- Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. in a war over alleged 'discussions' for star's comeback
- Art review: 'David Smith: Drawing Space' at Margo Leavin Gallery
- Not your daddy's Boy Scout merit badge: Robots!
- Boys' basketball: A six-figure coaching salary?
- Coachella 2011: Robyn not pressed for mainstream success: 'If it happens, it happens'
- Science Channel's 'Oddities' star talks mummified heads and celeb collectors
- Flipboard gets $50 million and Oprah in one day
- Coachella 2011: Joy Orbison brings post-dubstep to those unaware that dubstep is over
- 'House' writers' room: Lucky Thirteen and the big house
- Donald Trump's birther crusade: Is it politics or old-school Hollywood marketing?
- Theater review: 'God of Carnage' at the Ahmanson Theatre
- Brazilian Blowout blow-up: U.S. OSHA issues warning about formaldehyde in hair-smoothing treatment
- MOCA's 'Art in the Streets' exhibition brings unwanted neighborhood effect: graffiti vandalism
- Worldwide sit-in planned in support of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
- How did the outcry over Pia Toscano's ouster affect 'American Idol' ratings?
- Dr. Phil sells Beverly Hills home
- Kings' Doughty, Sharks' Couture put friendship on hold for now
- Peanut Butter Wolf talks about Stones Throw's new direct-to-disc live series
- Everything you need to know about 'Game of Thrones' but were afraid to ask
- Oil spill
- Google's profit shortfall may cast more doubt on tech sector
- Megyn Kelly and hubby welcome baby girl Yardley Evans
- Lakers Moments: Rick Fox is a sly one
- Soundgarden announces summer tour, Forum date in July
- A 'Father Knows Best' movie, by way of 'Baby Mama'
- Mozilla adds new Aurora development stage to update Firefox faster
- Sacramento mayor says billionaire Ron Burkle is interested in keeping Kings in Sacramento
- 'America's Next Top Model': Jaclyn: 'I might be sweet, but I have moves'
- Theater review: 'The Bluest Eye' at the Miles Memorial Playhouse
- Panamanian owl-killer Luis Moreno gets new seven-match ban, this time for kicking an opponent
- Some 'Scream 4' newcomers felt daunted about stepping into the franchise
- Senate rejects attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, health reform
- Were those fighting words from the Sharks, or a rallying cry by Terry Murray?
- Fish and Game Q&A: May I plant wild turkeys on private land?
- Bell indictments
- Erykah Badu and Flying Lotus play surprise DJ sets at Low End Theory
- Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week: 'Circo'
- Chef Thomas Keller kicks off new Food series, joins us at the L.A. Times Book Festival
- Demi Lovato opens up about eating disorders, cutting; tweets about heading back to studio
- Ernst & Young must face class action over Broadcom's option backdating
- Opinion: 'Quaker Oats guy' mutes immigration debate
- Theater review: Rogue Machine's 'Small Engine Repair' at Theatre Theater
- Looking at Kings' decision to send Brayden Schenn to the minor leagues
- YouTube to require 'tutorials' for copyright offenders
- Google shares fall on earnings miss; CEO Larry Page speaks to analysts only for a few minutes
- Goodbye, soaps, hello, lifestyle: Tim Gunn, Mario Batali on tap for ABC daytime
- Opinion: April 14 Buzz: Intended factual statements about Planned Parenthood
- God save Kate Middleton! Unless she's Catholic, because that would complicate things
- At Ventura Lambrate, a rocking horse for big, big kids
- Coachella 2011: Prayers for the party kids with Scala & Kolacny Brothers
- Jobs will go down drain with cancellation of ABC soaps
- Opinion: The conversation: Kobe Bryant's apology not good enough
- Movie Projector: 'Rio' should stifle 'Scream 4'
- Famous alumni of 'One Life to Live' and 'All My Children'
- The strangely familiar Guardian book page redesign
- Galaxy postscript: David Beckham and Juninho suspended as discipline and goals disappear
- Arianna Huffington says Huff Po writer's lawsuit is 'utterly without merit'
- PolitiCal Roundup: The electoral college problem, more local-government woes
- Yee haw! The Pioneer Woman gets her own TV show
- Starry cast of 'God of Carnage' attracts Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
- Oil spill: Portraits from the gulf
- Taylor Swift buys her parents $1.4-million house in Nashville
- 'Parks & Rec': Q&A with Nick Offerman, the man behind the mustache
- Coachella 2011: Volcano risks low, but temps expected to hit triple digits
- California lawmakers to lose their state cars
- Kings assign Brayden Schenn to Manchester
- Spotify alters its streaming rules: You gotta pay to play
- ABC cancels 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'
- Kobe Bryant's $100,000 fine: Is Hollywood tougher than the NBA about gay bashing?
