- Reader photo: Holiday light against the dark in downtown L.A.
- Reader photo: Getting ready for Christmas in Cuba
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Man accused of liposuction without medical license
- For Muslims celebrating Christmas, it's a holiday, not a holy day
- Lakers' Kobe Bryant will do whatever it takes
- North Korea is a tough target for U.S. intelligence agencies
- For the record - Dec. 24, 2011
- Dugald Stermer dies at 74; artist updated 1984 Olympic medals
- Last chance: 'Waylynn's Pantry' at Fonuts
- Boys' basketball: 44 points for Marcus LoVett
- Football: Elijah Asante accepts St. Paul offer
- 'Flowers of War's' Zhang Yimou: Censorship limits Chinese films
- Opinion: Council District 15: Harbor City, the city not on the harbor
- Saturday's TV Highlights: 'It's a Wonderful Life' on NBC
- Weekend TV Talk Shows for Dec. 24 - 25
- Opinion: Christmas cartoon: The Nutcracker 2011
- Year-end Top 10 list: August Brown
- Star Wars: The Old Republic sells more than 1 million copies
- The search is over: Terry Semel finds a buyer
- Year-end Top 10 list: Randy Lewis
- RIM sued over use of BBM name by BBM Canada
- Etta James hospitalized after experiencing difficulty breathing
- This week's Culinary SOS: Ciopinot's 'no work' cioppino
- In Sunday books: On Patti Smith, Tolstoy and life in the marginalia
- Air Jordans: Christmas spirit is no match for basketball shoes
- Pepper spray, fights break out over Nike Air Jordan shoes
- Opinion: Obama: The peace president, clarified
- Opinion: Council District 15: Harbor Gateway, the city on a shoestring
- Test Kitchen video tips: Toasting spices and nuts for flavor
- Happy Festivus today, and hello Santa Claus this weekend
- Best of 2011 in local hip-hop and R&B: Gerrick D. Kennedy
- Year-end top 10 list: Todd Martens
- Dennis Quaid riding into the sunset
- Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us, turns 14; still love it?
- Angels sign three to minor league deals
- 'War Horse' offers old-school polish and emotion, critics say
- Notable Deaths of 2011: Theater and Comedy
- Notable deaths of 2011: Classical music, dance and jazz
- Today's Eat Beat: White chocolate turtle cookies
- 'Facebook' tops list of most-searched-for terms of 2011
- Very last-minute gift for kitchen gardeners: Seeds from Italy
- 'X Factor' winner Melanie Amaro on how victory feels
- 'X Factor' finale ratings give Fox early Christmas gift
- Opinion: California's congressionally favorite word
- New NFL TV deals could hurt smaller cable channels
- Sarah Palin's odd complaint about the Obama Christmas card design
- Opinion: Six moments in the year's animal welfare hall of shame
- Ex-NBC exec Marc Graboff may go to 19 Entertainment parent CKX
- Opinion: Christopher Hitchens, Sarah Silverman and the Twitter wars
- Frank McCourt's spinning Dodgers wheels got to go 'round
- GoDaddy backs away from piracy bill after pressure from websites
- Happy holidays: Google Doodle shows evolution of the art
- California Senate Republican leader Bob Dutton to step down
- For Arnold Schwarzenegger's last appointees, time is running out
- TSA as holiday elf? TSA launches help line for disabled travelers
- An experimental music app for New York's High Line park
- Magi turn to myrrh as frankincense struggles and gold stays high
- R. Kelly still trapped in closet; Adam Lambert released from jail
- No Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung's Galaxy S and first Galaxy Tab
- Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin welcome 'sparkling wonder' -- a boy
- Romney, Perry say no to Sunday talk shows, yes to late night
- Around Town: 'Battle Royale' finally gets U.S. theatrical release
- Tyler, the Creator arrested after Roxy show melee
- Theater review: 'Cinderella Christmas' at the El Portal
- 'Santa real'? We Google for the truth, but a poll says we believe
- With payroll tax deal signed, Obama is off to Hawaii
- Will Matt Barkley surpass Tim Tebow in popularity?
