Archive for Saturday, November 16, 2002

Analysis of Volcanic Action in Space Finished

• Sharks Don’t Make List; Turtles, Sea Horses Do

• Once-in-a-Lifetime Meteor Show on the Way

• Seals Distinguish Calls of Whales, Study Finds

A Dumb Crook Grabs a Purse and Finds a Get-Into-Jail-Free Card Inside

• Rail-Blazers Take a Jaunt in Pasadena By Cara Mia Dimassa and Kurt Streeter

• Murder in the Family By Carla Hall

• Sisters Still Standing Up; Speaking Out By Teresa Watanabe

• Protester Goes Out on a Limb in Bid to Save Ancient Oak By Richard Fausset and Geoffrey Mohan

• Intense Debate at Hearing Tackles Issue of Nurse Staffing at Hospitals By Lisa Richardson

• ‘He Bashed My Head In,’ Woman Says of Ex-Spouse By Tracy Wilson

• Kaiser Will Pay $1-Million Fine for Death By Charles Ornstein

• Wild About Taming Mustangs By Steve Hymon

• Offer Withdrawn; Historic Chinese Church Still for Sale By K. Connie Kang

• Eddie Bracken, 87; Comedy Star in Film and on Broadway By Dennis Mclellan

• Sign Directs Sister Cities to Diplomatic Soap Opera By Massie Ritsch

• Republican Lawmakers Vow to Fight New Taxes By Gregg Jones

• Doctors to Explain Hormone Therapy By Catherine Saillant

• Dr. Herbert Weiner, 81; Pioneer in Psychosomatic Medicine By Elaine Woo

• Stocking Stuffers: Mink Slippers, Lie Detectors By Bob Pool

• Actor Arrested on Obscenity Charge By Richard Winton

• Roland Hanna, 70; Jazz Pianist, Composer By Dennis Mclellan

• His Target: Crime in South L.A. By Andrew Blankstein

• Billy Guy, 66; Baritone Was an Original Member of the Coasters By Dennis Mclellan

• UFW Pensions Catch Many by Surprise By Fred Alvarez

• Airport Screener Curb Is Rejected By Henry Weinstein

• 5 Held in Vandalism of Freeway Murals By Kenneth Reich

• Call for New Hires Creates Stir By Megan Garvey and Beth Shuster

• Ruling Due on Trial of Girl in Killing of Actor

• Jewish Groups File Suit to Display Menorahs

• Revision Cuts Past Dispute on Redevelopment By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Giveaway Could Cut Excessive Watering By David Reyes

• Presbyterian Leaders Resist Meeting on Gays

• Honorary Danish Consulate Opens

• William Schutz, 81; Psychologist, Writer By Mary Rourke

• Orange County’s Jobs Put Crowds on 91 Freeway By Daniel Yi

• OCTA Hires Expert to Help Fix Flaws in Freeway Bridge By Dan Weikel

• Claim Filed in Shooting By Steve Chawkins

• 4 MTA Buses Are Involved in Accidents

• Teen Sentenced to Prison in Fatal Shooting

• Father Held in Shooting of Child’s Alleged Attacker By Andrew Blankstein and Carol Chambers

• Westly Leads Ballot Count in Race for Controller

• Felon Gets 25 to Life in $12 Theft By Holly J. Wolcott

• How Safe Is the Surf?

