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What happened on April 24, 2014
ENTERTAINMENT
'The Library' rewrites the book on Columbine By John Horn
Twelve directors and the movies that made them By Christy Khoshaba
New study shows smartphones increase book access in developing world By Hector Tobar
Review: 'The Final Member' gives too much information By Gary Goldstein
Review: A chilling visit from 'The German Doctor' By Sheri Linden
Emma Donoghue's 'Frog Music' finds murder lurking in old San Francisco Elizabeth Hand
Review: Heavy-handed history in WWII drama 'Walking With the Enemy' By Robert Abele
Review: We Could Be King' carries the ball as far as it can By Inkoo Kang
Review: 'The Other Woman' devolves and dumbs down its characters By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
Review: Tom Hardy's acting will keep your eyes locked on 'Locke' By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
CBS' 'Elementary' deduces the painful truth at the heart of sobriety Mary McNamara
Cartoon Network aims to turn prime-time tide with its Adult Swim By Scott Collins
Review: Godard's 'Alphaville' still makes a strong connection By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
Heather Graham: Hollywood 'totally sexist,' 80% of films about men By Nardine Saad
FIAC L.A., Paris Photo L.A. art fairs to team up in 2015 By Deborah Vankin
Governor's business director gives thumbs up to film industry By Richard Verrier
Stephen Colbert continues his victory lap on 'The Daily Show' By Patrick Kevin Day
Marina Abramovic, Diane Paulus among Time's most influential By David Ng
Review: Chris Engman plays eye games at Luis De Jesus By Sharon Mizota
Netflix sets 'The Killing's' final-season premiere By Patrick Kevin Day
William Hurt rides off 'Midnight Rider.' John Oliver's big moment. By Joe Flint
Friedkin early, Friedkin later: Kenneth Turan's DVD pick By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic
Less is so much more in suspense drama 'Locke' By Mark Olsen
Justin Bieber gets a tough welcome home from U.S. Customs at LAX By Christie D'Zurilla
Fandango signs deal to buy Movieclips network By Richard Verrier
Review: Thrilling 'Last Passenger' charges hard on low budget By Gary Goldstein
'Other Woman' to take down mighty 'Captain America' at box office By Amy Kaufman
'Pavement's' sincerity outshines the cheeky 'Rocco' in dance By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic
Review: 'The Quiet Ones' is frightfully loud and hokey By Robert Abele
L.A. theater openings, April 27-May 4: 'What You Will' and more Matt Cooper
Friday's TV highlights and talk shows: 'Elysium' on Starz By Matt Cooper
'American Idol' recap: The Top 6 first go rock, then country By Amy Reiter
Kaley Cuoco Sweeting debuts a cool new bob -- for real this time By Christie D'Zurilla
Huh? 'The Other Woman' bikini scene made Kate Upton uncomfortable By Nardine Saad
Elizabeth McCracken explores grief in ''Thunderstruck' Karolina Waclawiak
Review: 'Black Box' stumbles through a dark dance with reality Mary McNamara
'The Americans' recap: Spy life takes toll on Philip By Alan Eyerly
Lawyer in Bryan Singer case aims to expose 'many' Hollywood predators By Ryan Faughnder
Avril Lavigne responds to backlash over 'Hello Kitty' video By Christie D'Zurilla
'Heaven Is for Real' director Randall Wallace: 'Braveheart' of faith By Chris Lee
Andy Warhol images from Commodore Amiga computer recovered By David Ng
Review: 'Be a Good Little Widow' at NoHo Arts Center tears at emotions By F. Kathleen Foley
'Jem and the Holograms' film gets its stars, releases first image By Gerrick D. Kennedy
Architect Hans Hollein's fascination with California and the U.S. By Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic
Review: 'Bible Quiz' an unpredictable pleasure By Sheri Linden
'The Hobbit' finale renamed 'The Battle of the Five Armies' By Oliver Gettell
Beyonce lands cover of Time's 100 most influential people issue By Nardine Saad
Review: 'Bad Teacher' pleasantly softens as a CBS sitcom By Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Television Critic
Review: 'Brick Mansions' collapses into incoherence By Gary Goldstein
Tribeca 2014: Marshall Curry, 'Zero Motivation' take top prizes By Steven Zeitchik
Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson circling Disney's 'Jungle Book' By Oliver Gettell
'The People's Platform' takes on the digital age of exploitation Ann Friedman
Review: 'Next Goal Wins' turns losing soccer team into champs By Sheri Linden
Review: 'Cesar's Last Fast' focuses on the myth, not the man By Martin Tsai
TV ratings: Fox wins as 'Idol' rises; 'Modern Family' is top show By Ryan Faughnder
Review: 'The Machine' conjures a stylish sense of wonder, danger By Robert Abele
Tribeca 2014: In 'Beyond the Brick,' Lego as cultural juggernaut By Steven Zeitchik
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Boy, 14, wanted for attempted murder, torture of elderly woman By Ruben Vives
Witnesses pull children from school bus crash in Anaheim Hills By Adolfo Flores and Paloma Esquivel
Man fatally hit by Metro Red Line train; service delayed By Ruben Vives and Laura Nelson
5 Freeway reopens in Irvine after chain-reaction crash that killed 2 By Jill Cowan
Republicans back Brown's concept of a fund for debt and rainy days By Chris Megerian
Sword-swinging man shot by officers in South L.A., police say By Robert J. Lopez
$40,000 fines upheld against Sen. Tom Berryhill for laundering money By Patrick McGreevy
Garcetti allies sue for access to financial records of DWP nonprofits By Jack Dolan
Two sailors in custody after airsoft pistol scare at submarine base By Tony Perry
After secret air surveillance of Compton, mayor wants protections By Angel Jennings, Richard Winton and James Rainey
San Diego bishop remains in hospital a week after suffering stroke By Tony Perry
Metro adds monthly fee for toll road drivers By Laura J. Nelson
Armenian genocide commemoration events planned for L.A. region today By Los Angeles Times staff
At inauguration, UC Riverside chancellor calls for campus growth By Larry Gordon
9 students injured in Anaheim Hills school bus crash By Ruben Vives and Sam Schaefer
Oil firm accused of hazardous South L.A. emissions agrees to upgrades By Louis Sahagun
Metro backs extension of freeway toll lanes, adds $1 monthly fee By Laura J. Nelson
State to provide $75 million in mental health grants By Lee Romney
Teenage girl killed in walk-up shooting at apartment; gunman at large By Joseph Serna
California oil tax survives first Senate committee vote By Patrick McGreevy
Two in custody after report of gun on San Diego submarine base By Tony Perry
UC Riverside chancellor calls for enrollment and campus growth Larry Gordon
Family of TSA officer killed in LAX shooting files $25-million claim By Ryan Menezes
Most 210 Freeway lanes in Pasadena reopen after big rigs crash By Robert J. Lopez
Garcetti, activists form panel to look at parking ticket policies By David Zahniser
L.A. Unified can keep teacher ratings anonymous, judges say By Teresa Watanabe
Teenage hiker dies in eastern San Diego County By Tony Perry
Navy: Ex-Blue Angels leader may have 'encouraged' sexual misconduct By Tony Perry
Big-rig crash closes eastbound 210 in Pasadena; Gold Line disrupted By Ruben Vives
L.A. teacher wins job back after removal for science projects By Howard Blume
School bus driver may not have hit brakes before crash, CHP says By Adolfo Flores
Mandate for 'kill switches' in smartphones fails in Calif. Senate By Patrick McGreevy
Gun scare at submarine base caused by sailor playing with air pistol By Tony Perry
SigAlert: 2 killed, 5 injured in multicar crash on 5 Freeway in Irvine By Joseph Serna
Two students, driver critically hurt in Anaheim Hills school bus crash By Adolfo Flores
Panhandler gets two years in fatal stabbing on Hollywood Walk of Fame By Joseph Serna
California judge named head of state's political ethics agency By Patrick McGreevy
State Sen. Tom Berryhill fined in political money laundering case By Patrick McGreevy
Sriracha makers get more time to solve spicy smell problems By Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
Jerry Brown makes Time magazine's list of most influential Chris Megerian
L.A. Unified doesn't have to release teachers' names with performance ratings By Teresa Watanabe
Hans Hollein dies at 80; Austrian architect helped lead post-modernism By Christopher Hawthorne
NATIONAL
#myNYPD Twitter campaign boomerangs across the nation By Michael Muskal, This post has been corrected, as indicated below.
