- Rick Santorum plays the expectations game in New Hampshire
- California cantaloupe farms regroup after listeria outbreak
- Consumer bureau chief begins supervision of payday lenders
- Obama: New defense strategy will mean 'leaner' U.S. military forces
- Hot Pockets' Chatsworth factory cuts hours, will lay off 103 workers
- Obama rule would let undocumented stay in U.S. during application
- Romney's tax plan would slash revenue, reward the wealthy
- Howie Kendrick, Erick Aybar talking with Angels about new deals
- Thursday's TV highlights
- Yahoo hires former PayPal head as its chief executive
- Despite weak economy, crime in Los Angeles County still declines
- Hansen Natural Corp. changes its name to Monster Beverage
- Alabama's AJ McCarron can't stay out of spotlight for long
- Kate Middleton's new cause: addiction and recovery
- German insolvency could lead to sale of Oakland solar subsidiary
- Evan Kleiman closing Angeli Caffe on Jan. 13
- For Lakers, Portland means pitfalls
- Biola University gets $3-million grant for think tank
- A new heyday
- O.C. serial killer sought in deaths of homeless men
- Nestle laying off 103 Hot Pockets factory workers
- UCLA puts in the effort in 65-58 victory over Arizona
- Personal bankruptcies fall in 2011 to one out of 175 Americans
- Homemade pop tarts? Absolutely.
- Fast Track: Kanye West is the new Steve Jobs?
- Recipe: Salmon with lentils, bacon and dandelion greens
- Recipe: Italian sausage and kale gratin
- Recipe: Baklava
- 2012 Honda CR-V at a glance
- President Obama calls for leaner military
- Central Coast: $99 for San Simeon hotel and wine-tasting
- Lakers drop another game in Portland
- Sea Shepherd activist arrested filming cove dolphins
- Tea party members of Congress a well-heeled lot
- Legislator from Diamond Bar is new head of state Senate GOP caucus
- Quick Takes: N.Y. Phil names director
- GM says fix in works for Chevrolet Volt after fires during tests
- Kings defeat Coyotes, 1-0, in overtime
- Assemblyman says he mistakenly brought gun to flight
- Academy of Model Aeronautics Expo
- Happy birthday, Elvis! Tours offer glimpse of stint in Palm Springs
- In New Hampshire, the fight is for second place
- Like the honey badger, LSU's Tyrann Mathieu doesn't back down
- Iowa and New Hampshire: It's win one or go home
- Five at Chula Vista school district charged in corruption
- Palm Springs International Film Festival tries to cover it all
- And the 2011 awards for bad climate science goes to ...
- Arizona State hot, USC is not
- Recipe: Soft pretzels
- Coronado killings that claimed 2 Navy pilots apparent murder-suicide
- Tribe confronts HIV
- A truly green L.A. City Hall
- Boeing to close historic aerospace facility in Kansas
- Bluefin tuna sells for $736,000 at Tsukiji auction in Tokyo
- Iraq bombings targeting Shiites kill 71
- Up next for the Lakers: Thursday at Portland
- Adele's '21' is the top-selling album of 2011
- Recipe: Leg of lamb stuffed with greens, feta and pine nuts
- Ron Paul raised $13 million in final months of 2011
- Herman Cain launches bus tour to promote 9-9-9 [video]
- The Contenders: Tilda Swinton on her role in 'Kevin'
- Bruce Dow takes leave as CEO of Screen Actors Guild's pension plans
- Suspect arrested in parole officer's shooting in Lake View Terrace
- No Age at the Smell
- Consumer chief says controversial appointment won't slow agency
- Pentagon investigating possible leak of Bin Laden raid details
- The Costumes: 'Hugo's' Sandy Powell
- Brazil finally ready to confront abuses in past dictatorship
- American movie industry's box-office blues
- The Unholy Three at the Steve Allen Theater
- Brideworld Expo in Costa Mesa
- Former drug kingpin pleads guilty to racketeering, conspiracy
- Recipe: Spicy Moroccan carrot salad
- Retail sales solid in final holiday stretch, up 3.4% in December
- Gingrich slams Obama as acting 'imperial,' calls Romney 'timid'
- Indie Focus: Lynne Ramsay talks about 'Kevin'
- Officer killed in Utah drug raid
- What you can learn from difficult sibling relationships
- Furor-stoking L.A. radio duo defies pigeonholing
- 'Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980' at Hammer Museum
- Dunkin' Donuts to double U.S. presence, stays mum on California
- Sparks hire Carol Ross as head coach
- Don't rule out a split for national title
- Gary Oldman cracked code of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy's' Smiley
- Riverside Dickens Festival
- Titanic artifacts up for auction: Casual buyers need not inquire
- Herpes vaccine study produces partial victory
- Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates tie record lows
- Changing Clippers culture, from inside out
- Alexandre Desplat adroitly finds the proper musical key
- Lakers' Devin Ebanks is handling his demotion
- Sacramento Kings fire Paul Westphal as coach
- Specialized websites beckon to women who care about cars
- He stands by his man
- McManus: Is the tea party over?
