- Iraq Kurds Shortchanged, They Say, by Massive U.S. Cash Drop
- Gunman Arrested After Mall Siege; 6 Injured
- Crews Get Upper Hand in Ventura Fire
- Fullerton Takes Opener
- Clippers Exploit Their Good Nature
- Everything old is skewed again in fun 'Chaperone'
- Heading toward the 'dark side'
- The midnight hour, and Tut's a sellout
- A helping of turkey
- Driven to Rebuild the City
- Iran Warns Watchdog It May Bar Inspections
- Coyotes Keep Blue Jackets Down, 5-1
- Sorenstam Wins 10th Tour Title of Season
- Timing of Possible Sale May Work Against Knight Ridder
- French Justice on the Fast Track
- Long Shots Fail USC in Overtime
- Complex portrait of an American literary icon
- Vasher Picks and Bears Roll
- Putin Says He'll Stick to Pacific Pipeline Plan
- Mayor Talks Tough to Push School Takeover
- Chinese Automakers Find Routes to Western Markets
- No Kidding: Americans Acquiring Taste for Goat
- Focus Turns to Game Plan for Showdown With USC
- Brown Can Look and Learn
- Auto Industry Shifts Hybrids Into High Gear
- Wal-Mart Up Against a Stagnant Stock Price
- An impassioned Lakatos spans genres on the violin
- Survival, at a cost
- Two Years After Surgery, Twins Come Home
- Bush Skirts Rights Issue
- U.S., Iraqis Target Alleged Al Qaeda Cell
- Magazine Pulls No Punches on Films
- Anti-Union Activists Hope to Create Son of Prop. 75
- MTA Sees Success in Orange Line
- Old Values Survive at Newland
- A sensuous upholding of the family tradition
- Gang violence
- Fix it, Governor
- A stretch to help you stay loose at work
- Seminary's reforms should be noted
- Gelernter, Lincoln and the pledge
- A hard look at teens and their world
- Movie profits have little to do with politics
- Costs over compassion?
- USC vs. Fresno State
- "Rebuke"
- The secret heart of old Marrakech's old opens up at a historic guesthouse
- Linfield Lights It Up in 63-21 Rout of Occidental
- 6 million Muslim stories waiting to be told
- The moral hypocrite in the Vatican
- Al Frazier, 75; Member of West Coast-Based Vocal Group the Rivingtons
- Holiday deals are in the cards
- Office Stress Relief May Mean Hockey Games in Hallway
- Ex-Rumsfeld Aide's Office Is Investigated
- Palestinian Official Quits, May Run for Seat
- He Died Serving U.S.; Now He's a Citizen
- Stanford Is Sack Lunch for Cal
- Granato Checks Ego, Returns as Assistant
- It's Not Just a Car Chase
- Wanted: more eyes on art thieves
- Looking Back at the Brawl
- Bush Makes Up for Lost Ground
- Powers of creative suggestion
- Humility at its most radiant
- Byrne, back to battle O'Neill
- The Ground Bears Witness to a Genocide
- Few holiday air deals; lots of stuffing
- Dive into a world of coral
- Her luggage and her lips are zipped
- Hit-and-miss advice on foreclosures
- Stress is a given on vacation, so plan on it -- and then relax
- 'Greatest of All Time' Honored in Hometown
- Advocates Have Hope for Pot Ballot Measure
- Food Banks Struggle to Aid the Hungry on Holiday
- Almost Bush-Whacked
- Birmingham Senior Makes Girls' History
- Bryzgalov's Record Is Deceiving
- Marbury Needs to Take Brown's Coaching to Heart
- Dodgers Interview Fregosi
- USC Coach Takes on a Remodel
- Disney Concert Hall now lights up the night
- Pretty. Gritty.
- Beyond just beautiful
- Cool clips, even if they often fly under the radar
- A Dickens of a street fair for the Christmas season
- Cellphones for Little Hands
- Immersed in his verse
- BESTSELLERS
- It's Mostly Business as Bush Meets Hu in China
- Spokane Mayor Violated Law, Investigator Says
- Federer Sweeps Way to Final
- The Odd One Out in Office Lotto Pool
- 200 Foster Children in L.A. County Join New Families on Adoption Day
- King Demitra Takes Three
- Sharing their good fortune
- Miami's Title Hopes Blitzed
- In hip-hop, beats do the talking
- In pursuit of a treasure
- Australia: Experience life on a farm
- WORD WATCH
- How to make an honest case for Iraq
- Buying gap or overlap?
