Servite wins Pac-5 Division final
- Football: Servite 41, Mission Viejo 27
- Football: Servite 34, Mission Viejo 27
- Football: Servite 34, Mission Viejo 20
- Football: Saturday's scores
- Boys' basketball: Stein is MVP; Loyola wins Ocean View tourney
- Football: Paraclete wins title
- Football: Servite has 31-14 lead after three quarters
- Football: Servite leads 24-7 at halftime
- Football: Bishop wins title
- Football: Servite 24, Mission Viejo 7
- Football: Servite 21, Mission Viejo 7
- Football: Servite 14, Mission Viejo 7
- Football: Servite 7, Mission Viejo 7
- Football: Servite 7, Mission Viejo 0
- Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana; Khan wins a unanimous but close decision
- Football: Pac-5 Division final should be epic
- UCLA basketball: Bruins snap four-game losing streak with 72-61 victory over Cal Poly
- Kings complete deal for Marco Sturm
- Michael Hiltzik: Farewell, Gov. Schwarzenegger
- Football: La Habra edges Tustin for Southwest Division championship
- UCLA basketball: Bruins lead Cal Poly, 34-26, at halftime
- UFC 124 live results: Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
- Football: La Habra wins Southwest Division title
- Football: La Habra 35, Tustin 26
- Football: Crenshaw wins City Section Division I title
- Football: La Habra 28, Tustin 26
- Football: La Habra 28, Tustin 20
- Football: La Habra 21, Tustin 20