- Cash crunch puts California in the cheap seats in 2012
- Three small parts with big effects in films
- Recipe: Chickpea salad with chorizo (<i>Garbanzos aliñados con chorizo</i>)
- Passion project
- State bill targets Buy Here Pay Here used-car lots
- U.S. may regulate hand, face, other complex transplants
- Recipe: Pandan chiffon cake with coconut glaze
- Chrysler surges in a big year for U.S. cars
- Netflix stock jumps 11% on big streaming usage figure
- Apple to start selling iPhone 4S in China
- Obama appointments could trigger court test case
- Some girls may think HPV vaccine protects against other STDs, too
- Doctor arrested in probe of painkiller overdoses
- Keira Knightley, Charlize Theron, others play women on the edge
- Thursday's TV talk shows
- The Find's Best of 2011: Japanese, Mexican, Persian, Thai
- Rick Santorum's new image worked in Iowa
- Max von Sydow's career speaks volumes
- Retail sales solid in final holiday stretch, up 3.4% in December
- Dollar General to open 50 stores in California
- Clippers' Mo Williams must adjust to tough situation
- Mitt Romney blasts Obama for appointing 'union stooges' to NLRB
- Actors wise beyond their years
- For the record - Jan. 5, 2012
- Gordon Hirabayashi dies at 93; opposed internment of Japanese Americans
- 10 best Los Angeles Times recipes of 2011
- Best meals of 2011
- Best meals of 2011
- PASSINGS: Robert Dickey
- Introducing python-elections
- Review: GAEMS G155 Portable Gaming System
- Boys' basketball: Mater Dei begins Trinity League with victory
- Boys' basketball: Crespi hands Loyola first defeat on Perrantes basket
- Five memorable lines from the Village Voice's Jim Hoberman
- Thursday’s Highlights: 'Buck' on Showtime
- Thursday's Talk Shows
- Boys' basketball: Loyola has 44-42 halftime lead over Crespi
- EU officials agree in principle on Iran oil embargo
- Football: Sean Wale commits to Boise State
- 'Slavery By Another Name' explores 'shameful' U.S. history
- Scientists create living LED screens out of glowing bacteria
- Will 'Jupiter' be a stop on Natalie Portman's post-baby trip?
- Leonard Nimoy's former home is sold
- Palm Springs fest sheds light on foreign films, draws Oscar hopefuls
- Zooey Deschanel files for divorce from Ben Gibbard
- Dodgers spring-training tickets to go on sale Friday
- Return of Angels slugger Mark Trumbo delayed again
- 'Portlandia' is back, now with more 'Battlestar Galactica'
- Boys' basketball: Gabe York is sidelined by appendectomy
- Dow takes leave as CEO of SAG Producers Pension and Health Plans
- Opinion: Joe Torre and Rick Caruso aim for the Dodgers
- Iranian president expected to visit Latin America
- Theater Beat looks at the best of 2011
- Time Warner Cable 'interested' in Dodgers bid
- BMI launches On the Verge quarterly concert series
- Singer Youssou N'Dour to run for president of Senegal
- Keith Olbermann in spat with his Current TV bosses
- State Sen. Bob Huff elected new GOP leader
- Opinion: Should the crosses at Camp Pendleton come down?
- Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire to champion same-sex marriage
- Opinion: Michele Bachmann: What happened to the once-promising candidate?
