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A last chance to succeed

By Mitchell Landsberg

John Muir Charter works with high school dropouts turned firefighters at the California Conservation Corps. Success is measured one student at a time.

Italy's mobsters block
trash cleanup

By Tracy Wilkinson

As one province became a toxic dump, activists fought back. The trash didn't vanish, but witnesses did. Map

Risky Palin pick raises questions about McCain

By Peter Wallsten

ANALYSIS: The GOP candidate passed on more seasoned candidates and settled on a largely unknown figure — is that putting "country first"?

Sarah Palin

Photos | Discuss | Video

• Palin has put drilling above environment

• Palin's first 15 minutes of fame

• Journalists all atwitter

Mexico's drug war knows
no boundaries

By Ken Ellingwood

A heap of headless bodies found in the Yucatan proves traffickers will battle for smuggling routes at all costs. Photos

Flee Gustav or you're on your own, New Orleans says

Glitch cuts healthcare benefits for 1,300 L.A. Unified workers

Olympics caterer relishes success of Chinese 'gold medal pork'

UCLA accused of illegal admissions practices

Grim search begins in San Marino

Sea turtles in an urban frontier Map

In Mexico, thrill of the amateur bullfight | Video

Black and white and
read all over — online

Yes, Virginia, there is an opener for USC

The perils of Palin

Tim Rutten: McCain's VP pick will bring bread-and-butter conservative social issues into the campaign spotlight.

Editorial: McCain's gamble on Palin

EDITORIALS|OP-ED|LETTERS

AUTOS: UP TO SPEED

Ford redraws the racehorse

LOCAL: L.A. NOW

BOOKS: JACKET COPY

FINANCE: MONEY & CO

MUSIC: SOUNDBOARD

HUMOR: FUNNY PAGES 2.0

VEGAS: THE MOVABLE BUFFET

PETS & ANIMALS: L.A. UNLEASHED

TRAVEL: THE DAILY DEAL

UCLA SPORTS: WHAT'S BRUIN

USC SPORTS: ALL THINGS TROJAN

L.A. HISTORY: THE DAILY MIRROR

CRIME: THE HOMICIDE REPORT

EDITORIAL: READERS' REPRESENTATIVE

California/Local »

•	New search for human remains begins at San Marino home

•	Private eye Anthony Pellicano, attorney Christensen convicted of wiretap plot

•	Boy, 15, dies of injuries to become 4th fatality in Eagle Rock car crash

•	Numbers adding up for Angels

•	Dodgers sinking faster in the West

•	Robert Kendrick tests Novak Djokovic at U.S. Open

•	Parents go online to see where the lunch money goes

•	Finding a hot job in a cool economy

•	Laboring harder, slipping behind

•	Italy mobsters block efforts to clean up toxic trash heaps

•	Drug war bodies are piling up in Mexico

•	Iraq moves to curb sales of fake drugs

•	Flee Gustav or you're on your own, city says

•	Missing girl's mother held

•	Hubbard Act, closing 'sole survivor' loophole, becomes law

•	Dr. Hugh R. Butt, 98; explored clotting and anti-clotting techniques at Mayo Clinic

•	Dr. Robert F. Maronde, 88; USC professor helped create artificial kidney and computerized prescription drug system

•	Henri Cartan, 104; renowned French math researcher, teacher

Fall fashion: A collection's best accessory? Imagination.
Photos | Fall Accessories | 5 Fall Trends

Real Estate

Hot Property: Kelsey Grammer's $19.9 million mansion in Holmby Hills Photos

Movies

Don Cheadle reaffirms his excellence in the terrorist thriller "Traitor."

Travel

In the Mississippi Delta, B.B. is king. Tennessee's Music Highway

Home

A Long Beach craftsman's nearly 50 years of handmade magic. Photos | Video

The Guide

Burning Man photo gallery! Desert festival in high gear as burners surge to the Black Rock. Photos | More in The Guide

Cars the candidates drive. UP TO SPEED BLOG

Lower the drinking age? The debate begins. Discuss

Returning fall shows that demand your attention.

Summer's not over -- yet. There's still plenty of time for warm-weather entertaining. Photos and recipes

Dutch say Pisa no longer Europe's most leaning tower. Odd in photos

Staff and global photos for the week of Aug. 24 - Aug. 30. World in Photos | Day in Photos | Regional Photos

How did Obama's Greek columns work out?

Rivals in everything else, McCain and Obama are haunted by the influences -- and absences -- of their fathers. Sunday Books

Ten fuel- and wallet-friendly cars about to hit the roads. Photos

Entertainment »

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama: Politics of fashion

The possible First Lady's playful style is both traditional and individual.
- Photos: Hillary's fashion

MORE: 'Twilight' author puts off 'Midnight Sun'

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