- Blackstone Group offers to sell its half of Universal Orlando to NBCUniversal
- Philadelphia 76ers play rough in 104-94 win over Clippers
- Your Scene: The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy
- For the record - March 16, 2011
- Pictures: Nate Dogg through the years
- Fight intensifies over West Coast coal exports to Asia
- Bradley Cooper: I'm worried about the 'Hangover' sequel too
- Wednesday's Highlights: 'America's Next Top Model' on KTLA
- Wednesday's Talk Shows
- U.S. will do new studies on Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
- SXSW 2011: Audience and jury awards go to Texan drama 'Natural Selection'
- Baseball: Loyola wins a wild game against Crespi, 11-10
- Pasadena Playhouse's 2011-12 season will feature Angela Bassett in new drama
- Warner Bros.' DVD release of 'Hereafter' will benefit Japan relief effort
- USC basketball: VCU often lives by the three, doesn't hope to die by it, Rams Coach Shaka Smart says
- Japanese stocks recoup some losses
- Justin Bieber's wax figure unveiled in London, Amsterdam, New York
- Bill on earlier primary elections advances
- Family of deceased nursing home patient sues Motion Picture & Television Fund for negligence
- Tsunami's biggest hit in Hawaii: the economy
- USC basketball: Quick turnaround for "First Four" game fits into Trojans' schedule
- Dodgers report Casey Blake's pain tied to spinal inflammation
- Rare survivors in Japanese village that was mostly sucked out to sea
- Baseball: It's payback time for Chaminade
- The Review: Hostaria del Piccolo in Santa Monica
- The Review: Hostaria del Piccolo in Santa Monica
- Opinion: Politics: Recalls are busting out all over
- Netflix controls 61% of movie streaming; stock jumps on upgrade
- Opinion: Republicans: Why stop lying on the way to the White House?
- The clarinet stories of jazz player Ben Goldberg
- Apple delays Japan launch of iPad 2 in wake of earthquake, tsunami
- Imagining a new beginning to the Dodgers' spring
- Tina Fey shows her love for fellow showbiz mom Gwyneth Paltrow
- Paging Don Johnson, Cybill Shepherd? 10 stars we'd like to see this pilot season
- Madame Tussauds Celebrity Wax Figures: Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Jane Lynch and more
- Jazz album review: Endangered Blood's 'Endangered Blood'
- Barcelona defender Eric Abidal diagnosed with liver tumor
- Cupcake cannons, mozzarella making and more at TECHmunch
- Jennifer Egan, NBCC award winner
- Charlie Sheen adds dates to his live tour
- With 'Limpet' remake, Richard Linklater could take a new plunge
- Sports Legend Revealed: Were the Washington Redskins once the Duluth Eskimos?
- Winners announced for 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
- Angels beat Padres, 9-6
- <b>Photos:</b> Martha Graham Dance Company
- Lakers Moments: Abdul-Jabbar and Bird, head-to-head
- 'Paul' movie premiere: Seth Rogen, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost get out of this world
- Legislature to vote on Brown's budget Wednesday
- Opinion: March 15, 2011 buzz: Exploiting Japan's tragedy? And a feasible way for conflict resolution between Israel and Palestine?
- Music review: The Emerson Quartet and James Galway open 'Aspects of Ades'
- On location: French culture minister courts Hollywood studios
- The Spice Table opens in downtown's Little Tokyo
- Opinion: Winning the future 3 weeks at a time: Obama endorses House spending bill with $6 billion in cuts
- Facebook comments coming to L.A. Times Technology blog
- Home Inspiration: Organization
- The upside of minimal retirement savings
- Ansel Adams Trust and Rick Norsigian settle suits over disputed 'lost negatives'
- Deborah Eisenberg wins the 2011 PEN/Faulkner award
- Courteney Cox: David Arquette is 'not a malicious person'
- NHL won't ban all hits to the head but will focus on boarding, charging
- U.S. stocks slide but close well above day's lows; Dow falls 137
- Gov. Jerry Brown reaches deal with prison guards
- Ahmanson Theatre's 2011-12 season to include 'War Horse' and new 'Funny Girl' revival
- Opinion: March Madness: Everyone into the office pool
- USC Basketball: Kevin O'Neill talks altercation suspension, once again
- Publishing shakeup: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Barry O'Callaghan resigns
- Hot Property photographs
- Gilbert Gottfried, Glenn Beck, 50 Cent take heat for offensive Japan comments
- Problems surface at another nuclear reactor at Fukushima plant
- Opinion: Dust-Up: How big a risk does piracy pose to the entertainment industry?
- Book award: Did Egan win, or did Franzen lose?
