- Tour de France: Thor Hushovd wins Stage 16
- AIG reportedly considering an initial public offering of aircraft leasing firm
- Rupert Murdoch explains it all: 'I'm not really in touch'
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- Live Nation-backed group declares war on StubHub, ticket resellers
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- Opinion: Late-night jokes: Obama's new economic plan: Buy lottery tickets and hope
- The Morning Fix: Murdochs face the fire! Sheen comeback moves forward. 'Dark Tower' goes dark.
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- Album Review: Jenny O.'s 'Home'
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- Norbert Olberz dies at 86; Sport Chalet founder, CEO for 4 decades
- What's at stake in the debt-limit talks: a primer
- Cases of fraud by deputies increase
- Horoscope: July 19
- Janice Hahn takes seat in Congress
- Treatment may protect young women with breast cancer from early menopause
- Dodgers lose to Giants again, 5-3
- Bill Clinton would raise debt ceiling, bypass Congress
- Gen. Petraeus hands over command in Afghanistan
- California gas prices aren't among nation's highest
- Libyan rebels refuse to negotiate with Moammar Kadafi
- Symbolic House vote on debt ceiling approaches
- It was a little slice of Carmaheaven
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- Charlie Sheen to star in 'Anger Management' series
- Television review: 'Web Therapy'
- Suit asks state Supreme Court to overturn state action targeting redevelopment agencies
- Xtreme Eating Awards skewer favorite restaurant dishes
- Pawlenty slams Bachmann on experience: 'She doesn't have it'
- Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti wavering on deadline deals
- Jerry Ragovoy dies at 80; songwriter had hits with Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin
- Tabloids don't deserve the 1st Amendment
- California pension funds post big annual gains
- Expanded coverage of contraceptives urged by experts
- British prime minister on the defensive
- U.S. charges two with illegal lobbying for Pakistan
- Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton still feeling effects of tragedy
- Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday inspires South Africa
- Tuesday's TV talk shows
- EPA is sued over smog in Los Angeles Basin
- U.S., Libya put different spin on talks
- Tuesday's TV highlights
- Amazon launches college textbook rentals program
- In Libya, rebel casualties tell the story behind fight for key city
- Michele Bachmann suffers from migraines, but campaign disputes severity
- Martin Sheen, former TV president, lobbies Congress on drug courts
- Comedy Camp participants learn to 'wring laughs from my tears'
- Taliban denies texting Mullah Omar's death, blames hacking
- House approves GOP debt reduction bill
- L.A. County is seeing a spike in deputy-fraud allegations
- Mysterious deaths in Coronado puzzle investigators
- Obama erred in dropping Elizabeth Warren to head agency
- JetBlue and Southwest launch sales on autumn airfares
- Phone-hacking scandal could force Murdoch to let go of newspapers
- TV review: 'Awkward.' on MTV
- Will Gluck experiences the benefits of success
- Del Mar ready for another big opening
- Baby boomers' worries might be misguided--top killer is heart disease, not cancer and Alzheimer's
- What's at stake in the debt-limit talks: a primer
- Monday hours make a comeback at Chinatown library
- In 'Carmageddon,' some see road map for the future
- For Amazon, stakes are high in sales tax fight
- House set for symbolic debt ceiling vote, eyeing 'Plan B'
- In emerging Senate plan, Obama sees new hope for major debt deal
- Carmageddon's lessons
- Court revives L.A. law protecting grocery workers
- Hyundai is rated No. 1 in brand loyalty
- OnStar rearview mirror for non-GM vehicles will go on sale
- Michele Bachmann says 'easily controlled' migraines don't slow her
- Justice Department trying to shield officials in guns scandal, ATF chief says
- 'Awkward.' info
- Goldberg: The ideologue in the Oval Office
- Chinese police and protesters clash; four dead
- Quick Takes: Losing 'Neverland'
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- Shaky start for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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- Mongol Rally post 1: 200 words
- Fears rise in global markets as debt woes mount
- Thailand: $1,599 for L.A.-Bangkok flights + hotel on 14-day tour
- NFL retirees sue over concussions
- Obama's pick for consumer agency doesn't end controversy
- Proposed NLRB rules are sensible and should be adopted
- Prisoners' hunger strike in its third week
- Royal Bank of Scotland is sued by federal regulators over credit union losses
- Gobbler lets musicians collaborate over the Internet
- Retired NFL players won't hold up labor deal
- Hank Conger understands demotion by Angels
- Hersheypark builds buzz for 2012 attraction with viral marketing campaign
- After fire, a young man's life restarts
- Dodgers bankruptcy: What is Wednesday's hearing about?
