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- TV ratings: 'American Idol' rises; 'Criminal Minds' returns big
- The U.N. goes too far in faulting the Vatican for its theology
- Clinical study of fighters' brains gets new funding from promoters
- House Speaker Boehner lowers expectations for immigration reform bill
- Initial jobless claims dropped sharply to 331,000 last week
- UCLA football: Bruins coach may need confession for recruiting coups
- A school's whale of a find
- L.A. County judge acquitted of battery charge
- Sochi Olympics 2014: Canadian snowboarders vs. Shaun White, Day 2
- Attack on California electric grid raises alarm
- Leonard Hirshan dies at 86; longtime agent for Clint Eastwood
- Penelope Lively turns inward in 'Dancing Fish and Ammonites'
- How to watch the Sochi Winter Olympics online and on mobile
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- Steve Lopez: DWP union boss' $40-million excuse doesn't add up
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- U.S. lead in science research and development narrows
- Heavy rain pelts Bay Area, causing havoc on roadways
- Mysterious shaking in Maryland neither earthquake nor frost quake
- Does Obamacare 'distort' the labor market -- or undistort it?
- Canadian PSA: 'The Olympics have always been a little gay'
- Las Vegas: Celebrity friends rally around ailing chef Kerry Simon
- For media in Sochi, it's more Potemkin village than Olympic village
- Martin St. Louis added to Canada's Sochi Olympics hockey team
- Sony to exit PCs, spin off TV business, eliminate 5,000 positions
- Senate panel approves civil rights nominee Debo Adegbile
- Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson sign on for 'Pitch Perfect 2'
- What's the future for Michael Bay-produced 'Welcome to Yesterday'?
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- James Carville joins Fox News as contributor
- Mark Mothersbaugh art retrospective to tour, stop in Santa Monica
- 'Captain Phillips' helps sail Sony Pictures into third-quarter profit
- San Diego police officer investigated on suspicion of on-duty assaults on women
- Michael Connelly, 'Bosch' make a case for series on Amazon Prime
- Review: 'Cavemen' may help push a genre toward extinction
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- Are Dodgers best served by the many faces of Magic Johnson?
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- No more Mr. Nice Putin
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- Man pleads guilty in Burbank bathroom-filming case
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- U.S. flagbearer Todd Lodwick overcomes injury for Sochi Olympics
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- Review: Paz de la Huerta gives a bare performance in 'Nurse 3D'
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- California ski resorts slog through a warm winter
- Barkhad Abdi, pirate leader in 'Captain Phillips,' treasures his nomination
- Panama Canal expansion bogs down in disputes, cost overruns
- Olympics 2014: Canada mulling replacement for injured Steven Stamkos
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- Supporters of Culver City ice skating rink get temporary victory
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- Coach gets an edgier look with new designer Stuart Vevers
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- Authors call on Putin to release 'chokehold' on expression in Russia
- ACLU, religious leaders sue L.A. County over cross on seal
- Up next for Lakers: Friday at Philadelphia
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- Review: 'Above the Fold' lacks credibility, subtlety
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- Sony to sell PC business, split TV unit after 10 years of losses
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- Rare whale fossil excavated at Palos Verdes school
- Philip Seymour Hoffman autopsy is inconclusive
- Killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry detailed in court papers
- USDA to set up 'climate hubs' to help farmers amid climate change
- Naloxone can reverse heroin overdose, but it's not widely available
- One suspect had Philip Seymour Hoffman's cell number, officials say
- Winds of change: Floating power turbines envisioned off Oregon coast
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- Jay Leno Q&A: Comedian ready to hit the road as a stand-up guy
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- CVS' halt on tobacco wins praise
- A hazardous new high: 'butane honey oil'
- Emilia Clarke of 'Game of Thrones': Dany 'decides to do it her way'
- California drought: House Republicans take aim at water rules
- Google agrees to concessions to settle EU antitrust case
- Detectives seek public's help in killing of West Covina man
- George Clooney-Tina Fey plot thickens: 'downright dirty' payback
- 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman hit with additional welfare fraud charge
- Masked gunman kills teenager, wounds 3 other people in Chicago
- Judge will not face 'impersonating police' charge in dog poop case
- Broken Bells feeling a sense of liberation with 'After the Disco'
