- SAUDI ARABIA: Despite 'Desperate Housewives,' media still not free, according to WikiLeaks cable
- A weekend tour of San Fernando Valley junkyards
- IRAN: Ahmadinejad aide provokes clergy with fresh set of provocative remarks
- EGYPT: Inflation rates hit lowest figures in 15 months
- 13 favorite bookplates for sale on Etsy
- '30 Rock' recap: 'No one can escape the horror of Christmas'
- Greg Grunberg has a deal for you: Yowza delivers coupons to iPhone, smart phones
- 'Community' recap: Merry Christmas, Abed
- 'Fringe' recap: Epilogue
- Sweet oak notes in Cliff Spencer's new wine rack
- Dick Van Dyke injures Achilles' tendon; play at Geffen Playhouse cancelled
- One year ago: Thomas Hoving
- The Deal: Six sales for ceramics
- Opinion: Is the Obama tax cut deal with Republicans fraying out of control already?
- Market Watch: The art of <i>hoshigaki</i>-making
- Holiday CDs for every musical taste
- Book review: 'Soul Mining' by Daniel Lanois
- Holiday jazz CDs
- John du Pont dies at 72; heir to chemical fortune and convicted murderer
- James Moody dies at 85; jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Thomas J. Ahrens dies at 74; Caltech geophysicist
- From the Archives: How Prince's gold-plated, one-of-a-kind Fender Stratocaster came to be
- Quick Takes: Wesley Snipes begins prison stint
- Movie review: 'Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'
- Internet issues bog down Comcast-NBC merger
- COMICS ON COMICS: Natasha Leggero on Neil Hamburger
- Porn industry clinic in Sherman Oaks is closed by L.A. County
- O.C. district attorney begins releasing detailed findings from officer-involved shootings
- Body believed to be lost hiker recovered from Mt. Baldy
- Los Angeles' star-power tables
- James Moody dies at 85; jazz saxophonist and flutist
- Thomas J. Ahrens dies at 74; Caltech geophysicist
- U.S. shifts $624 million to California bullet train
- 'The Tourist' info
- L.A. Forum poised to reenter spotlight
- Tasting Menu: West Hollywood's Eveleigh
- 'The Company Men' info
- Movie review: 'The Fighter'
- Driven to create more parking
- Keeping it clean
- Israel's Katrina
- Holiday CDs for every musical taste
- Friday's TV talk shows
- Yosemite in winter: The story behind the photo gallery -- and a travel tip
- Peyton Manning keeps Colts off NFL Bottom Ten list
- Up next for UCLA basketball: Saturday vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- White House plans more Iran sanctions
- Movie Review: 'Company Men'
- Eveleigh address, hours and contact info
- The tragedy of Arnold Schwarzenegger's governorship
- Sen. Bernie Sanders ends filibuster
- Occidental to acquire North Dakota, Texas oil and gas fields for $3.2 billion
- Up next for USC basketball: Saturday vs. Northern Arizona
- Alaska judge rules against Miller in Senate race
- Consumer sentiment, trade point to firmer U.S. recovery
- Drug's benefit to younger breast cancer patients in question
- A noble Nobel winner
- Rose Bowl game to yield an extra economic boost
- Michael Caffey has an island to sell near Catalina
- Movie review: 'The Tourist'
- Up next for Clippers: Saturday vs. Memphis
- Meditation or medication: To prevent depression's return, pick one
- Rodent of the Week: Drug prevents post-traumatic stress disorder
- Elizabeth Smart's abductor found guilty of kidnapping, rape
- Tax-cut deal now taking fire from both sides as Republicans speak out
- 'Soul Mining' by Daniel Lanois info
- Villaraigosa takes on teachers union
- Former Khmer Rouge stronghold struggles with history
- O.C. plastic surgeon accused of sexual misconduct to surrender license
- California students get new protections against public school fees
- Corona Centennial defeats Vista Murrieta, 45-21, to win Southern Section Inland Division title
- Letters: The Frank and Jamie Show about to be canceled?
