- Egypt's PM calls for national dialogue amid Friday march plans
- The Morning Fix: 'Dragon Tattoo' roaring! FCC considers new rules.
- Is Christian Bale's 'Flowers of War' playing its cards wrong?
- Arts on TV: Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Doctor Who; Sonny Rollins
- Alec Baldwin drops idea of running for mayor of New York
- Economic growth revised down but jobless claims hit 44-month low
- Online music: Rhapsody reaches 1 million subscribers, finally
- Peanut Butter Wolf talks 15th anniversary of Stones Throw Records
- The Arts on TV New Year's Eve: Bernstein and Gershwin; Cold Play
- Police believe Arizona girl was killed, dumped in trash
- Around Town: Holiday films, classic toons and Truffaut thrillers
- Popular South Korean podcast host sentenced to a year in jail
- U.S., Pakistan made errors in airstrike that killed 24, report says
- North Korean defector says Kim Jong Il stole her life
- Ciopinot's 'no work' cioppino
- Barbecue pork ribs
- Sweet rice
- Dancing flight attendants perform to Mariah Carey
- Wind-driven fire in San Francisco
- Pizzeria Mozza Newport Beach: Location, prices, details
- Robert Easton dies at 81; Henry Higgins of Hollywood
- Chinese grandmother's touch gives Christmas dinner its zest
- Janet Fitch on her mother's domain — the kitchen
- Critic's Choice: A holiday hankering for tamales
- Wine of the Week: 2010 St. Urbans-Hof Riesling 'Ockfener Bockstein Mosel Kabinett'
- Less is much more
- BlackBerry maker's shares get boost amid buyout talks
- Odd Future at the Roxy
- Obama faces a battle on air rules
- Kings get win in Darryl Sutter's debut as coach
- Wine of the Week: 2010 St. Urbans-Hof Riesling 'Ockfener Bockstein Mosel Kabinett'
- Stepping offstage
- Dir En Grey at the House of Blues
- Peter Sagal discusses 'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me's' arrival on TV
- Gas prices hit a record high for time period
- Mitt Romney declines to release tax returns
- Demonizing Wal-Mart
- So, what's 'Tree of Life' about? We actually ask.
- Actor trained stars to do regional accents
- The FDA and the sperm donor
- U.S. fights EU on airline carbon emissions
- Microsoft pulling out of Consumer Electronics Show after 2012
- San Diego elephant fatally attacked by another elephant, necropsy shows
- South Africa: Air-hotel deal centers on Cape Town resort
- George H.W. Bush calls Mitt Romney 'best choice' for GOP
- What gave Carey Mulligan the jitters
- L.A. County Holiday Celebration
- Occupy protesters take aim at Rose Parade
- Former players sue NFL over brain injuries
- NBA comes up with its own holiday rush
- Clippers' Ryan Gomes doesn't mind backing up Caron Butler
- Quarterback Matt Barkley is coming back to USC
- From a N.H. voter, some advice to Romney on 'flip-flops'
- KB Home reports 20% earnings drop in fourth quarter
- Killer's change of heart touches victim's brother
- Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
- <b>Specs:</b> 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Wal-Mart recalls powdered infant formula
- Retailers woo last-minute shoppers with lower prices, longer hours
- Tyler Lamb is healthy and playing like it for UCLA
- Fast-casual restaurants gobble up market share
- Little Tokyo Walking Tour
- Free entrance to Pacific Asia Museum
- Wax museums: The hows of wax
- McManus: A long goodbye to Afghanistan
- Boehner: Still 10 days to reach a deal on payroll tax break
- In 'Shame,' you make it a foursome
- Investors await extradition of fraud suspect Bruce Fred Friedman
- Culinary SOS: Ciopinot's 'no work' cioppino
- 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' battles 'Mission: Impossible' sequel
