- Obama promises Newtown, Conn., he'll do more to protect children
- Pau Gasol's return will help, but to what extent?
- Splurging by Dodgers and Angels creates lofty expectations
- A cheap T-shirt or a human life?
- Tune in here as NASA's GRAIL spacecraft crash into the moon
- 2012 holiday music roundup: The sequel
- Oscar 8-Ball: Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
- Mexican president announces new security force
- Clippers' Eric Bledsoe works through aching body
- Lincoln accused of 'tricky' tire switch by automotive website
- Connecticut school shooting: 26 trees a shrine to 26 victims
- Dodgers interested in 'strategic partner' for Mexico, South Korea
- Senate Democrats defend $60.4-billion Sandy aid package
- 'Fiscal cliff' deal closer as Obama-Boehner talks accelerate
- California: Savor Restaurant Month in San Luis Obispo County
- Car bomb kills 17 in crowded market in Pakistan
- Twitter testing archive tool
- A City Hall fight in Newport Beach
- Holiday travel numbers expected to break record in California
- White House offers no agenda on gun violence
- 'Homeland' season finale hunts down ratings record for Showtime
- 'Hobbit' hits top spot! Media try to find the line in Newtown
- Martin Scorsese to direct Bill Clinton documentary
- Monday Night spotlight: Jets at Titans
- Kelly Osbourne's weight-loss diet: Pizza once a week
- 'Next Iron Chef' recap: Bacon buffet? No way!
- Sen. Daniel Inouye dies at 88; war hero
- Radioactive hot spots remain at former research facility's site
- Steroids found in room where Andy Reid's son died
- Ron Jaworski says Nick Saban is a liar, doesn't want him in NFL
- Facebook to expand 'Nearby' feature with mobile update
- No atheists in foxholes -- or at memorial services for children?
- Will Adrian Peterson break Eric Dickerson's rushing record?
- Martin Freeman: 'The Hobbit' is bigger than you are
- U.S. mobile advertising to triple this year fueled by Facebook, Google
- Both Pau Gasol and Steve Nash practice, near returns
- Public opinion on guns shifting after Connecticut shooting
- Exec linked to Jenni Rivera plane was sued by a San Jose band
- Ang Lee, Suraj Sharma became each other's lifeboat in 'Pi'
- Bombings rip through Iraq, reportedly killing at least 25
- Brain tumors in raccoons linked to newly discovered virus
- Ecuador: U.S. Embassy cautions travelers about volcanic eruptions
- Las Vegas: Who knew Sin City could be so sweet?
- Watch UCLA beat Baylor in Holiday Bowl simulation
- Holiday cookie recipe: Nana's Russian tea cookies
- Twitter #Weekendeats highlights: It's holiday cookie time!
- The xx covers 'Last Christmas' with characteristic doom, gloom
- Palm Springs Film Festival honors Richard Gere
- Up next for the Clippers: Monday at Detroit
- Adrian Peterson has the season rushing record in his sights
- White House considers responses to Connecticut shooting
- Ohio school loses drama teacher over 'Legally Blonde' musical
- 'Les Miserables': Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne went after roles
- Nielsen and Twitter partner to measure social TV audience
- 3-D isn't big draw 2nd time around
- Is Mo Yan courageous, or is he a patsy?
- Google Maps for iPhone downloaded 10 million times in 48 hours
- Rear-end accident deaths not as common
- Could Apple reduce the volatility of its stock?
- Dodgers, MLB talking structure of TV deal
- Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt sells Toluca Lake house for $2.15 million
- Fault lines also appearing on Democratic side in fiscal debate
- Victor Cruz pays tribute to Newtown shooting victim Jack Pinto
- Instagram may have ads, let companies use your photos for the ads
- Watch Rams' Danny Amendola spike the ball into an usher's face
- Spend Proposition 30 dollars wisely, or else
- New Mexico bird-of-prey rescue center threatened by lack of funds
- Shares of gun maker Smith & Wesson tumble after Connecticut shooting
- Facebook 'sexts'? Report says social network plans Snapchat clone
- New Peet's owner Benckiser to buy Caribou Coffee for $340 million
- Replacing Johnathan Franklin, Jeff Locke will be challenge for UCLA
- Cooking up a storm
- Predicting violent behavior: not guesswork, but far from certain
- Mourners gather as Connecticut shooting investigation continues
- Hawaii's nine-term senator, Daniel Inouye, dies at 88
- Developer is buying group of buildings in Pacific Palisades
- 'Iron Chef' fundraiser in L.A. tries to cook up interest in Japan
- No movement on NHL; world junior tournament to be aired in U.S.