- Hollywood Headlines: A crazy week in review
- California budget: GOP lawmaker denies budget stalemate, favors June special election
- California pucksters continue to excel
- Emma Watson spellbinds a job as new face of Lancôme
- USC basketball: Trojans compare VCU to Washington; Rams compare USC to Old Dominion, Drexel ... UCLA?
- Robuchon, Ducasse, Gagnaire, Keller, Savoy, Serrano team up for Bocuse
- Combo Plate: Kale chips, better butter, Irish Road Kill and more
- Forget flashcards! Watch reality TV and get into college
- Softball: Monday's scores
- You can call him Monsieur Ellroy
- Julian Schnabel: 'Miral' is now shorter, more appealing
- SXSW 2011: 'Bridesmaids' director Paul Feig: 'Jon Hamm is a comedy nerd'
- Do the Emmys secretly hate 'The Bachelor'?
- Los Angeles Fashion Week: Designer Yotam Solomon's collection dabbles in drugs and DNA
- Microsoft reportedly axing its Zune music and video players; Zune software to live on
- L'Epicerie teams up with chef Sébastien Archambault
- Snooki wrestles like a pro on 'WWE Monday Night Raw'
- Germany's Joachim Loew gets coaching contract extended through 2014
- Fed sounds more upbeat on economy, but will stick to bond-buying program
- In our pages: a review of Jodi Picoult's 'Sing You Home'
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tip: Dental floss in the kitchen
- Baseball: Monday's scores
- Opinion: (Bad) acts of God
- Bowen, Hahn tout new endorsements as filing to replace Harman gets underway
- Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Tintin
- Testing a new system for online comments
- Angels pitcher Hisanori Takahashi deals with survivor's guilt after earthquake in Japan
- Healthier Americans: Translating the broad strokes into clear objectives
- Homefront misses with critics, THQ stock takes a beating
- Opinion: The conversation: Evaluating the risk of nuclear power plants
- Franki Chan talks Check Yo Ponytail 2, Death Set and IHEARTCOMIX, preps SXSW party
- Sorry, I'm just too sore to write today
- Is the new 'Jane Eyre' doomed at the Oscars?
- All Hail Caesar salad for this Ides of March (Video)
- Commodities plunge amid global sell-off
- More skilled laborers agreeing to work for free in a bad economy
- Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda donates $50,000 to Japan earthquake relief
- Angels Morning Briefing: Several regulars return; Kendrys Morales eases way into running drills
- The teacher is in: Gabe Kaplan and 'Facts of Life' cast join TV Land Awards
- A guide to 'American Idol' on TV this week: March 15 - 22
- Question of the Day: Should NFL prospects skip the draft to support the players' association?
- Southland housing market flat as spring selling season looms
- Russ Mitchell, Jon Link among Dodgers' latest cuts
- Google planning mobile payment test in San Francisco, New York
- Consumer Confidential: High gas prices a boon for transit, Zune getting heave-ho?
- The Japan quake and nuclear power; the ICE's Secure Communities program; the Palestinians new strategy
- More soccer games canceled; Grand Prix postponed in Japan
- Clock counting down days until 2012 London Olympics stuck on 500th day
- Japan earthquake: YouTube video of fire, explosion, at Fukushima nuclear plant
- Ubisoft's Rocksmith music game: Will it be in sync with consumers?
- Culture Watch: 'Certified Copy,' with Juliette Binoche
- 'Chuck' recap: A few new uses for apple juice
- Not just rice cakes any longer for those who eat gluten-free
- Who invented baseball? Bud Selig wants to know
- Baseball: Alta Loma is off to 5-0 start
- BAHRAIN: Manama recalls ambassador to Iran, alleging 'blatant interference'
- Opinion: Gov. Haley Barbour previews his 2012 campaign in Iowa, Illinois and California
- 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
- Hollywood Headlines: a crazy week in review
- James Frey's hipster Jesus
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Sell it like Beckham -- or Katy Perry -- for Adidas
- Wall Street Roundup: Nasdaq seeking NYSE. Elizabeth Warren's new mission.
- 'The Event' recap: What is 'the event'? Please answer this time
- Sundance launches new film-and-arts festival in London
- Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell named to lead cable TV's top lobbying group
- QATAR: Al Jazeera faces tough questions as Doha backs Saudi troops in Bahrain
- Cable TV's lobbying arm NCTA names former FCC Chairman Michael Powell as its chief executive
- Patina announces apprentice program for high school students
- Alexa Chung mixes it up on the Madewell site
- Football: Moorpark QB commits to Iowa State
- The Morning Fix: Disney tries to figure out why 'Mars Needs Moms' bombed. Uva says adios to Univision. Networks wonder if they'll have to punt on football.
