- House votes to permanently bar NPR from receiving federal funds
- USC's Nikola Vucevic has to decide on return
- Friday's NCAA tournament games
- Lakers' Andrew Bynum says despite his surge, knee is still bothering him
- Libyans in Tobruk rejoice over no-fly zone
- Culinary SOS: Junior's Deli mushroom barley soup
- Events: If you seek travel and adventure…
- Lawmakers OK billions in program cuts in California budget
- UN approves no-fly zone over Libya
- Kadafi warns rebels to give up and rest of the world to stay out
- Fast Track: Jennifer Lawrence will star in 'Hunger Games'
- For the record - March 17, 2011
- USA veterans Jeff Wachtel and Chris McCumber chosen to run cable TV network as co-presidents
- SXSW 2011: At premiere, Jodie Foster calls 'The Beaver' the 'biggest struggle of my professional career'
- CalPERS bets it can earn at least 7.75% a year
- SXSW 2011 Day 2 check-in: The Vaccines go to church, Jack White takes it to the street and streaming music is the future
- Baseball: Lucas Giolito gets 10 strikeouts in 12-0 victory
- Boys' basketball: Daniels, Guerrero in national event
- Shareholders sue Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. over Shine acquisition
- If this is a stock market 'correction,' it's still early
- 'Twilight' studio moves forward with witches movie
- Iowa agriculture committees approve bill that would limit animal groups' undercover investigations
- Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Kathy Griffin: 50 & Not Pregnant' on Bravo
- Thursday's TV Talk Shows
- USC Football: Mitch Mustain is offered pre-file diversion program
- IndyCar Series champion Dario Franchitti visits L.A. Live
- Twitter adds 'always use HTTPS' option for encrypted tweet surfing
- Don't look now, but Kate Middleton just ate something
- Baseball: Yelich's home run in ninth keys Westlake victory
- Lou Reed chat and sonic installation coming to Cal State Long Beach
- U.S. officials express strong concerns about Japan nuclear crisis
- Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. push to arbitrate battle with Sheen gains momentum
- U.S. soccer roster for Argentina and Paraguay matches has a few surprises
- Meet the new Hollywood trend, sort of the same as the old trend: workplace comedies
- Google for Nonprofits launches with new, discounted and free resources
- Visa Personal Payments to enable person-to-person payments through banks, PayPal challengers
- NHL suspends Sharks' Dany Heatley for two games
- 'American Reunion' moves to reunite original 'American Pie' cast, Stifler included
- 'Sex and the City 2' star accepts Razzie Award -- belatedly
- Tibetan mastiff is sold for record price in China
- California budget: Assembly votes to cut welfare, spending on the disabled
- USC Basketball: Trojans will use official NCAA basketball for first time since Tennessee game
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tip: Cleaning mushrooms
- Weaver is sharp and Angels pound out 17 hits in 10-8 win over Arizona
- Writing workshop: the ransom note version
- Joe Jonas on Ashley Greene: 'She puts my feelings first'
- SXSW 2011: Harmony Korine rolls into Austin for Die Antwoord short film
- Weinstein Co. taps MGM veteran Erik Lomis to head distribution
- Opinion: 'Sire, the peasants are revolting!' Obama's amazing problem with political optics
- NPR video: So grainy, jumpy and heavily edited it must be true
- Opinion: Cartoon: Why state legislators needn't carry concealed weapons
- Is Netflix building a 'House of Cards' in original programming?
- Council of Fashion Designers of America announces 2011 award nominees and honorees
- MOCA acquires board members and works by Arceneaux, Beshty, Lassry, Ruby and more
- SXSW 2011: Joe Swanberg shines his 'Silver Bullets'
- Apple's stock plunges 4.5%, worst drop in nine months as analyst downgrades
- Drew Barrymore to direct 'How To Be Single'
- Nate Dogg's legacy of sweet hooks for hard rappers
- 'Biography' lowers bar even further with episode on Ted Williams
- Long Beach hip-hop crooner Nate Dogg dies at 41
- Impact of Luis Salazar's eye injury reaches Angels dugout
- Seth Davis: Give USC's Kevin O'Neill a break
- Seedless cherimoya? Not quite yet
- Art review: 'Streetwise: Masters of '60s Photography' at the Museum of Photographic Arts
- Lakers Moments: Wilt Chamberlain stretches out
- 'American Idol' Top 13 finalists
- Yen surges to record high against the dollar, threatening Japan's exporters
- Howard Stern: Conflicted over Artie Lange's return; talks post-divorce sex life
- Virginia Quarterly Review, Oxford American and Poetry win Magazine Awards
- Luis Salazar, former Dodgers minor league manager, loses eye after being hit by line drive
- Sarah Palin trashes National Endowment for the Arts
- Is TV getting so complicated we need CliffsNotes to keep up?