- L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 1: Kirk Gibson's Series homer
- S&P 500 up for the year as stock market rises solidly
- Fox granted stay; Dodgers can't sell TV rights for now
- Opinion: Year in review: California budget, L.A. pro team, GOP triple threat
- Etta James hospitalized; care decisions remain in husband's hands
- Thousands march in Cairo denouncing violence against protesters
- PST, A to Z: ‘Artistic Evolution,’ ‘The Experimental Impulse’
- Food prices will continue to rise in 2012, says USDA
- Opinion: Economy: Are things getting better, or is it just the eggnog?
- Green Bay Packers are Americans' favorite NFL team, poll says
- Consumer Confidential: Prices come down, shoplifting goes up
- Food online: Anti-Groupon and crowd-sourcing to the perfect dish
- Celestino Drago's haven at home, his backyard kitchen
- Hollywood foments a Marilyn Monroe moment
- FCC approves AT&T's $1.9-billion purchase of Qualcomm spectrum
- Police use pepper spray to end fights over Air Jordans
- TV This Week for Dec. 25 – 31
- Boys' basketball: Thursday scores
- Girls' basketball: Thursday scores
- Last-minute gift: Lucky Peach subscription
- Pakistan rejects findings of Pentagon in deadly attack
- Braylon Edwards gives $10,000 each to 79 college students
- Game on: Joe Biden hits Mitt Romney over economic plans
- Fashion News: Michelle Obama's fitness initiatives defended
- A coldly comforting Christmas with Stella Gibbons
- The Dry Garden: Custom gutters and the art of catching rain
- Colts may not be sure bet for Andrew Luck anymore
- Storm-damaged L.A. arboretum to reopen Dec. 26
- L.A. designer to know: Raquel Allegra
- Late Night: Lucky 'Conan' staffer gets Jon Hamm for Christmas
- Holiday cookies: Emily's chocolate mandel bread
- Tom Harkin: Investigate S.C. Gov. Haley about healthcare panel
- Monster Mash: New Shroud of Turin theory; 'Rent' protest in Idaho
- Carlos Beltran agrees to two-year deal with St. Louis Cardinals
- U.S. savings rate falls again as consumer spending rises
- Boys' basketball: Mission Viejo wins Maui tournament
- Followers of polygamist Warren Jeffs give up bikes, trampolines
- Portugal won't extradite fugitive killer George Wright to U.S.
- Two explosions rock Syrian capital
- 16 over- and under-hated celebs
- Elevator camera shows South Korean teen before suicide jump
- Kim Jong Il funeral guests to include Japanese magician
- John Foley dies at 76; cardinal explained Catholic teachings
- Donald Trump breaks with GOP, changes party registration
- Strong winds sweep California, fueling fires and spreading damage
- 'We Bought a Zoo' info
- Metrolink gives riders a break on Rose Parade and off-peak travel
- Boehner loses some ground as House leader
- Declining jobless figures buoy hopes for year-end recovery
- HOT/NOT
- Together as One promoters split
- Geezer Bandit may not be a geezer
- Sales of basic digital cameras slow as smartphones fill the niche
- 'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire' info
- To his credit, he's still using the gold dollar coin
- 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' review: Angelina Jolie impresses
- Annenberg Space for Photography looks at the surreal power of Photoshop
- Movie review: 'The Flowers of War'
- 'War Horse' info
- Justice Department rejects South Carolina voter ID law
- Angels sign three to minor league contracts
- China praises Kim Jong Il despite sometimes strained ties
- Congress agrees to payroll tax deal; Obama will sign it
- Sailor's gay kiss is a milepost on a long road of change
- 9th Circuit panel rejects suit filed by 'birthers' against Obama
- Congress set to end payroll tax fight
- Movie review: 'War Horse' is the purest sort of love story
- Friday's TV talk shows
- Review: 'We Bought a Zoo' is an intelligent family film
- Spotlight on Romney's marriage casts shadow on Gingrich's past
- In the '70s, New York blazed with music
- Poll: Obama's approval among Latinos keeps slipping
- Ben Roethlisberger won't start for Steelers
- Together as One info
- 5 Nights Out
- Nurses stage 1-day strike at 2 Long Beach hospitals
- Friday's TV highlights
- Dodgers are forbidden to sell TV rights for now
- Obama's tax cut victory reflects a change in tactics
