- Affirmative Action and Society
- Bryant's Team Isn't Winning Many Converts
- 'Merry Christmas' vs. 'Happy Holidays'
- A Critical Look at Social Security Reform
- A new conspiracy?
- Season's classic trampled
- 'Star Wars' Defense Is a Colossal Waste
- Phantom's impact
- At Least One Positive in the Bruins' Collapse
- For $46 Million, a 'Better Job' Is Expected
- Art on the move
- A Case That Inspires Hope for Humanity
- Dodger Reality Series Could Be a Big Winner
- Ho-ho-hum
- FOR THE RECORD - Dec. 25, 2004
- China Eastern to Buy Six Boeing Planes
- Incoming Supervisor No Backer of Tribe's Plans
- Casino's Success Breeds Tension
- Editor Draws Tribe's Wrath
- Delay of NFL Game in L.A.
- Beacon Buys Downtown Building for $116 Million
- NBA Bounces to an Edgy Hip-Hop Beat
- A Lot to Write Home About
- Harold Benjamin, 80; Pioneered Cancer Patient Support
- Fullerton Duo Looks Dynamic in Victory
- Lange adds 'Menagerie' to her list
- Paul -- Christianity's unlikely champion
- John Waters, a stand-up guy for the holidays
- Lehman Buys Hotels, Stake in Summerfield
- DuPont Sues Retailer Over Trademark
- Supplies on the Way for Hungry Astronauts
- This Go-Round Hasn't Been Merry for Trojans
- Movies are giving dads their due
- What a Girl Wants -- and Gets -- Are Prada Handbags and Dior Sunglasses
- Iraq Election Is Difficult in U.S. as Well
- Freebie Scandal Ends in Guilty Plea
- Agents Convicted of Assassination Return
- A Man's Quest Reverberates Up and Down State
- Putin Critical of U.S., but Speaks of Partnership
- No Ho-Ho-Ho for Mail Carriers
- Bristol-Myers Seeks OK for Diabetes Drug
- Malone Meets With Buss, Kupchak
- Rockets Obtain Barry From Hawks for Lue
- Ex-husband sues Jennifer Lopez
- They're persnickety
- OK Given for New Generators
- Pay Deals at Fannie Reviewed
- Harassment Claim Filed Against Marlon Brando's Estate
- Yoi! Cope Puts In 35 Years With Steelers
- Azeri's Successful Run Comes to End
- Head turner
- Taking State's DNA Law to Rest of Nation
- Clashes Flare in Fallouja
- No. 1 Poly Routs Oakland Tech
- Dodger Recast Is More of Same
- Trump Hotels Secures $500-Million Loan but Faces Shareholder Lawsuit
- Agents OK Pay Cuts at US Airways
- Vaccine Surplus Is Flu Scare's Ill Effect
- Christmas closures
- Anthony Sampson, 78; Journalist Wrote Mandela Biography
- Shoppers' Remedy: a Time Capsule
- List of Injured Is Growing
- Drake Expected to Start Against Oklahoma
- Laughter is part of the formula
- Infidelity's lure: cautionary and illicit entertainment
- So wacky, yule be of good cheer
- Maybe the Dodgers Did Have a Plan
- Left Up to Him, He Didn't Let His Teammates Down
- Charles Schwab to Sell Its Seats on the NYSE
- Agency Finds Stewart's Gripes Hard to Swallow
- Macerich Buys Operator of Shopping Malls in East
- Gunmen in Honduras Attack Bus, Killing 23
- New-Home Sales Plunge in the West
- It Started With a Loss to Ravens
- TONIGHT
- A whiff of masculinity, with a bracing hint of exhaust fumes
- Krauser Steps Up for Pittsburgh
- Shaq's Got a Brand New Bag
- Jewish Settlers in Gaza Strip Remove Star of David Badges
- When the season's ho-ho-ho becomes hoard-hoard-hoard
- Michigan Gladly Warms to Task
- Castro Appears in Public for 1st Time Since Falling
- In GOP They Trust
- Canoga Park Shifts From Aerospace to Retail Hubs
- TODAY'S GAME
- Falcons Sign Vick to 10-Year Extension
- City Moves Toward Suit Against Angels
- Dollar Drops Back but Stock Prices Edge Up
- Murder-Kidnapping Suspect Waives Hearing
- Long Lines and High Hopes Greet Palestinian Municipal Elections
- Iraqi Refugees Will Not Be Home for Christmas
- Pedestrian Struck, Critically Injured by Bus
- Livin' Large, if All Too Briefly, With Majerus
- Suspect Named in Killing of 2 Brothers
- Butler Is Suspended for One Game
- Too human to be a monster
- Also
- Briefly
