Advertisement
What happened on April 21, 2000
NEWS
Campaign 2000 By Mitch Polin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Green Cleaning: It's Not That Easy By Susan Carpenter, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cashing In on Vintage By Valli Herman-cohen, TIMES SENIOR FASHION WRITER
A Richer Palette for Beauty By Greg Morago, HARTFORD COURANT
Armani's Clean Look for Less Would Fit the Bill By Jeannine Stein
And the Nominees Are . . . By Michael Quintanilla
Oscar, You've Got Style By Michael Quintanilla, TIMES FASHION WRITER
His Name Is All Over Town . . . but Why? By Booth Moore
An Essayist's Quirky, Lucid Encounters With Nature's World By Anthony Day, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Laugh Lines
A Learning Link to California Family Reading Week
News Challenge By Mary Ellen Walker
Jokes & Riddles
A Holiday With Friends By Maura Walsh and Frank Matcha
Only in L.A. columnist Steve Harvey is on vacation... By Steve Harvey
Obituaries on the Web
Pet Rabbits
Ethnic Data From Census
Dictatorships
Insurance Commissioner
Gore and Janitors
Costly Move
Cockpit Cameras
Blue Line
Population
Sequoia Monument
Poor Visibility Reported in Jetliner Crash From Associated Press
Realtors Want Ban Lifted on 'Sold' Signs From Associated Press
Storms, Tornadoes Rip Across Midwest From Times Wire Services
White House Attacks GOP's Drug Plan From Associated Press
6 Ex-Police Officers in Mexico Sentenced in American's Death From Associated Press
Poor Visibility Reported in Philippine Jetliner Crash From Associated Press
Teen Stabs 4 Students, Worker and Himself, Canadian Police Say Associated Press
White House Attacks GOP's Drug Plan From Associated Press
Real Estate Agents Want Ban on 'Sold' Signs Lifted From Associated Press
Severe Storms, Tornadoes Rip Across Midwest From Times Wire Services
S. Korea Shot Prisoners During War, Reports Say By Sang Hun Choe, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wild Market Has Spenders Thinking Twice By Leslie Earnest, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Elian Battle Reinforces Castro's Hold on Masses By Mark Fineman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Medical Pot Users Welcome, Says New Inn By John M. Glionna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Past Haunts Immigrant Who Says He Cut Gang Ties By Anne-marie O'Connor, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fossilized Heart Shakes Up Dinosaur Theories By Robert Lee Hotz, TIMES SCIENCE WRITER
New Look at Ancient Betrayer By Larry B. Stammer, TIMES RELIGION WRITER
S. Korea Sees a New Side of North's Kim By Sonni Efron, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Campbell Begins Senate Campaign Without a Manager By Greg Krikorian, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Good, the Bad and the Nasty About Little Elian By Mike Downey
Navajo Faction Urges Edison to Shut Down Power Plant By Bobby Cuza, TIMES STAFF WRITER
School Recalls Shootings in Somber Rites By Julie Cart, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Zimbabwe Squatters Continue Farm Attacks By Ann M. Simmons, TIMES STAFF WRITER
China Graft Probe Nets High-Ranking Official By Henry Chu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hong Kong Land Program for Natives Is Ground for Criticism By Henry Chu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rebels Cause Jitters Ahead of Mexico Election By Mary Beth Sheridan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Vows Bigger Role in Mideast Talks By Norman Kempster, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jordan Begins Trial of 28 in Alleged Plot on Tourists From Associated Press
Malaysian Ex-Deputy Premier Rebuffed Associated Press
Slovakia's Ex-Premier Arrested on Fraud Charge From Reuters
'Great Escape' Deaths Blamed on Hitler From Times Wire Reports
British, Irish Leaders See Hope for Peace From Reuters
Ayatollah Blasts Press, Decries Vigilantism From Times Wire Reports
Bush Campaign Raises Nearly $6 Million in March By Elizabeth Shogren, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gore, Bush Speak Out About School Violence By Matea Gold and T. Christian Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
States' Environmental Officials, Upset With EPA Rules, to Meet From Associated Press
Most Trying to Shed Weight Don't Exercise Enough, Study Finds From Times Wire Services
Elian's Father Asks Public to Urge Reunion By Eric Lichtblau and Richard A. Serrano, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Elian Asylum Claim Faces Likely Rejection, Experts Say By David G. Savage, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Held in Ariz. Shootings Had Lost Home From Times Wire Services
Tunnel Fire Closes Two D.C. Subway Stations Associated Press
Activist Prevents Tribe From Killing Gray Whale From Reuters
