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What happened on May 13, 2002
HEALTH
Searing Pain of Loss Colors a Mother's Days GIUSEPPINA DI RAIMONDO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
No Need to Go on Empty So Long Before the Surgery DIANNE PARTIE LANGE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
'Miracle Cure' for Back Pain Has Lots of Appeal--and Skeptics BENEDICT CAREY and DAVID R. OLMOS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Two Twisting Exercises That Get Right to the Core of the Matter KAREN VOIGHT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
More Ways for Women to Skip Periods SHARI ROAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Media Mix Jane E. Allen
Tools Do Not Suffer Fools Gladly TIMOTHY GOWER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Survey: Nearly 25% of Women Missed Care Because of Cost JANE E. ALLEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Trying to Win the Baby-Gender Lottery? Turn to Science ROSIE MESTEL
Treat the Abuser, Reduce the Risk? LINDA MARSA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Popular Drugs May Help, Then Hurt JONATHAN FIELDING and VALERIE ULENE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Stroke Screenings
Study Finds Antibiotic Is No Bronchitis Cure EMMA ROSS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Signs That Parents Should Watch For LINDA MARSA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
The Next Ethnic Dish of the Day: Vietnamese Pho LAURA LOH, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tech Coast Angels Elects Chairman
Also
Investors Await Tech Profit Reports Reuters
Firms Plan to Increase Hiring, Study Says From Reuters
Argentina Abandons Savings Conversion Plan From Reuters
Bill Would Let Firms Share Customer Data Reuters
Dockworkers to Start Contract Talks Bloomberg News
April CPI Expected to Show 0.4% Rise Reuters, Bloomberg News
Settlement Deal With Merrill Remains Distant, Spitzer Says From Reuters
Waste Problem From Cell Phones Cited Reuters
Holders to Vote on Amgen-Immunex Deal Denise Gellene
New Production Venture to Invest in Games Alex Pham
Autobytel All Revved Up DAVID COLKER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
S&P to Change Criteria for Operating Profit From Bloomberg News
New Domain Draws Ire of Ineligible SHANNON HENRY, WASHINGTON POST
Closing Arguments for Genentech Case Denise Gellene
Key Enron Auditor to Take Stand JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rivals Pose Challenge to Reign of Broadcom JAMES S. GRANELLI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Prime Minister of Malaysia to Visit U.S. Bloomberg News
English-Only Rule in State Must Meet 'Necessity' Law
Blockbuster to Sell Games, Consoles Alex Pham
Butterfly, IBM Form Huge Online Game Grid Reuters
Wireless Outlets RICHARD VERRIER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Networks Putting On a Show for Ad Dollars MEG JAMES and SALLIE HOFMEISTER, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
'Augmented Reality' Adds New Layer to Real World JIM KRANE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fingerhut Calls for Bids on Assets From Associated Press
California Rebound Unclear MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Tijuana's Accidental Zoo MATEA GOLD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Joseph L. Alexander, 72; Pioneer Surgeon MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Albert Stoffel, 92; Wrote Children's Books, Bugs Bunny Comic Strip From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Home Destroyed in Early Morning Fire From Times Staff Reports
Applicants Sought to Work as Counselors From Times Staff Reports
Wind Hinders Efforts to Halt Fire DAVID PIERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Davis Aide's Special Job: Keep Heat on Simon PATT MORRISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Big Day in the Sun for Southland Moms MASSIE RITSCH and LAURA LOH, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Smoking Gun Shoots Down Bush View of Power Crisis George Skelton
Man Kills Himself After Hostage Standoff From Times Staff Reports
Airport Battle Shifting to John Wayne JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Virginia Turner, 86; Pioneering Woman Newspaper Editor From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Boroughs Pitched as Middle Ground NITA LELYVELD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Stanford Calderwood, 81; Executive Secured Funding for TV's 'Masterpiece Theatre' From Times Staff and Wire Reports
No Clues to Grave Vandals DAVID HALDANE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bikers Push for Relaxed Helmet Law MIGUEL BUSTILLO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
More Data on Doctors Backed CHARLES ORNSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Girl, 4, Critical After Collision
