- Baseball: Rio Ruiz is king of the wood bats
- Nuclear arms treaty heads to Senate and GOP scrutiny
- Tim Rice 'states' the case for U.S. music and nods to pal Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Theater review: ‘Getting Frankie Married – And Afterwards’ at Open Fist Theatre
- Wind industry breezes to record year in 2009
- The 'Clash of the Titans' conundrum: Why animated films look better in 3-D
- L.A. makes a play for Comic-Con on Facebook
- Sparks select Georgia forward Angel Robinson with second-round pick
- USC basketball: O'Neill names Dieter Horton assistant coach
- Consumer group says loopholes in healthcare overhaul could hurt the public
- MLB All-Star FanFest 'ticket hunt' in Southern California begins Friday at noon
- Movie projector: Steve Carell, Tina Fey do battle with 'Titans'
- Friday: Chat with City Hall reporter Phil Willon
- Wells Fargo agrees to work with NAACP, settling accusation of lending bias
- KFC doubles down, reality bites for 'Survivor' producer, and a potato chip bag that turns into a bowl
- NASA completes first flight with unmanned spy plane
- With Tiger on roll, storms threaten Augusta
- The name 'Ronald Reagan' just doesn't polarize like it used to
- Edward 'Coots' Matthews dies at 86; half of famed oil well firefighting team
- Bump in revenues might help schools more than state budget
- Critic's Notebook: It's time to cut Slatkin some slack
- Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols manager and self-promoter of punk, dies at 64
- Sparks select Bianca Thomas with their second pick in WNBA draft
- UCLA football: Linebacker Taniela Maka says he's cleared to join Bruins
- Los Angeles Sparks select Andrea Riley with their first pick in 2010 WNBA draft
- Showtime orders 'Shameless' to series
- Dodgers pound Pirates, 10-2; Chad Billingsley comes up strong
- Music Center makeover would cost more than $250 million, report says
- KFC's new Double Down: no bread, lots of fat
- Ageless Watson tied for lead at Masters
- The good old scratchy days of record stores
- Teleshrink? NBC.com wants to suss out what you will want to watch next
- 'Survivor' producer, 'Pimp My Ride' co-creator detained in wife's death in Cancun
- Torre deftly handles Billingsley in his first start
- Ecoist and Frito-Lay turn snack bags into handbags
- Megan Mullally, Idina Menzel, Nathan Gunn, Sutton Foster to headline O.C. cabaret series
- Jaime Escalante: April 16-17 tribute planned in East Los Angeles
- Art review: William Wegman at Marc Selwyn Fine Art
- Your morning adorable: Cat grooms friendly rabbit
- 'Top Chef Masters' returns -- and so does L.A. Beer Fest
- Riverside had nation's highest percentage of distressed home sales in January
- Pitcher in the No. 8 spot: A bad idea that apparently will not go away
- Google Earth helps unearth new human species in South Africa
- Hole by hole at the Masters: Tiger Woods finishes at four under
- Clippers' update: Craig Smith out
- Current Rafael Furcal is looking a lot like the old Rafael Furcal
- Napolitano praises air marshals in latest airline incident
- Egg-farm video is latest salvo in Humane Society's animal-rights campaign
- Los Angeles Film Festival makes a move out of Westwood
- High blood pressure treatment just got cheaper
- Freddie Mac reports rise in mortgage rates
- World Cup: Manchester United signs Mexico's Javier Hernandez
- Dodgers: Thursday morning notes
- Critic's Notebook: Tiger and Nike just do it
- Dodgers lineup: Has spring training been extended?
- What's cooking on Wisteria Lane? Dana Delany and friends rally behind Child Hunger Ends Here campaign
- LATFOB: 'Reality Hunger' author David Shields
- Bliss Spa's circa-1966 VW bus spreads the love about bikini waxing
- DUBAI: Man posing as top U.S. plastic surgeon arrested in Dubai
- Five new shows announced for Oprah's OWN network
- Cal State Fullerton art gallery renamed for $1-million donors
- 'America's Next Top Model': The women fake it up
- Question of the day: What do you think of Tiger Woods' new Nike commercial featuring the voice of his dead father?
- Baseball: Wednesday scores
- Softball: Wednesday scores
- Poll: Toomey pulling ahead of Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania Senate race
- Opinion: Embattled Charlie Rangel faces yet another Adam Clayton Powell as Harlem history comes full circle
- Tiger Woods' Nike commercial -- wait till your father gets home?
