- Working Hollywood: Even puppets have their own stylists
- Dana Wynter dies at 79; actress in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'
- Book review: 'The Forgotten Founding Father' by Joshua Kendall
- Justine Booth and Ryan Guerrero
- A Laguna Beach mansion without the mass
- Hilo Coffee Mill: Visitor information
- Discoveries
- Book calendar events for the week of May 8, 2011
- Teachers union challenges L.A. Unified's new evaluation process
- Scene & Heard: 'Rock & Royalty Race to Erase MS' gala
- 'Mother of the Year'
- Autism rates may be higher than thought
- Obama order could make corporate political spending public
- U2's The Edge finds conservancy's price
- Teachers union challenges L.A. Unified's new evaluation process
- On Mother's Day, Ann Stow shares a message and waits for a miracle
- Your Scene: Timeless moment in Cambodia
- War casualties
- Head of L.A. city union held in alleged theft of computer
- Mexico's drug war: Crossing borders
- Planning your trip to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Costs of having a food truck
- Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris: the California Democratic Party's future?
- Saying goodbye to a Lakers era as wild and successful as they've had
- Granada Hills Kennedy pitcher Ryan Cruz knows how to pick them
- Angels' Kendrys Morales to get second opinion on ankle
- Lakers swept into season of uncertainty
- Libyan forces destroy key fuel supply in Misurata
- Andre Ethier's home run powers Dodgers past Mets, 4-2
- U.S. wants to interrogate Osama bin Laden's wives
- Being a healthy role model suits figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi just fine
- Twentysomethings should weigh health insurance options
- Dodgers' James Loney works his way out of slump
- Flood of lawsuits by LAPD officers costs the city millions
- In Mexico City, crowds protest drug violence
- Afghanistan insurgents attack government compounds in Kandahar
- It's not a Magic moment for Lakers in many ways
- Book calendar events for the week of May 8, 2011
- In finding Osama bin Laden, CIA soars from distress to success
- Manchester United moves closer to clinching English Premier League championship
- Doyle McManus: Tim Pawlenty's gambit
- 5-year-old twins and their parents dead in suspected East L.A. murder-suicide
- Dual-language immersion programs growing in popularity
- In wake of Osama bin Laden's death, Taliban may be considering options
- Good-faith estimate disclosures ineffective in helping consumers shop for mortgages
- Good times for San Antonio's River Walk
- Book Review: 'Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag' by Sigrid Nunez
- Travel calendar
- Bigger and better
- Mother's Day travel getaways
- Nonfiction film: 'Hey, Boo' spotlights the 'To Kill a Mockingbird' sensation
- Not Just for Kids: 'What Happened to Goodbye' by Sarah Dessen
- Paul Feig is indebted to 'Leave It to Beaver'
- Kristen Wiig, so weird on 'SNL,' goes (somewhat) normal for 'Bridesmaids'
- Berlin art colony Kunsthaus Tacheles in limbo
- This month's money makeover
- Working Hollywood: Even puppets have their own stylists
- Horoscope: May 8
- Funny or Die on a mission to live large
- Afghan bodybuilding is big again
- Angels in the minors
- GOP finding it hard to make progress
- A Laguna Beach mansion without the mass
- Nurturing a historic herd of bison
- Book review: 'The Churchills: In Love and War' by Mary S. Lovell
- Las Vegas travel calendar
- Coffee grown on the Big Island's rainy side
- Romping room for Shostakovich
- New on DVD: 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never'
- Underrated/Overrated
- School opened up a class conflict for David Lindsay-Abaire
- Stay cool in Ho Chi Minh City's cafe oases
- Readers recommend: Hemet's Quality Inn
- The Sunday Conversation: Rita Wilson
- Food truck makers revived by gourmet trend
- New faces at old fashion labels
- Performer with a volatile income yearns to own a house
- More for Your Money: Disputing rental-car damage charges
- Justice for Janitors campaigners record their stories
- Egypt's new foreign policy tests old alliances
- Manny Pacquiao, and fight fans, are irked at Shane Mosley's performance
- This Laker Girl would rather blend in with the crowd
- Critic's Notebook: 'Treme's' collection of beautiful moments
- 'SNL': Tina Fey reprises role as Sarah Palin on 'Saturday Night Live' [Video]
- Brothers' helping hands
- Families of dead miners feel let down by Washington
- Dodgers in the minors
- 100 FBI retirees defend disgraced Boston agent
- Pakistan in the balance
- Letters: Some 'Valleys Visions' left off the list
- Coffee sampling in Hawaii's new growing region
- Education reform: Shorter week, more learning
- Mental health experts caution against retribution
- Web Buzz: Localo.com finds inexpensive spaces for visitors
- Tours & cruises: 15-day 'Papua New Guinea Kundu Festival' itinerary
- Investing: Why Monsanto shares are falling
- One killed, two injured in South Los Angeles collision
- U.S. seeks access to Bin Laden widows in Pakistan
- 'Paraben-free': Should you care?
