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What happened on December 19, 2009

ENTERTAINMENT

Dave Matthews Band rocks to the top in concert revenue By Randy Lewis >>>
Filming 'El Traspatio' was a death-defying act By Tracy Wilkinson
Avatar: The Game isn't your usual movie tie-in By Ben Fritz
Hercule Poirot is back on the case By Julia Keller
Tribal nature and 'Palestine, New Mexico' By Reed Johnson
'The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story' By Evelyn McDonnell
Events happening Saturday
Weekend Talk Shows:
'The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story'
Letters
Saturday's Highlights
'Doctor Who' details
Horoscope for Dec. 19 By Holiday Mathis
Top North American tours of the decade 2000-09
Stanley Tucci will direct 'Lend Me a Tenor' on Broadway
Behind scenes of 2010 Rose Parade By MARY McNAMARA, Television Critic
Saboteur is a racy imitator of other action-adventure series By Pete Metzger
The arts see encouraging news in NEA survey By Mike Boehm
Timeout with 'Doctor Who's' David Tennant By ROBERT LLOYD, Television Critic
Cirque du Soleil putting together its Hollywood show By Reed Johnson

BUSINESS

Southwest Airlines' 'bags fly free' strategy pays off By Hugo Martín
First Federal Bank of California and Imperial Capital Bank of La Jolla closed By E. Scott Reckard
A sorcerer of the big screen By Claudia Eller
'Avatar' opening weekend could flake out By Ben Fritz
California's unemployment rate shrinks - but so do the number of jobs By Alana Semuels
Electricity ratepayers to benefit from DWP settlement By Nancy Rivera Brooks
GM to close Saab after sale talks fail Ken Bensinger
Business Briefing
Google reportedly near deal to buy Yelp By Dan Fost
Top five investing lessons of 2009 Tom Petruno, Market Beat

SPORTS

Lakers, Pau Gasol agree on contract extension; Kobe Bryant next? By Mike Bresnahan
USC investigating tailback Joe McKnight's use of vehicle By Gary Klein and Lance Pugmire
USC's Mike Gerrity to start at point guard against Tennessee By Baxter Holmes
Crenshaw and De La Salle: different paths to storybook seasons By Ben Bolch
Up next for UCLA: Saturday at Notre Dame
76ers end Celtics' win streak at 11 games
Up next for USC basketball: Saturday vs. No. 9 Tennessee
76ers end Celtics' win streak at 11 games
Up next for Ducks: Saturday vs. Phoenix
Up next for Clippers: Saturday at Philadelphia
Women's AP top 25 results for Friday
Southland results
Saturday's bowl games
Men's AP top 25 results for Friday
Villanova defeats Montana for FCS title
Taking his swings at Tiger Woods
Clippers slip and fall in the Garden By Lisa Dillman, On The Clippers
Dodgers continue search for starting pitchers Staff And Wire Reports
Oceanside wins Division I state bowl game By Steve Galluzzo
The NCAA and USC
USC's T.J. Bryant makes case for Emerald Bowl start By Gary Klein
UCLA tackle Jess Ward won't let a little pain stop him By Chris Foster
Bruins' inexperience is showing By David Wharton
Up next for Lakers: Saturday at New Jersey
Previews of Saturday's prep football state championship games
Bob Baffert's Kentucky Derby-sized hopes for Lookin At Lucky Bill Dwyre
Time Warner customers could lose Fox programming By Diane Pucin
Times beat writer Mike Bresnahan answers readers' questions about the Lakers
Another sponsor pulls back from Tiger Woods By Diane Pucin

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Ex-security guard convicted in Palmdale parking lot murder By Jack Leonard
California's death row grows as death sentences decline nationwide By Carol J. Williams and Jack Leonard
Dan O'Bannon dies at 63; screenwriter of 'Alien' By Dennis McLellan
Parents of suspect in Hemet teen's death arrested By David Kelly
Bail is set at $10 million for LAPD detective accused of murder By Joel Rubin
L.A.-area movie ranch hits upon a sequel after fire By Jean Merl
A woman in need gives back Sandy Banks
Santa Monica man arrested in alleged murder plot By Michael Finnegan
Magazine salesman arrested in sexual assault, home invasion in Valley By Seema Mehta
Long Beach development director demoted after scandal with lobbyist By Tony Barboza
California Lottery Results
Salesman arrested in alleged sexual assault in the Valley By Seema Mehta
Doughnuts a sticky issue in school labor dispute By Seema Mehta
Orange County Courthouse tree survives a challenge By Paloma Esquivel
L.A. city retirements threaten a deep and lasting legacy By David Zahniser
City may renew LAX cab agency's contract despite critical audit By Dan Weikel
Newlywed convicted of throwing his bride off a cliff in Rancho Palos Verdes By Seema Mehta

NATIONAL

U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism By Sebastian Rotella
No longer the New Orleans Ain'ts By Richard Fausset
Defense bill clears key Senate hurdle By Alexander C. Hart
Senate healthcare bill poised for passage by Christmas By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook
Holdout Nelson agrees to back healthcare bill By Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
Abortion deal in sight in Senate healthcare negotiations By Janet Hook and Noam N. Levey
Napolitano responds to surge of homegrown terrorism cases By Sebastian Rotella
A teen mom hopes to overcome her violent past By Stephanie Banchero
Unhappy holidays in a partisan Senate By Richard Simon and James Oliphant

WORLD

French court shuts down Google Books project By Gaelle Faure
Obama hails Copenhagen deal as 'unprecedented breakthrough' By Jim Tankersley
Summit alters the climate in Copenhagen By Jim Tankersley
Suicide bomber hits Pakistani mosque, killing 11 By Alex Rodriguez
Iran tries to ease worries over missile test By Ramin Mostaghim
Copenhagen by the numbers
Climate deal fails to lift delegates' mood By Margot Roosevelt
Climate summit ends with major questions: 'Breakthrough' or 'cop-out'? By Jim Tankersley
Afghan Cabinet to retain ministers favored by West -- and notorious ex-warlord By Laura King

OPINION

SCIENCE

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

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