- Football: QB Kasdorf headed to NCAA Division II school
- EGYPT: New book tells the story of saving the past
- Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Olsen twins' new denim line, bridal gowns for less, Jessica Simpson in Marie Claire
- Arts advocates head to Capitol Hill to ask Congress for bigger NEA budget
- Prediction: Tiger Woods won't break 70 today
- Baseball: Chaminade wins title and ninth consecutive game
- Coachella 2010: Acts you don't want to miss
- Wall Street Roundup: Former Citi executives grilled. Punishment for traders?
- Qatar diplomat involved in airline bomb scare is released
- First Take: Ad attacking Jerry Brown blasted. Reviewing Meg Whitman's tax plan. Barbara Boxer on the stump
- Artists sue Google; St. Louis Arch park finalists named; Corcoran exhibition closes early
- Better than a jungle gym: Native garden at <br>Long Beach school open to public on Sunday
- Poll: Dodgers vs. Angels (right field): Who is better, Andre Ethier or Bobby Abreu?
- Rethinking the classic white T-shirt
- 30 poems in 30 days, on video
- 'No Ordinary Family' and Michael Chiklis bring a superhero family to ABC
- The Deal: Weekend sale at Seaside Gardens <br> discounts all plants by 20%
- Masters champions dot leaderboard
- Oprah Winfrey to announce a new show she will host on her network, OWN
- Midweek event: John Hardy's Guy Bedarida at Saks
- Ready to spend your evenings with Oprah Winfrey?
- Nike selling, but what is Tiger buying?
- Nicollette Sheridan vs. Marc Cherry: Wisteria Lane's real drama
- The Morning Fix: Oprah will grace her cable network with her presence! Decision time for Disney on Miramax. FX wants to be less like FX.
- Opinion: Obama earns Nobel Peace Prize, signs U.S.-Russia treaty to cut nuclear stockpiles by 30% (text, video)
- The Deal: Asian furniture and ceramics <br> on sale at Rolling Greens new store
- Buzz Aldrin may have lost his space on 'Dancing,' but that bow tie is out of this world
- Another season, another reason for Baking Whoopie
- Hope for California's future?
- Introducing a new feature: First Look, this month's art magazines
- Mojo verde (green cilantro sauce)
- Chicken with herbed cornmeal dumplings
- Wrinkly potatoes (papas arrugadas)
- Baked fish with mint (samcocho)
- Mushroom quenelles with spring vegetables
- Red chile sauce (mojo colorado)
- Strawberry dumplings
- 100 Bones and Counting: On set with David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel
- Pictures in the News
- Wilma Mankiller dies at 64; first woman to lead Cherokee Nation
- Danny Galindo dies at 88; LAPD detective in Tate-LaBianca murder cases
- Culinary SOS: Milton’s special house chopped salad with creamy garlic dressing
- Take Drugs, Break a Leg?
- Authors Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo relive 'Record Store Days'
- The Find: Moqueca, the spirit of coastal Brazil
- Delphine details: Location, prices and more
- The Review: Delphine at the W Hollywood
- A spring fling with dumplings
- Wine of the Week: 2007 Domaine de Roally Vire-Clesse
- Japanese found to host seaweed-digesting bacteria
- Coal mines' gas problem
- Kyrgyzstan opposition seizes power in unrest that leaves dozens dead
- A salute to John Fante
- ESPN finds meaning beyond Tiger Woods at Masters
- U.S., Russia sign pact to cut nuclear arsenals
- United, US Airways again land in merger talks
- L.A. council members seek more power over DWP
- Thursday's TV Talk Shows: Larry King talks about Tiger Woods
- GRAPHIC: Tax bill's provisions
- Angels players remember the good times with Nick Adenhart
- San Francisco man arrested for allegedly threatening Nancy Pelosi
- Jimmie Johnson is in a familiar position early in Sprint Cup season
- Angels' offense makes a weak first impression
- Butler's Brad Stevens signs 12-year deal
- Moqueca details: Hours, prices and more
- Augusta chairman tees off on Tiger Woods
- 'Out There'
- Qatari envoy queried, released after smoke is detected on jetliner
- Sri Lanka leader's bloc is the favorite
- L.A. Beer Festival info
- The wait is over
- Jean Renoir films, Alfred Hitchcock's silent thriller
- Christina Ricci ponders the cold, hard truth of 'After.Life'
- Lakers still have something to play for in playoff chase
- Wine of the Week: 2007 Domaine de Roally Vire-Clesse
- Abandoning mine safety
- Giving FCC authority to set policy on net neutrality