4 Killed as Car Pushed Into Path of Train After Chase, 911 Call From Associated Press
Police Uncover Father's Plot While Spying on Hacker Son From Associated Press
Evidence Links Suspect to at Least a Dozen Murders From Associated Press
Gorilla With Gift for Language Dies at Preserve Near San Francisco From Associated Press
If It Were a Script for TV, Coincidence Wouldn't Play From Associated Press
Woman Held in Shooting of Son's Wife at Wake From Associated Press
Clot-Prevention Drug May Cause Blood Disease in Some From Associated Press
Racist E-Mail at Iowa College Is Linked to Black Student By Eric Slater, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mission Has Not Yet Been Accomplished
ENTERTAINMENT
Giving Structure to Our Lives By Nicolai Ouroussoff, TIMES ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Taymor's Tweaking of 'Green Bird' Clips Its Wings By Michael Phillips, TIMES THEATER CRITIC
'U-571': The Sea and the Fury By Kenneth Turan, TIMES FILM CRITIC
Coming Sunday
Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press. By Shauna Snow
Baptists and Disney: Easter Truce? By Elizabeth Jensen, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tributes Will Flow Next Season at Philharmonic By Daniel Cariaga, TIMES MUSIC WRITER
In Praise of Family and the After-Party to 'Virgin Suicides' By Kathleen Craughwell, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Country Queen Page Comes to Costa Mesa
'The Virgin Suicides' an Affecting, Somber Tale of Repressed Lives By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spoken Word Artists to Perform at Benefit
Wholesome 'Family Tree' Cuts Out Any Complexity By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Love and Basketball' Scores on the Strength of Its Main Players By Eric Harrison, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Animation Pioneer Mark Davis Subject of Lecture
An Out-of-Control Rumor Adds Up to Farfetched 'Gossip' By Kevin Thomas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mike Hodges Still Goes His Own Way By Eric Harrison, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Croupier' Is Intense, Tough and All Aces By Kenneth Turan, TIMES FILM CRITIC
'Fanny Kemble,' Jane Seymour's Labor of Love By Susan King, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Classic Material You Might Have Missed By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Tyner Displays Lush Tones, Vibrant Qualities By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Mapping Out Designs for the New Century By Suzanne Muchnic, TIMES ART WRITER
Truitt's Sculptures Tease Notion of Reality By David Pagel, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Plastic' Would Have Been Nice Addition to 'Imagine' By Robert Hilburn, TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC
McDaniel Takes a Fancy to Directing By Susan Karlin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Aardman's Claymation Films Taking Shape on Web By Erika Milvy, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Brides' Heads to Altar, Three Times By F. Kathleen Foley
It's Tough to 'Get' Malpede's Meanings By F. Kathleen Foley
A Whiff of Sweet Freedom in Daring, Incisive 'Cologne' By F. Kathleen Foley
An Account of Illicit Affairs and 'Murder by Moonlight' By Don Shirley, TIMES THEATER WRITER
'All Souls' Saves the Day in Salamone's Trilogy By Daryl H. Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Benefit Event Will Pay Tribute to Director Cambridge
Hate and Redemption: The Life of Wallace By Howard Rosenberg
BUSINESS
Microsoft Profit Tops Forecasts, but Revenue Doesn't By Stanley Holmes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Net Incubator Idealab Seeks $300 Million in Ambitious IPO By Karen Kaplan and Debora Vrana, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Drug Setback May Make Bristol-Myers a Takeover Target From Times Wire Services
Market Turmoil Hits Most Entertainment Firms By James Bates
Credit Scores as Important as Ever but Harder to Get By Liz Pulliam Weston
Fire Sale Prices May Burn Some 'Dot-Com' Stocks By Walter Hamilton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Feds Say Credit Card Scam Targeted Prominent Execs From Bloomberg News
Mortgage Rates Inch Up for the Week Associated Press
Times Mirror Profit Up 16%, Led by Newspapers From a Times Staff Writer
Times to Pull Controversial Ads in Wake of Protests From Groups By Hector Becerra and Teresa Watanabe
InterDent Hires Lehman Bros. for Buyout Deal From Bloomberg News
New Jobless Claims Plunge to 27-Year Low Associated Press
Winn-Dixie to Close 114 Stores, Cut 11,000 Jobs Associated Press
Phillips' Patent Not Infringed, Jury Says Bloomberg News
Bank One's Chief Financial Officer Resigns Reuters
Northwest, Attendants in Tentative Deal Associated Press
Also. . .
