- Dow soars 429 points after Fed makes new pledge on rates
- Bras, batteries and Bachmann: S&P downgrade is ripe for jokes
- Britney Spears' 'Femme Fatale' lures Lady Gaga to Atlantic City
- Divided Fed says likely to keep rates low through mid-2013
- Local and state agencies are more vulnerable to hacker attacks
- Tottenham riots: Violence may be contagious in London, but so is altruism
- Foster the People tackles Neil Young at Lollapalooza
- Emmy contenders: Jane Lynch has a secret advantage
- CalPERS portfolio has lost $18 billion in value since July 1
- 'Dirty Dancing' remake: Maybe it's not such a bad idea
- California tax revenues plunge, deep cuts to schools could be triggered
- Market experts lukewarm on Fed statement as Dow fluctuates
- Oil takes a tumble as Fed declines to offer new stimulus
- American Apparel releases updated second-quarter results
- Bond yields plunge, stocks surge after Fed pledge on rates
- Fired U.S. soccer coach Bob Bradley finalist to be Egypt’s coach
- BlackBerry blog hacked after RIM helps police in London riots
- Pippa Middleton and that dress: Proper and provocative
- Gary Klein discusses USC's first scrimmage (video)
- Apple and ExxonMobil trade back and forth as world's most valuable firm
- Pasadena's 'Fork in the Road' could return soon
- Spot gold surges to $1,760 after Fed announcement
- Behind the lens: Barbara Davidson in Africa
- Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari deliver their '30 Minutes or Less'
- USC football: Quarterback Cody Kessler makes a move
- Fed statement: 'Exceptionally low' short-term rates until at least mid-2013
- N.Y. Latino Film Festival combats stereotypes in ad campaign
- Fleischer: Why I followed 'Zombieland' with '30 Minutes or Less'
- AA+ U.S. Treasury sees strong demand at debt sale
- Catwoman: Stars and costumes through the years
- Mystery lovers, rejoice: D.B. Cooper legend lives on
- Kelly Rowland raises the nipple-slip stakes, scores a double
- The Reading Life: The New Yorker's grand old game
- Saints reportedly will practice in Oxnard later this month
- 'America's Most Wanted's' John Walsh to get special Emmy Award
- Banana Republic's Fall 2011 'Mad Men' Collection Pics
- California health insurance cost for individuals could be worse
- Warren Jeffs gets life in prison for assault on child 'brides'
- Consumer Confidential: Walgreens insurance, Match.com 'phantoms'
- Blake Lively, Grace Coddington to judge an FNO online contest
- Michele Bachmann is worried about the Renaissance
- A river runs through Los Angeles. Seriously.
- Anne Hathaway on that Catwoman suit: You ain't seen nothin' yet
- Small-business owners feeling less optimistic in July: report
- Late Night: Jon Stewart blasts S&P for downgrading U.S. debt
- Which two teams will play in the World Series?
- High Oscar hopes for 'The Help'
- Regulators open BMW safety probe
- How Pippa Middleton's backside appreciation began: exclusive video
- Vizio's 8-inch Android tablet in some stores now, $299.99
- Live review: Cypress Hill at the Troubadour
- Mark Twain House employee embezzled $1 million
- Obama's reelection odds sink on political futures trading site
- Fashion News: 10-year-old model's mother responds
- New Los Angeles Folk Festival sets toes tapping at Zorthian Ranch
- Track Palin welcomes baby, makes Sarah Palin a grandmother again
- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley wins court battle with unions
- London riots spur bookstores into action
- Set Pieces: Fran Drescher's happy decor in 'Happily Divorced'
- 3 Events: Cooking demos; Yujean Kang's tofu-and-wine dinner
- Michael Dowse, Guy Maddin added to Toronto festival lineup
- L.A. Unheard: Sleeping Bags' revivalist rock
- NYC triathlon raises question: Are triathlons dangerous?
- Upscale bridal consignment store to open in West Los Angeles
- The Morning Fix: London implodes. 'The Help' gets help.
- Monster Mash: Michael Jackson art donated to children's hospital
- Megaload oil-sands equipment in Idaho could be rerouted
- Album review: David Serby's 'Poor Man's Poem'
- Wall Street Roundup: Break in the clouds. The big short.
- When the numbers look bad for the Dodgers
- New curfew for Philly teens as mayor blasts flash mobs
- Album review: The Horrors 'Skying'
- Le Butcherettes let it all out in Chicago
- The Fed to the rescue, again?
