What happened on April 17, 2011

HEALTH

Do scar remedies really work? Cathryn Delude, Delude is a special correspondent
BMI might not tell the whole truth Melissa Healy

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

BUSINESS

WORLD

NATIONAL

IMAGE

When it comes to clothes, the best-dressed have got it made By Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times
Beauty: A feel-better face when you're sick By Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times
Rags to riches tale Steffie Nelson
MVPs off the court By Adam Tschorn, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Scene & Heard: Colleagues luncheon honors Nancy Reagan By Ellen Olivier, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Shopping: Telltale Hearts in Silver Lake By Emili Vesilind, Special to the Los Angeles Times

ENTERTAINMENT

TRAVEL

OPINION

NEWS

SPORTS

What happened on April 17, 2011

HEALTH

Do scar remedies really work? Cathryn Delude, Delude is a special correspondent

BMI might not tell the whole truth Melissa Healy

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

On Southland piers, warning that more fish species are tainted By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times

Paying their respects outside funeral home By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times

Big Bear Lake filled to the brim By Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times

Rail service plan for LAX still has hurdles By Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times

An old debt to the Lopez clan repaid — with interest Steve Lopez

Los Angeles Times Media Group newspapers win 15 awards From a Los Angeles Times staff writer

U.S. is increasing nuclear power through uprating By Alan Zarembo and Ben Welsh

Heyday of the civic greeter has passed by Steve Harvey, Only in L.A

Santa Monica hotel doormen suspected of seeking bribes from cab drivers By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times

After church fire, grieving parishioners attend Palm Sunday service By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times

Compton City Council gives up on reestablishing local police force By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times

Violet Cowden dies at 94; civilian WASP aviator during World War II By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times

Former Los Angeles County prosecutor challenges God in his new book By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times

Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Vincent W. Ashlock, 45, Seaside; died in his sleep in Afghanistan By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times

BUSINESS

Facebook looks to cash in on user data By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

How I Made It: Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Los Angeles Times

Are you getting your money's worth with appraisal? By Kenneth R. Harney

How to correct a mistake on a recently filed tax return Kathy M. Kristof, Personal Finance

Post-recession, expect a shift in building trends By Mary Umberger

Office lease market shows signs of a recovery By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times

Summer airfares may climb 15% from a year earlier By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times

Investing: What's Time Warner's outlook? By Andrew Leckey

Hollywood Hills home retains old Los Angeles feel By Mary Forgione

Helping parents recover from a financial train wreck Liz Weston, Money Talk

WORLD

Libyan rebel's story shows links to Taliban, Al Qaeda, NATO By Ned Parker, Los Angeles Times

Civilian deaths in Sri Lanka may have been vastly underestimated, U.N. panel says By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times

Goodluck Jonathan seems headed for victory in Nigeria By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times

Nigeria out to prove something with presidential election By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times

Cuba convenes congress to shape nation's future By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times

Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy speaks of his role in France's push against Kadafi By Devorah Lauter, Los Angeles Times

Mexican microbrewers struggle to get ahead By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

Mexican cartels setting up shop across U.S. By Richard A. Serrano, Washington Bureau

In Oregon, medical pot and guns go hand in hand By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times

Mystery deepens as bodies turn up on Long Island By Geraldine Baum and Faye Fiore, Los Angeles Times

For young environmental activists, Obama's now the one to pressure By Peter Nicholas, Washington Bureau

Miami air traffic controller suspended after sleeping on job By Christi Parsons, Washington Bureau

IMAGE

When it comes to clothes, the best-dressed have got it made By Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times

Beauty: A feel-better face when you're sick By Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times

Rags to riches tale Steffie Nelson

MVPs off the court By Adam Tschorn, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Scene & Heard: Colleagues luncheon honors Nancy Reagan By Ellen Olivier, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Shopping: Telltale Hearts in Silver Lake By Emili Vesilind, Special to the Los Angeles Times

ENTERTAINMENT

Book Review: 'In the Basement of the Ivory Tower' by Professor X By Michael S. Roth, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Video game designers fight clone wars By Jamin Brophy-Warren, Special to the Los Angeles Times

A Second Look: 'Sweetie' By Dennis Lim, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Beverly Cleary's 'exceptionally happy career' By David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times Book Critic

Fairy tales with a twist By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times

On View: 'Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change' By Michael J. Ybarra, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Reese Witherspoon gets a little disordered By Nicole Sperling, Los Angeles Times

'Here and There' with Patricia Patterson By Leah Ollman, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Book review: 'Emily, Alone' by Stewart O'Nan By Susan Salter Reynolds, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Book review: 'We, the Drowned' by Carsten Jensen By Jeff VanderMeer, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Coachella's upgrades are working nicely By Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times

Bertrand Tavernier goes back in time with 'The Princess of Montpensier' By Susan King, Los Angeles Times

New on DVD: 'The King's Speech' By Noel Murray, Special to the Los Angeles Times

'The Magic Home Run Bat' By Elizabeth Spurr

Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Book reviews: Just for Kids By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times

Horoscope: April 17 Holiday Mathis

'Meek's Cutoff': A starkly different kind of western By Mark Olsen, Special to the Los Angeles Times

The TV Biz: Networks go all out to cover royal wedding By T. L. Stanley, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Robbie Robertson has a sense about 'How to Become Clairvoyant' By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times

The Sunday Conversation: Julie Andrews By Irene Lacher, For the Los Angeles Times

Book review: 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem: How the Ancient City Ignited Our Modern World,' by James Carroll Stanley Meisler, Special to the Los Angeles Times

'Incendies' director Denis Villeneuve talks about his journey By Glenn Whipp, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Opera plugs in to the high-tech By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic

Robin Williams, Juilliard-trained tiger By Melissa Maerz, Los Angeles Times

Kurt Elling keeps it bittersweet By Andrew Gilbert, Special to the Los Angeles Times

TRAVEL

Back in business in Hawaii By Mary Forgione, Special to the Los Angeles Times