- Advocates: Newtown killings giving new momentum to gun control
- Oscar 8-Ball: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'
- S.S. Coachella 2012: Pulp, Yeasayer stay afloat
- L.A. mayoral candidates face off in first TV debate
- Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary show in New Jersey notes Newtown
- Gerard Depardieu does a Mitt Romney on taxes
- Spies, lies and tangled lives in 'Homeland'
- The Times' boys' basketball rankings
- 'The Hobbit:' Where does the Peter Jackson franchise go from here?
- 2012 Black List: The top 10 unproduced scripts in Hollywood
- Automakers work to capture market share with year-end deals
- RIM sends out invite for BlackBerry 10 event in January
- Advocacy groups coming hat in hand to a less-strapped Sacramento
- Tuesday's TV Talk: Billy Crystal; Hugh Jackman; Quentin Tarantino
- 'Django Unchained' premiere canceled because of Newtown tragedy
- Rep. Tim Scott becomes South Carolina's first black senator
- YouTube's top 10 viral videos of 2012 have 'Gangnam Style'
- Connecticut shooting resonates after police loss in Topeka
- Upset by divorce? Outsider? Seeking clues in school shooter's past
- Obama officially wins in electoral vote landslide
- Newport Beach mall shooter called 'destitute'
- Big U.S. airlines get $1.6 billion in passenger fees in 3 months
- Newton: Justice overwhelmed
- Spice Girls musical opens in London, fails to impress critics
- Homemade holiday gift idea: Chewy-ginger sour-cherry biscotti
- Economists see mediocre growth in 2013
- Test Kitchen video tip: Homemade tortillas
- Poet Jake Adam York, 40, has died
- Newtown's martyred children and the cold hearts of the gun lobby
- Umami Eggnog from Matthew Biancaniello
- Dodgers announce 2013 minor league coaching assignments
- 'This Is 40': Judd Apatow and Paul Rudd on real-life inspiration
- Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'NCIS' on CBS
- 'Jack Reacher' fundraiser screening at Lincoln Center postponed
- The complicated case of the simple cookie
- U.S. panel delivers report assessing blame for Benghazi attack
- Duchess of Cambridge appears in public, wearing McQueen
- Mon Depardieu! Actor in tax spat with French government
- In wake of Newtown tragedy, LAPD to step up presence at elementary, middle schools
- Girl, 13, gets Hasbro to make gender-neutral Easy-Bake oven
- Jimmy Clausen causes a stir with 'Catholics vs. Cousins' tweet
- 'Homeland' recap: A bang and a whimper
- Gender gap: Support working women, boost economy, says OECD
- USC's Lane Kiffin does not plan to change offensive coordinator
- Herbert Moskowitz dies at 87; pioneer in drunk driving research
- Review: Stuff and nonsense at '1600 Penn'
- Boehner, Obama meet amid optimism on 'fiscal cliff'
- By catering to 'elite' fliers, American Airlines misleads others
- Seattle: Add hotel to Victoria ferry ticket for $26 more
- U.S. moves ahead on new downtown L.A. courthouse
- Review: Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. the Weeknd, has hall smoldering
- Always a superstar, Lakers' Kobe Bryant relies on his superpowers
- Bangladesh factory fire was act of sabotage, committee finds
- Lakers: Week 7 in review
- Adam Lanza's family had kept a watchful eye on him
- Third-quarter ad spending up 7%, boosted by politics and Olympics
- From New York chef Sara Jenkins: New Italian Pantry app
- Kat Von D engaged to Deadmau5 the new-fangled way: via Twitter
- China cracking down on doomsday group
- Is Kirk Cousins too good to be a backup quarterback?
- Live discussion: NFL Slam with Mark and Sam
- Connecticut shooting: Nation grieves as funerals for 6-year-olds begin
- Glendale considering small-lot subdivisions
- Obama answers message on Newtown High football coach's whiteboard
- Afghan explosions take deadly toll
- 'Next Iron Chef' recap: Will a woman bring home the bacon?
