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Pete Sampras retired on top after his record 14th Slam title and has no intention of coming back -- even though he can still play, as the writer learns firsthand. Photos


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Monica Corcoran muses on the culture of keeping up appearances in Hollywood and beyond
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Tracking the market and economic trends that shape your finances.
Private-company pacesetters for a low-carbon California
Times staff writer Edward Silver looks at some of the private companies that...
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Patrick Goldstein on the collision of entertainment, media and pop culture
'Space Chimps: The bad movie streak continues
Believe it or not, it's another week, another critical dud for Fox. As I noted...
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Have you had it with Los Angeles traffic? Here's your chance to shake a fist, lay on the horn and share your solutions.
Reader comment of the day
A reader doesn't like the Bottleneck Blog's parody of Batman moving to Los...
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The Times chronicles L.A. County homicide victims.
South-Central Los Angeles homicide
A black man was fatally shot in the 1200 block of East 99th Street in South-...
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Daily news about all things green and environmenty
Forester rescues bear cub out of charred fire zone
Animals have adapted over thousands of years to natural disasters like fires...
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Oddities, musings and some news from the world of health.
And from the stuff-you-might-need file
* The author of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" has come up with a...
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Dispatches from Beijing and the 2008 Olympics
Is Kobe ready? Olympic basketball schedule is set
Now that the FIBA Olympic qualifying for men is over, we now know the 12 teams...
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Follow Big Blue all season long with Andrew and Brian Kamenetzky.
Sick Haren, sicker pitching
Dan Haren felt the touch of a stomach virus before taking the mound against...
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Larry Harnisch reflects on L.A.'s crime and cops from 50 years ago
Spring Street
Los Angeles Times file photo The Hotel Ramona was on the southwest corner of...
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Southern California schools, from the inside out
Teachers to learn signs of suicide
The governor signed into law today a measure that would allow teachers to get up...
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Observations from Iraq, Iran, Israel, the Arab world and beyond
Backpedaling in Baghdad
If evidence were needed that Iraq?s nascent government is at last ready for...
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