- Internet domain-name expansion may be a 'disaster,' FTC head says
- Investors await outcome of European Union emergency meetings
- Jon Huntsman: 'I put my faith and trust in science'
- L.A. company to help build martial arts theme park in China
- The blues return to Oakland's 7th Street
- Costa Mesa's Snoopy House display will go on despite foreclosure
- GOP filibusters judicial nominee
- Critic's Notebook: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch is in moment
- In a nod to social media, opera houses set aside 'tweet seats'
- Gingrich delights in 'hysterical' reaction to his youth employment plan
- Up next for the Ducks: Thursday at St. Louis
- In new ad, Rick Perry decries Obama's 'war on religion' [video]
- Some kids' cereals may have way too much sugar, a report finds
- California stem cell agency needs to study itself
- Steven Howards and the limits of free speech
- Windstorms: State launches investigation into Edison's response
- Heat is early favorite to win NBA title, with the Lakers right behind
- China air pollution disrupts transportation
- The Songs: Cornell goes tender for 'Machine Gun Preacher'
- Administration aims for simpler credit card bills
- Eric Gordon and Chris Kaman offer views on Clippers' new season
- Avastin may benefit some breast-cancer patients
- Wheelies and tire hops make 'smagic' in Smage Bros. stunt show
- Two Afghanistan bombings aimed at Shiites kill at least 59 people
- Fast Track: Alec Baldwin is at war with American Airlines
- Newt Gingrich's latest fundraising take: $4 million and counting
- Los Angeles Master Chorale performs carols
- Harley-Davidson's 2012 Switchback is a convertible cruiser
- Congress' small step toward immigration reform
- No movement in UCLA football coaching search
- For Postal Service, it's not in the mail
- Lake Tahoe: Beginners ski, board for $30 this weekend
- Steelers should easily beat Browns on Thursday night
- Albert Pujols being aggressively pursued by Angels
- Reader holiday photos: Forte dei Marmi, Italy
- Syrian President Bashar Assad denies ordering crackdown
- Angels making big push for Albert Pujols
- Obama threatens payroll tax veto over Keystone provision
- Doctors groups blast decision on Plan B contraception
- Sarah Palin says she won't endorse before Iowa, praises Gingrich
- HHS overrules FDA, blocks over-the-counter Plan B for younger teens
- The Times' college football rankings
- BCS matchups are off by a fraction
- Drone-maker AeroVironment reports $6.6-million quarterly profit
- Hispanic women may be more likely to die of breast cancer than white women
- Up next for the Kings: Thursday vs. Minnesota
- Drug combos could hold off advanced breast cancer, studies say
- In China, it's panda census time
- U.S. base in Iraq a funnel for troops and equipment heading out
- California and Nevada join forces in mortgage probe
- Marlins reportedly offer Pujols 10 years
- Not just Afghans' shame
- Forever 21 commits to opening three stores in China
- For Jordan Payton, a big game to end a huge career
- Labor fights Newport Beach pension plan
- Romney, an active man of faith
- White House rejects wider access to morning-after pill
- Happening Wednesday: Peter Murphy and more
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- The Albert Pujols derby: Is everybody nuts?
- Lakers' Jerry Buss is hospitalized because of blood clots in leg
- Jerry Sandusky arrested on new charges of child sex abuse
- Best owner for the Dodgers could be you and me
- Remembering Dec. 7, 1941; Herman Cain's withdrawal from the GOP presidential race; American exceptionalism
- Chris Christie: Obama is 'way late to the game'
- Las Vegas tour helicopter crashes near Lake Mead, killing 5
- Chevrolet Sonic is a sound subcompact
- Mumia Abu-Jamal spared death penalty in officer's slaying
- For the record - Dec. 7, 2011
- PASSINGS: Dev Anand, Larry Rickles
- Football: Derrick Woods is headed to Oklahoma
- Syria unrest: a popular uprising or civil war?
