- For France, Tunisia is another diplomatic black eye
- Lebanon Druze leader Walid Jumblatt sides with Hezbollah in crisis
- Belarus leader begins new term
- South Koreans rescue hijacked freighter
- 'The Way Back' and its long trek to the screen
- Challenger disaster still haunts NASA 25 years later
- Nets owner finally threw in the towel on deal to land Carmelo Anthony
- State of the Union a 'fundamental moment' for Obama
- State treasurer warns of IOUs if budget isn't passed soon
- U.S. ties with Chile, 1-1
- Obama touts U.S. innovation in State of the Union preview
- MSNBC ends contract with anchor Keith Olbermann
- Ryan Villopoto hits a home run in supercross
- Graffiti death threats made against Gov. Jerry Brown
- Warner Music Group said to weigh a potential sale
- Duvalier breaks silence, offers condolences to quake victims
- Parents assail malpractice caps after daughter's death at UCLA hospital
- Protecting L.A.'s pocket
- Are corporations people?
- Researchers work to harness power of good cholesterol
- New Google service aims to compete with Groupon
- Andy Coulson resigns as communications director for British Prime Minister David Cameron
- Republican hopefuls lay groundwork for 2012
- The first to see films: film festival gatekeepers
- Viacom execs rake in big pay
- It's not always rosy for U.S. soccer players in Europe
- Coda Automotive names Philip Murtaugh as new CEO
- Gabrielle Giffords leaves Tucson
- Ron Artest keeps Carmelo Anthony in check in Lakers' win
- Mitt Romney wins GOP presidential straw poll in New Hampshire
- On the Media: Comcast's local-news pledge rings hollow
- At Sundance, a science documentary revives language questions
- Kappe House by the numbers
- Parents vs. 'Skins'
- Maker of anesthetic used in executions is discontinuing drug
- Iran won't let Tehran mayor travel to U.S.
- Didier Cuche, 36, is oldest World Cup men's race winner
- Web Buzz: Enhance your phone photos with this app
- For the record - Jan. 22, 2011
- Travis Pastrana unveils NASCAR plans at LA Live
- Southern California animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of Jan. 22-23 and beyond
- Video goodness: Hey, that's no midfielder! Terrier crashes soccer game, tries to catch the ball
- Vernon Wells by the numbers ... it's not all pretty
- Time for Comcast to up commitment to NBC, local news
- Boys' basketball: Taft puts on a show in 69-32 victory
- South Korean Buddhists pray for animals killed during foot-and-mouth disease epidemic
- Nevada's wild mustangs: Officials reject philanthropist's sanctuary
- Vernon Wells says he'd be happy in left field for Angels
- Sundance 2011: With Paul Giamatti's 'Win Win,' Tom McCarthy looks to score once again
- Keith Olbermann's departure from MSNBC creates headache for Comcast
- Monday's Talk Shows
- Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Green Zone' on HBO
- Visual effects Bake-offs and a party for the ages
- Facebook raises $1.5 billion, about $1 billion of it overseas, will share financials by April 2012
- Fashion Diary: Stefano Tonchi puts his mark on W magazine
- Paris Fashion Week: Rick Owens and the dangerous-looking duffle coat
- Mexican pop star Kalimba arrested, charged with rape
- Angels make a big move in getting Vernon Wells for Napoli, Rivera
- Keith Olbermann abruptly departs MSNBC
- Caption this: Chilly squirrel monkeys warm up by sitting on a radiator
- Sundance 2011: 'Knuckle' leaves a lasting impression
- Sundance 2011: Is Kevin Spacey's 'Margin Call' an indie 'Wall Street'?
- Crocodile at Ukraine aquarium swallows cellphone
- Google to give outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt $100-million equity award, report says
- Elizabeth Olsen, sister of the Olsen twins: This year's Sundance 'It' girl?
