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- Wal-Mart and Target expand grocery offerings
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- Angel Candice Swanepoel introduces Victoria's Secret's 'Sheer Love' in L.A.
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- Jeffrey Katzenberg's verdict on Hollywood movies: They're terrible
- Does 'Dark Tower' collapse suggest end of Hollywood's ambition?
- Two Angelenos make "Top Chef: Just Desserts" lineup
- Apple's new Mac mini ditches the optical-drive
- NBC News veteran Patrick Burkey named show's executive producer
- Poll predicts a 'Harry Potter' best picture Oscar nod but no win
- New tour company shows movie locations and film clips
- Football: The ultimate pep talk
- Fran Drescher sitcom 'Happily Divorced' renews vows with TV Land
- Del Mar fans are roaring on opening day
- Clayton Kershaw outduels Tim Lincecum; Dioner Navarro homers in Dodgers' 1-0 win
- Producers Guild will keep 10 nominees for best picture
- Baseball: Nick Suniga picks Alemany
- Cotto-Margarito second bout set for New York
- Who are the three greatest right fielders in Angels history?
- Football: Another Robert Lewis story
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- Opinion: Amazon vs. California: Whose side are you on?
- Opinion: Baby boomers: Are 'greedy geezers' setting America up for failure?
- Opinion: Michele Bachmann's migraines are infrequent but caused by 'trigger factors,' doctor says
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- New L.A. art fair firms up galleries and VIP program
- L. A. water bills set to rise--but how much? DWP seeks advice
- Boys' basketball: Cole Huff is no longer committed to San Diego State
- R. Kelly has emergency throat surgery, takes 'indefinite' break from performing
- Emma Roberts, Chord Overstreet, Diane Kruger schmooze for 'Muta'
- A new 'Hunger Games' movie poster! OMG!
- The music you bought this week: Shelton, Incubus and more
- News Corp. tries to build good will in wake of hacking scandal
- TLC's latest reality show will look at Muslim families in America
- Jenna Fischer saves it for Jay Leno: She's having a boy
- Opinion: Threatening Obama: The high price of free speech
- Music review: Gustavo Dudamel's Mozart night at the Hollywood Bowl
- Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' won't be a movie after all
- Opinion: Homework: L.A. Unified is doing theirs over again
- Ducks sign veteran forward Mark Bell
- GOP lawmaker seeks referendum on new fire fee
- Dum Dum Girls deliver 'death and darkness and sadness' with grace
- 'Captain America' premiere: Chris Evans is terrified, and Robert Downey Jr. understands
- Frank McCourt fired Dodgers hitting coach? 'Oh, yeah,' coach says
- At last: A LudoBites you don't need reservations for
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gets strong support in poll
- Opinion: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin: the tragic speech Nixon was prepared to give
- Miu Miu hosts Hollywood bash
- New resources explain the ABCs of state insurance exchanges
- Fake Apple Stores popping up in China
- Zillow shares surge on their opening day
- Dodgers fire hitting coach Jeff Pentland; offensive woes cured!
- From Kate to Catherine: Dignity and smiles 'in the eye of the storm'
- Latimes.com in June: 13 blogs top 1 million page views
- New TSA software to end naked scanner images
- Pictures: Sade Concert Tour 2011 Amway Center
- Dodgers bankruptcy: McCourt offers slightly better loan
- Giorgio Armani to outfit Italian national team for the 2012 Olympics
- Writers Guild Awards to be bestowed on Feb. 19
- Gregor Mendel celebrated in peas-full Google Doodle
- With Persian show, Bravo, Ryan Seacrest seek their own Situation
- CBS Corp. licenses older shows to Amazon.com
- Which conference deserves the most scrutiny in college football?
- Simon Fuller sues Fox and Fremantle over 'X Factor' credit
- Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony: A rocky road to their split?