Mentally Ill Facing Fewer Barriers in College LISA LEFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Boy in Smuggling Case Is Given Visa ERIC LICHTBLAU and GEOFFREY MOHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Web Site Casts Ear on the Sky for Noisy Flights JENNIFER OLDHAM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ventura County Focuses on Housing Its Farm Workers FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laguna Council Approves Festival of the Arts Face Lift CHRISTINE HANLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lake Stays Blue but Critics of Panel See Red ERIC BAILEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A View From Above Aids Battle Below DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hugh F. Hicks, 79; Amassed Huge Collection of Lightbulbs From the Baltimore Sun
Town Divided on Road Plans AMANDA COVARRUBIAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sex Offenders Seek End to Extra Jail Time ANNA GORMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Norman Racusin, 82; RCA Exec Helped to Develop 8-Track Tape From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Building a Power Base for Better Education JOSE CARDENAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Caltrans Still Lagging on Water Pollution Abatement DAN WEIKEL and CHRISTINE HANLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
WORLD
Eight Workers Feared Dead in Russian Cosmodrome Collapse ROBYN DIXON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Free Democrats Leader to Run for Chancellor From Times Wire Reports
Assisted Suicide Advocate Dies From Times Wire Reports
Police Hurt as Mobs Riot in East Belfast From Times Wire Reports
Britons Near an Afghan Goal From Reuters
Arafat Leaves Ramallah on Tour From Times Wire Services
Castro Welcomes the Carters Associated Press
Rebels Attack Town 22 Miles From Capital From Times Wire Reports
Israel Says It Foiled Anti-Arab Plot DAVAN MAHARAJ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Government to Send 40,000 Pigs to Slaughter From Times Wire Reports
Licking Their Wounds MICHAEL SLACKMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Party Rebuffs Sharon Over Palestinians MARY CURTIUS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Pleas to a Judge for the Ages ANTHONY KUHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
PAN Candidate Takes the Lead in Ciudad Juarez CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SCIENCE
Marmots' Call of the Wild STEVE HYMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Newly Found Statue Is Greek Masterpiece From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Science's Esoteric Dreams Yield to Missiles, Medicine
Genetics May Help Combat 'Super-Bugs' From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Stranded Social Insects Usually Die Alone
Inner Ear Facilitated Cetaceans' Agility From Times Staff and Wire Reports
SPORTS
Morning Line of Fire BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Maruyama Gets His Victory From Associated Press
Mexico Hears Catcalls Despite Beating Colombia GRAHAME L. JONES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Reds Learn a Lesson the Hard Way From Associated Press
Good Intentions Aren't Enough Against Angels HELENE ELLIOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Salmon Looking Better Than Average Helene Elliott
Carmichael Dominates MARTIN HENDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marlins Walk On Nomo JASON REID, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Devil Rays Didn't Treat Him Much Like a King Robyn Norwood
It's Irbe Time for Carolina From Associated Press
When Bell Steps on Field, Star Quality Rings True ERIC SONDHEIMER
Rain Puts a Crimp in Indy Qualifying SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
There's Plenty of Room on His Back Bill Plaschke
Patience Still Is the Plan With Offense Jason Reid
History Isn't Quite on Their Side Elliott Teaford
This Win Is a Team Effort From Associated Press
Luck Holding Up for Sky Jack BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Shaq Wanted to Silence Jackson Tim Brown
A Giant Leap of Fate TIM BROWN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hot Corner Steve Rom
Unsung Defense Comes Up as Big as Bryant J.A. Adande
That MVP Doesn't Stand for Much in Home Stretch Mark Heisler
Quotebook
Pasadena Poly Wins Another Softball Title
UCLA Loses Title Game to Stanford, 8-4 CHRISTINA TELLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Finally, Henin Beats a Williams From Staff and Wire Reports
San Antonio Vs. Lakers/ Game 4 Report ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Yankees Play Long Ball Against Twins From Associated Press
Dusting Off the Welcome Mat for L.A. Chargers Chris Dufresne
Headfirst Slide Costly for Ramirez, Red Sox From Associated Press
French Selected to Coach Football at Hawthorne
Avalanche Leads No Longer Safe From Associated Press
For Spurs, Time Stands Still in Final Six Minutes ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Now Agassi Reigns in Rome BUD COLLINS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Celtics Are Too Tough From Associated Press
