- X Games: Taddy Blazusiak wins Enduro X title
- Debt crisis averted, stock market focus will turn back to economy
- X Games: Women's Enduro X brings falls and a Forsberg gold
- Opinion: Another Obama warning on Syria: 'I am appalled'
- Monday's TV Highlights:
- Monday's Talk Shows
- Asian stocks rally, gold falls as Congress sets debt deal
- Fullerton Rangers win US Youth soccer title for U14 boys
- X Games: Garrett Reynolds makes it four BMX Street golds
- TCA 2011: Ed Sullivan: No joke teller, but he brought the funny
- Sometimes the kids aren't all right; Dodgers fall 6-3 to Arizona
- X Games: Brian Deegan takes gold; Pastrana crashes in final lap
- Track: Alemany freshman wins girls' shot put title
- X Games: Julian Christianson wins amateur skateboard title again
- X Games: Travis Pastrana advances to RallyCross final
- Miranda July's 'The Future' leads independent film openings
- Dodgers send Trayvon Robinson to Red Sox, world still rotates
- Live review: L.A. Rising with Rage Against the Machine and more
- TCA 2011: Woody Allen finally lets down his guard for PBS
- X Games: Travis Pastrana finishes second in RallyCross heat
- Miley Cyrus flashes new tattoo supporting gay rights
- Sunday books: Oscar Hijuelos, donning the veil and more
- From the Archives: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2' brings the series to a thrilling and satisfying finish
- Paul Menard wins Brickyard 400 for first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win
- Justin Bieber "Someday" Perfume Launch
- Keeping tabs: Kenji Corbisiero
- X Games: Julian Chistianson leads amateur skateboarders in qualifying
- Music review: Jessye Norman helps launch Rachael Worby's Muse/ique
- Dee Gordon gets two months to prove Dodgers right
- Justin Verlander comes within four outs of no-hitter to beat Angels
- In Rotation: 'Red Hot & Rio 2'
- In Rotation: The Mike Eldred Trio's '61 and 49'
- X Games: Amateurs hit the street for some skateboarding
- X Games: Travis Pastrana will race RallyCross with hand controls
- Braylon Edwards out, Plaxico Burress in with the Jets
- Jeff Gordon leads NASCAR Brickyard 400 at halfway point
- Reading L.A.: D.J. Waldie's spare, poetic 'Holy Land'
- Angelina Jolie surprises Sarajevo Film Festival crowd
- ISRAEL: Protest tents launch Israel's summer of discontent
- It's official: Rafael Furcal goes to Cardinals for minor leaguer
- Angels sit Howie Kendrick for Jered Weaver-Justin Verlander duel
- Box Office: In a surprise, 'Smurfs' rivals 'Cowboys & Aliens'
- Opinion: Your royal wedding fix -- well, at least some of the guests were royal
- Baseball: Ex-Hart pitcher Trevor Bauer makes pro debut
- Baseball: Loyola wins championship of South Bay Summer League
- Rafael Furcal empties his locker, but there is no goodbye
- Sundays with Sondheimer: Making the most of a second chance
- Beauty at the click of a mouse
- Used cars, immigration lotteries: Your weekly ScamWatch
- Today's no-bake dessert: Chocolate-hazelnut swirl ice cream
- SYRIA: Videos show Assad regime's bloody pre-Ramadan offensive
- L.A. Rising: Rage Against the Machine overwhelms the Coliseum
- Making musicals fit on Hollywood Bowl's stage
- Not Just for Kids: 'Cleopatra's Moon'
- Book review: 'A Quiet Revolution' by Leila Ahmed
- Mary J. Blige's new perfume, My Life Blossom
- Book review: 'Thoughts Without Cigarettes' by Oscar Hijuelos
- Book review: 'Love Child'
- Book review: 'Stolen Pleasures' by Gina Berriault
- On the Spot: Avis fee for extra driver varies, is hard to explain
- TV This Week
- Syrian forces attack 4 opposition strongholds
- Tempers flare in Angels' 3-2 loss to the Tigers
- Horoscope: July 31
- On View: 'The Arts of Survival: Folk Expression in the Face of Disaster'
