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- Lakers Coach Phil Jackson agrees with Mark Cuban!
- Book review: "Zift: Socialist Noir" By Vladislav Todorov
- Fast Track: Charlie Sheen's rants lead to a 'Two and a Half Men' shutdown
- Charlie Sheen's 'home-based rehab' draws skepticism
- Gov. Jerry Brown tells legislators he will push for a $25-billion cut in California's budget unless voters OK tax extension
- Calabasas City Council race focuses on septic systems, gutter politics
- Saudi Arabia's move to keep oil flowing brings crude prices down
- Events happening Friday
- A guide to the weekend's Oscar parties
- Government, banks wrestle over how to settle case over botched foreclosure paperwork
- Study suggests link between stress hormone and PTSD in women
- Montebello's finances questionable to council newcomer
- Nominees need to be as polished as Oscar himself
- Rain cancels drag racing in Pomona
- Letters: NBA dominates the week
- Senate Democrats welcome GOP proposal to avoid shutdown
- Heads told the tale of Trojans' upset of No. 10 Arizona
- Kidney transplant proposal would give an edge to younger patients
- Dodgers hope they're all right in left field
- Rodent of the Week: Mom's intake of fructose impacts females more, study says
- 'The King's Speech' brings stutterers out of the shadows and into therapy
- San Diego State basketball, formerly a sleeping giant, awakens long-dormant passions
- Yemen protests swell as 180,000 join rallies nationwide
- Harold Legaux dies at 61; co-owner of Harold & Belle's Creole Restaurant in L.A.
- Movie review: 'Glove' is a schmaltzy story fielded well
- How I Made It: Bonnie Arnold, producer of 'How to Train Your Dragon'
- Groupon's Catalina Island deal for two: ferry tickets + two nights for $249
- Obama appoints first male, openly gay social secretary
- No nerves for Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly now
- Mo Williams, Jamario Moon grateful to be in L.A.
- Critic's Notebook: Best picture nominees use buildings and spaces as symbols
- Members-only Regency Club to close after 30 years
- New Zealand's 'Earthquake Mayor' rallies a shaken city
- California Senate OKs renewable energy bill
- Horoscope: Feb. 25
- Gay marriage no longer as volatile politically
- Palm Desert: Wildflower Festival getting ready to bloom
- Apple offers new and improved MacBook Pro laptops
- GM's profit in 2010 highlights big turnaround
- Disney buys social networking site Togetherville
- Mickey Rooney's stepson ordered to turn over all of the actor's ID cards
- BofA's legal woes from Countrywide worse than expected
- Charlie Sheen's rants against boss prompt cancellation of 'Two and a Half Men' season
- Marco Sturm is waived by Kings, but may be back soon
- For chronic truants, a GPS program can help them make the grade
- New Zealand shows even strong building codes are no match for monster earthquake, experts say
- Obama's union comments in South Carolina reverberate in Wisconsin
- Farrelly brothers may end long drought at box office
- Movie review: 'We Are What We Are'
- Former L.A. fire captain denies strangling woman
- USC to host Arizona State on Saturday at the Galen Center
- Tax junk food: Fight obesity one penny at a time
- Cocktail: Mexican Monk at Varnish
- 'Vanishing on 7th Street' info
- Libya rebels closing in on Tripoli
- Movie review: 'Of Gods and Men'
- Preseason high school baseball rankings
- Public split on which party is handling budget crisis best
- Book review: '13 rue Thérèse' by Elena Mauli Shapiro
- 'Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die' info
- L.A. County transit authority buys Union Station for $75 million
- L.A.'s Measure L would boost library funding
- Drafting a quarterback gets more complicated
- '13 rue Therese' info
- Afghan intelligence official killed in suicide bombing
- Egyptians abused by police now struggle for justice
- Analysis finds Congress most polarized in decades