- Long Beach Opera's Andreas Mitisek adds a new post in Chicago
- Angelina Jolie responds to lawsuit over her new film
- Boys' basketball: El Camino Real relies on its sophomores
- Flipboard CEO's new media mission: 'crawl the social networks'
- Ramsey-Shilling property brokerage bought by Avison Young
- Albert Pujols reportedly pursued by Angels
- Wife of Rovio chief dons Angry Birds gown at Finnish Palace
- New Zealand is first country to get Facebook's Timeline feature
- Steve Jobs biography tops Amazon's 2011 bestseller list, in print
- Wednesday’s Highlights: 'Silent Witness' on TNT
- Wednesday's Talk Shows
- Airport worker trying to protect dog loses job, gains fans
- U.S. draws Canada, Cuba, El Salvador in Olympic soccer qualifying
- NASCAR's Gibbs releases Denny Hamlin's crew chief
- New NFL TV deals will mean bigger bills for consumers
- Mosaic Apartments to open in L.A.'s Pico Union district
- Santa Barbara Film Festival to honor 'The Artist' stars
- Will Hollywood Republicans rally for Mitt Romney?
- Dodgers subpoena News Corp. President Chase Carey
- Thom Yorke, Massive Attack perform to support Occupy movement
- Opinion: Immigration: Feds to Alabama -- we're watching you
- Don Mattingly talks about Dodgers' ownership issues
- Alec Baldwin: No friendly words for airline after incident
- Amazon giving shoppers up to $15 for using its Price Check app
- On Location: ISS prop house going great guns in Hollywood
- AT&T again ranks lowest in customer satisfaction
- Capt. A. Lincoln's signature found in Black Hawk War papers
- Jesse James claims he lost himself married to Sandra Bullock
- ACT to honor Annette Bening, A Noise Within founders
- EU antitrust regulators investigate Apple, e-book publishers
- Sundance Film Festival announces short film roster
- Vacation politics: Mitt Romney scolds Obama for Hawaii plans
- Opinion: Campaign 2012: Speaking of health insurance, life and death ...
- Football: Lobbying begins for state bowl berths
- SETI telescopes get new life listening for signs of alien life
- It'll be a boy for Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan
- Amanda Knox looking for book deal
- Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor’s race
- New York deal: More taxes for rich, fewer for middle class
- Nobody kicks Alec Baldwin off a plane! (Except American Airlines)
- Kinde Durkee investigation requires more time, prosecutors say
- Harry Potter attraction won't arrive in L.A. until at least 2016
- Retired federal judge withdraws from Westlands Water District case
- Harry Potter's wizardry coming to L.A. theme park
- California population hits 37.5 million
- Theater review: 'David Dean Bottrell' at Theatre/Theater
- Tension rises in Congo as election results delayed
- Artisan House offers a one-stop shop in downtown L.A.
- Dodgers, Angels to resume traditional Freeway Series
- Angels' Mike Scioscia treads lightly on topic of Kendrys Morales
- Netflix 'got overconfident' this year, CEO Reed Hastings says
- For NASCAR's Kurt Busch, a dearth of options
- Brent Bolthouse sells Lautner-designed house
- Clothing retailer James Perse puts Hollywood Hills-area house on the market
- Discovery Channel to air all 7 episodes of 'Frozen Planet' series
- Mitt Romney latest GOP hopeful to pass on Donald Trump debate
- Texas woman denied food stamps shoots children, kills self
- Dodgers reduced to being jealous of the Marlins
- 'The Artist': This is your brain on silent films
- Music review: Monday Evening Concerts premieres Kurtag's Beckett
- Ducks make personnel moves, praise realignment plan
- The Bad Sex in Fiction Award goes to David Guterson
- Zynga and Vostu settle lawsuit over social games
- Angels Manager Mike Scioscia can't get enough pitching
- 'New Year's Eve' premiere: Hilary Swank sees every day as a new start
- Aaron Harang on verge of becoming a Dodger
- California population grew only slightly in last fiscal year
- 'The Daily Show' takes aim at California initiative process
- Chewbacca will not sing on 'Glee's' Christmas episode
- Chicago man beaten when he tries to rob mixed martial arts expert
- Israeli officials expel Hamas lawmaker from Jerusalem
- Harry Potter Wizarding World coming to Universal Hollywood
- Are lab analysts 'witnesses'? Supreme Court considers
- Getty buys medieval sculpture of St. John the Baptist at Sotheby's
- Opinion: Understanding the 99%'s problem with the 1%
- Louis Verdad returns to the runway
- More than 90% of consumers buy luxury as it embraces mani-pedis
- Remembering Pearl Harbor: Arizona seeks gun from battleship Arizona
- Google's Android Market passes 10 billion downloads
- Adele tweets, but she expects something in return
- Arlen Specter says Pennsylvania 'tough' for Obama
- In Kansas, Obama says middle class faces 'make-or-break moment'
- Q&A: Dominic West discusses his disturbing role in 'Appropriate Adult'
- Unemployment drops in regions with growing manufacturing
- With state government gridlocked, politicians turn to the voters
- A different way with grits
- California, Nevada team up to investigate foreclosure fraud
- Mitt Romney to make first Sunday show visit in 2 years -- on Fox
- Theater review: 'Short Eyes' at the Los Angeles Theatre Center
- 'Terra Nova' fights against extinction
- Opinion: Campaign 2012: Mitt Romney and payroll tax Band-Aids
- L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 11: Lakers win first title in L.A.
