- Andretti's Ryan Hunter-Reay tops second practice for Long Beach Grand Prix
- Miramax talks expected to extend through the weekend
- 'Arrested Development' movie not dead yet, says Jason Bateman
- Reprise's 'How to Succeed in Business' casts female leads -- and the voice of Ed Asner
- Legislation proposed to ban box-office futures
- Activision: 'We treat our developers extremely well'
- Dodgers fans get another chance to get it right this weekend with Giants in town
- No verdict in Karatz case
- Christina Applegate, musician Martyn LeNoble are engaged
- Malfunctioning clutch is slowing Angels offense
- When Bolivian circus-animal ban goes into effect, where will the animals go?
- When it comes to home runs and walks, long ball is lesser of two evils
- PREACH IT! Well, would you look at that -- nekkid celebrities
- Microsoft pulls part of Kin campaign after 'sexting' complaints
- Antidepressant use may be higher among Type 2 diabetics
- Influenza's peaks take an easterly route across the U.S.
- Net neutrality: A barrier to a smut-free Internet?
- Phil Mickelson to join Tiger Woods at Quail Hollow Championship
- Get in touch with your stress today!
- Leslie Moonves' paycheck for 2009: $43.2 million
- Marc Jacobs keeps reading in fashion
- 'Iron Man: Extremis' puts the comics hero in motion
- The Project: Mint chocolate ice cream
- Are the haters really right to hate 'Kick-Ass'?
- Star Sightings: Eli Manning and Diddy go Pro; Maggie Gyllenhaal's lofty ways
- Opinion: Obama hails the Great Outdoors from inside the Interior Dept.
- Goldman fraud case: 'Old and simple deception and conflicts'
- IndyCar's Will Power stays hot in Long Beach
- Author and hemp activist Jack Herer has died
- Google steps up Search with localized suggestions, auto-correct
- Box-office futures market gets key approval from government
- TV This Week April 18 - 24
- Winter Olympics, Conan O'Brien settlement put a drag on NBC Universal earnings
- Friday's TV Highlights: 'Secrets of the Mountain' on NBC
- State unemployment hits record high
- Junior college transfer Lazeric Jones signs letter of intent with UCLA
- Pacific Time podcast: Volcanic ash, earthquakes, Toyota and Conan
- Partying on Foursquare Day (and don't forget to check in)
- Johnny Weir loves Balenciaga bags, supports same-sex marriage and addresses that Kate Gosselin rumor
- Rodent of the Week: Antidepressants could lessen stroke severity
- Actor Andy Garcia narrates ESPN special on Lakers
- Jay-Z sues Red Sox hitter Big Papi over 40/40 club name
- Poll: How many games will it take for the Lakers to eliminate the Thunder?
- Flower show with a twist at the Huntington
- Film Department revises IPO, reveals executive salaries
- 'Más Sabe El Diablo': Love, gunshots and empanadas
- NHL Versus ratings go up
- Voters split on whether Obama deserves another term, poll shows
- John Thompson to interview Michael Jordan on NBA TV
- Owner: We loved having Kiefer Sutherland in our strip club
- Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates dies at 83
- Your morning adorable: Duck plays on a slide
- Raymond Loewy sketches and California designs hit the block at Bonhams & Butterfields
- Police documents provide details from Ben Roethlisberger's accuser
- Whitman trains fire on Poizner as primary battle intensifies
- Zev Yaroslavsky, James Conlon stand up to 'Ring' festival heckler
- Daryl F. Gates and 'the sting of poverty' that followed him to grade school
- Sex lawsuit shuts down Steven Seagal's reality show
- Daryl F. Gates, the 1992 riots and the end of his career
- A blue and white bird of paradise
- Festival of Books: mystery writer T. Jefferson Parker
- Consumer Confidential: Naughty Goldman, jobless Californians, happy banks
- Opinion: Praying for common sense
- Jury still out in Karatz options backdating case
- Drunken Kiefer Sutherland booted from London strip club
- Chairs you can send to the cleaners? A trend in Milan
- Housing starts rise a modest 1.6% in March
- 'Real Housewives of New York City': The catwalk
- Your Morning Fashion and Beauty Report: Jennifer Aniston's new fragrance. Ralph Lauren honored in Paris. Estee Lauder goes global. Celebs bare all for Allure
- Obama launches Great Outdoors initiative
- Paris Hilton, boyfriend Doug Reinhardt are splitsville
- The Dry Garden: What to do with exotic plants at Arboretum
