- Bill would increase fines for using cellphones while driving
- Somalia athlete chasing dream is among Africans who drowned at sea
- Another top Zynga executive, Mike Verdu, departs
- Texas Legislature found guilty of redistricting discrimination
- Twitter stops displaying names of third-party tweet services
- Shane Victorino isn't ruling out a return to Dodgers
- Timothy Bradley makes his case for Manny Pacquiao rematch
- Players pondering response to NHL's latest labor proposal
- UCLA basketball: Bruins defeat Yao Ming's team in China
- Live discussion: It's lunchtime with Jonathan Gold!
- Human body parts found in Florida storage locker
- As Isaac lingers, New Orleans braces itself -- and hopes for best
- Rihanna, Frank Ocean added to packed MTV VMA roster
- 'X-Files' creator Chris Carter gets Austin, Texas, film fest honor
- Matt Kemp and Dodgers fall hard in 8-4 loss to Rockies
- Rick Santorum repeats inaccurate welfare attack on Obama
- It gets worse: Matt Kemp injured as Dodgers fall to Rockies, 8-4
- Angels reliever Scott Downs leaves to tend to family matter
- Los Angeles tops in unused vacation time, study finds
- Judge blocks Ohio law that rejected 14,000 ballots in 2008
- The Times' college football countdown: USC is No. 1
- Lakers will unveil statue of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during season
- R. Palmer Beasley dies at 76; linked hepatitis B to liver cancer
- Bills cut Vince Young, acquire Tarvaris Jackson
- Fair or fowl, Josh Beckett can be who he wants to be with Dodgers
- An NFL return to L.A.? There's a lot of smoke but still no fire
- Angels pitchers stay loose despite rough stretch
- Blue Line train strikes Metro bus near downtown L.A.; 32 injured
- Clayton Kershaw is open to talking about long-term deal with Dodgers
- Assemblyman Roger Hernandez found not guilty of drunk driving
- ESPN shells out $5.6 billion to keep Major League Baseball
- Letters: Why have a convention?
- 'Sweet Caroline' dropped from Penn State game-day playlist
- Black Democrats express disdain for Artur Davis' flip to GOP
- Former Rep. Artur Davis says why he left Democrats for GOP
- Ann Romney's GOP convention night dress -- no decision yet
- 2 years for 16th DUI? Prosecutors say they couldn't be tougher
- USC expects capacity crowd for game against Hawaii
- Legal battle erupts over Julia Child images used in Thermador ads
- China headaches! Katie's coming back. Disney on a roll.
- Ron Paul supporters walk out of GOP convention
- Steelers receiver Mike Wallace ends holdout
- New Jersey puts Romney 'over the top' -- to New Jersey's surprise
- Feel-good fashion from Creative Growth for Everyone
- Police panel OKs guidelines on reporting possible terrorism
- Ron Paul's followers fight until the very end
- Stout Burgers & Beers opens in the Valley
- Former Sen. Arlen Specter hospitalized with serious illness
- Want a good night's sleep? Read a book
- Review: Psychological thrills accompany T.U. Studios' 'War Bride'
- Angels rally in ninth to beat Red Sox, 6-5
- Tuesday's featured matches at the U.S. Open
- Billboard of USC rival quarterback looms large in UCLA's backyard
- For the record - Aug. 28, 2012
- White sapote's wonders
- Growing white sapote, like custard cups on a tree
- Kandahar, Afghanistan, Police Chief Abdul Raziq survives bombing
- After Romney's birth certificate joke, Dems play the race card
- Bringing out our inner bear
- Shift work: Good for your pocketbook, bad for your health
- The ultimate trophy buy: Muhammad Ali's boyhood Kentucky home
- A 'Hank Rhon' appears in a museum, and Mexicans mostly shrug
- Baseball: Locals on video for U15 national team
- Harry Shearer is in a topical zone with album 'Can't Take a Hint'
- Celebrity birthdays for August 27th
- Gasoline prices rise ahead of Tropical Storm Isaac and Labor Day
- Senate leader says pension reform won't include Brown's hybrid
- The wealthy are smart, hard-working - and greedy, Americans say
- Space shuttle Endeavour heads back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- National Hurricane Center warns of Tropical Storm Isaac surge
- Football: Southern Section polls are out
- Doctors challenge Jerry Brown over children's health
- Football: Week One schedule
- 'Carmelita Jeter Day' set for Sept. 11 at Bishop Montgomery
- Rio Hondo Prep, L.A. Windward find 11-man football just fine
- U.N.: Gaza to be unlivable by 2020 unless serious action taken
- U.S. responsible for 3/4 of global weapons sales, government says
- 626 Night Market
- Football: Garfield-Edison moved to Thursday night
- Jerry Brown approves new rules on child car seats
- Chronic conditions' toll tallied
- California pension overhaul: Hurdles remain, and clock is ticking
- How well do you know Tampa, home of the 2012 Republican National Convention?
