- Fisker names Tony Posawatz its 3rd chief executive in a year
- USC's scholarship tailbacks
- Romney steps away from Paul Ryan's Medicare cuts
- Mars Curiosity in its element: Big NASA photo gives the long view
- Remembering Julia Child on her birthday
- Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet Thursday
- Thursday's TV Talk: Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley; Rob Corddry
- Hoag, St. Joseph form hospital partnership in Orange County
- The American Cinematheque celebrates Ernest Borgnine
- Uzbekistan deserves better
- Los Angeles losing the core of its TV production to other states
- Syria ex-premier says Assad controls only 30% of country
- Clayton Kershaw and Dodgers bats sink Pirates, 9-3
- Shabazz Muhammad won't travel to China with UCLA
- Merchant group to create mobile payment app, take on Google, Square
- Paul Ryan's budget plan would destroy the middle class
- 'Dallas' actress Jordana Brewster keeps cool in florals
- 'Lawless' writer Nick Cave: Violent films can inspire violent acts
- Nevada man shifts in his theater seat, accidentally shoots himself
- 'Hope and enthusiasm' as illegal immigrants apply to stay in U.S.
- Fox TV executive David Haslingden leaving company
- Kardashian-Humphries legal proceeding likely to go into next year
- Standard Chartered settles inquiry of Iran transactions
- American Apparel loss widens in second quarter
- Out of his league? Yes, when it's a 300-pounder in Pee-Wee football
- Labor Day: 20% off three nights at West Hollywood boutique hotel
- Hospitality group Cardiff Giant to take over Voyeur space, debut downtown restaurant
- For Margo Leavin Gallery, changing tastes mean it's time to close
- 624-year sentence for rapist; plus other eye-popping jail terms
- Mission Viejo's Max Redfield is a sports multitasker
- Sir Mix-a-Lot's 'Baby Got Back' gets re-imagined [Video]
- 'America's Got Talent' recap: YouTube contenders not worth replay
- Review: 'The Comedy of Errors' charms at Free Shakespeare festival
- Ryan takes on role of attack dog in Nevada
- Thursday's TV Highlights: 'The Next' on KTLA
- Man accused in faked drowning leaves trail leading to his arrest
- USC football: Reggie Bush says he would not want to return to USC (updated)
- Immigrant logjam expected
- Actress Michelle Stafford takes a loss in Loz Feliz
- Ryan hits at Obama over Medicare in Ohio
- Robert Pattinson appears, speaks, wears Gucci
- Romney changes focus again, and he's angry
- Customer service push at Home Depot, Lowe's and rivals paying off
- Obama, Romney talk energy in battleground states
- Pennsylvania voters must show photo ID at polls, judge rules
- What Jewish voters want -- and what the candidates don't offer
- HBO and 20th Century Fox renew output deal
- Facebook experimenting with putting more ads in users' News Feeds
- Computers, jewelry, Steve Jobs' wallet among items taken in burglary
- Thurber Prize announces 2012 finalists
- Late Night: Stephen Colbert bashes 'Stars Earn Stripes'
- The Times' college football countdown: No. 14 Nebraska
- Mixed feelings and more as readers ponder no-longer-empty nests
- Dinner tonight! Houston's couscous
- 'Stars Earn Stripes' receives criticism from veterans
- 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green' info
- Latin pops gets Hollywood Bowl crowd jumping
- Giants' Melky Cabrera is suspended for 50 games
- Lakers assistant coach candidate profile: Steve Clifford
- 'Hey Girl, It's Paul Ryan': Turning a wonk into a hunk
- Quick Takes: Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch
- UCLA may have a safety net in secondary
- Man guilty of murder and arson in 2003 Old fire
- It's suddenly all working for Dodgers, who win fourth straight, 9-3
- Retail sales in July rise by the highest rate in five months
- Biden's 'chains,' Romney's welfare sloths add race to campaign
- Andrew Bynum maintains 'I was definitely focused' with Lakers
- New Lakers stars give Time Warner Cable reason to cheer
