Archive for Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Up to Its Neck in Water Woes

• Student With a Well-Developed Alibi By Steve Harvey

• An Ethnic Center’s New Pull By K. Connie Kang

• Ballot Review Favors Frye By Tony Perry

• Judge OKs South L.A. Apartment Evictions By Jessica Garrison and Zeke Minaya

• 2 on Anaheim City Council Sued By Kimi Yoshino

• Closure Urged for Plant Near School By Cara Mia Dimassa

• A. Lydiard, 87; Facilitated Jogging Boom By Jon Thurber

• Plan for Homes Worries Drivers By Janet Wilson and Sara Lin

• Money 101: College Aid Is Available By Stuart Silverstein

• Stephen A. Girard Jr., 91; Industrialist Introduced Jeep to Civilian Drivers

• Man Held in Killing of Two By David Haldane and Mai Tran

• 1 of L.A. Zoo’s 4 Elephants Dies By Monte Morin

• Ex-King/Drew Doctor Resigns Post in Texas By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber

• Matilija Dam Removal a Step Closer By Fred Alvarez

• Suspect in Hostage-Taking Killed

• City Mishandled Studies on Wal-Mart, Court Says

• Garden Grove Woman Is Killed in Crash

• Jury Backs Death for ‘Sausage King’

• IN BRIEF

• Campus Police Officer Fatally Shoots Man

• Washington Educator to Be UC Santa Cruz Chancellor By Rebecca Trounson

• Klein Gets the Final Stem Cell Nomination

• Settlement Reached Over Flood Deaths, Damage

• County Medical Billing System Crawls By Jean O. Pasco

• Ex-Member of Hip-Hop Group Arrested in Slaying

• City Panel Delays Hotel Subsidy Plan By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Brawling With Velvet Gloves By Steve Lopez