- Adelphia Says '03 Loss Smaller
- Airplane Stuck in Mud Shuts 2 Main Runways
- More Oil Is Feared Spilled
- Man Sentenced in Fatal Hit-and-Run
- Painful Gift for the Children of a Slain Woman
- 'Pastor Chris' brings his sermon to a TV congregation
- After Adding This Up, It's Another Step Back
- It's Back to College for Pittsburgh's Wannstedt
- 34 Are Killed in Rebel Attacks on Army Patrols
- P.V. Narasimha Rao, 83; Reformed India's Economy
- Wal-Mart Reopens After Arson Fires
- Authorities Link Maryland Arsons to Racing Club
- Strother Comes Home to Lead Connecticut
- Finishing Kick for Kluwe
- For Now, Trojans Keeping Their Eye on the Ball
- Karzai Keeps Key Rivals Out of His Cabinet
- Evicted Hawks Getting New 5th Avenue Digs
- Storm Puts Midwest on the Skids
- Suspect Arrested in Fatal O.C. Toll Road Altercation
- UCLA Is at End of Its Rope
- 2 Men Found Guilty in Deadly Smuggling Case
- Medicare Aims to Help Older Smokers Quit
- 3 Companies Hit Hardest by Deaths of Contractors
- ConocoPhillips Boosts Stake in Russia's Lukoil
- GM Recalls Minivans Over Sliding Door Defect
- Holiday closures
- A Better Way, Oui?
- Parental Advisory
- Shelley Reconsidering Voter Registry Plan
- Suspect found, but no 'Scream'
- David's and Victoria's Secrets Safe With Him
- Supplies Are Sent to Hungry Astronauts
- American Greetings Profit Rises 35%
- Bowling Alley Will Return Arafat Funds
- Economy Shows Year-End Vigor
- Rape Case Against 3 Teenagers Dismissed
- A Trauma Center to the Rescue
- UCLA Can't Hide From Fact It Wasn't Ready
- Website goes all Ebenezer on 10 'much loved' Christmas ditties
- Heat's Streak Hits 10
- Police I.D. Man Killed by Officers Near Store
- Eckstein Lands With Cardinals
- Dance partners
- Disney Hall embraces Kinky and Ozomatli's chaos
- Holiday closures
- The value of having some space
- Greetings, all of you little people
- Democrat Widens Lead in Washington
- In Cambodia, melodrama with a message
- Top film quotes list will make your day
- Disney to Cut Grants of Options
- Judge Clears O'Neal to Play
- Latin Oil Proves a Mixed Blessing
- Bush to Revive Failed Judicial Nominations
- Preston Toledo, 81; Navajo Code Talker During World War II
- His Year Was No Apparition
- Holiday closures
- Which Search Engine Firm Is Coming Back?
- Alaska Air Revises Earnings for Quarter
- Undersea Earthquake Is Strongest in 3 Years
- 'Real World' bound for Texas
- U.S. Funds Tunnel Study
- USC Has Floyd at the Top of Its List
- Guidugli Is Pain for Marshall
- Rumsfeld Drops In on Troops in Iraq
- Judge Hears Debate on Gay Unions
- At the Nuart, 'Waterfront' still packs a lusty punch
- Use of Taser Spurs Change
- Moore Is Still Feeling the Effects of Punch
- Tenet Agrees to Settle 106 Suits
- FDA Recommends Painkiller Caution
- Was Banning Muslim Scholar a Mistake?
- 'Daddy' Show Takes Reality TV to a New Low
- Person of the Year
- Christmas Is but One of Many Religious Holidays
- QUOTEBOOK
- Armenians Decry Politics of Genocide
- Bush Pushes His Social Security Plan
- Getty Land Deal
- Handing Out Awards for Mediocrity
- December 21
- This week in Travel
- Snow, Frigid Temperatures Disrupt Travel
- Home Sales Take Unexpected Dive
- The pros' TV picks
- 9-year-old's play to debut on radio
- 'Oliver!' fails to hit high notes
- Suspect Named in Double Slaying
- Man Arrested in Drive-By Shooting of 5-Year-Old Girl
- Holiday closures
- Glenn Is Glad for Wyoming's Extra Practice
- Scouting Report
- TOP PERFORMERS
- Jury Tells FedEx to Pay in Discrimination Case
- Massive overhaul of ailing hospital urged
- Tightest Security Has Holes
- Car-Window Shots Prompt CHP Hunt
- Talk of the Town
- Michigan Creates New Pregame Plan
- Bertuzzi's Guilty Plea Helps Him Avoid Criminal Record
- Cohen Returns to California Roots
- Back Injury Puts Divac on Injured List Again
- One worth waiting for?
