- All a mother could ask for? How about a surprise visit from Robert Pattinson
- Robert Irwin's palm garden takes shape at LACMA
- Your morning adorable: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, your one-stop baby koala shop
- Mexico universities cancel exchange program with Arizona
- TOP 10 LIST: We salute the best G.I. Joe vehicles of the 1980s
- Team Whitman reacts to Democrats' attack ad
- Opinion: Support for offshore oil drilling plummets after Obama endorses the idea
- More drama at CKX as CEO Sillerman exits and may try to buy company
- The 10 greatest L.A. Kings of all time, No. 4: Rogie Vachon
- Baseball: Crespi class of 2008 doing quite well
- Will Smith signed on for 3-D 'Men in Black 3'
- Robin Roberts and the living members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Another Internet immigration rumor
- Last-minute Mother's Day gifts: Hollywood at Home's 'Dressed to Kill' trunk show
- NBC orders three new series for next season
- Opinion: SNM (single Neanderthal man) seeks SHF (single human female)
- Football: Calling all doctors, paramedics and nurses
- Suspicious package clears Times Square streets
- Opinion: Red meat square-off
- Boys' basketball: Leuzinger guard signs with CS Northridge
- Lady Gaga fans petition 'Idol' over edited 'Alejandro'
- Many assisted-living residents sleep poorly
- Sen. Lindsey Graham says it's ‘impossible' to pass climate bill now
- 'Real Housewives of New York City': Brooklyn state of mind
- 'Grey's Anatomy': Fat jokes, a confession and ... a mature adult decision?
- The Tallest Man on Earth picks five of his favorite songs, plays First Fridays
- Gustavo Dudamel to conduct Friday despite neck injury, national tour is still on
- 'America's Best Dance Crew': Beyond the show to the Jabbawockeez' MUS.I.C.
- Kristen Stewart cast in film version of Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'
- Consumer Confidential: Buy a Lexus, not a BabylissPro hair dryer
- Softball: City playoff pairings
- Pre-'SNL,' Betty White and Jimmy Fallon have a beer pong rematch
- Opinion: Supreme Court shuts its (front) door as security claims another symbol of democracy (text of Breyer dissent)
- Professional Ballerina
- Boys' volleyball: City playoff scores and updated pairings
- The life and death of DreamWorks
- Lacrosse: U.S. Lacrosse Southern Section Championships scores and updated pairings
- Water with a conscience at Annenberg Space for Photography
- The Dry Garden: Plant guru Peter Raven on how climate change will prompt change at home
- Betty White and Jimmy Fallon have beer pong rematch
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Scarlett Johansson on her looks. Armani teams with Alicia Keys. Versace wins a counterfeiting case. Givenchy casts a transsexual model. And more Mother's Day gift ideas.
- Baseball: Thursday scores
- Softball: Thursday scores
- Washington weighing in on market turmoil, looking for answers
- Question of the day: Which MLB player most seems to have overstayed their time in the bigs and should get out?
- White House greets jobless numbers with caution
- 'The Vampire Diaries': That's one scary mother
- Monster Mash: Gustavo Dudamel hurt at concert; Eli Broad sees merits to downtown museum site; Italy's opera houses go silent
- Garden Conservancy sneak peek No. 3: When she ran out of ground, she planted inspiration in pots
- 'Survivor: Heroes vs Villains': A rock in a pocket changes everything
- 'Fringe': Ferguson's disappeared!
- Gustavo Dudamel injured conducting Thursday night
- Opinion: Students booted from school for wearing American flag T-shirts; Roger Ebert proposes solution
- First Take: Brown hints at more lawsuits. GOP Senate candidates face off. November ballot gets more crowded.
- Garden Conservancy sneak peek No. 2: <br>A low-water garden where color flows freely
- Forget flowers: What Mom needs this Mother's Day is a Vicodin
- DUBAI: More suspects, more intrigue in alleged Mossad assassination case
- Treasures from '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea': never-before-seen Disney artwork
- The Morning Fix: FCC's new broadband plan! IMG and CAA duke it out. MGM's job search.
- Events: Mother's Day at Juicy Couture, Trina Turk plus salon and spa specials
- '30 Rock': There's no such thing as astronaut Mike Dexter
- In the clutch, Dodgers' Andre Ethier stands alone -- sort of like a logo
- Ridley Scott rides with 'Robin Hood': 'There's a very strong destiny story in this'
- Opinion: Read for yourself: The full text of Arizona's controversial illegal immigrant law
- French cheese: A Loire Valley primer at Andrew's Cheese Shop
- `History's Original Cougar,' exposed and expounded at Shakespeare Symposium
- CW resurrects 'Moonlight,' pairs with 'Vampire Diaries'
- After all that, losses in key stock indexes still don't exceed 10% from recent highs. Ready to try again?
