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- CBRE Group CEO Brett White to retire
- Lakers lose to Nuggets, 102-99, in Game 5
- Digby Wolfe dies at 82; co-creator of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'
- Facebook, Twitter, other social media are brain candy, study says
- Pac-12 football coaches know they have no control over playoff system
- John Travolta accused by second man in sexual-battery lawsuit
- Stocks continue to slide on Wall Street
- Stocks down after opening bell on Wall Street
- Stacey Sher and Kerry Brown list in Beverly Crest
- Twitter challenges court order in Occupy Wall Street case
- Auto bailout issue dogs Romney in Michigan
- Fat and happy? You must be an American
- In Greece, coalition government proves elusive amid impasse
- Twisted Sister's Dee Snider sings a new (show) tune in 'Broadway'
- Underwhelming burger sales at McDonald's and Wendy's, beer at Coors
- Slain L.A. athlete mistaken for a gang member, prosecutor says
- Ron Paul continues to complicate Mitt Romney's coronation
- Mike Brown fine with Metta World Peace appearing on Conan O'Brien
- Yahoo CEO apologizes in resume flap; board member Patti Hart to depart
- Dodgers should not take a chance with Matt Kemp's sore hamstring [Updated]
- Complaints about deputies not handled quickly, report says
- Vote-by-mail forms for June 5 primary are being sent out
- Stocks steadily drop, but analysts don't foresee a correction
- Nick Young's swagger gets him to the podium after Game 4 [Video]
- Lakers release 2012 preseason schedule
- Alaska Airlines introduces thinner, lighter seats
- Rwandan convicted of lying about genocide link to get U.S. entry
- Nation's obesity problem demands sweeping changes, panel says
- Chris Paul fills tall order in Clippers' win over Memphis
- Los Angeles Times "Rock/Style" Returns to the Hollywood Roosevelt June 6
- For the record - May 8, 2012
- Digby Wolfe dies at 82; co-creator of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In'
- Lacrosse: US Lacrosse Southern Section playoff scores and updated pairings
- Summer Movie Posse: Movie stars don't cut it with these kids
- Al Jazeera says China kicked out its English-language reporter
- Golf: Pat Blay, Stephen Lopez lead Loyola to first-place finish
- Homeless man dies after run-in with Fullerton police
- The ratings game: The rise of the PG-13 rating
- NBC adds two more comedies: '1600 Penn,' 'Animal Practice'
- Tuesday’s Highlights: 'New Girl' on Fox
- Today's Talk Shows
- Remembering Vidal Sassoon
- Baseball: Palisades stays unbeaten in Western League
- Football: Su'a Cravens is down to five schools
- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decides to form unity government
- State, advocates disagree on future of prison healthcare
- EA to settle NFL lawsuit?
- Tobacco companies add $15 million to fight cigarette tax
- Bel-Air home once owned by Broadway star Mary Martin is listed at $10.5 million
- Disneyland's Club 33
- 'Breaking Bad' characters endorse in real school election
- Baseball: Southern Section rankings are out
- Chef Ben Ford wins Cochon 555 competition
- China denies cyber attacks aimed at the U.S.
- Colombian police announce the surrender of top narco to the DEA
- Sonos to stream Tencent's QQ Music in China
- R rating for 'Prometheus': Will it hurt the film commercially?
- NBC picks up Ryan Murphy's 'New Normal' and J.J. Abrams' 'Revolution'
- Boys' tennis: Southern Section playoff pairings
- Keith Morris and OFF! are pressed for time
- Miley Cyrus' 'LOL' is a box office flop — but how big a flop?