- Swedish designers, South African crafters team up to create Story vases
- Greek default fears drive up euro-zone bond yields
- Poll: Will 'Modern Family' win best comedy series again at the Emmys?
- Sunday Books: coverage for April 17, 2011
- Spotify cuts free music access in apparent effort to appease labels
- Vote: Does LAUSD deserve a #FAIL?
- Tonight: Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas to lead punk rock book panel at Grammy Museum
- Coachella 2011: Bomba Estereo brings Colombia to Indio via L.A.'s Nacional Records
- MGM and Fox extending home entertainment partnership for five years
- Consumer Confidential: Ford expands recall, Zipcar hits market, some mail rates rising
- 'American Idol': Contestants not afraid to defy Jimmy Iovine
- Volunteer beach cleanup Saturday at Will Rogers State Beach
- Palladium boots pop up at Satine
- Dodgers to raise funds again tonight for Bryan Stow; team makes promised donation
- Peep Art: A conversation with the Princess of Peeps
- Pelosi undecided on budget vote
- 'American Idol' recap: The top 8 hit the movies
- Budget battles: Let the debate begin
- Discovery goes after rich men who love toys with new Velocity channel
- Magicians, daredevils and a 300-pound snake star in Discovery's four new series
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: 'It's my job,' says World's Most Beautiful Woman Jennifer Lopez
- On eve of Nigerian elections and the opening of 'Fela!' in Lagos, Femi Kuti talks politics, legacy, and music
- Ski report for California, April 14
- Mayor Antonio Villariagosa wants to reopen L.A.'s libraries on Mondays
- Heroes! Mothers! Cheaters! Oprah's OWN picks up six new series, renews five shows
- Japan quake affects Sony's, Toshiba's supply of cellphone camera sensors
- Question of the day: What is the most likely upset in the first round of the NBA playoffs?
- Will new drama erupt over the Pulitzer Prize for drama?
- Baseball: Wednesday's scores
- Softball: Wednesday's scores
- Wall Street Roundup: Digging into the report. Another investigation.
- Anika Noni Rose and Matthew Broderick to unveil Tony Award nominations
- 'Justified' recap: Here comes trouble
- Bamboom takes over-the-air TV over the top
- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt catch 'God of Carnage' opening
- 'Mildred Pierce' remembers downtown L.A.'s Philharmonic Auditorium
- Jennifer Lopez throughout the years
- About (Late) Last Night: Anderson Cooper begs, 'Stop paying Snooki to be Snooki'
- Mortgage rates continue to edge higher
- 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi'; you will too
- Monster Mash: Chinese officials trying to build case against Ai Weiwei; Russell Brand joins 'Rock of Ages'
- 'Modern Family' recap: 'We love the 'F' word'
- Searching for Mr. Loney
- The Morning Fix: Cannes lineup unveiled! Discovery to launch network for guys with cash. Sony and MGM seal 'Bond' deal.
- Surf's Up: PacSun corrals SoCal's biggest action sports brands (and athletes) for a new campaign
- Gifts for April showers: Picture perfect pendant
- Ohio Gov. Kasich to back Barbour for president
- Can I recycle polystyrene peanuts and containers?
- Federal cultural-grants agencies to lose 11.2% of their funding under budget deal
- Heidi Klum goes sans pants for Stand Up to Cancer PSA
- 'Survivor' recap: The quick and painless
- 'America's Next Top Model' recap: Go-sees a go go
- SBE to open Papaya King, the Sayers Club, Mercato di Vetro Italian restaurant and a lounge called the Library in the Redbury Hotel
- The Arts on TV: Rem Koolhaas, Israel Philharmonic and Ramsey Lewis
- Chicago All-Stars team up for Obama kickoff
- Around town: James Caan takes a bow, films from France, India, Japan and Chile, and the return of Tony Clifton
- Cannes 2011: Auteurs, veterans and controversy?
