- Nigel Lythgoe: His ticket to the next round
- Ronald Neame dies at 99; prominent British filmmaker
- Padres in first place in the right place
- AEG announces agreement to pay $1.3 million to help cover cost of Michael Jackson memorial
- The USGA gets a couple of things right by shortening holes
- Congress to weigh regulation of financing by auto dealers
- Sharing a win they didn't see
- WORLD CUP: U.S. gets a tie but wanted more
- Shaolin Temple's real kick is inner peace
- Fox to sneak-preview movie 'Knight and Day' to generate missing buzz
- Horoscope: June 19
- In Haiti, aftershocks of a mother's wrenching decision
- L.A. Film Festival honors Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
- Happening Saturday
- Walgreens to stay in Caremark's prescription-plan network
- Testing the waters —literally — at Orange County beaches
- Retirement, here and abroad
- LAPD cancels training trip to Arizona out of 'respect' for council's boycott
- Colleague backs BART officer's claim in shooting death
- Costa Mesa's declaration on immigrants almost costs hotel a conference
- Market Watch: New pest SWD forcing some farmers to turn to pesticides
- Brian Lamb: Medium Cool
- Federal agency investigates porn industry clinic
- Lakers parade will close wide swath of downtown Monday
- Justine Henin wins Wimbledon tuneup
- Cameroon falls to Denmark, 2-1, and is eliminated
- Pop music review: Cuban singer Silvio Rodriguez dazzles at the Gibson Amphitheatre
- Anti-Taliban tribal militias come with baggage
- Malibu jury deadlocks in trial of surfers charged with beating paparazzo
- Hopes dim for quick legislative action to boost California's food stamp participation rate
- Cal State OKs 5% hike in undergraduate fees
- Venus Williams and Andy Roddick remember 2009 Wimbledon finals but prefer to look ahead
- World Cup preview: A look at Sunday's matches
- French are practically toast, and England's getting roasted
- Ginger Rogers' former home goes on the market
- Kobe Bryant might not be No. 1, but he's one of a kind
- Football: Jacob Smith appears headed for Granada Hills
- Baseball: Yucaipa pitcher gets $800,000 bonus
- Football: Oaks Christian-Long Beach Poly put on a show
- Killings in the neighborhood take toll on young minds
- The light and dark of Tom Cruise's 'Knight & Day'
- Animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of June 20-21 and beyond
- Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' on HBO
- Weekend TV Talk Shows: The Gulf oil disaster remains a key topic
- Jason Bowles wins pole for NASCAR K&N Pro Series race in Sonoma
- Dodgers open their Fenway experience with nightmare fifth inning in 10-6 loss
- Whitman wants nurses' union mailing list; nurses want candidate forums
- The classic 'Star Wars' poster and The Force of history
- Art review: Lael Corbin at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
- Japan 'holds they key' to progress at International Whaling Commission meeting, expert says
- Mark Ruffalo talks about his next role (in the men's room)
- Snoop Dogg pays homage to Sookie and 'True Blood.' The video result? Amazing.
- Hwang and Nottage get commissions while five other playwrights get 'living wage' grants
- Comcast-NBC Universal deal gets Mayor Villaraigosa's blessing
- Rodent of the Week: Why women are more vulnerable to psychiatric stress
- Opinion: Marx Bros. break out in a House hearing
- Julianne Moore feels the buzz at 'The Kids Are All Right' premiere
- Friday editions delayed, incomplete
- Manny Ramirez receives mixed reception at Fenway Park
- Tony Smith's monumental sculpture 'Smoke' will not disappear from LACMA; multimillion-dollar purchase finalized
- What's that? Health insurance more likely for those with a college degree??
