- Push up slowly for the best results
- Stadium Where History Was Made Is History
- Harold Charnofsky, 71; Longtime Sociology Professor
- Hundreds Join Hunt for Missing Woman
- Part of Powerball Windfall to Benefit Tiny Torrance Church
- Triumphant Return for Titans, Adams
- Waves Win Tournament
- A chorus of affection for the razzle-dazzle man
- Low-Emission Biodiesel Is Gaining Mainstream Attention
- Violence Ends the Dreams of Many
- Inspectors Search Iraqi Customs Department
- Philippine President Says She Won't Seek New Term
- Hot Temper, Cool Skills
- All Aboard the Coaching Carousel
- A Sloppy Job on Home Work
- Ducks Let Another One Slip Away
- With time, the frenzy over firemen has cooled
- War Fears, Unrest in Venezuela Help Drive Up Oil Prices
- Cuba Seeks to Break Sugar Habit by Retraining Industry Workers
- Flood of Afghan Returnees Continues
- Court Sentences Briton, American to Prison
- Take Time to Question Rush to War
- With a Last-Minute Grant, Probation Officer Can Continue Crime Fight
- Nobody Beats Him in Blame Game
- Sisters track art stolen by Nazis
- NOW YOU KNOW
- For Stars, Red Wings, It's Just Another Tie
- Kings Rolled by Avalanche
- K-Swiss Is Making Big Strides Without Utilizing Star Power
- Cloned Girl Will Fly to U.S. Today, Firm Says
- Serbian President's Immunity Expires
- Sinkhole Closes Portion of Ocean Park Blvd.
- Man Arrested in Trolley Hijacking
- Chargers Have One Last Battle
- On Deck
- Simpson Has No Place in This Family Practice
- As Game Nears, Players Say Focus Isn't Getting Soft
- Presidential Pardons
- U.S. Is Not Ready to End Affirmative Action
- An Unbecoming Museum Plan for L.A.
- QUOTEBOOK
- Rosenfield's Goals: No Victory for the Insured
- Let the Iraqis Get Rid of Hussein
- Medi-Cal Fraud Remains Untreatable
- Pay College Athletes
- I Hate SUVs
- Deal of the week: Air, 6 nights in Athens for $1,099
- A hotel's life
- Museum keeps parade memories afloat
- A good old New Year in Amsterdam
- In Amsterdam when it sizzles
- A hotel's life
- American art form
- Angelenos getting into the ACT
- Real estate trends
- After Year of Calm, Looming War Makes U.S. Ripe for Storm
- Home is where the traveler's heart is
- Performing Arts Venue Now Winning Ovations
- Boy-meets-girl is just the start
- Allied Airstrikes in 'No-Fly' Zones Could Benefit Iraq
- Dog Bites, Penthouse Evictions Prove That's Entertainment
- Lakers Avert Worst-Case Scenario
- Top Trainers Fill the Field
- Pair of Multiple Killings Eerily Similar
- Mold verdict reduced on appeal
- The 2002 airline scorecard posts lots of losses, lots of wins
- BESTSELLERS
- Average Mortgage Rates and Indexes
- Venezuela Imports Gasoline
- Human Clone Is Born, Company Claims
- Words May Indeed Hurt Us
- French Foreign Legion Draws Line in Ivory Coast
- O.C. Economy Looks Good -- Not Great -- for 2003
- Hospital's $50-Million Make-Over Underway
- Virginia's Lundy Sets Himself Apart
- Lady Vols Keep Irish in Check
- A few stops on a tour of phantom L.A.
- Scuba-Explosives School Students Being Investigated
- Good Old Days Looking Better Than the New Year
- On and Off the Court, She's a Coach for Life
- Look very deeply into this yule card
- Faces to watch 2003
- Corporate culture drained of its colorful characters
- Uncertainty ahead; industry proceeds with caution
- The dark side of the laureate
- Student Chefs Seek Taste of Fame
- These Two Can't Wait Until 2002 Is History
- Panel Seeks Bill on Preserving Open Space
- Pepperdine Victorious in Double Overtime
- Business Adapts to Economic Vagaries
- From Big Country to the Big City
- It's Just Another Day for Pitino
- New sound machines
- Military Families Prepare for the Fiscal Wages of War
- Toward a more perfect union
- The Case for Public Spending
- Race Has a Place in College Admissions
- Do Justice at Guantanamo
- Al Jazeera to Offer English Internet Site
- Hospital Staff Caring for Unwanted Newborn Boy
- The Show Must Stay Put
- Stimulate, but Watch the Red Ink
- Web Eases College Application Process
- Iranian Anger on AM Dial
- THE TIMES' RANKINGS
- Making room at the top for a few women of color
- The libretto of life, frame by frame
- The original soul man
- Protesters in Pyongyang Rally Against U.S.