- Cynthia Nixon returning to Broadway in Margaret Edson's 'Wit'
- FTC: Countrywide borrowers to get $108 million in refunds for alleged abuses
- H&M’s cute new children's line will benefit UNICEF
- Influences: Actress Anna Deavere Smith
- Apple updates the MacBook Air, axes the white MacBook
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: An evening of blown chances
- Dodger Stadium beating victim undergoes emergency surgery
- PACE green home retrofit program could be revived by Congress
- Fashion Report: Selena Gomez may follow in Justin Bieber's fragrance footsteps
- Football: National seven-on-seven events under scrutiny
- Tour de France: Edvald Boasson Hagen wins Stage 17
- It Speaks to Me: Sam Durant on a 1953 Cold War poster at the Wende Museum in Culver City
- Wall Street Roundup: Dodd-Frank bill turns 1, Apple eats Goldman
- Dodgers bankruptcy hearing: Follow it live
- UAE: Jailing of democracy activists raises human rights concern
- Apple releases Mac OS X Lion, $29.99 in Mac App Store
- Opinion: If you've got a minute, quick, read this: It's about time-stress in American life
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- Get Mila Kunis’ smoldering makeup look
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- The Morning Fix: Murdoch gets foamed! NFL near deal. PGA throws awards season into lurch.
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- Something surprisingly positive about Dodgers -- Tony Gwynn Jr.
- Baseball: L.A. Cathedral pitcher signs with Cal State L.A.
- Victory garden posters: propaganda as affordable modern art
- Sarah Bocket dot bowls serve up some retro flavor
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tips: Secrets to deep-frying
- BloomfestLA goes down downtown on Saturday
- Opinion: Finally, a confused consensus on deficit talks: Both Yes and No on both spending cuts and tax hikes
- Book review: 'On Black Sisters Street'
- An overprotective mother and pen pal
- Fast Track: Comic-Con swoops into San Diego
- News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch gets mixed reviews
- Upon review, shine comes off glowing report on film tax credit
- Denver archbishop named to take over Philadelphia archdiocese
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- U.S. softens its criticism of Syria
- Pete Carroll surely would pick Carson Palmer over Matt Leinart
- Captain America: Chris Evans' buff bod is more than meets the CGI
- Rep. Maxine Waters again calls for ethics case to be dropped
- Encouraged in the face of adversity
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- A Southland tragedia
- Del Mar is fast out of the gate
- Former Crenshaw football star convicted of murder
- New York City to hold a lottery for first day of gay weddings
- Women should get free birth control, panel says
- The Alameda incident: 'First responders' who don't
- Ogando baffles Angels
- Obama backs repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
- Detecting Alzheimer's 20 years before symptoms occur
- L.A. Council explores legal options beyond city attorney
- Stocks soar on earnings and new U.S. plan to avert default
- 'Stripped' tease
- BofA, Wells Fargo quarterly earnings in sharp contrast
- X Games 17 pass, 3 nights at JW Marriott for $3,000
- Working on a dream race: Chris Christie vs. Bruce Springsteen
- Maxine Waters probe: House Ethics Committee hires outside counsel
- The tweets fly at first-ever GOP Twitter debate
- In South Africa, residents worry as developers eye 'bad buildings'
- County ordinance to let animal control, not courts, label dogs 'vicious'
- Chaos clouds Compton's fate
- American Airlines orders 460 planes from Boeing, Airbus
- Quick Takes: A 'Darkness' film deal
- Grocery store financing program to be announced
- Volvo automatic brakes could reduce car crashes
- Seven ways to slow down Alzheimer's
- How new TSA body scans will work
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder researchers, patients come together
- Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet for the Third World
- Senators press officials on Afghan drug trafficking
- FBI arrests 14 alleged members of hacker group Anonymous
- Animal rights activists oppose rodeo in China
- Apple's profit rockets 125% and may soar even higher
- Baidu strikes licensing deal with music labels
- Stuck in Washington, Obama reaches voters on local news
- Hotel guests less happy with stays, study finds
- Clinton says U.S., India 'allies' in terrorism fight
- Book review: 'On Black Sisters Street'