- Fundraiser will auction signed animation cels
- Theater review: 'The Three Musketeers' at the Theatricum Botanicum
- World Cup: Landon Donovan's play sure to have impressed watching Everton Coach David Moyes
- Writers Guild members approve new rules on credits
- Theater review: 'The Jesus Hickey' at Skylight Theatre
- Opinion: Social nets wrap: Thompson, Issa and others poke fun on a Friday
- Dodgers pregame notes: Manny Ramirez returns to Boston
- Luby's cafeteria to buy Fuddruckers and Koo Koo Roo for $61 million
- John Stevens, former Flyers coach, remains Kings' top choice for assistant coaching job
- Lakers-Celtics Game 7 draws almost 30 million viewers
- Report: Rachel Bilson, Hayden Christensen take an engagement break
- Art review: Hilary Brace at Craig Krull
- Gulf oil spill: Escrow chief in BP fund promises speed
- Fedor Emelianenko ready for next fight
- Fox to sneak preview weak tracking 'Knight and Day' on Saturday
- TV This Week for June 20th – 26th: 'Futurama' returns
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: Don't blame the referee from Mali
- Early fitness important to cutting future risk of diabetes, heart disease
- Gulf oil spill: Swift reaction to BP's ouster of Hayward from spill response
- Jaleel White celebrates his nerdy Urkel past
- Rob Blake ends NHL career; former King praised as 'elite-level player' with 'a blue-collar heart'
- John Adams lends his music to 'I Am Love,' starring Tilda Swinton
- Torii Hunter, Howie Kendrick help power Angels to 7-6 victory over Chicago Cubs
- Designer Katie Simone Nehra presents her Fall 2010 line with an intimate poolside soiree
- High-level Mexican officials not to blame in day-care center fire, Supreme Court says
- Theater review: 'Yellow' at the Coast Playhouse
- Gulf oil spill: Tony Hayward replaced as head of BP oil cleanup effort
- Delphic's overdue disco at the Echo tonight
- LAFF 2010: The cast of 'The Kids Are All Right' goes downtown (VIDEO)
- Stop the fracking: HBO doc 'Gasland' covers another environmental disaster
- World Cup: England vs. Algeria: Teams play to scoreless tie
- FDA panel recommends against drug for increasing women's libido
- Gulf oil spill: Oil collection up by about 25%
- What if you went to a riot and a film festival broke out?
- Art review: Achim Freyer at Ace Gallery
- Seth Rogen reads 'Ferdinand the Bull' live in Los Angeles
- Andre Ward fights for Super Six lead Saturday in Oakland
- Dodgers invade Fenway: Will Manny Ramirez hear any cheers amid the boos?
- Art review: Yvonne Venegas at Shoshana Wayne Gallery
- Billy Joe Shaver returns to L.A. on Saturday
- Pacific Time podcast: L.A. Lakers, Westside stories, crime in Salinas and vacation by train
- MOROCCO: Dispatch from Fez: Sounds and scenes from the World Sacred Music Festival
- Lakers' Sasha Vujacic also went off the bench to model for Rock & Republic’s SV18
- Assembly leader Perez drums up support for budget proposal; questions about its legality are raised
- FDA panel recommends approval of 5-day 'morning after' pill
- Summer reading: Marisa Silver on Richard Flanagan
- Disneyland to provide sign language interpreters
- SpaghettiOs, Marie Callender frozen dinners yanked in food recalls, and an agency brawl over beef
- L.A. Master Chorale hopes to raise its profile with a Nico Muhly CD and a new partnership with Decca
- Former King Rob Blake announces retirement from NHL
- What cars women pick
- Lakers' championship beats World Cup on Twitter with record activity
- Zenani Mandela, 13: A famous family says farewell
- UFC's Court McGee triumphs over adversity
- Your morning adorable: Duckling and dog play -- each in their own way -- with a squeaky toy
- Combo Plate: Food (truck) fight, carbo-loading for charity, burger inspiration and more
- The Project: Rosemary-crusted porterhouse steaks with red wine sauce
- Magnum Photos Collection opens to the public
- British director Ronald Neame dies at 99
- Catcher Jeff Mathis returns to Angels' lineup against Cubs
- Consumer Confidential: More jobs, bad SpaghettiOs, dead letters
- Poll: Is Kobe Bryant the greatest Laker of all time?
- Portugal's Jose Saramago, Nobel winner for literature, dies at 87
- Angels are encouraged by shortstop Erick Aybar's progress
- Lakers' Game 7 victory is ratings success for ABC
- 'Entourage' star Rex Lee says Ari's not done abusing Lloyd
- Miley Cyrus is everywhere, with a little help from Disney ... and Bret Michaels
- LEBANON, ISRAEL: Politicians trade barbs as activists prepare to set sail for Gaza
- Erykah Badu offers an unapologetic 'window seat' to her soul
- John Delloro, labor leader and teacher, dies at 38
- World Cup: Serbia vs. Germany: Serbia wins, 1-0
- Adam Lambert's half-shaved head -- and a peek at him putting on his guyliner
- Personal income grows slightly, helped by stimulus funds
- Hunter or nurturer? Some lessons for Father's Day
- Jonah Hex is Hollywood ugly but riding tall in his first graphic novel
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: WWD takes on Lady Gaga. Adam Lambert's half-shaved head
- French ceramics from Boone Collection donated to Huntington, LACMA
- Ceramics at Eagle Rock, South Pasadena events
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: U.S. rallies for 2-2 tie
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: Tied in the 86th minute
- The Morning Fix: Shocker! Another big exit at MySpace. Turkey's hot and steamy soaps. Jonas Brothers fading?