- Debating the risks of digital piracy for Hollywood
- Judge refuses to let Electronic Arts off the hook in Activision lawsuit over Infinity Ward
- L.A. Reid to be judge on Simon Cowell's 'The X-Factor'?
- Pepsi sends in the big guns as Diet Coke becomes the No. 2 soft drink
- NHL general managers discuss headshots, expanded video replay
- Poll: Can 'Shameless' star Emmy Rossum win an Emmy?
- Yarnmarket, Namaste Farms auction benefits Japanese Red Cross
- NFL Rule Changes: More protection for vulnerable players, possible kickoff and instant replay changes
- Opinion: Marriage wars in a different arena
- Manchester United Coach Alex Ferguson suspended for five games after questioning referee's integrity
- Game of Thrones
- Conductor Riccardo Muti wins Birgit Nilsson Prize, plus a cool million
- On Location: New Mexico Senate OKs $50-million cap on film rebate
- Wordless Wednesday: When life gives you an unkind review, mock it
- Boys' basketball: Co-MVP honors for Dinwiddie, Blackwell
- USC Football: Versus to rebroadcast Trojans' 2005 'Bush Push' victory over Notre Dame
- Baseball: The great catch by Mitchell Tolman
- Stocks dive on Japan fears; S&P 500 and Nasdaq now in the red for 2011
- Tiger Woods officially enters Bay Hill
- Lit geeks and 'Game of Thrones'
- Chloe Sevigny talks about developing Lizzie Borden miniseries
- Opinion: Pro Football: Was that the last Super Bowl?
- New Facebook commenting system debuts in Fab Forum today
- Another blow to Japan: Yen nears all-time high vs. dollar
- Demi Lovato gets 'stay strong' tattoos 'in honor of fans and their support'
- Could a Michael Jackson statue inspire Fulham? Nah, probably not
- An oyster for your iPhone
- Wonder who's the biggest anti-Semite? Try the new Mel Gibson Scale
- Is Rush Limbaugh mocking refugees in Japan or Diane Sawyer ... or both?
- Incoming! The Situation gets lobbed with grenades for Trump roast performance
- Dodgers' Web Musings: Don Mattingly does his best Alfred E. Neuman routine
- Movie review: Michael Flatley’s 'Lord of the Dance 3D' in theaters nationwide
- Alternative Apparel celebrates fall with a choir and a lively crowd
- Cosmetic industry review critiques Brazilian blowouts' safety
- Groupon makes deal with Lionsgate, selling half-price tickets to 'The Lincoln Lawyer'
- Opinion: March 16, 2011 buzz: Sex, lies and faith
- USC football: Defensive lineman Steve Dillon signs letter of intent
- Seann William Scott -- 'American Pie's' Stifler -- checks into rehab
- Charles Barkley has advice for Coach K
- Sex and more sex: 'Gigolos' on Showtime in April
- Angels' Kendrys Morales hits 'plateau' in return from broken leg
- Treasury bond yields plunge again as investors seek havens
- Legos got game on re-creating March Madness highlights
- WEST BANK: Abbas says he is ready to meet Hamas in Gaza to end division
- Galaxy postscript: Goalkeeper Josh Saunders, midfielder Juninho ensure L.A. of a winning start
- Music review: L.A. Phil's new music series Green Umbrella at Walt Disney Concert Hall
- International tourism to the U.S. grows 9% in 2010
- Wi-Fi-only Motorola Xoom tablet to reach stores March 27, cost $599
- Angels reliever Scott Downs says he fractured big toe 'playing around with the kids'
- How safe is nuclear power?
- Boys' basketball: The rise of Nicholas Stover
- Showtime sends first DVDs of Emmy season to voters
- NFL's Chad Ochocinco to try his hand at the real football with Sporting Kansas City
- ESPN enlists stars of Broadway's 'That Championship Season' to promote March Madness
- Boys' basketball: John R. Wooden Awards announced
- The Alchemy of Grooming: Go green with your makeup with DIY cosmetics
- Consumer Confidential: Pricier wheels, pricier ATMs, pricier prescription drugs
- Larry McMurtry will judge Texas Observer short story contest
- Culture Watch: NT Live's broadcasts of Danny Boyle's 'Frankenstein'
- USC basketball: VCU freshman D.J. Haley, a Palmdale native, has a family allegiance torn between Trojans and Bruins
- Opinion: Abortion. Again. Still. Always?