- In '90s newsletter appeal, Ron Paul warns of 'coming race war'
- CIA has suspended drone attacks in Pakistan, U.S. officials say
- High expectations for Clippers, who are suddenly in rarefied air
- Pakistan rejects U.S. findings on attack that killed 24 soldiers
- Mammoth opens bigger, snowier sled park
- Quarterbacks change NFL's yardstick of greatness
- Bell mayor may run for Assembly
- Boost in holiday shipments is keeping delivery outfits busy
- Clearing the air on mercury
- 'A mortician with a badge'
- Late-night shows find favor with GOP presidential candidates
- Answers sought in legality of Station fire phone recordings
- 'Christmas Carol' is a gift that keeps on giving
- An expert's take on snowflakes
- 'Mission: Impossible' sequel could be a sure thing at box office
- John Foley dies at 76; cardinal explained Catholic teachings
- Up next for UCLA: Friday vs. Richmond
- Oil caps biggest weekly increase in two months
- France advises women with possibly defective breast implants
- Etta James hospitalized; care decisions remain in husband's hands
- Romney's faith and family; skyscrapers in Hollywood; California's widening income gap
- Happening Friday
- Up next for the Kings: Friday at San Jose
- USC up next: at California
- 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' info
- UCI Medical Center to correct problems with drug-infusion pumps
- Friday Travel Ticker: TSA sets up a hot line
- Matt Barkley helps put USC, as a university, in a new light
- On skid row, the flow of the gift
- Destination: Cocktail
- A damaged woman in an age of men
- Cigar company's Orange Bowl sponsorship is protested
- Boehner loses some ground as House leader
- Restaurant's owner and manager fined for hiring illegal workers
- All Cut Up Films' 'Snow Globe Los Angeles' a holiday video treat
- Payroll tax cut may hurt housing market
- Letters: Matt Barkley calls his own play
- Packers are the NFL's most popular team
- In '90s newsletter appeal, Ron Paul warns of 'coming race war'
- Lakers need a Texas-sized turnaround
- French oil giant boosts stake in San Jose solar company
- Fathers' work schedules may be linked with their children's weight
- Mitt Romney fires back at Joe Biden for 'chutzpah' in op-ed
- USC's Matt Barkley weighs costs, benefits of injury insurance
- Kobe Bryant injures wrist: Lessons for him and for weekend warriors
- 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' review: Eloquence in loss
- Fast Track: Melanie Amaro wins 'The X Factor'
- For the record - Dec. 23, 2011
- Market Watch: The cold beauty of colored kale
- John Chamberlain dies at 84; American sculptor
- PASSINGS: Doe Avedon Siegel, Dan Frazer
- USC basketball: No. 12 Kansas beats Trojans, 63-47
- Football: Two assistant coaches convicted on marijuana counts
- Boys' basketball: Gardena Serra wins Windward tournament
- Friday’s Highlights: 'A Christmas Carol' on TNT
- Friday's Talk Shows
- 'The X Factor' results: And the winner is ...
- You can make View-Master-style photo reels with Image3D
- Opinion: Colbert bids; Gingrich fails to click
- Still shopping? Amazon launches Best of Digital store
- Is Angelina Jolie done with directing for now?
- USC basketball: Trojans receive commitment from 2012 PG Dewayne Russell
- Sales of basic digital cameras fall as smartphones fill the niche
- Clippers sign Reggie Evans, waive two players
- Al Jazeera English now reaches 250 million households
- Bah! Humbug! Letter carrier barred from wearing Santa suit
- Art review: Julian Wasser at Craig Krull Gallery
- USC football: Matt Barkley says he did not return to win Heisman
- NASCAR's Kurt Busch signs with Phoenix Racing
- Opinion: Ron Paul defenders: A video rebuttal from Jim Newton
- Google-Firefox search deal reportedly worth $900 million
- Reggie Evans arrives, but still not signed by Clippers
- Art review: John Divola at LAXART
- FCC proposes relaxing newspaper-TV ownership rules
- Infant formula suspected in, not linked to, newborn's death
- Breaking news: Santa's sleigh gets clearance from FAA
- 'Top Chef: Texas': Excellence rarer than hen's teeth
- USC's website overjoyed with return of Matt Barkley
- Jaime Pressly juggles her young son, 'Teenage Daughter'
- Mr. Brainwash is back with another mega-show in L.A.