- Playground diplomacy
- Polio Vaccine's Contamination Described
- Small Plane With 4 Aboard Crashes
- Rapper Urges Clemency for Killer
- Raiders Edge Sooners
- Fresno's Brain Drain Has Left the Town Smarting
- Edward P. Ancona, 84; Helped Standardize Colors on Television
- Grocery Chain Will Have to Hold Holiday Fixings
- Iraqis Clash in Cairo
- Irvine Surprises No. 13 Stanford
- Engle Able to Carry Esperanza to Title
- Brown Could Be Out Two Weeks
- Hawaii Puts Cramp in Spartans' Start
- Moccasin Is a Good Fit for 4 Unbeaten Fillies
- Better to Just Sleep Right Through It in the End
- He'll up any ante
- Fire in the belly
- The Virtuous Turkey
- Wall St. Looks Hard for Sense of Direction
- The lingering chill of war
- Thousands Demand New Vote for Parliament
- 'Unification Baby' Seen as Omen by N. Koreans
- Yo, Taxi! It's Time to Roll Into the 21st Century
- U.S. Backs Squeezing Oil From a Stone
- 'We're here because you were there'
- Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Allan C. Espiritu, 28, Menifee; Killed in Blast
- Motorist, 18, Arrested After Deadly Accident
- Ed Peterson, 100; Seed Collector Helped Preserve California's Native Plants
- He Really Knows How to Fight Traffic
- Not Much Is Enough for UCLA
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Smith, Musgrave Win Truck Title
- Steps toward safety
- Getting dolled up for the kids
- A performance of daring originality, ferocious honesty
- L.A. Teams Meet at Crossroads
- Help for homeless children
- Auburn Puts Hurt on Alabama
- King Kong holds court along with his offspring
- Is Focus on 'Illegal' or 'Workers'?
- Unarmed Police Officer Killed in Northern City
- Sen. Obama's Stock Quietly Rises
- Kenya Finds Itself Divided Into Bananas and Oranges
- A rush to executions
- 4 Held in Attempt to Buy Child
- October food safety violations in O.C.
- Army Sgt. Arthur A. Mora Jr., 23, Pico Rivera; Among 3 Killed by Roadside Bomb
- 500,000-Gallon Water Spill Creates Mudslide
- Military Deaths
- Vanderbilt Vaults Over Rocky Top
- Working up a blues streak
- Reviews spelled out in four-word letters
- Cassell Played Friday With a Heavy Heart
- Wilson Seeks Record Fifth Title in Row
- Busy Baylor Beats Indiana, 74-62
- A no-nonsense voice for Latin America
- Unveiled, unvarnished
- Leaders Cautious in Qualifying
- Quake Aid to Pakistan Now at $5.8 Billion
- Jackson Calls for Housing Extension
- Take bad intel, twist it, and run with it
- 'Black tax' -- the tithe that binds
- Alito and the Death Penalty
- A Dying Art: Bringing Dolls Back to Life
- Georgia Aquarium Becomes Biggest Fish in a Big Pond
- Los Alamitos Aces Final for I-A Title
- In Middle East, Diplomacy Is the New Word of Day
- Buckeyes Get Their Share
- Her legacy lives on at the Geffen
- Dolphins' Frerotte Returns
- Self-affirmation, light on swagger
- Nylander and Jagr Set Up Ranger Win
- Singular landscape in rock country
- Cultivating cafe society
- A silent gem rescued from the great beyond
- DEA Agent's Accused Killer Escapes Prison
- When blini are involved, dieting takes a holiday
- A critic's choices
- High-Tech Pillows Give Balkans Peacekeepers a Pleasant Earful
- Missionaries' Mission at Issue
- Brewery May Serve Up Pre-Columbian Mysteries
- FOUR JOKES
- Democrats' War Opposition Not a United Front
- Pollock, Warhol Works Swiped From Museum
- Just in Time for the Holidays, Get Your Own Piece of Tinseltown
- Woman Fatally Wounded by Husband's Suicide Gunshot
- It Wasn't the Exit They Expected
- The Nickel Package
- Flu Epidemic of 1918 Sent Chills Through State
- Saved from Doogie -- by Barney
- The sorceress' apprentice
- 2,500 Arrested Before Katrina Are Still in Limbo
- Attack secrets, not leaks
- Suspect in 4 Shootings Arrested in Phoenix
- Looking to Sew It Up
- Oregon Romps to Keep BCS Bid in Its Sights
- Coaches Take Their Chances
- Mixing it up in movies
- Dodgers Hit Home Run With Colletti
- Trojans Really Didn't Need the Aggravation
- THE MATCHUPS
- Mavericks Give Pistons First Loss
- Song's legacy will live on, even as the carrier bids adieu
- Missing Man Survives 3 Days in Backcountry
- The survivor
- Storm Kills 12 in Belize, Honduras
- The House of Wax Gets the Ax
- Recovery
- Pen-point attacks
- Family's Plight Shows Inflation's Bite
- The colorful bounty of Tuscany
- Who's the real Alito?
