- Pete Yoder, 65; Coached at USC, Later Won 2 Titles in Prep Football
- Otto Lang, 98; Skiing Instructor Rode the Slopes to Fame as a Hollywood Producer
- Austria won't buy art awarded to L.A. heir
- Vivendi to Pay $1 Billion for Universal Stakes
- Amgen to Expand in Puerto Rico
- Gateway on Road to Rebound
- Oregon Verdict Against Philip Morris Affirmed
- 'It's Like You're Climbing Everest'
- Students in the U.S. Could Use New Formulas
- Heat Ends Cavaliers' Streak
- Cable's Jump to NFL Stuns UCLA Recruit
- A witness for women of our time
- 'New' is sweet but uses old formulas
- Greatest of Teese
- EA Profit Slides 31% as Gamers Opt to Wait
- Big Changes Seen When Macy's Minds the Stores
- Productivity Data Hit Stocks
- Patriot Act Extension Sent to Bush Amid Talks
- Top Marketer Goes to DreamWorks Animation
- Ritchie Valens Dies in Iowa Plane Crash
- The freedom to blaspheme
- LAX Gets More Federal Funds for Runway Project
- L.A.'s Counter-Terrorism Team May Get Permanent Status
- Mahony Asks Top Court to Shield Priest Files
- Pittsburgh Comes Up Short Against Ottawa
- Tar Heels Live Up to Top Spot
- Anti-piracy test is hit or miss with academy
- For Ensler, a new body part to mull
- Love lost in angry characters
- At 11th Hour, Seahawks Move '12th Man' Legal Fight
- Kings Can't Spoil His Debut
- Van Gogh portrait set for auction
- Crooning, 'tooning quintet
- Allergan Posts 8% Gain in 4th-Quarter Profit
- Southland baseball
- Hurricane, Other Costs Hurt Comcast Earnings
- SEC Subpoenas Man in Probe of Takeover Bid for Poker Firm
- A Still-Struggling Detroit Puts On Its Game Face
- MURRIETAEx-Pechanga Official Pleads Guilty to TheftA former...
- Shirley Ratman, 79; Holocaust Survivor Owned Katella Deli
- 2 Held in Shooting of Undercover Officer
- O.C. Sheriff Continued Claiming Expenses Without Itemizing
- Artist, museum return
- Del Monte to Shut Pineapple Plantation
- Illicit Downloading of Stern's Show Soars Fivefold
- 4 Insurance Executives Indicted
- Pentagon Drops Plan to Cut National Guard Strength
- Placentia Repaid Its Gas Tax Fund
- No Contest in Campaign Donation Case
- Backcountry Skier Killed in Avalanche
- A Hamlet and Its Prince
- School Has a Rough Landing at LaxPower
- 41 million watch Bush's address
- Making a collective statement
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- Bush Stresses U.S. Role in World
- Suicide Bomber Dressed as a Woman Kills Five
- U.S. Skaters Add to Degree of Difficulty
- Jailers Arrested in Cellphone-Smuggling Case
- Herzog to Phoenix's rescue
- FINALLY
- 'Drive' offers an exhilarating ride
- U.S. Sailor to Be Expelled
- Fox Film Chiefs Sign 5-Year Contract
- Tornadoes Damage Parts of New Orleans
- Bush's Bill for War Is Rising
- USC Win Really Rates
- Misadventures in baby-sitting
- Proposed Bill Is Aimed at Healthcare Benefits
- Solving life's riddles
- Writers honor 'Enron's' Gibney
- Cal Hammers Oregon State
- Campus Gets $3 Million for a Business School
- Long-Range 777 OKd for Passenger Use
- Afflalo Strong at the Finish
- Retailers Dispute U.S. Bid for Settlement Funds
- A Capitol offense
- Carmichael and Stewart Continue Duel at Anaheim
- Attack Jolts Iraq Oil Business as Civilian, Troop Tolls Rise
- Berkshire Partners Buys Stake in Jeans Maker
- To tempt fate, up close and personal
- Jessica waits in line? Tell us more
- LAPD Pursues High-Tech End to High-Speed Chases
- Giacomo Makes His '06 Debut in Strub
- Not the Majority Leader They Expected
- Man Sought in Shooting of Wife at His Auto Shop
- 'Turn of the Screw' gets stripped down
- FERC Implements Rule Changes
- Medicare Chief Acknowledges Benefit Snags
- Lawmakers OK Sending Troops to Afghanistan
- Iraqi Trial Adjourns at Impasse
- Tired Air Traffic Controller Blamed in Near-Crash
- Mahony's long-shot
- Deficit-Cutting Blunted by Tax-Cut Bill
- Shooting Shocks Deputy's Friends
- Anaheim Hesitant Over SuperSonics
- Santa Barbara gets Oscar glow
- GM Awards Contracts to Tech Companies
- Dean of Business School at USC Exits
- Andrea Yates Leaves Jail to Await Retrial
- 30-Year Mortgage Rates Rise Further, to 6.23%
- 2 Held on Katrina Bribery Charges
- Addictive, but Not Potent Enough
- France Begins Deportations Linked to Riots
- A New Canvas for New Chief
- A Plea -- and Warning -- for Costa Mesa Businesses
- Painting can speak in many tongues
- Skilling Allegedly Masked Losses
- Mortgage Delinquencies Increasing
- Shoppers Extend Spree Into January
- The Big Chill From Punxsutawney Phil
- Taiwan Official Seeks to Recast Chen's Stance
- Cellphones of Officials, Envoys Were Tapped
- Spin the bottle, go to jail?
