Archive for Thursday, July 31, 2003

Hot Spell Sours Produce, Moods

• Family Again Takes First Place (in Line) at the Fair By Jenifer Ragland

• Wildlife Agent on Path to Recovery By Nancy Wride

• Rare Summer Storm Pounds the High Desert By Karima A. Haynes

• Scuffle Raises Questions By Jessica Garrison

• Sam Phillips, Who Launched Elvis and a Revolution, Dies By Claudia Luther

• A Downbeat Requiem for Music Producer’s Son By Jose Cardenas and Monte Morin

• Rain Puts Damper on Surf Contest By David Reyes

• M. Peter Katsufrakis, 83; Judge Advocated for the Little Guy By Dennis Mclellan

• Bush Stays Aloof on Davis Recall By Michael Finnegan and Gregg Jones

• Sister Rose Harrington, 83; Pioneering Theology Teacher Founded Cafe for Homeless By Myrna Oliver

• Coroner Seeks Help Finding Victim’s Family

• Fate of Ventura Landmark at a Crossroads By Andy Olsen

• Foday Sankoh, 65; Led Sierra Leone Rebels Notorious for War Crimes

• Serge Silberman, 86; Independent French Movie Producer

• A Wilshire Jewel, or Imitation? By Bob Pool

• Traffic at a Crawl? Some Are Saying That’s Good News By Caitlin Liu

• Police Abuse Case Will Be Retried By Jean Guccione and Megan Garvey, Richard Marosi

• Ruling Delayed on Ventura Doctors’ Suit By Daryl Kelley

• Arson Suspected in 4,300-Acre Wildfire

• Man, 53, Charged Under New Law By David Haldane

• For O.C., It’s Bad and Good News By Claire Luna and Jean O. Pasco, Scott Martelle

• Paris Trip Makes OCTA Board Edgy By Dan Weikel

• Defiant Triple Killer Sentenced to Death By Akilah Johnson

• Republicans Picked Their Budget Battle – and Won By George Skelton

• Inglewood Council Won’t Fill Interim Seat By Jean Merl

• Wetlands Get Boost in Budget Dealing By Jean O. Pasco

• Man Arrested in Brutal Assault on Woman

• Second Man Is Arrested in Fatal Race By Mai Tran

• Davis Vetoes Bill to Allow Colleges to Bypass Some Seismic Standards By Kenneth Reich

• James Lear, 80; Prolific Actor Had One-Man Show on Hemingway

• Deputy’s Force Was Excessive, Jurors Find By Tracy Wilson

• Anaheim Man Held in String of Gas Station Robberies By David Haldane

• Woman Denies Guilt in Boys’ Car-Heat Deaths

• Crime Fight Unites Sheriff, EPA

• Most Are Spared Deep, Painful Cuts in Compromise Budget Plan By Dan Morain and Jenifer Warren

• Rising Heat in Desert Is Blamed for 5 July Deaths By Joy L. Woodson

• OK on State Budget Is a Relief for Supervisors By Catherine Saillant

• Rise in Home Values Boosts Tax Coffers By Daren Briscoe

• UC Faculty Back Policy Increasing Their Freedom By Rebecca Trounson

• Attempt to Steal ATM From Restaurant Fails

• Initiative Set for Ballot, Backers Say By Carl Ingram

• Spending Plan Fuels Anxiety By Seema Mehta and Hugo Martín

• Quake in Northern California Ripples Through U.S. Web Site By Kenneth Reich

• Johnny Walker, 76; Indian Comedian Did Almost 300 Movies

• Wall Street Takes Dim View of Budget’s Reliance on Borrowing By Thomas S. Mulligan and Jeffrey L. Rabin, Tom Petruno

