- School programs in L.A. to get $1.7 million in grants
- Carmageddon Part 2: Don't be complacent, L.A. mayor warns
- Poll: Most Americans think Romney should release more tax returns
- New polls show race between Obama, Romney still a dead heat
- Home sales fall nationally as buyers pay higher prices
- Las Vegas' retired 'Cowboy Sheriff' still holds sway
- Daum: Confessions of a TV couch potato
- Music: Leni Stern at Blue Whale
- Emmys 2012: 'Big Bang Theory's' Jim Parsons celebrates with juice
- Say it ain't so, Sheriff Joe Arpaio
- Sage Stallone death: Police seek source of big, empty pill bottles
- Quick Takes: 'Quadrophenia' live
- Review: 'Portrait of Wally' explores a fascinating odyssey
- Angel City Jazz Festival announces generation-spanning lineup for fall
- Battle over genetically engineered food heading to voters
- Morgan Freeman donates $1 million to pro-Obama 'super PAC'
- Angels hope to gain ground against Texas
- United Airlines error sells Hong Kong flights cheap -- very cheap
- Bullet train: A futuristic ride to nowhere
- Central Avenue Jazz Festival outside historic Dunbar Hotel
- Israeli tourist bus bombing in Bulgaria possible suicide attack
- Review: A quiet power drives 'China Heavyweight'
- Drought gives urgency to farm bill, compromise on food stamp cuts
- UnitedHealth reports solid second-quarter results but shares dip
- Review: 'Collaborator' could have used some help
- Clippers, Ryan Hollins agree to a deal
- NBA's remaining unrestricted free agents an uninspiring bunch
- A UC Riverside medical school? Not now
- Arpaio's day in court
- Tony winner 'Book of Mormon' not a sellout
- Inspired by Marissa Mayer, tech wimp takes MIT computer course
- California home prices move up
- Events: A listening party in Brentwood
- Emmys 2012: 'Homeland' triumphs where others failed
- Lawmakers call for answers on BioWatch security system
- Will replacement NFL officials make a difference in the game?
- BofA cost-cutting helps its profit, but loan ills persist
- Kinsley: Playing the Mormon card
- Basketball skill may not be only reason Rockets signed Jeremy Lin
- Letters: It's still the hermit kingdom
- Dennis Rodman meets estranged father after more than 40 years
- Angels not considering first-to-third switch for Albert Pujols
- Bain Capital started with help of offshore investors
- Nine books NOT to read at the beach
- Olympics social media: Get as connected as the rings for 2012 Games
- Review: '30 Beats' fails to find its rhythm
- Mitt Romney's secrets are not all in his tax returns
- Darius Johnson-Odom battling for a Lakers roster spot
- Emmys 2012: Hooray, this critic says, but here's my problem
- Penguin gets self-publisher Author Solutions for $116 million
- Michele Bachmann tops a team of conspiracy-crazed clowns
- 'Death warrants' left at scene of 3 homeless stabbings, LAPD says
- Emmys 2012: Don Cheadle talks of his nomination and his vodka intake
- Civil trial begins for Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio
- City of Grambling asks NCAA to vacate some of Joe Paterno's wins
- Restored 1961 indie classic 'The Connection' at New Beverly
- 2012 Emmys: L.A. Phil program with Hancock, Dudamel is nominated
- Tom Davis dies at 59; original 'SNL' writer alongside Al Franken
- Fred Willard: Actor denies wrongdoing, gets fired by PBS
- Emmys 2012: Emmy veteran Alec Baldwin wipes away the tears
- Mongol Rally, Day 6: Crime doesn't pay -- for the driver
- Advocates for disabled to boycott hotels over pool access
- British Open: Will there be a Tiger Woods-Stevie Williams reunion?
- Veteran SEC attorney to head agency's Los Angeles office
- U.K. judge orders Apple to publicly say Samsung did not copy iPad
- Olympic uniforms? U.S. should go for the gold — lame
- L.A. City Hall park reopens with more succulents, no occupants
- In Syria, Assad's hold weakens, fueling fears of greater chaos
- Friday TV Talk Shows: Randy Jackson; Meghan McCain; Vincente Fox
- 'Farewell, My Queen' intoxicates: Kenneth Turan's film pick
- Samsung digital music service coming soon to U.S.
