Archive for Saturday, December 20, 2003

It’s No Small Matter

• Appetite Depends on Brain Chemical

• Beagle Begins Last Phase of Mars Mission

• Cholesterol Links to Metabolism Studied

• Solstice Marks the Start of Winter By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Sperm Affected by Age of Men

• Ancient Art Shows Early Man’s Skill By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Warming Is Seen in Oceans’ Saltiness

• Frog’s Song May Soothe Diseases

Signs of the Times: 2003 Ends With a Holiday Roundup of Strange Sights

• Deputy Shooting Suspect Kills Himself at Station By Lance Pugmire

• Old Bethlehem Reborn in Chatsworth By K. Connie Kang

• Officer Bridges Gap Between Two Worlds By Ann M. Simmons

• Casden’s Attorneys File Complaint Against Cooley By Nicholas Riccardi

• Friends, Staff Shed Tears as Hospital Closes Doors By Daryl Kelley

• Special Week for Some Brand-New Congregations By K. Connie Kang

• Judd Marmor, 93; Helped End Classification of Gays as Ill By Elaine Woo

• Chaplain Sues for Access to Jail By Jean Guccione

• Johnny Cunningham, 46; Fiddler Helped Revive Celtic Music, Explored Rock ‘n’ Roll By Mike Boehm

• Trial Is Set for Accused Killer of Girl By Claire Luna

• Broader Inquiry Urged in Farmers Market Tragedy By Martha Groves

• Removal of Hanukkah Banners Protested By Gregory W. Griggs

• Condit Sues Tabloids for $209 Million

• Backers of Prop. 187 Push for New Initiative By Daniel Hernandez

• Charges Are Dismissed in Pool Scare By David Haldane and Ray F. Herndon

• Council Hearings Urged on Airport Pacts By Jessica Garrison

• Brown Breaks Ground on 1st Reservoir Project

• Skirball Reaches Out to Families With a Variety of Programs By Monte Morin

• Two Crisis Teams to Oversee Hospital By Mitchell Landsberg

• Court Limits Liability of 911 Dispatchers

• 9-Year-Old Girl Named in Drug Suit Dies

• Board Told to Record Meetings By Joel Rubin

• Officials Euthanize Injured Horse Found in Whittier Area

• Court Bows Out of Fight Over Health Insurance Law By Carl Ingram

• Agencies Get $9.5 Million in U.S. Homeless Aid By Jennifer Mena

• Judge Sets Aside Election on UFW By Monte Morin

• Flu Patients Inundating Southland ERs By Jia-Rui Chong

• Newbury Park Man Arrested After Powder Is Found in Mail

• Herb Firm’s Plea May Help Plaintiffs By Jean O. Pasco

• Elizabeth Bates, 56; Expert on the Brain’s Role in Language

• ‘Skunk’ Train May Roll Again by Next Summer

• City Council Votes to Block Development in Verdugos By Jessica Garrison

• Residents Told Water Is Contaminated by TCE

• Former State Official to Head UCLA Environment Institute By Miguel Bustillo

• Interim County Registrar Rodermund Is Appointed to the Job Permanently

• Hearing Concludes for Chief of POW Camp By Tony Perry

• Fran Avallone, 66; Abortion Rights Activist Founded, Directed N.J. Advocacy Group By Myrna Oliver

