- HED GOES HERE
- USC and Oregon tied; Ducks fans' rap is bad
- The dress registry, so Michelle Obama and Oprah won't wear the same gown
- Facebook gets unfriendly with Power.com*
- Metrolink makes do as 'stepchild' agency
- Book news in the new year
- After deadly Metrolink crash, somber commuters board trains again
- A dose of John Lennon
- WEST BANK: Rounded up in a Hamas crackdown
- Review: 'Oranges and Sardines' at the Hammer
- And now the Oscar for best movie blurb!
- Baron Davis can't shoot straight
- Rodent of the week: Food additive tied to lung cancer
- You've got mail wars: Google making an inbox push
- After Black Friday stampede death, some crowd-control ideas
- Bailout means GMAC will give up some GM car financing
- DEA officials bust "largest ever" cockfighting arena
- On Wall Street, nobody's home today but a few hungry bulls
- The perfect prep school blazer
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: CNN's Toobin gets distracted during yet another debate
- Mochi: Preserving a New Year's tradition
- Kira Plastinina's KP Fashion files for bankruptcy
- The trails full-body workout
- Wake-up Call: Joe Paterno, Mark Sanchez, Peyton Manning, Chad Pennington, Wrigley Field
- LACMA fashions a new reputation
- Can pets help their people overcome obesity?
- Craig Strong's mini canelés
- The beach full-body workout
- IRAQ: Marines hope Kelly's Cows help widows, dairy industry
- Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines
- Urban environment full-body workout
- IndyMac sale may finally happen today
- IRAN: Human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi's home defaced
- Opinion: Policing illegal billboards
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: CNN's Toobin reveals what 'analysts' prefer to watch
- Boys' basketball: Extravaganzas slated for Saturday
- A new year, a new mantra
- Around the Web 1.2.09: Higher music sales, an Easter egg from Google and a key to unlock iPhones
- Woman, 89, who kept boy's football, sues parents
- New Year's Day: Hangover viewing
- MTV VMA Kickoff/944 LA Two-Year Anniversary Party
- IRAN: Hamas has secret anti-Israel weapon in Gaza, cleric says
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: Obama, real smart president-elect and workout fiend, <em>still</em> smokes
- Opinion: Ticket Replay: Stricken Wall St. traders protest with their own cars
- Opinion: Don't blame the signal placements
- Don't blame the signal placements
- 2008 year in review
- Helen Suzman dies at 91; South African anti-apartheid leader
- Mystery author Donald E. Westlake dies at 75
- Your Scene: Africa, at rainbows end
- Rose Parade starts the new year with a rosy outlook
- Letters to the editor
- Claiborne Pell dies at 90; former Rhode Island senator, creator of Pell Grants
- Covina arrests mystify a neighborhood
- Passat CC easier on the eyes but too expensive for a VW
- Wells to face home loan stress
- A BRIGHT SPOT IN DARK TIMES
- South African opposition leader battled apartheid
- Gibson, Trojans use the long lens
- Fourth start is a perfect end for Cushing
- Crowd closes on Bruins
- Hokies find some redemption in win
- Party place L.A.
- Local bank a test case in rescue probe
- Credit rating woes sent AIG spiraling
- Arrests mystify a neighborhood
- A BLEAK PICTURE FOR BIG STUDIOS
- New Russian law ends jury trials for 'crimes against state'
- Playing with the pros
- Subtext isn't roses
- It's better than being Chris Nintendogs
- It's bad, but we'll survive
- Even for heartthrobs, fame's lure can get ugly
- Ohio State's Wells mulls his options
- Money flows for inaugural
- Russia cuts off natural gas to Ukraine
- Ganz picks up Cornhuskers
- New rules for children's clothes have stores in a fit
- 'Terminator' forever
- Iraqis take tentative security lead
- Parade trophy winners
- Tomlinson, Gates sit out practice again
- Putrid, yes, but not rotten
- Andy Murray defeats James Blake, faces Roger Federer next
- More movies will pop out at you
- Obamas end Hawaiian vacation
- Trash contract touches off legal disputes in Montebello
- An independent bookstore's big boost
- Trojans make memories that AP poll voters shouldn't forget
- Aspen bomb threats sought 'price in blood'
- Governor's aide has ties to former firm
- Gaza conflict can make or break Barak's fortunes
- Ducks to host Philadelphia Flyers
- Penn St. couldn't shake USC
- Rest time is over and big tests loom
- Calling all moderate Republicans
- Mystery writer won three Edgar Awards
- Recession is squeezing life out of many money-strapped hospitals
- News flash: Reading, driving don't mix
- Edwards returns and all's right with the world
- Up next for Clippers: Friday against Phoenix
- Big Ten is out of place
- Sanchez is the star of the show
- Some voices familiar, but more aren't
- 2008 was last year for many brands
- Senator from Rhode Island created Pell Grants
- Their outside game is great
- One big family union
- Second arrest in death of girl
- City's answer to budget dilemma: Ask an ethicist
- 5 killed on New Year's
- His silence was golden
- Sun shines on 120th Rose Parade in Pasadena
- Greene leads Hawkeyes, plans to try NFL draft
- Japanese American family keeps up mochi making tradition
- Steel isn't quake-proof, experts say
- Rhythmic nomads
- A thriller fueled by Middle Eastern oil
- Diamonds show comet struck North America, scientists say
- Joining the club? More clubs
- In Howland's system, it's all about details
- Enjoying some more happy days
- Johnson to stay; Gable a question
- Can cows nurture peace?