- Dinner tonight! Spring herb salad with warm blue cheese
- U.S. thinks underwear bomb was built by Al Qaeda in Yemen
- Review: The Weeknd at Hollywood Forever
- Tweets That Pop: Azealia Banks blasts Lil Kim
- Photos: Aquanura water show at Efteling in the Netherlands
- UCLA football players signal support for more protections
- Movie academy goes casual with plan for outdoor summer screenings
- Recipe Box: 10 Mother's Day brunch recipes
- 'Once' sees stronger box-office sales after Tony nominations
- Photos: New attractions coming to Universal Orlando this spring and summer
- Mail ballots for June primary now going out
- The force isn't with EA as it announces fourth quarter earnings
- Five Four launches an online shopping club for men
- Greek conservative leader Samaras fails to form coalition
- Critic's Notebook: A farewell to 'In Plain Sight'
- Test Kitchen video tips: Straining cooked custard
- Howard Stern's return to TV on 'America's Got Talent' raises ire
- Busty hostess steals limelight in Mexico presidential debate
- Authors in L.A. this week: Joe Brainard readings and more
- Awards season comes early: Directors Guild OKs movie screeners
- Tunisia TV exec fined, fears for life over airing 'Persepolis'
- U.S. won't negotiate with Al Qaeda over kidnapped American
- Jury finds for Oracle on a copyright claim, Google seeks mistrial
- Food FYI: Socialism to crimp Champagne?
- 'The Artist' to get re-release over Mother's Day weekend
- South Africa atwitter over racism-twinged tweets by a pair of models
- 'Avengers' final opening weekend tally: $207.4 million
- Rivals of Jerry Brown submit signatures for tax initiative
- A post-elections reality check in the Eurozone
- Lawmakers face explaining arrest records as they seek re-election
- Lifetime renews 'The Client List' for a second season
- White House price tag: $110 million (history not included)
- NBC picks up Anne Heche-led series 'Save Me'
- 14 civilians killed in two NATO airstrikes, Afghan officials say
- Football: Don't forget about QB Jonathan Santos
- Groupon 'to reinvent' local shopping: CEO letter to shareholders
- Voice-over actors muted by celebrities
- Boys' tennis: City playoff results and updated pairings
- Arnold Schwarzenegger signs on for drug cartel movie 'Ten'
- Books Editor Jon Thurber announces retirement from Los Angeles Times
- 'Mad Men' recap: A little something on the side
- Football: Clay Matthews says he's staying at Oaks Christian
- Madoff's family, daughters-in-law sued for $255.3 million
- 'Casablanca' tops lineup for film academy's outdoor theater
- In new documentary, snapshots of photojournalists on the job
- Football: Donation will help athletes be monitored for concussions
- Gustavo Dudamel to perform at Olympics festival in June
- Greek conservatives struggle to form a government
- <b>Pictures:</b> FAMU hazing suspects
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- Softball: Career record for home runs is within reach for Darian Tautalafua
- ABC News and Univision launch joint news venture
- What pink slime? Meat company Tyson's profit up 4.4%
- Clinton in India to discuss Afghanistan, discourage Iran trade
- 5 Questions for Niki Nakayama
- Putin inaugurated to third term as Russia's president
- The Morning Fix: 'Avengers' huge! Celebs edge out voice-over pros.
- Coldplay honors Adam Yauch with 'Fight for Your Right' cover
- 'Once,' 'Sons of the Prophet' win Lucille Lortel Awards
- Al Qaeda posts video of kidnapped American development worker
- 'Game of Thrones' recap: Heads will roll
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- 'The Avengers': Seven lessons of Marvel's box-office success
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- 'The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed' info
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- Jacqueline H. Nguyen of L.A. confirmed to U.S. 9th Circuit Court
- Oracle faces setback in case against Google
- Fat cat's fate: Meow, the 39-pound feline, dies of lung failure
- Frederick's of Hollywood selling bras -- and maybe the company