- 'Dragon Tattoo's' Scott Rudin vs. David Denby: Who has moral edge?
- New York police rip into West Indian Day parade-goers on Facebook
- Congo bracing for violent protests with election results due
- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah makes rare appearance
- With Tim Tebow in the way, San Diego Chargers don't have a prayer
- Air plant ornaments and a spritz to keep them alive
- Duck update: Another take on Jonas Hiller's blunt comments
- What exactly is Marilynne Robinson saying about criticism?
- Opinion: Don't count on modern capitalism to last
- California invests in 'green' bonds
- Dwight Howard or Chris Paul: Who is more likely to be a Laker?
- Poll: Are tweet seats in theaters a good idea?
- USC football: Pat Haden says Matt Barkley is in 'no hurry'
- The 1% more likely to volunteer, care about politics, study finds
- Reeves Nelson suspended indefinitely from UCLA basketball team
- Donald Trump won't wear jeans (ugly sweaters are another story)
- L.A. County Arboretum assesses damage from windstorm
- Aide to ex-Maryland governor found guilty of election fraud
- Mariah Carey is thrilled with HMS Ocean's Christmas video
- Russian ship to take fuel to ice-locked Nome, Alaska
- Voter turnout light in Egypt's parliamentary runoff elections
- Hurley X Rick Griffin collaboration catches a psychedelic wave
- Stocking Stuffer: Sqirl
- Snoop Dogg, Y.G. and Nipsey Hussle remix Drake's 'The Motto'
- Sham 'shrooms: Man touts porcinis as psychedelic mushrooms
- Galaxy Nexus: Still no U.S. release date, could sell for $299.99
- Late Night: Taylor Armstrong talks about abuse, husband's suicide
- Holiday shopping made easy: Buy a piece of the Green Bay Packers
- Severe Beijing smog -- or fog? -- leads to long airport delays
- Time Warner Cable and Comcast make push into home security
- Unemployment and dour diners keep restaurant traffic flat in 2011
- Ahmanson lands Broadway's 'Follies' to fill gap in its season
- Debbie Allen aims high with 'Hot Chocolate Nutcracker'
- MLB wants to prevent Fox Sports from deposing Bud Selig
- Boys' basketball: Monday scores
- Girls' basketball: Monday scores
- 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' recap: Botoxic
- Heisman finalists: Who will win the trophy Saturday night?
- Chrysler to bring back the Dodge Dart -- Italian-style
- 'Monday Night Raw' recap: CM Punk is the best in the world
- EU looks at e-book practices of Apple and major publishers
- Alternative Apparel collecting gently used T-shirts for charity
- Fashion News: Kristin Chenoweth grabs eyes at American Country Awards
- Football: This year's Cinderella team is Culver City
- Jon Corzine's troubles build after MF Global bankruptcy
- Football: Donte Deayon is Mr. Interception
- Football: Washington gets commitment from Ryan McDaniel
- MLB Network to air baseball's top awards
- Monster Mash: Boyce wins Turner; Lea Michele wants 'Funny Girl'
- Consumer Confidential: Drug prices, Google Wallet, paper towels
- Morning Fix: Cable cops! ESPN backlash. Hugh Jackman does it all.