- More Americans are depressed, but fewer are turning to psychotherapists for treatment, study finds
- Run-up in Treasury bond yields eases
- Obama enlists help in tax-cut debate
- Chevron told to close pipeline after second oil spill in Salt Lake City
- Schwarzenegger's proposal for plugging budget shortfall stalls
- Book Review: Euna Lee's 'The World Is Bigger Now'
- Elizabeth Smart's abductor found guilty of kidnapping, rape
- Amir Khan looks for success in the ring, acceptance outside it
- 'Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench' info
- ZSL London Zoo app brings the zoo to you
- Hell on wheels, but not for sale
- Oaks Christian gambles and wins Northern title
- Virulent strain of cholera in Haiti came from Asia, report finds
- Where hopes and desperation collide
- For L.A., a football fix?
- 'All Good Things' info
- Students protest as Britain OKs steep tuition increase
- Small victories rather than big wins for Dodgers at winter meetings
- Movie review: 'All Good Things'
- Cam Newton NCAA case gives USC an avenue for appeal
- Chevron will boost spending on exploration in 2011
- Book review: 'Soul Mining' by Daniel Lanois
- On saving Arcadia's oak trees; tax cuts and Obama; and truckers resisting going 'green'
- Horoscope: Dec. 10
- Friday's TV highlights
- Kids who are sick have fewer friends than they think, study finds
- Up next for Kings: Saturday vs. Minnesota
- Movie review: 'The Tempest'
- Case against Oxy hits home
- Mortgage rates jump to 6-month high
- Market Watch: The art of <i>hoshigaki</i>-making
- Study backs 'value-added' analysis of teacher effectiveness
- Former President Clinton supports tax compromise
- Beckman Coulter is exploring sale after buyout approach
- Exports at L.A. and Long Beach ports are at a near-record pace
- Redheads aren't really all that medically scary, are they? Maybe not, this study says
- Holiday shopping: Portland hotels hand out cash and discounts
- Kings' Brad Richardson doubtful for start of trip; Oscar Moller recalled from Manchester
- MTA board approves bus-only lanes on Wilshire Boulevard — with an exception
- Events happening Friday
- L.A.'s Center Financial to merge into Nara Bancorp
- Oil and Santa Monica Bay don't mix
- Howard Stern reaches deal with Sirius XM Radio
- Breast cancer drug combination with pertuzumab is effective
- Clippers' Chris Kaman out at least three more weeks
- Gardena Serra rolls past Arroyo Grande, 35-10, for second straight title
- Ducks beat Flames in another shootout, 3-2
- Pac-10's Larry Scott says new TV-rights deal will be in place soon
- New 'Narnia' movie looks solid for box office, 'Tourist' will struggle
- U.S. debates role in Mideast peace effort
- Where hopes and desperation collide
- Destination: Cocktail -- Little Dom's
- FDA to reexamine use of mercury in dental fillings
- Max Azria won't hang his clothes here anymore
- O.C. prosecutors file criminal charges against 19 UC Irvine protesters
- Movie review: 'Heartless'
- Rep. Maxine Waters eases demand for inquiry into Ethics Committee suspensions
- Former L.A. Unified construction manager admits conflict of interest
- 5 Nights Out
- SpaceX reveals capsule's secret payload: Cheese
- Nobel ceremony honors Chinese dissident in absentia
- What was Miley Cyrus smoking in that bong?
- What makes us attractive — or not?
- Gates urges Congress to act on 'don't ask, don't tell'
- Lakers are off their game on the road, again, in 88-84 loss to Bulls
- Chevron seeks 30-year off-shore lease extension
- Obama milestone: Nine months without a cigarette
- 'The Tempest' info
- CARRY-ONS
- League suspends Patriots' Brandon Spikes
- This weekend's top title matches in Southern California high school football
- Simple BofA refi turns into foreclosure nightmare
- Business Bookshelf: An analysis of BP's oil spill
- Appeals court rules that California public schools must comply with physical education law
- Astral Weeks: A sci-fi master's beginnings
- The women of Warpaint go for broke
- Holiday jazz CDs
- New Year's countdown begins
- Mexican state seeks to join California in carbon emissions effort
- Mercury General to cut auto insurance rates by 10% for many customers
- Martina Navratilova hospitalized after attempting to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Movie review: 'Night Catches Us'