- The Morning Fix: No medals for NBC Universal. Demand Media prepares IPO. DVDs down while video games are up
- SYRIA: Damascus denies Israeli allegations it transferred Scuds to Hezbollah
- Will basic cable mean lesser guests for Conan O'Brien?*
- Baseball: Thursday scores
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- Mattel profit rises on robust sales and new product lines
- Obama 'amused' by protest, but remains confident
- Bank of America earns $3.2 billion in first quarter
- California’s unemployment rate hits high of 12.6%
- Monster Mash: State comes down on MOCA; Jeffrey Deitch's debut show; 'Glee's' Jonathan Groff heading to West End
- Behind the scenes with Toyota reporters Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian
- Tod's throws a party to celebrate the re-opening of its newly designed Beverly Hills digs
- Senate panel begins hearing on liberal California judicial nominee
- 'The Empire Strikes Back' and Harrison Ford at the ArcLight on May 19
- 'Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains': It's better to be lucky than smart
- Death by Manny Ramirez or Andre Ethier? The decisions that make baseball great
- 'Fringe': Do-over
- Attorney general finds MOCA broke laws, imposes light 'corrective actions'
- Marc Jacobs is opening a bookstore
- Opinion: Joe Biden update: Democrat says he's campaigned for some 'real turkeys' over the years
- Jorge Garcia takes The Times on a special 'Lost' tour
- It's a wild, wild strawberry
- Opinion: Large Republican gains in House seats are 'inevitable' come November: Rothenberg
- ‘Elegy for April’ by Benjamin Black
- Volcanic ash continues to disrupt Europe flights
- Movie review: ‘The Joneses’
- Obama orders mine safety inquiry after scathing report
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Water polo, anyone? In Afghanistan?
- Satirical superhero film set to 'Kick' its way to the top
- Britons get a taste of U.S. electoral flair
- Soho House West Hollywood info
- Movie review: ‘The Perfect Game’
- My Favorite Weekend: Lisa Edelstein
- ‘Death at a Funeral’ info
- L.A.'s 'job czar' boasts a broad portfolio at City Hall
- Atlanta Freaknic party runs up against mayor
- Horoscope: April 16
- Unions offer plan to avoid layoffs of L.A. city workers
- Sitka travel info
- Pakistan promises deeper investigation of Bhutto assassination
- Regulators did little to halt reckless practices at WaMu
- CALIFORNIA LOTTERY RESULTS
- Obama's book sales keep income flush, tax returns show
- Movie review: ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’
- Dan Henderson duels the UFC
- Arizona's immigration bill; Jerry Brown's record; compromising with the Taliban
- Think Simona De Silvestro, not Danica Patrick
- Up next for Galaxy: Saturday vs. Real Salt Lake
- THE BEST WAY TO ITALY'S SALINA ISLAND
- It was a no-win situation for the Diamondbacks
- After the fireball come the meteorite hunters
- Matt Kemp keeps the power turned on for Dodgers
- Letters: Not hard to determine the winner and loser at the Masters
- Swindlers take the money, if not the cake
- Suspect arrested in North Hollywood synagogue shooting
- Deadmau5 promises more than just music
- Four German soldiers killed in Afghanistan's north
- ‘Elegy for April’ info
- Giants' Lewis sent to Blue Jays
- Three catchers is a bit of a crowd
- SEC accuses Goldman Sachs of fraud as Obama presses for tough new regulations
- Google's 37% profit increase not enough for investors
- TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
- Business Briefing
- 30-year mortgage rate falls to 5.07%
- No joke — Russell Peters is a famous comedian
- Movie review: ‘Kick-Ass’
- 36 bodies found as stern of sunken South Korean warship is raised
- Movie review: ‘The Secret in Their Eyes’
- ‘The Perfect Game’ info
- China's economy expands at torrid pace in first quarter
- 16 films make Cannes Film Festival list
- California's median home price jumps 14.3% in March
- Housing starts, permits rise as builders rebound
- Lakers hope practice means something
- No prison time for imam in New York subway plot
- Happening Friday
- Volcanic ash closes European airports
- Arizona's crackdown on illegal migrants feels familiar
- Volcano ash keeps planes grounded across northern Europe
- Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights
- Russia halts all adoptions to U.S.
