- Booms -- and the mystery behind them -- unsettle Wisconsin town
- Dorothy Townsend dies at 88; L.A. Times reporter broke newsroom barrier
- Drug lords targeted by Fast and Furious were FBI informants
- Derek Fisher to play for Thunder Wednesday against Clippers
- Romney campaign failing to shake off Etch-A-Sketch label
- Nationwide push to boost exports is launching in Los Angeles
- Zakir Hussain's stop will feature tablas for two
- Tim Tebow trade to Jets could be in jeopardy, report says
- Gridlock, the political kind, snags federal transportation bill
- Vinny Del Negro vents his own March madness after Clippers' loss
- The big-name coaches have some big-time players
- Obama energy pitch includes renewed effort on Cushing pipeline
- Supreme Court sides with Idaho landowners against EPA
- Now Forbes values Dodgers at $1.4 billion
- San Diego: Jack London, as photographer, at the Maritime Museum
- NFL hits Saints with severe sanctions for bounty program
- Electric vehicles: Higher gas prices won't charge sales
- Orel Hershiser: McCourt can leave Dodgers "with his head held high"
- New liberal 'super PAC' focusing on smaller donations
- USC basketball: Kevin O'Neill revisits 'Hoop Dreams' documentary
- Sanford McDonnell dies at 89; former McDonnell Douglas CEO
- Up next for the Kings: Thursday vs. St. Louis
- Roger Goodell did what he had to, but there are no winners in Saints' story
- Angels' Garrett Richards battles stuff in minor league outing
- Trayvon Martin case: No-confidence vote for Sanford police chief
- Cam Newton shares his thoughts on the Saints' bounty [video]
- Village Christian's Marquis Salmon looks for win-win in finals
- In Mexico, last Aztec ruler inspires spirited celebration
- Remember, journalists: The facts matter
- California's torture chambers?
- Jury awards $3.2 million in LAPD wrongful-death case
- Tim Tebow or Mark Sanchez: Who should start for the Jets? [Poll]
- Lakers lead Dallas at halftime, 57-44
- Lakers' Bynum not expected to be disciplined further for Tuesday's ejection
- Nokia files patent for tattoo that vibrates when you get a call
- U.N. asked to investigate solitary confinement as torture
- Metrolink holds safety workshop for transportation officials
- Mexico gears up for Pope Benedict XVI's first visit
- Lakers Chat: Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks
- Romney: It was Bush, not Obama, who averted second Depression
- Mega Millions: $290-million jackpot up for grabs on Friday
- S.F. mayor to suspend sheriff sentenced in domestic violence case
- China raises retail prices of gasoline and diesel fuel
- Ducks still have a few old tricks in 4-3 victory over Blues
- Money Minute: More junk mail won't save Postal Service [Video]
- Individual investors are eager to get a slice of Apple dividend pie
- Clouded readings of EPA study of Dimock water, featured in 'Gasland'
- East Coast: Tour hits the highlights via private plane and bus
- Should you take aspirin to prevent or treat cancer?
- Analysis: Illinois primary win boosts Romney's inevitability case
- Olympic qualifying reflects on Major League Soccer
- GOP primary battle throws Maryland voters into the spotlight
- Kobe Bryant says facing Derek Fisher will be emotional
- Bill to help small firms raise money stalls
- Interest in archery shoots up with 'Hunger Games' mania
- NFL suspends Saints coach Sean Payton for season over bounty program
- L.A.'s StartEngine hosts Demo Day for first class of start-ups
- L.A. council discusses plan to restrict locations of group homes
- China offers measured response to U.S. tariffs on solar panels
- Property owners who want to build get a boost against regulators
- Romney beats GOP candidates in fund-raising, Obama tops all
- Banned-book caravan enters Tucson ethnic studies controversy
- Tim Tebow traded to New York Jets
- Another major supermarket chain drops 'pink slime'
- Ill. primary: Freshman congressman knocks off veteran in GOP battle
- Robojelly 2.0: Robotic jellyfish now powered by hydrogen
- New Orleans Saints scandal: Does the punishment fit the crime?