- DirecTV votes down 'The Kennedys' as producers struggle to sell miniseries
- Oscar nominated short films to get theatrical release
- Kyle Richards attacks Kim Richards on 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'
- CNN improves ratings with Piers Morgan but still has miles to go in prime time
- Boys' basketball: Oak Park freshman scores 32 points in quarter
- More trouble for 'Skins'? Taco Bell, GM pull advertising
- Sundance 2011: Three acquisition targets come to the fore
- Muni bond market rallies again, pushing yields down
- Marriott to phase out adult content from in-room entertainment
- Natalie Portman likes Ashton Kutcher's parenting skills
- USC football: Stafon Johnson to file personal injury lawsuit against school
- Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman received $84.5 million compensation in fiscal 2010
- Billy Al Bengston shows his softer side in a show curated by his wife, Wendy Al
- Opinion: Editorial cartoons: Riffing on Hu Jintao's visit, the irony of MLK Day and the inhumanity of repealing Obamacare
- Scientists hold out hope that Galapagos tortoise Lonesome George will reproduce
- Universal iPhone 4 bumpers that fit AT&T and Verizon models found in Apple store
- Angels send Mike Napoli to Toronto for Vernon Wells
- Dodgers' 2011 payroll reaches $94.5 million; now Frank McCourt just has to pay it
- John Lennon's private letters to be published in 2012
- For clues to the economy, look to gun sales and other offbeat data
- Envelope Directors Roundtable: Actor-director relationships
- Weekend Talk Shows
- Manufacturing in California looks up
- Warner Music Group mulls sale, even as it considers buying EMI
- '24' movie: Script still in flux for Jack Bauer's big-screen debut
- On eve of co-headlining tour, a double interview with Wavves' Nathan Williams and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino (Part One)
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tips: Peeling ginger
- Steven Zaillian to receive WGA's lifetime achievement award
- Gender-neutral toilets divide gay community in Brazil
- Critical Mass: 'No Strings Attached'
- Wallace Shawn bring his incisive neuroticism to UCLA Live
- Judge voids part of TCW Group suit against DoubleLine funds
- SAG Awards: The last chance for an upset?
- Kings' Dean Lombardi fined $50,000 by NHL
- Karole Armitage shows her dance moves from ballet to Broadway
- Pittsburgh Steelers' Dan Rooney is concerned about lack of progress in NFL labor negotiations
- Remembering costume designer Theoni V. Aldredge
- Coda electric car company names Philip Murtaugh as new chief executive
- Kings' Lombardi, Murray face hefty fines
- Roger Ebert, before and after: Movie critic reveals his new prosthetic jaw
- Antoine Dodson, a.k.a. That Bed Intruder Guy, gets a reality pilot. Next stop, Oprah?
- Oscar nominations mystery: What'll happen to Hailee Steinfeld?
- Barks and Botox at the Peninsula hotel
- L.A. Times mobile app now available on Android Marketplace for phones, tablets
- TV This Week: Jan. 23rd - 29th
- Opinion: What's behind our obsessive Amy Chua disorder?
- Leiweke: Kings are not for sale
- Edgar Bronfman Jr. to appeal French conviction in Vivendi insider-trading case
- Ivanka Trump tells the world she's pregnant ... on Twitter
- Your morning adorable: African wild dog puppies get a checkup at Illinois' Brookfield Zoo
- Friday night: Leaving Records presents Matthewdavid, Asura, and an Exclusive MP3
- Dance review: Bolshoi 'Reflections' at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
- Baca's Backers: A Times Special Report
- Natalie Portman's awkward Golden Globes speech and laugh catch fire online
- Kevin Smith will do anything, and we mean anything, to sell 'Red State'
- Theoni V. Aldredge, Tony- and Oscar-winning costume designer, dies at 78
- Cities may sue governor over his redevelopment proposal
- Opinion: Santorum's Constitution
- TLC goes in different direction with Chandra Levy movie
- Opinion: 'Tiger mother' -- this year's Toyota
- George Crowe, who played in Negro Leagues and majors, dies at 89
- R.I.P. Reynolds Price
- Poll: What will win Producers Guild of America top picture?
- Verizon says iPhone will pause Web for calls: 'a phone is only as good as the network'
- Consumer Confidential: Pep Boys for sale, gas prices up, ads on bathroom mirrors
- Google Offers: Google's Groupon challenger is being tested
- Weekend Shopping: Sales from Moods of Norway, Faith Connexion; events from Lululemon, Lancome
- U.S. women's soccer team falls to Sweden, 2-1, in World Cup warm-up
- Football: Dorsey duo make college decisions
- Opinion: Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell: 'Our state is on sound footing'
- Sundance 2011: 'Silent House' serves up scares at midnight
- Barnes & Noble makes small -- or big? -- exec changes
- 'American Idol' gives Fox its best Thursday ratings in 16 years
- Bob Dylan may have more books on the way
- David Nelson's death spurs fan response
- Football: Devon Rose, London Woodfin resign at Panorama, Sylmar
- Lady Gaga samples new music for Paris runway show
- 'American Idol' recap: Our second date with the new judges
- Girls' basketball: Narbonne is making a statement
- Smithsonian chief Clough says his decision to remove AIDS video was hasty but not censorship
- Verizon's first Apple iPhone 4 commercial debuts
- Motion Picture Sound Editors announce nominees for the Golden Reel Awards
- Franz Liszt, the most intriguing of the 19th century composers?