- Recovery trudges along, but risks rise as oil prices surge
- Peru: LAN Airlines' round-trip Lima fares include connections to 11 cities
- A Night Out With … Aubrey Plaza
- Middle East unrest pushes mortgage rates back under 5%
- 5 Nights Out
- Apple's Jobs question
- Tasting Menu: Lukshon
- Out front on gay rights
- In Bahrain, Sunni activist's plight seen as a cautionary tale
- Kendry Morales' availability for Angels' season opener is uncertain
- Movie review: The tawdry sex and political rants of 'Now & Later'
- The Siren's Call: The power of books, the power within
- Punk rock's creative and savage legacy at Subliminal Projects gallery
- Trojans pull off the upset
- Ducks lose to Wild in overtime, 3-2
- UCLA to host Arizona in what could be an emotional home finale
- Protesters across Iraq clash with security forces
- Dining details: Lukshon
- BofA's legal woes from Countrywide worse than expected
- An appreciation: Len Lesser was much more than Uncle Leo
- Lakers, Kobe Bryant are old hands at this
- Angels still unsettled behind the plate
- DUCKS TONIGHT: vs. Minnesota
- A Peace Corps volunteer's journey
- DreamWorks profit jumps 95% despite some disappointments
- Friday's TV highlights
- Movie review: 'The Grace Card" and over-the-top emotional extravagance
- Critic's Notebook: Smithsonian air-clearing forum looks to be anything but
- Movie review: 'Brotherhood'
- 'Hall Pass' info
- Defiant Libyans flood streets of Tripoli to protest against Moammar Kadafi
- NASCAR's fresh star Trevor Bayne lights up Phoenix despite crash
- Foreign briefing: Tourism still vital in hard-hit Australia
- Movie review: 'Hall Pass'
- Your Scene: Market Theater Gum Wall in Seattle
- Wisconsin showdown looms over national governors' meeting
- Protests unite public, private union workers
- FDA struggles to keep unapproved drugs off the market
- For the record - Feb. 25, 2011
- Chuck Allen dies at 74; Southern California surfing and snowboarding enthusiast
- Market Watch: A fresher approach in Studio City
- Giant rave will not return to L.A. Memorial Coliseum this summer, officials say
- Toyota to recall 2.17 million more vehicles
- 'The Vampire Diaries' recap: To tell the truth
- USC basketball: Leftovers from the Trojans' 65-57 upset of No. 10 Arizona
- Electric Daisy leaving L.A. for Las Vegas; 'Good riddance,' says Coliseum commissioner
- Boys' basketball: Thursday's City playoff scores and updated schedule
- Boys' basketball: Garfield wins on shot with two seconds left
- Lakers' NBA title victory voted top L.A. sports moment of 2010
- NHL: Simmonds goal has Kings leading after the first period
- Has anyone ever out-Sheened Charlie Sheen?
- Friday's Highlights: 'Fringe' on Fox
- Friday's Talk Shows
- Art review: William E. Jones at David Kordansky
- GlassPoint Solar uses the sun's heat to extract oil
- Art review: Merlin Carpenter at Overduin and Kite
- Opinion: Obama takes a day off from diplomatic warnings, praises Algeria, then celebrates the Motown Sound
- 'Two and a Half Men' faces uncertain future after CBS shuts down season in wake of Charlie Sheen outburst
- Art review: Koki Tanaka at the Box
- Qatar reportedly considering a $2.4-billion bid to buy Manchester United
- The Noble truth: Satirist spoofs the Oscar race for best picture
- Opinion: Hollywood: Banksy redefines the Oscar campaign
- Covering every Oscar angle
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's new film unveils a hidden chapter from hoops history
- Theater review: 'Locked and Loaded' at the Santa Monica Playhouse
- Football: Chris Rizzo is new Taft coach
- No Fear retail stores declare bankruptcy
- Art review: Roman Signer at Young Projects
- James Franco and Anne Hathaway are on ratings hot seat for Sunday's Academy Awards
- CBS suspends 'Two and a Half Men' production after Charlie Sheen comments
- At Mexico's presidential palace, a peek into history and the inner sanctum
- Are the Oscars copying the Golden Globes' cyber strategy?