- Cannes 2011: Lineup shows Malick, Almodovar and 'The Beaver,' but no Payne or Cronenberg
- Nani's tortino di fagiolini
- Asparagus with hazelnuts and seasoned currants
- Roasted chicken thighs with spinach, basil, pistachio and avocado oil pesto
- Chocolate pecan brownie fudge cake
- Walnut- and herb-stuffed eggplant rolls
- Opinion: Poor Obama confronts a grueling day today
- At GOP fundraiser, a desire to work with Jerry Brown
- Chrysler finally has a mid-size contender
- Many top Republican donors on the sidelines in presidential primary race
- Recipe: Roasted chicken thighs with spinach, basil, pistachio and avocado oil pesto
- $15 wine: the new normal
- Culinary SOS: Nani's <i>tortino di fagiolini</i>
- Book review: 'The Long Goodbye' by Meghan O'Rourke
- Coachella amps up security
- The Find: Curry House CoCo Ichibanya in Torrance
- Brandstatter brought the party to old Hollywood
- Off! set to ignite Coachella stage
- Beer of the Month: Brewery Ommegang Zuur
- Recipe: Walnut- and herb-stuffed eggplant rolls
- Recipe: Chocolate pecan brownie fudge cake
- Wines that won't break the bank
- Randy Wood dies at 94; music industry innovator founded Dot Records
- The Review: Craig's
- Recipe: Asparagus with hazelnuts and seasoned currants
- Sidney Harman dies at 92; Newsweek owner and high-fidelity sound pioneer
- Leasing is in fashion among wealthy house hunters
- Southland housing market remains muted in March
- Chicago All-Stars team up for Obama kickoff
- Ducks Coach Randy Carlyle won't say who will be in goal for Game 2
- Grocery workers' union to hold strike authorization vote
- Senate panel concludes Goldman Sachs profited from financial crisis
- Your Scene: Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy
- Don't count on crashing Coachella
- Brandstatter brought the party to old Hollywood
- Violence against aid workers has surged, report says
- Angels feel lucky to have two lefty relievers
- Dodgers endure rare miscues in 9-5 loss to St. Louis
- The Find: CoCo Ichibanya in Torrance
- Obama's budget retort
- USC's Jesse Scroggins continues to develop
- Researchers at UC Davis find problems again with purity of imported olive oil
- Congress passes $38 billion in budget cuts
- Pelosi undecided on budget vote
- Kings assign center Brayden Schenn to minors instead of calling him up for playoffs
- Senate rejects attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, health reform
- Many top Republican donors on the sidelines in presidential primary race
- Go Green Expo to offer eco-friendly products this weekend in L.A.
- Thousands rally at Cal State campuses against higher education cuts
- Alzheimer's drug takes a hit, but diagnoses may become easier
- FAA's air traffic manager resigns over control tower sleeping incidents
- Kadafi forces kill 20 in key Libyan city
- LAPD crackdown at Dodger Stadium begins at tonight's game; half-price drinks canceled
- House votes could define Michele Bachmann candidacy
- Lakers guard Steve Blake has chicken pox -- no, he's not too old
- Apples to lower cholesterol? That's just the beginning
- UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley young, but growing
- Dr. Phil sells Beverly Hills home
- NBA playoffs: Preview capsules
- Banks are foreclosing while homeowners pursue loan modifications
- Quick Takes: Budget deal largely spares public broadcasting
- Culinary SOS: Nani's <i>tortino di fagiolini</i>The recipe is adapted from a dish served at Nani's Cucina Italiana in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
- Even Kobe Bryant admits, 'This team is weird'
- To Japan quake survivors, temporary homes feel like heaven
- Mortgage applications decline from previous week
- Assemblyman Donnelly's rhetoric; the Chowchilla kidnapping; the killing of innocents in Afghanistan
- Yosemite National Park: Get ready for a moonbow -- maybe
- Suicide bombers kill 3 Afghan police
- Andrew Bynum is a playoff question mark again
- Dodgers' Davey Lopes helps team pick up the pace on base-stealing
- Florida close to passing 'baggy pants' bill
- Off! set to ignite Coachella stage
- Bill to disband Vernon gets support of Assembly panel
- Stillbirths in U.S. can be prevented
- Villaraigosa and Deasy: Stars align for L.A. schools
- Google facing hurdles in bid to provide email service to governments
- 'The Conspirator's' little secret
- Drawing budget battle lines
- Apple adds 'do not track' feature to Safari Web browser
- Suicides and a bad economy go hand in hand
- Mining claims could mar national park and wilderness area borders, report says
- Obama now regrets 'political' debt limit vote
- CoCo Ichibanya Curry House info
- Producer prices rise in March
- What not to wear, dermatology edition
- Fast Track: Catherine Zeta-Jones is dealing with bipolar disorder
- Microsoft's Streetside cameras roaming London for Bing Maps
- Wines that won't break the bank
- Dot Records founder, industry pioneer
- Campaign of misinformation against Planned Parenthood
- Senate moves spending bill to Obama's desk
- The best remedy for the price of gas
- $15 wine: the new normal
- Thursday's TV talk shows
- China gags economic speech too
- Danica Patrick takes balancing act to Long Beach grand prix
- Ohio Gov. Kasich to back Barbour for president
- Obama job approval hits 5-month low in Gallup poll
- Katie Couric's intricate TV dance: Critic's Notebook
- Book review: 'The Long Goodbye' by Meghan O'Rourke
- L.A. Unified can't escape celebrity chef's drama
- Television review: 'The Paul Reiser Show'
- Sidney Harman dies at 92; Newsweek owner and high-fidelity sound pioneer
- House passes government funding bill
- Culture trumps biology in language development, study argues
- A woman's voice may not change throughout her cycle, a study finds
- A Seder without matzo
- Joie de Vivre hotels reward guests who help feed Los Angeles' homeless
- Why did Obama wait so long for deficit talk?