- Question of the Day: What do you think of NASCAR's rumored changes to the points system?
- NFL tells Toyota to change advertisement
- Monster Mash: Smithsonian chief talks censorship in Los Angeles visit; Eli Broad's new museum gets more support
- Boys' basketball: Thursday scores
- Girls' basketball: Thursday scores
- The Morning Fix: NBC's Bromstad hits road! Kimmel gets more time. Bargains at Sundance.
- Paris Fashion Week: Jean Paul Gaultier pays homage to James Bond
- Venus Williams pulls out of Australian Open with injury
- American Idol: Contestants attempt to conjure the spirit and magic of New Orleans' music
- Wall Street Roundup: No Bank of America bounce. Shopping for Fannie.
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Michelle Obama's Alexander McQueen gown might not have been politically correct
- The Project: Water kringle
- The Dry Garden: Why a swirl of roots in the store pot will turn almost any plant into a lemon
- 'Community' recap: The times they are a-Chang-ing
- 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap: More Armageddon than season finale
- '30 Rock' recap: Congratulations, Jack and Liz!
- Placido Domingo turns the big seven-o
- The Deal: Bookshelves and more in Conran Shop sale
- 'Fringe' Friday
- Paris Fashion Week: 'Witness' meets 'Wild at Heart' at Louis Vuitton
- Sudden money
- Your guide to grapefruit
- Glasser gets a long, lovely remix from Lindstrom
- 'Ascending Dragon' music from Hanoi to be broadcast on KUSC
- Exclusive video: Meet some of the new contestants of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
- Opinion: Post-Tucson, will Dick Cheney's quote give Obama cover for a State of the Union gun control measure?
- Opinion: Just as things were looking up, Obama's annual job approval average puts him near the postwar bottom
- Sundance 2011: 'Pariah' director (a Spike Lee acolyte) joins the fold
- Two Guys Lose Weight: Delving into the belly of the beast
- 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' goes on with new story line
- Donna Atwood dies at 85; longtime Ice Capades star
- L.A. defends officer who was fired for dishonesty
- PASSINGS: Paul Picerni, Guy Greengard, Romulus Linney
- From the Archives: Lemmy: Rock 'n' roll's ace of spades
- PASSINGS: Paul Picerni, Guy Greengard, Romulus Linney
- Officials arrest 110 alleged mobsters
- Congress' widening aisle
- Book review: 'Bringing Up Oscar' by Debra Ann Pawlak
- Tunisia's former ruling party disbands leadership, joins with new government
- Obama's approval rating jumps
- Google shake-up returns Page to CEO post
- To save UC, cut enrollment
- The gulf gap
- Crude spoils mood in 'No Strings Attached'
- Bloom Energy unveils plan to make fuel-cell technology more affordable
- City National Bank doubles dividend after profit jumps 37%
- A new round of Iran nuclear talks, and some optimism this time
- House Republicans offer own healthcare legislation
- Donna Atwood dies at 85; longtime Ice Capades star
- 'On the Bowery' info
- Cocktail: Angelina at Mas Malo
- 'Mumbai Diaries' (Dhobi Ghat) info
- Gabrielle Giffords stands, tries to speak, husband says
- Dining info: Mas Malo
- The return of the Roxbury
- Verizon challenges FCC net neutrality rules in court
- Justices' impartiality in campaign spending case questioned
- Family sues Schwarzenegger over commutation of Nuñez's sentence
- 5 Nights Out
- Louis Lortie will play Franz Liszt, and play and play
- Jury awards nearly $1.2 million to bounty hunter shot by LAPD
- Up next for Ducks: Saturday at Montreal
- La Plaza project snubbed historic preservation in digging up old burial ground in L.A.
