- Baseball: Ex-Notre Dame standout has 38 home runs
- Opinion: Gustav's winds and McCain's plane reach all the way to St. Paul
- Football: It's a big game for Loyola alumni
- Opinion: Sarah Palin's not on the Sunday talk shows? That's a plus, says John McCain
- Telluride: The quiet Americans
- Checking up on dog food ingredients
- Opinion: Hurricane Gustav roils the GOP convention
- The political education of Judie Mancuso
- Opinion: And now, the Saint Paul <em>summer</em> carnival
- Opinion: Michael Moore backtracks on Gustav and the GOP
- Hurricane Gustav batters Cuba
- San Juan Star stops the presses
- Mexicans march en masse against crime
- Opinion: Two California GOP delegates -- excited over McCain, worried about Sarah Palin
- Football: Bishop Amat waiting for Bowens' return
- Football: Crespi finds a running back
- Katrina anniversary brings memories and Gustav
- Opinion: The convention dilemmas — and opportunities — for George Bush and John McCain
- Didactic tasting menus a new genre? (And will there be a pop quiz?)
- To live and blog in Hemet: Renovating a "brick house"
- Opinion: A look at Sarah Palin, fundraiser
- Opinion: Campaign '08, The Movie: Will Smith as Obama? Richard Dreyfuss as McCain?
- Vegas comedy: laughs in tough times
- 3rd California union leader gives up post
- Wolfgang Vogel, the spy trader
- On shoe shopping: Pay more, spend less
- Finding a hot job in a cool economy
- Bushy eyebrows are back
- Fall fashion: A collection's best accessory? Imagination
- Hawaii hotels offer up good deals
- Growing back those full, thick eyebrows
- Painter eyes hip-hop's titans
- Food and wine festival in North Lake Tahoe
- State job resources
- Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
- Book event listings
- Russia and the 'responsibility to protect'
- L.A. resale shops offer dollars for duds
- Meta-murderers
- Victory in the voting rights battle
- Senate deadline for a 'shield law'
- Hot and bothered: Lusting for a coat in too-toasty Los Angeles
- Better education through innovation
- Dust disrupts revelers at Burning Man
- Mysteries abound for new season
- Taiwan's olive branch could snap
- Crews finish dig at home
- 'Empty lies' about Venezuela
- Losing business?
- Fire damages Capitol building
- Noted French mathematician and teacher
- Egypt lets hundreds enter and exit Gaza
- State pensions drain taxpayers
- The voting rights battle is over. We all won.
- Rain does little to quench N.C. drought
- When home has no hope
- Bowens not exactly shy about contact
- Romantic departure
- Werth and Howard power the Phillies
- Going behind the anger
- Unsung hero
- RESULTS
- Police put down workers riot
- Bowling Green surprises Pitt, 27-17
- Program benefits buyers, builders
- A scapegoat for IndyMac's failure
- The Titanic docks at Luxor
- Some new zip in the '90210'
- Bicyclist struck, killed by motorist
- Brightly painted home prompts debate in earth-toned La Palma
- From no-hitter to the minors
- Donations put horse haven back in the saddle
- Republicans offer a budget plan
- Drivers are looking for a shift in momentum
- An enthusiasm for cars drives dealer to the top
- Holocaust circle
- Navy cancels new ships, says they are vulnerable
- It's not a wonderful world of color in tennis
- Able to buy but not at all willing
- India flood displaces 2 million
- SOUTHEASTERN REPORT
- Unwary iPhone users struck by 'appiphilia'
- Baseball bliss in Yankee Stadium
- The bottom half
- She knows winning isn't the only thing
- Craft settles into his spot
- Laboring harder, slipping behind
- September getaway to La Jolla
- PAPERBACKS
- Bengals release Rudi Johnson
- Georgians are prevented from going home, U.N. says
- Orange, Ventura County sales data for July
- BESTSELLERS
- Radical move on Social Security
- Earthquake kills 22 in China
- Television screenwriter won Pulitzer for Broadway show
- Probe of Afghan toll planned
- Aid auto biz, but dump execs
- Leaving Iraq
- Archaeologists uncover ancient ruins in Afghanistan
- Alabama stifles Clemson to give Saban significant win
- Colombian militias live on as gangs
- Lamborghini driver killed in fiery crash
- Hunter and Rodriguez help save the day again
- DOWN THE LINE
- A national treasure's sterling trajectory
- L.A.'s story is complicated, but they got it
- Pedroia's four hits spark the Red Sox
- In the air
- Meet me in St. Louis
- In Sin City, the jokers are wild
- Clark leads but misses a 59
- The making of the candidate
- Sea-Doo? See-don't!
