- Under threat from Mexican drug cartels, reporters go silent
- Talks between Iraq's top vote-getters break off
- The only kid is all right
- The Obama administration's attacks on the media
- Polo match honors 'cowboy philosopher' Will Rogers
- Attack on 14th Amendment: It's wrong
- Rooney Mara will be 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'
- Peter Bourjos quickly makes impression with Angels
- My Turn: Finding a church that goes with the grain
- U.N. chief says Pakistan flooding is epic, urges aid for victims
- Horoscope: Aug. 16
- Dodgers, Angels sign their top draft picks
- The Prop. 8 ruling and the Constitution; California's water wars; health insurance industry profits
- Bell stuck in a money rut
- For-profit colleges slammed by student loan repayment data
- Brian Westbrook signs with 49ers
- What we look for on the labels
- In China, Three Gorges Dam's image showing some cracks
- Dodgers' Joe Torre shows faith in Chad Billingsley's judgment
- Keeping the 14th Amendment
- Letters: Statins have been valuable
- Ruud Gullit puts Hollywood Hills home on the market
- Union urges Times boycott
- For the record - Aug. 16, 2010
- 'Entourage': Coke and a smile
- 'True Blood': Finally, a 24-hour news channel I'd watch
- 'The Next Food Network Star': Let's Paarti!
- Baseball: Henry Owens ends summer with a flourish
- Fiorina says mosque near ground zero is a "local issue"
- Live review: Seu Jorge and his band Almaz at Club Nokia
- Live review: Ozzfest at San Manuel Amphitheater
- Music review: Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band at the Hollywood Bowl
- Art review: 'Ryan Trecartin: Any Ever' at MOCA Pacific Design Center
- Boys' basketball: Dinwiddie helps team win in all-star game
- Adam Sandler finishing best box-office run in a decade with 'Grown Ups'
- Dodgers offense continues to falter in 13-1 blowout loss to Braves
- Baseball: Eric Pettis is steal of June draft
- Dance review: Catch Me Bird at the Ford Amphitheatre
- Ghazi Algosaibi, controversial writer and former Saudi Arabia ambassador, dies at 70
- Clippers: Eric Gordon makes the cut for Team USA
- Box office: 'Expendables' blows up, 'Scott Pilgrim' out of tune, 'Eat Pray Love' has decent first bite
- Kathy Goodman: Every win helps
- IRAN: A guide to Iran's latest nuclear moves
- Baseball: College recruiting picks up speed
- Girls' volleyball: Mira Costa falls in tournament final
- Hilary Duff marries hockey player Mike Comrie in Montecito
- Alberto Muller Rojas, former Chavez advisor, dies at 75
- Answers to Dodgers' selection of Zach Lee with No.1 pick about to be answered
- One year ago: Father Eleutherius Winance
- ScamWatch: Telemarketer pitches, the spread of malware, stealing kids' identities
- Opinion: Ted Rall: Cartoon blogging daily from Afghanistan
- In Sunday books: The quiet insurrectionist in 'The Jokers' and 'A Splendid Conspiracy'
- How teachers can comment
- Eat, pray, love — and shop
- Drew University's new nursing school opens under financial cloud
- How the teachers were evaluated
- Book review: 'Encounter' by Milan Kundera
- Shining a light on those who prey
- Paul K. Longmore dies at 64; leading disability scholar and activist
- In Sunday books: This author's got U-Haul on speed dial
- Book calendar: Author events for the week of August 15, 2010
- Scene & Heard: Geffen Playhouse's 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' party
- Want more fashion TV? Try these
- Home of the Week: Tuscan villa in Montecito
- At the intersection of grief and destiny
- Cómo se evaluó a los maestros
- Right in the eye of the storm with Giles Foden's "Turbulence"
- World Cinema: Yael Hersonski's 'A Film Unfinished' incorporates Nazi footage
- Favorite public golf courses in California
- Eat, pray, love — and shop
- A renter's guide to eco-friendly living
- Concours d'LeMons is the flipside of that other Concours
- Army Spc. Roger Lee, 26, of Monterey; among 3 killed by roadside bomb
- Obama says gulf beaches are 'open for business'
- Ted Lilly shines again in Dodgers' 2-1 win over Braves
- Whitman writes another big check to her campaign
- The Monitor: 'Hair Battle Spectacular'
- Who has standing to appeal Prop. 8 ruling?