- Poll watch: Paul Ryan pick doesn't give Mitt Romney a bounce
- Nashville: If you're crazy for Patsy Cline, this one's for you
- Letters: Our reptile brains
- How Julia Child taught me to cook -- and live
- Julia Child's 100th birthday: Toques off to a culinary legend
- German officials reopen inquiry into Facebook facial recognition
- Larry King is ready to do more talking -- on the Internet
- Lakers equipped to beat Miami Heat in NBA Finals
- Prince Philip hospitalized. Bladder infection? That can be serious
- Picture emerges of what's believed to be the iPad mini's screen
- This week's on-sales: Dave Matthews Band, Avicii and more
- PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton
- Critic's Choice: 'The Bourne Legacy'
- In 'The Weird,' Ann and Jeff VanderMeer air the eerie
- Rafael Nadal will miss U.S. Open due to knee injury
- Rich Hart: Paul Ryan's political, economic mentor
- LAUSD, teachers union spar over voluntary evaluation system
- Aereo is destined to fail, media analyst predicts
- Washington fire far from contained, but officials 'optimistic'
- Review: A superb turn by Antibalas at the Echoplex
- Steelers' James Harrison has knee surgery
- Letters: Beaches without bonfires
- Pussy Riot and protest: Punk band prompts benefit efforts
- South by Southwest director Brent Grulke dies of heart attack at 52
- Miramonte Elementary reopens with hopes of redemption
- Restaurant traffic loses momentum, will be flat through 2013
- Romney stays on offensive, accuses Obama campaign of 'hatred'
- Test flight of hypersonic X-51A aircraft ends in failure
- Joe Biden used 'chains' metaphor before to hit Republicans
- Obama vs. Romney on Medicare
- The Morning Fix: Drama exodus stings. What will Kristen Stewart do?
- On Hetch Hetchy, John Muir was wrong
- For the record - Aug. 15, 2012
- Riverside County wildfire
- From the Archives: Ron Palillo, Horshack of 'Kotter' fame, dies at 63; reactions
- Football: Chaminade to unveil new locker room
- Mothers share their anguish at losses to Mexico's violence
- Holistic nutrition is weak on science, strong on selling supplements
- Natural foods: Eating up the trends
- The Healthy Skeptic: Probiotics could help in cold and flu season
- Supplements for depression: What the research reveals
- Your Money: The best ticket prices when traveling with kids
- Alpine County, Calif.: Peace and quiet in California's smallest county
- Football: St. Bernard drops varsity football this season
- Baseball: Longtime Coach Manny Alvarado is no longer at Kennedy
- Environmentalists, unions fear last-minute CEQA changes
- Larry King final broadcast party
- Shares of Angie's List and Groupon sink
- Domino's Pizza launches 'store of the future' and revamps logo
- Activists warn of risk of disastrous oil spill in Russian Arctic
- Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role
- Pre-deployment mental woes make combat stress more likely
- Pictures: Maryland women's basketball 2011-12 season
- Marla Dickerson named business editor of L.A. Times
- Surge in violence in Mexico's drug war? Figures are inconclusive
- Iran training militia that backs Assad in Syria, Panetta says
- The Siren's Call: Cellular Situations
- Iran open to earthquake aid from abroad, officials say
- Baseball: Kurt Ruth resigns as coach at Vista Murrieta
- Failures of 2012
- Facebook to Zynga: Social games are growing, not shrinking
- NC-17 films: Why they got the rating
- Composer Trevor Morris buys home in Santa Monica for $1.59 million
- Shortest celebrity marriages
- Military suicides linked to low Omega-3 levels
- Guns and alcohol: Gun owners drink more and take more risks, study says
- CPO 101
- Tires and Brimstone
- Charles Dickens: Unique adaptations
- Fisker's third CEO in a year: Chevy Volt alum Tony Posawatz
- Audit reveals more loose accounting, this time in oil spill fund
- TV high school ensembles
- Photos: 'Welcome Back, Kotter': Where are they now?
- Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire
- Restaurant traffic loses momentum, will be flat through 2013
- Jerry Brown paints initiative campaign as taxes vs. schools
- Ron Palillo | 1949 - 2012
- Football: Scrimmages set for Friday
- Bombings in Afghanistan kill dozens of people
- Photos: College football's Top 25
- Taco Tuesday: Apache's Carne al Carbon
- Baseball: Outfielder Austin Grebeck picks Oregon
- Taylor Swift buys $4.9-million mansion near Kennedy love: reports
- Molly Ringwald Q&A: '50 Shades,' John Hughes, feminism & writing
- Calamondin: Cousin of the kumquat delivers fruit all year
- France's Hollande pledges order after rioting erupts
- Jerry Brown considers limits on agencies blocking cellphone service
- Toronto Film Festival unveils world cinema lineup
- Girls' soccer: Three top Southland players are on U17 World Cup team
- On Wall Street: Robert Pattinson at NYSE, Groupon hits new low
- U.N. relief official arrives in Syria to assess fighting's impact
- Cute owl enjoys a good scratch
- Italian police follow their noses to Rome's biggest marijuana bust
- Baseball: Marina's Austin Moore helps pitch U.S. 15U team to victory
- Robert Pattinson on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'
- GOP primary campaign 2012: Moments
- Afghan suicide blasts, including one at hospital, kill at least 27
- Cities refuse to hand over redevelopment money
- 2008 campaign: Off the stump:
- Syrian military jet shot down
- Pictures: What's in store at Clipper Mill
- Offbeat Traveler: Madâin Sâlih archeological site in Saudi Arabia
- Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan vision harks back to the days of Taft
- New crash test hits luxury cars
- Theater review: A blazing 'Red' with Alfred Molina as Mark Rothko
- Gregory Powell, 'Onion Field' killer, dies at 79
- Johnny Pesky dies at 92; beloved member of Boston Red Sox
- Opponents of campaign to require GMO labels raise $12 million
- Steve Jobs' Palo Alto home burglarized
- Scientists slim down chocolate with fruit juice
- Letters: Romney's pick
- Biden confident American people will reject Ryan-Romney vision
- Motion picture academy partners with Mary Pickford Foundation
- Obama courts the EDM vote in new ad
- Blame Drew Brees and 'Modern Family' for spat between Dish, Sinclair
- Taylor Swift buys $4.9-million mansion near Kennedy love: reports
- Agency calls for rate cut over San Onofre outage
- Brett Hundley looks to revive UCLA football's quarterback tradition
- Couples therapy shows promise for partners with PTSD
- The key to Patel's success? The magnetic Dev factor
- Taylor Swift releases new breakup song from fourth album, 'Red'
- Molly Ringwald Q&A;: '50 Shades,' John Hughes, feminism & writing
- 3 dead in gun battle near Texas A&M;: Video shows frantic moments
- Swedish firm's Apple hoax shows gullibility of online readers
- Obama and Ryan duel over farm aid, economy in Iowa
- Federal judge denies Pellicano's bid to be released on bail
- Letters: Sikhs and Muslims
- Chad Billingsley, Luis Cruz lead Dodgers in 11-0 rout of Pirates
- Twitter #weekendeats highlights: Seeing red
- Domino's Pizza launches 'store of the future' and revamps logo
- Belarus shotputter is stripped of gold
- Mountain lion makes itself at home in Griffith Park
- Paul Ryan finds it's not always fun being a national candidate
- What if we regulated junk food the way we do alcohol?
- Kristen Stewart could still reprise 'Snow White' role, studio says
- Aniston, Theroux look like a stylishly solid couple
- Quick Takes: NBC stands up for 'Stars Earn Stripes'
- Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Royal Pains' on USA
- Composer Trevor Morris buys home in Santa Monica for $1.59 million
- Tesoro hates California policies -- but loves Californians' money
- Ron Palillo, Horshack of 'Kotter' fame, dies at 63; reactions
- Dinner tonight! Grilled Russian kale salad
- 'F-bomb,' 'sexting' among new Merriam-Webster dictionary words
- Up next for Galaxy: Wednesday at Columbus
- SEC penalizes Wells Fargo for not disclosing investment risks
- Kevin Durant, James Harden silent on Dwight Howard to Jimmy Fallon
- Republicans seize on Biden's 'put you back in chains' comment
- Toronto Film Festival unveils world cinema lineup
- Angels' Mike Scioscia is looking for relief
- The $5 trillion hole in Paul Ryan's budget
- Shabazz Muhammad won't join UCLA on basketball trip to China
- Los Angeles Times' August MMA rankings
- Judge fines Ft. Hood suspect for beard, denies trial delay
- Losers in the veepstakes join Romney on the stump
- 2 Chainz, 'Based on a T.R.U. Story'
- DMV computers back online after 'connectivity' issues resolved
- Angels pitching coach Mike Butcher suspended for one game
- Evelyn Lozada files for divorce from Chad Johnson
- Food Forward gleaning a success; adds farmers markets
- TV review: 'Grimm' goes epic
- Egypt president's firing of generals seen as 'soft coup'
- Billy Graham released from hospital after two-day stay
- Best bread ever? Sourdough country loaf from Seattle's Sitka & Spruce
- Facebook to Zynga: Social games are growing, not shrinking
- 'Hell's Kitchen' recap: And then there were five...
