The Los Angeles Times

Verne Orr, Air Force secretary during President Ronald Reagan's administration, died Thursday of complications from old age at his Pasadena home, according to his family. He was 92. As Air...

With the Thanksgiving weekend over, nail biting returned to Wall Street on Monday. Fresh evidence of a softening global economy, along with profit-taking after last week's big rally, put a...

For more than a decade, online retailers could count on big growth no matter the economic climate. But this holiday season, the e-commerce sector is at risk of its first...

The jetliners serving this financial hub arrive with more empty seats these days, and it's easier to get a table at Harlan's oyster bar in the International Finance Center. Across...

Stephen J. Cannell groaned when ABC executives broached the idea of creating a superhero show. "I never got superheroes. I had severe dyslexia as a kid, so I didn't really...

Texas coach Mack Brown learned Sunday that no two campaigns are alike. In 2004, his lobbying on behalf of Texas for a Rose Bowl berth may have helped swing enough...

Snaring one of two songs in an animated Disney film is not exactly a low-profile gig. But when one of those songs is a duet between teen sensation Miley Cyrus...

Is the recession driving viewers away from reality programming? There has been so much chatter about politics and the economic meltdown on TV this fall that it's obscured another reality:...

The Hedgehog's Dilemma: A Tale of Obsession, Nostalgia, and the World's Most Charming Mammal By Hugh Warwick Bloomsbury, 280 pages, $25 Hugh Warwick is an ecologist who has spent 20...

Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me: A Guide to Living With Impeccable Grace and Style By Lucia van der Post Da Capo, 382 pages, $25 Lucia van der...