- Opinion: Al Franken takes over the U.S. Senate floor to explain a newspaper cartoon to the waiting nation
- Job growth surges in April to four-year high
- Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban rally in aftermath of Tennessee floods
- Robin Roberts dies at 83; Hall of Fame pitcher
- Umaru Yar'Adua dies at 58; Nigerian president
- Market Watch: Capay Organic expands into Southern California
- Dramatic stock plunge could reinforce investors' fear of getting back into the market
- 'The War on Moms' by Sharon Lerner
- 'OSS 117 – Lost in Rio' info
- Haitians' deep aftershocks
- Ron Artest has Lakers all a-Twitter
- Word Play: Louis Sachar's card-playing obsession
- April hiring surge largest in four years
- Remembering victory
- Kagan's words may return to haunt her
- 'Babies' makes the infant a wildlife documentary subject
- Movie review: 'OSS 117 — Lost in Rio'
- UC San Diego professor who studies disobedience gains followers -- and investigators
- Choosing not to choose
- Quick Takes: Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez plans U.S. tour
- Iranians' trip to U.N. falls short
- Pakistan assures cooperation in Times Square bomb case
- Stocks nosedive as Europe's woes mount
- College seniors who graduate during a downturn fare worse than those who finish in good times
- Payday lenders pressure borrowers to get political
- Angels slam door on losing streak
- Scientists weigh in on Hawking's alien warning
- TV ratings don't tell Lakers' picture
- Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday vs. Houston
- Making geography all fun and games
- Moorpark's Matt Higginbotham wins duel
- Who would Prop. 17 car insurance initiative benefit?
- Retailers hope to be nurtured again by Mother's Day
- Movie review: 'OSS 117 — Lost in Rio'
- Happening Friday
- Angels' Jered Weaver throws a gem against Mariners
- 'Babies' info
- Nigeria's shaky balance of power takes a hit as new president is sworn in
- Country singer Chely Wright finds strength to face the music
- New chief chosen for high-speed rail project
- U.S. retail recovery continues in April but pace slackens
- A polyglot effort to keep L.A. history alive
- Movie info: 'Mother and Child'
- CalPERS may see more lawsuits
- Protecting teens or expanding a 'nanny state'?
- Letters: If clothes make the man, what does this say about Kobe Bryant?
- Horoscope: May 7
- Spring St. info
- 'Iron Man 2' has 'The Dark Knight' in its sights
- Pakistan assures cooperation in Times Square bomb case
- Oil spill takes toll on Cambodian, Vietnamese fishermen
- Gunshots shatter lives and a dream
- Riordan's talk of fiscal doom rankles L.A. leaders
- Russian warship rescues hijacked tanker
- Mumbai gunman sentenced to hang
- Villaraigosa drops plan to cut arts grants
- Oil slick reaches Louisiana's barrier islands
- To many investors, gold is all that glitters
- 'The Lightkeepers' info
- Greece teetering between chaos and calm
- A quiet night, until agents saw Shahzad's name
- Judge orders Dodgers' Frank McCourt to pay his wife more than $637,000 a month in spousal support
- 'Pen finally has signature night for Dodgers
- Judge orders Frank McCourt to pay wife $637,000 a month
- <b>Movie review: </b> 'Babies,' a joyous and buoyant new documentary
- Night Life: Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles
- 'Multiple Sarcasms' info
- 'Breath Made Visible' info
- Movie review: 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money'
- Friday's TV highlights
- FCC chooses a middle ground in enforcing net neutrality
- China praises North Korea at end of Kim Jong Il's visit
- Movie review: 'Mother and Child'
- Lawrence Taylor admits to paying for sex at hotel
- Up next for the Galaxy: Saturday at Seattle
- GOP Senate candidates spar in first face-to-face debate
- Pac-10, Big 12 commissioners continue alliance discussion
- Movie review: 'Breath Made Visible'
- Ojai's Libbey Bowl gets a first-stage revamping
- Hospital's treatment of critically ill infants scrutinized
- Capsule movie reviews: 'Behind the Burly Q'
- The lastest attempted terrorist bombing; immigration reform; bed nets to combat malaria
- Time travel? Maybe
- MLB targets problems in Dominican Republic
- Horoscope: May 7
- Umaru Yar'Adua dies at 58; Nigerian president
- Market Watch: Capay Organic expands into Southern California
- First-run movies go home
- Basketball gives Oklahoma City a new brand
- Job growth surges in April to four-year high, U.S. says
- Friday's TV talk shows
- 'The War on Moms' info
- NHTSA official offers lukewarm endorsement of auto safety bill
- L.A. Then and Now: Peacocks are one of Arcadia founder's legacies
- The business of broadband
- Movie review: 'Multiple Sarcasms'
- FCC chooses a middle ground in enforcing net neutrality
- Movie review: 'The Lightkeepers'
- 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money' info
- Fountain-type system in Maya city may be first in New World
- Fast Track: How did Elvis Presley really die?
