- Dodgers look out of place in L.A.
- WEEKEND TALK SHOWS
- "Blockade Billy" by Stephen King
- Pollen's more concentrated this year
- NFL draft could go into OT early
- California's jobless rate hits high of 12.6% in March
- CBS chief Leslie Moonves' 2009 compensation totals $43.2 million
- Are errors becoming a way of life for Dodgers?
- Some helpful resources
- Koreatown's Center Bank takes over Oakland rival in failure of 8 U.S. institutions
- Baaba Maal brings his global sound to UCLA’s Royce Hall
- WaMu failed because of run on bank, former regulatory chief says
- Studios step up fight against box office futures markets
- If Padres can’t treat Adrian Gonzalez right, they can’t treat their fans right
- Book info for ‘Blockade Billy’
- It's like speed-dating, without the romance
- L.A. Community College District gets a new chancellor
- Jury finds 2 LAPD detectives negligent in witness' death
- TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Toyota verifies flaw in Lexus SUV
- Goldman Sachs case likely to increase calls for Wall Street reform
- SEC slow to follow clues in alleged $7-billion Ponzi scheme
- The stuff of fairy tales
- Caribbean countries seek anti-drug assistance from U.S.
- A young man making his dreams come true; the death of Daryl Gates; Virginia's Confederate History Month
- Former Blackwater executives charged in weapons case
- White supremacist rally ends with five arrests and two assaults, police say [Updated]
- Will Power wins third consecutive IndyCar pole
- U.S. still unsure of its place in the World Cup
- Baaba Maal information
- Unions criticize California bill aimed at improving the policing of healthcare workers
- Oops, they did it, with spin
- NBC Universal earnings drag down parent General Electric's results
- Bank of America earns $3.2 billion in first quarter
- A humble Ryan Leaf believes he can still turn it around
- Controversial DNA swap could prevent inherited disease
- SEC targets Goldman Sachs with fraud suit
- BEYOND COMPARE
- U.S. still unsure of its place in the World Cup
- When money talks to kids
- Text from dead woman's phone number leads to arrest
- Angels' Fernando Rodney seemingly works better under pressure
- Scion of Israel political dynasty begs to differ
- The warrior chief
- Volcanic ash cloud won't give Europe a break
- Housing starts rise in March in modest rebound for U.S. builders
- A conversation with Daryl F. Gates
- Honoring a legendary teacher and his legacy
- Region's red-flag warnings are tailored to specific areas
- Playoffs no longer beckon to Lakers; it's more like a reckoning
- Cameron Carpenter on organ concert info
- Controversial LAPD chief
- The week ahead for the Angels
- Dealing with depression in seniors
- The SEC's case against Goldman Sachs
- Happening Saturday
- Horoscope: April 17
- Crashing the 'tea party'
- Teaching an Australian marsupial to choose life
- ON THE MEDIA: Don't close the door on The Entryway so fast
- Landon Donovan: Goal oriented
- Hewlett-Packard said to be target of federal bribery probe
- Suicide bombers kill 30 in Pakistan
- Hedge fund operator John Paulson a key player in SEC case against Goldman Sachs
- New hedge fund bets on sports, literally
- Sex offender pleads guilty to killing two teen girls
- Beejay Lee wins one for the little dudes at Mt. SAC Relays
- Quick Takes - April 17, 2010
- For the record - April 17, 2010
- Lakers playoff roster
- Baseball: Alemany sophomore topples No. 1 Crespi
- Jerry Brown hits state Democratic convention hall
- Opinion: Obama launches his asteroid space plan to the thrill of several on this planet
- Animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of April 17-18 and beyond
- Kemp, Ethier get Dodgers off to powerful start
- Placido Domingo returns to singing -- to prolonged bravos -- at La Scala
- Art review: Craig Kauffman at Frank Lloyd Gallery
- Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Shrek 2'
- Michael Hiltzik: Goldman Sachs and 'God's work'
- Art review: Shirley Irons at Gallery Luisotti
- Getting defensive about Dodgers' fielding
- Eight more banks fail; Koreatown's Center Bank takes over Oakland rival
- Art review: Miller Updegraff at Michael Benevento Gallery
- Baseball: Edison finds a No. 2 picher
- Weekend Talk Shows: Financial regulation is Sunday's hot topic
- Art review: Tris Vonna-Michell at Overduin and Kite
- The Bard in the Barrio
- 'Forty-Five' delivers as a bold graphic novel about heroes, villains...and fatherhood?
