- Pope Appeals for End to Violence
- It's a Full House in Poker Rooms Across Las Vegas
- Privatization's Empty Hype
- Washington's Crossing Comes Up Dry Again
- Firms Pay Nothing, Get Plenty
- Graying Hair Could Hold Clues to Cancer Mystery
- Attempt to Save Church Ends With Arrests
- Building Puts Form Over Bodily Function
- Laguna Beach Sees Grass Roots Wilting
- Lima Agrees to Contract With Kansas City Royals
- The ubiquitous Mr. Piano
- Other Deaths
- Lunching With the Caruso of Retail
- Plummer, Droughns Keep Broncos in Hunt
- The trials of a young talent
- A year that cut both ways
- Faces to watch
- His 'nothing' life was quite something
- Frenchman Scales Tallest Skyscraper
- A sentimental journey and beyond
- Alpine Train Treks Seek Low Road
- Iraqi Rebel Leaders Captured
- L.A. Opera's secret weapon
- Frankie Finds the Tears for His Father
- Serra-Mater Dei Will Be Coaches' Reunion
- NOW YOU KNOW
- The Times' All-Star Girls' Tennis Team
- Cirque noir
- Readers recommend
- A Web of Shame
- No Chill in the Air as Texas Arrives in Cal Territory
- George Barber, 90; D-Day Troops' Chaplain
- A suicide? Not likely
- Why Math Always Counts
- An Air Travel Meltdown Strands Passengers, Bags
- LSU's Saban Agrees to Coach Dolphins
- Faces to watch
- Faces to watch
- TOURS & CRUISES
- Indonesian Troops Kill 18 in Aceh
- There's No Success Like Failure
- Christmas Eve Mass Is Worth Reserving a Pew
- Conservatives Flip Academic Freedom Debate
- Livelihood Withers for Vienna Vintners
- Here, There, Everywhere
- Pregnant Woman May Lose Fetus After Assault
- Cleric Hedges Bets on Iraq Vote
- Bush's policies help spawn the rebirth of the Nation
- Catching up with 'The Amazing Race 6'
- Foreign-Born Adoptees Bring Their Own Challenges
- Europeans Take a Nip/Tuck Trip
- More Women Battle Blazes, Break Barriers
- To Stoops, One Size Fits All
- Of disability and nobility
- Boomers keep the market hot
- Cash request OK in certain cases
- Nameless Murder Victim Is Still 'Someone's Daughter'
- Labor-Intensive
- Faces to watch
- FCC's chill wind has shows covered
- Answering a family calling
- India's Cities Flex Muscle by Changing Names
- Minors' Sexploitation Scars City
- Divers Can't Find Copter's Recorder
- 2 Bias Suits May Be Settled
- Now, Back to the Season
- A kingdom comeback
- Conservation Plan to Preserve Monticello's Land
- The year in review: what made us merry, what made us mad
- Minimum wage lags rent costs
- Officials Say Victims' Mother Was Slain Before Blaze Spread
- A familiar face takes center stage
- BESTSELLERS
- Dissident Writer Held, Rights Group Says
- Car Bomb Kills 3 Near Najaf
- Mexico's Economy Is Vrooming
- Surprise! The Soviets Nearly Won Afghan War
- Drug Benefit Goes Unclaimed
- Attacks by Suspected Taliban Leave 4 Dead
- Mexicans Race to Clean Up Spreading Spill
- A Frosh Approach
- Faces to watch
- Faces to watch
- Tension Shadows Rematch in Ukraine
- A venue in search of Latino artists
- Native Americans through 19th century eyes
- Love This Lethal, Stinkin' Town
- Remains of Biblical Pool Identified
- The Big Picture
- Fire, Brimstone Over Faith
- Quake in Indian Ocean Kills 500
- Germans Try to Heal Nazis' Wounds
- Antiquities Dealer to Be Charged With Fraud
- Bush Team Prepares to Swing Budget Ax
- Grand Jury to Probe Councilman's Dealings
- Pick Six Bettors Try to Unlock the Golden Gate
- Talk of the U.S.
- Comic master's sad decline
- Race Is On for a Single Connection
- Dollar slide boosts luxury home sales
- Eternal sunshine in the hills
- Day of Discontent
- Santa's Not Coming to Town; He Is This Town
- If Physicist Has His Way, Existing Calendar's Days Are Numbered
- Murder in the O.C.