• Opening of UC Merced is Delayed by Budget Crisis By Rebecca Trounson

Falcon Quest

• A Deuce Is Not Enough By Jason Reid

• Clemens Shuts Out Replacement Squad By Bill Shaikin

• Martinez Pays Quick Dividend By Grahame L. Jones

• Error Helps Willis Outduel Johnson

• Clippers to Make a Point With Miller by Letting Him Leave By Elliott Teaford

• Hewitt Shows Controlling Interest By Rob Fernas

• Conventional PGA Would Be an Upset By Thomas Bonk

• Sparks Don’t Rule This House By Mike Terry

• In Pac-10, It’s Coaching Chaos By Chris Dufresne

• Schmidt Bests Wood, Cubs

• Appier Becomes Prime Angel Cut By Bill Shaikin

• USC Freshman Booty Will Get a Chance to Start By Gary Klein

• Ohio St. Won’t Let Clarett Practice

• A Case of Tu Little, Tu Late By Lauren Peterson

• Cavaliers Sign Kapono

• Evans in Race With Mariners, Yankees for Boone By Jason Reid

• Finishing Last Leaves Him Feeling in the Red By John Weyler

• Desert Classic Won’t Lose Hope for Some Time By Thomas Bonk

• Theresa’s Memo Debuts By Bob Mieszerski

• Park’s Lead Grows to 2 Strokes

• Metamorphosis Goes for Second Win in Row By Bob Mieszerski

• Warner Joins Club Criticism By Jim Barrero

• Time Is Expiring for Evans By Ross Newhan

• Sabathia Feels Right at Home in Victory

• Utah Is Penalized for Rules Violations By Robyn Norwood

• Valentin Goes on Power Trip

• On-Court Challenges Become Less Important By T J. Simers

• Media Request Considered By Steve Henson

• Boller and Ravens Agree on Contract

• Athletics Get Guillen in Trade With the Reds

• This Wonder Never Ceases By Bill Dwyre

The beauty of utility

• ‘A freeing experience’ By Elaine Dutka

• A Bowl full of changes By Louise Roug

• Three-day forecast

• A keen eye for artists By Holly Myers

• ‘Daredevil’ DVD is worth the risk

• On the cutting edge By Chris Rubin

• Young masters at work By Brenda Rees

• Raising the bar By Leslee Komaiko

• Toying with art By Andrew John Ignatius Vontz

• A chilling moment in history By Kevin Thomas

• ‘Bad Boys II’ soundtrack stays on top By Robert Hilburn

• Will call By Karla S. Blume

• Buzz clubs By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Oh, the wonder of two wheels By Adam Tschorn

• Stuck in the slow lane By S. Irene Virbila

• Buzz bands By Kevin Bronson; Steve Baltin

• Steamed clams By Jessica Strand

• Mixing it up with creepy-crawlies By Mark Sachs

• Chewed up, spit out By Paul Brownfield

• The West, seen from a different perspective By Kevin Thomas

• Setting the hot shots By Pete Metzger

• From the inside out By Mark Olsen

• Beauty and aggression mix in universal messages By Steve Hochman

• Guitar riffs, Clift, clubs: It’s all good By Carolyn Patricia Scott

• El Gran Silencio lets emotions rule the day By Ernesto Lechner

• Going slapstick with Sophocles By David C. Nichols

• Gay themes give Bravo a lift

• Oh, so much pain in my poor chakras By Samantha Bonar

• A display of versatility by Sumi Jo at the Bowl By Daniel Cariaga

• FINALLY

• These donations are Golden By From A

• Theater By Daryl H. Miller

• Alliance on the airwaves

Gilead’s Research Goes to Front Lines

• Terminator Now Must Try to Reinvent His Screen Persona By Claudia Eller and Michael Cieply

• Treasury Bond Yields Pull Back

• Peet’s Profit Doubles on Expansion By Jerry Hirsch

• Talks Could Create a Giant By Meg James and Richard Verrier

• Mortgage Refinancing Applications Fall Sharply By Jesus Sanchez and Bonnie Harris