- Carl Icahn increases Lions Gate hostile takeover offer to $7 a share from $6
- L.A. Fire Department disciplinary system faulted
- Bank of America earns $3.2 billion in first quarter
- Latest L.A. proposal for NFL stadium has a roof
- Slovakia closes air space due to Volcano ash cloud
- Hospital directive gives gays a victory without the fight
- MOCA to stage exhibit of Dennis Hopper’s artworks
- A ‘Bitter Sweet' touch for ‘Noel Coward Weekend at the Academy'
- Explosions at Myanmar festival kill 8, injure 90
- United, Continental said to resume merger talks
- ‘Elegy for April’ by Benjamin Black
- A mysterious powder and a miscarriage prompt investigation of restaurateur
- Jered Weaver looks a lot like an ace in Angels' victory
- UCLA’s Rick Neuheisel not thrilled by execution of new offense
- Explosions at Myanmar festival kill 8, injure 90
- Scuds for Hezbollah?
- South L.A.'s Nevin Avenue Elementary gives magic a chance
- Obama judicial nominee Goodwin Liu comes under GOP fire
- Lakers can't match Thunder's youth and good health
- Murrieta hospital's Medicare funding to be cut in wake of inspection revealing 'clear threats' to patient safety
- NBA PLAYOFFS: Cleveland vs. Chicago
- Milan furniture fair shrugs off recession
- Volcanic ash an air-traffic stopper but not a climate or health hazard
- Capsule Movie Reviews: ‘The Cartel’ examines a state falling down on the job in educating its children
- Tax day 'tea parties' draw thousands across U.S.
- Paper or plastic or neither
- LAX hopes to give taste buds quite a ride
- O.C. investment advisor accused of fraud
- Dominos fall in pension probe
- Dip in DVD rental revenue a worrisome signal for Hollywood
- Pittsburgh Steelers will discipline Ben Roethlisberger for off-field behavior
- NBA PLAYOFFS: Boston vs. Miami
- Salmon fishing will return to West Coast
- TV TALK SHOWS
- For eco-friendly surfboard shapers, more kelp in the lineup
- When Armageddon lives next door
- Gates calls for ratification of Colombia free trade agreement
- Night Life: A bit of Soho in WeHo
- Glendora tops Diamond Bar in pitchers’ duel, 3-0
- Ecuador's cloud-forested wonderland
- Sudan's president set to win reelection
- Volcanic ash an ill wind for airlines and tourism
- Kerry Killinger, the man who destroyed WaMu
- Hewlett-Packard is focus of bribery investigation
- ‘The Joneses’ info
- Phil Jackson enters the mind field
- Up next for Chivas USA: Saturday at Houston
- Kings looking to put first-time nervousness behind them
- MOCA ordered to revamp its budget practices
- Vancouver's Sedin twins give Canucks an edge
- Napoli airs frustrations
- Phil Mickelson to join Tiger Woods in N.C.
- Villaraigosa endorses Kamala Harris in race for attorney general
- Obama looks to deeper space as NASA's mission
- ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ info
- ‘The Secret in Their Eyes’ info
- Country superstar Alan Jackson gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- A conversation with Daryl F. Gates
- Obama signs extension of jobless benefits
- NBA PLAYOFFS: Atlanta vs. Milwaukee
- ‘Death’s’ humor takes a holiday
- Be wary of 'credit correction' companies
- March exports jump at Los Angeles, Long Beach ports
- A hostile Arizona
- A waltz down the isle
- Quick Takes - April 16, 2010
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- Benjamin Hooks dies at 85; longtime NAACP leader
- Market Watch: A world of extraordinary flavors in specialty and exotic strawberries
- Assemblyman Nava introduces bill to forbid California landlords from requiring animal declawing, debarking
- Kings lose Game 1 to Canucks in overtime, 3-2
- 'Project Runway': Fashion kiss goodbye
- 'The Vampire Diaries': An alternate universe where Stefan is fun
- Overtime for the Kings in their playoff opener
- Kings' playoff opener: 2-2 after two periods
- Bad harbinger for DeWitt? He sits against Diamondbacks
- Opinion: Exactly what Obama ordered about hospital visits
- Kings' playoff opener: Scoreless after one
- Villaraigosa to endorse San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris in attorney general race
- Friday's TV Talk Shows: Willie Nelson is a guest on 'Larry King'
- Theater review: 'The Arsonists' at KOAN at the Odyssey
- Kelly Pavlik vows to return to middleweight dominance Saturday
- Designers get playful at Milan furniture fair
- Tony Santa Monica housing complex embraces Quonset hut
- PASSINGS: Peter Haskell
- 'Kick-Ass': Comic book mayhem meets sweet sincerity
- No Doubt wins round in Activision lawsuit
- Girls' basketball: Team Taurasi loaded with talent
- Early signs of progress against E. coli and shigella, but listeria, salmonella ...?