At scene of Nevada ranch standoff, 'citizen soldiers' are on guard By John M. Glionna and Richard Simon
NRA to mix politics with gun rights at Indianapolis convention By Michael Muskal and Richard Simon
New Jersey forest fire scorches 300 acres, damages several homes By Paresh Dave
Cliven Bundy's 'better off as slaves' remark about blacks draws fire By John M. Glionna
Former Homeland Security watchdog comes under fire in Senate By Brian Bennett
Oregon leaders to vote on scrapping health insurance exchange By Maria L. La Ganga and Maeve Reston
Judge suspends Arctic drilling, orders new environmental report By Paresh Dave
Crackpot Cliven Bundy waves the flag and flouts the law By David Horsey
Fire rages at Wyoming natural gas plant; town's evacuation lifted By Paresh Dave
Colorado 4th-graders sold grandparents' pot at school, officials say By Michael Muskal
SCIENCE
Looking at cognitive loss and how it affects mortality By Mary MacVean
CDC: Vaccines given over 20 years prevented 731,700 premature deaths By Karen Kaplan
With a little rubber, scientists make weird, twisted hemihelix By Amina Khan
Blunting the tsetse fly's deadly bite By Monte Morin
One more cup of coffee a day could cut your risk of Type 2 diabetes By Deborah Netburn
BUSINESS
Only half of Americans say TSA screening makes flying safer By Hugo Martin
Rich getting richer: Gap between 1% and 99% deepens By Walter Hamilton
$100-million Desert Hills expansion includes McQueen, Valentino By Tiffany Hsu
Former KPMG partner sentenced for insider trading By Stuart Pfeifer
Online gambling a haven for money launderers, report warns By Robert Faturechi
Postal workers union to protest Staples-USPS partnership in 27 states By Ricardo Lopez
Obama and Japan's Abe fail to reach trade accord By Don Lee
Justin Long sells spare rooms in Hollywood Hills By Lauren Beale
Zimmer to buy Biomet amid flurry of billion-dollar medical deals By Ricardo Lopez
After Heartbleed, tech giants team up to fund open-source projects By Salvador Rodriguez
FCC's Wheeler: critics of his net neutrality plan 'flat-out wrong' By Jim Puzzanghera
Homes selling slower in Southern California. A sign of stability? By Tim Logan
Neutral net may be a lost cause By Jim Puzzanghera and Meg James
Were Apple's iPad sales really as bad as they looked? By Chris O'Brien
Lyft adds 24 mid-size cities, gives 10% price cut in all markets By Salvador Rodriguez
Verizon Wireless sells out customers with creepy new tactic David Lazarus
Freddie Mac: mortgage rates edge higher, 30-year averaging 4.33% By E. Scott Reckard
IRS workers who failed to pay taxes got bonuses, report says By Jim Puzzanghera
Web giant Sina caught in China's 'lewd and pornographic' crackdown By Julie Makinen
It's a Small World to become a big Disney film By Hugo Martin
Apple's stock roars ahead 8.5% on big iPhone sales, stock buyback By Chris O'Brien
Stephen Gaghan, Minnie Mortimer list Brentwood home for sale By Lauren Beale
KPMG partner who gave tips to golf buddy sentenced for insider trading By Stuart Pfeifer
WORLD
Eastern Ukraine councilman mourned as a hero who met a gruesome end By Sergei L. Loiko
Killing of Americans at Kabul hospital highlights foreigners' risk By Shashank Bengali and Hashmat Baktash
Poll: Vast majority of Ukrainians oppose Russian intervention By Carol J. Williams
Video shows Syrian rebels may have U.S.-made antitank missiles By Nabih Bulos
Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians over unity deal By Batsheva Sobelman
Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinians By Batsheva Sobelman
Soccer-playing robot gives Obama a break in Japan By Christi Parsons
Obama to pitch U.S. immigration reform from South Korea By Christi Parsons
Ukraine official urges West to impose broader sanctions on Russia By Paul Richter
Japan-South Korea tension a hurdle for Obama's Asia strategy By Christi Parsons and Barbara Demick
Ukrainian forces report killings, ouster of separatist gunmen By Sergei L. Loiko and Carol J. Williams
Ferry sinking haunts South Korea school as classes resume By Steven Borowiec, This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
Afghan officer kills 3 U.S. doctors By Hashmat Baktash and Shashank Bengali
SPORTS
Troy Vincent says he played with six openly gay NFL teammates By Mike James
Dodgers fall to Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 By Dylan Hernandez
Dodgers still waiting for that ballyhooed offensive consistency By Steve Dilbeck
UCLA football to lean on Myles Jack and tweaks to defensive scheme By Chris Foster
Ducks' Stephane Robidas moved to tears by timing of injury By Lance Pugmire
Baseball: Kennedy's Estevan Rodriguez is driving in runs By Eric Sondheimer
