- Composer made a Living Legend
- A career comes together
- Lions Are Done With Mariucci
- Blame, guilt and turmoil in the Catholic Church
- Rainbow in the dark
- Second Harvest's allies
- These tourists can tell tales with teeth
- Navigating through Iraq
- Gelernter turned a serious topic into a joke
- QUOTEBOOK
- A classics dilemma
- Hiking for the BBW
- The pride of The Citadel
- Goal oriented
- Big-box safari
- Big fight over small screens
- As noise rises, so do the dangers
- New Orleans DJ puts hope in heavy rotation
- Well, Well: Oil Rigs Return
- Another Reporter for Time to Testify in CIA Leak Case
- Showing His True Colors
- Comparison Sites Ease Bargain Hunts
- When exercise hurts the bones
- Sun Shines on Florida Tourism
- Checking In to Life Off the Street
- Computer Sciences Appears Serious About Pursuing a Sale
- Bonding, brain chemistry linked
- Petroleum Engineering Is Back in Vogue at Colleges
- Voters Choose President; Gang Violence Key Issue
- After 61 Years, U.S. Veteran Meets Man Who Saved Him
- Micro Dairies Run Afoul of Regulators
- How you compete: Knowing the score
- Folic acid acts as stand-in for folate
- New Yorkers are obese? Says who?
- Go for that second helping
- Initial Results Show President Winning Vote
- Storm Causes 25-Car Wreck, Closes Interstate
- Kids' Creative Side Is Nurtured
- Season Started, Stores Upbeat
- Bringing Magic to Big Easy
- What side effects?
- Defying Church, Voters Endorse Abortion Law
- Hurricane Evacuees Give Mayor an Earful
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Doctor to Check Flinn
- ACC Team to Fill Spot in Emerald Bowl
- Patience Pays Off for the Panthers
- TCM, a prescription for extinction
- Giguere Says Saskin Deserves a Chance
- Hawks Lose Game and Question Call
- A Red Flag for White, USC
- Funk Isn't Short in Cash Line
- Walton Gets Back in Game
- Dodgers to Ask Permission to Interview Little
- Arizona Routs Virginia, 81-51
- Disconnect the panic button
- City Workers Take Salary Contract Fight to LAX
- Notre Dame Struggles but Still Defeats Trojans
- Gopal Godse, 86; Conspired to Kill Gandhi
- If You've Heard of Santa Paula, It's Because of Him
- Roommate Held in Man's Slaying
- Reggaeton is on a roll at the Forum
- A raging Apple needs a bit of sugar
- Avalanche Disposes of Canucks, 6-2
- Brady Is Off the Mark
- 'Mother's' family affair
- Placido's quest for the Grail
- Pitching a Do-Nothing Approach to Medicare
- Kobe, Lakers Still Casting Around
- Exonerated Aide Still Bitter Over 'Strippergate'
- Clippers Break Down 97-92 Loss
- Seahawks Get the Last Laugh in a Bit of Gallows Humor
- BCS Race Is Boiling Down to the Point of No Return
- 2 Killed in Greyhound Bus Crash
- They Surely Also Heard Him Way Across Town
- Cultural tourism effort falters
- Is Help on the Way for O.C. Parks?
