- The Morning Fix: 'Avatar' buzz is strong. Reality bites. Paramount thinks small. '2012' huge in China. Jeff Zucker's new deal.
- 'Survivor': Has Russell secured his spot in the final two?
- Lisa Girion moves from Business to Metro as projects reporter
- Latest USOC reform group shows promise by avoiding usual suspects
- Dodd cancels appearance with Biden to deal with Senate votes
- The Deal: Chestnuts & Papaya offering 25% off selected items through Tuesday
- Beets: How to choose, store and prepare:
- Coming to L.A.: The Ketel One Canteen food truck
- Opinion: Joe Biden parachutes into Connecticut today to help embattled Chris Dodd, still back from Iowa (Updated)
- Tony Awards' decision on 'Oleanna' shows inconsistency in dramatic revival category
- Can TCW convince nervous fund investors to stay?
- Gene Barry dies at 90; star of 'Bat Masterson' and co-star of 'La Cage aux Folles'
- 'Yours Ever' by Thomas Mallon
- Dodgers' cost at winter meetings not an arm and a leg, just 2 arms
- Gene Barry dies at 90; star of 'Bat Masterson' and co-star of 'La Cage aux Folles'
- First Peeps store is a mecca for all their 'peeple'
- A big wheel of big wheels
- 'Broken Embraces'
- 'Yours Ever' by Thomas Mallon
- Polanski lawyer asks appeals panel in L.A. to toss original case
- Helping Iran's student protesters
- Gunmen hold dozens of Philippine villagers hostage
- California gets $4 million in back wages for Mercury Cos. workers
- 'A Single Man' info
- 'Carlos Amorales: Discarded Spider' at Orange County Museum of Art
- War plays a role in peace, Obama says at Nobel ceremony
- Divorce didn't divvy ornaments
- Editor & Publisher, Kirkus Reviews to be shut
- Friday's Highlights
- Few troubled mortgages being modified permanently
- Men's AP top 25 results for Thursday
- Stephanopoulos joins ABC's morning crew
- Final phase of Playa Vista approved
- Up next for the Ducks: Friday at Detroit
- Review: 'A Single Man'
- The Dodgers say it all with their silence
- Iraqi prime minister answers irate lawmakers on security
- Field is narrowed for next USOC chief executive
- MTA approves South L.A.-South Bay light-rail line
- Rafael Acosta -- a.k.a. 'Juanito' -- quits as president of Mexico City neighborhood
- 2010 Jeep Wrangler four-door Rubicon: The last American Chrysler
- Filmmaker bristles over Australia's barring of North Korean artists
- House OKs $3.9 billion in earmarks in spending bill
- Hawks rout Bulls, 118-83
- H1N1 Affected 1 in 6 Americans
- Moreno Valley barbers win partial settlement of lawsuit alleging racial profiling
- 'Glenn Ligon: Off Book'
- Glenn Ligon gets Obama's vote
- Latin America poised for economic rebound
- 'Four Seasons Lodge'
- CalPERS, CalSTRS see long-term credit ratings lowered
- Horoscope: Dec. 11
- Venice landlord describes attack on victim of rape-slaying
- Angels' Jose Arredondo to sit out 2010
- A reality check for TV series producers
- Taming dogs with a mean streak
- NCR buys DVD Play to better compete with Redbox
- Man to plead guilty in Erin Andrews case
- Obama's faith in diplomacy backed up with firepower
- Fixed-rate mortgages still averaging well below 5%
- Court cites rights failure by Mexico in Juarez killings of women
- Shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine appears to be easing in California
- Hyde Lounge at Staples Center info
- Hyde Lounge at Staples Center
- Lakers have 10-game winning streak, and Pau Gasol is a big reason
- Al Thornton's turnaround fueled by diet, demotion
- The Moth gives storytellers center stage
- Video game sales drop despite Modern Warfare 2
- 'The Vicious Kind' info
- Women's AP top 25 results for Thursday
- Variety putting 'pay wall' to the test
- Angels leave winter meetings with a loss, but all is not bleak
- Senate health debate hits snag over imported drugs
- Kurt Rambis survives being thrown to the Wolves
- Honduras backs out of safe passage offer for Zelaya
- Blackwater joined CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, sources say
- Veteran health administrator backs public option
- L.A. lawyer's shooting death in Rolling Hills Estates declared a homicide
- Kevin O'Neill stresses patience in taking care of the basketball
- Testimony ends in trial of ex-Broadcom exec William Ruehle
