- Jittery Nerves in the 'Battle of L.A.'
- Some Money From Robbery Is Recovered
- Closer Will Be Looking for More
- The game's afoot, but not genuine
- LEAVING IT ON EMPTY
- Reconnaissance Orbiter on Course to Red Planet
- S.D. House Approves Abortion Bill
- The Rest Is History as Hedrick Gets Silver
- Catholics Not Wedded to Practice of Tithing
- Clippers Have Run of Place
- Judge Rejects Suit to Open New Orleans Poll Stations Around U.S.
- Police in O.C. Arrest Latino Laborers
- O.C. Hospital May Cut Its Service to Poor
- Repairs to Close 101-405 Connectors
- Marine Gets Silver Star in City Hall Ceremony
- Sharapova Advances to Dubai Final
- It's a Thankless Job, but as Always, He Aims to Tease
- Mexico's Grupo Televisa May Bid on Univision
- Defense Contractor Guilty of Bribery
- Strong Defense Is Key for Finland
- MTA Looks at Turnstiles to Snag Scofflaws
- Villaraigosa Is on Receiving End of Labor Strife
- Airman Honored for World War II Heroism
- Report: Stoudamire Suspended by Hawks
- Hedrick Doesn't Alter His Ego
- Prime Minister Sets Elections for April 2
- Bush Boosts Efforts to Quell Port Outcry
- Canadians Take First Gold
- 3 Charged in Killing of O.C Drug Dealer
- Ex-USC Football Player Serving Life Sentence Found Dead in Cell
- Smoking Said to Raise Risk for Root Canal
- Russians Could Earn Bronze Again
- Cheek Gets Closing Ceremony Honor
- Domingo extends D.C. contract
- Anthrax Victim's Condition Worsens
- Resignation Sets In at Mexican Mine
- Twin With New Heart Is Improving
- Source of Ooze Still Unknown
- TODAY'S GAMES
- Gov. Moves to Fix California Levees
- ETC.
- They Seem Ready for Past-His-Prime Time
- BlackBerry Dodges Injunction
- Universal Chief Rushes to Secure DreamWorks Job
- U.S. Men Win Curling Bronze
- Reiner Takes a Leave From Panel on Children
- Bush Still a Fundraising Magnet for GOP Donors
- Rookie Lee Takes Charge in Hawaii
- Czech Mom's Second Turin Medal Is Gold
- Store Director Charged in Deadly Roof Collapse
- Anthony Burger, 44; Pianist Played With Gospel Music's Gaithers
- Second homes in South America
- Texas Tech's Sharp to Resign
- Francis Not Much Help to Knicks
- Surfing the Web for new music, video...
- Google to Offer National Archives Films on Site
- Bernanke Won't Try to Affect Asset Prices
- FRIDAY'S WINNERS
- Neanderthal's Cousin Raced Across Europe
- Landlord Is Ordered to Live in Her Building
- American Ohno Is Shooting for Two Additional Medals
- Mastermind of O.C. Condo Scheme Gets Nearly 6 Years
- Wills Is Giving Tutorials
- Ailey gets boisterous at the corner diner
- His MySpace odyssey
- Durable Goods Orders Decline
- Also
- Experiencing the Thrill of Defeat
- The fascists of free speech
- Sheryl Crow Undergoes Surgery for Breast Cancer
- Lawyer Ron Would Appear to Have Strong Case
- Furry Remains Shake Up Jurassic Thinking
- Pennsylvania adds music legislation
- Compounds May Help in Treating Parkinson's
- Autistic Boy's Body Found in Pond
- Utah Judge Removed Over Polygamy
- Costa Mesa's Border Heat Puts a Chill in Its Latinos
- Tennessee Ends Cards for Immigrant Drivers
- Cool in a Storm
- Ventura County Gears Up for Big Bike Race as Riders Near Finish
- Home Heater Suspected as Cause of Fatal Fire
- Martin Excels Again in Truck Race
- Fillmore Rattled by Magnitude 3.1 Quake
- Two Drugs Reduced Malaria in Children
- 7 Paratroopers Charged in Gay Porn
- College Students Fall From Dorm; One Killed
- Glitch May Be Skaters
- Iraq and U.S. Face Difficult, Decisive Time
- U.S. Hostage Speaks to Journalists in Nigeria
- Thieves Disappear Into Crowd With Artwork
- Pete Frankel, 62; Police Officer Shot 3 Manson Family Members
- Rickie Layne, 81; Borscht Belt Ventriloquist Became a Major Hit on Sullivan's 1950s TV Variety Show
- Match Trims Take Lot Off Top
- Kurt Busch Wins Fontana Pole
- When writing truth is a crime
- Awkward strains of Mozart
- HIV's Hidden Victims
- Team Taking a Chance on Cumbie at Quarterback
- Toyota Takes On the Big Boys
- Storms Hit State Farm's 2005 Profit
- Anti-Tax Activist Sentenced to 13 Years
- 54 Dead in Fire at Textile Factory
- Keeping an ear out at the Oscars
- U.S., UAE to Resume Free Trade Talks
- Swedes Pour It On Against the Czechs
- One Final Chance for Bode Miller
- Mudslide Search Is Called Off
- Iraqis Call for Calm but Deploy Forces
- Diplomacy, Detective Work Pay Off for a Deputy's Family
- After Miss, Oregon Fan Got in the Last Shot
- Duo's 'Sinner' doesn't quite nail it
- L.A.-Paris museums' love fest
- All-Star Weak
- Like Their Coach, Lakers Just Sit There
- Mistaken conclusions over Katrina inquiry
- Meanwhile, Back at the NBC Truck ...
