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What happened on December 20, 2008
OPINION
Betrayal
Eric J. Weiner, Eric J. Weiner, the author of "What Goes Up: The Uncensored History of Modern Wall Street," is working on a book about the evolution of international capitalism.
Cheney's delusions
Aftermath of a donation
Nonprofit blame game
A new tune
What the governor wants
Prop. 8 pain
Design isn't a dead end
Dueling legacies on church and state
TIM RUTTEN
Opening Pandora's pack
Barack Obama added you as a friend on Facebook
MEGHAN DAUM
WORLD
Kenya's problems are rooted in the land
Edmund Sanders
Bus ticket? That's $100,000,000
Robyn Dixon
Release of torture suspects halted
Times Wire Reports
Russian warships pay visit to Cuba
Associated Press
Double-decker on its way back
Times Wire Reports
Iraq security officers freed; official alleges false arrests
Ned Parker and Saif Hameed
In Ciudad Juarez, death is just around the corner
Ken Ellingwood
The bride, and human rights activists, saw red
Henry Chu
Government offers resignation
Times Wire Reports
It's 'mine,' Mugabe says
Times Wire Reports
Belatedly, China confronts AIDS
Barbara Demick
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Mother fights home arrest of suspect in son's slaying
Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Trump sues city for $100 million
Victoria Kim
Burglar steals Paris Hilton jewelry
Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein
Judge blocks state algebra mandate
Howard Blume
Former OnTrac official enters plea
My-Thuan Tran
Doctor guilty in defaming lawsuit
William Heisel
10% cut in state payrolls ordered
Patrick McGreevy and Jordan Rau
Banker, former chairman of presidential arts panel
Times Staff Reports
Wrestler battled substance abuse
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Magnet schools won't be affected by Prop. 209
Mitchell Landsberg
Deputy pleads guilty to assaulting prostitutes
Susannah Rosenblatt
Teacher charged with molestation
Howard Blume
Lawyer fought for farmworkers
Times Staff and Wire Reports
All-Star closer holds Astros record
Times Staff and Wire Reports
A very senior prom
Esmeralda Bermudez
Testimony in Carona trial ends
Christine Hanley
3 dogs escape, maul woman, 61
My-Thuan Tran
AWOL Marine out of Corps
Tony Perry
Council gets 'secret' solar report
David Zahniser
Man sentenced in investor fraud
Ruben Vives
Man, 60, killed in pit bull attack
Kate Linthicum
Families of fallen troops honored
Paloma Esquivel
Woman charged in N.Y. ad scam
Tony Perry
'Star Trek' creator's wife was an actress, voice of Enterprise
Dennis McLellan
Refinery pollution may drop sharply
Margot Roosevelt
Brown asks justices to toss Prop. 8
Jessica Garrison and Maura Dolan
Irish author became a leading diplomat
Adam Bernstein, Bernstein is a writer for the Washington Post.
Suit filed in fatal police shooting
Raja Abdulrahim
NATIONAL
Future Palin in-law charged
Times Wire Reports
Breakaway Episcopals win suit over property
Times Wire Reports
'I will fight this,' Blagojevich vows
Chicago Tribune
Kennedy skipped a few elections
Times Wire Reports
Simpson items to benefit Goldmans
Times Wire Reports
They think outside the oval in Minnesota
P.J. Huffstutter
Next: Put this Cabinet to work
Peter Nicholas and Jim Tankersley
DNA in bones matches Caylee's
Orlando Sentinel
Obama to tap ex-admiral to be intel chief
Greg Miller
Utah oil leases go fast (fishily so, some say)
DeeDee Correll
No more break for air polluters
Times Wire Reports
ENTERTAINMENT
A Yiddish tribute. What's not to like?
