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What happened on February 27, 2004
OPINION
Debate Social Security Now
A Remedy for Shakedowns
Mexico Must Reach Out
Bush Fuels the Dispute Over Gay Marriages
We Owe Iraq's Children More Than a Hospital
The Voters Need Facts to Judge the Candidates
Supermarket Customers Against Union-Busting
Chick Takes Care of City Business
Maybe Catch Phrases Capture Politicians Best
A Theory of Relativity
Is It a Land Grab or a Peace Fence?
Haiti Bleeds on an Altar of Savior Politics By Greg Chamberlain, Greg Chamberlain has reported on Haiti and the Caribbean since 1970 and is the former Caribbean specialist for the British daily the Guardian.
Greenspan Is Right: Act Before Social Security Goes Boom By Paul Hodge, Paul Hodge is director of the Harvard Generations Policy Project and founding editor of the new Harvard Generations Policy Journal. Its inaugural issue can be downloaded at www.genpolicy.com.
Job Opening, Some English Required By Bill Maher, Bill Maher is host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."
What's in a Name? A Potful of Problems By Gary Ruskin, Gary Ruskin is executive director of Commercial Alert (www.commercialalert.org).
ENTERTAINMENT
The rehabilitation of H.L. Mencken By Anthony Day, Special to The Times
'What Boys Like'? You can guess, can't you? By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Laughter is not an option for 'Club Dread' visitors By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Somebody's learned a lesson here By Nick Charles, Special to The Times
They like the sound of Academy Award winner By Andre Chautard, Special to The Times
Is TV Gibson's new passion? By Scott Collins, Times Staff Writer
Many degrees of musical separation By Richard Cromelin, Times Staff Writer
Neil Young links his sonic passion to a visual realm By Kevin Crust, Times Staff Writer
Case worth investigating -- or is it just 'Twisted'? By Manohla Dargis, Times Staff Writer
Danny Glover event March 5
Disrupting the usual cultural patterns By Holly Myers, Special to The Times
Those are fighting words By Lynell George, Times Staff Writer
Darkness is light and sunny in this 'World' By Rob Kendt, Special to The Times
She's a sharp one By Dana Kennedy, Special to The Times
Creativity Corner
New life for old winners By Susan King, Times Staff Writer
Vogel's women on the verge By Daryl H. Miller, Times Staff Writer
The world according to Vanderslice By Natalie Nichols, Special to The Times
Hepcats spin a 'Hot Mikado' By David C. Nichols, Special to The Times
'Unspeakable' opens today
Not fitting the mold By David Pagel, Special to The Times
Jokes & Riddles
'Our Fathers' due on Showtime By Greg Braxton
Washington Opera goes 'national' From the Washington Post
Bach Archive to digitize scores From Associated Press
'Christ' sets off souvenir spree From Associated Press
Utah museum to return painting From Associated Press
TV society cites Jackson program From staff and wire reports
Spanish film and its means of seduction By Kevin Thomas
Irish family under the microscope By F. Kathleen Foley;david C. Nichols;rob Kendt
'The Return of Ignatz' By Mel Gilden, Special to The Times
Stars lined up for 'Boulevard' reading
The heart -- and feet -- quicken in 'Havana Nights' By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Think of it as 'Speed' on the subway By Kevin Thomas, Times Staff Writer
'Lenin' offers humor, triumph By Kenneth Turan, Times Staff Writer
WORLD
Arab Leaders Criticize U.S. 'Reform' Plan By Paul Richter, Times Staff Writer
Qatar Arrests 2 Russians in Chechen Rebel Leader's Killing By David Holley, Times Staff Writer
Man Gets 10 Years in Marriott Hotel Blast From Times Wire Reports
Opposition Leader's Murder Plot Trial Ends From Times Wire Reports
Raids Target Internet Child Porn Networks From Times Wire Reports
Losers' Protests Result in Halt to Iraq Contract From Reuters
Kin of 3 Air Crash Victims Held in Controller's Slaying From Associated Press
Haiti's President Dismisses U.S. Doubts of His Viability By Carol J. Williams and Paul Richter, Times Staff Writers
Shiite Leader Reluctantly Backs U.S. Transition Plan By Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Times Staff Writer
Libya Travel Ban Lifted; Firms Can Begin Talks From Associated Press
Macedonian Leader Feared Dead in Crash From Associated Press
Israel Kills 2 at Protest of Barrier By Laura King, Times Staff Writer
Amid Mixed Signals, N. Korea Agrees to a Nuclear Freeze By Ching-ching Ni, Times Staff Writer
Al Qaeda and Taliban Have Faded, Afghan Leader Says By John Hendren, Times Staff Writer
Siberian Cafe Blast Kills 18 From Times Wire Services
Awaiting Rebels With Fear, Defiance By John-thor Dahlburg, Times Staff Writer
Britain Spied on Annan at U.N., Former Official Says By John Daniszewski, Times Staff Writer
Problem With Cosmonaut's Suit Halts Spacewalk By David Holley, Times Staff Writer
BUSINESS
Lenders Have Own Plan for Adelphia From Bloomberg News
FDA Approves Genentech's Avastin Colon Cancer Medicine By Denise Gellene, Times Staff Writer
BofA Ordered to Pay $75 Million on Fees By E. Scott Reckard, Times Staff Writer
Judge Blocks Sale of Hollinger From Associated Press
Calpine Posts Profit With Help From One-Time Gains From Reuters
More Pension Funds Won't Back Eisner By Richard Verrier, Times Staff Writer
