- For the Record - Aug. 19, 2008
- The ugly truths about campaign strategy
- Mexican governor calls for tougher crackdown
- Davey Johnson, U.S. baseball team not exactly a hit in China
- My Olympic rankings: Sydney No. 2
- Lighten up! It's just the Olympics
- Football: St. John Bosco's Shamburger commits to Boise State
- Opinion: Hillary Clinton gives 'Judas' Richardson a hug or a shrug
- 'Keep in mind'
- Gary Hall Jr. on meeting true Olympic legends
- Everybody loves their Google
- Opinion: Focus on the Family scores Saddleback: Winner=McCain. Loser=Obama
- At Beijing Olympics, Kobe and LeBron are in demand
- Interior starts counting off 30-day comment period on Endangered Species act
- Basketball: Orange Lutheran could have a keeper in York
- Arroyo Grande High's Olympic connection
- Man pleads guilty in another cow cruelty case in Chino
- Time to tune in to the triathlon
- California bank stocks: The herd gets thinned again
- PhilCam: Fifth straight sunny day
- Beach volleyball: May-Treanor, Walsh keep rolling
- Catching Up to Speed: Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
- More 'slant eye' images of love from Spain, and now Argentina
- Laporta has mild concussion, is listed as day-by-day
- NBC got an Olympics lift from "Prime-time" Phelps
- The Big Picture takes a vacation
- Rumbling seat: Clean diesels are here
- Catfight breaks out in state legislature
- Shane Sparks comes to Universal Citywalk
- VW CC Gold Coast debuts at Pebble Beach
- Opinion: Schwarzenegger is boldly pro-tire-gauge
- City Sip wine bar in Echo Park set to open soon
- SoCal home sales, prices and foreclosures
- Fang feud: 'Jennifer's Body' vs. 'True Blood'
- Dog tags made from Olympic gold
- Opinion: Does Barack Obama need more passion in talking economics?
- Basketball: Van Nuys picks up pieces after Rudd, Hankins transfers
- Pole vault: Women scale new heights
- 'Dinosaurs' will roam once again on Earth near you
- David Byrne, Brian Eno and the viral album
- FCC to hit the road to raise digital TV awareness
- What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?
- Basketball: Stepheson picks USC
- Gas prices at lowest point since May
- Opinion: Barack Obama's VP choice coming Tuesday morning?
- Beijing claims victory over Games ticket scalpers
- Carjacking leads to heat-related death of crippled dog
- Google launches new push for access to vacant TV channels
- 'Watchmen' movie under attack
- Ventura's Troy Dumais moves into 3-meter semifinals
- 'Iron Man' drops F-bomb on DC Comics
- Gwyneth Paltrow in hot water with animal activists
- Laurence Fishburne to join 'CSI'
- Weekly homicide list update
- New porn channel lets Canadians strut their stuff
- What the authors are blogging: Scalzi, Gessen, Fry
- Opinion: Rick Warren responds to the flap over McCain and Saddleback questions
- Teen trying to burn spiders sets home on fire
- Downey isn't IndyMac, analyst asserts
- Dust-Up: U.S. energy security
- New publisher's note to staff
- Stepping up to the plate during the Beijing Games
- Baby whale seems to think yacht is its mother
- Opinion: In today's pages: Gangs, voters, animals and legislators
- James Frey: giving L.A. its due
- The Bahamas -- 400 meters from Medals Per Capita fame?
- Reporter Andrea Chang to cover retail beat
- Debate continues on bombings of UC Santa Cruz researchers
- Opinion: Lightning over "Thunder"
- Fall Film Preview: Mike Leigh is ... back!
- Union Bank's directors play tough, and shareholders win
- Kidnappings in Mexico up by 9%
- Pearls of wisdom on Olympics table tennis from Gary Hall Jr.
- In today's Times: pure gold
- Los Angeles needs to go global to fight gangs, says Rocky Delgadillo
- Michael Phelps' goggles are getting around
- EA to let offer for Take-Two expire; deal still possible*
- L.A. man gets two years in prison for killing girlfriend's cat
- LeBron James on U.S. basketball
- Opinion: Fresh off his Saturday Saddleback triumph, John McCain attacks on Iraq
- 'Potter' delay is about money, not nudity
- Around the Web 8.18.08: Dreamworks is growing, Pandora is dying, the national conventions will go on (sigh)
- Opinion: In Monday's Letters to the Editor
- Ombudsmen columns
- U.S. women's soccer team in Olympic final
- CinemaNow, Widevine bring movies to more devices*
- U.S. show-jumpers win gold in Hong Kong
- U.S. plays hardball in 9-1 baseball win over China
- Prelude to a premiere: 'The Hills' sex tape
- Bronfman: Economics of music-based games don't rock
- Opinion: Is race the drag on Barack Obama's poll numbers?