- Harvard-Westlake's $5 million pool is open for use
- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich reports to prison
- Ozomatli's new 'Ozokidz' album isn't just child's play
- China-Japan tensions rising over disputed islands
- Apple wants 8 Samsung smartphones banned in U.S.
- Aid workers sentenced after Myanmar ethnic clashes
- In final week, Legislature still must grapple with pension overhaul
- Assemblyman Roger Hernandez found not guilty of driving drunk
- Chris Christie has cross-country criticism for Jerry Brown
- Fire hits Tyler Perry's Atlanta studio for second time this year
- Egyptian designer runs afoul of Saudi princess, gets 500 lashes
- Celebrity fashion: Stars' own clothing lines
- Metro Blue Line train collides with transit bus
- At South Pasadena's Koi, offbeat suits them
- Pictures: Who Could Replace Jim Calhoun
- Bill Nye: Creationism is not appropriate for children
- Football: Prep Zone schedule this week
- One of three curbs on environmental review goes to Gov. Jerry Brown
- Football: City Section holds its own in openers
- USDA clears California slaughterhouse accused of abuse to reopen
- Football: Chaminade is preparing for no punts and lots of onside kicks
- Football: Making sense of Bishop Amat's win over Servite
- Tony Stewart throws helmet at Matt Kenseth after crash
- New Mars rover landing video
- Football: The efficiency of Alemany QB Devon Dunn
- Afghan 'insider' shooting kills 2 Americans; 27 die in other violence
- Column One: Asian American youth culture is coming of age in 'the 626'
- Five things Jodie Meeks needs for a successful season
- Pau Gasol passionate about UNICEF ambassador role
- Stocks mixed as Apple rallies
- A wet time in the old town: the damper on the GOP in Tampa
- Hooters, barroom brawls and road rage in Florida U.S. Senate race
- Airbag recall reveals slow pace of Coda electric vehicle sales
- Vital Fluids: Toasted marshmallow milkshake at Burger Haven
- Deutsche Bank executive alleges abuse by LAPD officers
- Pau Gasol: 'Playing together' dictates Lakers' championship hopes
- 'Breaking Bad' recap: This man is an island
- Villaraigosa carrying Democrats' flag at Republican convention
- Lakers to unveil Kareem Abdul-Jabbar statue in upcoming season
- Neil Armstrong remembered at Air & Space Museum in San Diego
- Google: Apple's court victory vs. Samsung isn't 'core' of Android
- 72% in poll say Obama economic record to be key factor in their vote
- GOP divide deepens on abortion, immigration, gay rights
- USC football: Matt Barkley tops Heisman straw poll
- Conservative icon Schlafly could use a lesson on bearing false witness
- Isaac causes GOP senator to call for federal disaster aid
- Fire hits Tyler Perry's Atlanta studio for second time this year
- Samsung teases Windows 8 tablet on Facebook
- "Conversion therapy": Therapy that isn't
- Tigers play power ball, beat Santana
- Israelis get gas masks, shelters in order
- FYF Fest includes up-and-coming acts
- Paul Ryan gives GOP convention preview on Fox News
- California workers' compensation bill faces difficulties
- New Orleans, haunted by Katrina, braces for Isaac
- Coming to the Taste: Kris Yenbamroong
- Circumcision wars: The other side weighs in
- Missy Elliott releasing two new tracks over Labor Day weekend
- No ice in Barrow, Alaska: Arctic ice shrinks to record low
- Samsung verdict: Do Google's Motorola patents shield Android from Apple?
- Gov. Jerry Brown lines up unusual allies on his tax hike initiative
- USC's depth chart offers little information on Matt Barkley's backup
- No Doubt to kick off I Heart Radio Festival in Las Vegas
- Sabrina Bryan joins 'Dancing With the Stars: All Stars'
- NASA to launch Android-powered nanosatellites
- Jurors in Apple-Samsung case delved into emails, other evidence
- U.S. Open tennis: Cranky Andy Murray manages opening-round win
- Dodgers' mighty new offense taking baby steps in 10-0 loss
- John Mayer's haircut: Getting over Katy Perry -- or grooming?