- Mystique surrounds slain Indian biker gang leader
- Cottage of the canyon
- Movie magic, please
- Hurricane dampens Republican spirits
- BIG 12 REPORT
- Are gays wrong about the right?
- Cal shows off its new stars
- Man arrested in deputy's shooting
- Rodriguez's Big House of pain
- Shark reported in Lake Michigan
- Think, before flying
- HI-YO, SILVER
- Former Penn. lawmaker takes in sex offenders
- The big arches
- Man fatally shot in gang incident
- Infielders may skip trip
- Door shut on foreign study for Gazans
- RESULTS
- Mom and Dad, he's home again
- Johnson keeps going, and Sanchez finds him
- Slump-busting victory stands the test of time
- John McCain has known Sarah Palin since, well . . .
- Life without Manny in middle
- Trojans are all tuned up
- The impact of a president
- L.A.'s badge plan has lobbyists chafing
- Farmers scrap scarecrows in favor of falcons
- For better or worse, cameras won't lie
- NEED TO KNOW
- A long road back to being Trent Reznor
- Picnickers rescued from flash flood in San Bernardino forest
- Slamming a climate think tank
- High-five from the Twin Cities
- DISCOVERIES
- A city flees as Gustav nears
- Lucky us, Brian's back; buzz about 'The Fly'
- Hot and bothered
- No laughing matter
- Remembering California's war dead
- Smart, dapper and nasty
- Hang-gliding victim identified
- Volunteer fire departments struggle to recruit members
- Carroll's opponents can learn from past
- Scott gets LSU off to a pretty fast start
- Donovan helps Galaxy tie
- Disabled tenant needs a parking space
- AFC North
- Sleeping beauties
- * at Navy 41, Towson 13: Shun...
- How'd cable get so trashy?
- Iraq shakes up talks on U.S. troop pullout
- Saved by the bell
- Kent returns to L.A. for MRI test
- Teachers union turns up the heat on district
- Blues' hues in the Delta
- 40 Taliban fighters slain, Pakistan says
- DESTINY, DREAMS, FAITH AND FATHERS
- When the field is the goal
- * at No. 16 Brigham Young 41,...
- STATS Corner
- WEEKLY MORTGAGE RATES
- Opening a black hole on 'Atlantis'
- UP NEXT
- The Senate and a shield
- On life's little journey, but with too much baggage aboard
- Filmmaker documented GOP family
- California delegates laud Palin
- Military deaths
- More than a little bit of soul
- Where hope for Obama cuts both ways
- Trading spies
- Dems' party clothes
- Playoffs still in Packers' plans
- A guide to a majestic cathedral
- 49ers fan dies after run-in with horse
- Morocco uses music festivals to make a point
- A silent-movie idol's enduring appeal
- Big plays help Missouri win
- Weathering the storm
- Silly slime, talking toads, hoop dreams
- The hip-hop gallery
- Rodriguez loses in his debut at Michigan
- $5-billion deal signed with Libya
- Bol wants to build schools in Sudan
- To save education, innovate
- USC has no speed limit
- Love letters, unimprisoned
- It's not the price, it's the miles
- Chris Marker's distinctive mark
- Valuev wins WBA title with decision over Ruiz
- Picking up the pieces
- 3rd union official gives up her post
- Palin fever comes to town
- The latest 'great game' involves Indian Ocean
- Castroneves joins Dixon in front row but still trails
- Resolving some issues
- Fire burns in Sierra foothills
- Sparks prevail behind Parker
- Confident Querrey is moving on
- Landing a hot job in a cool economy
- Eckstein deal still on hold
- East Carolina's upset win is kind of Hokie
- What if they held a convention and . . . ?