- Romney campaign failing to shake off Etch-A-Sketch label
- Stronger smell linked to smaller bites, vanilla-custard study says
- Few injuries despite strength of Mexico earthquake
- L.A. faces lawsuit over trash fees charged to low-income tenants
- Mega Millions: 290 million reasons to use these apps
- Buick Verano isn't up to running with a younger crowd
- Big science zooms in on a new cure for baldness
- Cal State's closed-door plan
- Tourism clashes with research in planning Catalina's future
- Romney hurt by Etch a Sketch comment
- Singles win is a comeback for Venus Williams
- No more 'pink slime' in its fresh beef, Safeway (aka Vons) says
- Turkey's foreign policy pivot
- Jerry Sands is playing his way off the Dodgers roster
- Las Vegas: $110 for hotel + airfare makes for a cheap spring break
- Supreme Court: Defendants have right to an attorney on plea deals
- Q&A: Jim Abbott, former Angels and Yankees pitcher
- New Hampshire House rejects repeal of gay marriage law
- Rick Santorum: 'The establishment has made their choice'
- L.A. fire chief offers new explanation of flawed response times
- A federal budget plan, and reality
- Rocking Memphis-style
- Sen. Mikulski becomes longest-serving woman in Congress
- General Mills U.S. sales down on frugal consumers, Yoplait slump
- Broncos trade Tim Tebow to Jets for draft picks
- Kobe Bryant says facing Derek Fisher will be emotional
- Dodgers' Juan Uribe is not down about poor hitting
- Jeb Bush: Time for GOP to unite behind Mitt Romney
- Saints had bounties on Favre, Newton, Warner and Rodgers, NFL says
- NFL suspensions and the need to protect integrity of sport
- Google users sue company over 'deceptive' privacy changes
- Quick Takes: Vinyl has loyal 'Fwends'
- Occidental Petroleum cuts CEO's pay despite bigger oil profit
- Calls for changes in the movie ratings rules; business cards becoming obsolete; young people moving back in with their parents
- Mega Millions: 6 tips to avoid getting scammed in the office pool
- French police in standoff with suspect in Jewish school slayings
- Supreme Court expands defendant's rights in plea deals
- Microsoft Windows Phone launches in China on HTC Eternity
- No more Kraft for Oreo, Ritz: Snack unit to be named 'Mondelez'
- Iraq attacks kill at least 46 a week before Arab League summit
- LAFD's smoke and mirrors
- Billionaires keep pouring millions into 'super PACs'
- Researchers closer to a test to predict heart attacks
- Romney aide's 'Etch-A-Sketch' remark draws Santorum attack [Video]
- Seniors and their iPads, iPhones: Keeping up in the computer age
- Robert Bales: 2002 assault case involved casino guard
- Gay rights: Waging a battle for Anchorage via churches and money
- Flash floods: Torrential rains bring danger to six states
- Missing Texas cheerleader mystery revived by unidentified remains
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- Not the same old North Korea?
- Hong Kong film festival changing with the times
- Lakers-Mavericks matchup: Five things to watch
- Discipline, NFL style
- Were the Ancient Greek Olympic athletes really amateurs?
- Ann Romney takes wedding anniversary celebration to YouTube [Video]
- What Apple should have done with the $100 billion
- Caroline Kennedy hitting campaign trail for Obama in Florida
- Derek Fisher's absence leaves leadership void
- Television review: 'Bent' embraces the rom-com formula
- Parents Television Council study: Anatomy of a trend
- Thursday's NCAA tournament games
- Dodgers Wednesday morning notes: Lilly, Sellers, lineup
- Electric-vehicle sales still face too many obstacles
- New iPad vs. iPad 2 in a screen-to-screen drop test
- Starbucks to make Refreshers energy drinks
- A place to crash in Manhattan Beach
- L.A. Councilman Ed Reyes to seek ban on retail chains in Chinatown
- Illinois primary win may have turned the tide for Romney
- Nissan plans to bring back its Datsun brand but not to the U.S.
- GOP Final Four: Mitt Romney's money buys a full-court press
- Obama gains in 'purple' states as GOP primary pushes on
- Is Goldman Sachs' praise for stocks good for the market?