• Clayton Shareholders OK Berkshire Deal

• Judge Suggests Daewoo Unit Can’t Block Rivals

• Filing Cites Hefty Raises at Jakks By Abigail Goldman

• Blue Chips End Little Changed; Tech Slumps

• Cingular to Buy NextWave Licenses

• ICN Extends Offer for Ribapharm Shares By Ronald D. White

• Jury Deadlocks in Smoker Suit

• May to Cut Jobs, Shut 32 Lord & Taylor Stores

• Spam Maker Tells Firm to Can It By Marisa Lagos

• WorldCom Subject of FCC Probe

• Aetna Profit Climbs 28% on Cost Cuts

• European Union OKs P&G Wella Purchase

• ChevronTexaco Hikes Dividend by 3 Cents By Elizabeth Douglass

• Bebe’s Earnings Down 18% in Quarter By Elizabeth Kelly

• Gates Buys 7% Stake in Grupo Televisa

• Cox Earnings Rebound on New Services Boost

• Stock Fund Cash Flow Gains Again

• Brokerage B. Riley to Acquire Boutique Bank By E. Scott Reckard

• Goodyear Posts Loss of $74 Million in Quarter

• Pillowtex to Liquidate; 6,450 Workers Fired

• Technicolor Focuses on Digitizing By Michael Hiltzik

• U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Growth, Fed Says

• SBC Unit Sues RIAA Over Push to Identify Net Music Sharers

• Big 5 Posts 52% Jump in Profit By Melinda Fulmer

Sharks swim forward in Cerritos

• ‘The Secret Club’ By Sue Alexander

• Jokes & Riddles

Hopes High, Boston Church Installs ‘Archbishop Sean’

• The Sky Is Raining Ash, but These Montanans Are Holdouts at Home By Tomas Alex Tizon

• Old South Oratory Lives On By Ken Ellingwood

• Truck Fire Burns 13, 1 Fatally

• Million-Dollar Coin Should’ve Been Buffaloed; Experts Aren’t

• Baylor Athlete Was Shot in Head, Autopsy Shows

• Tax Cuts Helped Create Deficit, Bush Concedes

• GOP Senators Offer Rescue Plan for Amtrak

• E-Mailing Poem Costs Arkansas Official Job

• New York Times to Add Ombudsman to Its Staff By Josh Getlin

• Boeing Brain Drain Linked to Shuttle Disaster By Ralph Vartabedian

• Mississippi Sheriff Is Charged in Federal Extortion, Bribery Case

• Bush Foresees Faster Growth By Edwin Chen

• ACLU Lawsuit Targets the Patriot Act

• Compensation Denied ‘91 Gulf War POWs

• Runway Incidents on Decline By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• New Passenger Screening Plan

• Storm Swirls Around Mexican ID Card Use By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Arduous Dig to Find Spy’s Buried Stash By Susannah Rosenblatt

• 35 Pardons Urged Over Discredited Agent

• Senate Party-Line Vote Kills Energy Market Curbs By Richard Simon

• Plans to Trim Air Marshal Ranks Denied

• Civil Rights Commission to Investigate Florida Hanging

A fusion of color and spirit

• Off the reef and red-hot By David A. Keeps and Adamo Digregorio

• Tuning in to satellite radio’s jukebox in the sky By David Colker

• A lasting passion for plumeria By Janet Eastman

• An ever-present past By David L. Ulin

• A spirit that speaks in bold tones By Barbara King

• The stuff trips are made of

• It’s time to clear the air – and the dust bunnies By Jake Klein

• A summer from the Rockford files

• Head toward the mega-mall, turn left and zone out By David A. Keeps and Adamo Digregorio

• Deco in downtown: a study under the stars By Lisa Boone

• Keep Pensions Accountable

• Pointy Heads, Deadly Game

• Terrorism: There’s No Futures in It By Joseph E. Stiglitz

• Law and Logic Should Delay Measure on Race By Erwin Chemerinsky

• Colorblind Versus Blindfolded By James Q. Wilson

• A Goal for Police

Red Carpet Reveals Abbas’ Ascent

• Time Is the One Enemy That May Vanquish Him By Ching-Ching Ni

• Empowered, but Lacking Electricity By Terry Mcdermott

• Bush Defends His Credibility By Maura Reynolds

• Nigerian Troops Due in Liberia Next Week By Maggie Farley

• Iraqi Governing Council Names Its First President

• House’s DeLay Bonds With Israeli Hawks By Megan K. Stack

• Peru Asks Japan to Return Fujimori

• Turkey Curtails Military’s Political Power By Tracy Wilkinson

• Fears Persist of Terrorism Links at Scuba School By Sebastian Rotella

• Stones Give Satisfaction in SARS-Free Concert

• U.N. Seen as Last Resort for Nuclear Crisis Talks

• Gunman Attacks School, Killing Teacher, Students

• Court Again OKs Ex-Dictator’s Candidacy