- San Francisco may bar employers, landlords from asking about arrests, convictions
- Chicken and gags situation at this baseball induction ceremony
- Chocoholic Hershey, Pa. still sweet as ever
- Angels take a firm step in the right direction
- Angels rally to defeat high-flying Rangers, 9-8
- Critic's Notebook: The clueless Rupert Murdoch
- Horoscope: July 20
- Pair charged with illegally lobbying for Pakistan
- London: Children score free theater tickets in August
- Will Call
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- Dodd-Frank financial reform law hasn't curtailed banks' profits
- Live Nation-backed group declares war on StubHub and ticket resellers
- California's hidden hunger strike
- Up next for Galaxy: Wednesday vs. Columbus
- Syrian security forces accused of killing 16 in Homs
- Alzheimer's drug by Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer safer than previously thought
- Bankruptcy judge to base Dodgers decision on bottom line
- Concussions double veterans' risk for Alzheimer's, study says
- Bicycling in L.A.; paying for Medicare; debt-ceiling talks
- Jordan Walden and Scott Downs are Angels' bullpen highlights
- Drugs to treat multiple sclerosis have some benefits but can be prohibitively pricey
- Murdoch rejects blame in phone-hacking scandal
- Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw doesn't get chance to complete gem
- Fighting fire with money
- Panel recommends that health plans cover contraception for women without co-pays
- Libya forces, rebels locked in battle for Port Brega
- Freddie Roach helping U.S. boxers go for the gold
- Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has stabilized, officials say
- FDA gives OK to flu vaccine, same as last season's
- Congressional physician declares Bachmann 'in good general health'
- Trio holds dinner party on deserted 405 Freeway during 'Carmageddon'
- A carbon dioxide escape hatch
- NFL labor pact still awaits player reps' vote
- Florida Reps. Allen West, Debbie Wasserman Schultz clash
- For Libyan rebels, a funeral is no somber event
- Dodgers fire hitting coach Jeff Pentland
- White House may be open to short-term debt deal
- Tuberculosis blood tests should be banned, says WHO
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 97
- NFL stadium and Convention Center project would boost tax revenue, studies find
- Burn patient Derek Thomas leaves treatment center after 11 months
- An overprotective mother and pen pal
- Dead still alive on DMV disabled list
- Learning to defend against cyber warfare
- Studies map key spots on African Americans' genomes
- Michele Bachmann: Migraines don't keep me from 'rigorous' schedule
- The number of Californians entering foreclosure is at lowest level since 2007
- Restaurant calorie counts not always accurate
- Rutten: Amazon's shameful California tax dodge
- Happening Wednesday: Eddie Izzard at the Bowl and more
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- Court reverses conviction in online rant against Obama
- Baseball's error: No Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame
- House Republicans pass symbolic measure on debt ceiling
- Allegiant cuts Long Beach-Las Vegas airfares [Updated]
- 'On Black Sisters Street' info
- Budget cuts to worsen California court delays, officials say
- Galaxy turns the corner in 1-0 victory over Columbus
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- Giants wave goodbye to Dodgers, beating them for sixth consecutive time
- Google+ working to attract celebrities, report says
- Isis signs-on American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa
- Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'South Beach Tow' on Tru TV
- Wednesday's TV Talk Shows
- Theater review: 'Quake' at Open Fist Theatre Company
- 3,500 marijuana plants found in Santa Monica Mountains
- Fracking: Monterey shale exploration draws protest
- Givenchy's Tisci teams up with Jay-Z and Kanye West
- Opinion: Ted Rall Cartoon: Squeezing every last cent out of homeowners
- Football: Jordan Farris should be St. Bonaventure's newest star
- FDA proposes regulation of mobile healthcare apps
- Opinion: New Jersey becomes 16th state to approve medical marijuana use
- Maya Rudolph welcomes baby boy Jack with Paul Thomas Anderson
- Opinion: Government: The Gang of Six provides a debt-ceiling escape hatch?
- Opinion: Obama endorses Sen. Dianne Feinstein's repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act
- Opinion: Murdoch's scandal: Better than a pie in the media mogul's face?
- LACMA acquires portrait of Martin Luther King Jr.