• Police Say Man Killed Family, Self

• 2 Charged in Tiger Attack at Show-and-Tell

• Zoo Conservation Program Starts in the Parking Lot By Patricia Ward Biederman

• Bank Offers Reward for Information on Robber

• Car Overturns After Man Shoots 2 Occupants

• Man’s Body Found Inside Burning Van

• Lutheran Groups Cut Refugee Services

• Siphoning of Payments for Homes Alleged By H G. Reza

• Catholic Bishops Debate Holding Plenary Council

• 9 Gay Linguists Discharged From the Army By John Johnson

• Metal-Finishing Firm Damaged by Fire

• Man Gets Probation for Post-9/11 Threats

• Thousand Oaks Man Killed in Army Exercise

• Bush Disavows Remarks by Evangelists on Islam

• SLA Fugitive Is Freed, Rearrested in South Africa

• Local Soldier Killed in Training Accident

• Pay Raise for President at Cal Poly Irks Union

• L.A. Priest to Head Iowa Episcopal Diocese

• Marlton Square Project Gets the Go-Ahead By Patrick Mcgreevy

Lakers Finally Stop Bleeding

• Energy Crisis for Clippers By Elliott Teaford

• Ducks Sharp, so They Get Point By Chris Foster

• Taft Stakes Claim as Best in the City By Eric Sondheimer

• Narrowing the Gap By Mike Bresnahan

• Clarity Now Begins at Home By Gary Klein

• Sacks Are His Bag By Gary Klein

• Victory in Court Exacts a Price From Steinberg By Sam Farmer

• Cubs Take a Giant Step With Hiring of Baker By Teddy Greenstein

• Ford, Texas Bounce Back, Beat Georgia

• U.S. Under-20 Team Beats El Salvador By Grahame L. Jones

• Palmdale Upsets Antelopes By Martin Henderson, Lauren Peterson, John Ortega, and Dan Arritt; rafer Weigel

• USC AT A GLANCE

• Long Beach Poly’s Brulois Will Miss Preliminaries By Dan Arritt, Eric Maddy, Dan Loumena, and John Ortega