- No more high school sports in Massachusetts town
- Tax-day deals from Trina Turk, Sonya Dakar and Westime
- Melissa Etheridge splits from her partner of nearly 9 years
- 'Iron Man 2' blasts onto tracking
- Daniel Radcliffe to star in 'How to Succeed in Business' on Broadway next spring
- Baseball: Trinity League game is changed
- Surprise! Video game sales grew in March, NPD Group says
- Football: Get ready for a roast of Bill Redell
- Politicians observe tax day
- Daryl F. Gates | 1926-2010
- Mr. Brainwash on life
- Staples Center announces 10 greatest moments
- With 'Mighty Mouse' reboot, Paramount is here to save the franchise
- PREACH IT! Rihanna's haircut of the undead
- Hanmi Bank stock jumps on report it may be near capital raise
- Mr. Brainwash on life
- Reader videos: Off-leash dog parks and beaches in Southern California
- IRAN: Police seize 220 lbs. of crystal meth as drug war drags on
- Democratic leaders back majority-vote budget initiative
- Movie projector: 'Kick-Ass' set to take names with $30 million at box office
- Daniel Radcliffe coming back to Broadway in 'How to Succeed'
- Opera iPhone browser hits 1 million downloads on first day
- Boxee's TV app venturing out of the living room and onto iPhone and iPad
- Opinion: Obama on future U.S. space exploration: Yes, but...
- Age, not rust, appears to be catching up with Angels reliever Scot Shields
- Whitney Houston wheezes back on tour in Europe
- 'Addams Family' legacy lives in new book, musical and rumored Tim Burton film
- This week's L.A. Times test kitchen recipes
- Beverly Hills pulls out of the running for Eli Broad's art museum
- Dodgers' shaky rotation not doing anything to help out bullpen troubles
- Eco-friendly lunch sacks, Shrek returns, a beer crown and a chance to go to "American Idol"
- 'Top Chef Masters' gets cheezy
- Review: Lobster with a view in Santa Monica
- Theater review: 'The Unserious Chekhov' at the Sherry Theatre
- Democrats urge Schwarzenegger to fill vacancy at state employment agency
- Mike Napoli gets start for Angels; Maicer Izturis out with injury
- Shane Mosley-Victor Conte dispute heats up again
- Movie review: 'Dancing Across Borders,' a Cambodian ballet
- 'Glee' star Lea Michelle speaks out against fur in a new PSA for PETA
- Fox News yanks Sean Hannity from Cincinnati Tea Party rally he was set to star in
- Kara DioGuardi on posing nude for Allure, her husband's support, accepting her body
- Icahn increases Lions Gate hostile takeover offer to $7 per share
- Right-Wing Hysteria Watch: Is 'Glee' part of Hollywood's leftist propaganda machine?
- The Ministry presents: A celebrity guide to Coachella 2010
- Bryce Canyon National Park to celebrate Utah prairie dog
- Dance review: John Jasperse's flirty West Coast premiere at REDCAT
- Google earnings jump, but still disappoint some investors
- Softball: Anaheim Canyon-El Modena game postponed after death of player's sibling
- Clipper update: Kim Hughes dismissed
- Kitty Kelley's Oprah bio: brave and audacious
- Complete book coverage for April 18, 2010
- Council votes to impose new requirements for treatment of Central Park carriage horses
- Jackie Robinson remembered from Yankee Stadium to Dodger Stadium
- California lobbyist agrees to $500,000 fine in influence peddling probe
- Music review: David Robertson brings the St. Louis Symphony to Disney
- DVD rental revenue falls, delivering another blow to home entertainment business