- They Both Like Spills
- Renaming of roads for Johnnie Cochran
- A Snowboarder Shows Off? Shocking!
- Of Course, McCourt Can't Win Them All
- Don Knotts, star of 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 81
- What, Not Enough Ads on the Cars?
- It's the Best Dodger Deal in a Long Time
- L.A.'s future housing, need for green space
- Speaking out on 'hate laws' and the Holocaust
- Tax money for political ads to push preschools
- Speedskaters Share Ugly American Award
- Cheer Is Nothing to Cheer About
- Skating Fans Are Positively Not Happy
- These NHL Players Stayed on a Break
- Trust the truth
- Pellicano Wiretap Record Surfaces
- Mississippi Casinos Trump Katrina
- Down at the Harbor, There's Something About Marys
- Wal-Mart Says It Will Boost Health Benefits
- Crimes in 'Tsotsi'? Poverty. Mischance.
- Hometown Boosts Fletcher
- USC Can't Do a Follow-Up
- Cal Sinks to a New Low in 43-41 Win
- Crosscurrent hits Gore's network
- Rescuers in Mexico Find Only Methane
- Don't mess with Texas districts
- Safeway's Net Income Falls 14%, but Store Makeovers Boost Sales
- Ben's here, baby, then he's gone
- New Details of Ludlow Investigation Revealed
- Gallery Owners Win Ruling in Kinkade Case
- Getting Straight Answers Just Wasn't in the Cards
- Selanne Leads Finland Against Russia
- Giving Frog Species a Leg Up for Survival
- State Drops Out of Suit Over Medicare Drugs
- All-European Final Quartet
- Raiders, Woodson Cut Ties
- Enron Witness Says She Didn't Think Crimes Were Committed
- Fight Over Ports Clouds Efforts to Open Middle East Markets
- Unnerving tale of a spotless mind
- Mobley Deals With Bad Finger
- USC Gets Cash for Stem Cell Center
- Land of Rising Stars
- Suicide Bomber Fails in Attack on Convoy
- Libby's Lawyers Seek to Dismiss His Indictment
- House Tries to Close Teen Marriage Loophole
- Fugitive Paparazzo's Death Is Confirmed
- Tutor-Saliba, Others Agree to Pay S.F.
- Lakers Pull Away in Home Stretch
- Talent Agency to Form Corporate-Client Unit
- KB Home Chief Gets $34-Million Pay Package
- For Sponsors, It's the Board Games
- Austrians' Reaction Is Dopey
- Issue Arises as Seat Is Filled for Great Park
- Odell Horton, 77; First Modern Black Federal Judge in Tennessee
- Primitive hidden in the modern
- ABC cameraman heads home
- 'CSA's' provocative premise: The South won
- Film Actor Enters Plea in Drug Sting Case
- Stopping Uganda's war on children
- From love to loathing
- MEDAL LEADERS
- Sweden Hammers Its Way to Gold
- It's the Penalty That's Obscene
- NASCAR Ratings Move Into Fast Lane
- Mavericks Set Club Record at Home
- Louvre exhibits many dimensions of Ingres
- 'Dirty' crosses the line of feasibility
- Shorts make their brief for an Oscar
- FINALLY
- Family Wealth Changes Little
- U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Unexpectedly
- Stocks Fall as Jobs Data Fan Inflation Worries
- King of the Mountain, With No Challengers
- 30-Year Mortgage Rates Ease Slightly
- Little Saigon Street Name Debate
- Gov. Faces Reelection Obstacles
- Galaxy Ties Deportivo Saprissa at Home in Champions Cup
- An identity born of rootlessness
- Intel to Obtain License for Factory in Vietnam
- Occidental Predicts Yearly Production Boost
- Getting Golf Products for Women Right Down to a Tee
- Clerics Take Lead After Iraq Bombing
- Denne Bart Petitclerc, 76; Journalist and Screenwriter Befriended by Hemingway
- No. 2 Villanova Escapes With Win at Cincinnati
- Ozolinsh Is Ready to Move Forward
- Ferociously talented
- Playing racial politics in Newark, N.J.
