- Big retailers report robust quarterly profits
- Obama meets with small-business leaders
- Quick Takes: Larry King hits the stage
- Indian court convicts 31 of murder, conspiracy in train fire
- Algeria to lift state of emergency
- Southwest Airlines offers free inflight access to iTunes -- and some free music too
- Stocks fall again as oil briefly hits $100 a barrel
- Obama administration drops defense of anti-gay marriage law
- Have questions about BPA's safety? Don't ask Maine Gov. Paul LePage
- Egypt's 'Day of Rage' not inspired by Chicago rampage
- New state ethics watchdog may seek end to posting allegations of wrongdoing
- Horoscope: Feb. 23
- Kings' Marco Sturm is ready to play but Scott Parse is hurting
- Q&A: The Defense of Marriage Act
- Inter Milan is in trouble after 1-0 loss to Bayern Munich
- Libyan opposition reportedly seizes key western city
- A silent milestone for Clarence Thomas
- Lalo Schifrin lit fuse of many composers
- Report on Ruben Salazar's death won't end suspicions around the case, friends say
- Poll: Scientists say animal research ethically complicated, but necessary
- Clippers set to deal Baron Davis to Cavaliers for Mo Williams
- Robert Rizzo's lawyer says no laws were broken in Bell scandal
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- Busting the unions
- New Zealand rescue teams scramble to find quake survivors
- Amazon.com launches video-streaming service
- USC is notified of NCAA allegations involving Lane Kiffin's stint at Tennessee
- Report: GOP budget cuts would hit U.S. economy
- Kings beat the Ducks, 3-2, to finish trip with a flourish
- Cash deals push US home sales higher in January
- Home prices edge toward double dip
- Zach Grenier basking on stage, screen and TV
- Friends from high school to the Oscars
- Antidepressants: How do they work? A Web chat Thursday can provide answers
- What is the UC system worth?
- The scourge of Somalia
- No Fannie, no Freddie
- Farm-raised kids are less prone to asthma. Who gets the credit? Germs, researchers say.
- Experian adds rental payment histories to credit reports
- It's not rocket science, but it's a win for Caltech
- Royal family didn't roll out the red carpet for 'The King's Speech'
- Judge OKs deputy's lawsuit alleging retaliation after Mel Gibson arrest
- Federal officials open probe of Toyota Highlander hybrid SUVs
- Hope for quake survivors fading as New Zealand rescuers sift through rubble
- Decade-long fight over aerial tanker contract set to end
- Blogger poses as David Koch in prank call to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
- UCLA hopes to wake up against Arizona State on Thursday
- Foreign turmoil finally hits Wall St.
- Royal family didn't roll out the red carpet for 'The King's Speech'
- London calling? Check out Shoreditch area for lodging and more
- Cellphones stimulate our cells, but is that a bad thing?
- CLEAN OUT OF THE BREAK
- Renewable energy 'on' switch
- Lakers tonight: Lakers face Trail Blazers
- It's a whole new ballgame for Dodgers' Mattingly
- USC's Kevin O'Neill, Arizona's Derrick Williams are crying foul
- Drug addiction hijacks several areas of the brain -- and almost all of one's life
- Gallup poll: Obama's approval ratings fell across U.S. in 2010
- Living life to the beat of an anvil and hammer
- In Egypt, loved ones search for those who didn't return from protest
- Trip to the gym before walk down aisle
- Battleground Wisconsin
- Radiation from cellphone antenna boosts brain activity, study finds
- Safety on the basepaths? Angels will let it slide
- New York City gets its own public-smoking ban. Who's next?
- 'Shedding for the Wedding' info
- Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla to have surgery on forearm
- What will Apple's future be without Steve Jobs?
- New Zealand earthquake: Passport rules waived for evacuation flights from Christchurch
- Apple is expected to unveil new iPad
- Compton school board rejects parent trigger effort
- Steve Lopez on Cardinal Roger Mahony; Sarah Palin on herself; an anti-Semitism list of shame
- Fast Track: Ricky Gervais is worth how much?!?