- Iraqi troops take control of Green Zone
- Shred out the old
- 'Chirp' is barely worth a peep
- And you thought the DMV was bad
- Dodgers may be working on deal to unload Andruw Jones
- DOWN COLD
- The hope of the state GOP
- CAPITAL ONE BOWL
- Lakers tonight
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / COLORADO
- ART REVIEW
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK
- SOUTHLAND
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / RICHMOND
- 'Disheartening reality'
- Defining a year, good and bad
- WORLD BRIEFING / CUBA
- WORLD BRIEFING / INDIA
- Poison in the prison water
- CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / RICHMOND
- ROSE BOWL: USC 38, Penn State 24
- WORLD BRIEFING / CHINA
- LACMA fashions a new reputation
- NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW YORK
- Focus on Blagojevich
- Israeli strike kills a top Hamas leader in Gaza
- Wet and wild
- NO. 5 IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
- PRACTICE, PRACTICE
- NEW YEAR'S RESOLVE IN A BUCOLIC SETTING
- USC to play at Oregon
- TEST OF A TIME
- Peyton's good, but let's not get carried away...
- NHL's Winter Classic: Final thoughts
- Time for the Rose Bowl to put the Big Ten to pasture
- Opinion: A Million People? That Number's Way Too Rosy
- Opinion: In today's pages: New Year's wishes, Israel vs. Hamas and hailing a cab in L.A.
- Totally Random
- Penn State's pass defense ... Wait, what pass defense?
- USC wins Rose Bowl championship, 38-24
- Train wreck? That's one Rose Bowl halftime summary
- When third quarter ended: USC 31, Penn State 7
- Penn State's Evan Royster out with knee injury
- Did Santa give your dog a toy? Make sure it's safe
- USC vs. Penn State: A look at the end of the first half
- Kurt Streeter: Come on Penn State, you can do better than that ... right?
- High school football stars on display
- USC and Penn State fans weigh in as second half begins
- Top 10 things about Penn State
- USC's Joe McKnight injured
- Rose Bowl: USC leading 17-7 in second quarter
- Kurt Streeter: From the Rose Bowl, a prayer answered
- USC and Penn State tied, 7-7, after first quarter
- A calendar for fans of pit bulls (or tattoos)
- These USC fans are OK with sitting in Penn State land
- Rose Bowl: It's all defense -- for the first 6 minutes
- Two Penn State fans buy tickets on a whim
- Rey Maualuga tops in Fab Forum poll
- L.A. Times staff picking USC
- Bruins appear at Rose Bowl
- Kurt Streeter: The Rose Bowl -- what a beautiful sight ...
- USC, Penn State are at the Rose Bowl and ready
- USC fans say they'll pull out a win
- Penn State fans sticking with their home team
- Red Wings get the win, 6-4, at Wrigley Field
- FAQ
- Filling up with sunshine
- Blackhawks Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, revisited
- Hubble's billion-year review
- Red Wings now lead 4-3; third period about to begin
- Impulsive? Blame your dopamine
- Blackhawks lead 3-1 as second period begins
- At Wrigley Field, Blackhawks and Red Wings go at it
- NHL Winter Classic: A Bobby Hulluva day
- Surviving Z2K: Zunes start working after leap-year glitch
- Wake-up Call: Happy New Year, Rose Bowl, Pac-10, Mike Shanahan, Brett Favre, Wrigley Field
- NHL Winter Classic: When pregame warmups really involve warming up
- AFGHANISTAN: A river, a bridge and a hope
- Happy New Year! Have a popsicle
- Getty's antiquities policy gets kudos vs. the Met
- Best of L.A. Land 2008: Your picks?