- The Times' All-Star Girls' Golf Team
- Holiday Compounds Family's Heartbreak at Losing a Member
- Anaheim Receives Security Grant
- Panel Backs Ex-TWA Attendant in Smoke Case
- 44 N. Koreans Allowed to Leave the Country
- Weekend Forecast
- Blast Likely a Suicide Bombing
- USC Wins on O'Neil's Three
- Green's Left to Ponder Future
- Get past 'First Stop'
- Suspect in Embassy Bombing Acquitted
- Divorce Case Raises Questions on Records Law
- Last Chance
- Kerik Quits Giuliani's Consulting Firm
- Hip Asian
- Not Home for the Holidays
- Media's Role in Mayoral Recount Prompts Claims of Partisanship
- Cases on Gay Unions Laid Out
- Caltrans Is Faulted on Bay Bridge Overruns
- Alou Reportedly Will Join Father in San Francisco
- Microsoft Loses Fight Against EU Sanctions
- Haggle while you furnish
- Former President Is Back in Argentina
- $50,000 Cloned Kitten Truly Isn't One of a Kind
- The Sick NIH
- Police Shoot and Kill Man in Placentia
- Bowling Green's Jacobs Is the Next Big Thing
- Also
- A knockout time in three rounds
- Raptor to Enter Combat in 2005, General Says
- Just lean forward and let 'er roll
- With Order, Boeing One-Up on Airbus
- Shelter for the storm of digital photos
- Mandela plans AIDS concert
- Illegal Immigrant Measure Upheld
- Soon, Clara will wake from dreams
- Gold Mining Firm Says Discharges Harmless
- Tanker Truck Crashes Near the Pentagon
- Airport Screeners Alter Female Pat-Down Style
- 9 Iraqis Die as Suicide Attack Hits Checkpoint
- Governor Releases Calendar
- Bill Gates Discloses Stock Held in Berkshire
- Verizon Settles Suit Over Rental Fee
- Results of Trade Decision Unclear
- BUZZ BANDS
- Everything's prettier on ice
- Ambassador to Libya Withdrawn Over Report
- Blockbuster Again Slashes Its Online Fee
- Buyer of Yukos' Core Unit Is Sold
- L.A. Planning Director Says He Will Retire
- O'Neal Tests Bruised Calf as Kings Await
- TONIGHT'S GAMES
- Tiny Windward Delivers a Blow to Millikan
- Fines Proposed for Radio Station Owner
- Investors Show They're in the Market for IPOs
- Six hours of celebration
- A canine chorus unleashed
- A three-ring circus
- Was (Not Was) are (yes, again)
- Perata Also Served With FBI Warrant
- 'Hotel Rwanda' Should Open Our Eyes to the Genocide in Sudan
- Miller's Spill Clears Way for Rocca
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Illinois Struggles but Edges Missouri
- FINALLY
- Eric Clapton announces Cream reunion
- Suspects Charged With Spying for Israel, U.S.
- Washington's Christmas Eve Gift
- Home repair hand-holding
- Posadas Take a Political Turn
- More kids, more space
- Elf-perpetuating holiday tradition
- Back Home, Ex-Hostages Recall Hopes and Fears
- Democratic Leadership Rethinking Abortion
- Enriched Uranium Sent Back to Secure Facility
- And yet will it rise?
- Fullerton Council Backs El Toro Bid
- Who's winning battle of the trees?
- A ho ho ho holiday event
- Holiday closures
- Market closures
- Get the picture?
- Martha Stewart Posts a Christmas Missive
- By the Numbers: Southland CD rankings
- Mexico's High Court to Hear Appeal From Fox
- Ho! Ho! Is More Like Uh-Oh
- The county supervisors respond
- USDA Acts to End Fight Over Plant Disease
- The season's brightest bulb
- Blair Calls for Conference on Mideast Peace
- Bush Urged Not to Shift Medicaid Costs to States
- Hope Subsides for Five Missing Fishermen
- L.A.'s Budding Mogadishus
- Holiday closures
- As Expected, Dolphins Make Offer to LSU's Saban
- This Bid to Save NHL Season Is No Bluff
- SEC OKs Settlement With Edward Jones
- Storm-tossed animals get show
- Ft. Bliss Training Was Poor, Members of Guard Unit Say