- Montebello school board member Marcella Calderon dies of cancer
- Broadcasters take on FCC indecency rules in Supreme Court showdown
- Netflix stock jumps 11% on big streaming usage figure
- Reno air show should go on despite fatal crash, group says
- Republican contenders talk tough on Iran
- Tim Howard's endgame: Keeper scores!
- Laurel & Hardy and Ernie Kovacs: Kenneth Turan's DVD picks
- Mario Lopez, Courtney Mazza get engaged in Mexico
- Overturned conviction frees Texas man who served 31 years in rape
- Longtime home of late entertainer Ed McMahon sells for $3.475 million
- Manny Pacquiao's promoter to visit boxer in Philippines on Sunday
- Enter the Dragon: Swatch commemorates the Lunar New Year
- Motion Picture Home plans hit a snag on Capitol Hill
- DineLA's Restaurant Week: Jan. 22 to 27 and Jan. 29 to Feb. 3
- Mt. Rainier to reopen Saturday; gunman’s motive still a mystery
- Ducks' Jason Blake returns to different situation
- Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel are reportedly engaged
- Currently Coveting: Oscar de la Renta’s luxe headphones
- 'Bewitched' creator's home is sold
- Gun in my briefcase? Oops. Legislator says weapon slipped his mind
- UCLA football: Bruins don't face USC in season finale
- Seismic seizes $2 million in funding for social games
- 'Hugo,' 'Tree of Life' among shortlisted films for visual effects Oscar
- Rihanna, Chris Brown: Is the alleged Twitter affair getting ugly?
- State Sen. Sharon Runner back on lung transplant list
- Albert Camus died on this day in 1960
- David Beckham strips down for underwear ad; L.A. deal moves ahead
- Kanye West corrects confusion over new, eponymous clothing line
- Joe Torre adds to the best show the Dodgers have going
- Clippers have four players on All-Star ballot
- USC football: Trojans' 2012 schedule released
- PBS chief rejects Mitt Romney's call for Big Bird ads
- Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger says bum ankle is even worse now
- Jazz review: Chris Dingman Quartet at the Blue Whale
- Around Town: Films, screenings and more in L.A. this week
- Opinion: What the Iowa results mean for Romney, Santorum and Paul
- Girls' basketball: Aysia Shellmire scores 45 points for Burbank Burroughs
- Rodarte pair will design first opera costumes for L.A. Phil
- Angels spring-training tickets to go on sale Jan. 14
- 'Mankind The Story of All of Us' to premiere on History
- Breakfast gets interesting -- 'Albert Nobbs' exclusive clip
- BBC America gives details about its first original drama, 'Copper'
- Assemblyman tried to bring loaded gun on airplane, police say
- Disney partners with Comcast to provide ABC, ESPN on-demand
- Hugh Jackman teaming up with Aaron Sorkin on 'Houdini' musical
- iPhone 4S goes to China; Siri to start speaking Chinese in 2012
- Wikipedia collects record $20 million in latest fundraiser
- Sinead O'Connor reconciles with Barry Herridge, calls off divorce
- Who will be the next big-time college coach to leave for NFL?
- Walter Dean Myers named national ambassador for youth literature
- Universal Sports channel didn't disappear, it just seems that way
- Egypt's Islamists close to a sweeping elections victory
- Indiana becomes Midwest's newest labor law battleground
- Adele logs top-selling album and song of 2011
- Attention, grocery shoppers: Alec Baldwin is back on the air
- Larry Bowa: Joe Torre 'would be perfect' for Dodgers
- Yahoo swipes PayPal exec; EBay boss John Donahoe to run unit
- ACLU to North Carolina officials: Don't make beggars get permits
- Late Night: Stephen Colbert predicts Iowa caucus winner
- Nick Cannon hospitalized for kidney issues after Aspen holiday
- Is Joe Torre the right person to take over the Dodgers?
- Police kill armed 15-year-old at Texas school
- N.Y. man faces hate crime, arson counts in firebomb attacks
- Obama 2012 campaign joins Instagram on eve of Iowa caucuses
- Yahoo names PayPal's Scott Thompson new chief executive
- Book review: 'Return of the Repressed: Destroy All Monsters, 1973-1977'
- Persian lemon trees, a sweetly scented treat
- The Dave Eggers shower curtain
- Opinion: Council District 15: How uncoordinated are the candidates?
