Senate races to shape deal on fiscal crisis
WASHINGTON — Senate leaders and their aides began searching Saturday for a formula to extend tax cuts for most Americans that could win bipartisan support in the Senate and final approval in the...
View ArticleSports Voices of 2012
Slideshow: Whether they involved triumph or tragedy, events in the sports world in 2012 produced a healthy quota of winning quotes. Click through the slideshow to find the top quotes of the year, as...
View ArticleLee's Sun Bowl status in question for Trojans
EL PASO, Texas – USC's final practice of 2012 got off to a scary start, and star receiver Marqise Lee's status for Monday's Sun Bowl is in question. Lee twisted awkwardly as he lunged to catch a pass...
View ArticleGasol adds 3-point shot to his arsenal
LOS ANGELES – Pau Gasol sat in front of his locker without a shirt, one foot in an ice bucket and a smile spread across his face. Although his foot ached, the Lakers forward was feeling good about his...
View ArticleNFL Week 17: What to watch for
THREE AND OUT Three things to watch for in Sunday's games: 1. Big East How to take a bitter rivalry to the next level? Make it winner-take-all. That's the scenario NBC is hoping for when Dallas visits...
View ArticleTime to look back – and ahead – for UCLA football
SAN DIEGO – Brett Hundley sat solemnly at the podium after UCLA's Holiday Bowl blowout at the hands of Baylor and tried to heap the blame on his own shoulders. He said he could've gotten the ball out...
View ArticleClippers' Jordan gets a kick out of finishing
DeAndre Jordan sat in front of his locker inside EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday night. And even though he had an ice-pack wrapped around his left side — the aftermath of an elbow in...
View ArticleThe 10 worst movies of 2012
Are you giddy yet? The New York and Los Angeles film critics have spoken. The Screen Actors Guild has spoken. The Broadcast Film Critics Association has spoken. The American Film Institute has spoken....
View ArticleMark Landsbaum: Look ahead to 2013, and wince
If it feels like you've lost a 12-month street fight, say goodbye to 2012. Good riddance. Lucky number 13 – 2013, that is – looms. What shall we look for in the coming year? Here's a potpourri of...
View ArticleArchitect's Rose Parade design dream comes true
MISSION VIEJO – Richard Burrow has always had a creative side. It's a side that let him down many times. But he never gave up on it. Almost 30 years later, his determination is paying off. On New...
View ArticleReport: prescription-tracking database underused
LOS ANGELES – State officials say they lack the resources to fully utilize a database that tracks prescriptions for painkillers and other commonly abused drugs. The attorney general's office told the...
View ArticleOrder of Rose Parade floats, bands and other participants
Here is the running order for the 124th Tournament of Roses Parade, which begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The parade will be broadcast live on KTLA, ABC, NBC, HGTV and Hallmark. KTLA will repeat its parade...
View ArticleDec. 30 celebrity birthdays
These people of the present and past were born on this date: Actor Joseph Bologna is 78. Actor Russ Tamblyn ("West Side Story," "How the West Was Won") is 78. Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax is 77....
View ArticleMiller: Just call him the King of Aces
SANTA ANA – As proof, he still has the scorecards — each signed by witnesses — and every golf ball that has left the tee box and not come to rest until settling at the bottom of the cup. By now, some...
View ArticleMMA: Velasquez recaptures UFC heavyweight title
Cain Velasquez waited 13 months for a second chance, and he made certain it would not escape his grasp.Velasquez (11-1, 9-1 UFC) handed Junior dos Santos a protracted beating over five rounds, as he...
View ArticleUSC seniors gain wisdom, not glory
EL PASO, Texas – Jan. 1, 2009, would be the start of something big, or so Curtis McNeal and Khaled Holmes believed. So they hoped. That day, USC beat Penn State decisively in the Rose Bowl, the...
View ArticleLev: RG3's heart makes up for gimpy knee
Seventeen thoughts on Week 17, "Black Monday" and the upcoming NFL playoffs: 1. Robert Griffin III isn't close to 100 percent. But he's so adept at running those zone-read plays – and has so much heart...
View ArticleClippers close out perfect December against Jazz
LOS ANGELES – Seventeen wins in a row? An undefeated December? Seems outrageous to think a team could accomplish such feats, but after a 107-96 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night at Staples...
View ArticleWary businesses brace for effects of I-5/Ortega makeover
Businesses are trying to ready themselves for a traffic nightmare that many expect will hit San Juan Capistrano next month, when the California Department of Transportation could begin its 18-month...
View ArticleSokol: How stress free were those holidays?
After Thanksgiving, I wrote a column listing tongue-in-cheek tips for a stress-free holiday season. By the time it hit the newspaper, I'd absorbed my own words. I vowed to pursue a simpler December....
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