- Connecticut governor calls for new assault weapons ban
- An encounter with L.A.'s once-lost mural, 'America Tropical'
- Controversial Israel housing settlement units greenlighted
- Local goods: John Kelly Chocolates' 'The Slab'
- Lakers, Kobe are fully functional in win over dysfunctional 76ers
- Lakers: Week 8 Predictions
- Sprint to pay $2.2 billion to acquire rest of Clearwire
- Judge denies Apple's request to ban 26 Samsung phones
- IATSE to picket UCLA and USC games in dispute with Pac-12 (updated)
- Santa Ana-based Edison Mission Energy files for bankruptcy
- Former Amazon warehouse workers face a sad predicament
- Lakers may be past rock bottom
- A new way to get around in a car without traditional rental
- For the record - Dec. 17, 2012
- For the record - Dec. 17, 2012
- Herbert Moskowitz dies at 87; pioneer in drunk driving research
- From the Hal Holbrook gallery
- Review: In 'Cymbeline,' Fiasco Theater revels in delirium
- Snow levels to plunge as Southland faces new storms
- Fashion Island mall gunman was 'venting' police say
- Football: Lineman Erik Bunte is headed to California
- Jenni Rivera memorial planned as fans gather at family's home
- Photos: Lakers at Sixers
- Two shot, one fatally, in Tarzana house
- Glendale considering small-lot subdivisions
- Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near The Geysers
- Newton: Justice overwhelmed
- Suspect accused of killing grandmother with BBQ fork identified
- 'Life of Pi' is second Hollywood film to gross more in China than U.S.
- Elderly woman killed in apartment fire is identified
- 4 arrested in connection with gunpoint home invasion in Chula Vista
- Boys' basketball: Thursday's quarterfinal matchups in SFV Invitational
- Homeless man fatally shot in apparent drive-by shooting, police say
- Boys' basketball: A fast start for Crespi freshman Max Heidegger
- Boys' basketball: This week's top 25 rankings by The Times
- Fashion Island shooting: 'Luck was on our side,' police say
- Woman apparently stabbed to death with BBQ fork, LAPD says
- 'SNL' pays quiet tribute to the lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary
- No link between Fashion Island, Sandy Hook shootings, police say
- Fashion Island shooting suspect reportedly 'unhappy with life'
- Dec. 16, 2012: Broncos 34, Ravens 17 [Pictures]
- Week 15 photos: Packers 21, Bears 13
- Suspect hospitalized after officer-involved shooting in Santa Ana
- More rain, snow coming to Southern California
- 'The Hobbit' breaks December record with $84.8-million debut
- Football: It's time to project the top teams for 2013
- More than 700 dead rodents, reptiles found at Lake Elsinore firm
- As Newtown, Conn. shooting resonates, Southland grieves
- Fashion Island gunman fired 50 rounds, motive unclear, police say
- Basketball: Saturday's scores
- Man raped, impregnated disabled woman, police allege
- Mayoral candidates call for renewal of federal assault weapons ban
- Football: Terrell Newby is the Mission League player of the year
- Video shows Fashion Island mall gunfire; police seek motive
- Celebrity birthdays for December 16th
- Sample scents
- The big draw: A look at Deborah Nadoolman Landis' new 'Hollywood Sketchbook'
- Deborah Landis, ever the advocate for costume designers
- Pacific Palisades home displays Mediterranean influences
- Fit for a museum: The Bowers hosts a show of film fashion
- Hal Schaefer dies at 87; musician known for Marilyn Monroe liaison
- When movie costumes become fashion trends
- The sniff test: How to pick a perfume for someone
- Grant Gerson dies at 92; founder of Calamigos Star C Ranch
- A holiday gift guide for that special traveler in your life
- The sniff test: How to pick a perfume for someone
- Ravens' Ray Lewis out Sunday against Broncos
- Young adults still have their sights set on American dream
- PUC plan would put trust funds at risk
- FHA to extend rule permitting loans on 'flips' of fixed-up homes
- Pasadena heats up as a culinary hub
- California's pink-slip shuffle
- Travel events in the L.A. area
- Homeowner suspects board of misusing money and covering up
- Halle Berry joining the ranks of secretive home sellers
- The big draw: A look at Deborah Nadoolman Landis' new 'Hollywood Sketchbook'
- Monday TV Talk Shows: Samuel L. Jackson; Eric Roberts; Tom Cruise
- In the NFL this season, deception is reality a lot of the time
- Lakers top Sixers, 111-98, for second straight road win
- Is Angels owner Arte Moreno obsessed with the Dodgers?