• 2 Held in Blake Case Burglary

• Supervisors OK Funds for Jail By Jack Leonard

• Council’s Final Vote on LAX Modernization Advances Plan By Jennifer Oldham

• George S. Schairer, 91; Boeing Engineer Was Known for Innovations

• Police Panel Endorses Limits on Use of Flashlights By Richard Winton

• State Plans to Tighten Control of Tobacco Tax Funds By Carla Rivera

• Mandatory Health Insurance Is Urged By Jordan Rau

• O.C. Health Consultant Has Disputed Pay Pact By Jean O. Pasco

• PASSINGS

• Farmers Fill Up at Federal Water Trough By Mark Arax

• Jackson D.A. Seeks to Use Past Alleged Offenses By Steve Chawkins

• Coach Arrested Over Alleged Offers for Sex By Mai Tran

• Exonerated Firefighter to Return to Work

• Allen C. Haskell, 69; Nurseryman Known for Topiaries, Rare Flowers

• Man Convicted in Credit Card Fraud

• Talking to Strangers? His Lips Are Sealed By Dana Parsons

• Disclosure Exemption Is Proposed By Patrick Mcgreevy

• $100,000 Loan Raises Stakes in Mayoral Race By Jeffrey L. Rabin

• 3 Capo Schools Officially Spared By Joel Rubin

Life Gets Up Close and Very Personal

• Trojans Near a Majerus Deal By Paul Gutierrez

• Lakers Still Can’t Make a Statement By Mike Bresnahan

• It’s a Busy Shopping Day for Angels By Mike Digiovanna

• NOW YOU KNOW

• Respect Grows for Housman’s Talents By Eric Sondheimer

• A Night After Not Playing, Kaman Starts By Jerry Crowe

• Big Play Secures Big Easy Victory

• More Blues Against the Jazz By Jerry Crowe

• THE TIMES’ RANKINGS

• Carry-Over Starts Week By Bob Mieszerski

• NHL, Players’ Union Reject New Proposals By Helene Elliott

• Trojans Near a Majerus Deal By Bill Plaschke

• Mississippi Eyes Erickson

• Risk Is Too Great for Sellers By Bill Christine

• Artest Is Still the Choice for One Fan By Larry Stewart

• No. 1 Louisiana State Is a Winner on Road

• Thomas May Miss Playoffs

• D.C. Council Vote Puts Expos’ Move in Jeopardy

• Mission Viejo in Mix for Team of Year By Eric Sondheimer

• Bush, Not Leinart, Is MVP By Gary Klein

• Irvine Ends 11-Game Road Losing Streak

• Bryant Appreciates Support By Mike Bresnahan

• Dorrell Sets Some Trip Rules By Lonnie White

• Top Performers

• Redondo Bounces Back With Impressive Start By Martin Henderson

• Bobcats Deliver Big Against the Hornets

Can a gasoholic reform?

• Now that’s what he’s singing about By Warren Brown

• Chrysler doesn’t budge on sludge By Ralph Vartabedian

Blockbuster to Halt Late Fees, but There’s a Catch

• Electric Line May Have Power to Ease Logjams By Marc Lifsher

• Supermarkets Still Feel Pain of Long Strike and Lockout By James F. Peltz and Melinda Fulmer

• Merck to Cut 5,100 Jobs by Year-End

• Trade Gap Widens to More Than $55 Billion By Bill Sing

• CKE Shares Climb 15% on Soaring 3rd-Quarter Earnings By Melinda Fulmer

• Bill Targets Loss of Hotels By Roger Vincent

• Las Vegas Sands IPO Raises $690 Million

• MPAA Steps Up War on Piracy By Jube Shiver Jr.

• Also

• ChevronTexaco Plans to Boost Capital Spending

• NFL Contract Boosts Electronic Arts Shares

• United and Pilots in Tentative Contract Deal

• Rule Would Threaten Right to Lunch Break, Activists Say

• Briefly

• Key Issue Unresolved in Latest Hotel Offer By Nancy Cleeland

• Boeing Employees Sue Aetna

• Farmers Chairman to Retire in March

• Judge OKs Settlement Related to Slatkin Case By E. Scott Reckard

• Fed Raises Key Interest Rate to 2.25% By Tom Petruno

• Nasdaq and S&P 500 Hit Three-Year Highs

• Text of Fed Statement on Rates

• Forever 21 Settles Dispute With Garment Workers By Leslie Earnest

• LeapFrog Executive Resigns Amid Probe By Debora Vrana

• Home Prices Hit New Highs By Annette Haddad

• Google’s Stock Jumps on Library-Book Plan

• 99 Cents Stores to Sweeten Driver Bid By Nancy Cleeland

• Merrill Contractor Faces Insider Trading Charges

• Wet Seal Shareholders May See Their Stake Cut By Leslie Earnest

• Nasdaq Plans Stock Offering

• Oracle Seeks Financing for PeopleSoft Purchase

• CEO Says GE’s Profit May Rise as Much as 17% in ‘05

• U.S. Sees Progress by China on Trade

THE FLAVORS OF CHRISTMAS

• What’s better than chocolate? By Beth Fortune

• 2003 Franz Hirtzberger Spitzer Riesling ‘Singerriedel’ Smaragd By S. Irene Virbila

• Frank and Dino, meet George and Brad By S. Irene Virbila

• Cookstuff By Emily Green and Wes Bausmith

• One sings, the other does too By Leslie Brenner

• A truffle under the tree By David Shaw

• Foundation’s future is a concern By Regina Schrambling and Corie Brown; Leslee Komaiko

• A tisket, a tasket, a delectable basket By Laurie Winer

• Sorry chefs’ scariest nightmare By Russ Parsons

Carrying a load

• In sunset years, let them entertain you By Paul Lieberman

• Tenure ends, legacy endures By Irene Lacher

• Laid bare in the ring By Kenneth Turan

• Catty is his middle name, dear By Desmond Butler

• ‘Ignatz Goes to Work’ By Mel Gilden

• ‘Idol’ Clarkson digs deeper By Natalie Nichols

• Putting Howard Hughes’ films back on the radar By Susan King

• Where the impossible is discovery By Daryl H. Miller

• With wit and rhyme, Ludacris widens appeal By Soren Baker

• Manilow gets long-term deal in Vegas

• A star is born: This TV exec is funny By Maria Elena Fernandez

• Joseph Arthur’s songs transcend his mood-creating special effects By Steve Appleford