- Angels put on a show in 9-6 victory over Indians
- Bears' Brian Urlacher has knee surgery
- Thailand: On the trail of elephants, sun bears and orchids
- Taco Tuesday: Apache's Carne al Carbon
- No yolk: eating the whole egg as dangerous as smoking?
- Opera review: 'Rigoletto' is given character by Dudamel, L.A. Phil
- Blood type associated with heart-disease risk, study finds
- How the West was run: New pass links ski resorts in four states
- Afghanistan attacks kill dozens of civilians
- Stocks advance after retail sales report
- Sylvester Stallone on Sage's death: 'You try to get through it'
- The $5 trillion hole in Paul Ryan's budget
- Review: 'Odd Life of Timothy Green' is odd indeed
- Ron Palillo, Arnold Horshack of 'Welcome Back, Kotter,' dies at 63
- Broadway's 'Once' offers quick return on investment
- Goodreads reaches 10 million users
- Tuesday Travel Ticker: Fifty Shades of What?
- Stan Van Gundy: Magic management more to blame than Dwight Howard
- Poll: Does 'f-bomb' belong in Merriam-Webster's dictionary?
- Auntie Em's birthday; Drago Centro tomato menu; gyoza-eating contest
- Rep. Dennis Cardoza announces resignation from Congress
- Foes, backers of Chinatown Wal-Mart face off again
- Chad Billingsley and Dodgers dominate Pittsburgh in 11-0 victory
- Mothers share their anguish at losses to Mexico's violence
- Wednesday's Talk: Molly Ringwald; Robert Pattinson; Dana Vollmer
- IPhone arts festival coming to L.A. may be biggest of its kind
- Christina Aguilera's hair: Bring on the color purple
- World off axis: Dodger Mark Ellis commits two errors in one game
- Marvin Hamlisch funeral held in NY; Pasadena plans tribute concert
- UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad won't go to China while NCAA investigates
- France president pledges public security focus after riots
- Tsunami debris from Japan poses costly coastal cleanup emergency
- Connie Mack wins, will face Bill Nelson in Florida Senate race
- Dudamel prepares to unite the Americas
- Tesoro to buy Arco brand
- Google to buy Frommer's travel guides
- Playa Vista baby boom leads to a new school
- Monster 17-foot python found in Fla. Everglades -- with 87 eggs
- Giants already tiring of Tim Tebow talk
- Angels continue to slump in 6-2 loss to Indians
- Shane Victorino delivers in Dodgers' 5-4 win over Pirates
- Instead of the Angels, he focuses on an angel: his mother
- 25 years later: Sole survivor of Detroit plane crash speaks
- Remembering Julia Child with a remix
- Shares of Angie's List and Groupon sink
- Job loss seen as a factor in rising suicide rate in Britain
- The Reading Life: Vacation reading
- Paul Ryan in '07: Uncle Sam shouldn't be Hollywood script doctor
- 'Song for Marion' to close Toronto International Film Festival
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar knows what Lakers' Dwight Howard is going through
- As Arnold Horshack, Ron Palillo was an iconic TV nerd -- and more
- 'Murder for hire only works in the movies,' prosecutor tells mom
- San Pedro, Wilmington welcome removal of parking meters
- Conference showcase Pac-12 Networks will launch Wednesday
- Three killed in shootings near Texas A&M; University
- For Olympians, faster, higher, stronger -- no longer?
- Fisker's third CEO in a year: Chevy Volt alum Tony Posawatz
- The Times' college football countdown: No. 15 Wisconsin
- Robert Pattinson: Anatomy of a rebound (and ice cream etiquette)
- L.A. formula: New schools = better student performance. But why?
- Letters: Limiting population growth
- Iran museum exhibition shows off Pop art collection
- O.C. officials botched Bustamante harassment probe, audit shows
- Manager Mike Scioscia reminds Angels they've rallied before
- Davis Love III looks for experience for U.S. Ryder Cup team
- Coach Lane Kiffin gives up vote in USA Today poll
- Half of Americans now have smartphones