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- 'How I Met Your Mother' mystery?
- Kara DioGuardi warms to the hot seat
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- 'Ernest Bloch and Eric Zeisl: Fifty Years Later' honors L.A.'s Jewish artists
- New-home warranties come in handy
- Army Staff Sgt. Bryan E. Hall, 32, Elk Grove; killed in explosion
- Robert B. Choate dies at 84; consumer advocate pushed for healthier cereals
- Kidnapped San Bernardino boy found in Mexico
- 'Road Dogs': More Leonard made for Hollywood
- Dungeons & Dragons, and iPhones and pizza
- Is it a book, puzzle or both?
- Schwarzenegger's doomsday message may be too late
- Craftsman rusticity meets a 21st century sensibility
- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's new rules are raising appraisal costs, critics say
- 'Transit' by Bernard Share
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- Book calendar
- 'The Little Foxes'
- 'Sunnyside: A Novel' by Glen David Gold
- 'Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood' by Michael Lewis
- 'Sonata Mulattica: Poems' by Rita Dove
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- Out of the dollhouse
- Dodgers can't finish off Marlins
- Are your presents requested?
- Matter of degrees
- Abducted boy, 3, found on streets in Mexico
- Afghan civilian deaths: Who is to blame?
- In L.A.'s 5th City Council district, an insider and an outsider -- Paul Koretz and David Vahedi -- battle to replace Jack Weiss
- Game 7 pressure is all on the Lakers
- Parting, such sweet sorrow
- Life viewed from the lower rungs
- Ludwig and George: An epic feud retold
- 'Postman' rings again, in German
- WILD KINGDOM
- The youth vote
- A new set of shades
- Old voices, preserved in wax
- Chivas suffers tie to United
- ALDO FOR SUMMER
- Something up his sleeve
- Cash for clunkers is bait and switch
- Maybe the sky's not the limit for energy
- 11 killed in two bombings in northern Pakistan
- Obama puts pragmatism first
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- Makeover, YouTube style
- More cesareans, more problems
- Gay advocates have a proposition for Obama
- Palmdale voters to decide 3 issues
- For some, Pauley plan is blueprint for trouble
- Cubs beat Astros in the ninth
- Monday through Wednesday: Mets at Dodger Stadium Friday through May 24: Angels at Dodger Stadium
- For one firm, business is humming
- First lady lauds UC Merced graduates' creativity
- Up next for Galaxy: Sunday vs. Columbus
- A kind of ruse we can use
- Landfill's loss is an aesthetic gain
- Skirting the issue
- Bite the bullet
- Soldier is among 5 troops killed by a suicide bomber
- Misplaced hurdle irks runners
- Charlie Munger's got a billion words of wisdom
- Eager to step out of its neighbors' shadow
- Results mixed when voters set caps
- Method behind storm outlook
- Angels starter John Lackey ejected after two pitches
- English soccer not in Anschutz's plans
- A no-stow zone
- Craftsman meets modern
- Legislator in a lopsided race
- Fans want apology, specifics
- Calling all Tarzans
- Arrivals and departures
- India's Congress Party wins strong support in national election
- Sorting out Cologne's past
- Red Wings continue quest for repeat title
- A funny thing happened along the way to the Forum
- Sparks set their sights on the title
- 'Glee' will make you giddy
- Daddy makeover
- Navigating a sailing lesson
- Bestsellers list
- The pale history of white rappers
- San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park offers overnight camping near wildlife
- Keeping an eye on Che Guevara
- Nigeria says 13 oil workers rescued
- McG, the machine behind 'Terminator Salvation'
- LEGACY OF ROCK FASHION
- A fiscal crash that's all in your head
- Sri Lanka declares victory in war
- A new height in Hubble repairs
- Advocate for more nutritious cereals
- Monday through Thursday: Mariners at Seattle Friday through May 24: Dodgers at Dodger Stadium
- The riptide of Balmainia
- Still cultivating his passion
- Peace4Kids offers stability to foster youths in South L.A.
- Florida Bay proposals would restrict boaters
- Rachel Alexandra shows that girls rule on this day
- Late gamble pays off for Stewart
- Celebrating émigrés' art, one step at a time
- Endorsements may sway key Latino base
- Southern Section Division III preliminary track meet
- Tours & cruises
- Growing up
- Manchester United clinches title
- Yankees win in 11th on Rodriguez homer
- Reshined 'Shoes'
- Rules of the road His hard-earned lessons
- Biodefense labs make bad neighbors, residents say
- Escobar is picking up speed
- 'South Beach' Vegas?
- The real McGillis
- These violinists are second to none
- Holocaust a campaign issue in Iran
- Shaq's starting to sound a little flaky
- Suppan loves to pitch in St. Louis
- Flashbacks from stardom
- LEATHER'S SUNSET TRIP
- Obama picks GOP's Jon Huntsman as ambassador to China
- First-place Tigers pound A's, 9-1
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- Renew it for her bath
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- A judge's trial by fire
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- No God, no reason, just whining
- Filly shows Preakness isn't just a guy thing
- Eminem's 'Relapse'
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- THE FREE FRIDAYS DEAL
- Gay activists in Moscow thwarted
- They're out of breathing room, and hoping this isn't last gasp
- Hitting coach is doing his job
- Will plot to kill Hitler succeed?
- All along the old watchtowers
- Go ahead, haggle
- There may be plenty of time to meditate after a loss
- Paddle around the Bay Area
- Myanmar bars lawyer for Suu Kyi
- Germans seek job protections
- UCLA advances to title game in softball regional
- Wonder if Lakers will get the message
- Insurers return to the table -- again
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- Flights of imagination
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- Dodd wins NASCAR Super Late Model race at Irwindale
- Track: Price runs fastest 100 at Division III prelims
- Vande Velde update: more tests needed on injuries from Giro crash
- 'Santo vs the Daughter of Frankenstein,' this week's haiku contest
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- Baseball: Community Harvest is No. 1 seed for City Section Division III
- 'Big Man Japan,' walking tall at the Nuart
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- 'Angels & Demons' set to open at about $45 million, with 'Star Trek' zooming close behind
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- ABC picks up new drama, 'Eastwick'
- From the Archives: Growth of Latino, Asian populations slows in outlying areas
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- KUWAIT: Heading to the polls, yet again
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- Schwarzenegger tries to please the people, but they are anything but
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- Judge blocks Wal-Mart's supercenter proposal for Yucca Valley
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- Modern place in historic Lincoln Heights
- Bob Rosburg, 82; pro golfer became broadcaster, took TV viewers onto the course
- The piano's status in U.S. living rooms is declining
- Orson Bean and Alley Mills enjoy the old restaurant and retail signs that dot their Venice garden
- Rajiv Joseph's newest stripe
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- Carnival Cruise Lines to resume visits to Mexico this month
- Paired up on the hillside
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- British expense-account scandal claims government minister
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- Dual Dane Cook
- Former L.A. pension board member may have broken ethics law
- Consumer prices flat in April, matches estimates
- Hubble gets key set of repairs
- Former shuttle commander expected to become NASA chief
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- A flash of Marta proves enough for Sol
- A house she won't call home
- Prop. 1F targets lawmaker salary hikes
- Latino growth shifts back to hubs
- Phelps exceeds expectations in his return to competition
- Saunders struggles in Texas
- He has this race primed, ready
- Yankees rally in the ninth
- NASCAR drug-testing policy has drivers on edge
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