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- Woody Allen vs. Dylan Farrow: This spectacle is on you, Nick Kristof
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- U.N. report says Vatican shields sexual predator priests
- CBRE Group revenues up as international real estate markets thrive
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- Obama administration will ease rules for refugees, asylum seekers
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- Highway 1: Motorcycle hand signals
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- Saliva tests to determine if mountain lion mauled homeless man
- David Cassidy charged with DUI in L.A.; speaks out from rehab
- Cheating scandal: Newport-Mesa official resigns to protest expulsions
- Garcetti and wife cross a cultural divide with help of Patsy Cline
- Magic Johnson says he's willing to help Lakers recruit players
- Richard Dreyfuss, Maureen O'Hara, Mel Brooks added to TCM fest
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- Figure skater Ashley Wagner shows her true colors at Sochi Olympics
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- Emma Watson joins Alejandro Amenabar thriller 'Regression'
- 'Biggest Loser' winner ate 1,600 calories a day, exercised 'a ton'
- L.A. City Council backs House proposal for federal paid family leave
- Mexican nationals convicted in 2012 death of Coast Guardsman
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- National signing day: Southern California players make final decisions
- Magic Johnson says he believes he can make Sparks profitable
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- Killer sentenced in 1979 West L.A. strangulation murder
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- Dodgers sign Justin Turner as a little second baseman insurance
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- Central African Republic soldiers lynch man at army ceremony
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- National signing day: John 'Juju' Smith announces he will attend USC
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- Watch Tara Lipinski pay tribute to 'The Big Lebowski' ... on ice
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- Aston Martin recalls nearly all cars built since 2008 over pedal issue
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- Vitamin C as cancer treatment? High doses boost chemotherapy in study
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- Obama administration agrees to informal drone halt in Pakistan
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- National signing day: USC lands offensive lineman Viane Talamaivao
- FBI arrests two men in alleged $110-million Ponzi scheme
- Shopping takes a turn toward Valentine's Day gifts
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- Selena Gomez briefly entered rehab, but not for substance abuse
- Pussy Riot members land some Putin digs on 'Colbert'
- Twitter will take tweeted questions on earnings call #TWTRearnings
- SAG health and pension plans hires Michael Estrada as new CEO
- 'The Monuments Men' filmmakers faced monumental challenges
- Man getting out of his car is killed in South L.A. hit-and-run
- 'American Idol' favorite Clay Aiken announces run for Congress
- Pharrell Williams crowned 'Hat Person of the Year' for 2014
- National signing day: Adoree' Jackson chooses USC
- 'The Biggest Loser' Season 15: Before and after
- California egg law is challenged by Missouri attorney general
- National signing day: Loyola High's Chris Brown will attend USC
- Two dozen flights canceled at LAX because of East Coast winter storm
- 'Job-lock' and the Republican dilemma over Obamacare
- Snow, ice wreak havoc in Northeast as second storm in a week blows in
- 'The Guest,' 'Oculus' lead South by Southwest Midnighters section
- Man run over by Long Beach city trash truck in critical condition
- NLRB proposes rule to expedite union election process
- Philip Seymour Hoffman autopsy inconclusive; more tests needed
- Man pleads guilty in fatal shootings of two USC students from China
- Philip Roth has quit writing fiction. He means it. Really.
- National signing day: UCLA lands Serra receiver Jordan Lasley
- Philip Seymour Hoffman fundraiser launched to help Labyrinth Theater
- Watch videos of 320-pound QB Jared Lorenzen everyone's talking about
- National signing day: UCLA gets linebacker Dwight Williams
- CVS stubs out tobacco sales, a step other companies should take
- Child abuse case against ex-Miramonte Elementary teacher is dropped
- National signing day: USC lands St. John Bosco's Malik Dorton
- National signing day: USC gets Long Beach Cabrillo's Rahshead Johnson
- Marketer admits sending millions of deceptive spam text messages
- Obamacare may affect number of workforce
- UN to Vatican: 'immediately remove' child abusers
- Ex-teacher accused in YouTube video of sexual abuse is charged
- CBS lands Thursday NFL deal
- Football: QB Cristian Solano signs with Nevada
- TV ratings: 'Biggest Loser' finale down from last year; CBS wins
- National signing day: USC adds offensive lineman Damien Mama
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