- Health officials ease requirements for states' insurance exchanges
- Giuliani, considering another run, makes 'important' New Hampshire trip this week
- Rep. Giffords' intern will throw out first pitch at All-Star Game
- Amazon sales tax battle centers on jobs
- McConnell unveils complex plan to avoid default on debt
- Dodgers' stars shine in National League's 5-1 victory
- Just what is the federal debt ceiling?
- ACL tears are a worry during the Women's World Cup, but they may not mean the end for an athlete
- Dodgers acquire Juan Rivera, designate Marcus Thames for assignment
- Panetta presses Iraq for decision on U.S. troops
- Minnesota Timberwolves fire coach Kurt Rambis
- CalPERS adds $12 billion to California economy, study says
- Illegal immigrants rescued off Santa Barbara coast
- Rory McIlroy keeps his spikes on the ground
- Relief and worry after slaying of Hamid Karzai's half brother
- Copper mining will crush ancient Afghan site
- Immigration detainees: Lost in America
- Heath Bell doesn't let opportunity slide by at All-Star game
- Ron Paul won't run for reelection, will focus on presidential race
- Levi Strauss turns profitable despite discounting and higher cotton costs
- Fertility researchers can predict which pregnant women are at greatest risk of miscarriage
- Dodgers have been anything but satisfactory
- Sudan president promises freer, more inclusive government
- Critic's notebook: Gridlock ahead
- Quick Takes - July 12, 2011
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- Tom Felton didn't crush on Emma Watson -- but is rap music a different love story?
- Reliance and Digital Domain partner to open new studios in U.K. and India
- Bank of America, Morgan Stanley shares hit 2-year lows as Europe adds to banks' woes
- Robinson Cano wins the home run derby
- IPad users like to lounge in easy chairs, browse on Safari, report says
- Arnold Schwarzenegger will make a new stand
- Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'POV' on KOCE
- Tuesday's TV Talk Shows
- Opinion: Michele Bachmann's clinic accused of trying to straighten out gays
- Hacking group AntiSec says it stole 90,000 U.S. military email passwords
- Opinion: Patt Morrison replies to Zooey Deschanel's open letter
- Google Books partners with an e-reader: the iRiver Story HD
- Album review: Ashton Shepherd's 'Where Country Grows'
- Football: South Torrance QB transfers to Carson
- Album review: Eleanor Friedberger's 'Last Summer'
- New Sparks Coach Joe Bryant lands his dream job, in more ways than one
- One Song: Wooden Shjips' 'Lazy Bones' rides a single relentless riff
- Dodgers' Jon Garland has surgery
- Twitter passes 1 million registered third-party apps
- Today's no-bake dessert recipe: Mint cream dream
- Amazon wants voters to decide sales tax issue
- News Corp.'s British debacle shines spotlight on U.S. operations
- Jane Austen's unfinished manuscript goes up for auction
- Ethier, Kendrick come home as All-Stars
- Opinion: Healthy-eating advocate Michelle Obama downs 1,700 calorie lunch: A burger, fries and shake (chocolate)
- Ryan Seacrest assembles Lady Gaga, Coldplay, John Mayer and more for online concert
- All-Star game: Last link to World Series home-field advantage?
- Who are the three greatest catchers in Angels history?
- FCC bureau finds that Comcast discriminated against Tennis Channel
- Who are the three greatest catchers in Dodgers history?
- 'Great Food Truck Race' returns for Season 2: Are you along for the ride?
- Dodgers' Ned Colletti gets vote of confidence from Frank McCourt
- Angel City Jazz Festival returns, announces 'Global Jam' for fall
- Football: Mission Viejo, Oaks Christian games will be televised
- Automakers in concierge, free maintenance wars
- 'Fast and Furious' scandal grows with revelation that Mexican cartel suspects may be paid U.S. informants
- New York schools could get $500,000 for TV rights
- Opinion: Mitch McConnell on Casey Anthony's acquittal
- Crystal Antlers enter week No. 2 of their Echo residency, release 'Two-Way Mirror'
- Opinion: 'South California' proposed as 51st state by Republican supervisor
- A.R. Rahman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 'Journey to India' at the Hollywood Bowl
- Opinion: Obama on deficit talks: 'I have bent over backwards to work with the Republicans'
- Gene Autry to be inducted into Angels Hall of Fame on July 19
- Halle Berry: Trespasser rings twice at her West Hollywood home
- Music review: A.R. Rahman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 'Journey to India' at Hollywood Bowl
- Bear Grylls talks about manning up with Jake Gyllenhaal for 'Men vs. Wild'
- Opinion: Abby Wambach, Derek Jeter -- and a fan for the ages
- Google to launch e-reader Sunday: Meet the iriver Story HD
- Spike Lee to direct remake of Park Chan-wook's 'Oldboy'
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tips: Cutting up a chicken
- Apple, Microsoft group's $4.5-billion bid on Nortel patents approved by courts
- Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Clybourne Park' paired with 'Raisin in the Sun' by Center Theatre Group
- Microsoft talks cloud, mobile and Windows 8 at big conference in L.A.