- In a Queens neighborhood, the birth of indie video games
- In the heat of a roast
- Scene & Heard: Geffen Playhouse's 'Love, Loss, and What I Wore' party
- Drew University's new nursing school opens under financial cloud
- Drug may limit homosexuality
- The Sunday Conversation: Anne Heche
- Horoscope: Aug. 15
- FTC's fake mortgage-company site aims to educate about scams
- In India's Jammu and Kashmir state, rocks are weapon of choice
- Korean photography exhibit
- How I Made It: Alan Purwin of Helinet Aviation
- Los Angeles County investigating leaks of child death cases
- Book review: 'Encounter' by Milan Kundera
- Girl power in '50s Italy
- Judge should end personal war on 1st Amendment
- Schwarzenegger's report card
- Calendar for August 2010
- Girl's downtown ditties put spring in their step
- Despite incidents, Kennedy Pola couldn't be happier to be back at USC
- Andy Murray defeats Roger Federer in Toronto
- Cómo se evaluó a los maestros
- Ten things you might not know about Ann Taylor
- Reader recommendation: Pension Haus Weller in Germany
- How new FTC rules for debt-settlement firms may protect you
- National World War II Museum info
- Phillies, Red Sox looking to get healthy for postseason runs
- How the teachers were evaluated
- How teachers can comment
- Discoveries: 'Mattaponi Queen' by Belle Boggs
- Are conductors really necessary?
- Home of the Week: Tuscan villa in Montecito
- Smart phone review: The BlackBerry Torch
- Want more fashion TV? Try these
- Book calendar: Author events for the week of August 15, 2010
- National World War II Museum in New Orleans salutes the Greatest Generation
- South Korea says Japan must follow its apology with action
- In 1974, nudes made news at Venice Beach
- Chivas USA's Kevin Guppy plans to be ready if needed
- Videos of past California 200 races show spectators dangerously close to vehicles
- Tight end spot gets real thin at UCLA
- Smart List: A '90s kind of night with ABC Family's 'Melissa & Joey'
- A Second Look: 'L'enfance nue,' Out of the shadows of the French New Wave
- Planning your trip to California's potential monuments
- From staid to stylish
- Bike ban comes as shock in a sports-loving state
- Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury put back on DL
- Council pay in Vernon, Inglewood and Compton is high, but Bell is still No. 1
- As Europe improves, economists' worries refocus on U.S.
- Kevin Slowey's bid for a no-hitter is ended by Twins manager
- Driver, some victims identified in deadly California 200 crash; witnesses describe devastation
- In Sunday books: This author's got U-Haul on speed dial
- Right in the eye of the storm with Giles Foden's "Turbulence"
- Feedback: Sunday Calendar letters
- Prime choices
- Oberammergau Passion Play is a changing tradition
- L.A. County expects more federal aid to fund health services for the poor
- Chris Dufresne's preseason college football top 25: No. 18 Auburn
- Huntington Beach Ocean View loses to Waipio in Little League Western regional
- Titans' Stafon Johnson has surgery for dislocated right ankle and broken fibula
- For Don Chargin, boxing was only his second love
- About 'Grading the Teachers'
- USDA urges California to end food stamp cash-out
- Angels starter Dan Haren has pitched better than the record shows
- Union leader calls on L.A. teachers to boycott Times
- At California's four national monument candidates, the delight is in the details
- Much ado about 'I do'
- Online help for green renters
- Elderly mother has huge credit card debt. What to do?