- Video: Man tries to snatch girl off street; suspect on the loose
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: America gets it right again
- Katie Holmes turns page on divorce and heads to Broadway
- SS Coachella: Cruises shift festival from the desert to the sea
- 3 stabbings prompt warning to homeless to seek shelter at night
- Gay military personnel can wear uniforms in parade, Pentagon says
- Coliseum faces millions in losses
- Tom Davis, Al Franken's 'SNL' writing partner, dies at 59
- For Abby Wambach, U.S. women's soccer hasn't peaked yet
- Emmys 2012: Bryan Cranston discusses Walter White's trip to hell
- Emmys 2012: 'American Horror Story's' Connie Britton sings
- California cities take top spots for vehicle thefts in the U.S.
- George Soros' son launches anti-big money 'super PAC'
- Late Night: Snooki and Newt Gingrich get cozy on Jay Leno's couch
- Emmys 2012: 'Breaking Bad's' Aaron Paul dances about his nomination
- Andrew Bynum's agent says no teams have contacted him about trades (Updated)
- Will the Dodgers turn their season around?
- British aristocracy takes up residence in Emmy drama category
- Vyclone, an L.A. start-up, launches video-combining iOS app
- Hey, Ralph Lauren, sweatshops aren't chic
- Penn State trustee member announces resignation
- Romney: Only job Obama's 'interested in protecting is his own'
- Joe Paterno statue protected all night by group of students
- Democrat running for open Maine Senate seat getting little attention
- FBI searches Trenton City Hall, mayor's house, brother's house ...
- New Olympic sport: screen juggling
- Music: Play date with Adam Lambert
- ATF staff warned to watch complaints
- Oldest living ex-Dodger will meet the current team in New York
- Obama resurrects Medicare issue in Florida
- Fight with DirecTV creates headaches for Viacom on Madison Avenue
- New jobless claims jumped sharply last week to 386,000
- Bradley Wiggins closes in on Tour de France victory
- Review: Antaeus' 'Macbeth' reframes a tragedy
- Egg allergy cured by eating eggs? (Don't try this at home.)
- Overall success of 'Dark Knight Rises' depends on foreign markets
- Report calls for more inpatient treatment for the mentally ill
- Review: 'The Dark Knight Rises' more than shines, and on many levels
- NBCUniversal centralizes news divisions under Fili-Krushel
- DreamWorks Animation opens new facility in Redwood City
- Going for the gold: Apps with Olympic aspirations
- Behind the app: Scriblist for iPhone draws on a marital muse
- Converse Rubber Tracks preps L.A. pop-up studio, invites bands
- Mortgage rates drop again, Freddie Mac says; 30-year at 3.53%
- Jerry West recalls struggles in acquiring Shaquille O'Neal
- Review: Restrained 'Hara-Kiri' opts for character over craziness
- Asian American theater leaders react to 'Nightingale' controversy
- In Bulgaria, Israel tour bus blast kills 7
- Golfer David Duval uses a different stick to measure success
- Bo Burnham at Largo
- Chick-fil-A steps out of public debate on gay marriage
- Online Pew Center study includes interactive data on payday loans
- Midwest drought pushes soybean prices to record prices
- 7 more requests OKd for waivers from No Child Left Behind law
- Andrew Bynum-Dwight Howard deal still up in air
- Soda pop tasting at Galco's Soda Pop Stop
- Ford recalls 11,500 new Escapes, tells owners not to drive them
- Letters: Pats on the back for Villaraigosa
- What? No 'Idol'?! 'Walking Dead,' Grammer also among Emmy snubs
- Second round of 'Carmageddon' on I-405 set for Sept. 29-30
- Shell's Arctic oil spill containment vessel plagued by delays
- In Russia, attacks in Tatarstan kill cleric, injure another
- Movie review: 'The Queen of Versailles' riffs on American dream run amok
- Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw, Phillies' Cliff Lee go tit for tat
- Emmys 2012: Zooey Deschanel on her 'New Girl' nod
- Nokia posts $1-billion quarterly loss, considers selling patents
- Lawmakers give raises to aides before cutting other workers' pay
- 'American Horror Story's' mini strategy pays in Emmy nominations
- Jon Cryer's ambition is rewarded
- Making paint dance: Mark Bradford and Benjamin Millepied
- Emmys 2012: 'Breaking Bad's' Giancarlo Esposito is 'over the moon'
- Nickelodeon ratings down 20% after DirecTV drops network
- Move over BMI: There's a new way to measure fat
- Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach building at furious pace
- AT&T; may charge for cellular FaceTime calls; Sprint says it won't
- Boehner stands by Huma Abedin, calls Bachmann's accusations 'dangerous'
- Hermosa Beach Open serves up men's, women's volleyball teams
- SoCal gasoline prices rise after nearly two months of declines
- U.S. men rout Britain in basketball, 118-78
- Famed guitar maker Fender changes its tune: no IPO
- Ms. Melodie, rap pioneer and KRS-One's ex-wife, dies
- Got $20 million? 4 'very important' Ferrari cars to go on block
- NYC mayor's latest? Put health food on chip racks, move junk food
- Missing Iowa cousins: One set of parents hires an attorney
- 10 Pounds in 10 Days: Can I do it? Day 9
- At British Open, Zach Johnson shows the value of consistency
- Abduction arrest: Girl says baby brother's scream saved her
- L.A. Opera sets concert 'Foscari,' with Placido Domingo, in O.C.
