- A festival for Oscar hopefuls works the docs
- Purchase plan may shut doors
- Maddon gets, and stays, mad
- Airport union to vote on strike
- Dodgers stopped by the start
- Not just whom, but where, when
- The politics of patriotism
- Divided, American boxers fall
- U.S. team is ready, willing, but will it be able to win?
- U.S. will face smart Aussie basketball team
- Murdoch's pay drops 14% in fiscal '08
- Target suffers from lower sales
- Saks posts loss, issues grim report
- Kent tries to remove foot from his cheek
- Obama and McCain in a statistical tie
- Applegate is now healthy, laughing
- Taking a chance works for Horton
- Lawyer is found guilty in art case
- Mother charged in baby-dumping
- Rebels and troops clash
- Blood is made in lab from stem cells
- Suicide bombing kills 43 in Algeria
- Judges postpone gov.'s deposition
- Inflation rise puts Fed on the spot
- NBC takes the gold medal
- Outside but looking in on roads once traveled
- Chevron revives oil project off Canada's East Coast
- For the Record - Aug. 20, 2008
- For the Record - Aug. 20, 2008
- For the Record - Aug. 20, 2008
- For the Record - Aug. 20, 2008
- For the Record - Aug. 20, 2008
- Neck and neck
- Recipe: BLD's blueberry ricotta pancakes
- All too familiar
- At least U.S. wasn't going to graveyard for votes
- Victims, Aug. 18-24
- Opinion: After McCain's big Ohio VP rally next week comes one in Pa.
- Elise Glatstein, 85
- $9.58 cocktails at Comme Ça
- U.S. men in finals on the beach, joining women
- U.S. softball team defies critics, almost loses
- Who wins in a credit crunch? Ask the person with cash
- Dominance in the pool: thrilling. Dominance on the softball diamond: boring.
- Diego Begines, 26
- Chick spoke to U.S. agents in Delgadillo probe
- 50-foot Shaq holds court in Beijing
- Christian Gutierrez, 27
- Opinion: No Dandy Dan (Quayle) Dancing with the Stars
- Who says we can drive less?
- Basketball: Is Stanford the front-runner for Mater Dei's Brown?
- Bigfoot report a fake, but what about the chupacabra?
- You wanna party? Not on GM's dime.
- The 'Rings' team returns to write 'The Hobbit' with Guillermo del Toro
- Gabriela Rodas, 18
- Australian classic auto hoard discovered
- Opinion: Some perspective as Joe Biden discounts his VP prospects
- NBC's take on Beijing Games viewership
- Argentine Olympic soccer coach ready for Iraq duty
- Opinion: Ticket national electoral map: McCain trimming Obama's lead
- Japan issues warrants against animal activists, news agency says
- Steve Lopez: Surprise! Rocky was better off not talking
- Steve Lopez: Ready to steer you right, Mrs. Delgadillo
- Dante Page, 41
- City atty. mum on driver in 04 crash
- L.A. city attorneys wifes firm had tax lapse
- Breadbar debuts 'Jam Session'; new cooking school opens in Newport Beach
- Wife of Delgadillo has arrest warrant
- Delgadillo used his staff for baby-sitting, errands
- End of a stall after a crash
- Tony the Tiger says: Michael Phelps is Gr-r-r-eight!
- Baseball: UCLA is on a recruiting roll
- Infiniti G37 preaches to the convertible
- 'The Hills' ratings still strong against Olympic competition
- Football: City Section approves QB transfer
- Grover Beach Marine killed in Afghanistan
- Medals Per Capita's Lovefest with Slovenia
- Kyree McCray, 28
- Red lionfish wreaking havoc on Caribbean's ecosystem
- Drug maker Merck's marketing project passed off as research, physicians say
- Alfred Dean Prowell, 44
- Favreau is at work on 'Iron Man' sequel and a political cause
- August 2008 - Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Survey - Politics and the Economy
- Despite a big asset purge, Merrill's stock hits new low
- This donkey is a ham
- A lesson in good air quality
- Football: Senior from Los Osos finds his Fields of dreams
- ISRAEL: Joining up with the Jewish state
- Peter Poole, 25
- Financial system jitters rise, as investors fear a new crisis
- Opinion: Experience a key John McCain advantage in new L.A. Times/Bloomberg poll
- Speeding up that elusive fart
- The 20 most influential people in Los Angeles (kind of)
- Testing coffee beans and brews
- Speaking the language
- Kevin Williams, 30
- Opinion: Purpose-driven pandering
- Anthony De La Riva, 21
- Octopuses have "arms" and "legs"
- State offers police extra DNA tool
- David Carr tonight at Vroman's
- The odds of justice can be long
- When a match is far from a lock
- Debate on analyzing cold hit DNA matches swirls in case before California Supreme Court
- <b>California Supreme Court ruling allows rarity statistic in DNA cases</b>
- The verdict is out on DNA profiles
- Malibu Pier: turning back the clock
- Football: FSN Prime Ticket releases TV schedule
- Opinion: Obama plans big Illinois rally Saturday. VP pick day?