- The U.S. decision not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body; California won't execute anyone this year; punishing GOP legislators for lack of progress on the budget
- Antiabortion measures flooding state legislatures
- Lucas Glover wins in playoff at Quail Hollow
- Chef Joachim Splichal's recipe for success
- Slain soldier 'knew what was important'
- Archeologists find trove of relics at Ventura Mission site
- Taliban renew attacks in Kandahar; death toll hits 25
- $1-million-plus LAPD payouts
- Listing details for 1580 Sunset Ridge Drive, Laguna Beach 92651
- U.S. releases videos of Osama bin Laden
- Dual-language immersion programs growing in popularity
- Lakers' 122-86 Game 4 loss ends underachieving season and a dynasty in embarrassing fashion
- The feathered look in hair
- Conference aims to empower U.S. Muslim women
- Seve Ballesteros dies at 54; audacious Spaniard won five major golf titles
- Book Review: 'Juice!' by Ishmael Reed
- Jaap van Zweden can't shake Concertgebouw's sound
- Noah Webster, a man of many words
- Hollywood noir wasn't always on film
- Japan looks abroad for high-tech help at Fukushima plant
- 'Clayton Brothers: Inside Out'
- Films & programs
- TV This Week
- Library of Congress builds the record collection of the century
- In fashion, the brand plays on
- Discoveries
- Book review: 'Tabloid City' by Pete Hamill
- Critic's Notebook: Lafayette Park Recreation Center extends an arm to area kids
- Still battling weight in Arkansas
- Debt doesn't go away when lender writes it off
- Internet data collection: The privacy line
- Planning your trip to San Antonio
- A salute to famous mothers
- Indie Focus: 'The Arbor' puts words in actors' mouths
- Hilo Coffee Mill: Visitor information
- Get your caffeine on in the West
- Dark Passages: A butcher's boy returns
- Times updates and expands value-added ratings for Los Angeles elementary school teachers
- Angels 1B Kendrys Morales to go to Colorado for second opinion on broken ankle
- Pacquiao vs. Mosley: Round-by-round highlights of Manny Pacquiao's victory over Shane Mosley
- Jorge Arce defeats Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. for WBO super-bantamweight title
- Ethier's hitting streak stopped at 30 in Dodgers' 4-2 loss to the Mets
- Paula Abdul may hold up the show on 'The X Factor' with last-minute contract talks
- Why Torii Hunter's game-winning double was actually a single Friday night
- David Beckham and son escape injury and citation after 405 Freeway accident
- Keeping tabs: Trevor Plouffe
- Baseball: Santa Monica's Hirschberger strikes out 13
- Football: Loyola secondary has talent
- Dodgers Web musings: Where Ethier's hitting streak fails to translate
- Conductor Jaap van Zweden is ready for his close-up
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Cheney, Donilon, Daniels, Rice, Kerry
- Freddie Roach will help coach USA Boxing team
- 'Moscow, Cherry Town': A Shostakovich to sing about
- ‘Fringe’ recap: What the Fringe!?
- Summer special: Indah's Balinese-made cruise collection
- A visual history of the Cannes Film Festival
- Baseball: Friday's scores
- Softball: Friday's scores
- PAKISTAN: Osama bin Laden's wife questioned, scrutinized in wake of raid
- Tweeter's Digest: The week in TV tweets, from about Osama to 'Celebrity Wife Swap'
- SYRIA: Activists report security forces kill three women in Baniyas
- SYRIA: Is mystery gunman President Bashar Assad's brother, Maher?