- United Airlines' Union Leaders Back Interim Wage Cuts
- Priority Remains War on Terror, but Bush Sets Domestic Goals
- No One Hurt as Mine Destroys 4 Video Stores
- Students' Arrests Prompt a New Class
- Towns on Alert to Protect Water Supplies
- Clinton Takes Bush to Task Over Unemployment Aid
- Chickens Killed to Stop Spread of Avian Flu
- Cut Taxes to Guarantee the Recovery Will Continue
- Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Called 'Servant of Our Nation'
- Floats May Be Priced Out of Pasadena
- Tarkanian Still in Need of an Image Adjustment
- Playoffs Possible for Cleveland
- Grieving Wilfork Focuses on Future
- He has a bigger picture in mind
- BESTSELLERS
- Lighthouses Again Brightening Lake Champlain
- Koppel, Neighbors War Over Estates
- Arson Hits Australian Detainee Camp
- The Strong, Silent Supreme Type
- 2 Oxnard Men Shot Leaving Bar
- TODAY
- Days of Reign
- Faces to watch 2003
- The joy of trying to figure out a film
- Trail Blazers Win in Sacramento
- Life on the Mississippi Moves Crusty Author to Tears
- Lucy Grealy, 39; Wrote Candid Memoir on Her Disfigurement
- Cities Leery of 'Megan's Law' Web Site
- Morning Snow Fastest at 350 Yards for Meet
- Kariya's Father Dies of a Heart Attack
- Prices Falling for Free Agents
- Follow the Bouncing Conversation
- Hutchinson Gives Ankle Some Rest
- Oregon Doesn't Give UC Riverside a Break
- Frayed treasures woven together
- Good things come in threes
- Passing the torch from one explorer to another
- Faces to watch 2003
- TRAVEL LOG
- Smallpox Vaccine Policy Is Bad Science
- Two Generations Prosper by Descending Into Darkness
- 4 Killed, 18 Injured in Residential Hotel Fire
- Raider Situation Is Advantageous
- Game Features Real Gym Rat
- Dungy Doesn't Get the Point on Offense
- An Old Friend (and Enemy) Visits
- Clippers Get a Lift, Not a Win
- Song and dance and series?
- An immigrant tale that scratches off history's veneer
- First Fiction
- Sing, Muse, under Western skies
- Chechen Blast Questions Mount
- A Shopping Institution Falls on Lean Times
- Churches Await Trickle-Down Effect From Lottery Winner
- Charter Needs More Study
- County Audit Shows $1 Million Missing From Defunct Agency
- Giants Get Wild-Card Spot After It Almost Slips Away
- End of Season and of Arguments
- RATING THE GAMES
- Now that's entertainment
- Faces to watch 2003
- After a Rocky Year, Time to Face the Music
- Dude, Maybe They'll Throw In an Awesome Accent
- Personal Watercraft Ban at Lake Mead Postponed
- Plot Rekindles Suspicion About Family Deaths
- He's a Truly Gifted Player
- He flirted, now Dr. Phil's ready for commitment
- Longing for spots that are no longer found on the map
- Baghdad Ridicules U.S. War Provisions
- When a Nation Turns Nasty
- North Korea Rebuffs U.N., Insists Nuclear Inspectors Must Go
- Swimming Against Tide of Overfishing
- Flames Give Coaching Job to Sutter
- 2002 Year-End Financial Tables
- For 2003, Media Sector Fomenting Rebellion
- TOURS & CRUISES
- Coveting the Nabors house
- L.A. rule aids tenants in no-fault evictions
- U.N. Will Help Afghan Government Investigate Reports of Mass Graves
- A Marathon Field for Celebrating 2003
- 'Fred' Buck, 72; GE Expert in Pro Baseball Stadium Lighting
- How Can Corporate Ethics Fail? Gradually
- Wisconsin Wins in Overtime
- Better Late Than Never
- Richardson's Son Suspended
- Memphis Makes Illinois Pay for Its Lapse
- Faces to watch 2003
- Angry Women Dry Out Towns, Husbands
- Rose Queens Have Come a Long Way Since 1930
- Organizers of Kwanzaa Celebration Reach Out
- 3 Killed, 6 Injured in 3 Traffic Accidents
- Heavy Snow Hits the Sierra
- Low-Key Inauguration Planned for Davis' Second Term
- Patterson Remains on a Roll