- Japanese crisis drives down global stock prices
- Monster Mash: Staples Center artists finally getting credit; L.A. Drama Critics Circle names winners; Seiji Ozawa cancels appearances until 2012
- Lisa Kline closes her women's and kids' businesses to focus on men's
- It's a love fest for 'American Idol' judge Steven Tyler at PaleyFest
- Set Pieces: The beds in Maroon 5's 'Never Gonna Leave This Bed' video
- 'Skins' recap: 'Teachers aren't grown-ups'
- Spring garden tours and events in Southern California
- Patrick Dempsey (and a few of his friends) join forces at the Stuart House Benefit
- From the Culinary SOS archive: Blum's coffee crunch cake
- The Deal: Modern furniture sale at Modani
- Foreclosure prevention and refinance program extended one year
- ‘Pretty Little Liars’ recap: Welcome to the fun house
- Opinion: For first time, you online news consumers outnumber those newspaper readers: the impact on politics
- Japan quake likely to affect business globally
- Chance of tsunami, 9.0 quake is small in Southern and Central California, easing nuclear plant risks, officials say
- PASSINGS: Mitchell Page, Rick Martin
- Book review: Jodi Picoult's 'Sing You Home'
- Owsley Stanley dies at 76; 'Acid King' of the '60s psychedelic era
- Healthier Americans: Translating the broad strokes into clear objectives
- Facebook to test Groupon-style offers on its Deals service
- Afghan bombing kills 33
- Bad job or no job? For mental health, unemployment could be the better choice
- PepsiCo announces all-plant-based plastic bottle
- Legislature to vote on Brown's budget Wednesday
- Players' long-ago generosity to mentor and coach is revealed
- Cal Poly Pomona women advance to round of eight
- U.S. a safer haven amid global financial turmoil
- Fire erupts again at Fukushima Daiichi's No. 4 reactor; nuclear fuel rods damaged at other reactors
- Yemen expels 4 Western journalists
- Saudi Arabian, gulf forces enter Bahrain
- Angels reliever Hisanori Takahashi keeps an eye on homeland
- Japan fears a nuclear disaster after reactor breach
- Gen. David Petraeus reports 'important but hard-fought progress in Afghanistan'
- USC isn't ready to stop at invitation-only in NCAA tournament
- Graffiti artist's past is tagging behind him
- U.S. may lose either way in Bahrain crisis
- He stood his ground but may lose his land
- Rare survivors in Japanese village that was mostly sucked out to sea
- Japan imposes limited blackouts to offset power shortage
- Tuesday's TV talk shows
- Granada Hills Charter High School wins California Academic Decathlon
- Fast Track: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomes new inductees
- USC vs. Virginia Commonwealth: A scouting report
- Up next for the Kings: Tuesday at Nashville
- Iraq to close controversial jail
- Problems surface at another nuclear reactor at Fukushima plant
- State probes Health Net security lapse
- Nikola Vucevic takes on a leadership role for USC, in his inimitable style
- Univision Communications Chief Executive Joe Uva stepping down
- Web tops newspapers as news source for first time
- Lakers are on a roll, but haven't won anything yet — though Pacific Division title could be theirs any day!
- Owsley Stanley dies at 76; 'Acid King' of the '60s psychedelic era
- Michigan State doesn't dwell on late-season struggles
- Regular gasoline is nearing $4 a gallon and could hit $5 a gallon
- Japan fears a nuclear disaster after reactor breach
- GOP prepares new assault on NPR funding as questions over video flap remain
- House passes temporary spending measure to avert government shutdown
- Clippers' day goes from flat to embarrassing in 105-82 loss at Memphis
- Bell hearings: Rizzo's horse-racing partner got millions in city business, D.A. says
- Mission hopes a fee will change skid row's culture
- Lawsuits over disputed Ansel Adams 'lost negatives' settled
- Medical board reprimands Conrad Murray over child support
- Pimco to build new headquarters in Newport Beach
- Tyler Honeycutt will show how much he cares
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu says Obama administration remains committed to nuclear power
- LAPD officer cleared in shooting of day laborer
- California reactors less vulnerable
- Up next for the Galaxy: Tuesday at Seattle
- Stocks plunge as Japan nuclear crisis worsens
- NHL general managers don't favor an outright ban on blows to the head
- Your Scene: Fort Taytay on Palawan Island, Philippines
- Kobe Bryant stands, despite bad ankle, and helps deliver Lakers a win
- State's rehab program for nurses is called 'untenable' and 'dangerous'
- Japan quake likely to affect business globally
- Tsunami's biggest hit in Hawaii: the economy
- Rare survivors in Japanese village that was mostly sucked out to sea
- 'Sing You Home' info
- Horoscope: March 15
- Japan's nuclear crisis felt in Europe
- Las Vegas: Snag a room at the Hard Rock Hotel for $69 midweek
- LAPD officer acted lawfully in shooting of day laborer, oversight panel rules
- AMC Entertainment unveils IPO plans
- Victory for creators of the Staples Center statues
- Jonah Goldberg: Talk about a meltdown
- Clippers owner Donald Sterling testifies he knew little of Elgin Baylor's career when he hired him
- Gov. Jerry Brown sets May election to fill Rep. Jane Harman's seat
- Quick Takes: 'Gypsy' remake with Barbra Streisand off at Warner Bros.