- Angels pitcher Scott Downs to go on DL after fracturing toe
- Seventh Generation's new laundry detergent comes in a recyclable cardboard bottle
- Muhammad Ali asks Iran to free U.S. hikers
- It Speaks to Me: Steve Roden on Lorser Feitelson’s 1936 ‘Life Begins’ at LACMA
- California Budget: Poll shows support for extending taxes
- Elizabeth Warren defends new consumer financial agency against strong criticism from Republicans
- 'Glee' recap: Kurt and Blaine's 'Original' kiss
- American Institute of Architects L.A. home tour
- IRAN: European, U.S. leaders more likely to accept a nuclear Iran than their citizens
- Sprint and T-Mobile offer free calling, texting to Japan
- Baseball: Tuesday's scores
- Softball: Tuesday's scores
- NCAA Tournament: Give us your best bracket-buster through the first few days
- Culture Watch: Meryle Secrest's 'Modigliani: A Life'
- Longtime volleyball coach Jesse Quiroz dies
- Wall Street Roundup: Goldman wants out, cheap rent on Wall Street
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Self launches digital blitz with Kim Kardashian, Rihanna covers Vogue, and Lady Gaga's Japan relief bracelet is popular
- Baseball: Lakewood coach gets 600th victory
- Larry King’s new calling: Unveiling 'Brooklynized' bagels
- Frugal Fashion: In a bikini or on the red carpet, 'Arthur' star Helen Mirren exudes confident style
- Monster Mash: Ansel Adams lawsuits resolved; Pasadena Playhouse announces new season
- SXSW 2011: Day 1 brings Esben & the Witch
- Baseball: El Toro gets doubleheader split with No. 1 Edison
- About (Late) Last Night: Wanda Sykes and the lightbulbs from back East
- Tyra Banks and Demand Media launch Type F, a new fashion and beauty website
- The Morning Fix: Netflix ready to play with big boys! DirecTV dumbs down TV. Hollywood bows to China.
- ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' to open at Dodger Stadium
- David Foster Wallace's 'The Pale King' is reviewed at Publishers Weekly
- Opinion: Dust-Up: Should the entertainment industry accept piracy as a cost of doing business?
- At Micheltorena, a hybrid school-community garden rises where the Priuses used to park
- This weekend at Descanso Gardens: Come for the cherry blossoms, stay for the bento box
- The minds behind 'Game of Thrones' talk about the HBO series
- Iron bottle opener from northern Japan
- Culture Watch: The Dead Kenny Gs' 'Operation Long Leash' CD
- Remembering Nathaniel 'Nate Dogg' Hale in video
- Art review: 'William Leavitt: Theater Objects' at the Museum of Contemporary Art
- If I only knew then ... the wine version
- Opinion: Al Gore update: He will write a book
- Deals on Wheels
- Book review: 'The Company We Keep' by Robert and Dayna Baer
- Hot Wheels
- An Intelligent Choice
- Reel China: Hollywood tries to stay on China's good side
- Robert P. Marcucci dies at 81; talent manager discovered Frankie Avalon, Fabian
- New Driver? Used Vehicle.
- Pre-loved Luxury
- Aftershocks prompt fear of a major quake near Tokyo
- Forces in Bahrain move against crowd in square
- L.A. Unified construction chief resigns
- San Diego State's Steve Fisher finds his way back, and it's fab
- Life expectancy rises and death rate dips, CDC report says
- Health Net faces second probe over lost personal data
- UCLA needs postseason poise vs. tournament-tested Michigan State
- Troops, police assault protesters in Bahrain's capital
- Horoscope: March 16
- Southern California housing market is flat in February
- Top NFL prospects could face draft-night dilemma
- Angels reliever Scott Downs has a broken bone in his left big toe
- Ducks beat Blues, 2-1, behind Jason Blake and Ray Emery
- Bell's Rizzo ordered to stand trial for conflict of interest, one charge dismissed
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- 'The Company We Keep'
- Campaign finance advocates urge Obama to overhaul FEC
- Secrecy won't heal a sex scandal
- Japanese weigh the nuclear risk of staying put
- Regulations for disability access take effect
- Look what's popping up on your favorite TV shows
- CalPERS to seek legislation to bar gifts to public employees
- Workers are more pessimistic about retirement, study finds
- Matchup at a glance: UC Santa Barbara vs. Florida
- Bruins want center circle back
- Clippers' Eric Gordon makes a couple of points
- UCLA women try to concentrate on task at hand — beating Montana
- Lakers' Andrew Bynum is game-changer with rebounds and defense
- Radiation: In airports, not in Japan
- YouTube becoming a strategic model for parent Google
- Cargo traffic rises 8% at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports
- Rapper Nate Dogg dead at 41
- Radiation spikes add to nuclear peril in Japan
- Woman accuses Orange hospital worker of sexual assault
- Murder conviction voided after 20 years
- Libyan held in uprising denies Al Qaeda link
- Trojans go out quickly in a 59-46 loss to Virginia Commonwealth
- New power line could restore cooling systems at Fukushima Daiichi plant
- UC Santa Barbara's Jaime Serna brings fiery spark to NCAA clash with Florida
- Longtime suspect charged in 1985 San Marino killing
- Japan nuclear radiation: Will travel insurance cover you?