- Military divers deserve own D.C. monument, U.S. senator asserts
- Tuesday's TV Highlights: '19 Kids and Counting' on TLC
- Turkey calls for international assistance to aid Syrian refugees
- Day 1 of U.S. Open tennis: Play suspended because of rain
- Snooki is a mommi: Baby boy Lorenzo joins the party
- Fifty and fit means fewer chronic diseases after 65
- In Lake Tahoe a cry for regulatory relief
- Earthquake swarm isn't an omen of the Big One, experts say
- Is Terrell Owens' NFL career over? [Poll]
- Weak Chinese industrial profits drop Shanghai stocks to 3-year low
- NTSB: Plane's tail structure probably caused Reno air show disaster
- Early bird or night owl? Blood test reads personal body clock
- L.A. takes steps to launch sidewalk-repair survey
- Boehner says ailing economy will help draw minority voters to GOP
- Paul Ryan returns to hometown on eve of Republican convention
- Dinner tonight! Garlic and herb-stuffed tomatoes and zucchini
- Convention coverage is a no-win situation for broadcasters
- Tracking Isaac with Google's crisis map
- FEMA using lessons from Katrina to deal with Tropical Storm Isaac
- Bill would exempt drug users from prosecution if they seek help
- Tuesday TV Talk: Condoleezza Rice; Phillip Phillips; Lisa Kudrow
- Apple stock rises 3% after victory in Samsung patent suit
- Review: Stockhausen's 'Mittwoch' is otherworldly in Birmingham
- Dodgers call up reliever Josh Wall, send down Shawn Tolleson
- 'The Tonight Show' experiences dark days
- Rosie O'Donnell secretly married fiancee Michelle Rounds
- 'The Face' info
- Man killed by bear in Alaska was a San Diego photographer
- Can abortion extremists attack other extremists for being extreme?
- Serena Williams doesn't like question about her Olympics dance
- Southern Californians to travel in bigger numbers on Labor Day
- Twitter #weekendeats highlights: Plenty of fish in the sea
- How to sell your iPhone 4 for enough cash to buy an iPhone 5
- The ultimate trophy buy: Muhammad Ali's boyhood Kentucky home
- Apple-Samsung jury foreman says evidence 'spoke overwhelmingly'
- Mario's latest coin-obsessed Nintendo adventure [Google+ Hangout]
- Maryland school shooting: Heroes overpower gunman; 1 student hurt
- Tropical Storm Isaac and the Republican convention [Google+ Hangout]
- Coming to the Taste: Jordan Toft
- Isaac takes aim at New Orleans, just seven years after Katrina
- Shia LaBeouf: 'Lawless' star talks the 'downfall of my career'
- New app builds on efforts to reduce food waste
- Robert Pattinson, Katy Perry go out. Kanye gives Kim a makeover.
- 'Deathtrap' canceled after objections to nudity and gay content
- Calif. delegates hot tub, watch '2016,' smoke cigars and nap Monday
- Dozens more bodies found at Syria massacre site
- 5 Questions for Karen Hatfield
- Ozomatli's new 'Ozokidz' album isn't just child's play
- Join us for a live chat with David Wharton in China with UCLA [chat canceled]
- Slaughterhouse reopens with promise of new training
- AOL to buy back $600 million in stock and pay special dividend
- Day one at 'Newt U': Bashing Obama, but with a smile
- 'Obama's America' documentary beats 'Premium Rush' in final tally
- Details disclosed on Frank Gehry's design for new Facebook campus
- GOP convention planners watch as Isaac targets New Orleans
- Arizona: Explore Havasu Falls and remote Grand Canyon trails
- How much for a decent bottle of wine? Try $168,000
- Maria Sharapova isn't pregnant, denies Istanbul wedding rumor
- UCLA basketball: Bruins win second exhibition game in China
- The enduring 'Adventures of Pete & Pete'
- Looks like Tarvaris Jackson is in, Vince Young out in Buffalo
- Cain, Bachmann applaud strength of tea party
- Moving sale at Niche: Markdowns on high-end outdoor design
- Review: 'Elephant Room' tricksters conjure zany sparks
- Jail informant's credibility complicates work of federal prosecutors
- Poll watch: Tight presidential race in both convention states
- Cardinal Dolan, Romney and the Bigfoot Protocol
- Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, hip-hop star? [Video]
- Dream Center in L.A. expects $49.7-million grant
- Mindy Kaling's writers room inspiration? Rihanna
- As Isaac bears down, New Orleans mayor says city nervous but ready
- Houston: Time travel to the Triassic with a Hotel ZaZa package
- Kobe Bryant ranked below Durant, above Anthony & Rondo on NBA 2K13