- California lags behind most states in disciplining doctors, report finds
- Robert Conrad’s Thousand Oaks home sells for $1.95 million
- SoCalGas gets OK for $1-billion smart-meter project
- What the McCourts lack
- Salt-kissed potatoes, the Canary Islands way
- The Dish: The Thirsty Crow slated to open in Silver Lake this month
- Consumer loan delinquencies decline again in fourth quarter
- Demand Media to provide travel articles and videos for USA Today website
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda plans to honor friend on the field
- Up next for Ducks: Friday at St. Louis
- Carl Gustav Jung's 'The Red Book' on display at Hammer Museum starting Sunday
- 'Breaking the Rules: What Is Contemporary Art?' by Susan Goldman Rubin
- Recipe: Red chile sauce (mojo colorado)
- The MPAA's Joan Graves watches out for the movie watchers
- Southern California apartment rents are expected to keep falling
- Toyota response to complaints takes on a confrontational tone
- Sparks choose Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley with team's first draft pick
- Lakers' confidence is causing some confusion
- United, US Airways at a glance
- Ballona Wetlands tour and open house
- Business Briefing
- Russians fill gap in periodic table in search for more stable heavy elements
- Tea parties form a federation, but don't call them organized
- Edward 'Coots' Matthews dies at 86; half of famed oil well firefighting team
- Detour for Amgen race
- L.A.'s next archbishop represents both tradition and change
- Recipe: Chicken with herbed cornmeal dumplings
- Key Assembly panel backs bill to outlaw commissions paid to CalPERS investment go-betweens
- Less weight means more mobility for USC quarterback Matt Barkley
- U.S., Russia sign nuclear arms treaty
- International Gem & Jewelry Show to be held at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium this weekend
- GM says it could be profitable this year
- 'Hot Tub Time Machine'
- T-bond yields end a two-week run-up
- Rapture over a baby raptor
- KCAL's Pat Harvey moves to KCBS
- There is plenty to take in at UCLA
- Kids can make their own 'soundsuits' at the Fowler
- Valley girl's online talk show is about <i>Silicon</i> Valley
- UCLA gymnast Brittani McCullough chooses tough career course
- Angels' Nick Adenhart is remembered one year after his death
- GRAPHIC: Comparing city rates
- PASSINGS: Shirley Mills Hanson, Lorraine Chargin
- Greenspan defends Fed's handling of subprime mortgage market
- Recipe: Baked fish with mint (samcocho)
- Horoscope: April 8
- Danny Galindo dies at 88; LAPD detective in Tate-LaBianca murder cases
- Looking at in Italy
- Robert Altman tribute at Aero Theatre
- Los Angeles Beer Festival is on tap Saturday
- These horses are two of a kind
- Recipe: Mushroom quenelles with spring vegetables
- Rescuers back underground in search for four missing miners
- Pent-up demand explodes for retailers in March
- Apple launches ad system for mobile devices in race with Google
- Moqueca, the spirit of coastal Brazil
- Director-producer Marcos Siega lists Sunset Strip home for $1.98 million
- RNC spending; Obama's offshore drilling plan; Poizner's teacher days
- Crespi defeats El Dorado, takes Diamond Sports National Classic
- Spanish whites: Where to buy them in Southern California
- Culinary SOS: Milton’s special house chopped salad with creamy garlic dressing
- Next up for Lakers: Friday at Minnesota
- Old halibut fishing ships prosper despite a sea change
- 'Breaking the Rules: What Is Contemporary Art?' by Susan Goldman Rubin
- Toyota execs debated when to disclose accelerator-pedal problem
- Doors reopened in 'When You're Strange'
- Beau Bridges’ Hidden Hills home listed for $3.25 million
- Healthcare-related tax hikes
- Delphine details: Location, prices and more
- Dairies study possibility of turning dead cows into compost
- Shrine Circus at Shrine Auditorium
- A sea change in attitudes toward illegal immigration?
- Lakers center Andrew Bynum is out until playoffs
- Google hit by lawsuits over copyright issues, privacy
- Thursday's Highlights: 'Bones' hits the 100-episode mark
- Whitman's tax plan would benefit some but put California at risk
- A fling in the spring
- Obama, Medvedev sign nuclear arms treaty
- Qatari diplomat in flight scare is released
- Arizona to world: Do we have solar!