- Rose McGowan is charmed by Hollywood Hills home
- Opinion: Government: The wrong criticisms of the Senate's payroll tax bill
- Palestinian Authority gives Mideast peacemakers an ultimatum
- 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' vs. 'Diary of a Zombie Kid'
- Dreaming of a white Christmas at former Bing Crosby estate
- Move over, Tina Fey: Julianne Moore is Sarah Palin in HBO film
- Art review: Zackary Drucker, Amos Mac at Luis de Jesus Gallery
- Judge blocks portions of South Carolina's immigration law
- Speak premieres 'Leisure Life' as part of Hannukah song giveaway
- King update: Drew Doughty on playing for the Sutters
- Kiss heard 'round the world: Lesbians chosen for Navy tradition
- Matt Barkley will return to USC for senior season
- Most viewed home galleries of 2011
- Matt Barkley: Christmas tree and Heismans at news conference
- Amazon updates Kindle Fire operating system
- Daniel Craig talks 'Dragon Tattoo,' next Bond film 'Skyfall'
- Violence persists in Syria as Arab delegation arrives
- Ryan Murphy discusses the future of 'American Horror Story'
- Movie Projector: 'Mission: Impossible' sequel to rule Christmas
- Common has got it all going on
- Cleaning up 'American Horror Story' with Alexandra Breckenridge
- Galaxy's A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez named to U.S. team
- Tales from the Southwest’s winter storm: 2 rescues, 1 new baby
- Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's department in yet more trouble
- George H.W. Bush calls Mitt Romney 'best choice' for GOP
- Jim Sensenbrenner sorry for saying Michelle Obama has 'big butt'
- What the heck is 'social reading'?
- Pop Music Review: Axl Rose guns it but races aimlessly
- Hasbro sues Asus over use of Transformer Prime name
- 'Follies' in Los Angeles will be without Bernadette Peters
- Goodbye Eugenio Velez, the Dodgers won't be the same without you
- Russia's president offers reforms in final state of the nation speech
- 'X Factor,' 'Idol,' 'Biggest Loser' lead in product placement
- L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 2: Magic's junior sky hook
- Obama showcases real-world cost of letting payroll tax cut expire
- KTLA weatherman on his 'hissy fit': 'It wasn't a pretty sight'
- Blu and Exile reunite for 'Give Me My Flowers' LP
- How to roast a prime rib
- Kris Humphries edges LeBron James as NBA's most disliked
- Theater review: Josephine Baker tale 'Bananas!' at J.E.T. Studios
- Adam Lambert arrested for bar fight with boyfriend Sauli Koskinen
- UPS delivering 26 million parcels Thursday; viral FedEx video
- Skrillex announces new EP, video release, weeklong L.A. takeover
- 'Work of Art' recap: A surprise winner
- A gift for the gin lover: Caorunn
- More strange fruit: Pitahaya in a sunny yellow
- What Christmas gift would you like to give a sports figure?
- ABC announces Paula Faris as 'World News Now' co-anchor
- Demand for Angels tickets up since Pujols, Wilson signings
- NFL to stream Super Bowl online and to Verizon phones, tablets
- Palestinians vow cooperation in Cairo unity talks but gaps remain
- Opinion: Council District 15: Watts and Not-Watts
- Beauty Bag: Tarina Tarantino talks must-have hair and makeup items
- Consumer Confidential: Risky massage, Motrin recall, burger wars
- Opinion: Vanity plates for a noble cause
- If you were Matt Barkley, would you stay at USC or go pro?
- No joke: Stephen Colbert wants naming rights to S.C. GOP primary
- American dissatisfaction with nation's outlook near record highs
- IndyCar unveils tentative full schedule for 2012
- Late Night: Jon Huntsman rocks out on Letterman
- Do-it-yourself projects, by the book
- 'Fiddler on The Roof' singalong: Kenneth Turan's film pick
- Key consumer confidence index up for fourth straight month
- Italian Senate votes through austerity package
- Pro bowl voting: Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers is the fan favorite
- Baghdad bombings leave at least 60 dead, nearly 200 injured
- Boys' basketball: Wednesday scores
- USC football: Matt Barkley to reveal decision at news conference
- Girls' basketball: Wednesday scores
- Fashion News: Is model Kate Upton dating N.Y. Jets' Mark Sanchez?
- Holiday cookies: Gingerbread macarons
- Elizabeth Street, a new app for stylish moms
- Monster Mash: Steve Jobs statue unveiled; Beethoven's deafness