Harris to Buy Lucent Subsidiary: Bloomberg News
Motorola to Purchase Semiconductor Plant in Scotland Bloomberg News
McDonald's 1st-Quarter Net Income Up 12% From Bloomberg News
General Motors Reveals Stock-Swap Details; Plan Called 'Generous' By Ben Klayman, REUTERS
GM to Broaden Home Loan Unit Into Full-Service Thrift From Bloomberg News
Network Solutions Chooses IBM Bloomberg News
Compaq, Sears in Deal Reuters
Online Merger Talks Bloomberg News
Your Weekend Viewing/Listening
Analysts Give Mixed Signals on Excite@Home Prospects Bloomberg News
Dow Gains as Investors Pause to Catch Breath; Nasdaq Eases From Times Staff and Wire Reports
IPO Market Alive for Profitable Companies Bridge News, Bloomberg News
Improving Your Credit Score By Liz Pulliam Weston
Playboy Enterprises Warns Loss Higher Than in 1999's 1st Quarter From Bloomberg News
Children's TV Show Producer Cinar Won't Meet Fiscal Reporting Deadlines From Reuters
TV Ratings Report
Pricier Raw Materials Stir Inflation Fear By Marc Ballon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
USA Biomass to Take Over Brea Recycler
Diedrich Posts Profit, Issues Warning By Greg Hernandez
Orange County Earnings
Barbeques Galore Opens 3 New Stores
O.C. Building Permits
Hyundai Names Halper V.P. for Service
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Hourly Bus Service to Link Ventura and Santa Barbara By Catherine Blake, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Gas Station Dealer Pumped Up for Battle By Steve Chawkins
Plan to Close CAO Talks Dropped By Margaret Talev, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mini Indy By Alex Field, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Cities to Consider Restaurant Ratings By Josh Karp
Beach Closures By Matt Surman
Developer Will Fight Effort to Halt Project By Katrina Dean
Officials to Study Freeway Offramp By Gail Davis
Man Shot in Arm Outside His Home By Tony Lystra
6 National Merit Winners Announced By Anna Gorman
3 Arrested in Santa Paula Drug Case By Tony Lystra
* Fannie Mae Hewston; Executive Secretary
Obituaries
66 California Helps Keep Live Music Accessible By Josef Woodard, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Fear Strikes Back By Bill Locey, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Tarzana Woman Trapped by Flames Dies in Apartment By Greg Risling and Edgar Sandoval, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Class Action Suit Targets Rampart Cases By Henry Weinstein, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
Judge Overturns 7 More Tainted Convictions By Matt Lait and Scott Glover, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Students Seek Lessons of Peace in Tragedy By Richard Winton and Edgar Sandoval, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Janitors, Contractors Close to Agreement on Wages By Nancy Cleeland, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lights, Camera, Arrest By Patt Morrison
Under the Flight Path By Martha L. Willman and Johnathon E. Briggs, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Principal's Daughter Ran Program on Campus By Doug Smith, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Renovated Pico House Takes on New Colors By Sylvia Pagan Westphal, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Driver, 15, Accused of Ramming Officer By Jessica Garrison, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Rep. Kennedy Inquiry in Hands of City Attorney
Boy Sentenced in Pokemon Card Theft
Woman Dies in Apartment Fire
Family Terrorized by Invading Robbers
Cab Firm Owner Sues Ex-Manager, Lobbyist
Attorney Named to Olson's Defense Team
Iraqi's INS Hearing to Resume Monday
Methamphetamine Is Focus of Hearing
Suspect in Slaying Turns Himself In
Father Spoke of Right to Kill Children, Jury Told By Caitlin Liu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lila Kedrova; Won Oscar, Tony for 'Zorba the Greek' By Elaine Woo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sergei Zalygin; Editor of Soviet Literary Magazine
Inaction by D.A.'s Office in Schoolyard Death Decried By Jeffrey Gettleman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jails Are Facing Staffing Shortage, Council Members Told
Firm and 2 Brothers Accused of Bilking U.S. By David Rosenzweig, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Quackenbush File Fattens
Not-So-Grand Jury
Right Noises at the MTA
A Vote for High-Tech Voting