- Arrests over Israeli project
- Despite a life of hardship, he's headed for West Point
- Western officials condemn Taliban video of captured U.S. soldier
- Nikka Costa to perform at Roxy
- Authors Gary Calamar and Phil Gallo relive 'Record Store Days'
- West Virginia families see the dangers of coal mining
- A death penalty record
- U.S. has considered offering Mideast peace proposal, officials say
- Cherry Blossom Festival to be held in Little Tokyo this weekend
- Best in the West? It's anybody's game
- Movies out this weekend
- West Virginia coal mine rescue crews race against time
- Recipe: Green cilantro sauce (mojo verde)
- Back on golf's grandest stage, Tiger Woods is still Tiger Woods
- Allawi fears vote impasse may fuel chaos in Iraq
- Dodgers, Chad Billingsley get their first win
- No wedding date for Dad
- Highbrow films generate high hopes
- Foreclosure auction of Nicolas Cage's mansion is a flop
- Another look at the legends that inspired Wagner's 'Ring' operas
- Japanese found to host seaweed-digesting bacteria
- Hamid Karzai ousts 2 Afghan officials linked to vote fraud
- Tom Watson's son makes an offer that can't be refused
- Widows pursue justice in soldiers' slayings
- Sen. Boxer emphasizes progress on the economic front as she gears up for tough reelection race
- Spain bottles sunlight
- Recipe: Strawberry dumplings
- Battle brews over Obama nominee for 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- California birthrate trending down
- Shanghai aims for a world class fair
- Kings let one slip away late against Coyotes
- Take Drugs, Break a Leg?
- PHOTOS: Tyki Nelworth
- Quick Takes - April 8, 2010
- For the record - April 8, 2010
- For the record - April 8, 2010
- Recipe: Mushroom quenelles with spring vegetables
- Recipe: Strawberry dumplings
- 'Top Chef Masters': Is season 2 hot or not?
- Marcus Camby returns; former Clipper turned therapist
- What's next for oil in the Alaskan Arctic?
- Sam Rockwell was on short list to play Iron Man
- Will Dodgers have patience for work-in-progress DeWitt at second?
- Clippers update: Baron Davis unplugged
- California condor chick hatches at California's Pinnacles National Monument
- Nobody wants Nicolas Cage's 'frat house bordello' mansion
- Taylor Kitsch will climb into Pete Berg's battleship -- UPDATED
- Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Bones' hits the 100-episode mark
- Thursday's TV Talk Shows: Larry King talks about Tiger Woods
- WebClawer: Alpaca goes surfing; would-be Totos try out for 'Wizard of Oz' musical; PETA wants mothers to breastfeed to help cows; can animals commit suicide?
- 'Lost' Wednesdays: 'I just need to show them something'
- Stephen Strasburg to start Sunday in Altoona, with 60 media people on hand
- Chamber of Commerce ad attacking Brown angers some board members
- When a director becomes a Twitter cowboy
- Youth is served: L.A. Selects girls' under-19 hockey team wins opener at national championships
- 'America's Next Top Model': Simone didn't love her 'Ty-over' either
- Stupak considers reelection bid amid healthcare backlash
- Puck drops Thursday for NCAA Men's Frozen Four in Detroit
- Stupak urged to seek reelection to House despite healthcare flak
- Dozens dead or missing in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro state
- Teemu Selanne nominated for Masterton Trophy
- PASSINGS: Chris Limahelu, Jim Pagliaroni
- Video of Baghdad war casualties explodes among bloggers
- PREACH IT! Michael Lohan, Kate Major get engaged; Ministry of Gossip consults Book of Revelation
- Preview review: Carell and Rudd sit down to 'Dinner for Schmucks'
- Baseball: Chatsworth wins West Valley opener
- Angels see familiar face -- in high definition
- Angels update: Mike Napoli in Wednesday night's lineup; Maicer Izturis to start Thursday
- Wall Street to get Real with 3-D
- Opinion: Michelle Obama explains how the First Family fights fat; Now, yours can, too
- Source: Bids for Disney's Miramax range from $550 million to $650-million-plus
- Diablo Cody is pregnant, married, still responsible for 'Jennifer's Body'
- Dispatch from New York: Henri Cartier-Bresson at MoMA
- Will Jennifer Garner take on another film alias?