- LAX dips in healthy airport food ranking; Detroit's still No. 1
- House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax
- Relatives star in new wave of campaign ads [video]
- WikiLeaks founder helped Army private get data, prosecutors say
- 'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me! A Royal Pain in the News' info
- Daum: Christopher Hitchens gets the last laugh
- Lakers' Steve Blake has renewed confidence
- Lawmakers reach tentative deal on payroll tax cut; House action Friday
- Payroll tax negotiations in Congress; two-tiered pay at a GM factory; Kim Jong Un's task in North Korea
- Gunmen attack buses, town in Veracruz, Mexico, killing 11
- The Contender: Pierre-Yves Gayraud on dressing Glenn Close as a man
- Repairing 60 Freeway overpass could cost more than $5 million
- Directors on how they document the making of a difference
- Vividly Ilincic
- Winter solstice means 'illumination' at California mission
- Dysfunction in the House
- Glendale schools reverse course on German-language kindergarten
- Far from a deficit, Costa Mesa is $3.8 million ahead
- Matt Barkley's gift to USC could keep on giving
- Asghar Farhadi's 'A Separation' aims for Oscar hat trick
- 'The Ides of March' could have voters playing politics
- Saban Capital, Lionsgate find partner for new Asian TV venture
- Thursday's TV highlights
- In Alaska, becoming the militants next door
- France takes step to criminalize denial of the Armenian genocide
- Janet Fitch on her mother's domain — the kitchen
- Many of these NFL predictions can be thrown out
- Lawmakers reach tentative deal on payroll tax cut; House action Friday
- 15 shortlisted documentaries speak truth to power
- South Carolina GOP rebuts Stephen Colbert on primary naming rights
- Lakers' Kobe Bryant: Wrist 'should be fine' for him to play in opener
- Facebook will beef up privacy in Europe after Ireland probe
- Eight soldiers charged in private's death
- Mayweather gets 90-day jail sentence
- Reputed Mexican cartel chief charged in killing of U.S. agent
- A broader definition of rape
- Sweet & Tender Hooligans at the House of Blues
- As 2011 winds down, there are still ways to cut your tax bill
- Sam Farmer's NFL Week 16 picks
- Matt Barkley's return makes USC a contender for BCS title next season
- Wilshire Grand Hotel bids farewell
- Oscar nominations race to pit power players against underdogs
- Power Players: Mandate Pictures' Nathan Kahane
- Gold Standard: How the best picture categories are shaping up
- Quick Takes: Orson Welles' 'Citizen Kane' Oscar sold
- USC can't pull off upset of Kansas
- NBA Western Conference preview
- U.S. acknowledges mistakes, doesn't take blame in Pakistan strike
- Long Beach State upsets short-handed Xavier
- Dog days: Bo's whereabouts spark latest White House controversy
- The art of politics
- Power of a light
- The Review: Pizzeria Mozza in Newport Beach
- Wealthy nations with a lot of fast food: Destined to be obese?
- Oil could hit a new record in 2012
- Thursday Travel Ticker: New rest rules for pilots
- Critic's Choice: A holiday hankering for tamales
- Home sales were worse than it thought, Realtors group says
- Journalist contradicts Piers Morgan's testimony about hacking
- Thursday's TV talk shows
- Pizzeria Mozza Newport Beach: Location, prices, details
- Socially networked reading: Hey, take a look at this
- Tours of the Adamson House
- Will this third party really mean an elite takeover?
- Homemade goods deserve a pretty package too
- Chinese grandmother's touch gives Christmas dinner its zest
- Some Occupy L.A. protesters may get a lesson in free speech
- NBA Eastern Conference preview
- Conjoined twins share one body; can they be separated?