- Mila Kunis accepts sergeant's invitation to Marine Corps Ball
- U.S. victory over Brazil draws viewers to Women's World Cup
- Tennis: Four students awarded scholarships
- Assembly Democrat claims retaliation for his 'no' vote on state budget
- Sold: Elizabeth Taylor's longtime home in Bel-Air
- Ben Margolis' former home in Los Feliz is for sale
- Happy birthday, E.B. White!
- 'Nice guy' producer Vince Gilligan exposes his dark side with 'Breaking Bad'
- Opinion: In Casey Anthony case, prosecution failed
- Mr. Commons is gearing up for a return to the turf at Del Mar
- Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Carrie Underwood, Sting tapped for iHeartRadio Music Festival
- Is DirecTV's $30 movie rental test a flop of 'Ishtar'-like proportions?
- Boxing notes: Brandon Rios' next move
- Is 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' snubbing the Emmys?
- Ramona Hahn, L.A. political family matriarch, dies
- Dodgers' Matt Kemp 'in awe' at All-Star Game
- Potential list of suitors for AMC Networks should go beyond usual suspects
- Heath Bell talks trade, maybe to Angels
- 'Food Network Star' recap: Surprise, no one likes Jeff's dumb, crass, coarse idea
- The Reading Life: Ellen Willis' vinyl deeps
- The strange case of Placido Domingo Jr. and the Church of Scientology
- European markets plunge as debt crisis worsens; gold jumps
- Boys' basketball: UCLA makes offer to Parker Cartwright
- Comedy: How deep will the R-rated renaissance run?
- Google tells the tale of individual investors and stocks
- Victoria Beckham's baby arrives to the name Harper Seven -- and why not?
- James Franco felt 'trapped' in bad material and Marilyn's dress at the Oscars
- Consumer Confidential: Groupon is watching, diet-product warning, free Slurpees
- Matt Kemp will bat third for NL All-Stars
- So Yeon Ryu wins playoff for U.S. Women's Open title
- EGYPT: Tahrir Square looks like February all over again
- Baseball: Peter Hofman experiences the game of the year
- Amazon's Digital Bonus gives $15 in apps, e-books, music to new Android owners
- Baseball: Simi Valley has top catcher in Dylan Alexander
- In lawsuit, investors claim 'a culture run amok' at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
- Who will win the MLB All-Star game and who will be MVP?
- Sony's free ID protection offer extended to July 31 for PlayStation, Qriocity users
- Refinery problems fuel U.S. price rise, but California prices are stable
- Theater review: 'Peer Gynt' at La Jolla Playhouse
- Is James Franco honest or tiring?
- Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: The Beckhams welcome baby Harper
- 'Transformers 3' and 'Zookeeper' look like top Razzie rivals
- Robert Sklar dies at 74; historian broke new ground in study of American film
- U.S. Women's Open headed for playoff between South Korean rivals
- Keeping tabs: Brando Tessar
- Pro Portfolio: Raising the roof in Mar Vista remodel
- Your Stylist: Loafers are fall’s hot shoe
- 5 Questions for Micah Wexler
- Football: Jonavaughn Williams is headed for big things
- Monster Mash: Prince William, Kate stop by Inner-City Arts; reservations start for 9/11 museum
- The Morning Fix: 'News of the World' gone, but scandal lives on. 'Horrible Bosses' fires up viewers. Beware spoiler alerts.
- Wall Street Roundup: Firing bankers. McKinsey speaks.