- CNN's Piers Morgan denies he hacked phones for Rupert Murdoch
- Rupert Murdoch attack joins the pantheon of pie throwing
- Can Louis C.K. pull off an upset at the Emmys?
- Chef Ludo Lefebvre on bringing LudoBites to Sundance Channel
- YouTube novelties, they grow up fast: Rebecca Black returns with 'My Moment'
- Demi Lovato, Ryan Phillippe not dating. Apparently. Sources say. Just sayin'.
- Zillow to go public at $20 a share
- Opinion: Michele Bachmann's security uses 'unusual force' to rough up journalist
- Alleged Anonymous members arrested in hacker attacks
- Vanessa Minnillo, Nick Lachey are married, already flip-flopping
- Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot?
- This week's on-sales: Taylor Swift, UCLA Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more
- Ricky Gervais: Give Steve Carell the Emmy!
- Jerry Ragovoy dies at 80; songwriter had hits with Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin
- Opinion: Jay Carney on the lack of an Obama debt plan: 'Leadership is not proposing a plan'
- Ticketmaster, resellers and consumer advocates battle over paperless tickets
- State term-limit law should be changed, says public policy group
- 4 Food Events You Should Know About: Tomatoes, pigs, stories and tastes
- On Location: Carmageddon, schmarmageddon — local filming activity surged last week in the L.A. area
- Angels' catcher Hank Conger demoted to triple-A
- 'The Darkness' looks to move into the film light
- Coming soon to The Times' weather page: Idyllwild
- News Corp. board of directors signals support of Murdoch and management
- Who are the three greatest center fielders in Angels history?
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- Opinion: L.A.'s ozone fight: Why can't we all just breathe easy?
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- Elvis Presley and Rupert Murdoch: The King and Papa Paparazzi
- Apple sells more iPhones, iPads than ever in record quarter
- Will 'Harry Potter' be nominated for best picture at Oscars?
- Björk announces release date for new album 'Biophilia,' unveils a super-expensive 'Ultimate Edition'
- Shaquille O'Neal subtracts one from Miami's 'Big 3'
- Montclair Prep athlete is headed to L.A. Salesian
- Lil Boosie indicted on charges of smuggling codeine into prison
- Baidu strikes licensing deal with music labels
- 'Disgusted' by half of Buenos Aires, singer reveals social rifts in Argentina election column
- News Corp. independent directors hire law firm
- Jayson Williams' estranged wife is not joining cast of VH1's 'Basketball Wives'
- Opinion: Sarah Palin fan denied, then granted personalized Nevada license plate
- Oporto's cheesy love affair
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- Art review: Piero Golia at Gagosian Gallery
- California foreclosure starts fall to lowest level in four years
- Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake buddy up for 'Friends With Benefits' premiere
- Clippers 2011-12 schedule released, if there is an NBA season
- Janice Hahn sworn in as congresswoman
- Opinion: Debt talks: Is progress possible if we focus on the battle of ideologies?
- Anonymous-related probe leads FBI to search three New York homes
- Football: Final episode is Thursday for '4th and Forever'
- Rockabilly star Imelda May talks about her top five guitar-toting influences in American music
- L.A. brand Babakul launches luxe loungewear
- 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'MasterChef' insult-a-thon recap: 'What kind of sex are you into?'
- Restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila finds the Farmers Market Fairy
- Murdoch's newspaper holdings go from Trojan horse to Achilles' heel
- Google+ iPhone app released; no iPad or iPod Touch support yet
- Baseball: Outfielder signs with UC Riverside
- Currently Coveting: Venessa Arizaga’s Festive jewelry
- Rupert Murdoch gets Burma-Shave pie in the face
- Cartoon Network's 'Captain Planet' will be drawn into film
- Rupert Murdoch attacked at Parliament, appears unharmed
- Hollywood Forever books Bright Eyes, Jens Lekman for September shows
- Is women's soccer better respected today than it was a month ago?
- Ja Rule gets 28-month prison sentence on federal tax charges
- EGYPT: Tahrir Square protesters not appeased by ministerial reshuffle
- Facing cutbacks, UC Press will suspend poetry series
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