- Saving the mother tongue from a dusty silence
- Appeasement's naive advocate
- Drawn to Celebrity
- Oil Deposit Found Offshore, Castro Says
- Bush Champions Compassion in Christmas Day Message
- Mexico's Rebel With a Cause and a Knack for Prose
- Honduras Arrests Two More Suspects
- Super Chargers
- Marine Cpl. Joseph Heredia, 22, Santa Maria; Fatally Injured in Battle in Iraq
- True Heroes Don't Inspire Tragedy
- A Stone of Hope
- Police Chief Takes the Night Shift on Christmas
- Snow White Makes Do With 4 Dwarfs
- Vitale Has Become the Voice of a Sport
- PC Brands Boost Consumer Electronics' Power
- Long Road Back From a Near-Fatal Accident Leads to Dream Fulfilled
- Overcoming Their Troubled Past
- Take a page from their adventure script -- use caution
- The ubiquitous Mr. Piano
- Going With Their Guts
- Deal of the week
- Some Cards Are the Gifts That Keep on Taking
- Shangri-La with a slice of lime in Montecito
- City Worker Target of Animal Rights Group
- The General Who Got It Right on Iraq
- Hurricanes Put the Squeeze on Florida's Citrus Industry
- Antiabortion Groups Hope for Senate Support
- Explanation for Death Penalty Sought in Fatal Smuggling Case
- Battle Looms Over State Water Project
- No Time to Rest for Coaching Staff
- Divine purpose
- Film awards haven't shared 'The Passion'
- Changes in train and sea travel
- Discoveries
- Arafat Looms Behind Would-Be Successors
- Wiccan Puts Faith in the Court System
- Santa Anita Is Not the Place for a Milkshake
- Growing into her biggest film role
- The crowd was hardly bowled over
- Faces to watch
- It came down to one glaring error
- Supply Ship Successfully Docks at Space Station
- Dedication, Persistence Pay Off for Mello
- A Grammy uproar is in the mix
- A Fontainebleau period
- Big Pharma's Dirty Little Secret
- A flier not content to just glide
- Here's a New Year's Resolution for Everyone: End the Feud Already
- Coaches Help Children Move Past Illnesses
- Deficit is raining on NEA's parade
- TOP STORIES -- Dec. 19-24
- Red, Blue and the Green
- BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS
- New Teacher's Plight Is a Familiar Story
- Country comforts
- Oil Wins When Public Is Happy With $2 Gas
- Savoring golden years outside the Golden State
- Skin color can matter in Paris
- Does Mattel's Outlay Really Help Workers?
- Take a page from their adventure script -- use caution
- Nothing to cheer?
- Bigger is not always better
- Orders Are Orders
- Martha Stewart Set Stage for Lifestyle Shows
- No comparison
- iPod Revolution Is in Store for Music
- Cheers and fears
- Peace and the Palestinians
- Video Game Regulations
- U.S. Role in Iraq Gets Deeper and Costlier
- Missing the Point on Putin's Role Model
- Time to Rethink Housing Market
- Taking Pet Worship to the Extreme
- Put off that diet another month
- 2004 saw a return of the traveler
- No cabin, but it's cozy
- Life launched, lessons learned
- In New Zealand, acting like a kid
- Lido Isle raises bar on the good life
- Florida parks hike prices
- Tensions High in Honduras After Bus Massacre
- Evictions Cast a Pall on Holidays
- Boeing, Despite Scrutiny, Sees Growth Ahead
- Two Officers Convicted in Attacks on Pakistan President
- Pika Rodent Numbers Decreasing in the West
- Moscow Tests Mobile Topol-M Ballistic Missile
- Baseball Rehires Three Umpires
- Hot Streak Simmers Below Radar
- The circus is coming to town
- Coors Pulls Ads After Anheuser Complaints
- Israeli Whistle-Blower Detained Again
- Terrorism Threat Not Elevated for Holidays
- He's Got a Gift for Communication
- Stingy Wilson Keeper Lapin Is Player of Year
- Tuberville Honored
- A year of editors in overdrive
- Mexico Adopts the Christmas Tree as Its Own
- Rumsfeld's Iraq Trip May Not Resonate in U.S.