• Hurricanes Earn Tie With Flyers, 1-1

• Murray Says He Feels Fine By Helene Elliott

• Crenshaw Makes Its Point, Beats Dorsey By Eric Stephens and Steve Galluzzo

• While Team Plays, Odom Trudges Along By Elliott Teaford

• Big Sky Only Reprimands

• Loss Cuts Deeply for Chouinard By Chris Foster

• THE TIMES’ TOP 25

• Mavericks Upend Celtics, Stay Perfect

• Lavin’s Young Bruins Low-Bridged by Branch By J A. Adande

• Top Performers

• Names They Herd Through Grapevine By Lisa Dillman

• RATING THE TV GAMES By Robyn Norwood

• Former President Still Connects With Public By Peter Yoon

• Jackson Seeks an End to Augusta ‘Apartheid’ By Lance Pugmire

• Dolphins’ Carter Out of Hospital

• He’s Good Man in a Tight Spot By Gary Klein

• Trojans Manage 63-55 Win By Mike Terry

• Even Brown’s Influence Can’t Help Grizzlies Yet

• Odds on Thunderello Drop By Bob Mieszerski

• Stewart in Line for Title

• For Ayala, Good Doesn’t Cut It By Steve Springer

• Fullmer Wants Full-Time Job By Bill Shaikin

• Top Prospect Facing Assault Charges By Jerry Crowe

• Red Hot Blitzer Goes for Fourth in a Row By Bob Mieszerski

• Bishop Amat, Loyola Triumph By Ben Bolch and Mark Alaia

• THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

• The Possibility of the Positive By Vonda White

• Free the Monkey, Keep the $20 and Lose the Ads By Milla Goldenberg

Former Policyholder Takes Insurer to Task

• Messier Dogged by Questions By Achrene Sicakyuz

• Sports Agent Steinberg’s Firm Awarded $45 Million By Ralph Frammolino

• CEO Received $1-Million Loan, Cadiz Discloses By Michael A. Hiltzik

• Overseas Sales Help Parent of Sizzler By Karen Robinson-Jacobs

• Industrial Output Falls; Consumers More Upbeat By Tim Ahmann

• A Sixth Up Week Posted by Dow

• Webcasters Free to Reach Deals By Jon Healey

• Gateway Shares Drop 15% on Disclosure of SEC Probe By Joseph Menn

• Microsoft Discloses Its Winners, Losers By Joseph Menn

• AutoCare Accused in SEC Filing By Kathy M. Kristof

• Also

• Qwest Finds More Mistakes in Profit Filing

• Amgen Sues U.S. Over Payments By Denise Gellene

• Homestore Investors Raise New Claims About AOL Deal By Edmund Sanders

• Louisiana Sets Plan for Cigarette Maker Trial

• SEC Probe Disclosed by Allmerica Financial

• AOL, Cendant Added to Fraud Suit By E. Scott Reckard and Edmund Sanders

• Grand Jury Probes Pipeline Explosion

• New Evidence of Fraud in Power Crisis By Nancy Rivera Brooks

Poster to pedestal

• Justice Dept. opens alt-weekly inquiry By Tim Rutten

• Something new joins the mix By Richard Cromelin

• The scary ‘Ring’ is a pleasant surprise By Elaine Dutka

• The shift from Ozzie to ‘The Osbournes’ By Josh Friedman

• Pianist Watts hospitalized, has surgery By Chris Pasles

• Michael is still a thriller By Reed Johnson

• Middle East stories from those who know the territory By Lynn Smith

• At opera company, it’s time to adapt By Mike Boehm

• Insight expands his music By Don Heckman

• ‘West Side Story’ benefit for Aero

• Is bad news drowning out rap’s positive beat? By Robert Hilburn

• New Scripts at South Coast By Lee Margulies

• Protesters disrupt fashion show

• Caltech rejects Serra’s massive wall sculpture By Bettijane Levine

• Eminem collects trophies in Spain

• Rapper is shot on 8 Mile Road

• FINALLY

Families Suspect a Link Between Missing College-Age Adults

• White House Insists Its Focus Is on Al Qaeda By Greg Miller and Josh Meyer

• Unions See ‘Hostility’ in Bush Federal Jobs Plan By Nancy Cleeland

• Homeland Security Measure Dominates in Senate Session By Nick Anderson

• Swept Off Her Feet: A Tornado and a Wedding

• Texas Students, Faculty Subdue Man With Shotgun

• Hearing for Juvenile Sniper Suspect

• Congress Passes Bill to Create Commission on Terrorist Attacks By Nick Anderson

• Ruling Ends Ban but Limits Tests of New Sonar By Kenneth R. Weiss

• 8 Cubans Who Reached Key West Are Processed

• Pageant Officials Sweat Over Abstinence Idea

• Engineers Give Shuttle Problems Closer Look

• At Least 2 Killed When Parking Garage Falls

• Rescuers Unable to Save Second Horse From Florida Sinkhole

• Full Senate Approves Appeals Court Nominee

• Hopes of Bankruptcy Overhaul Die in Senate By Richard Simon and Warren Vieth

• Skin Warning for Painkiller Issued

• Easing a Transatlantic Chill

• Environment Under Attack

• The Last ‘Soldier’ Falls

Palestinians Kill 12 in Ambush

• 2 Abducted Clerics Rescued

• Prayerful Balinese Gather to Purge Bombing Site of Evil By Richard C. Paddock

• U.S. and Allies Tighten Noose on Illegal Oil Shipments Through Gulf By Tony Perry

• War, Peace Not in Hands of Inspectors, Blix Says By Maggie Farley

• Bus Bombing in Pakistan Leaves 2 Dead and 9 Hurt

• By Stepping Aside, China’s Jiang Made His Mark on History By Henry Chu

• U.S. Strikes After Bases Are Hit

• Actor Discusses Big Issues With Pig

• Ex-Officer Gets 60-Year Term

• 2 Embassies Warn Parents in Indonesia

• U.S. Planes Hit Iraqi Targets After Coming Under Attack By James Gerstenzang

• Leaders of Belarus and Ukraine Told to Stay Put

• 20 Anti-Globalization Activists Are Arrested

• Presidential Contenders to Merge Campaigns

• U.S., India Discussing Military Sale

• U.S. May Punish Colombia Air Force By T. Christian Miller

• Russia Has Advice for Inspectors

• Death Toll Reaches 118 in Latest Nepalese Strife

• Troop Mandate in War on Terror Extended

• Terror Suspects to Stay in Hong Kong By Tyler Marshall

• Latin American Unity Urged