• Woman May Have Made a Record Catch

• Report Identifies Threats to Local Families By Lynne Barnes

• Police Follow Their Noses to Pot Nursery

• ‘Angel of Death’ Settles Claims With 4 Families

Coaches Coming, Going in the NFL

• Bryant Flies to the Rescue By Tim Brown

• Heisman Winner White to Return

• It’s Texas Fold-‘Em for Clippers and Streak By Jerry Crowe

• No Clear Favorite for This Eclipse Award By Bill Christine

• Giguere Gives Crowd a Perfect Alternative By Chris Foster

• Trojans Pursue Perfect Ending By Eric Stephens

• Jarvis Is Out at St. John’s

• Trojans Make Push Toward Win By Paul Gutierrez

• White Sox Give Lee a $15-Million Deal

• Similar Days Lie Ahead By Tim Brown

• Judge Says He’ll ‘Make the Law’ on Key Motions By Steve Henson

• Delaware Claims Division I-AA Title

• Portis Sits Out Most of Broncos’ Practice

• Leading Lady By Elia Powers

• Virginia Overpowers Loyola Marymount By Lonnie White

• Drobnjak on Injured List By Jerry Crowe

• UCLA Women Fall, 47-43 By Mike Terry

• Speech Is Free, but Not Phones, Signs or Caps By Mike Penner

• UP NEXT By Paul Gutierrez

• Panthers Send Stars to Another Road Loss

• For Bryant, Reality Now Is a Surreal Proposition By J A. Adande

• Ceremony Gives Bruins an Audience By Elliott Teaford

• Top Performers

• Parks Draws Attention to BCS By Gary Klein and Jessica Garrison

• Westchester Appeal Set for Next Month By Eric Sondheimer

• Maybe He Found His Calling in Life By Larry Stewart

• Drew Out of Bed, Not in Uniform By Peter Yoon

• Angels Finally Find the Way to Sign Jose By Ben Bolch

• Michigan Preparations to Begin in Earnest By David Wharton

• Youthlike Tries to Go the Extra Distance By Bob Mieszerski

• Vargas Pulls Out of Fight

• Murray Doesn’t Blame Stumpel By Mike Bresnahan

• Mourning Gets Kidney Transplant

• Purdue Edges UCSB

• Ferdinand Suspended 8 Months By Grahame L. Jones

• Dahlia Handicap Draws a Competitive Field By Bob Mieszerski

• Cavaliers End Road Losing Streak

• The Pain and the Delight of Colliding Cultures By Desiree Zamorano

• Santa Heard the Call and Gave the Best Gift of All By Charles W. Mccoy Jr.

Making a Play for Eager Minds

• Disney Park Bucks Trend

• Roy Disney, Gold Won’t Put Up Dissident Slate By James Bates

• FCC Approves News Corp.’s DirecTV Bid By Jube Shiver Jr.

• CSFB Is Asked to Aid Farmer Bros. By Jerry Hirsch

• Janus to Reimburse Investors $31.5 Million

• Wal-Mart Says It Aided Janitor Probe

• Also

• Refinancing Lender Instafi.com Closes

• Grocers Reject Union Offer; Talks Halted By Nancy Cleeland

• Stocks Close Mixed

• Record Labels Lose Court Case on Privacy By Jon Healey

• Refund Unlikely for Sued File Sharers By Joseph Menn and Terril Yue Jones

• De Line May Be Named President of Paramount By Claudia Eller

• Mutual Funds in California Probed By Josh Friedman

• Crate & Barrel Recalls Hanukkah Menorah By Roger Vincent

• Duke Energy, Mirant Settle Power Case By Nancy Rivera Brooks

• Amylin Says SEC Has Opened Inquiry

Hollywood holidays

• Capitalism Tops Democracy in Tower’s Design By Nicolai Ouroussoff

• Korean film has a hip-hop translation By Robert Lloyd

• Jackman’s holidays to halt ‘Oz’

• Music to ease his grief By Randy Lewis

• Star-filled display of modern art in Houston By Michael Graczyk

• Forgotten Beatles reunion? Forget it By Randy Lewis

• Palm Springs fest hooks ‘Big Fish’ By Patrick Day

• A journey of self-discovery By Maria Elena Fernandez

• Wainwright sings from the heart, with flair By Steve Hochman

• ‘Peter Pan’ among seven films vying for visual-effects Oscar

• From Frette, hit-and-miss isn’t bad at all By Lewis Segal

• Lawyers and TV spin justice By Tim Rutten

• Eminem CD won’t be in magazine

• KDL to change music format again By Steve Carney

• Arts council lauds 11 Californians By Mike Boehm

• P&G products get ‘Survivor’ tie-in

• Studio singed by a hot novel By John Horn

Kerry on a Mission for Momentum in Iowa

• Tower Will Put New York on Top of the World By Josh Getlin

• Where Politics Is Primary By Elizabeth Mehren

• Alaska Senator Defends Record and Investments By Chuck Neubauer and Richard T. Cooper

• Families Scold Malvo in Sentencing Phase

• Bill on Selling, Shipping Big Cats Becomes Law

• Federal Judge OKs a Pay Day for Panhandlers in Chicago By P J. Huffstutter

• Dean Affirms His Ties to Clinton, Prompted by Lieberman Swipe By James Gerstenzang

• CDC Opens Emergency Center for Flu

• Justice Department OKs Redistricting Map

• Bloomberg Vetoes Lead Paint Cleanup

• Curbing Cuban Hijackings

• How Much Without Iowa?

• Don’t Blame Just the Judges

Sharon’s Proposal Met With Skepticism, Anger

• Libya to End Illegal Arms Programs By Maura Reynolds

• For N. Korean Regime, No News Is Good News By Barbara Demick

• Financing the Future of Iraq By John Hendren

• German Welfare State Trimmed, Not Slashed By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Purported Al Qaeda Tape Threatens U.S.

• Bremer Survived Roadside Ambush By Tracy Wilkinson

• Landslides Caused by Rains Claim 70 Lives

• U.S. Seizes Drugs With Possible Al Qaeda Link By Esther Schrader

• Libya’s ‘Good Faith Will Be Returned’

• Raid Targets Illegal Gasoline Sales in Iraq; 20 Held

• Kadafi Began His Overtures More Than a Decade Ago By Paul Richter

• SARS Case Probably Stems From Torn Bag

• Police Suppress Anti-Regime Paper

• U.S. Warns Travelers of Terrorism Risk