- Kaley Cuoco puts her Sherman Oaks home on the market
- Critic's Notebook: Smithsonian public forum on censorship? Not so much
- USC football: Lane Kiffin hires Ted Gilmore as receivers coach
- Spirit Awards: Joel McHale does his homework
- Live review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor at the Music Box
- LIBYA: U.N. Security Council to convene Friday on Libyan violence
- Give Mickey Rooney his ID back, and fast, court tells stepson
- David Beckham, with invitation in hand, must choose between the royal wedding and the Galaxy
- Jason Bowles earns top spot in preseason NASCAR Hunter Index
- Is a new 'Police Academy' a good idea?
- Six artists present their takes on the Oscars
- Live chat: Lisa Dillman on Clippers, Baron Davis trade
- Girls' basketball: Southern Section semifinal schedule
- Craigslist challenges study from rival that says 330 crimes, 12 deaths were linked to its site
- Theater review: 'The Hyacinth Macaw' at the Royal Theatre, Queen Mary
- Post-trade deadline from the Clippers: Part II
- Today in Charlie Sheenanigans: Sheen slams AA and 'Two and a Half Men' creator
- DreamWorks Animation financial results show good news on 'Dragon,' bad on 'Shrek,' 'Megamind,' 'Panda'
- George Clooney, aka Mr. Sudan, says his life wasn't led 'in the right way for politics'
- Have you seen this skeleton?
- 'Deadliest Catch' cast member found dead in hotel room
- Opinion: Feb. 24, 2011 buzz: Mind on my money and my money on my mind
- Theater review: 'In Mother Words' at Geffen Playhouse
- Sorry, Kate Winslet, new rules may complicate that HBO Emmy quest
- 'American Idol': 'I don’t know anything about the Beatles, I just know they’re amazing'
- Sacramento Kings ask NBA for extension for possible move
- Oscars quote of the day: Martin Landau shares the thrill
- Lisa Ling's 'Our America' is first series renewed on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
- Lawmakers call for court administrator's dismissal
- Kate Middleton performs first royal duty with Prince William
- Football: The perfect candidate for Taft job
- Johnny Depp: Former Miramar resident through the years
- Which Lakers guards deserve to be in a Lakers Hall of Fame?
- 72 Hours: Local Natives, Death among the weekend's top gigs
- Animals in unusual places: Owl in Brazil, dogs in Paris, camel on a donkey cart
- Milan Fashion Week: Miuccia Prada brings childlike wonder back to fashion
- LIBYA: Exiled royal calls on world to stop the 'massacre,' remove Kadafi
- TV Skeptic: 'Ghost Hunters' and things that go bump in the night
- Emmy Awards reshape categories
- Motion picture academy and ABC renew Oscars pact
- Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence's red-carpet style
- Should badly behaving audience members be fined?
- Angels coach Mike Butcher, recovering from cancer surgery, says 'I feel normal'
- Vicente Padilla could start throwing within a month
- Tyler Alexandra handbags launch, inspired by image of classic femme fatale and by designer's icon father, Perry Ellis
- Bill Maher: Rush Limbaugh shouldn't be telling 'fat' jokes
- Theater review: 'Master Harold…and the Boys' at Rubicon Theatre
- Google Cloud Connect moves Microsoft Office files to Google Docs, as long as you're not using a Mac
- LIBYA: U.S. coordinating response with U.N., allies; bilateral moves not ruled out
- State to collect sales tax on medical marijuana
- A Danny Boyle lovefest over 'Frankenstein' stage production
- Is there really a black hole in the Dodgers' lineup only Casey Blake can fill?
