DALLAS -- Devean George had been through this so many times before, had his hand on Kobe Bryant's chest to block him from the basket, or had his own look at the basket obstructed by the maze of arms and...
Laura Dern and director David Lynch intuit their way through their latest collaboration, 'Inland Empire.' After working together three times in the last 21 years, actress Laura Dern and director David...
The median was up 1.7% last month from a year earlier, the smallest gain in nearly a decade. Southern California home prices rose in November at their most sluggish pace in nearly a decade while sales...
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is leading a high-profile team in China. Some question the nation's willingness to yield to the U.S. SHANGHAI — A high-powered team of U.S. officials arrived Wednesday...
A processing facility used by what's left of Los Angeles' once-large fleet stands in the way of a plan to revamp cargo handling at the port. In predawn darkness, fisherman Nick Jurlin raced his 60-year-old...
Process of elimination leads to leafy greens. The contamination source, however, is unknown. After conducting the food equivalent of a police lineup, federal health investigators said Wednesday that...
Retail data trigger an early rally, but it fades on oil worries. The Dow rises 1.92 points. Wall Street ended a volatile session with modest gains Wednesday after an initial surge on news of strong November...
It also proposes stricter eligibility standards for hedge fund investors as part of a broad agenda. WASHINGTON — Responding to a chorus of complaints, regulators Wednesday moved to give companies...
The congressmen want to know why he sold shares just before the spy scandal was divulged. Two members of Congress want Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Mark V. Hurd to explain why he sold $1.37 million...
The former L.A. Times editor's prospects of returning to the paper are said to be fading. Ousted Los Angeles Times Editor Dean Baquet is considering taking a top management position at the New York Times...
The Santa Monica entrepreneur who made a fortune persuading drunken women on spring break to bare their bodies for his "Girls Gone Wild" videos will be making frequent trips to Florida, this time for court-ordered...
Peter Boyle, who made an indelible mark in comedy by donning a top hat and tails and performing "Puttin' on the Ritz" as the hulking monster in Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" and later gained his most...
The Berkeley City Council approved the nation's only local nanotechnology regulations, another first for the city famous for taking the lead banning Styrofoam containers, desegregating public schools and...
On the Web: Mozart enthusiasts, students and scholars can now access the immortal composer's entire catalog through a free online database with some 24,000 pages. The database — available at dme.mozarteum.at—...
As their numbers grow, refugees find that prejudice is growing and compassion is fading. CAIRO — Strolling the alleys and boulevards of this city, Raaid Lafta sometimes thinks he glimpses his old...
Court rules the tribal group has the right to live and hunt in a game reserve. ACCRA, GHANA — In a landmark decision, the Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's government had acted...
KHAN YUNIS, GAZA STRIP — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh cut short a visit abroad Wednesday after gunmen killed a judge in his Hamas movement on the fourth consecutive day of...