- New Challengers May Step Up
- Weiss to Run for City Attorney
- No preview for 'Stranger'
- The keystone to his art
- Major Overhaul for Classic Car Lot
- Raises OKd for State Mental Health Workers
- Monk heading to Grammys
- Also
- Briefly
- California Pizza's Profit Falls 39% in 4th Quarter
- King Viewing Planned for State Capitol, Church
- Ex-Occupation Official Embezzled Iraq Funds
- Try Adding Real-World Math to the Equation
- Private Eye May Be Tried Again
- Aren't Doctors Supposed to Be Smart?
- Stewart's in a Big Rush
- More finger-wagging from Von Trier
- At andante.com, the finale
- QUOTEBOOK
- The UFW works hard on Capitol Hill
- Figuring out the Hamas puzzle
- Shocked! shocked! over U.S. oil addiction
- Law and order and the LAPD
- You want a war? Then you go fight it
- 'It's Like You're Climbing Everest'
- His world, within reach
- Killer's Behavior Had Grown More Bizarre, Authorities Say
- It's Four Weeks Later, and Carroll Is Still Losing
- Kanye West's 'Late' wins critics poll
- Authorities Were Not Told About Suspect's Release
- Norman Corwin's 'Triumph'
- Cellphone Use Probed in Shooting
- Clippers Come Bouncing Back
- Staph Infection Wipes Out Surfer
- Newspapers Reprint Cartoons of Muhammad
- First smokes, now Cokes
- USC's Class to Have Impact
- Francis Is Familiar to Mobley
- First Things First (Under the Lights) for Garciaparra
- Rookies Are Helping to Keep Team's Playoff Hopes Alive
- Parishioners Fast to Protest Migrant Bill
- Marine Families Are Training for Home Front
- Stewart Gets Tough Assignment in Adams
- Roethlisberger Is the Picture of Relaxation
- Accreditation Is Reinstated at Crenshaw High
- L.A. County Art Museum Nears Hiring of Director
- Truants May Be Jailed, School Officials Warn
- Loyola Surprises With Hot Hand
- Taking King/Drew's pulse
- A PART OF Y'ALL
- Enter the Other Shooter
- 2 Charged in Desert Killing
- Prep Girl Has Record 113 Points
- NFL Makes This a Brand New Ball Game
- Duke Survives Close Call Against Boston College
- Convicted Somali Felon Agrees to Deportation
- Vienna Opera director falls ill
- Frey adds mea culpa to memoir
- Preschool Initiative's Misguided Approach
- An elephant's memoirs
- Scott Has Some Official Business at Riviera
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Sprint Nextel to Name Its Spinoff Embarq
- Bush's Health Plan Called Smart Politics; Critics See a 'Gimmick'
- For the Bruins, Class of 2006 Starts Up Front
- When your garden pond springs a leak
- Israel Gets Tough in First Post-Sharon Move on Settlers
- Studio to Trim Jobs, Revamp Ranks
- Whatever your fancy or fantasy
- Bill Would Give the Public More Power to Buy Politicians
- Moira Shearer, 80; Ballerina, Actress Starred in the 1948 Hit Film 'The Red Shoes'
- Some Key Locals Are Leaving
- UCI Hospital Official's Post in Jeopardy
- Energy Prices Slow Growth at Factories
- 'Geisha' won't be shown in China
- Two in the Seberg style
- What isolationism?
- Body Found in Forest Was Stabbed, Burned
- Ellen K. Lee, 87; Expert on Helena Modjeska, the Polish Actress Who Lived in O.C.
- Enron Altered Profit, Witness Says
- Judge Grants Bail, Sends Yates for Treatment
- U.S. Oil and Gasoline Inventories Jump
- Anheuser-Busch's Profit Falls 39.5% on Price Cuts
- Dog, dragons mark 4074
- Custodian of His District
- His music as images
- Video Debated at Angel Trial
- Close-ups
- Focus on Oil Praised, but With Caveats
- Justice Alito 1 of 6 Upholding Execution Stay
- Bush Says 'Anxiety' Can't Trip Nation Up
- ABC turns to Sawyer, Gibson
- Nosh till you drop
- TODAYMUSICA symphonic poem to loss"My symphonies are...