- The Times' 2009 wish list
- Sylmar woman is now post-fire keeper of the flame
- 2008 in cartoons
- Liev Schreiber, happily ever after
- LAUSD lessons
- Actor Bernie Hamilton, Capt. Dobey on 'Starsky and Hutch,' dies at 80
- Demand for TV converter coupons raises supply fears
- Zimbabwe's bank chief cranks out cash
- Taking L.A. for a ride
- Gomez is back in near-record time
- Tollner is fired from 49ers' staff
- Kenneth Turan: 'Waltz With Bashir'
- BET, TV One gear up to cover inauguration
- New year holds promise, traps for Iraq
- GOP assertion that Wilson tax hike hurt economy doesn't hold up
- Clippers' year gets longer
- Year opens wacky and 'Wonderful'
- Schwarzenegger's budget proposes tax hikes, steep cuts
- Iraqi police arrest Shiite cult members
- Employers forcing workers to take time off without pay
- Emissions crisis may have silver lining for Obama
- Penn State's Joe Paterno, USC's Pete Carroll share a zest for the game
- Dunleavy gets technical for third straight game
- What to look for
- Putting on a happy face for the folks from Happy Valley
- You read them, now hear them
- Dream big
- 'Frost/Nixon'
- Liev, happily ever after
- A trip down memory lane in 20 questions
- Dell shakes up management ranks, shifts focus
- Senate leaders plan for arrival of Blagojevich appointee
- Post-fire keeper of the flame
- Buehler looking for a strong finish
- A parade today and every day
- Charles Barkley is arrested for DUI
- Trojans plan to bring their best to the table
- Disney, take that Narnia 'Voyage'
- Israel's deadly politics
- Still in bloom
- Film, TV actor played Capt. Dobey on 'Starsky and Hutch'
- S. Carolina seeks loan for jobless payments
- Viacom, Time Warner Cable trade barbs as contract deadline nears
- A Rose Bowl of a different color
- Letters
- 59 die in Bangkok blaze
- GM gets first $4 billion of U.S. loans
- Holiday on (outdoor) ice is smash hit for the NHL
- Jobless claims data paint bleak picture
- MLB Network to debut today
- In a primo demo, Cooper scores
- Stocks extend advance in year's final session
- National Briefing
- Israel rebuffs calls for 48-hour truce in Gaza
- NASA administrator's wife campaigns for him
- Thank goodness that's over
- Ducks hit a wall against Blue Jackets
- Chinese Spectacular has lofty ambitions
- Investors' big question: Will it get even worse?
- Course outline for LAUSD
- Holiday closures
- Angels sign closer Brian Fuentes
- In Tennessee, cleanup and worries
- Complex deals led to AIG's undoing
- Worsening economy leaves federal judges shortchanged
- Parents file suit in police slaying of son
- Although the coaching staffs are evenly matched, USC has the edge on defense.
- Short-handed Pistons defeat Nets
- Where's a bailout for the arts?
- Twists of marriage
- Palin: Grandchild's father no dropout
- Riley sees the beauty in defensive struggle
- Mystery writer pioneered the use of police procedure in his stories
- Daly serving PGA suspension
- Jason Isaacs is surprised by the places 'Good' has taken him
- Microsoft's Zune, New Year's Eve don't play together
- Banned outdoor signs sprout in L.A.
- Economy casts shadow over Rose Parade but doesn't squelch festive spirit
- Thunder finally wins fourth game of season
- Jackson likes where they are
- A plaintive finale for a store that sold pianos to music icons
- Hollywood Backlot: David Strickland tails the tails
- Executions around the U.S. fall to 14-year low in 2008
- Ivory towers are feeling the economic pinch
- Dodgers sign pitcher Claudio Vargas
- Crime continues to fall in Los Angeles despite bad economy
- Ravens trade Baltimore for Hollywood
- Digital music downloads set a record
- In China, tainted milk trial kept under wraps
- Iran adopts bellicose posture on Gaza conflict
- Firm is tangled in cable battle
- Mortgage rates fall to third straight record low
- China sentences 11 for software piracy
- A caretaker for Senate?
- LSU embarrasses Georgia Tech, 38-3