- Obama administration shifts legal stance on gay marriage
- China photography info
- Happening Wednesday: John Waters, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and more
- Breakaway union files lawsuit against SEIU
- Up next for UCLA: Thursday vs. Arizona State
- Obama calls Kadafi's crackdown in Libya 'outrageous'
- Up next for USC: Thursday vs. Arizona
- Smith steps up for short-handed Nuggets
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- Vines spreading at trees' expense in tropical forests, scientists say
- Lakers looking for another rare victory in Portland
- Obama says he's preparing 'full range of options' on Libya
- CLIPPERS TONIGHT: at New Orleans
- A new stage for Circus Theatricals
- Robbing California of energy
- The Christmas party is over at KOST-FM
- Bahrain's peaceful protesters demand ouster of government
- Kobe Bryant helps Lakers blaze a new trail in Portland
- Hamstring tendon grafts may be better than knee tendons in ACL surgery
- Supreme Court bars lawsuits over side effects from children's vaccines
- The viewfinder from China
- Dynegy CEO, directors are out as Icahn bid is rejected
- City ballot measures would rein in DWP
- Book review: 'Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage'
- Up next for the Kings: Thursday vs. Minnesota
- FBI investigates 4 U.S. hostages' deaths in Somali pirate hijacking
- Madoff trustee sues SEC's top lawyer
- Hawaii deal: 5 nights on Big Island + airfare from L.A. starts at $775
- Kadafi vows no mercy as chaos grows
- 'Wild Bill Donovan' info
- U.S. consumer confidence highest in three years
- Thomas the silent
- Roger Mahony leaves a mixed legacy
- Mike Huckabee defends prisoner's commutation
- It's lights out for the traditional Easy-Bake Oven
- Will Call: Live music on-sale dates
- Four Americans, including Southern California couple, are killed by Somali pirates, U.S. officials say
- Milwaukee: Harley-Davidson revs up motorcycle camps
- Your Scene: Savoring a slice in Kashgar, China
- Don Garlits fueled an explosion in drag racing design
- Labor situation looms over NFL's scouting combine
- Protesters targeted by Carmen Trutanich have their say
- Egypt's women face growing sexual harassment
- For the record - Feb. 23, 2011
- David R. Thompson dies at 80; Reagan appointee to 9th Circuit
- Sanford C. Sigoloff dies at 80; corporate turnaround expert
- Dr. Bernard Nathanson dies at 84; obstetrician championed abortion rights before switching sides
- Boys' basketball: Tuesday's City Section scores and updated pairings
- Caltech basketball snaps 310-game conference losing streak
- Middle East turmoil fuels sell-off in some food prices
- Costume Designers Guild honors 'King's Speech,' 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Black Swan'
- Boys' basketball: What a Final Four in Division 1AA
- Boys' basketball: Palisades reaches City Division I semifinals
- Alyssa Milano is pregnant with her first baby
- USC basketball: More on Maurice Jones and his resurgence
- David Beckham to rejoin Galaxy on Thursday after team ends Arizona camp on winning note
- Former Galaxy star Carlos "El Pescadito" Ruiz returns to Major League Soccer
- Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'America's Next Top Model' on KTLA
- Wednesday's TV Talk Shows
- Dead Island publisher: We haven't sold rights for a Dead Island movie -- but we are talking to name directors
- L.A.'s long-running Circus Theatricals troupe changes name, has new venue
- USC basketball: Kevin O'Neill calls Arizona star Derrick Williams "the most protected dude I've seen since Michael Jordan"
- LIBYA: Warship defects to Malta
- Microsoft to open up motion-sensing Kinect to developers, academics via SDK release
- U.S. tops El Salvador and qualifies for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Mexico
- Getty's new J.M.W. Turner masterpiece to go on display March 8
- Erik Morales wants Vegas stage to stamp comeback
- Warner Music Group gets look-see from Russian-born oil baron Len Blavatnik
- Going to the Oscars? Here's where to go for one-stop beauty
- Early arm-twisting as Pérez works to dissolve the city of Vernon
- LIBYA: Kadafi caricatures, parodies abound
- A guide to 'American Idol' on TV this week: Feb. 22 - March 5
- Mexico's Calderon not so happy with U.S. drug war cooperation
- Melissa Leo and those odd Oscar ads
- From the Culinary SOS archive: Coconut cake
- LIBYA: Massive evacuations underway
- It's Kadafi -- at least according to the L.A. Times
- Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra will tour this summer in Bulgaria, its conductor's homeland
- Hot Property photographs
- Dodd could land top MPAA job this week
- California Republican proposes Wisconsin-type bill
- Oscars: Jeff Bridges on that special costume designer-character relationship
- Six days of Oscar: Who will win this weekend?
- Buju Banton convicted on cocaine charges, faces at least 15 years
- Meet the Infinity chile: the hottest chile in the world?