- Enforcement of nations' reduction promises is an obstacle at climate talks
- Cardinals aren't a mirage
- New Paramount division will think small
- 'Broken Embraces'
- Happening today
- Review: 'Invictus'
- Lakers' Phil Jackson and Timberwolves' Kurt Rambis will reunite for a night
- Elphaba understudy meets 'Wicked' audience challenge
- Oaks Christian High's Malcolm Jones is Gatorade national football player of the year
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Water board moves to enforce ban on trash in L.A. River
- Fallen teammate is with them at every step
- Fatal storm leaves Midwest cold and windy
- Southern Section championships put on the biggest show
- Glasspool is in the eye of an Anglican storm
- CBS taps TV industry veteran to run its two Los Angeles stations
- Interest in Tiger is only natural
- Oaks Christian, Serra to meet in championship game
- A dark Arctic tale set after the ice melts
- Kings win in their longest shootout
- Metrolink's CEO could be moved aside
- Promised stairs to the sea are not all built
- 'The Vicious Kind'
- 'The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty' info
- Young Latinos seem to face a tougher future
- Hilary Duff's brat is tamed in 'According to Greta'
- Specs: 2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 4x4
- Friday's TV Talk Shows: Oprah previews her White House holiday special
- Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Minnesota
- 'Invictus'
- 'Four Seasons Lodge' info
- Utah snaps Orlando's winning streak
- Business Briefing
- 'The Lovely Bones' info
- Review: 'The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty'
- Elliott makes 22 saves, helps Senators shut out Flyers, 2-0
- Swine flu has hit about 1 in 6 Americans, CDC says
- Cortines unveils plan to dismantle and rebuild Fremont High
- Sam Farmer's NFL picks for Week 14
- Review: 'The Lovely Bones'
- Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and other publications to be sold to consortium
- Goldman Sachs scraps cash bonuses for 30 top executives
- The Black List: what it can, and cannot, do for Hollywood filmmaking
- NAIA Cal Baptist stuns Pepperdine
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Up next for USC basketball: Friday vs. Idaho State
- Notre Dame has its man: Brian Kelly
- 2 charged in huge Santa Barbara wildfire
- Investigating a city of his past
- '2012' takes China's filmgoers by storm
- Israeli settlements are more than legitimate
- Detroit defeats Denver for fourth consecutive victory
- Democrats select Perez as next Assembly speaker
- Pay caps extended for firms that took bailouts
- The Michael Jackson memorial; stalled jobless benefits; John Kerry on Osama bin Laden
- Recipients of United States Artists grants can get creative with spending them
- MLB Network's Peter Gammons gambit
- U.S. Mint blocks frequent fliers' scheme to collect easy miles
- For the record - Dec. 11, 2009
- Andrea Lieberman sells her Hollywood Hills home for $1,800,625
- Ruben Blades sells his L.A. home for $2,415,000
- Thomas Hoving dies at 78; controversial art world figure
- Friday's TV Highlights: A pair of pregnancy scares on 'Ugly Betty'
- Blackwater reportedly joined CIA raids in Iraq, Afghanistan
- Online ads lure some to send healthcare opinions to lawmakers
- Friday's poll: What are the 3 best baseball movies of the last 35 years?
- Boys' basketball: No. 6 Serra defeats No. 13 Centennial
- Heidi Androl back on the job for Kings' game
- Reader photo of the day: Cat + feather duster = mess
- Animal lovers' calendar: Weekend of Dec. 12-13 and beyond
- No track season for D.J. Morgan
- California animal shelters' plague: Not a rain of frogs, but a rain of Chihuahuas
- Football: Crenshaw gets attention in Wall Street Journal
- James Cameron biographer says the 'Avatar' director is half scientist, half artist
- Friday's TV Talk Shows: Oprah previews her White House holiday special
- Boys' basketball: Loyola improves to 6-0
- 'Big Love': Have a Juniper Creek Christmas
- Boys' basketball: Harvard-Westlake regains winning ways
- Gas drilling in Wyoming is suspended over concerns over elk population
- A happy ending is in the works for rescued farm animals at foreclosed Rhode Island sanctuary
- Caregiving is largely a woman's job. Still.
