- Obama seeks political middle, sending troops to Afghanistan but setting limits
- Girls' Basketball: Tonight's top tournament schedules
- Broadway's 'Oleanna' closing earlier than expected
- Electric cars, fuel-efficiency policy and more
- Lakers' Sasha Vujacic shooting blanks
- Today's safer pull tabs may not be that safe after all, radiologists say
- Jack Bauer with fangs? Meet the vampire spy of 'Blood Oath'
- Pending home sales increase in October; construction spending is flat
- Police end investigation, issue Tiger Woods a ticket
- Your morning adorable: Mother orangutan cradles her baby at Germany's Dresden Zoo
- Sumner Redstone prevails in latest family feud
- Vin Scully will be back with Dodgers in 2010
- Coming soon? Waterloo & City to open in Culver City
- Football: Servite standout will play Friday
- The Deal: ModKat offers holiday discount on litter boxes through Dec. 25
- A painful narrative that still connects
- World AIDS Day: Alicia Keys in concert; Twitter turns #Red
- Tournament picks replacements for Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh
- A 'window of opportunity' for preventing another wave of swine flu
- Movember Wrap: U.S. ' 'stache-thletes' raise record $2.6 million for charity
- Overweight kids may be at higher risk for back pain
- Routine cancer screening can be too much of a good thing
- And the winner is ... 'The Nutcracker'
- Nielsen firms up plans for single-source media measurement
- Advice for start-ups and small businesses
- North Coast towns dealt a double economic blow as salmon fishing ban continues
- Amy Kaufman joins staff as entertainment writer
- Consumer Confidential: Cyber-sales, top searches, online news
- Mental-health parity laws require oversight
- On Location: Tutoring location managers on local schools and other film sites
- Cafe Surfas tops Bon Appetit's list of dine-in stores
- Culinary schools rebound
- Tiger Woods' alleged mistress vehemently denies accusations
- Good gadgets for the gardeners on your list
- Democrats praise their efforts on jobs issue
- Julie Powell memoir is found less than satisfying so far
- A new feature for Blu-ray discs: conventional DVD movies
- Cyber Monday sales up 13.7%, says Coremetrics
- D.C. Council gives first nod to same-sex marriage bill
- U.S. fines El Paso Corp., subsidiary $2.3 million
- Boys' basketball: McKnight ties section record for victories
- PREACH IT! Hey Tiger? Gonna take a Big Bertha to your plea for privacy
- Boys' basketball: Villa Park coach is serving suspension
- Boys' basketball: Monday's scores
- Girls' basketball: Monday's scores
- Dan Neil: REI takes the plunge into TV advertising
- Monster Mash: V&A Museum's new wing; Kelsey Grammer confirmed for Broadway; Miami Art Museum's interim leader
- Got grease? Santa Monica sees it as green gold
- This pink-gloved hospital is rockin'
- TURKEY: An American-style mega mall sprouts in Istanbul
- U.S. to speed up troop deployment to Afghanistan
- Blame it on the pomegranates
- Daily Doodle calendar: Inspiring for kids, <br>a therapeutic reminder for adults?
- Opinion: A (silent) way for Americans to thank the troops
- EGYPT: Sexual harassment becoming a feast tradition?
- COBRA health insurance subsidies start expiring
- FIFA says it won't let Ireland into World Cup despite Thierry Henry's handball
- Two more Guantanamo detainees transferred abroad
- Nicole Richie scores an ABC sitcom -- with a 'South Park'/'30 Rock' writer
- Broadcasting & Cable Magazine and Multichannel News sold to NewBay Media
- Exclusive first look: Is the gig up for Olivia on 'The City' finale?
- A viewer's guide to Obama's speech on Afghanistan
- The Morning Fix: NBC and Comcast dance a little closer. The Salahis say they didn't crash White House. `The Blind Side' plays big in flyover country.
- Recipe: Cherry-almond-coconut granola
- The Fixers: If it cracks, chips or shatters,<br> Brookes Restorations is on the case
- Cash-strapped Washington National Opera announces layoffs, other cuts
- Rachel Pally sample sale starts this week
- Mammography may increase cancer risk for some women
- Gifts for Cooks: 'Rose's Heavenly Cakes'
- White House party crashers insist they were invited to state dinner
- John Leguizamo's new solo show heading to La Jolla Playhouse
- PREACH IT! And Leslie Looked Upon the Ministry Readers, and She Saw That She Was Good
- Opinion: 5 things to listen for in Obama's Afghanistan speech
- 'Gossip Girl': Turkey with a side of secrets
- Change calls at Redondo Beach's King Harbor
- Jonathan Littell 'wins' Bad Sex in Fiction Award
- Accused White House party crashers insist: 'We were invited'
- Women's AP top 25 results for Monday
- Monta Ellis' 45 points lead Warriors past Pacers
- Amid droughts and failed crops, a cycle of poverty worsens
- Healthcare debate is officially on in the Senate
- Big Ten is not what it first seemed to be
- Mike Huckabee defends freeing convict wanted in Washington police shootings
- Up next for Lakers: Tuesday vs. New Orleans
- Capitals lose Alexander Ovechkin in victory over Hurricanes, 3-2
- White House party crashers; trouble at an L.A. Unified school; budget cuts at Cal State
- 10 of our favorite gadgets of 2009
- One question divides same-sex marriage proponents: When?