- Boy Scouts' wrong path
- Congressional leaders shy from releasing their own income tax returns
- Ahead of Romney trip, Obama says he's bolstered U.S.-Israel ties
- Mitt Romney wins a battle for free (political) speech
- The Morning Fix: Emmy noms out! Viacom and DirecTV hit impasse.
- Early iPad prototype is really big compared with current iPads
- Mayor Bloomberg should ban dairy next
- London: Last-minute hotel deals for those sprinting to Olympics
- Emmys: 'Hatfields & McCoys' feud draws 16 nominations
- Mariah Carey is named 2012 'BMI Icon'
- Healthcare heavyweights Walgreen, Express Scripts end squabble
- As big movies' box office soars, the number of flops rises
- Emmys 2012: The hits and misses: Critic's Notebook
- Adam Scott flirts with record, goes home with British Open lead
- After nasty fight, Muslims get new mosque -- but not for Ramadan
- Lawmakers call for answers on BioWatch security system
- Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen Tip: Cleaning an Artichoke
- Philippines birth control: Filipinos want it, priests don't
- <b>Full coverage:</b> 'Occupy' protests
- In Uganda, family planning programs for women help save gorillas
- A place to store their things
- Assembly awards pay raises to more than 100 staffers
- Daum: Confessions of a TV couch potato
- Top 25 Dolphins disasters since 2000
- Photos: Bulls summer league action
- Occupy L.A.: Central City Assn. headquarters
- Governor makes surprise appearance at UC Regents meeting
- Catch the Havaianas mobile van for some custom flip flops
- Hungary arrests alleged Nazi-era torturer after tabloid finds him
- Dinner tonight! Prosciutto-wrapped halibut with grape tomato salad
- McManus: The bottom line on taxes
- More than half of Senate staffers received raises in last 12 months
- Emmys 2012 Play-At-Home Ballot | View the winners below.
- Judge denies effort to stop California foie gras ban
- Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen Tip: Measuring Butter Without a Wrapper
- Egypt protesters try to storm Syrian Embassy in Cairo
- Sacramento to host California's final fracking workshop
- Latest moneymaker? Sell your kidney on Google
- Where is Bashar Assad? Silence after bombing fuels rumors
- Pictures: How to get posh British style in Baltimore
- Israeli leader Netanyahu blames Iran for Bulgaria bus bombing
- At the Getty Villa, a lecture on Greek drinking rituals
- Shopping L.A.: Planet Blue remodeling sale. Lanvin pop-up opens.
- A net loss for a Net dating bumbler
- 50 shades of food: Silky, smooth burrata
- Wal-Mart heirs worth as much as bottom 41.5% of American families
- A glass of wine and a little distortion
- Beyond a love for Africa, he shared little
- New heart
- Popular health stories of 2011
- Good Form: Stretches and workouts
- The Natural Products Expo West
- California mental hospitals plagued by peril
- Alzheimer's care
- Killing of Al Qaeda cleric Awlaki unconstitutional, suit charges
- A family struggles with suicide
- Fresno County Fruit Trail offers a fresh bounty of sweetness
- Catalina calls from across the water
- It's a book! It's a purse! It's a book-purse!