- Movie Projector: Farrelly brothers' 'Hall Pass' to top Nicolas Cage's 'Drive Angry'
- Milan Fashion Week: At Fendi, English countryside chic by way of the art studio
- PolitiCal Roundup: Social Security is running a surplus, state's GOP lawmakers stand against Brown budget
- New York Fashion Week: A yen for Ken, a beau for Barbie
- Celtics send Kendrick Perkins, Nate Robinson to Thunder for Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic
- Baron Davis trade for Mo Williams finalized by Clippers, Cavaliers
- Opinion: Egypt: Keep the crusade for women's rights alive
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- Rdio CEO Drew Larner on the future of digital music subscriptions
- 3 Food Events You Should Know About: Planned Parenthood's Food Fare; 'Bistronomics' at Breadbar; wine and pizza tasting at Rosso Wine Shop
- Bill O'Reilly on Oscar movies: I never watch 'em!
- LIBYA: Amateur video footage purportedly depicts battle scenes in Zawiya
- Image from new Terrence Malick movie hints at his 'Blue Valentine' moment
- Oil falls below $98 a barrel; stocks pare losses
- Oscars: Amy Adams and Mila Kunis join presenter lineup
- State Senate approves ambitious clean-energy mandate
- ESPN taps Poynter Institute to be its watchdog
- Loree Rodkin designs a bracelet for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization
- Meet the Academy Awards nominees
- 'American Idol' contestant Sophia Shorai's link to controversy
- Over at the Envelope: Exene Cervenka's brilliant ideas on how she'd change the Oscars
- Hollywood turns out for party celebrating book on Gloria Vanderbilt
- iBooks graphics may have contained a clue to iPad 2
- Betsy Sharkey's film pick of the week: 'Barney's Version'
- Oscars inspire 'Green the Red Carpet' clothing swap
- Want FaceTime video chat on an older Mac? It'll cost 99 cents
- Milan Fashion Week: D&G's ABCs
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- Oscars quiz: Who was the youngest winner of lead actress?
- In S.F. State arts center, a potential breakthrough for Michael Maltzan
- 'American Idol' lets viewers vote online for the first time through Facebook
- LIBYA: Switzerland freezes assets thought to belong to Kadafi
- Frito-Lay unveils quieter SunChips bag
- 'Survivor' recap: Lions and gorillas and Christians, oh my
- Creato Finito Home opens new showroom on La Brea
- LIBYA: U.S.-chartered ferry still blocked in Tripoli, 285 still on board
- This Weekend: Where's Yr Child's cosmic house party
- Ricky Gervais writes backup Oscars script for James Franco and Anne Hathaway
- The 'Shameless' kids: Carl and Debbie, a dynamic duo
- WNBA: The Phoenix Mercury signs former Sparks player Marie Ferdinand-Harris
- YEMEN: President tells security forces to protect those protesting against him
- Girls' basketball: Santa Monica upsets Long Beach Poly
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- USC basketball: Former Trojans, current Texas-El Paso Coach Tim Floyd escorted off court by police in loss
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- Angels Morning Briefing: Izturis to be more utility player than third baseman
- LIBYA: No plans for NATO to intervene in Libya, alliance leader says
- Opinion: Science: Congrats, Caltech! Now get back to work
- Boys' basketball: Valley Torah advances
- Disney acquires children's social network Togetherville
- Boys' soccer: Wednesday's Southern Section playoff scores
- Adam Wainwright, Cardinals ace, will miss entire season after Tommy John surgery
- Ducks trade Curtis McElhinney to Tampa Bay for Dan Ellis
- Morning glory: Mike Watt's 'Hyphenated-Man' opera, manifested as a short film
- LIBYA: Videos claim to show scenes of protests in violence-hit city of Zawiya
- Shark attacks on dry land: Rene Lynch on Dr. Laura's tips
- Detroit Symphony strike prompts discussion of what's fair pay for symphony musicians
- Girls' basketball: Wednesday's Southern Section playoff scores
- LIBYA: Evacuations thwarted by weather, panic and deteriorating security
- David Cross, Will Arnett back for second season of 'The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'
- Boys' basketball: Wednesday's Southern Section playoff score
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- LIBYA: Protesters battling government forces press toward Tripoli
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- Boys' soccer: Wednesday's City playoff scores and updated bracket
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- Boys' basketball: Palisades takes aim at Taft
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- LIBYA: Embattled Moammar Kadafi calls on parents to rescue children from protests
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