- Recipe: Walnut- and herb-stuffed eggplant rolls
- U.S. continues airstrikes in Libya
- Afghan tribal elder killed in suicide bombing
- Nevada Senate race heats up
- Clippers consider possibility of an NBA lockout
- Word of Mouth: 'Scream 4' takes a stab at relaunching the franchise
- Georgia passes immigration bill similar to Arizona's
- Napa State Hospital fined in slaying of worker
- Google revenue beats expectations
- O.C. judge accused of waiving friends' traffic fines
- Thursday's TV highlights
- Sacramento Kings make pitch for move to Anaheim
- N.Y. Rep. Crowley's "No Jobs Bill Blues"
- FDA not reviewing defibrillators, other medical devices as thoroughly as needed, government reviewers say
- Head of air traffic controllers quits over sleeping workers
- Lakers center Andrew Bynum says he'll play Sunday despite hurt knee
- 2.6 million stillbirths occur after 28th week, study finds
- Stem cells should be collected from Fukushima Daiichi workers in case they are needed for treatment, doctors say
- Budget battles: Let the debate begin
- Mayor's State of the City speech focuses on education
- Police to stop ticketing tardy students on their way to school
- Texas Open is marked by Kevin Na's historic meltdown
- 16 Mexico police officers held, accused of aiding cartels in massacres
- Many top Republican donors on the sidelines in presidential primary race
- Kobe Bryant's three-pointer was game-changer for Lakers
- Chrysler finally has a mid-size contender
- Angels' Jered Weaver gets win over White Sox, 4-3
- Ducks start fast to even series with Predators
- Kings' determination is outdone by Sharks' depth in 3-2 overtime loss in Game 1
- Beer of the Month: Brewery Ommegang Zuur
- 14th Annual Los Angeles Times Travel Show at the L.A. Convention Center January 27-29, 2012
- For the record - April 14, 2011
- Governor replaces panel chairman who had called for lawmaker pay cuts
- Clippers After Deadline: Blake Griffin's rookie season in the books
- Prince spins his purple -- and golden -- touch on 'Lopez Tonight'
- Dodgers can't hold the lead again, fall 4-3 to Giants
- Baseball: Quartz Hill takes over first place in Golden League
- Baseball: Hart beats Valencia, 1-0
- Baseball: Eric Snyder delivers for No. 1 Edison
- Santorum announces presidential exploratory effort
- Thursday's Highlights: 'The Office' on NBC
- 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' Season 3
- Thursday's Talk Shows
- White iPhone 4 to go on sale soon, report says
- Wells' hit, Mathis' sacrifice fly help Angels beat Indians, 4-3, in 12 innings
- Barry Bonds found guilty of obstruction of justice; mistrial declared on three other counts
- Opinion: Mailbag: Wearing your patriotism on your envelope
- Reese Witherspoon heads to Belize for family honeymoon
- McCourt only seems to respond when pushed
- Baseball: Birmingham finally scores and gets its own shutout
- Opinion: Death panels version 2.1?
- 'Harry Potter' star Bonnie Wright engaged to 'Twilight' vamp Jamie Campbell Bower
- Alyssa Milano tweets baby news, dishes about Christian Slater
- J. Crew and Jenna Lyons' pink toenail controversy
- New James Bond movie coming to theaters next year -- and another maybe not long after that
- Adele's '21' tops 1 million; Record Store Day looms as sales slow
- Stanley Cup playoffs: Ducks still have ducats left for first two games
- New season of 'Deadliest Catch' hauls in big ratings
- Dodgers cancel half-price alcohol promotion
- Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher recruit 'real men' Justin Timberlake, Bradley Cooper, Isaiah Mustafa for PSAs
- Sony and MGM finalize James Bond, co-financing partnership
- Sally Field will have a place in the Lincoln White House
- Emmy cliffhanger: What'll win best TV drama series?
- Oil prices halt decline after 5.8% drop in two days
- Officials retake prison from rioting inmates in the Dominican Republic