- Lakers hope to win at least one on the road
- Boxer Paul Williams wants to step down to move up
- No panic by Angels, but it's time for a meeting
- My Turn: This nurse and patient prefers the VA to private hospitals
- California parole agency breaks up sex-offender encampment in Anaheim
- Dodgers are able to hold off the Rockies
- For the record - May 7, 2010
- High-frequency traders in the cross hairs after stock market's wild day
- 'Lost' Thursdays: 'Push the button'
- The kid is all right: John Ely makes his bid to stay in Dodgers' rotation in 7-3 win over Brewers
- Art review: Michael Light at Craig Krull Gallery
- Opinion: Conservatives projected to win British election, but governing may elude; Brown's Labor Party lags
- Art review: Darlene Campbell at Koplin Del Rio
- Art review: Rowan Wood at Steve Turner Contemporary
- Art review: Peter Wegner at William Griffin Gallery
- Baseball: Bryan Petersen set to play for Florida Marlins
- Friday's TV Highlights: 'Smallville' on KTLA
- 'Clearly erroneous' trades to be canceled after some stocks dive to pennies in market mayhem
- There is no other option for Dodgers: Kershaw and Billingsley must deliver
- Theater review: 'The Gift Horse' at Working Stage Theater
- Friday's TV Talk Shows
- Don Cheadle compares War Machine suit to 'walking around with a barbecue grill on my back'
- Theater review: 'Jawbone of an Ass' at the Lillian Theatre
- It's the apes' planet. We just live on it.
- Track: Loyola pole vaulter clears 16 feet
- India's Reliance expands its U.S. footprint
- Shave pets, help the Gulf oil spill recovery effort: Organization turns fur into mats that help contain oil
- Theater review: 'Two Wrongs' at the Lounge Theatre
- StarCraft II game friends Facebook
- Actors unions' appear ready to walk down the aisle
- Baseball: Cleveland pulls out 8-7 win over Taft
- Baseball: Banning wins Marine League title
- Gwyneth Paltrow on 'Ellen': Mum on Madonna, but not about daughter Apple's Beyonce ambitions
- Opinion: Navy jury acquits 3rd SEAL of assaulting accused Iraqi terrorist
- Sorry America, the world's biggest burger may very well be Canadian
- Cinco de Secret Shows: Wavves at Origami Vinyl, Jane's Addiction at Bardot
- Goalie Jonathan Bernier gets ready for Game 6 in Calder Cup division series
- Aprons: Back in fashion?
- Baseball: Karkenny saves Chatsworth's 2-1 victory
- This week's L.A. Times Test Kitchen recipes
- Rare scimitar-horned oryx calf born at National Zoo's conservation center
- 'Planet of the Apes' again? Yes, Hollywood still has a monkey on its back
- Angels hope they're not sleepless in Seattle
- Clean-tech investment in first quarter of 2010 improves
- Judge forces more delays in unsealing of iPhone raid documents
- L.A. County spending $350,000 to plan a higher-profile future for John Anson Ford Theatres
- Backers of majority-vote budget measure to submit signatures Friday
- The List: Los Angeles Times bestsellers (hardcover and paperback) for May 9, 2010.
- Baldacci's back ... on the L.A. Times bestseller list
- Gulf oil spill: NOAA taking samples deeper in water column
- Angels lineup for Thursday night's game: Same as it ever was
- Out of balance: Intelligence report breaks down Mexico narco war
- Cause for 'Glee': TV academy honors 'television with a conscience'
- Gulf oil spill: Congress wants independent panel with subpoena power
- Job stress can cause heart attacks for women too
- Music review: Finally, a party for Betty Freeman
- Los Angeles Times book coverage for May 9, 2010.
- Weight-loss surgery for kids: maybe as a last resort
- Fashion face time: Meet Trace Ayala Thursday and Nelly Friday
- PREACH IT! Sandra Bullock -- pulling a Charlie Sheen?