- Amazon adds streaming video to Prime subscriptions in a bid to rival Netflix, Hulu
- NBC gives early pick-ups to 'Biggest Loser,' 'Sing-Off' and 'Who Do You Think You Are'
- Garth Brooks, Leon Russell, Allen Toussaint among Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
- Jennifer Aniston's Beverly Hills estate is for sale
- Oscars red-carpet setup: How it looks on Tuesday afternoon
- YEMEN: Protesters attacked by government supporters
- LIBYA: U.N. statement condemns violence
- Governor pulls two teachers pension fund appointees
- Chanel Haute Couture SS11 hits Rodeo Drive
- Showtime's 'Californication' goes punk rock with teenage cover band Queens of Dogtown
- Conan acts out Oscars' best picture nominees
- Angels hire sports psychologist Ken Ravizza as consultant
- Dwayne McDuffie, comic book writer and 'Static Shock' creator, dies at 49
- The art of sake making
- Thomas Jefferson's lost books found in Missouri library
- Demand Media now in the black, posts debut earnings ahead of forecast
- Football: Battle of the offensive linemen
- What's Steve Carell's next film move? Or should we say moves?
- IndyCar's season to end in Las Vegas -- with a $5-million twist
- Dueling polls show race to succeed Jane Harman a likely dead heat
- IRAQ: Protest in Sulaymaniya
- Angry Birds birthday cake takes baked goods to a new level
- Stocks end sharply lower as oil hits two-year high
- LIBYA: Army deploys in 'large numbers' west of Tripoli
- Today is your last chance to register to vote in March 8 elections
- Facebook hires Google executive to propel growth in Latin America
- Oscars: Send your questions to the stars
- Ozzy Osbourne, Beach Boys, Syd Barrett figure into 2011 Record Store Day promotions
- Pasadena Playhouse picks solo comedy 'Catechism' to launch new phase for its second stage
- Ashley Jensen, Terence Beesley put their home on the market
- Opinion: Libya: Kadafi's other foe -- copy editors
- Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries sitting in a tree; Ray J c-o-m-p-l-a-i-n-i-n-g
- Dodgers Web musings: It's true, spring is in the air
- Jerry Brown taps two for state campaign finance watchdog agency
- LIBYA: Kadafi tells Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi: 'Libya is fine'
- Oxnard's Brandon Rios seeks first world title belt Saturday
- Apple iPad 2 to debut March 2 in San Francisco, report says
- Opinion: Feb. 22, 2011 buzz: Let this be a death knell for government unions
- James Franco and Anne Hathaway in Oscar boot camp
- On Location: Royal family didn't roll out the red carpet for 'The King's Speech'
- LIBYA: Photos of protesters in Benghazi
- Oscars: Helen Mirren, Channing Tatum, Gerard Butler party for 'The Fighter'
- Gottlieb, Vives, staff win Polk Award for Bell reports
- LIBYA: Hillary Clinton says violence against protesters must end
- Netflix and CBS strike streaming deal for classic TV shows
- Online TV service Ivi loses a round in court
- LIBYA: Arab League suspends Libyan membership
- Oscar nominee Annette Bening's red-carpet style
- Former Disney assistant sentenced to four months' home confinement in insider-trading scheme
- Culture Watch: 'Art+Auction' on L.A. art dealers Wayne and Shoshana Blank
- LIBYA: Turkish citizens struggle to evacuate
- Treasury bond yields tumble as investors seek havens
- Opinion: March 8 election: Can you trust the DWP's rate increases?
- Oscars: Hilary Swank and Josh Brolin join the presenters lineup
- Dita Von Teese collaborates on a sexy sweater
- LIBYA: Video, audio of protesters under attack
- DeMar DeRozan thinks props cheapened NBA dunk contest
- BlogWorld conference leaves Las Vegas for L.A.
- Clippers: Blake Griffin's return to Oklahoma City
- Jennifer Aniston debuts new, shorter hair in Madrid
- Oil pulls back from highs, but stocks' slide deepens
- On making a new William Burroughs documentary
- All Hail the (Ivory) Queen: Five of Teena Marie's finest videos in advance of Grammy Museum tribute
- Heath Ceramics welcomes summer with a sunny new collection
- Opinion: Percentage of Americans feeling isolationist now up to one-in-three, largest this century
- London Fashion Week: At Erdem, color-saturated gorgeousness
- LIBYA: Ambassador calls for no-fly zone as Security Council prepares to meet
- LIBYA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls Kadafi speech 'frightening'
- Oscars quote of the day: Hepburn comforts Hepburn
- Ted Williams reality show is on deck -- seriously
- Boys' basketball: Southern Section updated pairings
- London Fashion Week: Christopher Kane's one-trick collection
- BAHRAIN: Protesters fill streets, King touts 'national dialogue'
- Motorola Xoom tablet arrives Thursday starting at $600; no Flash on Day 1
- Girls' basketball: updated Southern Section playoff pairings
- Boys' soccer: updated Southern Section playoff pairings
- Angels have role for Mark Trumbo, but he'll have to beat out Brandon Wood for roster spot
- Girls' soccer: updated Southern Section playoff pairings
- Consumer Confidential: Toyota stalls probed, confidence up, Barnes & Noble struggles
- David R. Thompson, a senior judge on U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, dies at 80
- ALGERIA: Cabinet lifts state of emergency
- Girls' water polo: Southern Section semifinal schedule
- Consumer confidence hits three-year high, Conference Board reports
- The new Justin Bieber haircut -- whaddya think?