- Nevada Rep. Dean Heller launches bid to replace retiring Sen. John Ensign
- Kim Clijsters, Francesca Schiavone, Jelena Jankovic lose at BNP Paribas Open
- Kids' musical instruments booming with bacteria
- PASSINGS: Mitchell Page, Rick Martin
- Book review: Jodi Picoult's 'Sing You Home'
- Michael Kinsley: You can't cut that
- Lakers keeping eyes on big picture
- How technology can help disabled students in the classroom
- Bahrain declares state of emergency
- Long Beach police chief speaks to 'clarify' officer-involved shooting
- Phony health inspector targets restaurant owners
- Resistance to second stopgap spending deal rises in Congress
- Radiation exposure: Nuclear experts criticize, advise Japan
- Ducks tonight: Wednesday vs. St. Louis
- Up next for the Clippers: Wednesday vs. Philadelphia
- Clayton Kershaw gets hit hard in spring training game
- NCAA tournament TV coverage this year has it all — literally
- Live music review: Juanes
- Danny Bilson aims for turnaround at THQ with video game Homefront
- Global Health Watch: Britain seeks to improve nation's health with 'Responsibility Deal'
- Gibbons seeks help for vision problem
- U.S. committed to nuclear power but wants to learn from Japan crisis, top U.S. official says
- The Japan quake and nuclear power; the ICE's Secure Communities program; the Palestinians new strategy
- Elusive 'Clark Rockefeller' figure charged in 1980s' slaying of San Marino man
- Happening Tuesday: James Gleick, Seymour Cassel and more
- L.A. school board to decide who will run new schools
- Clash of the courts: Dissident judges challenge California chief justice's power
- Angels in the outfield could be among best
- Screening of 'Miral' at the United Nations draws protests from Jewish groups
- Pakistani officials won't rule on American's diplomatic immunity
- Angels beat San Diego, 9-6
- Chaminade comes out on top this time against Alemany, 2-0
- Jim Newton: The mayor's hard-case schools
- Tuesday's TV highlights
- New reactor fire as Japan works to contain threat
- Radiation exposure: What we know from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Alzheimer's caregivers in the U.S. number almost 15 million, new study says
- Officially, Medicare Part D doesn't pay for Viagra; unofficially ...
- LAPD officer acted lawfully in shooting of day laborer, oversight panel rules
- You're being exposed to radiation -- but it's the amount that counts
- Republicans split, but House approves stopgap budget bill
- Libyan rebels brace for attack on Ajdabiya
- Worried about that Lean Cuisine recall? Here are some alternatives
- Dodgers defeat Texas, 7-6
- Germany: Munich celebrates centenary of 'The Blue Rider'
- Lean Cuisine recall: Frozen spaghetti may contain plastic
- Fed says economic recovery on firmer footing
- Inter Milan sinks Bayern Munich, 3-2
- For the record - March 15, 2011
- 'The Bachelor' recap: Who went home with the final rose?
- ‘House’ recap: Cannonball run
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announces winners for 2010
- Live from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony: Tom Waits, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Alice Cooper and Neil Diamond celebrate in New York
- N.Y. Times sends potassium iodide to protect reporters
- 'Gypsy' remake with Barbra Streisand is off
- Japan's Nikkei stock index plunges 13% on nuclear fears
- Local hockey players making their mark at all levels
- Around the animal kingdom: Unleashed photos of the day for March 14
- Album review: New York Dolls' 'Dancing Backward in High Heels'
- Baseball: Alcantara has four hits in Bishop Amat victory
- Japan nuclear crisis worsens as damage feared to reactor containment vessel
- Football: Servite lineman Averill picks up Boise State offer
- Album review: Screeching Weasel's 'First World Manifesto'
- Boys' basketball: Cezar Guerrero picks Oklahoma State
- Tuesday's Highlights: 'The Comedy Central Roast' on Comedy Central
- Tuesday's Talk Shows
- Dodgers reassign Dee Gordon, option John Lindsey and Trayvon Robinson to the minors
- Woman causes a stir by carrying dress-clad marmoset into Virginia courthouse in her bra
- Football: Markham appears headed to Compton
- Boys' basketball: Harrell, Cain earn MVP honors in Mission League
- Boys' basketball: Nwaba, Williams are co-MVPs