- CALIFORNIA : Model is allegedly targeted : A man is being sought in an extortion attempt on Cindy Crawford and her husband.
- COMPANY TOWN : Blockbuster loss grows as revenue dives 21% : It blames the recession, cutbacks in marketing and inventory and ongoing store closures.
- NIGHT LIFE : A toast to the good old days : Across L.A., bars and clubs are toasting the '20s, '30s and '40s with retro drinks and speak-easy themes.
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES : Developer is found dead
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK : No final count in special election
- Beckham, Galaxy both shining anew
- The Gold Line arrives : It's taken $900 million and 22 years, but on Sunday, light rail comes to the Eastside.
- MOVIE REVIEW : The ultimate price of friendship
- Apocalypse wow: Look, don't listen
- This 'Goodbye' is also a hello : A UCLA screening of Robert Altman's personal print heralds donation of his material to its archive.
- Christmas carols -- or else
- BUSINESS BRIEFING : VIDEO GAMES : Call of Duty sets 1st-day sales mark
- CALIFORNIA : Sky diver killed in Murrieta : He apparently hit the tail of a plane as he jumped out, plunging several thousand feet.
- COMPANY TOWN : 2 buyers close in on Playboy : They reportedly are in talks to acquire the entertainment business and take it private.
- FDA to examine safety of caffeinated alcoholic beverages
- Westlake wins league title
- THE NATION : Nuclear-weapons cleanup has miles to go
- Football is part of healing process
- Crime pays for USA : Sparks fly between 'White Collar's' cop and con, and viewers are lapping it up.
- NASCAR NOTES : Martin alive in Sprint Cup Series
- CALIFORNIA : Four San Jacinto officials indicted
- Q&A; : Gold Line links downtown and East L.A. : The 6-mile light-rail extension, which cost $898 million, will open Sunday with free rides and entertainment.
- MORNING BRIEFING : TOTALLY RANDOM : He must find new way to spice it up
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / RIVERSIDE COUNTY : Landfill plans dealt setback
- For many ill with the flu, staying home is no option : Workers without paid sick leave are often penalized for absences.
- Obama to press Asia on trade : Urging China to buy more U.S. exports while its focus is on its own economic revival may be a challenge.
- Ft. Hood and beyond
- THEATER BEAT : Twists and turns in a family tree
- Samueli regains Ducks : NHL reinstates him as owner; he is awaiting sentencing for lying about backdating Broadcom options.
- DANCE REVIEW : 'Parades' is alive on revival
- MORNING BRIEFING : Text messages from press row...
- NFL : 49ers get an assist from Cutler to win : SAN FRANCISCO 10, CHICAGO 6
- REGULATION : Fed restricts overdraft fees on bank cards : ATM and debit card transactions fall under new rules. Consumer groups back the move.
- THE NATION : More proof that H1N1 targets young
- Pleas for tolerance
- COMPANY TOWN : Disney reshuffles at top, posts profit gain
- QUICK TAKES : Ojai music fest taps Benjamin
- MUSIC REVIEW : Memorable salute to Henry Purcell : The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra enthralls with his 'Dido and Aeneas.'
- THE WORLD : White House talks up need for exit strategy : Focus seems aimed at balancing any troop increase in Afghan war.
- QUICK TAKES : Camaraderie at CMA Awards
- Doubts about Palestinian vote : Officials say election may be postponed, especially with Hamas saying it won't allow balloting in Gaza.
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Singing to the choir : Marc Anthony fetes his Latino heritage while his adoring fans celebrate (and sing along to) his music.
- NFL : Bengals come together : Palmer says success is nice, but it's also about players who like and respect one another.
- THE WORLD : Medvedev talks like the anti-Putin : He scolds Russia for living off Soviet-era infrastructure and criticizes a foreign policy of 'nostalgia.'
- NBA : Bynum blots out Suns : It's a big stop for big-top crowd
- OBITUARIES : DAVID LLOYD, 1934 - 2009 : He wrote 'Chuckles' episode, a TV classic
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / ARKANSAS : Anchor's killer gets life sentence
- THE DAY IN SPORTS : Preki leaves as Chivas USA's coach
- Payment by Intel to AMD ends a war
- THE WORLD : 2 WWII-era Japanese subs found : The U.S. had sunk the advanced vessels off Oahu after gleaning their scientific secrets.
