- And now for something completely different
- Cher shows her flip side
- Witness accounts of attack on civilians revealed
- Oil fueling separatist fervor anew in Biafra
- Beethoven and a Barcalounger
- Terrell Hansen, 65; recipient of heart transplant inspired a novel
- The Orange County Republican politicos love and hate
- Calming voice sought in a restive region
- Maliki unveils effort to end bloodshed
- Oh, now the right wants to talk nice
- Other deaths
- The Right Choice
- Farrakhan has 12-hour surgery
- Taxiing plane clips another at JFK
- USC's Danelo found dead
- Genocide question hits home
- Plenty of prescriptions, but no cures
- Dissent case will test limits of officers' speech
- Titans end skid to Pacific
- Team tries to shake off tough loss
- Cincinnati holds on for victory
- Circumstances sometimes restrain inaugurations' pomp
- Mmmm, tastes like crocodile
- Now You Know
- Up-and-comer on Avenue of the Stars
- And the winner for awards show overload is ...
- The many upsides of going underground
- A fashion pioneer in a stylist-free era
- Defense saves the day for Colts
- U.S. PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON IRAN'S OIL FIELDS
- Going nowhere on the Westside
- Face cards
- Times printers vote to unionize
- Dashing for a cross and fortune
- Too bad Broncos can't buck the system
- USC shows pros how
- In Britain, wigs may be cast out of the courts
- A crash course in Arabic music
- Hits, misses on New Year's Eve
- THE RED RIDER
- The Agoraphobic's Holiday
- TOURS & CRUISES
- Late tax changes create opportunity, confusion
- Check that cancellation clause or bookings could be costly
- Changing China: good try, but no sale
- A bug's life
- Atop the world of the Maya
- Mad Max
- These will help you think warm thoughts
- Never Let Horse Sense Get in the Story's Way
- Fixer? Break it down
- Green, getting its legs
- BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS
- Sylvia Sidney, Hollywood (1931)
- Dionysian rave
- Where's Waldo McBurney? Still working at 104
- Momofuku Ando, 96; inventor's Cup Noodle became an instant hit
- Meyer picks best of leftovers
- Giants, Jets fuel flames
- Robber of O.C. bank, thrift is a return customer
- Bruins' loss an early wake-up call
- Dixie Meister wins by a nose
- Sounds to match to the 'Children of Men' vision
- A hard look at life on the kibbutz
- Coughlin faces tough adversary in Reid
- Final rankings
- Only one loss, but it's in conference
- Virginia Tech upsets Duke
- Wizards' defense proves offensive
- Seeing double wasn't even the half of it
- Reshaping the muse mold
- For these singing and dancing kids, life begins at '13'
- A patron at the helm?
- Arab nationalism's last gasp
- Unneeded ice becomes a Florida headache, cubed
- Bush aides lay groundwork for Iraq surge
- Ethiopia's intervention may destabilize region
- Week of homicides racks New Orleans
- Trojans profit from this margin
- Clippers slip in Atlanta
- 'The Sprites' thrives in Broadway's ecosystem
- Modern art's train reaches the station
- On Monday: mutual funds
- BESTSELLERS
- The Mumbai connection
- Today is disaster preparation day
- Carving their place in history
- Bird lovers, let passions take wing
- Bleak house
- A judicious salary
- A reverie runs through it
- Not a whiff of drug trade found in Tijuana stops
- Toys R Us honors baby after protests
- County to take title to Disney Hall
- Tom Wilson, 74; former Rams halfback fought to get benefits for NFL retirees
- In vote, can Cal touch 'em all?
- Kings end long skid against Red Wings
- Singh takes a three-shot lead
- Wallace leads Bulls past the Pistons
- AMPING IT UP:
- Oregon trail leads to UCLA's first loss
- Can you say 'James Brown'?
- His latest role: Coming clean
- Fire damages Century City office tower
- Setting the rules
- Snow sweeps 2 cars off highway
- In Maine, skiing gets its tribute
- Rural areas have a doctor deficiency
- Sarkisian, Kiffin drawing interest from other teams
- THREE POINTS
- COAST TO COAST
- Conjuring up an indie success
- Those reverse mortgages have pitfalls
- Let's force medical insurers to play fair
- LAX needs better transit connection
- Health education gets top marks
- Downtown's proof of potential
- Understanding statue's history
- Persian Palaces: Carefully Constructed or Full of Flaws?
- A dim view of executions
- Reports support breast surgery
- The Migrant Workers' Plight
- Irresponsible role?
- Average mortgage rates and indexes
- Screenwriters still get overlooked
- Pin some blame on city planners
- The Quickest Potluck Fix
- Successful or just well-connected?
- Farewell to the pricey perfume
- Airline attendants deserve praise
- Petty fan hopes for many more
- Neocons in the driver's seat again
- Hopes, fears amid transfer of power
- Treasuring That Delicious Goo
- Philanthropic? Not in business
- Gates Investigation Holder
- Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
- Marine Lance Cpl. Fernando Tamayo, 19, Fontana; among 4 troops killed in blast
- Offense
- Corp brings up the level with his passing, running
- Here's to good health
- Tyler makes the breaks
- Marine Cpl. Joshua D. Pickard, 20, Merced; killed by a sniper in Iraq
- He makes Eagles dare to be good
- Poly turns to Rowe to get things going
- The Beachcomber at Crystal Cove
- About earlier stories in this series
- Free beer
- Tijuana is glad police are back -- without guns
- TODAY
- Also
- L.A. police officer is shot in thigh; assailant is wounded
- Doomed flight changed course
- Defendants in New Orleans police shooting allowed bail
- Downloads
- Bill on Medicare drug cost is called weak medicine
- Stubble trouble
- Sailors' creed trumps landlubber's reckoning
- Carmichael returns to challenge Stewart
- Kerkorian increases stake in MGM Mirage
- N.Y. to share security-area status
- Was it virtue or betrayal?