- Coming soon: an official public draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
- Weekend Update: Order Minx in; Jennifer Aniston fave hairstylist opens Malibu's Safire McMillan Canale, Wanda Soolip Wen schools gift-wrapping
- Apple software more vulnerable than Microsoft, security expert says
- Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay tops second practice for Long Beach Grand Prix
- Miramax talks expected to extend through the weekend
- 'Arrested Development' movie not dead yet, says Jason Bateman
- Reprise's 'How to Succeed in Business' casts female leads -- and the voice of Ed Asner
- Legislation proposed to ban box-office futures
- Activision: 'We treat our developers extremely well'
- Dodgers fans get another chance to get it right this weekend with Giants in town
- No verdict in Karatz case
- Christina Applegate, musician Martyn LeNoble are engaged
- Malfunctioning clutch is slowing Angels offense
- When Bolivian circus-animal ban goes into effect, where will the animals go?
- When it comes to home runs and walks, long ball is lesser of two evils
- PREACH IT! Well, would you look at that -- nekkid celebrities
- Microsoft pulls part of Kin campaign after 'sexting' complaints
- Antidepressant use may be higher among Type 2 diabetics
- Influenza's peaks take an easterly route across the U.S.
- Net neutrality: A barrier to a smut-free Internet?
- Phil Mickelson to join Tiger Woods at Quail Hollow Championship
- Get in touch with your stress today!
- Leslie Moonves' paycheck for 2009: $43.2 million
- Marc Jacobs keeps reading in fashion
- 'Iron Man: Extremis' puts the comics hero in motion
- The Project: Mint chocolate ice cream
- Are the haters really right to hate 'Kick-Ass'?
- Star Sightings: Eli Manning and Diddy go Pro; Maggie Gyllenhaal's lofty ways
- Opinion: Obama hails the Great Outdoors from inside the Interior Dept.
- Goldman fraud case: 'Old and simple deception and conflicts'
- IndyCar's Will Power stays hot in Long Beach
- Author and hemp activist Jack Herer has died
- Google steps up Search with localized suggestions, auto-correct
- Box-office futures market gets key approval from government
- TV This Week April 18 - 24
- Winter Olympics, Conan O'Brien settlement put a drag on NBC Universal earnings
- Friday's TV Highlights: 'Secrets of the Mountain' on NBC
- State unemployment hits record high
- Junior college transfer Lazeric Jones signs letter of intent with UCLA
- Pacific Time podcast: Volcanic ash, earthquakes, Toyota and Conan
- Partying on Foursquare Day (and don't forget to check in)
- Johnny Weir loves Balenciaga bags, supports same-sex marriage and addresses that Kate Gosselin rumor
- Rodent of the Week: Antidepressants could lessen stroke severity
- Actor Andy Garcia narrates ESPN special on Lakers
- Jay-Z sues Red Sox hitter Big Papi over 40/40 club name
- Poll: How many games will it take for the Lakers to eliminate the Thunder?