- First Federal Trial Over Merck's Vioxx to Begin
- Adding strength to boost heart
- Farming of Genetically Modified Species Barred
- War Protesters End Thanksgiving Vigil
- Six Dogs Attack and Kill 76-Year-Old Woman
- Timing Entwined War Vote, Election
- Robbers Snatch Lion Cub, Parrots From Zoo
- No one should face death alone
- Getting a Picture of the Moviegoer
- Junta Said to Extend Suu Kyi's House Arrest
- LACMA's choice
- Angina drugs show similar outcomes
- Delicate choice just got tougher
- Expecting? Fit exercise in
- Exercise gives even diet pills a boost
- Breast-feeding lessens women's diabetes risk
- Use of Chemical in Iraq Ignites Debate
- Distrusting the shot
- Mexico Election May Hark Back to '94 State Race
- Chechens Hopeful as Vote for New Parliament Starts
- Killing the written word by snippets
- Voter Initiatives Taking Shape for '06 State Ballot
- Octane's Allure Hurt by High Cost
- To tone the torso, let your abs work as a team
- New therapy eases lupus side effects
- American Arrives to Help Hussein's Defense Team
- Earthquake Levels Villages on Iranian Island of Qeshm
- 68 Dead, Dozens Missing in China Mine Blast
- Tap Water Flows Again in Harbin
- 5 Are Hurt, 1 Critically, in Assisted-Care Facility Fire
- Bush Is Urged to Explain War Plan
- Ford Offers Safety Kit for Limo Fuel Tanks
- Competition freaks
- Man, 22, Pushed to His Death on Subway Track
- Washington Needs to Break Out Jumper Cables for Big Three
- Put on a new set of wheels
- Two Presumed Dead After Canoe Overturns
- Edmonton Wins in 2nd Overtime
- O.C. Man Dies of Wounds From Holiday Brawl
- Tomlinson Makes the Best of It
- Back Room, not back burner
- Camouflage cool
- This Time, Espinoza Wins Without Question
- Box Office
- A terminal case
- Border Activists Draw Line in Suburbs
- A neighborly vibe about 'The Kid & I'
- The Joke Isn't on NFC North
- Bandidos, dancing horses and Joan Sebastian
- For prime pet bonding, take your dog out for an 'om'
- Far More Than Creatures of Habit
- Bears Stick to Their Plan
- Precision, passion heat Shostakovich concerto
- Reginald Myers, 85; Won Medal of Honor in the Korean War
- Where Butterflies Flutter By
- Benefit single reveals Stone's musical muse
- Some states left behind
- Ducks Make It Two in a Row
- ROYAL LINEAGE
- To tone the torso, let your abs work as a team
- Smaller class sizes as important as pay hikes
- Put focus on alcoholism
- Red-state welfare hurts California
- Humidity is suspect
- Stop needless waste of water down the drain
- Vatican, celibacy and gays in the priesthood
- Out of tune
- Chile: 4x4 by 4,000 miles
- "Bling-Bling"
- Every Game Feels Like the Playoffs for Chiefs
- A High-Tech Hot Spot in Oregon's High Desert
- Wish fulfillment: Lincoln for a day
- Sons of war
- Once in Fashion, the Brown Derby Became Old Hat
- The Upside of Orphanages
- In Tourist-Hungry Town, Hope Is the Thing With Feathers
- Extinction Along Interstate 10
- Fishing Boat Overturns; Crew Not Seriously Hurt
- Desperate for a little more space
- O.C. School Laptop Decree Draws Flak
- DISCOVERIES
- In God and Darwin We Trust
- 2 Jail Escapees Caught, but 2 Are Still at Large
- Hot on Parkinson's Trail
- FBI Searches for Girl, 12, in a Possible Kidnapping
- Corona del Mar Gets Title Sweep
- Tennessee Rallies Past Maryland
- Pension Gap to Force O.C. Budget Cuts
- Dropping the ball on college bowls
- A Closer Look at Bottom Teams
- Colts Will Be Tough to Stop
- Unsinkable
- A Day of Rallying Around Crawford
- Bryant's Defense Is Sorely Needed
- Gutsy Moves Have Paid Off for White Sox, Williams
- When giving really counts
- Malik Ends 15-Rounder
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Kings Are Different Nowadays
- A Wafer-Thin Link to a Vet's Past
- A cross-Atlantic cable
- An unbending love of his craft
- Catty, nasty and pretty delicious
- L.A. Renews Its Libraries as Modern Civic Centers
- Tulane's Nightmare Season Comes to an End
- Pampering -- and inner peace
- Suspect Is ID'd in CHP Shooting
- Let's say, a work in progress
- Freshmen Give USC the Edge
- THE MATCHUPS
- Pepperdine Gets Past Irvine, 79-76
- Just Sit There and Talk, Phil
- Technicolor bears his fingerprints
- Ushered in to fanfare
- 2 of 3 Fire-Damaged Buildings Date to 1800s
- Soldiers Rebuked in Corpse Burning
- Uniformity, so to speak
- Eight Inmates Injured in Gang Violence at Prison
- Robert Hilburn's guide to keeping up with...