- Hollywood Park ready to ride
- State milk ads heading abroad to save moola : Unions are sour on a New Zealand plan for 'Happy Cows' spots.
- Saving the bluefin tuna
- RETAIL : Profits rise, but chains don't get comfortable : Wal-Mart, Kohl's and Nordstrom expect a tough holiday season
- COMPANY TOWN : IN DEMAND
- Q & A: Obama taking his fence-mending campaign to Asia
- Car bomb outside U.S. base in Afghanistan injures at least two dozen
- QUICK TAKES : A DeMille for Scorsese
- BUSINESS BRIEFING : BANKING : FDIC to require fee prepayment
- Palin says she had to pay for vetting
- NBA : RESULTS
- Google site helps users find a flu shot
- COLUMN ONE : Not too young to say 'I don't' : More girls in India are resisting early marriage.
- NBA : Bynum blots out Suns : Center returns and scores 26 points to help blow away Nash & Co. while Lakers take over first place. / LAKERS 121, PHOENIX 102
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES : City wins ruling on billboard suit
- NFL : AROUND THE LEAGUE : Falcons' coach fined $15,000
- Loan applications by home buyers fall
- THE NATION : Hannity says sorry for using wrong rally video
- UCLA FOOTBALL FYI : Hasiak is back in good graces
- THE ECONOMY : Obama focuses on jobs : White House summit will weigh plans to boost employment.
- Cotto cites photo to dispute loss : He says it's evidence against Margarito, who later lost his license.
- THE NATION : U.S. moves to seize mosques : Federal prosecutors seek the forfeiture of Islamic centers and other properties allegedly tied to Iran's nuclear program.
- THE WORLD : 8 dead in Pakistan suicide blast
- Stocks see reversal as dollar rebounds
- MOVIE REVIEWS : A sly move : 'Mr. Fox' is cerebral and lively. In other words, it's vintage Wes Anderson.
- Sirius names new chairman
- QUICK TAKES : Documentary film nominees
- BUSINESS BRIEFING : INTERNET : Google buys software maker
- THEATER REVIEW : Madhouse memories : A manic father and dutiful sons mesmerize in Druid's 'Walworth Farce' at UCLA.
- Analysts split over a rivalry
- UCLA BASKETBALL FYI : Defense focus of Bruins' practice
- BUSINESS BRIEFING : SOCIAL NETWORKING : Twitter sees 8% drop in U.S. users
- Nevada's hidden ocean of radiation
- CALIFORNIA : Claims about cemetery probed : State officials find no evidence of mass grave desecration in Valley.
- FHA reserves below limit : Loan defaults take a toll on the housing agency, an audit shows.
- CAPSULE MOVIE REVIEWS : He sees society's doom
- THE BIG PICTURE : Oh, boy, Spielberg is out
- THE WORLD : Dutch troops' method offers lesson : In an Afghan province, they've long followed practices at the heart of a new U.S. mantra.
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Good recovery from Paramore : The pop-punkers look at the world through brand-new eyes in a moody makeup show.
- Man eludes police to kill woman : Police suspect he climbed in a back window as they watched over her Mid-City apartment.
- He's a perfect fit for a retro jersey
- CALIFORNIA : Suit filed over Tejon Ranch plan : Coalition aims to halt huge resort community that it says would hurt air quality, add traffic.
- USC FOOTBALL FYI : Williams sidelined, McCoy returning
- THE WORLD : Bomber strikes near key U.S. base : The attack in Kabul reportedly kills two Afghans. The military gives no more details.
- A warm farewell to the chief
- Half measures fail miserably for Lakers
- <b>Lakers at 50:</b> The greatest Lakers team ever? One vote for the 1985 NBA champions
- Obama speaks of cooperation with China
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES : 200 truckers are cited, 1 arrested
- NBA : LAKERS FYI : Braced Jackson feels much better
- OBITUARIES : DR. WILLIAM GANZ, 1919 - 2009 : Cardiologist co-invented flexible balloon catheter
- GAME OF THE DAY : Lightning comes back : TAMPA BAY 4, MINNESOTA 3 (SO)
- A production that's crazy like a fox : Look carefully into the foxhole of director Wes Anderson's latest and you'll see nods to his work and more.