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Obama administration pushes to make mortgage modifications permanent
- Notre Dame fires Weis
- Fitness-industry start-up needs a toehold. Where to begin?
- Crenshaw's Isaac Hamilton gets 27 points in 91-50 win
- Lakers can rise to challenge when facing a poor team
- Cal State Northridge defeats Cal State Bakersfield, 81-74
- 'The Vietnam War' by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant
- Damian Williams again is considering entering the NFL draft
- Tennis makes fine point with Serena Williams, if only a small one
- Sam Farmer's Monday film review
- Student activists bring laid-off worker back to their school
- School uniforms -- yes, but
- 'The Blind Side' writes a new playbook
- Physicist Michio Kaku invites viewers through the wormhole
- Mexico City's Juanito refuses to be a political place-holder
- Black Eyed Peas see a future with spectacles
- Charges in Jackson case may not be filed until 2010, officials say
- Men's AP top 25 results for Monday
- Supreme Court throws out Korean war veteran's death sentence
- What the U.S. can achieve in Afghanistan, despite Karzai
- Added forces will be concentrated in southern Afghanistan
- Adjusting to a kinder, gentler soccer
- U.S. Forest Service reviews no-night-flying rule
- CD review: 'Untitled' by R. Kelly
- Obama administration steps up pressure on mortgage lenders
- Stocks end higher as investors decide Dubai debt crisis is unlikely to spread
- How to discreetly cover for an indisposed boss
- Paramount to pay $7.5 million for 'Paranormal Activity' follow-up
- 'Sci-Fi Science'
- Jordan Farmar's aggressive play helps Lakers
- Obama's Afghanistan strategy counts on time as an ally
- Peet's raises offer for Diedrich
- Horoscope: Dec. 1
- Helene Elliott's NHL rankings
- DWP pay package could burden the utility's retirement system, report says
- Documenting life -- and then death
- 'The Vietnam War: A Graphic History' by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant
- Pasadena mural painted over in apparent mix-up
- Suspect in the shooting deaths of 4 officers eludes police
- Tuesday's Talk Shows: Rachel Maddow is guest on 'The Martha Stewart Show'
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Oil prices climb modestly, shrugging off piracy reports
- Ducks and Kings face off at crucial time for both
- Tiger Woods will skip tournament in Thousand Oaks
- Angeles Crest Highway provides a rocky commute
- CalPERS board member should be fined, watchdog agency says
- Kelsey Grammer lands in 'La Cage aux Folles'
- Swiss ban on minarets roils Europe
- Intellectual hypocrites threaten us all
- Events happening Tuesday
- Change calls at Redondo Beach's King Harbor
- State dinner crashers exchanged e-mails with Pentagon official
- Westly among those fined by California's ethics watchdog panel
- Vivendi clears path for GE-Comcast deal
- U.S. has bungled Honduran crisis
- Obama plans to send 30,000 to 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan
- Ashley Wagner largely overlooked among female skaters
- Drew Brees is 'perfect,' and Saints are getting closer to it
- Florida State's Bobby Bowden says decision on his coaching future has not been made
- Up next: Ducks and Kings square off Tuesday
- Tweets end Avary's jail furlough program
- Retailers' websites are getting smarter about shoppers
- U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear death row inmate's appeal
- Supreme Court rejects Ford's appeal in rollover case
- Schwarzenegger's business manager blames tax lien on glitch
- Tuesday's Highlights
- Upstart Dubai turns to staid Abu Dhabi for aid
- LCD TV prices plunge 22% from pre-Black Friday levels
- College basketball rankings
- Culinary schools rebound from recessionary slump
- Obama's plan: Send 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan, begin leaving by July 2011
- Angels raise prices on some season tickets
- Kiki Vandeweghe to take over as Nets coach
- Dallas hands Philadelphia its seventh straight loss
- For salmon fishing port, the future is as murky as its waters
- H1N1 flu cases decline, but still taking heavy toll
- Crazy about guns
- The Times' preseason girls' basketball rankings
- Never let it be said he isn't right on USC-UCLA game
- United States' shameful land mine policy
- Prime-time shows get last laugh on Leno
- When team ownership is a foreign concept
- White House fact sheet: The way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- GM's Fritz Henderson steps down as CEO
- REI TV ads portray the outdoors in all its uncomfortable glory
- Larry King buys condo in Wilshire corridor high-rise
- Large Hadron Collider roars to life