- Linebacker Anthony Barr likely to return next season
- 58 candidates qualify for L.A. election March 5
- Looking ahead in Venezuela
- In Venezuela, opposition candidate winning a key post
- American Airlines' new inclusive tickets have fans -- and critics
- Next year's luxury tax could lead Lakers to make moves this season
- Entrepreneurial angel
- Capturing water before it becomes urban runoff
- Letter: Water wise we aren't
- Prayer begins early Sunday as Newtown searches for meaning
- NBA quotes of the week
- Landlord can't deny a one-bedroom apartment to a mother and son
- Doctor shortage slows reform
- International soccer honors shooting victims in U.S.
- For victims of Jewish center shooting, massacre renews their pain
- Connecticut gunman enrolled in college at 16, was a B student
- Deborah Landis, ever the advocate for costume designers
- LAX adding hip new lounge and caviar bar
- Adrian Peterson closes in on rushing record with huge day
- Redskins' Robert Griffin III won't start Sunday
- D.A.'s election rival has a new post
- Corona garden apartments sold in deal valued at $43 million
- African-American Film Critics name 'Zero Dark Thirty' best film
- Bowl victory could be the last for Concord De La Salle coach
- Syria forces reportedly bomb Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp
- Bomb threat at Newtown church renews sadness, anger
- There's no safety in our vast numbers of guns
- Dressing the parts: Film costumes that help make statements
- Japan resoundingly votes conservatives back into power
- Sen. Feinstein to introduce gun-control bill next year
- 'SNL' pays quiet tribute to those lost at Sandy Hook Elementary
- Don't impoverish yourself to pay kids' student loans
- Sample scents
- Michael Chabon looks back on 2012
- Travel letters
- On the Spot: Tips for holiday travelers
- Pacific Palisades home displays Mediterranean influences
- Indie Focus: Searching for an idealized self
- Fit for a museum: The Bowers hosts a show of film fashion
- Blue Jays try to secure R.A. Dickey
- Japan conservatives win landslide election victory
- Letters: Inside the mind of Justice Scalia
- Egypt voters appear to approve draft constitution in 1st round
- Gardena Serra defeats Oakdale, 42-15, for Division II championship
- Who spent what: Breaking down the $2-billion Dodgers sale
- Knee injury keeping 76ers' Andrew Bynum off the court
- England: $828 round trip to London on Air New Zealand
- South Africa's president defends his record
- Preview: Lakers at Sixers
- Connecticut school shooter used assault rifle, had many bullets
- Innovative housing for the homeless being built in downtown L.A.
- Grant Gerson dies at 92; founder of Calamigos Star C Ranch
- Libraries' literacy program helps meet families' needs
- Connecticut shooter would 'just shut down' in high school
- Connecticut school massacre renews gun-control debate
- Hal Schaefer dies at 87; musician known for Marilyn Monroe liaison
- 'The Hobbit' breaks December record with $84.8-million debut
- Review: In 'Cymbeline,' Fiasco Theater revels in delirium
- 'Life of Pi' is second Hollywood film to gross more in China than U.S.
- Obama speaks in Connecticut, says, 'We will have to change'
- Speculation over autism, but shooter's 'why' has no easy answer
- Gun rights advocates steer clear of Sunday talk shows
- Clippers' Lamar Odom is making progress
- Conservatives make a comeback in Japan
- Andrew Bynum has words of wisdom for Lakers' Dwight Howard
- Letters: Atheists and Christmas
- A collection that identifies California as a world apart
- Who rules the Internet?
- Letters: Torture on the big screen
- Shooting: Samuel Jackson says fewer guns aren't necessarily the answer
- Ugandan chess star tells her story to youths in Valencia
- Letters: Unfit to judge
- Cathay Pacific flight attendants threaten to withhold food, smiles
- Indiana man who threatened to kill students had 47 guns, police say
- A third way on immigration
- S.S. Coachella 2012: A new ritual begins?