- Movie review: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'
- UCLA's Matt Carlino announces plans to transfer
- Phil Jackson keeps emotions in check as he says goodbye, probably, to United Center
- Papers shed new light on Eisenhower's farewell address
- Nick Lamaison leads Mt. SAC into state title game Saturday
- He's seen SEC football, War Eagle and all
- Italy: Voyage Prive packages offer discounts at Bauers hotel in Venice
- Fast Track: Miley Cyrus courts controversy with a bong
- Burning of home filled with explosives goes as planned
- 'Night Catches Us' info
- For the record - Dec. 10, 2010
- 'The Vampire Diaries' recap: It takes two to make it through
- Kings defeat Calgary, 2-1, to extend winning streak to three games
- ISRAEL: Rabbinical ruling sparks controversy, racism charges
- After two at Staples: Kings 1, Calgary 0
- Boys' basketball: Chatsworth improves to 6-1
- After one at Staples: Kings 1, Calgary 0
- Art review: Stop. Move. at Blum & Poe
- 'Big Bang' recap: New stud in town
- James Cameron takes a trip to Cirque du Soleil
- Occidental Petroleum to sell Argentina assets to Chinese firm for $2.45 billion
- Friday TV Highlights: 'The Good Guys' on Fox
- Art review: Larry Mullins at Blythe Projects
- Friday's Talk Shows
- Russell Martin reportedly has received four offers
- Pasadena Playhouse raises $2 million through matching grant, announces new fundraiser
- What recession? High-end pet boutiques stock over-the-top pet gifts
- Dodgers officially sign Vicente Padilla to a one-year contract
- This week's recipes from the L.A. Times Test Kitchen
- Sarah Palin's moose hunt: A comic version of caribou killing
- Chatroulette, Justin Bieber and iPad top Google's hottest searches of 2010
- The Doors' Jim Morrison pardoned for indecent exposure
- Art review: Martin Mull at Samuel Freeman
- Church's 'iBand' performs Christmas carols entirely on iPads and iPhones
- Art review: 'The City Proper' at Margo Leavin
- Opinion: Obama lights the National Christmas Tree, says 'Merry Christmas' three times
- Video game industry rebounds at end of tough year
- Number of hospital visits related to dog bites has increased, study says
- Edison International announces management changes
- Theater review: 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at Ruskin Group Theatre
- Opinion: How much is online privacy worth to you?
- Boys' basketball: Let's appreciate Dominique Dunning
- UCLA football: LB Akeem Ayers named Walter Camp All-American
- Sunday Books: coverage for December 12, 2010
- Cat bound in duct tape and placed in clothes dryer in Riverside is reunited with her kittens
- With J.M.W. Turner film, Mike Leigh looks to a new landscape
- Will you brighten Wesley Snipes' prison Christmas?
- Obama episode of 'MythBusters' draws 2.2 million viewers
- Colombia's Alvaro Uribe reached out to rebels, rebels to the U.S., cables show
- New Miramax will look to acquire completed movies and other libraries
- Merger of Nara and Center will create largest Korean-American bank in U.S.
- Controversy over video censored by Smithsonian continues to build steam
- Chevron announces 2011 spending plans
- Why the WikiLeakers are not quite Rosa Parks
- Opening Ceremony gets on the grid with 'Tron: Legacy' collaboration
- The L.A. Times' Greenspace environmental blog looks at Chiapas; Cancun talks
- Theater review: 'Caught' at the Zephyr Theatre
- Motherly love: Holiday gifts for new and expectant moms
- Google's Cr-48 Chrome notebook shipped to pilot users
- The women of Warpaint go for unbroke
- Howard Stern contract comes on anniversary of last Artie Lange appearance
- A rising stock market helps boost household net worth
- Directors Guild board approves new contract with studios
- Ryan Phillippe selling gym for $7.2 million (with a sweet bachelor pad attached)
- Toy to the World -- Laugh Factory sets new world record
- Jazmine Sullivan: 'I definitely don’t want to be known as the angry chick'
- Justin Timberlake: I'm obviously not the best actor in the world
- KCET divides new programming lineup into themed blocks
- Movie projector: New 'Narnia' looks solid, 'Tourist' will struggle as Christmas movie season begins
- Mercury to cut auto insurance rates more than 10% for some customers
- Two spills in six months dump 1,300 gallons of oil in Salt Lake City
- Steve Martin + 'Colbert Report' + art = ?