- UFO investigators' convention emphasizes scientific methods
- A storied history nears end for Walter Reed hospital
- Across the Bay Area, urban farming is in season
- Raids on Northern California pot farms yield 101 arrests
- Overrated/Underrated
- Soldier dies in Afghan mission
- Voter fraud claims ruffle feathers in New Mexico
- Buena Park SWAT officer's death is 'shocking and heartbreaking'
- Angels' Tony Reagins says potential trade pieces didn't fit
- What's the buzz on caffeine? Join a live Web chat to find out
- Letters: Changes in Paris
- Book review: 'Stolen Pleasures' by Gina Berriault
- Tours & Cruises
- A fraying safety net
- Extraordinary isn't enough
- Education takes a beating nationwide
- Travel details for Waco, Texas
- Rwanda creating its own film industry
- Bank's overdraft fee causes checks to bounce
- Arizona gets big inning
- Senate debt vote delayed in quest for elusive compromise
- Parties agree to debt-ceiling deal, pending votes in Congress
- Sisters in spirit
- Not Just for Kids: 'Cleopatra's Moon'
- Namibia: Desert, ghost town and the Skeleton Coast
- Main event in Detroit: Justin Verlander vs. Jered Weaver
- Garrett Reynolds remains unbeaten in BMX Freestyle Street
- Book review: 'Love Child'
- Senate shelves Reid bill as final debt-ceiling plan comes into focus
- For celebrities, the sweet, flowery or fruity smell of success
- New on DVD
- Driver Regan Smith saves his best for big races
- Violence afflicts ER workers
- AEG football stadium could be win-win — if L.A. plays it smart
- For traded players, life is a road game
- Israel struggles with free-speech rights
- Hotels, restaurants, activities in Venice, Santa Monica and Malibu
- More home buyers are walking away from signed contracts
- San Diego to send elephants to Tucson zoo
- Soda and stories at the Dr Pepper Museum
- Book review: 'A Quiet Revolution' by Leila Ahmed
- Rich get richer, Dodgers look poorer at baseball's trade deadline
- Harry Reid signs off on possible debt-ceiling deal
- Dodgers lack energy in 6-3 loss to Arizona Diamondbacks
- Blazusiak, Forsberg stay clear of trouble to win Enduro X titles
- 'Doggin'
- Redistricting gives Latinos in East Valley a new opportunity
- Website safeguards your (travel) values
- Making musicals fit on Hollywood Bowl's stage
- 'The Help' cast talks
- How to control pet-care costs: Five tips
- Campaign puts Mexico teachers union leader back in spotlight
- Oakland Athletics owner calls on Frank McCourt to sell Dodgers
- Book review: 'Thoughts Without Cigarettes' by Oscar Hijuelos
- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen settles some old scores in memoir
- Take a business model approach to renting out units
- McManus: The write stuff
- The contract L.A. Unified needs
- Films & programs: India, Europe, Yosemite
- Indie Focus: All the apocalypse that $17,000 can buy
- 3rd Home lets owners exchange vacation properties
- Visiting Namibia
- A free-market fix to the nation's housing hangover
- Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer M. Solesbee, 32, Citrus Heights; killed by a bomb in Afghanistan
- All you need is love for the Beatles to make a living
- FRAGRANT SUCCESS
- California may curb use of unsupported jailhouse testimony
- Volunteers spruce up Leimert Park
- War casualties
- Artisans group offered one-stop shopping for 'excellence and beauty'
- Profile: Andrew Bosworth, Facebook social engineer
- Funeral homes offering webcasts of memorial services
- Southern California Close-Ups: Venice, Santa Monica, Malibu
- Iraq to buy 36 U.S. fighter jets
- FDA faces opposition over genetically engineered salmon
- Now it's the ladies' turn to act like slobs
- Investing: Is there sunshine ahead for cloud computing?