- School Board Member May Sue L.A. County
- Wilson Out for Another First
- UCLA Isn't Half Bad in 78-60 Win
- Fun, freewheeling antics in 'Monkey' and 'Mikey'
- Step aside, boys
- Olympics get silver to golden 'Idol'
- Judge Rejects Appeal of Adelphia Settlement
- Universal Music Label to Be Split Into Two
- Founder of MySpace.com Operator Sues Over Sale
- White House Reports Lessons From Katrina
- Shrine Holds Great Significance for Shiites
- Skater's Gift Weighs More Than Gold
- Gold Is Elusive to the Scalpers
- Two Held in Heist; Loss Estimated at $87 Million
- Suspect in Deputy's Slaying Is Arrested
- Watson, Eight Others in Deal
- Deadline Passes With No Activity
- Publisher cuts loose author Frey
- Two Senators Seek Special Prosecutor for Abramoff Ties
- THURSDAY'S WINNERS
- 7 U.S. Troops Die in Roadside Blasts
- In Lebanon, Rice Snubs Pro-Syria Leader
- E-Mails Show FBI Agents Fretted About Prisoner Abuse
- Bust Shows Seamy Side of Street
- Haedo Wins His Second Stage
- Hollywood spoof back in 'Action'
- Book Club Settles 'Do Not Call' Charges
- Gap's Profit for Quarter Declines 11%
- U.S. Racer Is Injured Sledding
- Hedrick Has Chance for Third Medal
- Teen Sentenced as Juvenile for Murders
- Chromium Industry Hid Cancer Risks, Report Says
- Iraq on the brink
- Generic solution
- S&P; Cuts Ratings on Hilton to 'Junk' Status
- Another WGA Official Ousted
- Abdul-Jabbar Nets His 1st Three-Pointer
- ETC.
- Clash Brews Over Tainted Waters
- Soldier Sentenced in Plot to Kill Lover's Spouse
- Woods Gets Win at Last
- Longing for days gone by
- Brokerage Owner Is Convicted of Fraud
- State Exits Medicare Drug Suit
- Deal Proposed in HealthSouth Case
- Cunningham Contractor Set to Plead Guilty
- Five Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid
- Thomas M. Taylor, 63;Top Money Manager for Billionaire Bass Brothers
- Four Marines Jailed for Selling Combat Gear
- Former manager sues the Killers
- Sorting out a relationship in 'Friends and Crocodiles'
- No previews for 'Madea,' 'Doogal'
- Also
- Murphy-Led USC Overruns Oregon
- DUTY CALLED
- Glick Award Fits Into Their Grand Design
- Equal but Separate
- FDA to Begin Acne Drug Registry Next Week
- 3 Sudanese Officials Could Face Sanctions Over Darfur
- Russians Relay Message With Win
- That Gold Collection of Paerson's Could Be Expanding Quickly
- More garbage time
- Watch Over Me Eyes Win
- A hands-on Aerosmith experience
- He's just so changeable
- Off-Duty Police Officer Is Shot in West L.A.
- Museum's biennial will feature 13 artists
- Gagne Still Has a Few Surprises Left in His Arm
- Live-action shorts take long look at life
- Bruce Hart, 68; He Wrote 'Sesame Street' Lyrics, Other Songs
- Brutality used as a blunt instrument
- Ailey in the Age of Overkill
- CBS Posts Loss in Quarter
- High School Freshman Shoots Sophomore
- Dubai Port Firm Willing to Delay Control in U.S.
- Russian Roof Collapse Toll Rises
- Another Mardi Gras, after the deluge
- Low Profile, Top Pro File
- Mills Explores Possible Sale
- Louisiana Official Opens Probe of Court System
- Cohen Slips Into Second
- AFL-CIO Nurses Seek to Team Up Across Unions
- New U.N. Rights Panel Is Proposed
- This Team Should Have a Lot of Pop
- Death Toll in Religious Rioting Exceeds 120
- Informant Recalls Talk of Jihad by Lodi Man
- Former Cincinnati Reds pitching coach Scott Breeden...
- Bomb Brought In; Police Evacuate
- Ohio State Stops Purdue and Wins Big Ten Title
- Struck by Cupid's wrench
- CardSystems Settles Charges
- Fannie Mae's Current Execs Are Cleared
- Toll Bros. Posts 49% Gain in Profit as Sector Slows
- No Medal, but Peterson Gets All the Glory
- Tollway Would Slice Through Coastal Park
- Cohen Didn't Act the Part, so of Course She Didn't Get the Part
- L.A. Group Strives to Build a Better Workforce