- CALIFORNIA : Area has great view, foggy future : A legal fight continues over whether to build on the oceanfront lots of Portuguese Bend.
- BUSINESS BRIEFING : AUTOMOTIVE : Goodyear plans tire price hike
- The view from the ranks
- REVIEW : A vivid look at WWII : A History Channel doc puts the war in personal terms. It and a second series also feature fresh footage.
- COMPANY TOWN : Dobbs' exit a double-edged sword : His on-air opinions irked his bosses at CNN, but he was a strong performer.
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / SANTA BARBARA : 17 are arrested in drug investigation
- NFL : FARMER'S PICKS :: WEEK 10
- Reading between the lines of the Maya calendar
- THE NATION : Parents of 'balloon boy' say they'll plead guilty in hoax : They reach a deal to avoid Mayumi Heene's possible deportation to Japan, a lawyer says. Probation is expected.
- TOP FOOTBALL GAMES
- A rehash of a winged miracle
- BUSINESS BRIEFING : AUTOMOTIVE : 'Old' GM settles with unions
- CALIFORNIA : Gov. submits revised prison plan : He also disavows the proposed solutions, calling them illegal.
- COLLEGE FOOTBALL : South Florida routed
- AROUND THE GALLERIES : Artist as actor as artist
- ON THE MEDIA : Seizing that middle ground
- Cotto draws strength from coach Landman
- COMPANY TOWN : Video game sales sink
- QUICK TAKES : Bradbury tales offered to TV
- CLIPPERS FYI : Kaman is under the weather
- One note at a time, they try to make a difference : Playing for Change is proving that street musicians can have a global influence.
- Kings tonight
- 'Wipeout' reality contestant dies
- PHOTOS: Mudslides hit burn areas
- FOR THE RECORD - Nov. 13, 2009
- FOR THE RECORD - Nov. 13, 2009
- FOR THE RECORD - Nov. 13, 2009
- FOR THE RECORD - Nov. 13, 2009
- Girls' volleyball: City playoff results and schedule
- Football: Thursday scores
- 'Survivor': Russell may be one of the best players in the game's history
- 'The Vampire Diaries': Damon finally reveals his diabolical plan
- Football: Important victory for Los Alamitos
- '30 Rock': When Jack met Padma
- GOP abortion insurance
- Taylor Swift is given an entire awards show to make up for the Kanye West thing
- 'Project Runway': Tim checks in
- Football: Los Alamitos 31, Fountain Valley 22
- Football: Los Alamitos 24, Fountain Valley 22
- Football: Fountain Valley 22, Los Alamitos 21
- Football: Los Alamitos 21, Fountain Valley 16
- Football: Los Alamitos 21, Fountain Valley 10
- Football: Seventh-grade QB makes impression
- Football: Los Alamitos 14, Fountain Valley 10
- Friday's TV Highlights: Ariel may have serious boy trouble on 'Medium'
- Friday's Talk TV Shows: 'The View' celebrates Whoopi's birthday
- Football: Los Alamitos defense comes up with stop
- UCLA basketball: A tale of two friends
- Lakers vs. Suns: Lakers rout Suns
- College athletes on performance-enhancing drugs may misuse other substances too
- Samueli's reinstatement comes at an odd time for him and the Ducks
- Football: Fountain Valley 10, Los Alamitos 7
- Football: Sheriff Baca to address teams before game
- Football: Middlebrooks goes 58 yards for F.V.
- Lincoln Heights: Maria Valderrama, 17
- East Los Angeles: Jessy Acosta, 15
- Football: Los Alamitos needs a win tonight
- UCLA football: Stan Hasiak returns to the team
- El Monte: Hugo Negrete, 17
- Venice: William McKillian Jr., 19
- Two potential buyers closing in on Playboy
- Lawndale: Juan Aguiar, 29
- Fox confirms Emma Watts as production president
- Theater review: 'The Trojan Women' at City Garage*
- Battle over outdoor dining roils Larchmont Boulevard
- Give the kids a sketch pad and send them outside
- Video game sales suffer 19% drop in October
- Theater review: 'Carbon Black' at the Autry
- News Corp.'s Chase Carey says there will be no last-minute bid on NBC Universal
- Panel said to recommend 40 to 50 Guantanamo prisoners for trial
- 'Grey's Anatomy' cast news: Heigl takes another hiatus
- Opinion: 'Face the Nation' wins crucial demographic among Sunday TV talk shows
- Theater review: 'Tree' at the Ford
- Lions Gate (and every other media company) says it would buy MGM at right price
- 'Star Trek' exhibit, screenings and contests at Hollywood & Highland this weekend
- 'America's Next Top Model': Has Miss J been demoted?