- Israel navy takes over protest ship bound for Gaza
- The fight over light bulb regulations; L.A.'s 'Carmageddon' weekend; California history books including gays
- Israeli navy intercepts protest vessel headed for Gaza
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 96
- Yahoo revenue dips in quarter, shares fall
- Lakers, Clippers may not have a season, but they have schedules
- Obama endorses Feinstein bill to repeal Defense of Marriage Act
- FDA panel to review heart valve for those too sick for surgery
- 'Web Therapy' info
- A cloudy vision of U.S. spaceflight
- Suspension bad for Marc Tyler, but good for USC, Lane Kiffin
- Hawaii airfare sale: $149 Honolulu-San Diego on new Alaska Airlines route
- Angels broadcaster's daughter is typical teen, and it's extraordinary
- Rupert Murdoch testifies in phone hacking, is attacked
- Cases of fraud by deputies increase
- For the record - July 19, 2011
- 'The Bachelorette' recap: On the hometown dates, J.P. rolls over the competition
- L.A. Opera canceling Hungarian 'Bank Ban' production
- Baseball: VIBL playoffs begin on Wednesday
- Football: Campbell Hall getting Montclair Prep transfer
- How low can you go? Giants blank Dodgers, 5-0, to leave them 13 1/2 back
- Baseball: Milwaukee Brewers announce Area Code roster
- Apple earnings: The return of the 'wow' factor?
- Boys' basketball: USC, ASU offer Parker Cartwright
- Boys' basketball: Howard Abrams loses his job at Montclair Prep
- Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'Hef's Runaway Bride' on Lifetime
- Looking at Rupert Murdoch, seeing Lord Voldemort
- Tuesday's TV Talk Shows
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- Western forests: Whitebark pine in danger of extinction
- Opinion: Herman Cain to Iran: 'If you mess with Israel you're messing with the USA'
- Emma Watson will return to Brown for final year of college
- Personal Playlist: Patti Smith listens to opera — and Adele
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- L.A. smog: Public health groups file suit against EPA
- Anonymous plans AnonPlus after being kicked out of Google+
- Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for Rustock botnet information
- Opera review: Gustavo Dudamel conducts 'Turandot' at the Hollywood Bowl
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tip: Butcher's slip knot
- LulzSec is back, hacks Rupert Murdoch's Sun tabloid
- Standard & Poor's warns of possible News Corp. downgrade
- Kate Winslet, Martin Scorsese may be getting the 'E' in 'EGOT'
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- Opinion: Barack Obama accused of crime against humanity for killing Bin Laden
- Prince William and Catherine catch 'Bridesmaids' on a movie date
- Baseball: Paraclete advances to Legion state finals
- Women's World Cup final sets new Twitter records
- Cities ask state top court to block raid on redevelopment cash
- EGYPT: Man shot by police during uprising dies
- MGM marketing chief Michael Vollman exiting
- In the wake of Bryan Stow beating, air all gone from Dodgers-Giants rivalry
- Who are the three greatest left fielders in Angels history?
- Opinion: Sarah Palin doc 'The Undefeated' still waiting on its first positive review
- Lamar Odom sells his Manhattan Beach home
- Fanny Brice's former Holmby Hills estate is for sale
- Montclair Prep decision will test recruiting rules
- A Justin Bieber wedding crash is just that much more special, no?