- As Libor scandal losers go to court, winners may not know they won
- With rape remark, Todd Akin dashes Missouri Republicans' hopes
- Louisiana Sen. David Vitter on Tropical Storm Isaac preparations
- Test Kitchen video tip: Chilling meats before slicing
- Asian American youth culture is coming of age in 'the 626'
- Wanted: Bookstore-sitter. Sell books, feed cats, lodging included
- Sununu urges comprehensive action on immigration
- Bernanke called traitor and dictator at Ron Paul rally in Tampa
- For L.A. sports, it's a golden era Midas would love
- Tuned-out nation more interested in GOP platform than Romney speech
- Green Vets Los Angeles gives veterans jobs making reusable bags
- U.S. should encourage respect in Egypt for individual rights
- D'Souza's Obama doc: An unlikely election bellwether
- Curiosity rover broadcasts message from Mars
- Tropical Storm Isaac: Airlines cancel all New Orleans flights
- FEMA prepares New Orleans for a possible hurricane-strength Isaac
- GOP group: Democratic enthusiasm catches up with Republicans
- Meg Whitman, beaten in politics and business, still has a big fan
- Gabby Douglas tells Oprah Winfrey of bullying, racism [Video]
- Dodgers payroll for 2013 already $100 million more than this season
- Todd Akin comments used in new attacks on House Republicans
- Stunning video shows Curiosity's descent to Mars
- For Mitt Romney, a week of unwelcome distractions
- Boehner: GOP will keep the House, wants one-page party platform
- What if other tech firms' logos used Microsoft's style?
- Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile charity delays plan to shut down
- Sen. Schumer to House Speaker Boehner: Capitol dome must be fixed
- Pentagon finds soldiers who burned Korans ignored Afghan warnings
- "American Taliban" heads to court over right to group prayer
- 'Expendables 2' packs a punch. Viacom packs in more commercials.
- Apple reportedly to announce iPhone in September, iPad mini in October
- Pau Gasol: 'Too early to say' whether he'll play in 2016 Olympics
- Irvine company seeks funding for first voice-command watch
- Galaxy dominates FC Dallas in 2-0 victory
- California Legislature sets ambitious agenda in last week of session
- Gay Republicans say they are optimistic despite rebuffs from party
- Dullahan catches Game On Dude to win Pacific Classic at Del Mar
- It's stranding room only as Dodgers lose to Marlins
- Chris Christie disses Jerry Brown as 'an old retread'
- In case you missed it, here's how Day 1 went at GOP convention
- For Zev Yaroslavsky, a familiar end to a familiar saga
- Somali diaspora see hope and opportunity in Mogadishu
- Harry Shearer is in a topical zone with album 'Can't Take a Hint'
- Maria Sharapova advances to U.S. Open's second round
- Arctic sea ice reaches its smallest area ever, still shrinking
- Big Ten Network and Dish at odds over new deal
- Paul rallies his forces in Tampa
- Hertz to buy rental car rival Dollar Thrifty for $2.3 billion
- Paralympics: Some athletes use pain as a performance enhancer
- Dark days for 'The Tonight Show'
- Two Pussy Riot members flee Russia
- NBC affiliate KSL-TV in Utah declines to air 'The New Normal'
- GOP convention 'moving forward'; Santorum to hit Obama on welfare
- As GOP convention begins, a look at how genes influence politics
- U.S. hotels charging higher fees
- Louisiana delegation casting a wary eye at Isaac from Tampa
- Republicans unveil 'debt clock,' but not budget specifics
- Why author Judith Freeman says Mitt Romney owes her money
- Isaac bears down, but no mandatory evacuations in New Orleans
- Short day but high spirits at GOP convention
- Pig worm eggs could be a new treatment for Crohn's disease
- Robin Roberts' medical leave from 'GMA' begins after Friday's show
- Which teams win, surprise and disappoint in the Big 12, Big East?
- 13-inch Retina MacBook Pros on the way, analyst says
- Planned Burbank Wal-Mart slapped with injunction
- Nick Watney wins Barclays by three shots
- Pee-wee Herman turns 60
- Alanis Morissette nurtures 'Havoc and Bright Lights'
- For Zev Yaroslavsky, a familiar end to a familiar saga
- Jerry Nelson dies at 78; puppeteer voiced Count von Count
- For the record - Aug. 27, 2012
- Isaac pounds Gulf Coast
- Photos: On-screen presidents
- Celebrities to fundraise for same-sex marriage in Md. [Pictures]
- Theater review: 'The Blue Iris' and Athol Fugard's self-judgment