- Al Gore tonight in Beverly Hills: tickets still available
- Joe Namath's Labrador retriever deemed 'dangerous'
- Jordan James picks UCLA football
- MOCA looks on the bright side of 30
- Satan takes control of Britney Spears' Twitter account
- Oscar watch: Going crazy over 'Crazy Heart'
- Bad combo: Speculators fear 'double-top' in key markets
- Angels' Hunter, Dodgers' Ethier and Kemp win Silver Sluggers
- Blockbuster's woes didn't let up in the third quarter
- Audrey Saunders on the Tar Pit: cocktail flights, housemade sodas, Sunday brunch (served all day because Saturday nights can be long)
- An overwhelming undercard for Pacquiao-Cotto
- Opinion: Video clips of Sarah Palin with Oprah
- Theater review: 'The Walworth Farce' at Freud Playhouse
- Al Gore calls for a green building revolution
- Galaxy defender Omar Gonzalez is named MLS rookie of the year
- L'Agence and L.A. photographer Brad Elterman team up for a show at Ron Herman
- NBC Universal disappoints French partner Vivendi
- Food-borne infections endanger long-term health, especially for kids
- John Cusack knows what it's like to get older
- Art and commerce make a perfect match at the mall in Culver City
- First look: Watch Oprah ask Sarah Palin about Levi Johnston and the infamous Katie Couric interview
- Eating along the Gold Line Eastside Extension: What didn't we include?
- Chivas USA parts ways with Coach Preki
- Marc and Jennifer are not in crisis
- Stripper who says she slept with Josh Duhamel isn't a stripper anymore
- Need help finding a flu shot? Apparently so...
- UCLA basketball: A few media day thoughts
- Movie projector: '2012' will be big domestically, huge worldwide
- Disney earnings rise despite loss at movie studio, softer park spending
- Fight-week honesty from Freddie Roach
- Thursday's question: Who is currently the face of boxing?
- Clippers update: Chris Kaman sick
- Google launches flu shot locator
- Girls' golf: Emily Tubert of Burbank Burroughs wins CIF title
- IRAQ: Kurdish leader talks about Turkey and the prospects for peace
- The Deal: Fine art photography auction at Kopeikin Gallery
- Q&A: 'Project Runway's' Christian Siriano talks Starbucks, Payless, more parts of his fashion empire
- Thanksgiving food costs down 4% -- and your holiday recipe for the day
- Baseball: Westlake trio sign letters of intent
- The future for older Americans: More disabilities
- Baseball: Capistrano Valley is reloading
- Opinion: D.C. church's choice: Help the needy or stand firm against gays and lesbians?
- NHL reinstates Ducks' owner Henry Samueli
- Animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of November 14-15 and beyond
- Minnie Driver to guest star on 'Modern Family'
- Opinion: Pick Lou Dobbs' next gig
- Thanksgiving birds: A shapely wine decanter and salt-and-pepper shakers
- Hatfield's update: An end-of-December opening is planned (and yes, the former Red Pearl space gets a new paint job very soon)
- Hannity on Capitol rally coverage: 'We screwed up'
- Pacquiao-Cotto bout has no rematch clause
- Disney's Iger on executive shuffle
- Boys' basketball: SFV tournament has 32 teams
- Byron Scott fired as coach of the Hornets
- Boys' basketball: L.A. Cathedral forward signs
- Brammo drops price of Enertia electric motorcycle to $7,995
- Rudy Ray Moore: The original king of blaxploitation movies
- Complete book coverage for Nov. 15, 2009
- Photo ops: Shopper fashion at Westfield Century City
- Playboy said to be in takeover talks
- Foxy's tales: Dustin Brown grows into captaincy; Jonathan Quick still learning to thrive as go-to guy
- About 111,000 illegal immigrants in state and local lockups, officials say
- Landscape designers' home garden is a laboratory (and that retriever is one of the guinea pigs)
- Those medical bills won't just go away; now's the time to get a handle on them
- Transportation Agency Gives Stimulus Money to 10,000 Projects
- Disney's CFO Tom Staggs and Disney parks chief Jay Rasulo to flip jobs
- FDA tackles gray area of social media
- Consumer Confidential: Foreclosures, cleaning products and video games
- TV big shots to debate free streaming but other agendas may be at play
- Spider-Man in handcuffs ... J. Jonah Jameson was right!