- America's dance with a devil
- An attitude of gratitude
- Tentative Deal Clears the Way for Santa Paula Airport Repairs
- A Con Is Still a Con as Time Goes By
- Strobl Wins First Downhill Race
- Raiders' Sapp Is Sidelined for the Season
- Tests Are Positive Signs for Rebraca
- Finding a new holiday present
- This group's likely to graduate with honors
- Vietnam War Foes Now Fight a Common Enemy
- No Wonder NFL Has Saddled Up With Colts
- He's still fine-tuning it
- Gasol's Big Game Stops Mavericks
- Banned Group Fares Well in Egyptian Runoff
- Paying Big Dividends
- 100 Years After Split, Nordic Neighbors Spar in Fun
- Keith Andes, 85; Actor Was Marilyn Monroe's Co-Star in 1952 Film
- The Times' rankings
- 'Pluto' takes him to a whole new world
- The 'Purple' heart
- A Warm Reception
- Eisenhower Memorial Site Is Selected in Washington
- UCLA to Bring Back Nursing Program
- Irish Wearing (Not Sharing) the Green Again
- Royal Wins Again in Division I Race
- Jacobs Lashes Out Against His Bruins
- NEXT-LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
- The monsters who eat escargot
- In Nazareth, Taking a Load Off 'The Weight'
- Salei Having Tough Times
- Airport Uses Name Change to Land 2 Airlines
- Blige gets a Christmas rush order
- Try to remember: A TV star was born
- Life and death and Samuel Alito
- Heeding their voices
- Iowa State Blows Chance to Play for the Big 12 Title
- A Family Interrupted
- Azerbaijan Clash With Police
- Florida Turns It Around
- A palette where the colors don't mix
- Probe Appears Damaged After Asteroid Landing
- Genre Wins Real Quiet, but Bob And John Is Best
- 'Black Friday' Sales Down Some From 2004
- The Times is blind to bulldozers flattening homes
- Seattle Monorail Trains Sideswipe Each Other
- Kennell A. Jackson Jr., 64; Stanford Professor Pioneered Academic Study of East Africa
- Army National Guard Sgt. Shakere T. Guy, 23, Pomona; Killed in Explosion
- Fairfax Finds It's Now the Favorite
- L.A. Show Is About Nothing
- UCLA Women Have the Run of the Place in Win
- Hasselbeck Couldn't Say No to Coughlin
- Shoot First and Ask Questions Now, Lakers
- Cal Poly Ousts Montana
- Flinn Injures Head on the Ice
- Bush Aide on Smoky Plane
- Imprisoned Palestinian Does Well in Primary Vote
- Pair Is Accused of Smuggling 3 Brazilians
- Everybody Wins in Military Buddy Bowl
- Nevada Pulls Upset of Fresno
- Challenge Is to Figure Appropriate Punishment
- Louisiana State Upsets No. 13 West Virginia in Overtime
- A theory of operatic proportion
- Joe Pinckney, 75; Artist Was Known for Paintings of the Sea Islands' Gullah Culture
- Average mortgage rates and indexes
- ADVENTURE, DUE SOUTH
- Mexico: Baja relaxation
- The ocean goes condo
- The way forward in Iraq
- Funk Is Dressed for Success
- Notre Dame Rallies Past Stanford
- 'Madhouse' offers wild asylum if you're hip enough to get in
- Corralling the collectors
- The Nickel Package
- Strange Road Leads to Happiness for Bzdelik
- A new lesson plan
- FOUR JOKES
- That's a Neutra all right
- Rain Forest Nations Seek Incentive to Conserve
- NEWS QUIZ
- Elemental verse
- Tyrants on trial
- Justice System in Ruins in Pakistan Quake Area
- Owners lost control after hiring management firm
- Every Crime Has a Perpetrator
- Rustic Link Between Civilization and Wilderness Is on the Block
- Billionaire Plays Her Cards Right in Online 'Gray Market'
- China Acts to Address Spill Damage
- High Court to Review Abortion Notice Law
- Medicare 'Plan Finder' Looks for an Audience
- Musical casts a light on travel
- BESTSELLERS
- Democracy Downtown
- A Journey That Ended in Anguish
- Channeling Kafka
- Targeting Disclosure of Annuity Charges
- Apollo's rationalist
- Home (In)Security
- The leftist Bush should appreciate
- Movement
- A woman of characters
- Victory Hangs in Balance
- Package deals for winter heating up
- Expedia glitch proves that the Web is one powerful grapevine
- Sublime Sichuan view