UCLA Team Can't Have It All ERIC STEPHENS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hornets Can't Contain Kidd From Associated Press
Family Critical of Care at Track BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Maple Leafs Even Series From Associated Press
NEWS
A Doctor's Diagnosis of Mistakes, Mysteries MERLE RUBIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Straight Outta Compton: A $30,000 Weekend Al Martinez
Writer-Philosopher Confronts the Big Questions MICHAEL J. YBARRA, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Peddling His Wheres JOHN M. GLIONNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Woman's Place GERALDINE BAUM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Teens Appear to Be Putting Relationships Ahead of Sex KATHLEEN KELLEHER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
NATIONAL
Protesters Seek Choices Beyond Nursing Homes From Times Wire Reports
Airport Is Evacuated in Security Incident From Times Wire Reports
Bush Gets Chance to Balance Books on Guns Ronald Brownstein
Resignation Over Admissions Policy Splits Seattle KIM MURPHY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In New York, Workfare Record Evokes Caution JONATHAN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Missing Fla. Girl's Custodian Used Aliases, Records Say From Associated Press
Florida's Urban Sprawl No Match for Lovelorn Gators JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
OPINION
California, Acting Globally
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD, Gar Anthony Haywood's next crime novel, "Man-Eater," is due in January from Penguin Putnam. He lives in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. E-mail: garhaywood@earthlink.net.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, Karen Grigsby Bates is the correspondent for the "Tavis Smiley Show" on National Public Radio. She lives in the View Park area of Los Angeles.
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do RICHARD KATZ, Richard Katz represented the Valley in the state Assembly from 1980 to 1996. He is a member of the board of directors of Valley VOTE.
Playing Politics in the Snow
Drivers, Please Slow Down!
Keep Light Rail on Track to Revitalize the City
Mideast Leadership Goes Beyond Picking Sides
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do KEVIN RODERICK, Kevin Roderick, a former Times editor and a Northridge native who lives in West L.A., wrote "The San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb" (Los Angeles Times, 2001). E-mail: kevin@americassuburb.com.
Great Gas Guzzlers Fuel Oil-Feeding Frenzy
Myanmar Struggles Toward Democracy
Just One Problem With Pomeroy's Title
A Profligate Crusade
Mascots: Cheer On and Cheer Up
Crusader System Loaded With Pork
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do DENISE HAMILTON, Denise Hamilton, a former Times staff writer, is the author of "The Jasmine Trade" (Scribner, 2001). She lives in Glendale. E-mail: denise@denisehamilton.com.
Ashcroft Affirms the Right to Bear Arms
ENTERTAINMENT
L.A. Chamber Orchestra Ends Its Season in High Style JOSEF WOODARD, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Diddley Has No Regrets With BMI
Ultimately Sunk by Its Sins of Omission Howard Rosenberg
Artists Show Their Mettle in Eerie 'Mostly Metallophones' DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Cellist Gets Up Close, Personal on a Tour of Smaller Venues CHRIS PASLES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When We Last Saw Our Heroes ... KENNETH TURAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Krall in Good Company for Homecoming DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Networks Hope to Keep Old 'Friends,' Make New Ones BRIAN LOWRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Judith Owen Wails in Pop, Jazz and Soul Natalie Nichols
The Infamous Origins of Sin City MARK SACHS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Baryshnikov Still Steps Boldly LEWIS SEGAL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Academy Polishes Its Big-Screen Gems SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Spider-Man' Already Showing Amazing Legs DAVID GERMAIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
An All-Mozart Program for Pasadena Symphony RICHARD S. GINELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Shand Explores R&B and Soul Sounds at El Rey Steve Appleford
Yoda Unlikely to Clone Spidey's Sales
Probing a Darker Side of 'Cinderella' CHRIS PASLES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Spider-Man' Snags $72 Million More
Pavarotti's Not Going Out as a Class Act MARK SWED, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It's Not Just About Seeing a Film 1st for Lined-Up 'Star Wars' Fans PATRICK DAY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Less Than Sharp ' Barber of Seville' CHRIS PASLES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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