- Real estate roundup: U.S. foreclosures slow, California new home sales dip
- White House: Healthcare bill 'will get there' this year
- Boys' water polo: Wednesday's Southern Section playoff results
- Dr. William Ganz, Cedars-Sinai cardiologist and co-inventer of balloon-tipped catheter, dead at 90
- CNN's John King says he doesn't have to give up objectivity to woo cable viewers
- Retro career advice from the author of 'French Women Don't Get Fat'
- Opinion: Jenny Sanford, the political wife who did not stand by her husband, endorses candidate in GOP race to succeed him
- California Pizza Kitchen menu now calorie free
- Carrie Prejean accuses Larry King of being 'inapproprate' and then fails to walk off his set
- Cotto found focus in Florida
- Hollywood is ground zero for L.A. beer? At least this weekend
- Monster Mash: Warhol painting fetches $43.8 million; Tate's new director; Operation Sophocles
- Swine flu means worst flu season in 12 years in U.S.
- Five things that could help 'Fringe'
- Football: Taft is facing punishment for alleged rules violation
- Opinion: Obama, heading for Asia and wrestling with Afghanistan, orders up jobs summit (text)
- NHRA drivers chew the fat in Pasadena
- Bush oral history planned: 'Inside and outside'
- T.J. Maxx to open store in Burbank this Sunday
- Three Tennessee football players arrested: Nu'Keese Richardson, Janzen Jackson and Mike Edwards
- CNN taps John King to replace Lou Dobbs
- Mini-boom in refis continues, but where are the purchases?
- 'Friday Night Lights': Season 4, Episode 3: 'I'm not a Panther anymore'
- Countdown to 'America's Next Top Model': Four, three, two...
- EGYPT: Wishes for soccer glory as compensation to tough living
- Lakers at 50 poll: Who is the best coach in L.A. Lakers history?
- Sen. Jack Reed: healthcare 'close to passage,' Afghanistan matter of a broader context
- A proposal for improving cord blood transplants
- Opinion: Palin book tour will look a lot like a presidential bid launch ... Hmmm, a coincidence?
- 'Glee': Defying gravity with heart and soul
- The Morning Fix: Dobbs departs. Ross names regime. Comcast's consigliere. AFM's A-list.
- 'Addams Family' musical ready for the spotlight
- Afghan buildup: Public, officials divided
- A leaf that wins the battle against the wind
- IRAN, PAKISTAN: Death of consular official in Peshawar raises stakes
- Culinary SOS needs your help: Do you have this recipe from Magpies in Pasadena?
- Clicker's guide to the unlimited-channel universe
- Thursday Shopping Update: Decadestwo pop-up VIP party, Steven Alan and the Row
- Opinion: As Obama leaves for Asia, GOP gains first lead on generic congressional ballot since he took office
- Opinion: Oprah talks about what Sarah Palin talks about
- Getty Leadership Institute moves to Claremont
- At 84, Art Laboe's an oldie but still a goodie
- Esther Hautzig dies at 79; wrote 'The Endless Steppe' about Siberian exile
- Bacteria in intestines play role in weight gain, study finds
- Hollywood Spider-Man impersonator caught in legal web
- The Cuban ties that bind, 50 years on
- Churchill Downs to buy Youbet.com
- CalPERS official urges new state law to change how placement agents are paid
- O.C. Great Park gets off to a modest start
- ENVOY OPPOSES AFGHAN BUILDUP
- Hedge-fund accountability
- Police throw book at Spider-Man