- Kings' Dustin Brown and Make-A-Wish foundation will help a dream come true
- Bebo brings back founder as strategic advisor
- Pictures: Wesley Snipes through the years
- Jenn Sterger's manager says she won't sue Brett Favre if the NFL takes action
- Andy Roddick returning to Davis Cup play
- In our pages: 13 cookbooks for the gifting
- Alec Martinez, Alexei Ponikarovsky back in Kings' lineup
- Just call Dodgers announcer Charley Steiner 'doctor'
- Lions Gate prevails against Icahn in court
- Football: Time Warner adds final games
- Top ten MPAA screw-ups
- A lacrosse showdown in Santa Monica
- Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King through the years
- SpaceX's 'secret' payload? A wheel of cheese
- Opinion: Rep. Ron Paul gets his dream job
- Schwarzenegger praises Sunrise Powerlink transmission line groundbreaking
- Weekend jazz picks: The Bad Plus, 'Feed the Blue Whale' and more
- Theater review: 'On Emotion' at Son of Semele Theater
- Poll: Americans' views of Fed turn more hostile
- Workers' comp insurer State Fund to cut back operations
- Opinion: Rep. Hal Rogers' pork: red meat for 'tea partiers'
- Twitter chardonnay, anyone? Lunch with co-founder Biz Stone is included
- 'The Tourist' trounced by critics: Has Johnny Depp ever looked this bad in a movie?
- 'Get the Xanax ready': Authors respond to BookScan on Amazon
- Aeromexico flight attendants held in Spain after cocaine shipment found in luggage
- Your morning adorable: Zoo Atlanta's giant panda cub has a checkup
- SeaWorld to replace Shamu show in 2011
- Coal mine near Bryce Canyon?
- 'Hell's Kitchen' recap: It's a red-headed showdown
- Chiapas to California: preserving forests for dollars?
- John Du Pont, heir to chemical fortune, dies in prison at 72
- Pantone says 'honeysuckle" to be the hot hue for 2011
- Mandy Patinkin returns to TV in 'Homeland'
- Angels take another hit Thursday ... in the Rule 5 draft
- Buyers return to bond market, pushing yields lower after recent surge
- Opinion: The reaction: Obama locks horns with Democrats on tax-cut deal
- Stephen Colbert talks art with Steve Martin, with help from Shepard Fairey et al.
- Madison Square Garden to buy the Forum
- 'Survivor' recap: Trust and consequences
- Question of the day: Who should be and who will be the next Florida football coach?
- Consumer Confidential: Gift cards lose shine, P&G says 'tweet,' home movies for the rich
- Wesley Snipes reports to federal prison in Pennsylvania
- WikiLeaks: Amazon U.K. sells parts of diplomatic cables in e-book
- Nissan Leaf video review: a revolutionary, but enjoyable, electric car
- Holiday Gift Guide: Newbarks for tired but still fashionable feet
- How 'Community' stole Christmas: Behind the scenes of the big holiday episode
- Doors open to Virtual Holiday Craft Fair
- Boeing's Connexion is reconnected ... sort of
- Dov Shilansky, Israeli advocate of Holocaust victims, dies at 86
- Howard Stern has a new five-year contract with Sirius XM
- Elizabeth Edwards' funeral Saturday open to the public
- Sunrise Powerlink transmission line breaks ground in San Diego County
- Boys' basketball: Wednesday scores
- Girls' basketball: Wednesday scores
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Taylor Swift photo shoot for Cover Girl is done
- Time flies in an hourglass with silver-plated sand
- Freddie Mac reports fourth week of rising mortgage rates
- San Fernando is forced to vacate City Section wrestling title
- Miramax names former News Corp. executive Michael Lang as CEO
- Monster Mash: Metropolitan Museum of Art sued over Cezanne; Playboy artwork sells at auction
- White House economic advisor takes to the whiteboard to sell Obama's tax cut deal
- Key Wall Street advisory firm endorses three Icahn picks for Lions Gate board
- Guillermo del Toro forms new production studio
- Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week: 'White Material'
- Football: Vista Murrieta is facing tough task
- Howard Stern staying put at Sirius XM
- Angels look to 'move on' after losing Carl Crawford to the Red Sox
- Pictures: John Lennon through the years
- Secondhand Serenade tries to break a single through SoundHound
- Do Dodgers really think Dioner Navarro is an upgrade over A.J. Ellis?
- About (Late) Last Night: Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin and Shepard Fairey talk art and commerce
- The Morning Fix: Stern stays with Sirius! Disney makes nice with Netflix. Zucker farewell tour continues.
- Opinion: Having helped 'Fire Pelosi!' might the same fate now await GOP Chairman Michael Steele?
- 'Modern Family' recap: The case of the stolen thunder