- Taiwan eases up on mainland Chinese visitors
- Ramadan brings back bitter memories for many Libyans
- Dodgers finalize Rafael Furcal's trade to St. Louis and pick up other pieces
- Castoffs get second life in Michael McMillen's hands
- No excuses for L.A. County's emergency communications fiasco
- On the market
- Congress 'very, very close' to debt-ceiling deal, Mitch McConnell says
- For the record - July 31, 2011
- Artist Steve Roden blends old photos, recordings on new CD
- Boutique beauty products: These days a wider selection is available online
- Music in a rustic English setting
- The Reading Life: Ellen Willis, rocking the rock music boat
- Memorable male makeovers in movies
- The Sunday Conversation: Rachel Weisz
- The Rev. John Stott dies at 90; influential Anglican evangelist
- Harvey Fierstein takes another Turnblad turn
- Discoveries
- Clothes make the man
- A little bit of the East Coast on the West Coast
- Listing details for 916 Kagawa St., Los Angeles 90272
- A gay-wedding crasher
- Book calendar events for the week of July 31, 2011
- Latvia's Ernests Gulbis can go (Mardy) Fish-ing Sunday
- Dodgers blow three-run lead, fall 6-4 to Diamondbacks
- Magic Johnson on ownership of the Dodgers and an NFL team
- TCA 2011: PBS looking to change sponsor messages
- X Games: Nate Adams adds Speed and Style gold to his haul
- X Games: Jeremy Stenberg is latest crash victim at X Games 17
- X Games: Speed and style explained
- X Games: Shaun White wins gold in Skateboard Vert
- X Games: Vicki Golden goes wire to wire for Women's Moto X Racing gold medal
- Critic's Notebook: Shifting horizons in Santa Monica parks design
- X Games: Travis Pastrana practices at LAPD road course
- Hiroki Kuroda and his decision to remain a Dodger
- X Games: Ashley Fiolek and Jessica Patterson knocked out of Moto X
- Red Hot Chili Peppers filming latest video tonight on a Venice rooftop
- Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall marry; queen, William, Kate attend
- X Games: Skateboard Vert elimination round saves best for last
- Mardy Fish is first into Farmers Classic tennis finals
- Angels' Dan Haren holds back Tigers, 5-1
- X Games: 24-year-old Liam Doran wins Rally Car Racing gold in upset
- Dodgers activate Casey Blake, place Juan Uribe on DL
- X Games: Four days of organized chaos
- X Games: Nyjah Huston breaks through, grabs Skateboard Street gold
- Soulja Boy? More like Balloon Boy: Rep denies $55-million birthday jet
- Boys' basketball: Jumbotron scoreboard is coming to Crespi
- X Games: Daniel Dhers rallies to win BMX Freestyle Park gold medal
- David Ragan wins pole for NASCAR's Brickyard 400
- 'The Arts of Survival' at the Museum of International Folk Art
- TCA 2011: Cameron Crowe puts Pearl Jam in group therapy
- EGYPT: Six dead in assault on Sinai police station
- Mike Scioscia denies Angels have interest in Rafael Betancourt
- X Games: Dennis Enarson leads BMX Freestyle Park qualifying
- How landscape architect James Corner got his start
- X Games: Travis Pastrana may rally with hand controls
- Dodgers close to trading Rafael Furcal to St. Louis
- Angels' Dan Haren hopes for turnaround in Detroit
- 'In Rotation: Samiyam, 'Sam Baker's Album'
- Opinion: Sunday shows: Graham, Norquist, Lagarde, Conrad
- X Games: Day 3 begins at Freestyle Park, will include Rally Car racing
- Glyndebourne, an opera festival like no other
- Football: Lots of intrigue at City Section coaches' meeting
- Could Apple pull a J.P. Morgan and bail out the U.S. government?
- What's in the box at Father's Office?