- Boys' basketball: Taft begins its coaching search
- Baseball: American Legion playoffs begin
- Baseball: Jared Terry is having all-star summer for Mira Costa
- Opinion: The personal life of American astronauts in space: What's it really like?
- The Deal: Kartell storewide sale ends Saturday
- 'True Blood' recap: Sookie, Snooki, lost memories and one dead fairy
- 'Senna' looks to step on the gas in the U.S.
- Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
- ISRAEL: Rachel Corrie's parents say Israel withholding evidence in wrongful-death suit
- Opinion: Michele Bachmann: While you weren't looking, she's taken over the GOP lead in Iowa
- Jaycee Dugard's memoir 'A Stolen Life' shoots to No. 1 on Amazon
- 'Reflections in a Mirrored Ball' info
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- As debt-limit pressure builds, Boehner finds himself in a lonely place
- Independent South Sudan is jubilant, wobbly a day later
- Russian riverboat sinks; 100 missing, feared dead
- 'Horrible Bosses' manages nicely at the box office
- Acclaimed Afro-Peruvian singer unearths a hidden history
- Salt plus potassium is an equation to ponder
- Before more debt talks, Obama to make his case to the public
- 'Necessary Roughness' plays fast and loose with therapy
- Newton: Mean streets — for police
- New 'superbug' strain of gonorrhea resistant to all available antibiotics; researchers fear global outbreak
- It may be free Slurpee day, but those calories will cost you
- Debt talks: Boehner says spending cuts alone reflect 'balance' Obama seeks
- Nestle buys 60% stake in Chinese candy firm
- Monday's TV highlights
- Secondhand smoke linked to chance of ADHD, learning disabilities in kids
- GOP leader cites Casey Anthony in Somali terror case
- Texas baby weighs in at 16 pounds, 1 ounce: There are health risks for big babies
- Tyler Toffoli and Linden Vey have big day at Kings' camp
- At-home birth has pros and cons
- Medicare guidance is here
- Patent measure causing concern among independent inventors
- In rebel-held Libya, men find new identities as warriors
- Scam Watch: Summer burglaries and penny stocks
- Sarah Palin: 'I can win' the presidency
- Orange County: How to score free admission to the O.C. Fair on opening day
- Sold: Elizabeth Taylor's longtime home in Bel-Air
- Newcomer France will be a challenge for U.S. in Women's World Cup
- Californians are paying a high price for a low car tax
- 'Survivor' producer's extradition hearing may hinge on daughter's tale of events
- Doctors in Spain perform the first double-leg transplant
- Toll lanes on L.A. freeways; views of the Supreme Court; who is the UC system for?
- Putting 'labor' back in NLRB
- 'Fast Five' races past $600 million
- Advice: Ask questions about cloud hosting providers
- San Diego's Plunge falls on hard times
- Don't let spoilers ruin your fun
- Baca wants his deputies to supervise state parolees
- WTO finds for Vietnam in U.S. shrimp dumping case
- Even infants can exercise, say new guidelines in U.K.
- Autism linked to difficult birth
- Ben Margolis' former home in Los Feliz is for sale
- Panetta: Iranian weapons used to attack Americans in Iraq
- Movie Time Capsule: Jeanne Eagels
- Web-only studios mature by mimicking 'old media'
- Good Form: A knee-saving exercise for the hamstrings
- Airlines fight EU law capping greenhouse gas emissions
- Classic Hollywood: Disco era flared, then fizzled
- Opposition voices absent from Syrian dialogue
- Veterans face high unemployment after military service
- 'Eat our peas': Pea growers react to Obama remark
- Disco milestones: Three key movies
- Royal couple visit skid row
- Dodgers owner Frank McCourt gives vote of confidence to Ned Colletti
- At news conference, Obama portrays himself as compromiser in chief
- 405 Freeway shutdown: Head for Mammoth Mountain and stay 3 nights for $405
- At the British Open, a bunker mentality is required
- My Turn: The academic debate over the causes of autism hits home for this family
- Dodgers defeat San Diego Padres, 4-1, for three-game sweep
- U.S. suspends some aid to Pakistani military
- KCSN to air 'smart rock'
- Horoscope: July 11
- Boehner-Cantor rivalry affecting debt talks
- Economic woes threaten — but also bolster — a county's Passion play
- Homes on the market: Orange
- Obama, congressional leaders fail to break debt deadlock
- Fast Track: 'Harry Potter' villain Tom Felton is launching a rap career
- Escaping the 405 mess on flights of fancy
- Michelle Obama will attend services for Betty Ford in California
- Sarah Palin: 'I can win' the presidency
- Obama rules out short-term debt solution, says time for Washington to 'eat our peas'
- In Colombia, a move toward restitution
- The debate over circumcising baby boys
- Good Form: A knee-saving exercise for the hamstrings
- Bonding with the grandkid is a walk in the (amusement) park
- Long Beach Airport to shut cheapest parking lot and open pricier one
- Hope for humane conditions for egg-laying hens
- How President Obama can reclaim his green cred
- Matt Kemp admits to jitters, Robinson Cano wins the show at home run derby
- 100 facts for 100 years of Machu Picchu: Fact 88
- Federal government isn't touching Arkansas terrorism case
- It's time for baseball to put the fun back in its All-Star game
- Roger Clemens might not testify at perjury trial
- States given flexibility on insurance exchanges
- Debt talks get testy as Obama raises pressure
- Kate Hudson, Victoria Beckham and the C-section question
- An injured ACL isn't a death knell for athletes anymore
- Highly rated instructors go beyond teaching to the standardized test
- 'South California' for 51st state?
