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What happened on December 11, 2009

ENTERTAINMENT

Review: 'A Single Man' By BETSY SHARKEY, Film Critic

Review: 'Invictus' By Kenneth Turan film critic >>>

Glenn Ligon gets Obama's vote By Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Hyde Lounge at Staples Center By Alexandra LeTellier and Elina Shatkin

'The Vicious Kind' By Gary Goldstein

Investigating a city of his past Mark Sachs

Review: 'The Lovely Bones' By KENNETH TURAN, Film Critic

Recipients of United States Artists grants can get creative with spending them By Suzanne Muchnic

The Moth gives storytellers center stage By Gerrick D. Kennedy

A reality check for TV series producers By Matea Gold and Scott Collins

'Yours Ever' by Thomas Mallon By Heller McAlpin

Interest in Tiger is only natural James Rainey

Horoscope: Dec. 11 By Holiday Mathis

'2012' takes China's filmgoers by storm By Lily Kuo

'Broken Embraces' By BETSY SHARKEY, Film Critic

'Carlos Amorales: Discarded Spider' at Orange County Museum of Art By David Pagel

'Four Seasons Lodge' By Kenneth Turan, Film Critic

Review: 'The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty' By MARY McNAMARA, Television Critic

Stephanopoulos joins ABC's morning crew By Matea Gold

NATIONAL

Taming dogs with a mean streak By Kim Murphy

Young Latinos seem to face a tougher future By Anna Gorman

First Peeps store is a mecca for all their 'peeple' By Bob Drogin

Fatal storm leaves Midwest cold and windy By P.J. Huffstutter

Senate health debate hits snag over imported drugs By Janet Hook and Tom Hamburger

Blackwater joined CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, sources say Washington Post

House OKs $3.9 billion in earmarks in spending bill By Richard Simon

BUSINESS

U.S. Mint blocks frequent fliers' scheme to collect easy miles By Hugo Martín

Veteran health administrator backs public option David Lazarus

2010 Jeep Wrangler four-door Rubicon: The last American Chrysler Dan Neil

Pay caps extended for firms that took bailouts By Martin Zimmerman

Video game sales drop despite Modern Warfare 2 By Alex Pham

Goldman Sachs scraps cash bonuses for 30 top executives By Walter Hamilton and Martin Zimmerman

Latin America poised for economic rebound By Chris Kraul

Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and other publications to be sold to consortium By Amy Kaufman and Ben Fritz

California gets $4 million in back wages for Mercury Cos. workers By Marc Lifsher

NCR buys DVD Play to better compete with Redbox By Ben Fritz

Testimony ends in trial of ex-Broadcom exec William Ruehle By Stuart Pfeifer

A big wheel of big wheels By Nathan Olivarez-Giles

CalPERS, CalSTRS see long-term credit ratings lowered By Marc Lifsher

Few troubled mortgages being modified permanently By Jim Puzzanghera

CBS taps TV industry veteran to run its two Los Angeles stations By Meg James

Fixed-rate mortgages still averaging well below 5% By E. Scott Reckard

Editor & Publisher, Kirkus Reviews to be shut By Geraldine Baum

New Paramount division will think small By John Horn

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Gene Barry dies at 90; star of 'Bat Masterson' and co-star of 'La Cage aux Folles' By Dennis McLellan

Venice landlord describes attack on victim of rape-slaying By Andrew Blankstein and Robert Faturechi

L.A. lawyer's shooting death in Rolling Hills Estates declared a homicide By Richard Winton

Final phase of Playa Vista approved By Martha Groves

Democrats select Perez as next Assembly speaker By Eric Bailey and Shane Goldmacher

Glasspool is in the eye of an Anglican storm By Duke Helfand

Shortage of H1N1 flu vaccine appears to be easing in California By Rong-Gong Lin II

Metrolink's CEO could be moved aside By Rich Connell

Polanski lawyer asks appeals panel in L.A. to toss original case By Jack Leonard

Water board moves to enforce ban on trash in L.A. River By Bettina Boxall

MTA approves South L.A.-South Bay light-rail line By Ari B. Bloomekatz

Moreno Valley barbers win partial settlement of lawsuit alleging racial profiling By David Kelly

Promised stairs to the sea are not all built By Tony Barboza

Cortines unveils plan to dismantle and rebuild Fremont High By Howard Blume

Thomas Hoving dies at 78; controversial art world figure By Suzanne Muchnic

2 charged in huge Santa Barbara wildfire By Catherine Saillant

SCIENCE

Swine flu has hit about 1 in 6 Americans, CDC says By Thomas H. Maugh II

A dark Arctic tale set after the ice melts By Lori Kozlowski

WORLD

Court cites rights failure by Mexico in Juarez killings of women By Ken Ellingwood

War plays a role in peace, Obama says at Nobel ceremony By Christi Parsons

Rafael Acosta -- a.k.a. 'Juanito' -- quits as president of Mexico City neighborhood By Ken Ellingwood

Enforcement of nations' reduction promises is an obstacle at climate talks By Jim Tankersley

Iraqi prime minister answers irate lawmakers on security By Ned Parker and Raheem Salman

Gunmen hold dozens of Philippine villagers hostage By Al Jacinto and John M. Glionna

Honduras backs out of safe passage offer for Zelaya By Tracy Wilkinson

Filmmaker bristles over Australia's barring of North Korean artists By John M. Glionna

SPORTS

Oaks Christian High's Malcolm Jones is Gatorade national football player of the year Eric Sondheimer

Kurt Rambis survives being thrown to the Wolves By Mike Bresnahan