- Flower show with a twist at the Huntington
- Film Department revises IPO, reveals executive salaries
- 'Más Sabe El Diablo': Love, gunshots and empanadas
- NHL Versus ratings go up
- Voters split on whether Obama deserves another term, poll shows
- John Thompson to interview Michael Jordan on NBA TV
- Owner: We loved having Kiefer Sutherland in our strip club
- Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates dies at 83
- Your morning adorable: Duck plays on a slide
- Raymond Loewy sketches and California designs hit the block at Bonhams & Butterfields
- Police documents provide details from Ben Roethlisberger's accuser
- Whitman trains fire on Poizner as primary battle intensifies
- Zev Yaroslavsky, James Conlon stand up to 'Ring' festival heckler
- Daryl F. Gates and 'the sting of poverty' that followed him to grade school
- Sex lawsuit shuts down Steven Seagal's reality show
- Daryl F. Gates, the 1992 riots and the end of his career
- A blue and white bird of paradise
- Festival of Books: mystery writer T. Jefferson Parker
- Consumer Confidential: Naughty Goldman, jobless Californians, happy banks
- Opinion: Praying for common sense
- Jury still out in Karatz options backdating case
- Drunken Kiefer Sutherland booted from London strip club
- Chairs you can send to the cleaners? A trend in Milan
- Housing starts rise a modest 1.6% in March
- 'Real Housewives of New York City': The catwalk
- Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Jennifer Aniston's new fragrance. Ralph Lauren honored in Paris. Estee Lauder goes global. Celebs bare all for Allure
- Obama launches Great Outdoors initiative
- Paris Hilton, boyfriend Doug Reinhardt are splitsville
- The Dry Garden: What to do with exotic plants at Arboretum
- The Morning Fix: No medals for NBC Universal. Demand Media prepares IPO. DVDs down while video games are up
- SYRIA: Damascus denies Israeli allegations it transferred Scuds to Hezbollah
- Will basic cable mean lesser guests for Conan O'Brien?*
- Baseball: Thursday scores
- Softball: Thursday scores
- Mattel profit rises on robust sales and new product lines
- Obama 'amused' by protest, but remains confident
- Bank of America earns $3.2 billion in first quarter
- California’s unemployment rate hits high of 12.6%
- Monster Mash: State comes down on MOCA; Jeffrey Deitch's debut show; 'Glee's' Jonathan Groff heading to West End
- Behind the scenes with Toyota reporters Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian
- Tod's throws a party to celebrate the re-opening of its newly designed Beverly Hills digs
- Senate panel begins hearing on liberal California judicial nominee
- 'The Empire Strikes Back' and Harrison Ford at the ArcLight on May 19
- 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains': It's better to be lucky than smart
- Death by Manny Ramirez or Andre Ethier? The decisions that make baseball great
- 'Fringe': Do-over
- Attorney general finds MOCA broke laws, imposes light 'corrective actions'
- Marc Jacobs is opening a bookstore
- Opinion: Joe Biden update: Democrat says he's campaigned for some 'real turkeys' over the years
- Jorge Garcia takes The Times on a special 'Lost' tour
- It's a wild, wild strawberry
- Opinion: Large Republican gains in House seats are 'inevitable' come November: Rothenberg
- ‘Elegy for April’ by Benjamin Black
- Benjamin Hooks dies at 85; longtime NAACP leader
- Market Watch: A world of extraordinary flavors in specialty and exotic strawberries
- Volcanic ash continues to disrupt Europe flights
- Movie review: ‘The Joneses’
- Obama orders mine safety inquiry after scathing report
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Water polo, anyone? In Afghanistan?
- Satirical superhero film set to 'Kick' its way to the top
- Britons get a taste of U.S. electoral flair
- Soho House West Hollywood info
- Movie review: ‘The Perfect Game’
- My Favorite Weekend: Lisa Edelstein
- ‘Death at a Funeral’ info
- L.A.'s 'job czar' boasts a broad portfolio at City Hall
- Atlanta Freaknic party runs up against mayor
- Horoscope: April 16
- Unions offer plan to avoid layoffs of L.A. city workers
- Sitka travel info
- Pakistan promises deeper investigation of Bhutto assassination
- Regulators did little to halt reckless practices at WaMu
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Obama's book sales keep income flush, tax returns show
- Movie review: ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’
- Dan Henderson duels the UFC