- Auto Club 400 could yield yet another different winner this season
- Derek Fisher suits up for Thunder
- Derek Fisher is 'moving on' with the Thunder
- Review: 'The Hunger Games' a winning story of sacrifice and survival
- Tourism spending in U.S. surged 8.1% last year, to $1.2 trillion
- Training class rocks
- February home starts decline, but economists focus on upbeat signs
- Sears paid almost $800,000 for CEO's private jet commutes in 2011
- Cal State trustees hear grim financial report
- Five things to take from Lakers' 109-93 win over Mavericks
- Trayvon Martin case: Police chief becomes target for growing fury
- Obama gains in 'purple' states as GOP primary pushes on
- Ramon Sessions helps push Lakers past Dallas, 109-93
- Don't expect Angels' C.J. Wilson to pitch against Rangers
- U.N. Security Council backs Kofi Annan's peace efforts in Syria
- Standoff with shooting suspect unfolds in France
- Traders' take on oil prices
- Israelis pose a no-skinny-models plan to target eating disorders
- Messenger mission reveals surprises on — and inside — Mercury
- Roger Goodell asks NFL owners to certify no bounties are in place
- Pressure mounts on police chief after black teen's death
- Mitt Romney ignores Etch-A-Sketch for 'winning and delegates'
- Hewlett-Packard to combine PC, printing businesses
- Romney clarifies Etch-A-Sketch remarks to reporters
- New Getty initiative aims to boost preservation of modern architecture
- For the record - March 21, 2012
- Balloons and firearms: A glimpse of an Afghan holiday
- Football: Logan Scott is headed to Yale
- American Idol on TV: March 21 - 28
- Wednesday’s Highlights: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' on CBS
- Baseball: Freshman Jagger Rusconi of West Ranch is impact player
- Wednesday's Talk Shows
- Baseball: Kevin Lavalle earns his 100th win as Beckman coach
- Opinion: How much is enough for a Cal State president?
- Baseball: Alemany's hitters take charge in 9-3 victory
- Baseball: The first month belongs to sophomore Alonzo Garcia
- Twitter's 'promoted tweets' now showing up in mobile apps
- California activists clash over term limits measure on June ballot
- Adriana Lima expecting her second angel with Marko Jaric
- Major nations could face economic sanctions over Iran oil buys
- Opinion: Regulation or rule of law, Gov. Romney?
- Jerry Brown reaches out to rival tax proponent
- 100 million TVs will be Internet-connected by 2016
- 'Harry Potter's' Jamie Waylett jailed for joining in London riots
- New Flaming Lips vinyl-only album due for Record Store Day
- Kirk Cameron defends gay comments, talks to 'Today' and Fox News
- '50 Shades of Grey' has studios hot and bothered
- 'The Voice's' Gwen Sebastian to join Blake Shelton on tour
- Ashton Kutcher books ticket No. 500 on Virgin Galactic
- Opinion: Illinois Primary: Live coverage
- Andy Warhol coming soon to a cosmetics counter near you
- Bahraini king praises progress but opponents say abuses continue
- Neil Young and Crazy Horse reunite for 'Americana' due June 5
- Neil Diamond, the Beach Boys and more: This week's on-sales
- L.A. Unheard: Bear Attack's youthful roar
- Joan Didion cancels April L.A. appearance
- 'Hunger Games' ' Stanley Tucci to go to bat for arts funding
- Zsa Zsa Gabor's daughter Francesca Hilton seeks conservatorship
- Taco Tuesday: Tacos de birria at El Pariente
- Michael Jackson home on market
- 'The Hunger Games' fuels Hollywood's appetite for North Carolina
- 'American Reunion' premiere: The gang's all here, one more time
- Getting the Heizer rock ready to roll for 'Levitated Mass' at LACMA
- Opinion: Excuse me, my tattoo is ringing
- Baseball: Here comes Redlands
- Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas coming to Westlake Village
- Iran's supreme leader warns of retaliation if Israel or U.S. strikes
- 'Pretty Little Liars': Fans left wanting by the identity of A
- Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' film, soundtrack to be reissued in May
- Iraq rocked by bombings and shootings; at least 46 dead
- Vatican issues report on Irish church child abuse investigation
- Some Israelis want to bomb Iran -- with love
- Source: Afghanistan slaying suspect first failed to mention children
- Killer may have filmed shootings at Jewish school in France
- Afghan war effort 'on track,' general tells Congress
- Strong Mexico earthquake sends people fleeing into streets
- George Michael reschedules shows canceled during pneumonia scare
- Kevin Costner in legal dispute with artist over sculptures
- Russia denies reports of 'anti-terror' forces sent to Syria
- 'Smash' recap: Workshop through the pain
- Menendez trial
- John McCain, Pete Wilson back Kuykendall for Congress
- 'Dancing With the Stars' has lowest premiere, but wins night
- Two N.Y. literary to-dos
- Ukraine's former prime minister faces accusations of treason
- Test Kitchen tips: Heavy-bottomed pots and pans
- TreePeople to host workshops on capturing rainwater
- Starz renews 'Magic City' for second season before it premieres
- Evolution Media Capital making mark in sports
- Is Apple's new iPad running too hot?