It Took a Boy to Expose Our Cuban Dilemma By James C. Hathaway, James C. Hathaway, a professor of Law at the University of Michigan, is the author of "The Law of Refugee Status" (Butterworths, 1991)
Global Warming Is No Longer a Back-Burner Issue By Kenneth Olden, Kenneth Olden is director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Liberty, Equality, Intolerance By Heber C. Jentzsch, The Rev. Heber C. Jentzsch is president of the Church of Scientology International, based in Los Angeles
Most Common Beach Trash Is Plastic Pellets By Willoughby Mariano, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Under the Flight Path By Megan Garvey and Martha L. Willman, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Taxi Firms in War of Words By David Reyes, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Santa Ana Family Tells the Terrors of Being Robbed By Louise Roug, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Laguna Arts Festival Battle Headed to Court Once More By Sharon Nagy, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Pokemon Bandit, 14, Gets Probation, $100 Fine By Daniel Yi Times Staff Writer
Calm Prevails on Anniversary of Columbine By H.G. Reza, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Hey Buddy, Can Ya Spare a 6-Figure Job?' By Dana Parsons
Placentia By Raul Gallegos, (714) 520-2512
La Habra By Tariq Malik, (714) 520-2503
Anaheim By Judy Silber, (714) 966-5988
Tree-Planting Group Expands Role By Alex Murashko, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
School Board Considers Public Bargaining By Marissa Espino, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Costa Mesa By Noaki Schwartz, (949) 574-4232
Cypress By Ana Beatriz Cholo, (714) 966-5890
Dana Point By Jennifer Kho, (949) 248-2152
Fountain Valley By Angelique Flores, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 14
Fullerton By Torus Tammer, (714) 520-2519
Garden Grove By Chris Ceballos, (714) 966-7440
Huntington Beach By Eron Ben-yehuda, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 13
Irvine By Eric C Sanitate, (949) 764-4309
Laguna Beach By Sharon Nagy, (949) 248-2168
Laguna Hills By Dana Bushee, (949) 574-4207
Laguna Niguel By Sue Doyle, (949) 574-4204
Laguna Woods By Sue Doyle, (949) 574-4204
Rancho Santa Margarita By Sean Kirwan, (949) 574-4202
San Clemente By Kenneth Ma, (949) 248-2157
San Juan Capistrano By Jennifer Kho, (949) 248-2152
Santa Ana By Ana Beatriz Cholo, (714) 966-5890
Stanton By Judy Silber, (714) 966-5988
Tustin By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879
Villa Park By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879
Westminster By Alex Murashko, (714) 966-5974
Brea By David Ryan, (714) 520-2511
Buena Park By Andre Briscoe, (714) 966-5848
Lake Forest By Alex Katz, (949) 574-4206
La Palma By Andre Briscoe, (714) 966-5848
Los Alamitos By Chris Ceballos, (714)-966-7440
Yorba Linda By Deepa Bharath, (714) 520-2513
Mission Viejo By Sean Kirwan, (949) 574-4202
Newport Beach By Noaki Schwartz, (949) 574-4232
Orange By Marissa Espino, (714) 966-5879
The Fix Is On By Chris Ceballos, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Safety Zone: Action Log
$100,000 Allocated for Threatened Fish By David Haldane, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Headed Down the Rabbit Hole By Mike Boehm, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder By David Lansing, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Going to Bat for Better Access to Fields By Erin Texeira, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Robber Hit Banks to Buy Drugs, FBI Says
D.A. Hedges on Pressing Charges in Death of Boy in School Fight By Jeffrey Gettleman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Witness Says Gentry Talked of Right to Kill By Caitlin Liu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Where Poetry Remains a Passion in the Valley By Patricia Ward Biederman
Suspect in Fatal Shooting Surrenders By Sue Fox
Pair Guilty in Attack on Dancer, Driver By Caitlin Liu
Simpson Attorney to Help Defend Olson By Johnathon Briggs
Easter Treats Given to Children at Shelter By Zanto Peabody
Drug Habit Blamed for Bank Robberies By Edgar Sandoval
SWAT Team at Scene of Domestic Dispute By Sue Fox
Obituaries
Study Could Mean a Turn for the Better By Roberto J. Manzano, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2-Fisted Menu By Max Jacobson, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
*foot notes By James E. Fowler