- Japan Is in a Quandary Over Iran Nuclear Crisis
- Official Resigns After Corruption Allegations
- Police Beat Protesters at Nepal Rally
- State of the T-Shirt War: 2 Messages, 2 Ejections
- Funny Cide's Losing Skid Could Come to End Today at Gulfstream
- Rutgers Hangs On to Defeat St. John's
- U.S., South Korea Are Nearing Negotiations on Free Trade Pact
- Dutch Hesitations Create Hitch in Afghan Mission
- Damages Paid to Settle Suit by Palestinians
- Wheel Maker to Lay Off 375
- They're totally in the dark
- Starbucks Gets Boost From Holiday Sales
- BUZZ CLUBS
- CBS Cuts Out Download Middleman
- Stocks Finish Higher as Oil Prices Tumble
- Wrestling diva has a spring in her step
- Report Blames Katrina Response on Chertoff
- Taking the stage, then taking wing
- Fleet Purchases Boost U.S. Automakers' Sales
- Time Warner Reports 21% Gain in Profit
- Blunt Likely to Capture House Post
- Estate of Buyout Investor Green Sues His Firm Over $3 Million
- Cowell's prolific Il Divo scores with 'Ancora'
- Blunt's legion of fans widens
- Calpine to Trim Jobs, Shed Businesses to Reduce Costs
- Ex-U.S. Official in Iraq to Plead Guilty in Bribery
- Back to the sounding board
- 2 Sources of Hepatitis A Named
- Stars Win Sixth in a Row
- Students Scolded for Bad Chant
- Baldwin Hills Mall Bought by Chicago Realty Investor
- Iran's Leader Says His Nation Won't Be Bullied
- So long, CBS News; Roberts joins CNN
- Burger King Is Planning IPO
- Casing a foodie hangout
- Coal Shutdown Urged in West Virginia
- Jury Gets Case of Islamic Cleric
- Tribune's Net Income Declines 38% in Quarter
- Don't call them misfits
- GM to Build Hybrid System for SUVs
- Dog Food Maker's Offer of Aid Insults Many in Kenya
- Dish of Coldplay with Apple appetizer
- 50 Families Homeless After Apartment Fire
- Officials Seek Review of Outside Legal Spending
- Stew Albert, 66; Helped Found the 1960s Yippies Counterculture Group
- Dead Woman's Identity Sought
- Sharks Take Bite Out of Ducks
- Lummis Left His Imprint on the City
- Slain Peacekeepers in Congo Were Tortured
- 2 Fishermen Fined for Out-of-Season Catch
- A Cold, Cruel Day for Lakers
- They'll roll with the good times
- Amgen Shares Gain on Rival's Delay
- Congress Votes to Repeal Law on Punitive Duties
- So lovely you could eat it up
- Bright lights ...
- Campaign Seeks Tax to Fund New Fuels
- Western Union Shuts Telegraph Business
- Deputy's Gunfire Looks Like a Crime to Some
- The phone line as plotline
- Las Vegas Officer Killed Answering Domestic Call
- Tour Bus Owner Faces Charges in 23 Deaths
- Briefly
- Israel Halts Transfer of Revenues to Palestinians
- Files May Be Lost in Leak Case
- House OKs Patriot Act Plan
- U.S. Moves Bolster Maker of BlackBerry
- The Collectinator Should Check With the Controller for Cash
- Many ways, no will
- State to Sue U.S. Over Medicare
- Mavericks Get Their 10th Win in a Row
- Health Net Posts Profit as Premiums Increase
- UAL Emerges From 3 Years of Bankruptcy
- Researchers Link Mutant Gene to Crib Deaths in Blacks
- Sirius Shock: Pirates Hit Howard Stern Show
- Boeing Lifts Outlook as Profit Soars
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- Coal Mine Explosion Kills 23, Poisons 53
- Lupu and his music beguile
- Hussein Half Brother Named in Torture
- BUZZ BANDS
- Breaking the ice, along with small-talk rules
- University Removes Transplant Director
- Trial in Brutal O.C. Killing of Fighter Opens
- L.A. Unified to Provide Space for Preschool Classes
- Tomjanovich Decision Shook Organization
- Norstrom, Gleason Will Play
- Publisher of Video Games to Cut Jobs
- Writers Guild Says Right to Organize Hindered
- JetBlue Posts Loss on Higher Fuel Costs
- They share more than toys or clothes
- Enduring sketches of Spain