- Lamere Cook, 38
- 'The Darker Mask' signing in L.A.
- Opinion: California's Dianne Feinstein forced to miss the Democratic convention
- Following shooting of 13, Mexico governor calls for tougher crackdown on crime
- BMX makes its Olympic debut
- U.S. extraditions raise concerns in Colombia, says Washington Post
- Venezuela to seize Mexican cement plants
- Around the Web 8.19.08: Apple troubles, the Uncanny Valley and Buzz unleashed
- Homebuilding low in the United States is bad news for migrants
- One last thought on the ages of China's female gymnasts
- MSG and obesity?
- Rita Wiley, 70
- John Steinbeck's migrant workers
- Peters takes fourth in Olympic individual dressage
- Cat Osterman: Spin doctor
- Opinion: Barack Obama grapples with Iraq in his VFW speech
- Dog's death leaves heart, home empty
- Jonathan Muse, 17
- Baseball: Drootin ousted as coach at Newbury Park
- 'The Hills': Audrina puts Lo in her place
- Court gives green light to "boobs on bikes" parade
- Baby pronounced dead lives after hours in cooler
- Some big-name funds may ride Fannie and Freddie to zero
- Henry Cejudo is why they hold the Olympics
- Crespi names new athletic director
- John Wesley Steen , 58
- U.S. diving: Troy Dumais is sixth, Chris Colwill is 12th
- Beijing through the lens
- At 50, is Madonna middle-aged? Are you?
- In today's Times: a sweep comeback
- Jennifer Avina Ortega, 20
- Opinion: New L.A. Times/Bloomberg presidential poll has some surprises later today
- While you were sleeping
- LEBANON: A solution for the electricity conundrum?
- Dumb and dumber for the USOC
- Reynaldo Barnes, 51
- Robert Lett, 18
- The heat is back on
- Opinion: In today's pages: Obama, Clinton and salmonella
- Baby whale isn't the first to bond with a boat
- Jose Villela, 34
- The Rancor speaks out on 'Clone Wars': 'I feel betrayed'
- Felix, Lee and Hooker advance
- Soccer team's Hucles a forward thinker
- Henry Cejudo captures wrestling gold
- Shaky in warm-up ... solid in final?
- Jordan, Magic vs. Kobe, LeBron: Who wins?
- Brenda Villa leads U.S. into women's water polo final
- Opinion: In Tuesday's Letters to the Editor
- Henry Cejudo prepares for a golden moment
- Opinion: Is Jeremiah Wright planning an October Obama surprise?
- Opinion: Full transcript of Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Forum with John McCain and Barack Obama
- Men's triathlon: Michael Phelps didn't have the only close calls
- Opinion: What Jessica's Law demands
- Is T. Boone Pickens right?
- Fewer travelers likely to fly over Labor Day
- Stepheson transfers from North Carolina to USC
- Hot Property: Kelsey Grammer's Holmby Hills estate for sale at $19.9 million
- New CDs: Staind, Amy Macdonald
- Bowers Museum nears attendance record with 'Terra Cotta Warriors'
- What Jessica's Law demands
- YWCA warns: Beauty obsession a danger to American women
- Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
- Rays are too much for Angels, 6-4
- At a Chinese gate, a Shaq
- Sport by sport
- Arena is new Galaxy coach, GM
- Group sues over air quality credits
- Sanchez takes some big steps
- 'Iraqi Exodus' tells the tales of the overlooked refugees
- Craft is named starter
- Angels hope to beat Rays and hurricane
- A sweep comeback
- Hospitals fined for violations
- 70-month jail term for teacher
- Rice accuses Russia of relying on force
- Degree of difficulty for stocks in China
- He's no gangsta; he's a scholar
- It's Phelps' turn to be a fanboy
- Hollywood Park publicity director
- No convention speaking gig for Villara . . . L.A.'s mayor
- 'Obama Nation' consternation
- More renewable energy could electrify state economy, job market, report says
- Macaroni Grill to get new owner
- Lennox is home after back surgery
- She wants to end 'God gap'
- Text messages from press row . . .
