The Los Angeles Times

Michael Phelps got the U.S. Olympic swim trials off to the same start he did four years ago, uncorking a world record in the 400-meter individual medley on the opening...

The youngest U.S. Women's Open winner in history introduced herself to the record books and a largely unknowing public as the tournament's 63rd champion Sunday, when Inbee Park walked softly...

Some actors are lining up behind Tom Hanks. Others are backing Jack Nicholson. It's a civil war over a contract for actors that has turned Hollywood upside down and is...

Music first came into the life of Lavinia Greenlaw in the form of family noise: her mother's serene singing voice, the clatter made by herself and her three rambunctious siblings....

Pianist Leonard Pennario, a best-selling recording artist who made his concert debut with the Dallas Symphony at age 12 after learning Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in a week so he...

Itching to buy a recumbent bicycle? Here are tips: Do your research "The Recumbent Bicycle" by Gunnar Fehlau, from Out Your Backdoor Press, 3rd edition, 2006, provides a comprehensive overview....

Pakistani forces Saturday attacked the strongholds of Taliban fighters who for the first time had appeared poised to make at least a symbolic strike at a major Pakistani city. The...

The path from teddy bears and owner of a pet menagerie to the cover of Playboy has zigzagged through 12 years and three Olympics. Will it twist through a fourth,...

Are you paying too much in rent? Could you get a better deal elsewhere? Rentometer.com might help you find out. The site is simple: At the home page, enter the...

Four years ago, the player who is leading the U.S. Women's Open wasn't sure if her golf career was going to even happen. Back surgery for scoliosis can make a...