- 'We Are Not Such Monsters'
- At a Hometown Farewell, Schroeder Does It His Way
- Chechens Tell of Terrifying Attacks on a Dark Road
- Security Efforts Falling Through Cross-Border Cracks
- New Homeowners Rolling the Dice on State's Rivers
- Suzanne Rosza, 82; Violinist Helped Form Amadeus Quartet
- Suspected CHP Killer Is the Son of an Officer Gone Bad
- West Covina Twins 1-2 in Division I
- Deal of the week
- Leaving a Legacy That Goes Beyond Money
- Resort lift fees are on the way up
- The Pleasure Principle
- Prince Charles Sues British Newspaper
- DISCOVERIES
- Every picture tells a story
- Fireplace disagreement is heating up
- Down With Pumpkin Pie
- ABCs of school reform
- A Felicitous Blend of Old, New
- Ventura Wildfire Is Partially Contained
- In the grand European tradition
- China Says Bird Flu Still Spreading
- Gulf's Loss Is Ship's Gain
- In Illinois, Historic Courthouse May Spring Back to Life
- Gridlock City
- Road Full of Obstacles Made 'Rent' Overdue
- Digging for gems with a 24-karat friend
- BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS
- Reelpolitik
- Capital savings in the Czech Republic
- Is Donald Trump overplaying his hand?
- You Are Here
- Japan Counts on Reform to Make Rebound Real
- California Camelots
- Land of a Thousand Dances
- Diverse direction
- The legality of garage conversions
- Some fresh air needed
- Average mortgage rates and indexes
- Destroying wilderness
- The error of budgeting by ballot box
- Product placement in Times editorials?
- Insurance pays off for cancellations
- Wrestling Fair and Square
- State's Busy Leaders Failed to Keep Nissan
- The lasting legacy of Tombstone
- 'Chick' challenges
- Many tourists go willingly into the traps
- Opportunity lost
- Home inventory software for free
- A Bus Ride to Destiny
- Getting your ducts in order
- Shaky future
- A Boy Looking for Acceptance Becomes a Man of Conscience
- Honesty becomes an issue in Iraq war
- Another Suggestion to Fix Initiative Process
- The death penalty deserves serious debate
- Airbus Says Its Design Cuts Room for Error
- Workers' Comp Law Needs Different Remedy
- Liver transplant program at UCI center
- New York stories
- Stress is a given on vacation, so plan on it -- and then relax
- Hurricane helper
- Marrakech's new Euro chic
- Plaza revival breathes new life into Magnolia Center
- How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of 'Curveball'
- Paterno Still Hasn't Lost It
- Truth, and other overrated ideas
- California's calamity in waiting
- Giving thanks for the turkeys
- Take your pills, ignore your belly
- Tamiflu Declared Safe Despite Deaths in Japan
- Three films for yuletide: ho-ho-hum
- Accord Reached on 'Open Skies'
- What do women want?
- In a Changing China, Bush Seeks to Build on U.S. Ties
- President-Elect Plans to Meet Rebel Leader
- The New Player in Pro Sports
- San Pedro Toughs It Out to Win Title
- Also
- Zonker doesn't tan, but strip still skewers
- Founder of Pot Clubs Fatally Shot in Robbery
- Lobbyist Charged in Fraud Inquiry
- Charles Sues Paper Over China Diary
- Old Home Week for Hancock
- Loyola Rolls Past BYU