- Theaters set aside tweet seats for Twitter users
- Airport security: Elderly women say TSA agents went much too far
- Mélisse, now it's a cookbook too
- 'Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM' resurrects a continent's music
- Restaurant Diary: Tears and beers at Jitlada
- Album review: Gary Numan's 'Dead Son Rising'
- Bombings targeting Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan kill at least 58
- South Koreans buying up iconic blue jeans preferred by Steve Jobs
- Forever 21 expands in China with support from L.A. mayor
- 'MythBusters' canonball experiment goes astray
- Serial killer Juan Corona is denied parole a seventh time
- Happening Tuesday: The Sea and Cake, Korn and more
- Brown wants his tax plan on ballot
- Los Angeles DWP board OKs water rate increases
- Protesters to converge on Capitol to push for jobs help
- Obama takes populist economic message to the heartland
- Lakers' condensed schedule presents plenty of challenges
- Wanted: A Dodgers owner who cares
- L.A. County Arboretum's fallen trees open a door to the future
- Quick Takes: NBC, nonprofits to team
- Track work curtails some Metrolink, Amtrak trains this weekend
- Jon Stewart bids farewell to Herman Cain, Pokemon-style
- Bernanke criticizes news reports on Fed's emergency lending
- Villaraigosa didn't know about agency chief's payout, aide says
- Patty Murray points to primaries, cash as reasons for Democratic optimism
- Is Albert Pujols being pursued by the Angels?
- Giuliana Rancic's planned double mastectomy: What it means
- Facebook hires team behind location-sharing service Gowalla
- Prostate cancer therapy doesn't increase cardiovascular deaths, study says
- Senate GOP blocks Obama's pick for D.C. appeals court
- Clippers get holiday start; Caron Butler, Chris Paul talk in mix
- Arlen Specter says Pennsylvania 'tough' for Obama
- Romney plans to target Gingrich
- Q & A: Dodgers, Fox feud calls for a primer
- Read the full text of President Obama's economic speech in Kansas
- UCLA must open its eyes, doors and wallet for football coach
- Lehman wins court approval to exit bankruptcy
- Angels' Mike Scioscia wants more pitching
- Californians would reject bullet train in revote, polls finds
- Freeing up LAUSD
- Derek Boogaard had chronic traumatic encephalopathy: What is it?
- Unemployment rate drops in many metro areas
- Critic's Notebook: Hugh Jackman charts own masculine course
- NFL Week 14 story lines: Streaking Broncos face reeling Bears
- Temecula: A villa, wine-tastings and breakfast for $199
- In Syria, reported killings in Homs spread fear of sectarian war
- Los Angeles weighs steps to hold its banks more accountable
- Is Jon Huntsman softening on global warming?
- Fast Track: Chewbacca is coming to 'Glee'
- It's official: Harry Potter land to debut at Universal Studios Hollywood
- Santo is voted into the Hall of Fame
- Tuesday's TV talk shows
- Emily Watson goes into the darkness for 'Appropriate Adult'
- Another allegation is filed against Jerry Sandusky
- At Jordan Downs, housing agency's lavish spending makes no sense
- Afghans uneasy despite security gains made by U.S. troop buildup
- Anaheim Ducks to host L.A. Kings on Tuesday night
- A wrongheaded bill on child sexual abuse
- 'Obamacare' to the rescue
- Tuesday's TV highlights
- Can Newt be stopped? Two new polls put him ahead in early states
- Alec Baldwin kicked off plane at LAX, takes later flight
- In India, a secret garden that rocks
- Hillary Clinton calls on world not to discriminate against gays
- Mitt Romney signals support for payroll tax cut extension
- Angels executive Scott Servais has an eye for talent
- Japan town embraces volunteer who stayed after tsunami
- Dwight Howard and Chris Paul in L.A.? It's not a farfetched idea
- FAA chief resigns following drunk-driving arrest
- 2012 Dodgers will look a lot like the 2011 version
- Lakers must go after Dwight Howard
- Ford reinstates quarterly dividend
- U.S. traffic deaths at 61-year low
- Goldberg: Gingrich the compassionate
- Chrysler revives Dodge Dart in bid for youth market
- Drone that crashed in Iran may give away U.S. secrets
- A Cuban conundrum
- Fewer teens getting driver's licenses as more seniors retain them
- Dealing with a nuclear Iran; America's wealth inequality; dentists trying new ways to drum up business
- ISS going great guns in Hollywood
- Occupy movement moves into neighborhoods
- Severe Beijing smog -- or fog? -- leads to long airport delays
- UCLA's Reeves Nelson is suspended again
- Mine owner agrees to pay record settlement in deadly blast