- Eccola's new Los Angeles store opens on Beverly
- Question of the Day: Will the Lakers three-peat? If not, who will stop them?
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia after 65 minutes
- IRAN: In a surprise, hard-liners take on Ahmadinejad for being too lax on 'improper' veiling
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: U.S. pulls within 2-1
- Monster Mash: Miami Art Museum names new director; piano project comes to New York
- The Dry Garden: Loving mulch before it's mulch
- Showtime picks up 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl' for a fourth season
- Fans mourn Michael Jackson
- Opinion: NY Times 2 Twitter: No Tweet here
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: U.S. trails, 2-0, at halftime
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: After 30 minutes, an aggressive Slovenia leads 1-0
- Opinion: Hillary Clinton drops immigration bombshell: Feds will sue Arizona
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia: Slovenia leads 1-0
- Wall Street Roundup: CalPERS gears up. Swiss bank fears
- Nook Sleep Systems debuts new line of mix-and-match bedding for baby (and you)
- Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago dies at 87
- U.S. vs. Slovenia -- World Cup pregame
- REVIEW: 'Toy Story 3' is 'everything you hoped it would be'
- Knowledge of self: Self Jupiter talks Freestyle Fellowship reunion, returning to school, and the West Coast underground
- World Cup: U.S. vs. Slovenia lineups
- MOCA taps L.A. artist Doug Aitken to make its next gala groovy, if not Gaga
- One year ago: Ali Akbar Khan
- World Cup: Team practices hampered by bad conditions
- Dispatch from Fez: Sounds and scenes from the World Sacred Music Festival
- World Cup: Historic win for Mexico
- Opinion: Obama's 'hopey-changey' fading abroad now too
- Gulf oil spill worsens -- but what about the safety of gas fracking?
- Workers give performance reviews low marks
- Garry Shider dies at 56; longtime member of musical collective Parliament-Funkadelic
- David Martinez dies at 67; pastor's church helped gang members and addicts
- Credit card firms say consumers side with them on merchant fees. Oh, really?
- FDA fines Red Cross $16 million after blood safety inspection
- FCC moves to gain more authority over broadband service
- Jaleel White fondly recalls playing Urkel on 'Family Matters'
- Movie Review: 'Jonah Hex'
- Mortgage rates rise slightly but remain near record lows
- Lakers come to their own defense
- New charges filed against 'Jason Bourne' suspect
- Israel agrees to ease restrictions on imports to Gaza
- Supreme Court rules in favor of California police chief who read employee's texts
- Jimmie Johnson isn't king of this road
- Feds charge 1,200 people in mortgage fraud crackdown
- U.S. cars take lead in quality
- Death by firing squad spotlights old execution method
- The NRA and transparency in advertising
- Los Angeles Film Festival: Double exposure for Trieste Kelly Dunn
- Embracing the love of Amma, 'the Hugging Saint'
- California small business program faces loss of federal funds
- Horoscope: June 18
- Lakers have 16 NBA banners — and a tweeting record
- Evidence of witness tampering found in Red Line subway court battle
- KIIS-FM leads Los Angeles and Orange County radio ratings
- GOP lawmaker defends BP, at his party's peril
- After title time comes decision time for Lakers
- Rep. Joe Barton and oil industry have long history
- David Martinez dies at 67; pastor's church helped gang members and addicts
- Obama finally makes a move for the gulf
- PASSINGS: Sebastian Horsley, Ernie Johnson
- Pebble Beach's Cliffs of Over? Not for Phil Mickelson
- Making college sports clean again
- Farmland protection program turns into penny ante game
- Don't blame Facebook
- Tiger Woods has a long way back at U.S. Open
- TODAY'S GAMES
- Night Life: Sam Nazarian's Colony vs. David Judaken's MyStudio
- Prepaid fund to cover future financial collapses nixed
- Preliminary settlement reached in autism lawsuit
- Fishermen face scales of justice
- Corporate welfare and California's budget deficit
- 'I Know I Am, But What Are You?'
- My Turn: A little life in her motivation
- Sparks lose to Sun, 78-75, after losing star
- Movie review: 'Toy Story 3'
- Head of BP rejects taking blame
- California home prices jump 20.9% in May
- Night Out info
- 'Anton Chekhov's The Duel' info
- What tack to take on Abby Sunderland's tale?