- Boys' basketball: Monday's Southern Section scores
- Girls' basketball: Friday's City playoff scores (updated) and updated pairings
- Dr. Bernard N. Nathanson, who became anti-abortion activist, dies at 84
- ISRAEL: NGOs must disclose foreign governmental funding, new bill says
- The 'Shameless' kids: Jeremy Allen White on playing Lip Gallagher
- Culture Watch: Lisa Batiashvili plays Shostakovich with Esa-Pekka Salonen
- Rush Limbaugh criticizes First Lady Michelle Obama's weight, nutritional campaign
- LIBYA: Translations and background of Kadafi speech
- Question of the day: How many Big East teams should qualify for the NCAA tournament?
- Oscars: Colin Firth's keys to discipline
- EGYPT: New ministers sworn in, many remain in power
- Mark Z. Danielewski meets Biffy Clyro
- MIDDLE EAST: Al Jazeera English coming to the U.S.?
- Live review: Gang of Four at the Music Box
- LIBYA: Maltese 'selling' Libyan fighter jets
- LIBYA: European Union suspends trade agreement
- James Franco croons 'Burlesque's' snubbed Oscar song
- LIBYA: Evacuation effort underway
- The Look for Less: Staffordshire dog purebreds vs. HSN's new pups
- LIBYA: U.N. officials, diplomats take action against Kadafi regime
- Two Guys Lose Weight: Lost weight, not money in Vegas
- Gifts inspired by the Oscars: 'The Kids Are All Right'
- LIBYA: Moammar Kadafi speaks to nation, says he won't leave power
- Your morning fashion and beauty report: Justin Bieber changes his hair, Kate Middleton chooses a hatmaker, Drew Barrymore exudes lasting style
- Oscars quiz: Which actresses are the biggest losers?
- SAUDI ARABIA: King to return Wednesday
- Amazon launches Netflix-like streaming service with content from Warner Bros., Sony and independents
- Cheers! It's National Margarita Day
- Personalized footwear from Ferragamo
- Wall Street Roundup: Oil prices hit stocks. Foreclosing on your bank.
- LIBYA: Sen. John Kerry urges oil companies to halt operations, says U.S. should consider reviving sanctions
- Monster Mash: Jackson Pollock painting safe in Iowa after bill withdrawn; Egypt reopens many museums and sites
- LIBYA: Human Rights activists call for embargos, investigation, U.N. intervention
- 'The Bachelor' recap: A creepy job is the kiss of death for Shawntel
- About (Late) Last Night: Ed Helms talks to Conan O'Brien about baring his 'naughty bits'
- The Morning Fix: Murdoch takes a Shine! Writers say Comcast no fan of union label. 'Unknown' knows box office.
- 'Gossip Girl' recap: Eric's not-so-sweet 18
- Vicente Padilla returns to Los Angeles for MRI exam
- EGYPT: Iranian ships enter Suez Canal
- Eleven cities hit new lows in home prices in December
- 'Skins' recap: A minor character in his own life
- 'How I Met Your Mother' recap: 'That did not end well'
- Boys' basketball: Lonnie Jackson and Valencia get tested
- Credit card delinquencies edge lower
- In the garden: Grower with Parkinson's sees opportunities, not obstacles
- 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalists announced
- The Deal: Jonathan Adler upholstery sale
- 'Hop' the latest movie to get iPhone game promotion
- LIBYA: Popular TV cleric issues fatwa against Kadafi
- Opinion: Chicago voters, most of them living, set to pick a new mayor today: Rahm Emanuel or Gery Chico?
- Health law forces changes to reduce hospitals readmissions
- Digging up couch potatoes
- Helene Elliott's NHL rankings
- Gun safety, Texas-style
- Jonah Goldberg: Public unions must go
- Happening Tuesday: Shorts! onscreen, 'Spamalot!' and more
- Up next for Lakers: Tuesday vs. Atlanta
- Self-injury videos on YouTube are disturbing, but don't panic just yet