- And the stars support .... whom?
- The Heidi Chronicles, Part 5: A working dog needs a job
- U.S. wins women's discus; world record for pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva
- While you were sleeping
- Mexico drug war's costs and risks are being exported to U.S
- At Cuban Americans' mom-and-pop agency, travel business isn't moving
- The Jose Medellin exception
- Schwarzenegger hopes to speed border crossings
- In Yucatan, a maze of Maya stone temples found in underground caves
- Gregorio Luke takes Latino Museum post
- In Paraguay, Fernando Lugo sworn in as president; Hugo Chavez basks in his glory
- Korean Mexicans learn more of their Asian roots on visit to Southern California
- IRAQ: Can civilian jurors understand combat decisions?
- IRAQ: Far from Beijing, he runs to forget
- EGYPT: Too many babies
- Bill Plaschke and China's heartbreak
- Bigfoot, R.I.P.?
- Lolo flies into final
- 'Mad Men': Three Sundays
- Asking the musical question, Is DRM necessary?
- Stephanie Brown Trafton: Historic night in women's discus
- The medal count: U.S., China creating 'parallel Olympics'
- Opinion: Combing Barack Obama's schedule for VP-pick clues
- He hurdles! He blogs!
- Bravissimo
- Arise! Arise! Arise!
- Lights out
- Uneven bars warm-up
- From Rapid City, with love
- Focus of attention
- Liu and Trammell: Hurdles they couldn't overcome
- Catherine the Greatest
- Some history for Serena and Venus Williams
- Strained hamstring takes Terrence Trammell out of 110m hurdles
- Opinion: Obama meets Pickens on energy, not his Swift Boat financing
- Still celebrating in Jamaica
- U.S. softball overpowers China, 9-0
- Triathlon's choppy waters. Maybe it was the video.
- Celebrated South-Central Farm haunts Villaraigosa
- Vinyl records make a return
- Foreign airlines cutting flights to Los Angeles International Airport
- A young mother draws strength from her struggles with MS
- Pro: Marijuana Use for Chronic Pain and Nausea
- Americans sport a laid-back style in Beijing
- Review: 'Mirrors'
- Moviemaker Cruise faces a crisis
- To drill or not to drill?
- Animal rights terrorism
- Review: 'Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House' on HBO
- Hecuba at Spaceland
- School boards are prodded to take a stance in gay marriage debate
- Drug regulation terms -- a dictionary
- Strength-training exercise for chest, shoulders, biceps
- Bonnie Hunt prepares (sort of) for daytime TV
- Dodgers, Ethier win game of give-and-take
- Emmons loses gold on last shot again
- Sport by sport
- Transfers fuel rivals' suspicions of Villa Park basketball success
- It's another tournament win for Del Potro
- A memory with a half-life
- Lefebvre leads Chinese team
- Ex-Marine to face civilian trial
- Griffith Park fire may be arson
- A balm for pain
- Nadal knows it's good to be king, no?
- Back and forth on transit
- It's always casual Friday for the U.S.
- Top 25 countdown
- A role for school boards in gay marriage debate?
- Behind the FDA's strictest advisory
- N.Y. group blasts SAG leaders on talks
- Georgia debacle is a blow to Bush policy
- Fundraising follies
- Palestinian prisoners to be released
- Turf war over garden lot
- Pumping up the old squeezebox
- Pension strategy is called risky
- But can he solve the housing crisis?