- The elusive, illusive art of Michael McMillen
- Opinion: Ticket pic of the week: Locked and loaded, Libyan ladies discuss women's issues
- 'Torchwood' recap: Missing the big picture
- Imagining the Dodgers season without Matt Kemp
- L.A. Times Test Kitchen tips: Peeling and cleaning a pineapple
- Harvey Fierstein reprises 'Hairspray' at Hollywood Bowl
- Today's no-bake dessert: Grilled pineapple with rum and long pepper glaze
- Shift gears on Toyota's bike with your mind alone
- Retail Roundup: E-readers, Wal-Mart Express, American Apparel on EBay
- 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': A fresh take on the male movie makeover
- SYRIA: Video shows armed pro-regime enforcers attacking demonstrators
- Opinion: Weekly remarks: Jon Kyl warns new taxes stall jobs; Obama warns time short for deficit deal
- Two theater chains won't show film after near-riot in Hollywood
- Hot Property: Brooke Burke, David Charvet list in Malibu
- Henry Carlisle dies at 84; author, translator helped bring Solzhenitsyn's work to Western audiences
- 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and 'Larry Crowne' emphasize the stylish side of the male makeover
- We're eating less sugar -- but still far too much
- Erick Aybar's all-around effort helps Angels past Tigers, 5-1
- Critic's Notebook: Shifting horizons in Santa Monica parks design
- Set Pieces: Designing the 'True Blood' residences
- On the debt-ceiling debate; a pricey Cal State president; and Tim Rutten on the hate-mongers among us
- This cop's got character
- Rafik Hariri assassination suspects' information released
- Partisan politics and the debt-ceiling debate; burkas and proper attire; and California's Dream Act
- Senate debt vote delayed, but Harry Reid optimistic
- Daniel Dhers pulls out the win in BMX Freestyle Park
- Barcroft Station open house opens a new world in the White Mountains
- Kyle Busch's past continues to catch up with him
- Bachmann trying to broaden her appeal
- Truck driver is convicted in fatal 2009 collision
- Happening Saturday
- California delays its 2012 presidential primary vote
- Google buys more than 1,000 patents from IBM
- Your Scene: Smoke-and-mirror image in Italy
- Serena Williams cruises into final
- Dodgers minor league report
- With default deadline near, debt-ceiling talks stall
- Teens opt for good deeds in town
- Forest Service drops contract for six firefighting planes
- Chris Erskine: Reading with the little guy before bed
- Saturday's TV highlights
- On politicians and their "pledges"; a big salary for a Cal State president; and CVS' unpopular rewards program
- In Turkey, top military figures apparently resign en masse
- Superheroes' recent lack of punch doesn't deter studios
- Panel's final redistricting maps drawn
- Zach Braff stages a career move
- Vicki Golden wins first X Games medal with gold in Women's Moto X
- Pilots blamed in Air France crash
- Nyjah Huston breaks through for X Games gold in Skateboard Street
- Readers Recommend: Trattoria Tre Spiedi in Venice
- NAACP's retooled mission
- Stadium profit-sharing not feasible, L.A. council told
- British Parliament wants more answers from James Murdoch
- Senate debt vote delayed, but Harry Reid optimistic
- Prospect for gains and losses
- Economic recovery falters dramatically in first half of year
- Debt drama fails to hit markets' panic button
- Home Run Derby participants aren't bringing power in second half
- Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda says no to trade, Rafael Furcal is thinking about it
- Home design gets a global spin
- 100 days of summer: August
- Yosemite's overcrowded -- with trees
- Mongol Rally, Day 7: Burger be darned; it's off to Donetsk, Ukraine
- Needy elderly will pay the price for cuts in Medi-Cal
- Two theater chains won't show film after near-riot in Hollywood
- Judge indicted in bribery case faces rare criminal prosecution
- 9 reported slain in Syrian protests
- Quick Takes: Ancient mosaic found
- Israel rent protests underscore middle class frustration
- Shaun White saves his best for last in Skateboard Vert
- In Iowa, Gingrich calls Obama 'totally irresponsible'
- Up next for Chivas USA: Sunday at Dallas
- A slain mayor is back in the spotlight
- Joe Torre still isn't a fan of expanded instant replay
- Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda says no to trade, Rafael Furcal is thinking about it
- Needy elderly will pay the price for cuts in Medi-Cal
- On the Media: Juan Williams' victory lap
- FDA urged to rethink approval of medical devices
- Henry Carlisle dies at 84; author, translator helped bring Solzhenitsyn's work to Western audiences
- Higher drug sales help Amgen profits top analysts' estimates
- No seismic shift, but still a shake-up for Pac-12, other conferences
- Mardy Fish is better equipped to win semifinal at UCLA
- Trials of the Year 1 A.D.
- Weekend TV talk shows
- Trial of teen charged with killing gay classmate grows heated
- Up next for Sparks: Sunday at Indiana
- 'Against the Wall' info
- U.S. is refocused on covert strikes in Pakistan
- 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' and 'Larry Crowne' emphasize the stylish side of the male makeover
- X Games takes it to the streets
- Angels minor league report
- Power shifts, coaching changes afoot in South American soccer
- Major league's guidelines on provisions for a traded player
- X Games rookie Liam Doran upsets legendary racer for Rally Car title