- Burger King fires lettuce-stomping employee outed by 4Chan
- Mali asks international court to investigate alleged war crimes
- U.N. Security Council reportedly delays Syria vote after blast
- Photos: Oprah Winfrey
- Whitney Houston, 'Sparkle' stir memories on 'L.A. Hair' finale
- Christopher Ashley discusses Asian American backlash at La Jolla
- Review: 'The Dark Knight Rises' more than shines, and on many levels
- Review: Albright's 'Prague Winter' mixes the personal, historical
- Joyce Miller dies at 84; voice for women in labor's top ranks
- Mountain lion captured in O.C. park
- Food FYI: FDA now bans BPAs from baby bottles
- Loan considered to keep California Athletic Commission operating
- 3 Israeli tourists killed in explosion on tour bus in Bulgaria
- Is Chick-fil-A anti-gay marriage? 'Guilty as charged,' leader says
- 'Natural Companions': Artful book shows perfect plant combinations
- Universal EMI deal heats up in Europe
- Insurgents destroy at least 17 fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan
- June U.S. housing starts up 6.9% to highest level in four years
- Fashion News: All sweetness and light at 'Dark Knight Rises' premiere
- Girl caught after falling from third-story window
- Bombing in Syria reportedly kills two top officials
- Woman wipes out kids on water slide
- Israeli lawmaker destroys copy of the New Testament
- Football: Looking at the top City Section quarterbacks
- Workers everywhere facing retirement woes
- La Jolla Playhouse gets heat from Asian Americans over casting
- Woman attempting to parallel park cheered on by German soccer fans
- Nelson Mandela, South Africa's legendary leader, is 94 today
- Frugal Fashion: Naya Rivera a sartorial heroine at Comic-Con
- PICTURES: Penn State reacts to news of Joe Paterno's dismissal
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- Hot weather, ornery cows and an inane presidential campaign
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- Fugitive in Coliseum corruption case says he was whistle-blower
- Bomb kills at least 12 Shiites in Pakistan's tribal area
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- From the Archives: George Michael explains post-coma accent, shreds Rupert Murdoch
- Cal State students protest fee hike and furloughs
- Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen Tip: Picking fresh fish
- Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen tip: Measuring by weight
- PASSINGS: Jon Lord, Bob Babbitt, Donald J. Sobol
- 'The Queen's Lover' info
- William Asher dies at 90; 'I Love Lucy,' 'Bewitched' director
- Review: 'The Queen's Lover' has a fresh view of Marie Antoinette
- William Raspberry dies at 76; prize-winning columnist
- L.A. Fire Department task force will examine response times
- Los Angeles Times Test Kitchen tip: Choosing a bread wash
- Influences: Opera singer Juliana Snapper
- AT&T; introduces shared data plans, sets launch for late August
- Quick Takes: RottenTomatoes.com's tomato-tossers disarmed
- Republicans pouncing on Obama's 'you didn't build that' remark
- Cal State students, faculty decry pay hikes for campus presidents
- Federal judge sides with Tennessee mosque in time for Ramadan
- Hubble spots spiral galaxy that shouldn't exist
- Snap Payroll app helps small businesses calculate employee pay
- Letters: Bears aren't cuddly
- Shrinking BofA reports $2.5-billion second-quarter profit
- Matt Kemp's two-run home run in the 12th inning lifts Dodgers, 5-3
- Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch charged with DUI
- TSA to introduce passenger prescreening at United's LAX terminals
- Bands creating their own mini-Coachellas
- U.S. wastes $11.4 billion a year by throwing away recyclables
- Metta World Peace's goal? 'Just to be one of the best again'
- Rick Perry inadvertently calls on Romney to release tax returns
- Congressional hearing reveals flight school security loophole
- Letters: Voter ID as a poll tax
- Occupy protesters shift focus to downtown L.A. business group
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: A strange night of performances
- Christopher Ashley discusses Asian American backlash at La Jolla
- Senator questions Facebook exec about facial-recognition feature
- Music review: Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer cavort at the Bowl
- 'Natural Companions': Artful book shows perfect plant combinations
- Probate judge OKs payment for trustee under investigation
- Locked-out NFL officials say league could be ugly without them
- Rotten Tomatoes shuts down 'Batman' comments after death threats
- Surgery unneeded for most early-stage prostate cancer, study says
- Dealing with possessions of homeless a big problem for cities
- Pete Rose to star in reality TV show
- Clippers talk to centers Darko Milicic, Ryan Hollins
- Tickets go on sale Saturday for Coachella cruises from Florida
- Halle Berry fall: Accident on 'Hive' set sends her to hospital
- Late Night: Nobody cuts off Springsteen's mic, says Jon Stewart