- Arizona's immigration bill; Jerry Brown's record; compromising with the Taliban
- Think Simona De Silvestro, not Danica Patrick
- Up next for Galaxy: Saturday vs. Real Salt Lake
- THE BEST WAY TO ITALY'S SALINA ISLAND
- It was a no-win situation for the Diamondbacks
- After the fireball come the meteorite hunters
- Matt Kemp keeps the power turned on for Dodgers
- Letters: Not hard to determine the winner and loser at the Masters
- Swindlers take the money, if not the cake
- Suspect arrested in North Hollywood synagogue shooting
- Deadmau5 promises more than just music
- Four German soldiers killed in Afghanistan's north
- Benjamin Hooks dies at 85; longtime NAACP leader
- ‘Elegy for April’ info
- Giants' Lewis sent to Blue Jays
- Three catchers is a bit of a crowd
- SEC accuses Goldman Sachs of fraud as Obama presses for tough new regulations
- Google's 37% profit increase not enough for investors
- TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Business Briefing
- 30-year mortgage rate falls to 5.07%
- No joke — Russell Peters is a famous comedian
- Movie review: ‘Kick-Ass’
- 36 bodies found as stern of sunken South Korean warship is raised
- Movie review: ‘The Secret in Their Eyes’
- ‘The Perfect Game’ info
- China's economy expands at torrid pace in first quarter
- 16 films make Cannes Film Festival list
- California's median home price jumps 14.3% in March
- Housing starts, permits rise as builders rebound
- Lakers hope practice means something
- Market Watch: A world of extraordinary flavors in specialty and exotic strawberries
- No prison time for imam in New York subway plot
- Happening Friday
- Volcanic ash closes European airports
- Arizona's crackdown on illegal migrants feels familiar
- Volcano ash keeps planes grounded across northern Europe
- Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights
- Russia halts all adoptions to U.S.
- Carl Icahn increases Lions Gate hostile takeover offer to $7 a share from $6
- L.A. Fire Department disciplinary system faulted
- Bank of America earns $3.2 billion in first quarter
- Latest L.A. proposal for NFL stadium has a roof
- Slovakia closes air space due to Volcano ash cloud
- Hospital directive gives gays a victory without the fight
- MOCA to stage exhibit of Dennis Hopper’s artworks
- A ‘Bitter Sweet' touch for ‘Noel Coward Weekend at the Academy'
- Explosions at Myanmar festival kill 8, injure 90
- United, Continental said to resume merger talks
- ‘Elegy for April’ by Benjamin Black
- A mysterious powder and a miscarriage prompt investigation of restaurateur
- Jered Weaver looks a lot like an ace in Angels' victory
- UCLA’s Rick Neuheisel not thrilled by execution of new offense
- Explosions at Myanmar festival kill 8, injure 90
- Scuds for Hezbollah?
- South L.A.'s Nevin Avenue Elementary gives magic a chance
- Obama judicial nominee Goodwin Liu comes under GOP fire
- Lakers can't match Thunder's youth and good health
- Murrieta hospital's Medicare funding to be cut in wake of inspection revealing 'clear threats' to patient safety
- NBA PLAYOFFS: Cleveland vs. Chicago
- Milan furniture fair shrugs off recession
- Volcanic ash an air-traffic stopper but not a climate or health hazard
- Capsule Movie Reviews: ‘The Cartel’ examines a state falling down on the job in educating its children
- Tax day 'tea parties' draw thousands across U.S.
- Paper or plastic or neither
- LAX hopes to give taste buds quite a ride
- O.C. investment advisor accused of fraud
- Dominos fall in pension probe
- Dip in DVD rental revenue a worrisome signal for Hollywood
- Pittsburgh Steelers will discipline Ben Roethlisberger for off-field behavior
- NBA PLAYOFFS: Boston vs. Miami
- Salmon fishing will return to West Coast
- TV TALK SHOWS
- For eco-friendly surfboard shapers, more kelp in the lineup
- When Armageddon lives next door
- Gates calls for ratification of Colombia free trade agreement
- Night Life: A bit of Soho in WeHo
- Glendora tops Diamond Bar in pitchers’ duel, 3-0
- Ecuador's cloud-forested wonderland
- Sudan's president set to win reelection
- Volcanic ash an ill wind for airlines and tourism
- Kerry Killinger, the man who destroyed WaMu
- Hewlett-Packard is focus of bribery investigation
- ‘The Joneses’ info
- Phil Jackson enters the mind field
- Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday at Houston
- Kings looking to put first-time nervousness behind them
- MOCA ordered to revamp its budget practices
- Vancouver's Sedin twins give Canucks an edge