- Drewiske in, Ivanans out for Kings ... and NHL visits Staples Center to prepare for the 2010 draft
- Asymmetrical arm swings may signal Parkinson's disease
- USC football: Taylor Mays is a three-time All-American
- End your social networking life with Seppukoo
- PREACH IT! 'Jersey Shore' fans: Help me shed my Chihuahua shame
- 'Top Chef': Death by mushrooms
- Frederic Fekkai salon wants to make you over for weekend holiday parties
- Paramount to launch micro-budget movie division
- Football: Chino coach resigns
- Console, game sales down 7.6% in November, NPD says
- Latin America Digest: Today's one-line news briefs
- UCLA football: Forbath receives Lou Groza Award
- 'It's Complicated': Why the MPAA prefers smoking guns to smoking pot
- 2009 in Focus: Best of Times photography
- Kings' music man makes Vancouver Olympic team
- Ministry of Gossip Q&A: Harry Potter's Tom Felton
- Jeweler: White House gate-crasher's watch a fake
- Opinion: Obama toasts the inventor of dynamite -- Text
- To catch an American jaguar
- Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig shake down the house on Broadway -- for record AIDS donations
- Art review: Zaki at Steve Turner Contemporary
- Art review: Marcia Roberts at Rosamund Felsen Gallery
- No more 'business time' for 'Flight of the Conchords"
- Art review: Natasa Prosenc's video 'Mud' at Ruth Bachofner Gallery
- Mickey Rourke's whiplash menace in 'Iron Man 2'
- Moorpark has seven nominees to military academies
- Art review: Susan Anderson at Kopeikin Gallery
- Blockbuster partner buys DVDPlay, heating up competition with Redbox
- 'Top Chef: Las Vegas': Michael Voltaggio on his win, talking trash and why the viewers turned on him
- Theater review: 'Tea at Five' at Alhecama Theatre
- Casden forecast remains gloomy for office landords
- Chris Dufresne: Notre Dame finally gets it right and hires Brian Kelly
- Bocuse d'Or contestants are announced for February competition
- Boys' basketball: Woolridge is rapping for Tennessee
- Hot Property photographs
- Chloramine in the water, controversy in the air
- Football: It's an emotional Malcolm Jones
- 'Looped' confirmed for Broadway in March
- New boss at CBS' television stations in Los Angeles
- Movie projector: 'Princess and the Frog' and 'Invictus' will need strong word of mouth
- Duke Helfand moves to Business desk as healthcare reporter
- State gets back pay for laid-off Mercury Cos. workers
- Sneak peek: Inside Rolling Greens' new L.A. store
- Clippers gearing up for long week ahead
- The plug gets pulled on Kirkus. Who will it hurt?
- TCW to hold conference call for investors
- Los Angeles-area foreclosure rate increases in October
- Agent Provocateur unveils its luxury Soiree collection at Melrose Avenue boutique
- VIDEO: 'Is Tiger Feeling Lucky Today?' aka 'This is your gossip on Google'
- Football: Will Crespi put up the big bucks?
- Hollywood's box-office bonanza: Why are we still going to the movies?
- Brits say swine flu is mild, corroborating other reports
- Bloomberg buys New Energy Finance market research firm
- Entertainment roundup: Billboard, Hollywood Reporter sold
- Kobe Bryant upset about question
- Opinion: It's official: Kasim Reed clinches Atlanta mayoral race
- Advisor: Manny Pacquiao would "prefer not" to fight at Staples Center
- Florida Panthers radio announcer creates a following
- Obama administration reports only 31,382 mortgages have been permanently modified under its program
- Casual sex and psych 101
- New York Racing Assn. announces new policy to protect retired racehorses from slaughter
- Galaxy denies that Landon Donovan transfer to England is a done deal
- Last chance to see Dora De Larios retrospective
- Debbie Liebling confirmed as new production chief at Universal Pictures
- It's official: George Stephanopoulos named new anchor of 'Good Morning America'
- Complete book coverage for Dec. 13, 2009
- Thursday Shopping Update: Zachary's Smile anniversary party, West 3rd Street Holiday Shopping, Stacia sample sale
- Thursday's question: Who will win and should win the Heisman Trophy?