- She starts making U.S. rounds
- Cow question
- 45 injured in bomb blast in Colombo
- Hawaii deals looking sunnier
- ATLANTIC COAST REPORT
- Tim Tams by any other name
- Titans' Fisher mum about Young's right hand
- Scam Watch
- Jamie Bell stays close to roots
- U.S. warns travelers of storm risks
- Chivas ends winless streak in extra time
- HOW TO TAME 'EM
- Employers boosting benefits that offset commuting costs
- Immigrant raid splits Miss. town
- BIG TEN REPORT
- No bumping Busch this time
- BIG EAST REPORT
- Rock 'n' roll sax: We're comfortable enough...
- Ohio State wins, but Wells is injured
- L.A. LANDL.A. story: $545K to $125KBack story:...
- CLOSET PROFITS
- Flier frostbite
- For the record - Aug. 31, 2008
- CALIFORNIA - News from Aug. 31, 2008
- Hezbollah warlord was an enigma
- Thousands of Mexicans rally to protest rising crime wave
- On the fringe
- Convention fodder
- Football: Crespi wins in Utah
- Football: Crespi is clinging to 16-13 lead
- Football: Crespi leads at halftime, 16-13
- Football: Crespi off to quick start in Utah
- Opinion: Hawaii, Alaska and the presidential race: History will be made
- Football: Long Beach Poly opens with victory
- Opinion: Michael Moore links Hurricane Gustav, GOP convention
- GAZA STRIP: The Fulbright mystery
- Pets (and people) prepare to flee Hurricane Gustav
- Opinion: Arnold Schwarzenegger nixes GOP convention visit, due to pressing business
- Opinion: Sarah Palin: pro and con
- Sea turtles explore new, urban frontier
- IRAQ: No Phelps but plenty of swimmers in Sadr City
- Opinion: Sarah Palin makes a fundraising pitch
- Telluride: Where tiny is big
- Opinion: Ticket Notice: Sunday guests--Giuliani, Dodd, both McCains
- Sarah Palin bio continues to climb
- If you feed them, they will come
- LEBANON: Hezbollah hands over helicopter shooting suspect
- Sex difference in antidepressant response
- Football: Check out the Southern Section preseason polls
- IRAQ: It's Viagra on sale! Or is it?
- Tree of the week: Italian stone pine
- Football: St. John Bosco opens with impressive win
- Opinion: Bye Bye Boomers
- Football: Diablos win on Maui
- Obama turns to Greek columns for support
- Tackling college football fantasy leagues
- September: Santa Ana winds blow in, so brace trees, reduce fire threat and water, water, water
- Botanist floor samples sale at Orange22
- 'Sense of community' in Irvine
- E-commerce for the blind
- Appeal of the 'Gossip' bad boy
- Hot Property: Kelsey Grammer puts up Holmby Hills estate for a quick flip
- McCain's gamble on Palin
- Chico, L.A.'s 'lonely' meerkat
- Real estate agents caravan is all about the food
- New Boeing transport plane could keep Long Beach plant open
- McCain's choice of Palin is a risk
- Long Beach master John Nyquist carves a reputation for midcentury classics
- Drug war bodies are piling up in Mexico
- Games whet caterer's appetite for growth
- USC professor helped create artificial kidney
- Death penalty upheld in O.C. hate killing
- Flee Gustav or you're on your own, city says
- Georgia breaks off ties with Russia
- Ex-cop held in 'Bling Bandit' heists
- Slain bank guard is identified
- The Palin pick
- Bochco is ever intent on 'Raising the Bar'
- Stiff upper lips, bad food and other British-isms
- A's and Bs -- and the CCC
- GOP fails to block plan to upgrade courthouses
- Language barrier
- Bolt (9.83) wins easily