- Mayor Says Strike Cost Businesses $1 Billion
- Former Enron Executive Said to Be in Plea Talks
- Food an Important Ingredient at Abuse Shelter
- Millions of teens tripped up by treadmill tests
- Reshaping Americans' View of the Cellphone
- Chicagoans Flock to Marshall Field's for Memories
- Which Wardrobe Is Lion's?
- After taking a test Glide, she's sold
- As healers, we don't have the luxury of having a bad day
- Sharon Resumes Work After Mild Stroke
- Gift Cards Keep Giving to Retailers
- Pope Surveys World at Risk on Christmas
- Psoriasis may be more severe in smokers
- Cellphones ringing up some stress
- Norman Dane Vaughan, 100; Went to South Pole With Byrd
- Pistons Conquer Spurs, 85-70, in Finals Rematch
- One of the Freshmen No One's Passing Over
- A triple reward for chest, core, thighs
- Schools' special power
- The responsibility for deciding to go to war
- Scrooge politics by state, national leaders
- Beware of horny goat weed
- As healers, we don't have the luxury of having a bad day
- 'Cheneyspeak'
- Don't overlook Europe's farm policy reforms
- Hart didn't tell the whole story
- QUOTEBOOK
- The complex, difficult debate over torture
- Intervention Offers Hope Where Police and Border Crackdowns Fail
- Puzzling out a 16-acre park in downtown L.A.
- Niche Player on Web Weighs Its Next Move
- BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS
- Long, Luxurious Cruises Make Waves in the Travel Industry
- Panthers Pay the Penalty in Loss
- Christmas Wishes Are Granted
- Notice about tenant's kids may be discrimination
- A king's ransom for a night's sleep
- Dante's world
- Tourists Bring Holiday Cheer to Little Town of Bethlehem
- A Faded Pastime Flickers to Life Again in Rural China
- New Mexico Explosives Case Also Leads to Chop Shop
- 400 Guns Swapped for Gifts
- Arakawa Skates to Early Lead
- Gore's Run Gives 49ers the Edge Over Rams
- Faces to watch 2006
- Polish bloc prints
- Bard, outside the box
- The right time to join the party
- Escaping into the past
- Deal of the week
- Couple Arrested in Las Vegas Slaying
- Colorado Springs Has Eye Out for Dirty Bomb
- BOOKS
- Surfer Is Alert, Smiling After Shark Attack
- Sibling castaways
- Implant Patients Informed of Possible Contamination
- Embassy Employee Held Hostage in Iraq
- Injured Homeless Man Refuses to Leave His Cat
- Rabies Survivor Is Happy to Be Home for the Holidays
- Saints Can Be Morale Builder
- Grossman Is Back, but Will Bears Still Run First?
- The Girl Can't Help It; She's 15
- The pain felt on both sides
- BESTSELLERS
- Christmas classics
- 14 High-Level Iraqi Inmates Freed
- A Year of Record U.S. Giving, but Local Charities Fall Short
- At last, a Santa whose cheeks aren't rosy
- Footsteps of Time Bypassing Chile's 'Town of Stairs'
- An Inspiration for Making the Season Bright
- They Buy Into USC Success
- POP MUSIC
- FASHION
- It's All About the Practice for Baylor
- In Retrospect, It Was Right Move
- BOOKS
- Tsunami Victim's Family to Keep Gloom From Anniversary
- Malling Christmas
- Shakespeare lovers, hark ye
- Oil Development Deal Struck With N. Korea
- Amid Violence, Envoys Meet With Tamil Tigers
- Maria Shriver Recasts 'First Lady' as a Powerful Role in California
- Hornets Reach Out to Oklahoma City
- CLASSICAL MUSIC
- Still a step ahead
- Planning to see Europe by rail? Get rolling online first
- Fees pile up, but who's getting richer?