- He's considered Sheriff Bully
- Love in 'War'
- Google to invest $94 million in solar power projects
- Mental-health experts define 'recovery'
- Parents, you are top regulator when it comes to toy safety
- Americans continue to buy less gasoline
- Iraq bombings kill 60, revive old fears
- Long Beach rejects coastal hotel development project
- Glenn Close's ardent commitment to 'Albert Nobbs'
- Republican candidates flood Iowa with negative ads
- Foreclosures by major banks increase 21.1% in third quarter
- Matt Barkley's delaying NFL career could work out just fine
- Fast Track: R. Kelly has 32 new chapters of 'Trapped in the Closet'
- For the record - Dec. 22, 2011
- Recipe: Sweet rice
- USC moves closer to getting control of L.A. Memorial Coliseum
- Gene R. Summers dies at 83; architect renovated L.A. Biltmore
- Recipe: Barbecue pork ribs
- Boys' basketball: Freshman Marcus LoVett leads Providence
- Boys' basketball: Crespi wins SFV Invitational
- Lakers vs. Clippers: Live updates from final exhibition game
- Review: Klezmatics at Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Staples Center crowd rooting for Clippers AND Lakers
- Sunday's best of 2011
- 'The X Factor' recap: Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro sing for the win
- Vinny Del Negro thinks Clippers will win more games than Lakers
- Thursday’s Highlights: 'Viking Apocalypse' on National Geographic
- Thursday's Talk Shows
- Producer Steve Alexander, wife Vanessa sell Malibu estate
- Amazon Kindle Fire software and Kindle iOS apps updated
- Boys' basketball: St. John Bosco rallies to defeat Windward
- Opinion: Sutter, the Capitol canine
- Steve Jobs statue unveiled in Budapest office park
- Another peek at the upcoming season of 'Game of Thrones'
- Darrell Issa: California uncooperative in gas-mileage probe
- Mother Moo makes medlar ice cream
- Slim Dunkin may have been killed over stolen candy, police say
- Monta Ellis accused of sexual harassment in lawsuit
- Spelling and McDermott are buyers in Malibu
- Hollywood Bowl to get improved restrooms for $3 million
- USC football: T.J. McDonald will return for senior season
- Football: Receiver Alex Jackson picks Washington State
- Boys' basketball: Mater Dei gives Gary McKnight his 900th win
- Food Network star Guy Fieri's 'off da hook' new jewelry line
- 'Mission: Impossible': A Dubai landmark aims for film history
- Opinion: A third party candidate to replace Obama?
- 'Funny or Die's Billy on the Street' debuts on FuseTV
- Gardening classes at the Natural History Museum
- RIM shares jump 10% as Microsoft, Amazon buyout talk swirls
- Saban Capital, Lionsgate team on Celestial Tiger venture in Asia
- Boys' basketball: Orange Lutheran loses twice in Kentucky
- 1.1 million Californians could lose unemployment benefits soon
- Former Kate Middleton's black velvet dress brings soldiers joy
- Football: QB Tyler Stewart is headed to San Jose State
- Sarah Palin criticizes Obama holiday card -- and the dog
- Harrison Ford will be in Orson Scott Card's 'Ender's Game'
- Joe Paterno has plenty of well-wishers on 85th birthday
- Was the Rose Bowl the first postseason bowl game?
- 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' 'Tintin': Kenneth Turan's DVD picks
- Reno takes on SNL’s Seth Meyers -- but Fozzie Bear gets a pass
- Vanessa Bryant to get millions in divorce -- but is it a 'windfall'?
- Prosecutor: Jail only way to get Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s attention
- To this veteran, a debt is a debt, even a $1 parking ticket
- UCLA football: Cid, Dye, Bowens and Brehaut ruled out for bowl game
- Activists say scores killed in assault on Syrian valley
- Curbing enthusiasm over return of Ronald Belisario
- Opinion: Year in review: The lessons Congress didn't learn in 2011
- Opinion: The Supreme Court's most interesting decisions of 2011
- Will you see 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'?
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. sentenced to 90 days in jail
- Winter solstice: The cold-weather celebration is hot again
- Mt. Oscar: Who's peaking, who's at base camp
- UCLA football: Mora says no to 'over-the-wall' days
- Leuzinger High's Amir Garrett to debut for St. John's tonight
- Reputed Mexican drug cartel czar charged in killing of U.S. agent
- Five-month supply of distressed homes casts shadow on market
- Box Office: 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' has aggressive launch
- Art review: 'The Loop Show' at Beacon Arts Building
- L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 3: 1984 Olympics opening
- BofA to pay $335 million to settle Countrywide mortgage bias probe
- Meryl Streep: Thatcher would be appalled by 'hijacking of conservatism'
- Britney Spears first person with 1 million Google+ followers
- FAA: Give airline pilots shorter shifts, longer rests
- 'Pawn Stars' helps History finish in top five among cable networks
- Tamales tour strikes a nerve, or several
- French boulangerie bandit has a weakness for croissants
- Opinion: Council District 15: When Warren met Joe...