- Military deaths
- War casualties
- As the Muslim world turns …
- Dodgers falter every which way in a 13-1 loss to Atlanta
- The accent's on Meryl
- Underrated / Overrated
- 'I always felt half a person'
- Blogs move from monitors to TV and movie screens
- Digital makeovers can cause real headaches
- Mosque dispute takes Obama off-message on Gulf Coast
- Toronto's Ricky Romero shuts down the Angels
- Poker: When folding isn't an option
- In Sunday books: The quiet insurrectionist in 'The Jokers' and 'A Splendid Conspiracy'
- Sunday TV highlights
- Monumental undertaking
- Chris Dufresne's preseason college football top 25: No. 19 Stanford
- Medical treatment carries possible side effect of limiting homosexuality
- Chinese teens sample American summer camp
- Childhood obesity rates level off among some groups in California
- Monument honors generations of California field workers
- At the intersection of grief and destiny
- Chess: Alejandro Ramirez wins U.S. Open
- INDIE FOCUS: Romans battle in the Highlands in 'Centurion'
- Squinting at the distant paradise
- 'Chasing Goldman Sachs' is a compelling look at Wall Street
- Week ahead for Dodgers
- Shining a light on those who prey
- It's OK for serious art to be funny
- The Movable Buffet: Repainting Vegas' art ambitions
- Letters: Traveler safety in Europe
- Shopping: MNG by Mango teams with JCPenney
- Green tips for renters
- New on DVD: 'Temple Grandin'
- Hits keep coming for Dr. Luke
- 'Housing first' and helping the homeless
- China's fight against disposable chopsticks
- Is public opinion on gay marriage ahead of the Supreme Court's?
- Outlook favorable for Tyson
- Spain's economic troubles spur Catalonia separatists to take new tack
- Chivas USA's Kevin Guppy plans to be ready if needed
- Paul K. Longmore dies at 64; leading disability scholar and activist
- Jeff Overton is quick to be thrilled with achievement
- Angels' offense is nothing to write home about in 4-1 loss to Blue Jays
- Kevin Harvick wins NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan
- In-flight Wi-Fi fees: How to get discounts
- Jazz singer championed civil rights
- China declares national day of mourning for flood victims
- Collector doesn't want these tracks in the trash
- Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla takes shellacking in stride
- Films & programs
- City Council votes to ban smoking on Santa Monica Pier
- President defends mosque remarks
- Haitian quake shook leader to his core
- Week ahead for Angels
- L.A.'s summer heat arrives late
- A grand manor in Hancock Park
- Homeownership to decline further, housing analyst predicts
- Are individuals liable when homeowner association is sued?
- Listing details
- Iraq looks to ayatollah for a way out of crisis
- Bobby Wilson powers Angels past Blue Jays, 7-2
- 'The Boy and His Bow'
- For the record - Aug. 15, 2010
- Baseball: Austin Hedges receives defensive award
- Umpire Joe West gets double dose of Angels' Mike Scioscia
- 'True Blood' Saturdays: 'You killed my Cooter!'
- Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka expecting twins
- Sunday's TV Highlights: 'The Gates' on ABC
- It's Ted Lilly to the rescue, Hong-Chih Kuo for the save in Dodgers 2-1 victory over Braves
- MMA: PWP War on the Mainland Live Coverage
- Boxer asks Obama's supporters for help
- Luis Martinez Jr. wins pole for NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race in Colorado
- Going for color
- Opinion: 9/11 families and GOP's Boehner, Palin react strongly to Obama's support of a Ground Zero mosque
- Softball: Los Angeles wins RBI World Series title
- <b>Talking Heads:</b> Local TV personalities past and present
- 'Star Wars' saga will hit Blu-ray in 2011
- UCLA football: Defensive end Odighizuwa's skills are as billed
- Who's teaching L.A.'s kids?
- ¿Quién enseña a los chicos de L.A.?
- The Bavarian town of Oberammergau remounts its singular Passion Play
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Petraeus, Kaine, Gillespie, Rendell
- Michael Hiltzik: Adam Smith Foundation, meet Adam Smith
- Seth Rogen is a Marvel true believer: 'I've kind of given up on DC'
- Meryl Streep celebrated in the play 'Streep Tease'
- EGYPT: Ramadan is fasting, praying and soap operas!