- T-Mobile payment system leaves users vulnerable, report says
- Opinion: Obama's penchant for speeches now sounding hollower by the word
- Asian markets recover after early losses
- Football: Edison receiver to appeal denial of eligibility
- Football: Chris Harper picks up first Pac-12 offer
- Bernadine Healy dies at 67; doctor led Red Cross relief efforts after 9/11
- Funding is down on California's college farms
- Horoscope: Aug. 9
- Calligraphers still going against type
- Experts talk strategy after the stock plunge
- At Lake Tahoe, a scuba diver's body is recovered after 17 years
- D.A. sees no signs of 'intentional killing' by Fullerton police
- OPEC cuts oil demand growth forecast
- New U.S. soccer Coach Juergen Klinsmann holds off on radical changes
- More frequent visual tests may be good for tracking glaucoma progression
- Rick Perry adds Iowa stop -- in Michele Bachmann's hometown
- Angels pick off the Yankees, 6-4
- Heavy turnout seen in Wisconsin Senate recall fight
- First senators named to deficit panel
- SEALs killed in Afghan crash were answering call for help
- Trying to wipe out the wave
- PG&E Names Earley as new chief executive
- Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing may prevent dementia
- Obama honors U.S. forces killed in helicopter attack
- Wariness, anxiety on Main Street threaten economic recovery
- Launching a new vision of the L.A. River
- Up next for Sparks: Tuesday vs. Tulsa
- When phone line is hacked, who's on the hook?
- House ends its page program
- Football stadium deal: Move the ball forward
- The Times' preseason college football countdown: No. 22 Arizona State
- Garrett Richards' road to big leagues can be traced to Angels' former scouting director
- Quick Takes: 'Dirty Dancing' to be remade
- CALPERS CUTTING TOP-END PENSION BENEFITS
- FM pop station KIIS and AM talk outlet KFI maintain top spots
- Mom's blood can reveal baby's sex by 7 weeks of gestation, study finds
- Harry Reid announces his picks for deficit committee
- Take-Two, maker of L.A. Noire video game, posts a loss
- EPA set to miss deadline on ozone rules
- New Tibetan exile leader vows to take on Chinese 'colonialism'
- Tuesday's TV talk shows
- Live Nation swings to a profit as concert attendance grows
- D.J. Morgan shows USC coaches he can handle heavy lifting
- Fair food: Deep-fried and guilt-free. Well, almost.
- Death Valley bike ride: It's all downhill
- Bank of America's stock value falls 20%
- Rick Perry to affirm plans for presidential bid
- L.A. moving closer and closer to getting the NFL back
- Mitt Romney braces for new attacks — from left and right
- Fast Track: Gavin DeGraw beaten, hospitalized
- Sandra Bernhard loves being onstage
- Ketchup
- 2012 race ripe for third-party surprise, Carville says
- Gay presidential candidate Fred Karger has a message
- 9 Salvadoran suspects fight extradition to Spain
- New Current TV president David Bohrman wants to be 'tone changer'
- Phillies' Cliff Lee beats Dodgers on mound and at plate
- Oil futures plunge and gas prices slip
- Tuesday's TV highlights
- Will Gavin DeGraw ever be able to identify his mystery attackers?
- Words of struggle and hope
- UCLA adds depth to football roster with a couple transfers
- 'Sandra Bernhard: I Love Being Me, Don't You?' info
- Red Cross head during 9/11
- Wall Street reacts to economic storm clouds
- Republican control at stake in Wisconsin recall elections
- Does Rick Perry's move make Iowa results irrelevant?
- California hospitals not immune to soaring insurance costs
- Couple called 'true heroes' for calmly aiding gravely wounded cop
- Political vs. financial risk
- Cal State panel studies salary cap for campus presidents
- What did Nixon say?
- Goldberg: Wake up and smell the tea
- Joe Paterno, out of hospital, plans to return to practice Wednesday
- Hey Raiders, don't even think about moving back to town
- Charlie Chaplin's former home is for sale
- 'Phonehenge' gets demolished; S&P's downgrading of U.S. credit; a Holocaust survivor's story
- Happening Tuesday: 'WTF' with Marc Maron
- GOP holds three seats in Wisconsin recall elections
- Dow tumbles 634 points on recession fears
- Verdugo Hills parents and teachers foiled in naming new principal
- Boehner says Democrats to blame for credit rating downgrade
- Fourth night free and gourmet picnic at Sofitel hotels
- Israel protests show nation's beating heart
- In surprise, San Francisco's interim mayor enters race
- Can Obama find success running against a 'do-nothing' Congress?