KENNETH TURAN, FILM CRITIC
It's just you and the King
associated press
Finally
No substituting for blues greats
It's child's play, unplugged
washington post
'The Wrestler' really rings true
Vilar ordered to jail in fraud case
bloomberg news
Hall to help retool KABC
Lee Margulies
Authors profit from Madoff
Associated Press
From hard knocks to a soft landing
Todd Martens
Sweet symbolism for Obama's poet
Associated Press
The latest Word
Jessica Gelt
Alfred Brendel's concert career ends on a high note
Associated Press
Sean Penn and gay rights
It's back to rehab for rocker Adler
associated press
No answer to their prayers
TINA DAUNT
A towering man and a grand tome
Tim Rutten
Picture just got rosier for D.C. art museum
washington post
'Heidi' might be barking up wrong tree
MARY McNAMARA, TELEVISION CRITIC
BUSINESS
FedEx to delay Boeing deliveries
Times Wire Reports
U.S. battery makers see electric car opportunity
Washington Post
Paulson wants rest of bailout released
Associated Press
Stocks finish mostly higher
Associated Press
3 retail centers are up for sale
Times Wire Reports
How automakers will get short-term fix
Jim Puzzanghera and Michael Muskal
Electronic Arts to expand cutbacks
Dawn Chmielewski and Alex Pham
Japan has lesson for U.S.: Look out below
Tom Petruno
Shoppers will now see the best holiday deals
Andrea Chang
Music industry stops suing song swappers
Associated Press
Betrayal of trust a Wall St. tradition
TOM PETRUNO
CompuCredit refunds
Times Wire Reports
State jobless rate hits 8.4%
Marc Lifsher and Mark Medina
Low loan costs drive round of refinancing
E. Scott Reckard
Cablevision to close Voom unit
Times Wire Reports
Bush extends aid to carmakers
Jim Puzzanghera and Martin Zimmerman
MGA asks court to lift Bratz ban
Bloomberg News
Greeting cards are pushing envelope
Associated Press
Redstone advisor expands role
Bloomberg News
FDA to consider osteoporosis drug
Times Wire Reports
Adverse effect of Avastin treatment
Times Wire Reports
Issuer to become commercial bank
Times Wire Reports
Filling slots here is rocket science
Peter Pae
HOME & GARDEN
A merry little Christmas? Good luck
CHRIS ERSKINE
Dark twist
David A. Keeps
Gamble insider
Barbara Thornburg
Remote music from your iPod
Christmas in china
Putting her dough to good use
Kathy Price-Robinson
A new beat for 'Shield' star?
ANN BRENOFF
Homemade decor
Lisa Boone
A plum space for fruit trees
Emily Green
SPORTS
Results
Associated Press
Baffert seeks fourth Futurity win
Lance Pugmire
Big Three bail out Clippers
Associated Press
Celtics crush Bulls for 17th in a row
Associated Press
Kings tonight
Helene Elliott
Lakers are out of gas to start trip
Mike Bresnahan
Hiller makes 51 saves in shootout win
Associated Press
Sabres silence the Kings
Associated Press
Two teams, one winning style
Ben Bolch
Last-minute gift
Southland
Associated Press
Broken record
Only the ending is sloppy for Furyk
Jim Peltz
Sabathia deal has $9-million bonus
Bill Shaikin, Staff and Wire Reports
No dodging criticism
Uh, the game?
Rivera re-signs; Anderson out?
Mike DiGiovanna
Why not Walker?
An inside job
Shipp to sit out with a thumb injury
David Wharton
Magic says they'd better toughen up
Mike Bresnahan
Today's Title Games
Ben Bolch
Centennial holds off De La Salle
Ben Bolch
Byers granted another season by the NCAA
Gary Klein
Welch wins big in Small Schools
Austin Knoblauch
A spark plug with points
Gary Klein
Furcal denies Braves' charges
Dylan Hernandez
Fore, please
NEWS
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SCIENCE
NASA shows tons of land ice melted
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Cancer-causing toxins are traced
Times Staff and Wire Reports
HIV may attack healthy tissue
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Breach is seen in magnetic field
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Dinosaur daddies helped with kids
Karen Kaplan
The year in weird medical science
Thomas H. Maugh II
Mars orbiter finds carbonate in bedrock
Times Staff and Wire Reports
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