- This contemporary art really is laughable
- The Richard Sandoval show: Zengo, Raya and La Sandia
- Football: Norco lineman gets extra year of eligibility
- Football: A tradition continues at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame
- Track-by-track: Beck, Nigel Godrich, Emily Haines, Bryan Lee O'Malley & Edgar Wright dissect the 'Scott Pilgrim' music
- What's the score on conductors?
- One year ago: Mary B. Henry
- Opinion: Ticket video of the week: Iran's covered police women show their stuff anyway
- Boys' basketball: Chris Printz resigns at Golden Valley
- Garden tour: Weird, wacky Hermitage Santa Barbara
- My backyard for your gardening lessons
- Recall roundup: This week’s consumer product recalls
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: Pat Toomey on Democratic spending; Obama on protecting Social Security
- Television review: 'The Great Food Truck Race'
- Don Williamson dies at 96; former director of Laguna Beach's Pageant of the Masters
- Richie Hayward dies at 64; Little Feat drummer, founding member
- Bell must give up $2.9 million in illegal property taxes
- Craving a place in Toluca Lake?
- PASSINGS: Elaine Koster, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Jack Parnell, Dave Dixon, Matthew R. Simmons, Travis Harrelson
- There she goes. Again.
- BP oil spill may result in sea change for industry
- PASSINGS: Elaine Koster, Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, Jack Parnell, Dave Dixon, Matthew R. Simmons, Travis Harrelson
- Ports wary of stunted holiday rush
- Bobby Abreu flourishing in Angels' leadoff spot
- Next up for Galaxy: Saturday at New York
- Verdugo Hills Golf Course hopes new management will help revitalize business
- On the Media: Goodreads.com founder pushes print on the Web, not on paper
- Cathy Guisewite slowly turns past the comics page
- Long Beach firefighters photographed dying man
- U.S. energy statistics
- Fix for Civic hybrids' dying batteries may hurt gas mileage, acceleration
- Man pleads not guilty in sledgehammer attack on Glendale church monument
- Chivas USA and Seattle play to scoreless tie
- LaDainian Tomlinson is out to show that he has plenty of mileage left
- BP to proceed with relief well as precaution
- A desert city that didn't fan out
- Closing the door to gate crashers
- A JetBlue flight attendant; faith and Christianity today; skid row's Project 50
- Economic fears rise as disappointing figures pile up
- Dodgers' Joe Torre declines Hong-Chih Kuo's offer to pitch Friday
- Nick Watney takes control of PGA Championship
- Oracle sues Google over Android software
- China wants bureaucrats to shut up
- Up next for Sparks: Saturday at Tulsa
- Russia to begin activating Iran's first nuclear power plant
- Saturday's TV highlights
- Galaxy beats New York, 1-0, on Edson Buddle's 13th goal of season
- Are Dodgers being cost-effective, or just cheap?
- Hermitage in Santa Barbara: A private show
- Myanmar schedules first election in two decades
- Chris Dufresne's top 25 countdown: No. 20 USC
- Haden gets call, but no apology, from Bush
- Brian Sabean's deft moves keep Giants in playoff hunt
- USC scrimmage is another showcase for freshmen
- Two 18th Street gang members sentenced for killing infant and shooting street vendor
- Fixing Social Security
- Loyola Marymount scholar analyzes Obama's Bible references in public addresses
- Gates: Reinvest defense savings in weapons systems
- Bell must give up $2.9 million in illegal property taxes
- Boxer, Villaraigosa appear at labor rally
- Andy Murray defeats Rafael Nadal in Toronto semifinal
- Dodgers' finances include an unusual revenue-generating plan: 'Own to rent'
- Pakistan flood: How to help
- Genetically engineered salmon under FDA consideration
- Obama pledges to defend Social Security
- Horoscope: Aug. 14
- Richie Hayward dies at 64; Little Feat drummer, founding member
- "Collectors' Favorites"