- A sibling history of blood clots may increase the risk for brothers and sisters
- Ohio man arrested in 1978 cold-case slaying
- Arab nations add to pressure on Syrian regime
- Obama honors U.S. forces killed in helicopter attack (updated)
- Norwegian Cruise Line to ban smoking in staterooms on all ships
- Black leaders give 'The Help' a hand in marketing
- For the record - Aug. 9, 2011
- Marshall Grant dies at 83; bass player, manager for Johnny Cash
- Calpers cutting top-end pension benefits
- Diana Nyad forced to abandon Cuba-Florida swim
- Gavin DeGraw hospitalized after being beaten in New York
- Same old story: Phillies too much for Dodgers in 5-3 win
- Key U.S. stock indexes now in bear markets
- Tuesday's Highlights: ‘Crazy About Pippa’ on TLC
- Snail Mail My Email sends old-school handwritten letters for free
- Tuesday's Talk Shows
- Inflation remains high in China, limits Beijing's policy options
- Volatility index surges in the troubled stock market
- Opinion: Patents: Mark Cuban's modest proposal
- Lollapalooza sightings: Dave Franco, Kellan Lutz, Questlove
- Opinion: How credit cards drive up costs for all consumers
- 'Hamlet,' Hank and the Bard
- 'Glee 3D' premiere: What the cast did during summer 'vacation'
- Asian stocks hit hard in early trading
- Twitter, BlackBerry Messenger cited as fueling London riots
- Secret Jackie Kennedy tapes not as sordid as reported, ABC says
- Conductor Jorge Mester joins Young Musicians Foundation
- What tone will Judd Apatow’s 'Knocked Up' spinoff take?
- For housing market, economic worries trump downgrades
- Album review: Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne'
- Opinion: Sarah Palin grades Obama on the downgrade: 'Disgraceful and embarrassing'
- Chris Ursitti sells a 'green' Pacific Palisades home
- Jon Feltheimer sells his Holmby Hills property
- AntiSec stole thousands of personal records, analysis shows
- AIG's lawsuit against BofA illustrates more Countrywide woes
- Theater review: 'This' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
- Boys' basketball: Ryan Moore is now in San Francisco
- Trouble for tech in market sell-off
- Mark Cuban wants to end patents on software and business methods
- UCLA football: Defensive end Derrick Bryant transferring
- DJ Quik, the Gaslamp Killer, and more hit the Do-Over
- Megyn Kelly: New hair, no sympathy for a maternity-leave skeptic
- Jay-Z & Kanye West: The iTunes 'tax' on 'Watch the Throne'
- Live Nation swings to a profit as concert attendance grows
- Thank You For Registering!
- RX Bandits take a bow at final L.A. show at the Glass House
- Production finally begins on 'Mad Men' Season 5
- Opinion: Obama on debt rating: 'Markets will rise and fall'; and they do
- Jonathan Stark wants you to use his Starbucks card
- Kanye West finds his inner Hitler
- Opera review: 'Barber of Seville' in Santa Barbara
- UCLA football: Coach Rick Neuheisel optimistic as Bruins begin practice
- Free Santa Maria Valley vineyard walks
- Dodgers Web musings: OK, so not everyone wants to buy the Dodgers
- Boys' basketball: Gabe York making case for best player at Adidas Nations
- Blame Michael Scott if Steve Carell loses the Emmy again?
- 'Desperate Housewives' cast reflects on leaving Wisteria Lane
- Zoe Saldana: 'Apes' is picking up the 'Avatar' mantle
- Take-Two: L.A. Noire sales solid but below Red Dead Redemption
- New Current TV president wants to be 'tone changer'
- L.A. casual brand NSF launches a high-end men's denim line
- Frank McCourt is still waiting to sue his former law firm
- Treasury bond yields plunge as panicked buyers ignore downgrade
- Sam Farmer at Pittsburgh Steelers' camp (video)
- Opinion: Will Obama keep his job in 2012?