- Kenley Jansen replacing Javy Guerra as Dodgers closer
- George Lindsey added a new nickname to the vernacular: Goober
- French, German rifts show already
- The Times' high school baseball rankings
- Steve Blake, Ramon Sessions handle pressure in Game 4 win
- Romney stands silent as Obama is accused of treason
- Clippers take 3-1 series lead with overtime victory
- Hawaii: New retreat center on Maui keeps it wonderfully small
- UCLA Coach Jim Mora: Spring practice ends with fluid depth chart
- Uncle-like figure sought in disappearance of woman, 3 daughters
- The secret life of your cellphone
- Vladimir Putin, Russia's new czar guy
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- Morning in America? Obama ad declares, 'We're coming back' [Video]
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- Judge invalidates lease for Glassell Park charter school
- Employment index up a bit in April, points to better job growth
- John Travolta hit with sexual battery suit; his rep denies claims
- Wall Street slides following European elections
- N.J. tanning bed mom calls 'SNL' impression 'hysterical'
- Clippers are shutting down Grizzlies' big men
- Nepal's fierce Gurkha soldiers find themselves under siege
- Buying alcohol online? It's not hard for underage drinkers
- Parents, men, young people more likely to use phone for searches
- U.S. traffic deaths at record low; economy may be a factor
- Burkle adds upscale holding: Barneys New York
- Baron Davis injury painful to watch, but feel free to try [Video]
- Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he supports gay marriage
- At what price progress? $14 million -- to raise a Civil War ship
- Talbots gets a sweetened $211 million buyout offer from Sycamore
- USC football: Pat Haden favors playoff
- 'The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed' info
- Hail to the 'not now' president
- Manhunt intensifies for suspect in disappearance of mom, 3 girls
- Bel-Air home once owned by Broadway star Mary Martin is listed at $10.5 million
- Cole Hamels suspended for intentionally throwing at Bryce Harper
- Review: 'Scottsboro Boys' in search of the truth
- Burkle adds new upscale holding: Barneys New York
- Chris Paul again rises to the occasion for Clippers
- 'Once' sees stronger box-office sales after Tony nominations
- Lakers perform well in closeout games
- Angels' LaTroy Hawkins is out four to six weeks, Scott Downs is day to day
- Jeremy Lin to return Wednesday? Don't count on it, coach says
- Congress returns to fight for the presidency
- Five most uncomfortable comments from the Met Gala press line
- Celebs muffle the voice of experience
- Pope Benedict XVI to attend two classical concerts in weeks ahead
- White House price tag: $110 million (history not included)
- Kings to play Coyotes in Western Conference finals
- Can supplement containing resveratrol help wet macular degeneration?
- Matthew Fox arrested on suspicion of DUI in Oregon
- Boxer wants rental car companies to park vehicles facing recall
- Romney focuses on Obama's economic record in Ohio
- Book review: 'The Hunt for KSM' is a true thriller
- Money Minute: A cable channel with a Latino accent [Video]
- Groupon 'to reinvent' local shopping: CEO letter to shareholders
- Why Obama isn't cheering for France's new socialist president
- Guillermo Mota suspended 100 games regarding MLB drug policy
- Angels put LaTroy Hawkins on disabled list, recall David Pauley
- Linda Evangelista, Francois-Henri Pinault settle child-support fight
- Clippers want more production out of DeAndre Jordan
- Iranians feeling pain of higher prices
- Pittsburgh cafe offers cuisine from the U.S. conflict du jour
- Madoff's family, daughters-in-law sued for $255.3 million
- Los Angeles Kings, especially Dustin Brown, appreciate the rest
- Carney refuses to comment on Obama's gay marriage stance
- Ohio, Virginia key in 2012 electoral battleground map
- FBI analyzing new explosive from Al Qaeda
- Churchill Downs death is a homicide case, police say
- Big Oil reigns atop Fortune 500
- Should MLB take harder stance against pitchers like Cole Hamels?