- U.S. Missteps Leave Iraqis in the Dark
- Levees Weakened as New Orleans Board, Federal Engineers Feuded
- Deer and Foxes Compete for an Island Kingdom
- Drawing on anxiety
- THEATER
- Ex-Mobster Dreams of Home for Holidays
- Egyptian Opposition Figure Is Sent to Prison for Five Years
- America's Rivers: Spoken For to the Last Drop
- Void Is Felt in the Post
- Skating to His Own Tune
- Candle Suppliers Not Burning as Hot
- In Cape Town, a culinary sea change
- Sometimes, those airline vouchers are like a lump of coal
- System Failure Is Suspected in Azerbaijan Plane Crash
- Rebirth rising from a rain of fire
- Town Is Looking for a Ray of Light
- Our bug-eyed admirers
- Most Voters Apparently Approve Constitution
- Boy, 3, Reportedly Drowns in Bathtub
- Seeing What's Important
- A Career Filled With Twists and (Left) Turns
- Reflective Colts No Match for Alexander, Seahawks
- Jaguars Back in Playoffs
- Divining the Maya's world
- It's hardly black and white
- Money, Mania, Memories of 2005
- What they believed
- Swinging hard
- Hand Recipient Offers Solace to Woman With a New Face
- NOW YOU KNOW
- MEDIA
- It's a Long and Evolved Story
- BOOKS
- MEDIA
- POP MUSIC
- ARCHITECTURE
- Faces to watch 2006
- Moment of Truth for Media Chief
- A to Z taste of San Diego
- Scientists Getting to the Roots of Hair-Loss Problems
- Santa Comes Through Rain, Snow, Transit Strike
- Rumsfeld Works Mess Hall in Iraq for Holiday
- Dog Rescued After Being Frozen Onto Train Track
- Zimbabwe Short of AIDS Drugs
- Two Faiths Celebrate in 'Merry Mishmash'
- Displaced, but Not Disheartened
- For O.C. Pair, 35 Is Not Enough
- Teenager Arrested Near Bank After Robbery
- Corporate Looters Feel Sting of U.S. Crackdown
- THEATER
- Colts Have the 'Greatest Role Model' in Dungy
- Buccaneers Move a Step Closer to Playoffs
- Jackson Receives Praise
- A bright perspective from almost any room
- God's old neighborhood
- Web Services Can Grease Transfer of an Auto Lease
- Barbs now flow from on high
- November home sales for Orange, Ventura counties
- Military Deaths
- Man Charged in Teen's Cocaine Death
- Explosives Found Near Uribe's Ranch
- Blues in the Green Zone on Christmas
- Spain Charges 6 Al Qaeda Suspects, Releases 12
- Brazil Keeps Strict Control on Amazon Research
- Public Menorah Is Destroyed by Vandals
- Race in the East Is 'Skin Tight
- Experiencing monastic life and culture
- Bush Calls Overseas Troops for Christmas
- Pakistani Kills 4 Daughters After Eldest Marries, Police Say
- American to pull out of Long Beach
- EIGHT JOKES
- Program Opens the Door to Literacy for Preschoolers and Families
- Moscow Standing By on Uranium Plant in Iran
- New Orleans Set to Raze Houses, but Faces Protest
- Faces to watch 2006
- ART
- Too smart for their own good
- Ignore the rain in Vancouver
- The recasting of Louis B. Mayer
- Add One Second to New Year's Countdown
- Can we get dazzling done?
- How about an Eid sale at Macy's?
- Savoring a vestige of old Norway
- The Roof Is Falling In on a Cultural Legacy in Zanzibar
- Bush, GOP Downsize Ambitions for 2006
- Teen Is Believed Dead After Boat Capsizes
- Browns, Fan Get Flattened
- High school close-ups
- At This Rate, Texas Would Be a Longshot
- Then the roof fell in
- U.S. Spying Is Much Wider, Some Suspect
- Beauty! Sharks! Silence! Noise!
- State Struggles to Fire 800 Suspect Agents
- Mr. Bingle Helps Save Christmas in New Orleans
- 'Integrity' Often Questioned in '05
- Rent Hike May Force Novel Dome Village to Find a New Home
- Saying So Long at Augusta
- Johnson's Big Day Ends Chargers' Playoff Hopes
- Coaches at Center of Matchup
- MEDIA
- Let's get ready to rumba
- Remember the little disasters too
- Average mortgage rates and indexes
- N.Y. State Losing Residents, U.S. Says
- Don't Dismiss the Power of Belief
- Spinning all that angst into pop gold
- Easy Ways to Share Home Video, Worthy or Not
- Arizona, in a fresh light
- Mystery Surrounds Girl's Death -- and Life
- Holiday closures
- Bills Accept Gift from Bengals
- Rushing to Win, Chiefs Left Waiting
- THEATER
- POP MUSIC
- Discoveries
- Wonder of wonders -- that's life
- Wall Dampens Christmas Spirit in Bethlehem
- Patricia Van Tighem, 47; Wrote Book About Near-Fatal Grizzly Mauling
- Holiday closures
- Plot's Promising, Dialogue Is Flat
- Central Florida Misses the Point in Nevada Win
- Miami Breach
- No. 11 Louisville Lethargic in Win
- DANCE
- Reborn in East L.A.