- Lana Del Rey unveils video, to appear on 'American Idol' March 22
- Little Rock airport renamed in honor of Bill and Hillary Clinton
- 'The Voice' recap: The battle rounds, Part 3
- What injuries stop a soldier from going into combat?
- Water polo: Sam Edson is headed to MIT
- California unions to push jobs plan
- Weapons imports to Syria surged sevenfold in 10 years, report says
- New restaurants at downtown's Figat7th: Park's Barbeque, Loteria Grill, LA Mill, more
- Throngs of Copts in Egypt gather for Pope Shenouda's funeral
- Baseball: Lucas Giolito is making progress in recovery
- 'Monday Night Raw' recap: Whose side is Shawn Michaels on?
- Israel's defense minister sells his swanky Tel Aviv apartment
- Baseball: Monday scores
- Softball: Monday scores
- Fashion News: What to wear on the first day of spring
- Baseball: RJ's game matches Loyola, Bishop Amat on Saturday
- Album review: Esperanza Spalding's 'Radio Music Society'
- Mike Daisey speaks out against media in Apple controversy
- Boys' basketball: Dominique Dunning is leaving New Mexico
- Pakistani lawmakers want a halt to U.S. drone strikes
- Boys' basketball: Price vs. Salesian is the best game in Sacramento
- The Morning Fix: More cuts at Winfrey's OWN! 'John Carter' bleeds red ink.
- Esa-Pekka Salonen to carry Olympic torch for London Games
- James Beard book award nominees announced; chefs shortlisted
- Late Night: Michelle Obama tears up talking to David Letterman
- Human Rights Watch alleges abuses by Syrian rebels
- Hollywood flop sweat: What caused the latest box-office duds?
- Album review: The Shins' 'Port of Morrow'
- Tweets That Pop: SXSW festival goers
- Does star power do any good? A Q & A on 'celebrity diplomacy'
- Richmond Salesian beats Price in Division IV final
- Leaked video sheds light on controversial U.S. asylum bid in China
- Nathan L. Chroman dies at 83; Beverly Hills lawyer and wine writer
- PASSINGS: Chaleo Yoovidhya, John M. Pfau
- Column: Heritage goes beyond chopsticks
- Column: Heritage goes beyond chopsticks
- Tuesday's TV talk shows
- KFI continues to lead radio ratings
- Big ballots cause primary problems across Illinois
- Five things to know about the Illinois presidential primary
- Dodgers' Andre Ethier is in tandem with Matt Kemp
- Syria rebels committed serious abuses, Human Rights Watch says
- An antisocial move by the Social Security Administration
- Cal State plans to freeze enrollment next spring at most campuses
- Up next for Clippers: Wednesday at Oklahoma City
- Occidental Petroleum cuts executive pay despite big oil profits
- Average 30-year mortgage rate edges up, above 4%, Bankrate says
- Why aren't Dodgers fans mad that management stood pat?
- Windows 8 readying for October debut
- Few injuries despite strength of Mexico earthquake
- New take on 'Steel Magnolias'
- OWN cable network to cut jobs, replace executives
- Apple sells 3 million new iPads in 3 days
- Big ballots cause primary problems across Illinois
- GOP budget proposal seems more like a campaign document
- Galaxy's Stephens, Chivas' Villafana named to U.S. soccer squad
- Nathan L. Chroman dies at 83; Beverly Hills lawyer and wine writer
- How South by Southwest festival made an impression
- Taxes, tension up in Illinois
- Armed man kills 4 at French Jewish school
- THE SWALLOWS TRICKLE IN
- Twitter's 'promoted tweets' now showing up in mobile apps
- Up next for the Lakers: Wednesday at Dallas
- Hung jury in Nicollette Sheridan's 'Desperate Housewives' case
- Apple's decision to pay dividends shows imprint of CEO Tim Cook
- Exxon Valdez: Ill-fated oil tanker sold for scrap
- Blame for killings in Afghanistan is shared by us all
- David Garrard is Miami's pickup at quarterback, like it or not
- Supreme Court troubled by mandatory life terms for child criminals
- Which team should sign Derek Fisher?