- Fast Fame: Ginger Rogers
- A community of single parents
- Dodgers' Andre Ethier and Angels' Howie Kendrick are happy to be All-Stars at home
- Alcohol and cancer: Is any amount of drinking really safe?
- For the Dodgers, it could be hit or miss with free agents
- Television Review: 'Alphas'
- Alhambra officer dies after two police cruisers collide
- U.S. is using electronic warfare to attack in waves
- Minnesota spats: Pawlenty, Bachmann exchange blasts
- Sam Denoff dies at 83; Emmy-winning writer
- Vitriolic South Bay congressional race nears combative finish
- Live review: Eddie Vedder at the Wiltern
- Football: A $10,000 prize for winning seven-on-seven tournament
- Joe Bryant will replace Jennifer Gillom as Sparks head coach
- Football: For Long Beach Poly, it's all about the offensive line
- Redistricting commission cancels next round of draft maps
- Royal Visit: Super spectator style at the polo fields
- Monday's TV Highlights: 'Alphas' on Syfy
- Monday's TV Talk Shows
- King B: The evolution of Beyonce
- Football: Corona Centennial won't have any QB problems
- Opinion: Downtown L.A.: Good enough for the royals, but not for Zooey Deschanel?
- Prince William and wife, Catherine, drop in at Inner-City Arts
- Dodgers move out of last place with a 4-1 victory over the Padres
- Anti-opera review: 'Jerry Springer: The Opera'
- Patrick Cantlay wins SCGA amateur championship
- Today's no-bake dessert recipe: Berries jubilee with peach sorbet and salted candied almonds
- Boys' basketball: Gabe York commits to Arizona
- Haren, Callaspo lead Angels to 4-2 win over Mariners and four-game sweep
- Theater review: 'Amadeus' at the Old Globe
- Will and Kate reign over Hollywood at BAFTA's 'Brits to Watch'
- Kate Hudson gives birth: It's a boy!
- EGYPT: Activists back in Tahrir Square to salvage revolution
- 'Fast Five' rolls over the $600-million mark at the global box office
- Joe Henry's writing life
- U.S. knocks Brazil out of Women's World Cup, 5-3 on penalty kicks
- RJ Johnson takes over lead in NASCAR Super Late Model standings at Irwindale
- Overlooked: Five home and garden photo galleries that deserve a little more love
- Jered Weaver to start All-Star game for AL
- Women's World Cup: U.S., Brazil tied 1-1, going into overtime
- U.S. leads Brazil, 1-0, at halftime in Women's World Cup; Sweden ousts Australia
- Box Office: 'Transformers' is No. 1 again, but newcomers 'Horrible Bosses' and 'Zookeeper' hold their own
- Sundays with Sondheimer: A coach speaks from his heart
- Track: A fourth-place finish for Amy Weissenbach
- Trends: Vintage goes from niche to mainstream, thanks to rockabillies, hippies and Dita von Teese
- Baseball: Keymon Thomas keeps competing against the best
- Football: Simi Valley performs well at Rio Mesa tournament
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