- Companies 'laughing at us' over property tax loopholes, says lawmaker
- Gulf oil spill: Interior secretary extends drill freeze to Arctic
- Give your mom some flowers she can sink her teeth into on Mother's Day
- Lawsuit seeks to delay election to fill Maldonado seat
- One side of debate over Arizona's immigration law is boiled down to a tee
- Lawrence Taylor out on bail after arraignment on rape charge
- Dining by days of the week: Cube's Dessert Bar Mondays and Lasagna Lab Tuesdays; Sunday suppers everywhere
- Gulf oil spill: Latest satellite photo shows Louisiana landfall
- Former 'DWTS' contestant Lawrence Taylor arrested in rape case
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is testing Gulf seafood; so far, so good, it says
- In Paris, another look at the Roman Empire's influence -- this time, on Buddhist art
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 propels revenue, profit for Activision Blizzard
- Glum and glummer: The movie critics weigh in on 'Iron Man 2'
- Chaz Bono is now legally a man
- The trick to getting kids to eat their vegetables? Give them more
- Gulf oil spill: Federal officials taking fish samples for testing
- Rodarte creates T-shirts for the 50th anniversary of the Godard classic 'Breathless'
- Senate rejects GOP consumer protection amendment
- Ohio State catches 'Glee' fever with flash mob
- Dow closes down 347 points after nearly 1,000-point plunge
- Movie projector: 'Iron Man 2' has 'The Dark Knight' in its sights
- Smug Alert: San Francisco's Outside Lands unveils lineup ... of food and wine
- Zef-watch 2010: Die Antwoord confirms deal with Interscope
- Vijay Iyer to stretch out with Idyllwild Arts Orchestra at REDCAT
- A price break on the Pauley Pavilion renovation
- Raiders release former No. 1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell
- Lawrence Taylor charged with third-degree rape
- Greece's turmoil could mean political challenge for U.S.
- David Sedaris: Is he really that good?
- Brooks Brothers and Social Primer tie one on in style
- Toshiba combining two large subsidiaries in Irvine
- Vargas, Frazetta, Rockwell illustrations to be auctioned
- Tea party darling Sarah Palin backs Carly Fiorina
- Google Goggles 'see,' translates text in photos
- Gulf oil spill: Virginia offshore drilling plan postponed
- Jason Statham doesn't play it safe
- Domestic South Carolina cat nurses orphaned bobcats
- Gulf oil spill: Chandeleur Islands are first oil victim
- Kobe Bryant named to All-NBA first team; Pau Gasol a third-teamer
- No 7th heaven for new 'Hell's Kitchen' contestants
- Comedy Central courts controversy with animated Jesus, dope and sex
- Veteran Universal Pictures executive Jimmy Horowitz gains presidential stripes
- Type of bacteria in the gut may influence obesity
- Is it time to care about the Like again?
- Your morning adorable: Patient dog babysits chick
- Relax: Here are some spa treatment ideas for Mother's Day
- The Muppets go 'Lost' crazy
- And the Oscar goes to ... a food truck?
- Show us your aprons!
- The 10 greatest L.A. Kings of all time, No. 5: Dave Taylor
- 'Jerseylicious' picked up for a second season
- Luke Cage leads in 'Thunderbolts' but will Hollywood lightning ever hit?
- Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts dies at 83
- Keeping OMGFacts' tweets in check
- Biden urges Europeans to embrace U.S. plan to track terror cash
- Adult survivors of childhood cancer more likely to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder
- Get a sneak peek at an Italian dream, one stop on the Garden Conservancy tour this weekend
- 'America's Next Top Model's' Jay Manuel auctions his clothes for a good cause
- Lawrence Taylor arrested in connection with rape, beating of girl
- Body rebels against even one sleepless night
- Broad says downtown art museum would draw better than one in Santa Monica
- Obama asks Senate to reject GOP version of consumer protection
- Dodgers hope Garret Anderson is back on track
- FCC tries middle ground on net neutrality
- Kitty Kelley responds to Oprah Winfrey's complaints; are the Obamas up next?
- Evangelist Franklin Graham prays at Pentagon after invitation is withdrawn
- Q&A: What makes a lady 'Classy'? Derek Blasberg knows
- Opinion: Rioting in Greece over debt -- could it happen here?
- David and Travis Wear will leave North Carolina; is UCLA a possible destination?
- The Phoenix Suns inspire mixed reactions with Los Suns jerseys
- State officials file suit against two former CalPERS officials