- Southern California is still in the slow lane, but not the slowest
- Wal-Mart to make healthful food more accessible
- 4 on HP board to step down
- Clippers and their stars are getting worn down
- Sales of previously owned homes jump 12.3% in December
- South Korean forces storm hijacked ship, free hostages
- Healthcare reform is a job for grown-ups
- Amazon to acquire remainder of Lovefilm International
- 'Spartacus: Gods of the Arena' goes on with new story line
- Clearing the benches
- Parenting experts weigh in on 'Tiger Mother'
- Obama names GE's Jeffrey Immelt to new economic advisory board
- AEG's Tim Leiweke says L.A. Kings are not up for sale
- Warner Music shares soar as company seeks buyers
- Movie review: 'Applause'
- Words & Ideas
- L.A. considers ban on open carrying of firearms
- Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney frustrated by lack of progress in collective bargaining
- France: A festival of fests for Mardi Gras season in Provence
- Jeanie Buss' opinion on NBA contraction has Phil Jackson's support
- Iraq suicide car bombings kill 56
- In Pakistan, Islamic hard-liners expanding their grip on society
- Odds are, Lakers are everyone's favorite team in Las Vegas
- Woodland Hills Taft looks scary good in 69-32 victory over Reseda Cleveland
- Weld defects found in gas pipeline that exploded in San Bruno
- Television review: 'American Idol'
- Feeling forgotten on the border
- Mark Sanchez's chance to match Ben Roethlisberger's feat
- Letters: A quantum shift in L.A. basketball?
- Two Guys Lose Weight: Nutrisystem and 'South Park'
- Kings GM Dean Lombardi fined $50,000 by NHL for comments about Mike Murphy
- Iraq's Muqtada Sadr reportedly returns to Iran
- 'Mumbai Diaries' pairs director and husband
- Hot / Not
- Lemmy: Rock 'n' roll's ace of spades
- Parents angry over lockdowns at LAUSD schools
- Events Happening Friday
- Los Angeles transit projects pitched to new Congress by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
- Ministry of Gossip sightings
- Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July looks into 'The Future'
- Keith Olbermann abruptly departs MSNBC
- What Steelers must do to beat Jets in AFC championship game
- Tiny Vernon spends big on lawyers
- Alaska: $669 for 6-day tour of Anchorage and Talkeetna
- Community Redevelopment Agency panel fast-tracks new Broad museum parking plan
- Leader confounds both sides with plans for Palestinian state
- Smithsonian's chief says removal of video was hasty
- CalPERS says investments grew 12.5% in 2010
- Young U.S. soccer players face Chile
- Sundance Film Festival: 'Like Crazy' director Drake Doremus is a romantic
- Michael Jackson estate sues business partner of late singer's mother
- Manatt settles Diana case
- Basketball: UCLA vs. Stanford
- Warming effect of melting ice fields stronger, report finds
- 'Portlandia' info
- Roxbury info
- Up next for the Kings: Saturday at Phoenix
- Going to the Bears-Packers game? Read this first.
- Deputies used military first-aid materials to help save Tucson victims
- USC faces tough hurdle in its NCAA appeal Saturday
- 'No Strings Attached' to challenge 'Green Hornet' at the box office
- Market Watch: Selecting the best grapefruit
- Riverside firm to make motor homes for Chinese market
- Pushing China, quietly
- Launch of giant rocket in Southern California heard for miles
- Los Angeles' 'green zone' plan is aimed at low-income, high-pollution areas
- Names of Long Beach police officers involved in shootings are public information, judge rules
- Iran says uranium enrichment is not up for discussion
- Wal-Mart's promise to offer healthier, cheaper foods -- what's not to like?
- Jay Gibbons gives Dodgers an unlikely bright side
- Judge OKs settlement that limits use of seniority in L.A. teacher layoffs
- Last names and buying habits: How these researchers explain the connection
- Sargent Shriver's lasting legacy
- Tunisian news media relish new freedom
- L.A. defends officer who was fired for dishonesty
- Got soap? Maybe you don't need it, water-only bathers say
- Bank of America posts fourth-quarter loss of $1.6 billion
- Emotional Montreal trip for Ducks' Saku Koivu
- UCLA center Joshua Smith will be a game-time decision Saturday
- GE profit beats estimates amid demand for heavy equipment
- Horoscope: Jan. 21
- Leader Salam Fayyad seeks to make Palestinian statehood inevitable
- GM names Mary Barra global product development chief
- Television review: 'Portlandia'
- President Obama's hosting of Chinese President Hu Jintao; Steve Lopez on gun control; Michael Kinsley on Pope John Paul II
- Rodent of the Week: A boring cell may hold keys to improved cancer treatment
- Up next for UCLA: Saturday vs. Stanford
- Fast Track: Clint Eastwood will make sure Beyonce's 'Star' is born
- Stewart Cink has a knack for rising to the occasion