- 'Justified' star Margo Martindale: Emmy front-runner for best supporting drama actress
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- What could Vince Gilligan do after ‘Breaking Bad?’
- Opinion: Rick Perry's higher calling
- Opinion: To derail religion is to derail happiness
- Borders finds no buyer, moves toward liquidation
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- Montclair Prep drops its athletic program
- Which 'Glee' episode should Chris Colfer submit to Emmy judges?
- Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs working on opera project with Adam Rapp
- Jean Agee, assistant coach on championship USC women's basketball teams, dies at 74
- Elizabeth Warren's next stop -- Legoland
- PASSINGS: Leo Kirch, Roland Petit, Cal Montney, Lee Vines, Googie Withers, Frank Billerbeck
- Happy 93rd birthday, Nelson Mandela!
- CalPERS and CalSTRS both see big gains
- Opinion: Rudy Giuliani thinks GOP should 'get the heck out of people's bedrooms'
- L.A. Reid officially named chairman and CEO of Epic Records
- Charlie Sheen confirms 'Anger Management' sitcom plan
- USC football: Tailback Marc Tyler suspended for season opener, possibly longer
- Haruki Murakami's '1Q84': The first words
- Nolan Ryan hospitalized with chest pain
- Dodgers Web musings: Is it sweep or pack it up for Dodgers this week in San Francisco?
- Leading into a series of rescheduled tour dates, Adele's '21' passes 1 million digital downloads in U.S.
- Opinion: Jobs and education: An ideal world where no one makes less than $20,000
- Tour Eats with Wet & Reckless: Baltimore's Helmand Afghan restaurant
- Frank McCourt calls proposed MLB loan 'deal with the devil'
- OnStar rear-view mirror: On sale Sunday for non-General Motors cars
- European bond yields soar, stocks plummet on debt fears
- Adobe buys e-signature company EchoSign
- Ivanka Trump had the baby, but Donald Trump delivers the baby's name
- California gasoline is higher, but some states have it worse
- HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg exiting
- 'Rescue Me' Recap: Tommy Gavin still doesn't like Tommy Gavin
- 'Food Network Star' recap: Who was worse? Penny or Wolfgang Puck?
- Richard Cordray is best choice to head consumer bureau, Obama says
- L.A. Unheard: Chelsea Wolfe's revelatory dirges
- Marc Anthony gets to flirt, Jennifer Lopez gets to work after split
- Two die after boat capsizes during sailing race
- Lawmakers seek limits on university executive pay
- Ryan Murphy's 'American Horror Story' gets series order from FX
- 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' recap: And a Partridge in a Kim G.
- Charlie Sheen to star in new 'Anger Management' sitcom
- Why Sarah Palin documentary 'The Undefeated' isn't a hit
- Amazon.com launches Kindle textbook rentals with up to 80% off
- BAHRAIN: Iran's Khamenei sabotaged dialogue talks, official claims
- Monday's TV Highlights: 'Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story' on Lifetime
- ISRAEL: Students protest soaring rent prices
- Monday's TV Talk Shows
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- Weinsteins pull the plug on 'Finding Neverland' musical at La Jolla Playhouse
- News Corp. taps Lord Anthony Grabiner to lead internal probe of phone-hacking scandal
- Who is the best golfer playing today?
- Dodgers bankruptcy: Creditors concerned about Frank McCourt's financing plan
- Elin Nordegren, Rachel Uchitel may have someone else (Jamie Dingman) in common
- Move to digital sparks new partnership between Technicolor and Deluxe
- Facebook reportedly blocks user-created Google+ ad
- Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony continue lines for Kohl's despite split. Vanessa Minnillo wears Lhuillier to wed Nick Lachey.
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- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner welcome a baby girl
- Monster Mash: Ennis House sold to Ron Burkle; Egypt's antiquities chief is dismissed
- Wall Street Roundup: Drooping bull. Hedge fund as cult.