- Human side of Sherman's march
- Record labels want bigger cut of action
- GOP kills budget plan
- In a sweat after 'Tropic'
- BEAUTIFUL INDEED
- U.S. can't crash Jamaicans' party
- Tropical Storm Fay approaches
- How San Pedro lost its poet of life
- Trash talk
- Israel's religious schools get a boost
- Septuplets' mom awaits meeting
- U.S. on a roll as it enters the medal round
- Why the 1918 flu was so deadly
- Who's rich? It depends on which candidate you ask
- Home runs are back on the menu
- U.S. gets the silver in day of surprises
- Edwards is closing on Busch
- U.S. versus Germany? Yes, it's on the schedule
- Angels go soft in the middle
- McKnight has a new injury
- MS: It's a box of chocolates you don't want to share
- It's sink or swim for safety Moore
- Online, a free challenge to pricey college texts
- Musharraf speech sets off speculation
- Runner is haunted by tragedy
- After two decades, Zyzzyva magazine still has last word
- Worried about vaccine fears
- Russia says pullout will begin
- A lesson in reality
- L.A. attorney pioneered the field of healthcare law
- Getting Away Clean
- RESULTS
- Quake shakes belief in readiness
- Shining light on fast food calories
- Covering the schools
- Stomping grounds
- LOCAL MOTION
- U.S. gymnasts add to their medal count
- Week of ease ends for both Obama, McCain
- Better look on Toshiba DVD player
- CALL IT THE ESTEEMED TEAM
- Iran launches a dummy satellite using its own rocket
- 125-acre fire burns in rugged canyon
- Financial education is smart
- Spare the shelters
- Cowboying up for Jesus
- Terrorism in the name of animals
- Oswalt dominates Diamondbacks, 3-0
- Warren: Character is key
- Governor undergoes knee surgery
- Guerrillas attack towns in southern Philippines
- Russian claims appear inflated
- Tax break or fair shake?
- BEIJING 2008
- Studio's growth focuses on 3-D
- Workout for chest, biceps
- Longboarding's fans are on a roll
- Week ahead
- No field day for U.S. track team
- Boxer's father, ill, loses his fight
- Electoral college dropout
- How Democrats can mine the West
- China halts a shipment of Bibles from U.S. group
- Injury stops Liu Xiang of China
- Allow offshore drilling
- STILL 'MAGNIFICENT'
- Sports out of left field
- Vinyl comes 'round
- Phelps' star won't fade any time soon
- Sisters win doubles gold
- Storm threatens series
- Basics of finding the right franchise
- 'Thunder' bolts ahead of Batman into top spot
- Journalist blogged for NPR about his battle with cancer
- Portland's transit should inspire L.A.
- Damaging habit?
- A daytime version of Bonnie's life
- Turkish coffee talk
- A pillow tip, and a warning
- This girl played like a boy -- and still does
- Trying to navigate abortion politics
- 1 killed, 2 injured in shooting
- 'Mirrors' worth looking into only for freaky fun
- Boston's Beckett is out of control in loss
- Qwest, union back at bargaining table
- At 40 mph, they take on Malibu's hills
- Helen Thomas, press pit bull
- DeGeneres marries actress
- 8 Darfur rebels found guilty
- LAX is taken off flight plans
- Flooding spurs Grand Canyon rescues
- RESULTS
- A spot for vegan Twinkie lovers
- Pettersson's win is homegrown
- HARMFUL? HELPFUL?
- Investors seek signs turnaround will continue
- 15 dead in Baghdad bombing
- Experience vaults her to silver for Germany
- Man shot dead outside his home
- Grace between champions
- State seeks foster care for 8 in sect
- Russia, Georgia, Finland and the history of victim-blamers
- For the Record - Aug. 18, 2008
- For the Record - Aug. 18, 2008
- For the Record - Aug. 18, 2008
- Use it or lose it: Yes, it's true
- Going global to fight gangs
- A middle road in Azerbaijan
- 1938 Alfa Romeo wins "Best of Show" at Pebble Beach
- Opinion: Reported $7.8-million night for Obama, but the bus goes astray
- What's Anna Pavlova's floor exercise music, what's in Michael Phelps' iPod?
- Bolt takes another step toward Olympic history
- China's Liu Xiang withdraws from high hurdles
- Opinion: Now, ABC's Stephanopoulos goofs on Czechoslovakia! What gives?
- Wariner, Merritt qualify for 400-meter semifinals
- Dalhausser, Rogers advance to beach volleyball semifinals
- PhilCam in focus at 9 a.m. on Monday in Beijing
- Women's triathlon ready to go
- More on NBC delaying Olympics broadcasts in western states
- Phelps passes Spitz but can't quite fill "Empty Nest"
- Opinion: Veep watch: Tom Ridge negotiates the abortion tightrope on "Fox News Sunday"
- 'The Dark Knight' relents, settles for No. 2
- Slovenia hammers Armenia in Medals Per Capita
- IRAQ: Amid war, a prophet's shrine survives
- Book news: erotic or not, births and freedom
- Opinion: The Big Squeeze -- Compact Parking Spots
- U.S. show jumping team tied for lead in Hong Kong
- Nastia's music resonates with its producer
- 'The Challenge': a personal side
- Basketball: Serra's Johnson is emerging as a legitimate prospect
- U.S. women take Olympic gold in rowing