• Xtet hits outer limits with ‘Ceiling of Heaven’ By Chris Pasles

• A cavalcade of hip-hop cameos By Natalie Nichols

• Labor dispute sends producers guild to new locale By Robert W. Welkos

• NEA to grant California groups 18 awards of $10,000 each By Diane Haithman

• Little girl finds a special gift during holidays

• Sharon Stone sues surgeon

• He’s your ordinary, average Phinnaeus By Paul Farhi

• Sen. Zell Miller to join Fox News By Elizabeth Jensen

• Study cites lack of TV diversity

• Jokes & Riddles

• A seductive meditation on love and life By Thomas Mcgonigle

• ‘Survivor’ finale boosts CBS By Scott Collins

• Schwarzenegger set for cameo

• Eminem studio for sale on EBay

A Toy Story With a New Beginning

• A Home Page Worth Clicking

• 3 Iraq Strategists Honored by Bush

• Twin Moms Double Their Fun

• Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Indiana

• Scholar With Revoked Visa Resigns

• Freighter’s Front May Be Towed

• GOP Has Lock on South, and Democrats Can’t Find Key By Ronald Brownstein

• Investments to Kick Off Social Security Discussion By Joel Havemann and Warren Vieth

• Underground Railroad Marker Is Cut Down

• Baby’s Death, Bible Passage Linked

• Package May Be Tied to BTK Killer

• Many Firms to Keep Retirees’ Drug Plans By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• U.S. Registers Drop in Levels of Fine-Particle Pollution By Marla Cone

• Court Rebuffs Democrats in Washington Recount

• Bush Protesters Will Be Back in D.C.

• No Deal Near in Holocaust Survivors’ Suit By Henry Weinstein

• Court Supports Montana Miners’ Case

• Civil Rights Groups Sue Over ‘Intelligent Design’

• Rancher Arrested After Woman Hits Steer, Dies

• Boston Archbishop Reviews Church Closings

• Chile’s Cast-Out ‘Angel’

• NASA in Wonderland

• The Mideast’s Second Chance By Joseph R. Biden Jr.

• Creative Class Warms to Climate Change By Nick Schulz

• The Silence of the Pols: Where’s the Outrage Over King/Drew? By Patt Morrison

• Trying to Outsmart Bullets

• Slow Ride to the Death Chamber

• Nowadays, It’s an Apple iPod for the Teacher By Karen Stabiner

Black Empowerment Policy Stirs Criticism, Divisions in S. Africa

• France Dedicates World’s Tallest Bridge

• Trials to Start for Heads of Former Iraqi Regime By Alissa J. Rubin

• PLO Leader Says Attacks ‘Should Stop’ By Ken Ellingwood

• Train Collision Kills 37 in Northern India

• Smaller Parties Jostle for Piece of Iraq Election Pie By Ashraf Khalil

• Party Leader Arrested After Islam Comments

• Doctor Who Criticized U.N. in Book Finds Himself Out of a Job By Maggie Farley

• Poland to Cut Its Troops in Iraq in Mid-February

• Opposition Takes Campaign on the Road

• British High Court OKs Inquiry Into Iraqi’s Death

• Gunmen Hijack Bus With 26 Passengers

• U.S. Announces More Deployments

• Police Arrest Five Suspected Militants

• Some Marines Mentally Ill After Iraq, Documents Show

• 2 Taliban Officials Captured in Kandahar

• Details of Marines Mistreating Prisoners in Iraq Are Revealed By Richard A. Serrano

• U.N. Troops in Haiti Crack Down

• Lawyers for Pinochet Appeal House Arrest

• A Silent Night Added to Christmas List

• U.S. Takes to Air to Move Cargo in Iraq By John Hendren