- Recording Academy honors Glen Campbell, Steve Jobs and more
- Ex-Daily Mirror reporter contradicts Piers Morgan testimony
- Realtors group says it overestimated home sales from 2007 to 2010
- Marking a 'green' milestone, Mexico City closes dump
- John Elway: 'Tim Tebow's not going anywhere'
- Microsoft to pull out of Consumer Electronics Show, go own way
- Denise Richards swims with dolphins — and Charlie Sheen
- 8 soldiers charged in private's 'apparent' suicide in Afghanistan
- Nannies, other service providers tipped up to $425 for holidays
- Facebook to boost privacy protections in Europe, Irish agency says
- 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' is cool and crafted, critics say
- U.S. airlines blast court ruling on European emissions plan
- Jury awards record $150 billion to family of burned boy
- Bank of America expected to settle discriminatory lending claims
- Axl Rose talks playing the Forum, Hall of Fame gig, reunion
- Top 10 fashion trends of 2011
- GLAAD's full-page ad denounces ABC cross-dressing sitcom 'Work It'
- Book review: 'The Young Leonardo' by Larry J. Feinberg
- Google's Andy Rubin: Over 700,000 Android devices activated daily
- KB Home earnings fall, but orders increase
- Tom Williams resigns as Yale football coach amid Rhodes scandal
- Lexus unveils new LF-LC concept car, designed in Newport Beach
- TSA finds throwing daggers concealed in book
- Hugh Jackman, Carol Burnett to toast Betty White's 90th birthday
- Home foreclosures jumped in third quarter, federal report says
- Aaron Rodgers — bad actor, great QB — named AP athlete of year
- Texas man will pay $1 parking ticket -- 58 years later
- Late Night: Conan honors Hanukkah with 'Human Centipede' menorah
- Palm fronds recycled as do-it-yourself succulent centerpiece
- Immigrants launch nearly half of top U.S. start-ups, study finds
- China-based hackers reportedly targeted U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- 2011 year in review: Top arts and culture stories
- Former tabloid reporter contradicts Piers Morgan's testimony
- NASCAR's A.J. Allmendinger moves to Penske Racing
- Lady Gaga on her improved Oscar chances: 'I'm so happy'
- Digging into the gift closet for last-minute presents
- Municipal bonds thrive after predictions of disaster
- Holiday cookies: Cinnamon marshmallow stars
- Kris Humphries and New Jersey Nets staying together
- Morning Fix: Tennis Channel aces Comcast! Rupert may get grilled.
- Monster Mash: Dodgers' Don Mattingly in 'Nutcracker'; Warhol tops S&P
- Did Ohio State get too light or too tough a penalty?
- Hines Ward discusses his role in 'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer
- Boys' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Fashion News: Kardashian Christmas card features tuxedos in 3-D
- Girls' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Dodgers may have huge liability in Bryan Stow case, creditors say
- Frugal Fashion: 'Young Adult's' Charlize Theron chic for any occasion
- 5 Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan; Poles' worst loss of war
- Opinion: My Christmas wish: No more "no problem"
- Death penalty: N.C. fight will resume after the holidays
- Pictures: Maryland's arts community In Memoriam 2011
- South Korea questions story of Kim Jong Il's death
- Aid groups don't want U.S. to delay food shipments to North Korea
- British official describes Pyongyang after death of Kim Jong Il
- Residents of another south China town protest development plans
- Kim Jong Il: Road to ruin
- Colts are no match for Texans
- EPA issues strong limits on mercury emissions from smokestacks
- Quick Takes: 'Friday' tops YouTube list
- Wives of missing Russian rig workers criticize company officials
- Book review: 'Beyond Religion' by the Dalai Lama
- Apple win in patent fight with Android phone maker is limited
- A heated wax museum war takes shape in Hollywood
- T.J. McDonald is coming back to USC
- Movie review: 'The Adventures of Tintin'
- Man held after Facebook post on girlfriend's death
- Community mourns L.A. father of 4 slain in drive-by shooting
- Dollar stores thrive as holiday shopping destinations
- How much salt is in starchy foods young children eat?
- Free gift-wrapping, concerts and Santa at LAX on Thursday
- Obama calls Boehner, urges vote on bill to extend payroll tax cut
- Hot seat? Vinny Del Negro is cool with that
- Seeking signatures, Newt Gingrich diverts to Virginia