- Janos Furst, 71; Hungarian violinist and conductor worked all over world
- Sailor 'knew the risks'
- Man hit, killed by commuter train
- Woman in power-pole crash dies
- Lakers are in the running
- Double dipping for all the chips
- Lesson 1: Beauty isn't skin deep
- Press operators at L.A. Times hold union vote
- Chavez denounced for canceling TV license
- EVERYBODY WILL KNOW IF IT'S PORK
- Governor promises a 'post-partisan' era
- High winds aren't over yet
- Schools takeover to get expedited hearing
- Epiphany a gift that is wrapped in varying meanings
- Bernard D. Meltzer, 92; co-wrote U.N. charter and prosecuted Nazis
- Clippers still not up to speed
- Grocers' suit over L.A. law will go to trial
- Trans fats transformed
- Bowwow factor is off the charts
- Indoors or out, this guy's the real deal
- Raise your mug
- Chief executive may not be a good fit for Gap, analysts say
- Kidnapped official recounts escape
- Army asks dead, injured to return
- A drink a day may aid blood pressure
- 76ers hire Brown as executive
- NFL Playoffs
- Eleanore Schoenfeld, 81; renowned cellist had taught at USC Thornton School since '59
- A nun with a nose for adventure
- Medici murder mystery
- Polish archbishop admits spying for communists
- Young conjuring most of his magic after halftime
- Las Vegas mayor has interest in the Chargers
- Have another burger
- American, 2 Iraqi interpreters abducted
- Job growth boosts fears of inflation
- A. Richard Newton, 55; tech pioneer at UC Berkeley
- USC prevails in second overtime
- Corbin Bleu is rockin' but has no time for misbehaving
- Convenience stores are thirsty for expansion
- Dreier shifts gears in a hurry
- Shipp brings positive energy
- Another Marsalis heard from
- Life in a 'bloody paradise'
- Goldman at top of M&A; advisor rankings
- Amateur scouting heads are fired
- Look out for the bit players
- Updated Journal writes its future
- Rivera loses syndicated program
- New anti-terrorism regulations planned
- San Pasqual is first step to Big 'Cap
- Museum unveils Eakins' 'Clinic'
- Tiny meteorite crashes into house
- Glitterati and gawkers shrug off ceremony
- PASSINGS
- Security breach empties Oakland Airport
- Boise State's Johnson tells the rest of fairy-tale finish
- Stocks sink on payroll picture
- Rights activist reports assault
- PASSINGS
- Peter, Toney will settle their differences tonight
- Witness didn't see fight, says friend
- San Francisco in Wi-Fi deal
- TROOP SURGE CAN'T BE BRIEF, BACKERS INSIST
- Irvine Co. executive to resign in June
- Bad weather hits United's bottom line
- Freddie Mac expects to post quarterly losses
- Man guilty in cartoon case
- How gut bacteria makes us fat, Part 2
- Gene linked to childhood cancer
- Boxer rescinds award to Islamic activist
- Mavericks defeat Spurs, extend win streak to 13
- Ewing is determined to make every minute count
- Shakespeare meets Sondheim
- Google moves to boost its presence in China
- Tanzanian woman chosen for No. 2 post at United Nations
- GM chief executive expects more job cuts
- Nations push for peacekeepers
- Suspect is arrested in killing of girl, 14
- Lack of physical proof didn't deter jury
- 2 accused of sabotaging traffic lights
- Odom: 2-3 more weeks
- Book clubs evolve as page-turners
- Malawi OK with Madonna as mom
- A world of risk for direct sales
- First American restates earnings
- Struggling VaxGen cuts costs, seeks alternatives
- Justices to consider school sports rules
- Ex-analyst sentenced in inside trading case
- Unusually warm weather puts the East Coast in early bloom
- Billie Jean Cherry, 82; guilty in bank failure that cost taxpayers $664 million
- The Navy is tone deaf on whales
- Pellicano allowed to defend himself
- Mandatory dental exams called 'a baby step' for children's health
- Michael Caine back in 'Sleuth'
- Toasting Toscanini
- Designs on L.A.
- A drug for pooches dragging paunches
- XM misses forecast for subscribers
- Insurgents prove slippery in U.S.-Iraqi hunt in rural east
- The books that read women
- County administrator finalists announced
- Ducks collapse at finish
- TODAY
- Canucks beat Oilers, 6-4, and run win streak to six
- Cowher goes on the family plan
- Refinery burn-off may have run afoul of new AQMD rule
- Vegas shows post closing notices
- Motorola warns of weak earnings
- Fatah wants justice for killings
- Boxer to fill in for Johnson on panel
- Spy pick: low-key but 'rock-solid'
- The Nuggets' problems defy easy answers
- Singh leads by one in Hawaii
- Georgia Tech suspends a standout
- Quite a bang at the bank too
- Rose bloom is off without Edwards
- Power is restored
- Never forget
- Everybody's bowled over
- Fooled again
- Pauline Kael, an auteurist or no?
- Greatness isn't a one-time deal
- Alternative ideas to help homeless
- C'mon. The sound was just horrible
- Risks, rewards of transplants at USC
- Job evaluations of Bush, others
- The 'Dancing,' ballet reviews are right in step
- Where blame lies for failures in jails
- Force senators to defend their views
- Winning always gets point across
- The books that read women
- Top 10 U.S. foundations
- The EU's ugly little challenge
- Martin Kruskal, 81; mathematician's wave research rippled through sciences
- Opinion: Scoop -- or gaffe -- of the year
- Opinion: He's a maverick, not a Ford
- Opinion: Governor Post-Partisan