- Turkey bows to the dark side
- Residents see downside of downtown
- Germany's luck runs out when Americans show up
- Longs urges OK of sale to CVS
- American team doesn't get mad, it just gets even
- Prominent pianist from Ukraine
- Dog's death leaves heart, home empty
- Fewer expected to fly for Labor Day holiday
- Soldier Musharraf loses this fight
- Sister, 11, credited in baby's rescue
- It's almost a brawl game
- Staind stretches out
- Christian group leaves airport
- FINALLY
- Home troubles
- South L.A.'s first 'green' building debuts
- RUNNING HIS WAY BACK
- Man pleads not guilty in finance trial
- Here's an old song by this kid I used to know
- The candidates and their faithful
- Stolen Pablo Picasso print is recovered
- Maddon's unusual move draws praise
- Activist gets 4-year term for bribery
- New publisher expects autonomy
- L.A. River gets help from EPA
- Gasoline prices fall to lowest since May
- EA lets Take-Two bid expire
- San Onofre is feeling heat
- Byetta to get stronger labeling
- Dodgers re-arm as Maddux re-ups
- Sold on food safety
- Captain Azinger's ship may be sinking
- Georgia and U.S. see no withdrawal
- China fails to approve 77 protest applications
- Olympics are no contest for these old guys
- Pakistan faces rocky transition
- Big Easy's hard-won resilience
- Legislator is booted from her office
- California bank stocks: Herd gets thinned again
- Doctors' faith must yield to gays' rights, court says
- Running mates? The pace is picking up
- Orange teen recounts being stabbed on street
- Teens to be tried in migrant's death
- Spurned by the IOC while in her prime
- Dodgers' McCourt nearly hits bottom
- Animal rights activists sought
- Union Bank pushed back and won
- CalPERS adds investing rules
- China feels the pain of its Olympic star
- Chance for new U.S. team to repeat history
- New 'Gypsy' cast recording on CD
- Heeere's money
- Her 'acorn' sprouts an identity thriller
- Weekend box office
- 13 militants die in attack on U.S. base
- Miscarriage of justice
- Firefighters gain on brush fire near Lancaster
- Top 25 countdown
- RESULTS
- GM won't back Oscars, Emmys
- Man, 67, drowns at health club
- Fay drenches Keys, aims at Gulf Coast
- Park blazes were arson
- Star of the candidate forum: the moderator
- There are few signs of damage by Russia in western Georgia
- McCain says gains in Iraq could still be 'squandered'
- BEIJING 2008
- Former Soviet bloc gets jitters
- Radio webcaster may have to pull the plug
- Programs seek to ensure everyone's into the pool
- The training wheels are off
- Re "Guilty of neglect," editorial, Aug. 15Please...
- Fontana to stage Sprint Cup playoff race in 2009
- Out of the picture
- Falling home prices cause jump in sales
- Tapes help free a suspect
- With the word 'resignation,' Pakistani streets erupt in joy
- Four early Emmy winners named
- Liukin loses numbers game
- Settlement in deadly club fire
- Home, paparazzi-free home
- Vote on your fave TV moments
- U.S. anti-terror officials express relief
- RESULTS
- Finance sector fears hit Wall St.
- Barbeques Galore files for bankruptcy
- Entrepreneur honed look of western wear
- 'CSI' adds Fishburne to the team
- Jamaican trumpeter's ska band influential
- Lowe's earnings down 8%
- Scientists detail case against Ivins
- Prominent talent agent hit by car
- Despite history, it's no lemon
- UC names Grey interim provost
- Hundreds airlifted from canyon flood
- Heavenly station
- U.S. auto brand satisfaction goes downhill
- Not guilty plea in healthcare fraud
- Her throw breaks a U.S. gold drought
- WHOO PIG . . . PHOOEY!
- Claim is filed in Soboba death
- More than a song
- Good and evil and Obama
- For the Record - Aug. 19, 2008