- Despite heavy LAPD presence, violence breaks out after Lakers' victory
- Quick Takes: London Olympics enlist Danny Boyle
- MySpace loses another top executive
- Capsule movie reviews: '2:22'
- Matt Kemp feeling better at the plate
- Boston's Rasheed Wallace goes out on a positive performance
- Mexico's Javier Hernandez might have spot in lineup against Uruguay
- Designers move to accommodate alternatives to incandescent bulbs
- Movie review: 'I Am Love'
- 'I Am Love' info
- Pilot convicted of recklessly operating aircraft for buzzing Santa Monica Pier
- Lakers-Celtics Game 7 is a triumph in TV ratings
- At College World Series, UCLA is out to show it's not a one-dimensional team
- Fixing the filibuster
- Whitman launches ads on Spanish-language TV stations
- Book review: 'I Know I Am, But What Are You?' by Samantha Bee
- U.S. rallies for 2-2 tie with Slovenia
- Overseer of BP fund 'a force of nature'
- Friday's Talk Shows
- Parents of Mexican preschool fire victims angry about ruling
- Angels are nearly thunderstruck
- Evidence of witness tampering found in Red Line subway court battle
- Evidence shows tenacity of plaintiffs' attorney in Toyota case
- U.S. gets a tie but wanted more against Slovenia
- Angels' Erick Aybar appears to be a fast healer
- Movie review: 'Cyrus'
- 'Toy Story 3' director Lee Unkrich can breathe easy
- My Favorite Weekend: Kevin Nealon
- Events happening Friday
- Friday's Highlights
- 'Toy Story 3' appears blessed, 'Jonah Hex' cursed
- Lakers' success comes down to more than Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol
- Times Square bomb suspect is indicted
- A family's grief magnified
- Probation chief needs room to turn department around
- U.S. soccer players happy to have tie with Slovenia
- Movie review: 'Anton Chekhov's The Duel'
- Retail chains are embracing their online stores
- LAPD officers questioned in gunshots outside restaurant
- Alleged Ponzi scheme operator's assets frozen
- Phil Mickelson makes a move at U.S. Open; Tiger Woods does not
- Kings offer assistant coaching job to John Stevens
- Ron Artest talks quite a game after his 20-point Game 7 performance
- Lakers forward Ron Artest is the calm in sea of awful shooting
- GreenRoad online system monitors truckers' driving habits
- BP replaces CEO Hayward as point man for oil spill response
- Letters: Lakers' flags are flying
- Cal State raises undergraduate student fees by 5%
- Murder, and then stares, in L.A.'s Koreatown
- Little hope for 53 missing miners in Colombia
- L.A. mayor picks new animal services chief
- Should the Getty merge its president and museum director positions?
- Obama and BP's oil spill; Michelle Obama's oil use; prison overcrowding
- A day after Lakers' title victory, a smiling Magic Johnson can't shut up, and is willing to put up
- World Cup: A preview of Saturday's matches
- Hotel bets on studio to attract Hollywood crowd
- 'Cyrus' info
- Muslims around the world less approving of Obama
- For the record - June 18, 2010
- 'So You Think You Can Dance': OMG, Bieber and an elimination!
- Candace Parker will have shoulder surgery and is out for the season
- Mayor Villaraigosa appoints Brenda Barnette to head L.A. Department of Animal Services
- Friday's TV Highlights: 'Crossroads' on CMT.
- Friday's TV Talk Shows
- Wally Wood, talented and troubled, was born 83 years ago today
- Bushmeat from Africa is being smuggled into Europe at an alarming rate, new study finds
- Ron Tutor and David Bergstein keep negotiating for Miramax
- In Los Angeles area, more Mexico soccer fans celebrate a World Cup victory
- So what was an alligator doing in a puddle in Ohio?
- Reports: Gary Coleman's body has been cremated
- In Mexico City, scenes from a World Cup victory party
- IRAQ: U.S. State Department's Jeffrey Feltman says new government must be 'inclusive'
- On the air: Mahony deposition, Lakers-Celtics, Afghanistan
- Star sightings: Seth MacFarlane makes music, Sophia Bush goes Team Bella
- World Cup: TV reporter Sara Carbonero grills boyfriend (and Spain's keeper) Iker Casillas after loss to Switzerland
- Jerry O'Flaherty's samurai maneuver
- Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays arts fete for Henry Segerstrom; now it's his turn
- Cooper-Hewitt awards go to designers of High Line, birding center and designer shops
- E3 2010: MTV outsources Rock Band instruments, embraces dancing