Back on the Horn By Zan Stewart, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Less Is More By Michael P. Lucas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nothin' but the Blues
Intersecting Figuratively By Josef Woodard, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Drawing on Experience By Richard Kahlenberg, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Griffith Overnight Camps Let You Park the Kids for Less By Geri Cook, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
NATIONAL
N.Y. Doctor Found Negligent in Unusual Cancer Treatment Case From Associated Press
SPORTS
Russell Disputes Mission Claims By Dave Desmond, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Weatherspoon Stating Her Case By John Ortega
Not So Easy Rider By Mike Bresnahan, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Harrington Is Worth the Trip to Palmdale By Eric Sondheimer, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Camarillo Splits Twin Bill By Paige A. Leech, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Canyons Nails Down Title, 5-4 From Staff Reports
Calabasas Gets Even With Hart From Staff Reports
Park Makes Stroke of Brilliance By Mitch Polin, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Parris Lights Up El Camino Real in a Two-Hitter, 5-0 From Staff Reports
Quartz Hill, Salazar Low-Ball Highland, 1-0 By Steve Galluzzo
High School Softball Roundup From Staff Reports
Lancaster Loses in Ninth, 10-9
Lightweight Bout at Calabasas Pits Reyes, Ramirez
Stock Up on Ear Plugs, Arena Football Is Here By Bill Plaschke
Defeat Has an Upside By Mike Digiovanna, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Momentous Season By Tim Kawakami, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Athens Put on Notice By Alan Abrahamson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Florida Sophomore Miller Chooses NBA Over NCAA From Staff and Wire Reports
Irrelevance Is in Eye of the Beholder By Mal Florence
Championship Droughts
Herges Making Most of His Time By Jason Reid, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Reliever Enjoying Game Unfettered By Paul Gutierrez
Rocker Earns a Save, Takes Jabs at Media From Associated Press
Cardinal Pitcher Does It All From Associated Press
Lofton, Thome Spark Indians From Associated Press
Schilling Solid in Final Rehab Outing From Associated Press
Erstad Opens Up Field By Mike Digiovanna
Honduras Is First Test for U.S. By Grahame L. Jones, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Structure of MLS Is Ruled Legal By Grahame L. Jones, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Foreign Stars Face Tough MLS Starts By Grahame L. Jones
Turkish Team Survives Taunts and Wins Associated Press
What To See And Do Around Southern California
Costas the Author Is Provocative Too By Larry Stewart
Look Who's Talking
He Gives You a Read on the Players' Minds By Thomas Bonk
Time Off Is the Pits for Stewart By Shav Glick
Henninger Has 66 for Greater Good Associated Press
After the Fall By Pete Thomas
Fish Report
Regular Season Results By Tim Kawakami
Jackson Pleased but Far From Satisfied By Tim Kawakami
Devils and Brodeur Stop Panthers From Associated Press
Kings Faced With Tough Choices By Jim Hodges, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sharks Circling the Blues From Associated Press
Teacher Questions Athletes' Schooling By Associated Press
Drawn-Out Playoffs Draw Criticism From Associated Press
Surgery Puts Surfside on the Sidelines By Bill Christine, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Corrales Hungry for More By Paul Gutierrez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Avengers Lose Their Grip on Carolina and Fall, 58-50 By Mike Terry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Orange County Speedway
There's Consolation for Fountain Valley By Ben Bolch, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ganassi's Toyota Beats Wells' to Podium By Martin Henderson
It's a Happy Homecoming for Daniels By Lon Eubanks, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Servite Beats Eagles to Clinch Serra League Golf Title
Little Plays Loom Large as Mustangs Win Title By Michael Itagaki, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Struggling Titans Lose to Cal Poly, 2-1
An Ailing Wildes Gets His Due By Ben Bolch
Leaving Los Alamitos Was Tonic for Hoskins' Game By Dave Mckibben, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Basketball
New Game, Fresh Start By Diane Pucin
Advertisement