- 'This' opens in Culver City with Kirk Douglas watching
- Joe Paterno walks away from collision with football player
- UCLA football: Bruins to pick up two transfers
- Del Taco rolls out new logo, store design in Los Angeles, Irvine
- Greg Pursley, Luis Martinez ranked in August NASCAR Hunter Index
- Anaheim Ducks sign Coach Randy Carlyle to contract extension
- Dow closes down 634 points after final plunge
- Post-apocalyptic Swarm coaster to debut at U.K.'s Thorpe Park in 2012
- Baseball: Rio Ruiz gets dialed in at Area Code Games
- Opinion: It's Amazon vs. California in high-stakes sales-tax fight
- Ex-police officer gets jail in rape case that riveted New York
- Jerry Brown OKs potential change in awarding electoral votes
- USC basketball: More on No. 1 recruit Shabazz Muhammad's visit
- Tyra Banks shares 'Modelland' secrets at Teen Choice. We think.
- Santa Monica Farmers Market turns 30; giant party planned
- Book review: 'Nom de Plume' by Carmela Ciuraru
- Theater review: 'Engaging Shaw' at the Old Globe
- Dow Jones industrial average plunges 600 as market rout continues
- Mysterious orange goo in Alaskan Arctic identified as tiny eggs
- Captain Morgan's pirate ship found near Panama
- Outside Las Vegas, a political spat turns personal
- Amazon.com taking pre-orders for HP TouchPad 4G, $700
- 'All My Children' creator Agnes Nixon to be on show to say goodbye
- 'Food Network Star' recap: A bad Penny turns up
- 'Hunger Games' sequel 'Catching Fire' due nearly two years later
- Ian Somerhalder, Justin Bieber rub elbows at Teen Choice Awards
- Should Randy Moss end up in Pro Football Hall of Fame?
- Why Dodgers' $27-million loss could be only the beginning
- Hospitals not immune to rising insurance costs for their staffs
- Opinion: Late-night jokes: Conan uncovers a secret clause in the debt ceiling deal
- Poll: Was 'Twilight Saga: Eclipse' robbed at the Teen Choice Awards?
- Diana Nyad, 61, begins epic Cuba-Florida swim -- minus shark cage
- TCA 2011: Tim Allen is a new 'Man' in ABC comedy
- No criminal charges against WaMu: 'Revolution, anyone?'
- James Franco's 'Apes' redeems the reboot
- 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' recap: Makin' up
- Angels prospect C.J. Cron suffers dislocated kneecap
- Bill Plaschke: Take a bow, Steve Williams ... now go away
- Bank of America shares tumble again
- Tiger Woods' ex-caddie, Steve Williams, rubbing it in?
- Your Stylist: The denim jacket, a definite closet must-have
- Consumer Confidential: Airfares, chicken prices, car troubles
- IRS: Nearly 1,500 millionaires paid no federal income tax in 2009
- Oil reaches a 2011 low; gasoline prices should fall
- Verizon's 45,000-employee strike enters Day 2, impasse widens
- Fashion News: Amy Winehouse's collection proceeds
- What experts are saying about S&P downgrade of U.S. credit rating
- Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne': First listen
- Could the Poe movie save Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore house?
- Poll: Who should host the Oscars?
- Verizon landline workers step up strike
- Wall Street Roundup: Bloody Monday. Buffett vs. Gross.
- 5 Questions for Roberto Berrelleza
- 'Entourage' recap: You have a roommate?
- Stocks continue falling as markets absorb U.S. downgrade
- Ohio shooting rampage: Gunman kills 7; motive may never be known
- Live review: Odd Future at Hard Summer
- U.S. unlikely to get back AAA rating soon, Standard & Poor's says
- Black achievement gap narrows in New Orleans schools
- The Morning Fix: 'Apes' rise! 'Wives' leave. Rupert's tormentor.
- Opinion: What Gov. Jerry Brown said on national TV: 'The Democrats have to wake up'
- Monster Mash: 'King's Speech' on Broadway; Ai Weiwei tweets again
- Baseball: Area Code Games to be streamed live
- Teen Choice Awards: Sean Kingston comes on strong
- Stock prices fall after U.S. credit downgrade
- Hugh Carey -- they don't make politicians like that anymore
- Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead
- Football: Garfield looks forward to demanding schedule
- 'Breaking Bad' recap: Ground control to Walter White
- 'True Blood' recap: Out of the darkness and into the light
- 'Les Miz' beats Ahmanson box-office marks set by 'Jersey Boys'
- Opinion: Obama salutes National Health Center Week
- Opinion: Geithner agrees to stay at Treasury, continue Obama's amazing economic policies
- Asian stocks plunge on first day of trading after U.S. downgrade
- Hugh Carey dies at 92; former New York governor