- Burke's Return Dooms Flyers
- The scoop on Scotty Reston
- Tales through dark glasses
- Mother, 4 Children Die in Christmas Tree Fire
- Tape of Teen Assault Suspect Inadmissible
- She Shares Her AIDS Archive With the World
- Michael Ogden, 91; Newsman Headed 2 Editor Organizations
- Report: Brooks Hired as Coach at Kentucky
- Sundstrom Skates to National Title in 500 Meters
- Faces to watch 2003
- Georgia, Coach Richt Keeping the Faith
- 8 in Falun Gong Get Prison for TV Takeover
- Socialist Party Figure Slain After Speech
- Morocco Wants Children Out of Workshops and Into School
- Northern City Could Be Key to U.S. Invasion of Iraq
- Russell Berrie, 69; Toy Seller and Master Marketer of the Cute, Cuddly and Cheap
- Good News on Arco Front
- Rose Parade route and lineup
- Mets, Yankees Trades Still Uncommon
- A season for carpets, kudos
- Faces to watch 2003
- Oscars, Globes take party tips from the past
- The events unfolding offstage
- Arms Inspectors Get List of Iraqi Scientists
- Malnutrition Takes a Toll on Argentina
- Voters in Kenya Oust Ruling Party
- Hard Times Put the Squeeze on Sleaze Industry in Japan
- Strategy Against Iraq Calls For Swift Attack
- Philadelphia Opens as a Military Seaport
- Freeway Extension Eases Gridlock -- for Now
- Ducks Can't Handle Canucks
- UCLA Sinks Lower Against Michigan
- Faces to watch 2003
- Success won't pay the bills
- Faces to watch 2003
- Is flood insurance like money down the drain?
- Discoveries
- Fog Leads to 71-Vehicle Pileup in Houston
- Bonanza at the Box Office
- Clerics Denounce Cloned Baby Claim
- Rx for Universal Care
- Baggage Scanners Ready for Debut
- Castle Prison Finds Redemption as Spine-Tingling Tourist Draw
- Clinic's Teen Aides Ease Peers' Fears
- Medicare Reimbursement for Home Care Is Limited to Pros
- Eurail to increase prices of passes next year
- Readers recommend
- El Segundo is a leafy refuge on the urban edge
- In Lewis and Clark's footsteps
- When the world passes by your door
- States, White House at Odds on Environment
- N. Korea Orders Ouster of Nuclear Inspectors
- Deficits Are OK in the Short Run
- Search Expands for Pregnant Woman Missing Since Dec. 24
- Shooting Victim's Body Found on Side of Road
- N. Korea Shows Its Bluster Is No Bluff
- Money Player
- Writer's Cramp Is a Concern for Murray
- Ankle Sprain Puts Jaric on Sideline
- Faces to watch 2003
- Pakistan Police Arrest Suspect in Car Bombing
- Chasing Phantoms Across Afghanistan
- 9-Year-Old Gaza Girl Is Latest Mideast Victim
- Many States Face Gloomy Budget Choices
- Bid to Reform Consumer Act Gains Steam
- Written in wilderness
- 'Titanic' memories that bode well
- TOP STORIES -- Dec. 22-27
- Harmonies of the human heart
- New Warship's Bow May Have WTC Steel
- Israeli Army Probes Slaying of Palestinian Grandmother
- What Price Victory? Colleges Learning It Can Be Steep
- Cancer Surgery for Akihito
- Nez Perce Revive Their Tradition of Horsemanship
- 'War' Plays Into Terrorists' Hands
- Mater Dei Wins in Overtime
- Simpson Warmly Received at USC Practice
- Got Koko Gets Victory for Headley and Solis
- TOP PERFORMERS
- Stars can't act their age now
- On a quest for diversification
- Out with the old
- A hotel's life
- As years float by
- Which Hat Was Zine Wearing in Club Visit?
- Thrills and risks in Copper Canyon
- "There's a lot of distractions. Matter of...
- It's Like Living Next Door to Animal House
- Winnick Payment Raises Questions
- Bush's Faith-Based Initiative Treats All Groups Equally
- Settlements Don't Hold Executives Accountable
- Cross-Check Could Prevent Identity Theft
- Counties Are Working to Improve 91 Freeway
- About the Boy
- Cyclical System Puts Costs on Employers Now
- Joe Strummer
- What Would Mother Teresa Do?