- Desert park superlatives
- On the grail trail
- For Zimbabweans With HIV/AIDS, a Hard Road
- This songwriter blessed America
- The holes in Boot's logic
- New law is no boon
- Longing for the Club Med of memory
- Truth amid tears
- Shame over the treatment of El-Masri
- Enough already! Bury the charges
- Seeking humanity
- 'Munich' anger
- Chavez's proposals are not the answer
- Wells Helps Group Battle Focus on Family
- An article lost in translation
- QUOTEBOOK
- Leave the scents at home, please
- Many factors delay rebuilding
- A nod to editors
- Christian schools and UC standards
- St. Snickerous
- L.A's mass transit system is on a roll
- Illegal Immigration Causes Societal Harm
- People brainstormed ... and a cloudburst erupted
- MOVIES - Dec. 25, 2005
- MOVIES - Dec. 25, 2005
- MOVIES - Dec. 25, 2005
- To the East, a classical crescendo
- Activism, music intersect in Leimert Park
- When a riot is a good thing
- Police Officer Charged With On-Duty Felonies
- MidAmerican's Deal for Pacificorp Advances
- Loopiness rules in a classic turned nutty
- Einstein's E = mc2 Stands the Tests of New Times
- Playoff scenarios
- Winners and losers in Iraq
- Don't buy those Latin American labels
- Man Arrested in Wife's Killing This Month
- Card tricks for Christmas
- Tooting Their Own Horns
- Ford Pumps More Money Into Jaguar
- Investment Firm Buys Tommy Hilfiger
- Reports Offer Mixed Signals on Direction of U.S. Economy
- Staar Soars on OK of Eye Implant
- Madden Obsession Turns NFL Pros Into Real Gamers
- Forced to Follow the Stars, Civil Servants in the Dumps
- The week ahead in Orange County
- Washington Paces Itself, Gets a Win
- Flyers Regain Lead, Ruin Crosby's Effort
- Davis Isn't Taking Chances
- Love, music and soon an angel baby
- Five Gap Executives to Exchange Stock Options
- From Heckles to Halos
- Tracks of Australians 20,000 Years Ago Found
- Pricing of Music Downloads Is Probed
- Military Academy Poll Cites Sex Harassment
- China Quick to Offer Details on New Spill
- Court Widens Net for 22 CIA Agents to EU
- Bid to Recall School Board Fails
- John "Jack" Thurston
- Hoo-Rah Turns to Ho-Hum
- Mayor to Fill 80,173rd Pothole and Call It Good
- Bill Tracy, 72; Sang With Modernaires, Played Comic's Straight Man
- Philadelphia Bank Acts to Bar Shareholder Vote
- Microsoft Sells Most of Stake in TV Channel
- 13 Sailors Killed in Attack on Navy Convoy
- 4 Held in Theft of 400 Pounds of Explosives
- Conyers' Wife Accused of Being in a Bar Fight
- Suit Targets UCI Transplant Program
- Jackson: 'Big' Deals One-Sided
- ABC will march out the parades
- Abgenix Shareholders Sue to Stop Amgen Deal
- Gorilla Study Disproves Menopause Theory
- Marine Arraigned on Reduced Charges
- Lice Found to Be Deadly Foe of Napoleon's Russian Force
- Paul Williams, 80; Climber Co-Founded Group for Mountain Rescue Volunteers
- Maggette Gets Bad News About Foot
- Look Who's Having Some Holiday Jollies
- Lecavalier, Kovalchuk Suspended
- Broadway beckons Lauper
- Trojans Win, but at a Price
- Stock Indexes Barely Move
- Calpine's Chapter 11 Case Could Cost Utility
- Dutch Man Sentenced in Chemical Sale to Iraq
- Endangered Frigate Bird Goes to New Lengths
- Unsuccessful Candidate for L.A. Port Chief Resigns
- Unpredictable Foxx and generous Snoop
- A photographer is rescued from history's shadow