- David Lindsay-Abaire's window on his old neighborhood
- SYRIA: Protesters issue online appeal for President Assad to hold elections
- Opinion: Ticket pic of the week: A little father-son time in Libya
- SYRIA: Clinton condemns Syrian crackdown on protesters
- What do Steven Tyler, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Lady Gaga have in common? Hair feathers
- The Claytons: SoCal's painting brothers
- SYRIA: Syrian tanks enter embattled cities, protesters say
- Retail roundup: Amazon launches flash sale site, Microsoft store coming to Century City, retail sales, Volcom acquisition
- Mother's Day Gifts: For grandmama
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen Tips: Frozen shrimp
- At Kitchen and Bath Industry Show, innovation driven by baby boomers' quest to 'age in place'
- Galley kitchen remodel: Better doesn't have to mean bigger
- Kitchen addition marries modern with traditional
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: GOP's Scott Brown hails Bin Laden death; Obama touts more clean energy
- SYRIA: Syrian soldiers storm coastal town of Baniyas overnight
- Market Watch: Small green plums are Armenian treat
- David Mason dies at 85; 'Penny Lane' trumpeter
- Hot Property: Jodie Foster lists Beverly Hills estate for $9,975,000
- <b>Editorial:</b> A case for pension reform
- Michael Hiltzik: Trying to fill a hole in medical clinic regulation
- Stocks saw upturn in jobs. Now what?
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Carl Erskine's treasure chest of Dodgers lore
- In Afghanistan, insurgents launch deadly assault in Kandahar
- Tearful Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in Madrid semifinal
- An unhappy alliance
- Lakers and Celtics fans unite . . . for the end is near
- Frank McCourt might be able to claim stadium and land even if he loses Dodgers
- Galaxy's Juan Pablo Angel has struggled to score goals
- Voting is landslide for Manny Pacquiao's victory over Shane Mosley
- Mexican charged in Border Patrol agent's death
- Oprah Winfrey Network CEO Christina Norman ousted
- Horoscope: May 7
- Man-made rock reef is part of a welcome seaweed change
- Quick Takes: A fanboy free-for-all
- Chivas USA has a smart start to season
- First time's a charm for 'Last Night' director
- Obama meets assault team that killed Bin Laden
- Dodgers in the minors
- Times updates and expands value-added ratings for Los Angeles elementary school teachers
- An appreciation: Arthur Laurents, prickly Broadway pioneer
- SETI Institute's search for extraterrestrial life hits a budgetary black hole
- Up next for the Galaxy: Saturday vs. Red Bulls
- Longshot Animal Kingdom wins the Kentucky Derby
- Bin Laden raid reveals another elusive target: a stealth helicopter
- Tim Rutten: Snapshot of a split America
- A case for pension reform
- Mark Landsberger, immortalized by Dr. J, played in 'Showtime' Lakers' background
- Boston's Fenway Park maintains sense of history, tradition
- David Mason dies at 85; 'Penny Lane' trumpeter
- Travel gear: Wheelchair ramp at the ready
- StoryCorps' audio history of 9/11
- Bobby Wilson waits as Angels carry three catchers
- Economy shows solid job growth for a third straight month
- New labels will soon help consumers choose health plans
- MOCA's graffiti exhibition; a big pension for a public worker in Salinas; the "birther" blowback
- A visit home, cheese in hand
- Casual simplicity is the glue
- 'Almost' wasn't good enough
- Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday at Real Salt Lake
- U.S.-born cleric was target of Yemen drone strike
- Access Industries to buy Warner Music Group for $3.3 billion
- Lakers face a nearly impossible task, but Coach Phil Jackson doesn't want them to think about it
- Internet privacy bills are planned
- Hot Property: Jodie Foster lists Beverly Hills estate for $9,975,000
- The age of ease
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 23
- Tuscaloosa councilman the go-to guy
- Baseball rumors: Eric Hosmer's promotion, Derek Jeter's slow start and more
- Angels in the minors
- There's no excuse for Lakers to end this way
- Dodgers' Rafael Furcal thinks he is close to returning
- Saturday's TV highlights
- MTA plans security upgrades on rail lines
- Trying to fill a hole in medical clinic regulation
- Worst may be over for Texas wildfires
- Andre Ethier's hitting streak ends at 30 games
- A poignant voice above the noise
- New York's Thierry Henry makes quick impression on Galaxy
- L.A. Times publisher is named chief executive of Tribune Co.