- Mark Zuckerberg kicks off Facebook roadshow to pitch IPO
- Lakers think Matt Barnes, Devin Ebanks are doing enough
- A political cartoonist reveals his secrets in a new video
- Evernote gets help with its handwriting
- Fat cat's fate: Meow, the 39-pound feline, dies of lung failure
- Mila Kunis' stalker detained after showing up at her gym
- Rachel Robinson is happy the McCourt era is over
- Cole Hamels admits he intentionally hit Bryce Harper with pitch
- Ron Paul continues delegate offensive, wins big in Nevada, Maine
- Ex-New York policeman gets 75 years in sexual assault of teacher
- Polls: Obama, Romney neck and neck six months ahead of election
- Garry Marshall's touchstones
- New courthouse in Long Beach is topped out
- Movie review: Too much going on in 'Jannat 2'
- Jackie Robinson's widow 'thrilled' Dodgers' McCourt era is over
- 'Inside the Script' offers illustrated ebooks about films
- Nationals' Jayson Werth breaks left wrist, 'out for a while'
- Obesity: Moms may need reminder that too much baby fat isn't healthy
- Jake Owen's big weekend: Tussles with cops, marries Lacey Buchanan
- Jury finds for Oracle on a copyright claim, Google seeks mistrial
- Cole Hamels suspended 5 games for hitting Bryce Harper with pitch
- Another RadioLab eye-opener
- Reviews in on Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis: 'This guy is a winner'
- 'Duck boat' crash: Victim tried to help deckhand
- Doug O'Neill is man of the moment after I'll Have Another's Derby win
- 'The Avengers' are box office superheroes, with $200.3 million
- Fractious Florida weighs heavily on presidential campaigns
- Tim Tebow feels blessed, naturally, to attend Met Gala
- Abbott Labs agrees to pay $1.6 billion to settle Depakote cases
- What pink slime? Meat company Tyson's profit up 4.4%
- Apple still hasn't cracked the top 10 on Fortune 500 list
- Not all the apps you buy are yours to keep
- Boxer Joseph Diaz Jr.'s biggest motivation is helping his family
- Met Gala 2012: Gwyneth, Kanye, Rihanna and more rock museum glam
- 'Once,' 'Sons of the Prophet' win Lucille Lortel Awards
- George Soros backs pro-Democratic 'super PAC'
- Beck, civilian panel again at odds on shooting
- Devin Ebanks says he's not thinking about free agency
- BofA provides example of mortgage-modification foot-dragging
- Marilyn Monroe set to return to Palm Springs as 26-foot-tall statue
- Alec Baldwin
- Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney in late-night email
- Dinosaurs' digestive gases linked to global warming
- In the 90210, the newest horror flick is 'Subway'
- Syrian opposition boycotts parliamentary elections
- France sets new path in debt crisis
- George Lindsey dies at 83; 'The Andy Griffith Show's' Goober Pyle
- Garry Marshall recalls happy and not-so-happy days
- Galaxy to play host to Real Madrid
- Partial verdict in Oracle-Google case seen as setback for Oracle
- Kenley Jansen replaces Javy Guerra as Dodgers closer
- Angels relievers Scott Downs and LaTroy Hawkins are injured
- Beverly Hills subway video: Two thumbs up for explosions!
- Prostitute calls Secret Service agents 'stupid brutes' [Video]
- Andrew Bynum jokes he can't grow a playoff beard
- TSA logs 1 million users of PreCheck program
- Starkand makes most of ability
- Sherman campaign seeks review of hire by rival Berman's 'super Pac'
- Near Melrose, a national healthcare predicament plays out
- Richard Lugar: Win by my 'tea party' rival may doom GOP Senate control
- Lakers show playoff composure against Denver Nuggets (Web links)
- There's a lot of Magic in Dodgers' 9-1 victory over Giants
- Miguel Cotto has many suitors for next bout
- Alec Baldwin gives props to N.Y. Phil conductor Alan Gilbert
- Consumer group seeks new rules over Spirit's $100 carry-on bag fee
- Obesity in U.S. projected to grow, though pace slows: CDC study
- Chris Paul, Clippers earn gritty win, 3-1 series lead over Memphis
- Robert Miles Parker dies; artist, architectural preservationist
- Think of the tobacco tax as user fee
- 'Jannat 2' info
- Lakers want to maintain their finishing touch
- Mitt Romney campaign has awkward moments in Ohio
- Jered Weaver improves to 5-0 in Angels' victory over Twins
- Vaccination rates higher in states requiring them in middle school
- Lakers have trusted Steve Blake despite shooting struggles
- Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae borrowers could see principal reduction
- Stan Kasten walks the walk and talks the talk at Dodger Stadium
- Obama campaign's $25-million ad buy is biggest to date
- For the record - May 7, 2012
- George Lindsey, TV's 'Goober,' eulogized by Andy Griffith
- Mexico's presidential candidates offer some colorful surprises
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- Baseball: Timmy Robinson is headed to USC
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- Boys' basketball: Max Guercy commits to Rice