- Dodgers' Jamey Carroll prepares for a variety of roles
- Saved by the (sax's) bell
- Parkinson's disease yields to experimental gene therapy
- Japan labors to cool reactors: Workers, power source added
- Cheap food may be a thing of the past in U.S.
- Santa Fe: Eldorado Hotel celebrates turning 25 with 25% off room rates
- Fast Track: Nate Dogg R.I.P.
- NFL committee to propose changes to kickoff rule
- Robert Rizzo steered Bell contracts to business partner, prosecutor says
- Google reportedly set to test a mobile payment service
- Will Call: Upcoming Southern California concerts and club dates
- Top New Hampshire GOP strategist teams up with Haley Barbour
- For some primary care, try your neighborhood pharmacist
- Attracting more conventions would be a key to success of downtown L.A. football stadium project
- Japan radiation risk to California is downplayed
- California's quitting smoking faster than the rest of the U.S.
- Baseball line drives take another toll -- Luis Salazar has lost an eye
- Pakistan court acquits CIA contractor of double murder
- Nate Dogg's death -- and the realities of stroke in the young
- Charter school operators to run 7 more L.A. Unified campuses
- Pasadena Playhouse to stage five-play season
- Aftershocks prompt fear of a major quake near Tokyo
- Hold your fire, legislators
- Reel China: Hollywood tries to stay on China's good side
- No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Roger Federer play in rare double header at Indian Wells
- U.S. to investigate MTA over alleged bias
- Obama's NCAA brackets devoid of upsets, names Kansas big winner
- Pakistan court acquits CIA contractor Raymond Davis of double murder
- GOP lawmakers threaten to withhold votes unless environmental rules are rewritten
- Quick Takes: Bob Dylan to perform in Vietnam
- About this series: Reel China
- Worried about radiation exposure? Get questions answered in this live chat.
- Palestinians demonstrate in support of unity
- Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell named to lead cable TV's top lobbying group
- London's Olympics countdown clock stops running
- Writers put their experiences 'In Mother Words'
- Matchup at a glance: UCLA vs. Michigan State
- Shaking open our self-centered eyes
- French culture minister courts Hollywood
- Happening Wednesday: Liz Phair, the Apple Sisters and more
- Israel says weapons on seized ship were bound for Gaza
- Book review: 'The Company We Keep' by Robert and Dayna Baer
- Libyan government forces overwhelm rebels in Ajdabiya
- U.S. officials express strong concerns about Japan nuclear crisis
- Economy is on 'firmer footing,' but Fed will keep buying bonds
- Radiation spikes add to nuclear peril in Japan
- Japan quake jolts retrofitting demand in Southland
- Microsoft may stop making Zune devices
- Bad reviews of Homefront send THQ shares tumbling
- Drug dealer found guilty in 2001 double slaying in Tujunga
- On the Media: Patch.com's Newark plan smells of conflict
- Egypt protesters find unity difficult to maintain
- Careful with the economy
- Real Madrid and Chelsea advance to Champions League quarterfinals
- Wholesale prices up 1.6% on steep rise in food
- Novak Djokovic rolls into Indian Wells quarterfinals
- NHL's new concussion protocol goes into effect
- U.S. stands by nuclear power, Energy secretary says
- L.A. Convention Center: comparing hotel space
- Possible health effects of nuclear crisis
- Talent manager discovered 2 teen idols
- White House to Congress: Pass online privacy bill of rights
- House panel advances bill to limit greenhouse gas restrictions
- For Ben Goldberg, Go Home just needs to breathe
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- Mitch Mustain has a chance to avoid criminal charges
- L.A. students fight for quality education as their teachers get layoff notices
- Ben Goldberg's Go Home info
- Help South Korea, not the North
- Petraeus cites successes in Afghanistan
- March Madness kicks off a great run of sports
- Blue Shield cancels insurance rate increase
- Morton's Restaurant Group explores possible sale
- Angels defeat Diamondbacks, 10-8
- USC falls to Virginia Commonwealth, 59-46
- Getting to California's national parks, recreation areas and monuments
- Potassium iodide can be dangerous if taken incorrectly
- Economic recovery forgot to tell the uninsured that things are looking up
- The uses of war; Israeli-Palestinian strife; street "art"
- USGS dubs Japan earthquake 'Tohoku'