- Al Qaeda threatens revenge against U.S.
- Joe's Joe: Joe Coulombe
- L.A. parking officers are bad news for media
- Irrigation districts seek closure of commercial salmon season off California, Oregon
- The Times' rankings: Baseball stadiums
- Capistrano school board accused of violating open-meeting law
- Tourism in Los Angeles expected to climb this year
- Seve Ballesteros dies at 54; audacious Spaniard won 5 major golf titles
- Holding on to the Sikh heritage in the U.S.
- Light touches clean up this act
- Jim Newton: L.A. supervisors vs. their CEO
- Killer fungus linked to vanishing amphibians
- Give credit where it's due and hug a bee today
- City expands probe into corruption allegations at building agency
- Happening Saturday
- Mexico woos tourists as U.S. advises travelers to avoid parts of the violence-plagued country
- Market Watch: Small green plums are Armenian treat
- GOP candidate lends campaign $250,000
- Pictures: Celebrities sightings at the Kentucky Derby
- Canning it: Make friends with your freezer
- Diana Kennedy, "Top Chef" top James Beard awards
- Patrick the pit bull: New Jersey woman pleads not guilty to charges relating to animal cruelty
- Saturday's Highlights: 'Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour' on HBO
- Ethier keeps streak going, but Dodgers fall 6-3 to Mets
- April job growth: Don't credit McDonald's
- Baseball: Camarillo clinches Pacific View League title
- Baseball: Chatsworth takes big step toward West Valley League title
- George Clooney's 50th birthday dinner, as told by Kirstie Alley and Jackie Collins
- Alexi Amarista to start in left field for the Angels on Friday night
- L.A. Phil cancels concert by Spanish early music specialist Jordi Savall
- Potential all-tackle world record redear sunfish caught
- Double-tying the knot: Celebrities and their former spouses
- Broadway just another stop for Ethier as he extends hitting streak to 30 games
- Metallica, Morissette just weren't enough to stop a Warner Music Group sale
- How Chaz Bono, Cher's son, became a man — and possibly a transgender icon?
- UCLA basketball: Students vote to reject new seating arrangement at Pauley Pavilion
- Five online ticket agents fined
- Opinion: Jay Carney's newest warning to Syria on violence
- Sada Thompson dies at 83; stage and TV actress known for playing matriarch on 'Family'
- Opinion: You're not alone: Most Americans believe Pakistan was double-dealing on Osama bin Laden refuge
- GOP leader says no to education cuts, along with taxes
- Baby Spice Emma Bunton has a new baby boy
- Illinois may deny tourists free admission to Chicago museums
- L.A. Galaxy to play Real Madrid at the Coliseum on July 16
- Lakers Moments: A.C. Green is pure good
- John Galliano fires lawyer amid embezzlement and defamation claims
- Tourism in L.A. projected to climb in 2011
- 'Survivor' post-game: Forget women, it was food that Steve pined for
- Colorado officials unanimously approve regulation banning the hunting of denned bears
- Critical Mass: 'Thor' swings his hammer and the critics scream
- Arthur Laurents: An appreciation
- California Department of Fish and Game offers clinic on hunting wild pigs
- Underdog in the race to succeed Jane Harman lends campaign $500,000
- Frank McCourt and the disaster that is Steve Soboroff
- Style L.A.: What are you wearing? Reader photo of the week, sitting pretty
- At Villa Riviera in Long Beach, award-winning restoration work includes a bit of the grotesque
- Opinion: The Bin Laden images we'd rather see
- Zsa Zsa Gabor hit with pneumonia, new rumor about husband's baby plan
- Filmmaker Ethan Coen to publish a book of poetry