- Kobe Bryant leads everybody in All-Star voting; Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol getting attention
- UCLA basketball: Update on Josh Smith injury
- Opinion: The latest editor and publisher to go belly up
- Home Tour: Traditional cottage with fresh interior
- Your morning adorable: Dogs play in Belarus park
- After walkout, Congressional Black Caucus gets $6 billion in added spending
- Football: Crespi coach Ross resigns
- Football: Malcolm Jones is Gatorade national player of the year
- Nobel laureate's lint-remover: First Lady Michelle Obama
- Hollywood Reporter, Billboard sold
- Lots of talk -- and some action -- at end of winter meetings
- House passes $1.1-trillion spending measure
- Goldman Sachs amends pay practices to stifle criticism
- What Facebook's Beacon settlement means for those involved
- Calder Quartet takes center stage
- Mortgage rates creep back up
- Time Warner's Bewkes says goodbye to AOL and hello to content
- Osteoporosis drug may prevent breast cancer
- Geoff Johns has a running plan for the Flash: 'It's superhero 'CSI' ''
- 'Top Chef': The honest judge
- IOC needed to dump tennis, not add mixed doubles
- Consumer Confidential: AOL reborn, more wealth, Burka Barbie
- Fergie and Josh Duhamel just fine at 'Nine' premiere
- Public split over Democratic, Republican control of Congress -- Democrats have lost a 25-point edge
- Made in California: It's a low-cost craft-o-rama
- Winter meetings end with chilly draft
- Opinion: Obama accepts Nobel, lays out stance on foreign policy
- Opinion: Jenny Sanford makes 'fascinating people of 2009' list
- Senate gets down to healthcare debate, but will have the weekend off
- Boys' basketball: Wednesday's scores
- Girls' basketball: Wednesday's scores
- Tiger Woods and Barack Obama share some cover time
- Football: Merrill, Subish in running for Rudy award
- Wasteland Clothing to officially open its fourth location -- in Burbank -- on Friday
- 'Modern Family': Deck the halls of parenting
- Opinion: Kudos for Obama's peace prize defense of 'just war'
- Monster Mash: Frank Gehry headed Down Under; Smithsonian settles asbestos suit; James Franco gets chatty
- Angels lose 2 pitchers in Rule 5 draft
- Barbara Walters' '10 Most Fascinating People of 2009': observations, and a poll
- Farmers market combats fruit flies with fans
- Andretti Autosport adds Camarillo driver Charlie Kimball to Indy Lights team
- What We're Reading: ReadyMade magazine's idea<br> for a DIY modernist menorah for Hanukkah
- Chris Cuomo bids farewell to 'Good Morning America,' heading to '20/20'
- Coffee won't make you sober
- Dodgers: Tidbits from the Rule 5 draft
- West Virginia wind farm project stopped to protect endangered bat
- Don't count on diet soda to get you through this season of weight gain, researcher warns
- DUBAI: Not a time for ridicule
- Geithner defends extension of bank bailout program
- Obama uses Nobel speech to explain his foreign policy doctrine
- Fearful legacy?: 'Bending Toward the Sun'
- The Morning Fix: Spin firm flap! Time Warner-Fox battle may hit FCC. Weed means R for 'It's Complicated'
- Senators press FAA for action on pilot fatigue
- 'Glee': We'll miss it
- MUSLIM WORLD: Barbie's 50th anniversary Islamic makeover
- Made in California: Ceramics for all tastes and budgets
- 'Top Chef: Las Vegas' finale: In the end, the risks pay off
- Former Cal State Fullerton star Phil Nevin to manage double-A for Tigers
- NYC Ballet does double duty
- 'Correction' camp on Wall Street at 17-year high
- Opinion: Text of Barack Obama Nobel Prize acceptance lecture
- Opinion: Not quite almost 1 in 5 agrees with Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
- Opinion: Breaking: Barbara Walters rejects Sarah Palin again, picks Michelle Obama as Most Fascinating Person
- NEA report shows declining attendance in arts events nationwide
- L.A. Unified's magnet test scores together at last
- 'Bob Dylan Revisited'
- Bone marrow transplant 'gets rid of' sickle cell anemia
- The plot thickens in battle over author's estate
- Animal shelters seeing glut of Chihuahuas
- Medicare expansion idea raises healthcare reform hopes
- Island Nations Propose Two Protocols To Secure Their Survival