Baseball & softball: Wednesday scores By Eric Maddy
Josh McRoberts fined $20,000 for brutal hit to LeBron James' throat By Matt Wilhalme
Clippers edge Warriors, 98-96, in Game 3 to take 2-1 lead in series By John Cherwa
Big performances by Kings' top players keep the season going Helene Elliott
Clippers' DeAndre Jordan grabs spotlight at crucial time By Ben Bolch
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s dad: My son would 'whoop' Manny Pacquiao By Sam Farmer
Michael Phelps edged out by Ryan Lochte in comeback race By David Wharton
Ryan Getzlaf will be a game-time decision By Lance Pugmire
Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar expected to reunite on Kings' top line By Lisa Dillman
Pitcher Grant Hockin got life lessons from Hall of Fame kin Eric Sondheimer
Brian Wilson continues to struggle in Dodgers' 7-3 loss to Phillies By Steve Dilbeck
Clippers are good to last stop in beating Warriors for 2-1 series lead By Broderick Turner
Former Taft High star Spencer Dinwiddie to enter NBA draft By Dan Loumena
Clippers' Chris Paul ready to play in Game 3, says hamstring is fine By Broderick Turner
Clippers' Jamal Crawford limited by strained calf By Broderick Turner
Dodgers still have problems to solve as they lose, 7-3, to Phillies By Dylan Hernandez
Clippers' Blake Griffin makes the most noise in 98-96 victory over Warriors Bill Plaschke
What will the Lakers get from Kobe Bryant next season? By Eric Pincus
Boys' basketball: Former Taft guard Spencer Dinwiddie is headed to NBA By Eric Sondheimer
USC, UCLA athletes keeping eye on Northwestern unionization case By Gary Klein and Chris Foster
Football: Garfield's Josh Davis receives $20,000 scholarship By Eric Sondheimer
Santa Anita Park plans twilight racing on Fridays during spring meet By Jim Peltz
Floyd Mayweather Jr. says opponents haven't seen his best By Sam Farmer
Dan D'Antoni to coach Marshall, according to school's athletic director By Eric Pincus
Kings center Anze Kopitar named Selke Trophy finalist By Lisa Dillman
Michael Phelps returns to competitive swimming with second-place finish By David Wharton
Teemu Selanne discusses son's tweet jabbing Coach Bruce Boudreau By Lance Pugmire
Michael Phelps happy with first time back in pool By David Wharton
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer doesn't want to deal with Bob Arum By Lance Pugmire
NEWS
The irony of the immigrants in our hellhole detention facilities By Ted Rall
For the record
Duchess of Cambridge wears Alexander McQueen to DJ in Australia By Susan Denley
Oregon gets ready to jettison healthcare exchange after website woes By Maria L. La Ganga and Maeve Reston
For just $119,000, you can tour the world on a Four Seasons jet By Mary Forgione
Reader photo: Blue Ribbon Garden Armand Emamdjomeh
Viking to introduce 12 new vessels for 2015 river cruises By Terry Gardner
What the L.A. Unified iPad investigation couldn't find By Karin Klein
Senate to investigate veterans' deaths at Phoenix VA facility Lisa Mascaro
Bernie Kosar says slurred speech from concussions cost him TV job By Melissa Rohlin
Party like it's 1939: L.A.'s Union Station, turning 75, plans fun By Christopher Reynolds
Health groups say FDA 'vaping' rules fail to protect children By Lalita Clozel
Poll: You'd pay $50 for faster airport screening--but it costs $85 By Catharine M. Hamm, Los Angeles Times travel editor
In Russia, Ukraine crisis is U.S.'s fault: 'Who is Obama, the czar of the world?' By Olga Grigoryants, guest blogger
Hong Kong Disneyland set to debut first Iron Man ride By Brady MacDonald
Attention, brides: Find a discount wedding dress and support a cause By Susan Denley
Las Vegas: Polaroid museum recalls genius of the 'Apple of its day' By Jay Jones, reporting from Las Vegas, This post has been corrected, as indicated below
Remember that moment of death penalty sanity in Oklahoma? It went away. Scott Martelle
What's everybody reading? A book-by-book map of the world By Mary Forgione, Daily Deal and Travel Blogger
OPINION
FAQs: The Times' endorsement process for the June 3 elections Times Editorial Board
Science is for liberal arts majors too
Guidance that parents can use
What to do about L.A.'s sky-high rents By Harold Meyerson
Read before you vote
Another try at a neutral Net Times Editorial Board
Regulating e-cigarettes: It's about time Times Editorial Board
Koch brothers vs. the solar industry
Not all lies are created equal
Calculating the costs of pollution By Francesca Dominici, Michael Greenstone and Cass R. Sunstein
For California's sake, Irwindale needs to save its Sriracha plant Times Editorial Board
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