- ALGERIA: Postponing economic therapy is playing with fire
- The Morning Fix: Latest 'Harry Potter' soars! Murdoch scandal expands.
- Pro Portfolio: Ojai Valley home built to fend off fire
- Boys' basketball: Jrue Holiday returns to area this week
- Today's no-bake dessert recipe: Frozen zabaglione with seasonal fruit
- 'True Blood' recap: 'You drank the whole fairy -- Now you're going to your room'
- Opinion: Tonight's required TV viewing: C-SPAN's special on the secrets within the Library of Congress
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- 'Breaking Bad' recap: You don't mess around with Gus
- GAZA STRIP: Israeli military warns Gazans in leaflet drop
- Baseball: USC lands two top prep pitchers
- Taking a nostalgic ride on the world's oldest roller coasters
- It's July 18, will the real Andre Ethier please stand up?
- John Mosca dies at 86; ran popular restaurant near New Orleans
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- Obama picks Richard Cordray to head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Wine of the Week: 2009 Domaine du Grand Montmirail Vacqueyras
- Nolan Ryan is the man of his Angels dreams
- Stock rebound unlikely this week as debt-ceiling debate heats up
- Horoscope: July 18
- Newton: A new voice atop L.A.'s teachers union
- Youth entrepreneurship programs encourage thinking big
- Egyptian prime minister shuffles Cabinet
- Judge upholds Lancaster prayer policy
- Gold tops $1,600, rises to record
- Nolan Ryan in hospital for tests on heart, will miss ceremony at Anaheim
- How to make online ads more effective
- SPARKS TONIGHT: vs. San Antonio
- 'Harry Potter' makes box-office magic
- Lamar Odom sells his Manhattan Beach home
- John Mosca dies at 86; ran popular restaurant near New Orleans
- GOP accuses Obama of illegal fundraising video
- Cisco to trim 6,500 jobs to cut costs
- Elin Nordegren, Rachel Uchitel may have someone else (Jamie Dingman) in common
- Tricked-out trikes for older riders
- Former commodities trader admits threatening to kill U.S. regulators
- U.S. women's soccer team looks to the future
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Palin
- Gen. John Allen takes command of Afghan war
- Good dogs: The list
- Talks continue over debt ceiling
- A grieving boy moves forward
- Iraqi refugees in U.S. rechecked for terrorism links
- Fanny Brice's former Holmby Hills estate is for sale
- Fast Fame
- Gov. Jerry Brown, Legislature require rural homeowners to pay fire fee
- Lance Armstrong fights grand jury leaks
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 95
- Secondhand smoke linked to hearing loss in teens
- Casey Anthony leaves jail for parts unknown
- Therapy dogs make the rounds in more healthcare settings
- Los Angeles' silent film role
- Light-bulb standards equal energy efficiency
- In Washington's game of chicken, California has plenty at stake
- Angels rookie Mike Trout continues to impress Mike Scioscia
- Dodgers draw a blank against Giants in 5-0 loss
- Tricked-out trikes for older riders
- Paris travel info: airlines and hotels
- Uruguayan leader had brutal record
- Four airports to test expedited screening for frequent fliers
- Los Angeles schools to revamp their ban on social promotion
- GOP to lay marker down on debt-ceiling as public sounds disapproval
- Car safety: Let Grandma drive the kids!
- Nearly 200 patients move into new pavilion at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- AIDS drugs restore Africans' life expectancy
- U.S. Supreme Court again rejects most decisions by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
- 'Harry Potter' makes box-office magic
- Exec named CEO of Tribune Co. publishing unit
- Frank McCourt's attorneys argue against accepting MLB financing
- Al Qaeda's Yemen branch has aided Somalia militants, U.S. says
- Taking a nostalgic ride on the world's oldest roller coasters
- Sparks put themselves in early hole in 79-69 loss to San Antonio
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