- Ukraine Gets Ready to Vote for President, for a Third Time
- Las Vegas Monorail Is Back on Track
- Huygens Probe Takes Plunge
- Foundation Hopes to Net Funds With a Butterfly Collection
- Graying Hair May Reveal Cancer Clues
- Webb's Toughest Test Came Early
- 1,500 Workers Clean Up Oil Spill in Veracruz
- Butler Is Unhappy He'll Miss Reunion
- Protectorate Touted to Mend Haiti's Crippled Society
- 19 Soldiers in Iraq Have Rare Pneumonia
- Sheldon Margen, 85; Nutrition Pioneer Helped Establish Diet Guidelines
- Poised for a Tough Battle
- Unlicensed Abortion Doctor Arrested
- 5 Police Officers Hurt in Raids for Stolen Millions
- Discovery of 3 Dozen Galaxies May Reveal Livelier Universe
- Roy Disney Rejects Board Proposal on Heir
- WHO Certifies Shortage of Malaria Drug Supply
- McDonald's Worker Saves Man at Drive-Thru
- Gretchen Bender, 53; Artist Worked in Photography, Film
- Jefferson Landmark Vandalized With Paint
- And a Partridge in a Pear Tree?
- Santa Anita Fires Executive
- Local Councils Press Hahn for More Funding
- It's Come One, Come All in the NFC
- Soldiers Rely on Cards and Company
- Car Stolen in 1981 Cold Case No Longer Hot
- Gunman Is Shot Dead by Police at Gardena Casino
- UCLA Is Facing Questions Again
- A Stirring in the Midwest
- Orbiter Shows Mars May Have Active Volcanoes
- Wells Fargo Is Biggest Parmalat Creditor
- Man, 87, Arrested in Shooting at Care Home
- Points Come Easy for Washington
- State Proposes New Rules for Workers' Comp Claims
- Two Churches, Very Different, Prepare for the Holiday
- Still they ring
- Miami Awaits Saban's Decision
- A new spotlight for performers' clothier
- Late Shoppers Help Lift Retailers
- Chang Torches the Blazers
- From winter springs an art collaboration
- Project Uncovers a 'Bridge Into the Past'
- For Autolux, obsessions stand the test of time
- Recruiters Hold Star Power
- Ernst & Young to Pay $125 Million to FDIC
- In Bethlehem, a Soft Stirring of Optimism
- Buena Park Police Kill 1, Wound 1 in Traffic Stop
- Former Duck Farm to Become Park
- Vintners Aim for the Ballpark
- Karzai Swears In 25 New Cabinet Members
- Pope Marks Christmas With Midnight Mass
- Holiday closures
- USC Calm Amid Storm
- Giving the Gift of Nostalgia and Irony
- Chinese Shoe Firm Steps Up Its Game
- Church Link Delays O.C. Rec Center
- Times' All-Star Boys' Water Polo Team
- On the Christmas Menu: a Heaping Helping of Hype
- Insurers Back U.S. Oversight
- Santa's Fellow Long Haulers
- He's Sown the Seeds, Sewn the Beads of Western Couture
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Big screen's 'Fat Albert' goes heavy on the sugar
- Searching High for Signs of Altitude Sickness
- Blast in Baghdad Kills One, Wounds 19
- Little Room for Error in Catching a Missile
- Johnny Oates, 58; 1996 Manager of the Year Led Rangers to Playoffs
- Wolverines Get Back to Business
- Hosannas or Humbug?
- ID System Gets in Face of Criminals
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Favre Best at Driving a Clutch
- New Year's Eve bash in Hollywood is kaput
- Take Your Best Shot, for the Good of the Game
- Into it for the shock of his life
- Ticket to paradise: The movie palace era
- Barbie Gets Another Distribution Channel as Mattel Tests Holiday Close-Out Stores
- Dollar Falls Further in Global Trading
- Richard J. Barnet, 75; Founded Liberal Think Tank, on 'Enemies List'
- We Can Hear You Now, Unfortunately
- Ballot Items Aimed at Gov.
- Gift Expands Library's Armenian Collection
- A SPIRITED PRESENCE
- Hosannas or Humbug?
- Toy Train Giant Lionel Comes to Junction
- YMCA Head Fired After Transgender Ball Scuffle
- Pistons, Pacers Ready to Move On
- Santa Ana's Yule Exchange: Giving and Good Feelings
- Keb' Mo' misses some 'Peace'
- QUOTEBOOK
- Things Are Dicey Down the Freeway Too
- Essence of Kate
- On-the-Job Teacher Training
- Sympathetic ring
- Hey, Big Spenders
- The Background Noise of Our Modern Times
- Digitizing Our Libraries