- Fashion: Where Obamas, Marc Jacobs, Heidi Klum spent the holidays
- The Morning Fix: Oprah scores! Martha Stewart getting the hook?
- Opinion: High-tech cars -- and equally high-tech security issues
- Boys' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Grocery chain drops Alec Baldwin ads after airline fuss
- Girls' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Joe Torre joining Rick Caruso in bid to buy Dodgers
- Serena Williams withdraws from Brisbane with ankle sprain
- Monster Mash: Taylor Swift eyes 'Les Miz'; Aretha Franklin, opera
- Black church in South Carolina declared landlord of KKK gift shop
- Two men get life 19 years after hate crime killing in Britain
- Frugal Fashion: Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow in check
- Football: Matt Barkley, Dayne Crist, Chris Potter honored for community work
- Chouinard, the influential L.A. art college, is revisited online
- Flying Ninjago thrill ride to debut in 2012 at Legoland Germany
- Oscar shorts: ‘Sailcloth’ features a silent John Hurt
- John McCain to endorse Mitt Romney in New Hampshire
- Opinion: Who deserves a second chance -- celebrity edition
- 'The Celebrity Apprentice' Season 5 cast pictures
- Mitt Romney leads the way to the next GOP battlefield: New Hampshire
- Obama bypassing Senate to appoint Richard Cordray consumer chief
- Missteps by the L.A. County Memorial Coliseum Commission; Norman Lear on fighting the good fight; The Times' 2012 wish list
- Up next for USC: vs. Arizona State
- Up next for UCLA: Thursday vs. Arizona
- Spurs' Manu Ginobili expected to be out at least two months
- Rupert Murdoch begins tweeting
- Scam Watch: Don't use easy passwords for online financial accounts
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- Strait talk with Iran
- London: Winter getaway for $1,200 includes hotel and airfare
- Businesses seek state's new 'benefit corporation' status
- The American Dietetic Assn. gets a new name
- The Louvins' brotherly (dis)harmony
- Where income inequality comes from
- Obama touts recess appointment: 'I refuse to take no for an answer'
- USC's Maurice Jones feels pressure to score, pass and do more
- Coronado slaying victims include 2 Navy pilots
- Boeing plans to close historic Wichita site
- Japan's tsunami has dealt lasting blow to family farms
- Self-deprecating humor still a mainstay for John McCain
- Obama circumvents Congress to make appointments
- Critic's Notebook: Grantland takes on the bigger world of sports
- Mild kidney failure: Nick Cannon hospitalized; what is this disease?
- Leonard Nimoy's former home is sold
- Filming in L.A. up 4% in 2011
- Two white men get life terms in '93 Britain killing of black teen
- Up next for Kings: Thursday vs. Phoenix
- Japanese automakers say goodbye to disaster-filled 2011
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- Quick Takes: 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' breaks Broadway record
- Review urges delay in borrowing billions for bullet train
- Paying homage to a Holocaust survivor's firm grip on life
- Liz Claiborne Inc. is changing its name to Fifth & Pacific Cos.
- Ducks lose to San Jose, 3-1, and Bob Murray is irritated
- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to attend service marking shooting anniversary
- Bypassing Congress, Obama will appoint three to NLRB
- 2012 Honda CR-V sports all-new looks inside and out
- Mark Trumbo's foot injury still hasn't healed
- In child care, being active may take back seat to safety, academics
- NBCUniversal drops plans for studio complex
- The DASH diet ranks best overall in U.S. News Best Diets 2012
- Fast Track: 50 Cent has grim news for fans
- Hackers reveal personal data of 860,000 Stratfor subscribers
- Bitter rivalry aside, John McCain endorses Mitt Romney
- After quick assessment, Perry says he'll campaign in South Carolina
- Steve Blake finishing what Derek Fisher starts
- Her case shows why healthcare privacy laws exist
- Romney's powerful start
- Netflix to premiere all eight episodes of 'Lilyhammer' at once
- Survey shows healthcare costs rising, benefits shrinking
- Motion picture nursing home plan hits snag in Washington
- Albert Pujols is no regular pupil for Angels' batting coach
- Ben Howland sees a hard matchup for UCLA against Arizona
- A bitter fight shaping up in 'mean' South Carolina
- Wild gray wolf still roaming California