Dollar Strengthens Against Yen, Euro From Bloomberg News and Times Staff Reports
Analysts See Signs of Growing Health in Economic Indicators From Reuters
U.S. Ruling Helps Edison Record Profit in Quarter From Bloomberg News
Google Founders Join Forbes' Growing List of Billionaires From Associated Press
Gap Profit Up 43%, Extending Revival By Debora Vrana, Times Staff Writer
Genentech Settles Tanox Dispute From Associated Press
Genzyme to Buy Ilex Oncology for $1 Billion in Stock Deal From Associated Press
IBM Found Not Liable for Ex-Workers' Cancers By Chris Gaither and Terril Yue Jones, Times Staff Writers
IHOP Net Income Drops 27% From Dow Jones/Associated Press
Unions Plan to Merge to Counter Corporate Giants By Don Lee, Times Staff Writer
Tech Stocks Push Higher but Blue Chips Struggle From Times Staff and Wire Reports
FleetBoston Suspends 8 After Civil Charges From Associated Press
U.S. Regulators Oppose Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid By Alex Pham, Times Staff Writer
Workers Greet Deal With Relief Despite Uncertainty By Debora Vrana and Ronald D. White, Times Staff Writers
Penney Posts $1.07-Billion Loss From Bloomberg News
Kmart Pre-Bankruptcy Payments Criticized From Reuters
Banks, Thrifts Earn Record Sum in 2003 From Reuters
30-Year Mortgage Rates Hold Steady From Associated Press
Jury Chosen for Trial of Adelphia Founder From Bloomberg News
IN BRIEF / Also
State OKs PG&E Plan to Cut Electric Rates From Bloomberg News
Witness in Stewart Trial Dies of Heart Attack From Bloomberg News
Microsoft Plan May Include Dividend Boost From Reuters
Split PUC Says SBC Rebate Not Required By James S. Granelli, Times Staff Writer
Firestone Recalling Steeltex Tire Model From Associated Press
Union, Stores Reach a Deal to End Strike By James F. Peltz, Melinda Fulmer and Ronald D. White, Times Staff Writers
Tower Built by Home Savings Is Purchased for $62.4 Million By Roger Vincent, Times Staff Writer
VeriSign Files Suit Over ICANN Authority From Reuters
Waddell Adopts Fee to Curb Market Timing From Bloomberg News
Spitzer Targeting Financial Services Firms That Sell Variable Annuities From Reuters
Morgan Stanley to Spin Off Private-Equity Unit From Bloomberg News
Lehman Expects to Win State Bond Sale Deal From Bloomberg News
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Another Run at a Cap on Spending By Doug Smith, Times Staff Writer
Weather Delivers Injustice to Takers of the Bar Exam By Arlene Martinez and Kristina Sauerwein, Times Staff Writers
Missionary Held in Strangling of Wife By Erin Ailworth, Times Staff Writer
Communal Garden Gets Reprieve From Judge From Times Staff Reports
Suspect Is Charged in '94 Sexual Assault From Times Staff Reports
Council OKs Settlement Over Convention Protest From Times Staff Reports
Ex-Democrat Aims at Middle By Lee Romney, Times Staff Writer
The Art of Healing
4% of U.S. Priests Since 1950 May Have Abused By William Lobdell and Larry B. Stammer, Times Staff Writers
Carole Eastman, 69; Wrote Screenplay for 'Five Easy Pieces' By Dennis Mclellan, Times Staff Writer
Settlements Nearly End El Toro Fight By Daniel Yi, Times Staff Writer
Winged Victory
Deputies Object to Fire Board's Plan By Stuart Pfeifer, Times Staff Writer
Audit Finds Problems at Group Homes From a Times Staff Writer
3 Races Feature Integrity as Byword By Hugo Martin, Times Staff Writer
Broad Budget Cuts Weighed in L.A. By Noam N. Levey and Jessica Garrison, Times Staff Writers
FERC Claims Jurisdiction on Gas Plant By Deborah Schoch, Times Staff Writer
Hey Voters, Don't Worry, Be Happy! By Steve Lopez
Judge Rules 'Slate' Mailer Illegal By Evan Halper, Times Staff Writer
Shriver Woos Women's Support for Props. 57, 58 By Joe Mathews, Times Staff Writer
Senate Loner Speaks Out on Spending By Gregg Jones, Times Staff Writer
7 Remedies for Ailing Tollway Are Proposed By Dan Weikel, Times Staff Writer
MTA to Pay $1.85 Million to Teen Molested by Driver By Kurt Streeter, Times Staff Writer
Public's Help Is Sought in Identifying Dead Girl From Times Staff Reports
Santa Ana Man Is Held on Weapons Charge From Times Staff Reports
For Some Offenders, Peer Court Is Just the Right Path to Justice By Claire Luna, Times Staff Writer
One Big American Family ... Someday By Dana Parsons
Norval Morris, 80; Law Professor, Expert on Criminal Justice From Times Wire Reports
Dramatic Rise in Pesticide-Related Illness Recorded By Fred Alvarez, Times Staff Writer
Talk Radio a Fertile Field for GOP Senate Hopefuls By Julie Tamaki, Times Staff Writer
John Randolph, 88; Tony-Winning Character Actor Was Blacklisted By Dennis Mclellan, Times Staff Writer
Focus on Haiti
Rosie O'Donnell Brings Celebrity to S.F. Weddings By Shawn Hubler, Times Staff Writer
John Russell, 67; Horse Trainer Won 2 National Titles With Susan's Girl By Bill Christine, Times Staff Writer
Attorney Files Petition To Halt Gay Marriages From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Federal Official Backs Border-Fence Additions From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Jurors in Peterson Trial Won't Be Sequestered From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Woman's Scarf a College Issue By Hector Becerra, Times Staff Writer
Spouse Lurks in City Clerk Race By Stanley Allison, Times Staff Writer
Times Wins 64 Awards in Design Competition From a Times Staff Writer
Storm Leaves Death, Debris By Eric Malnic, Janet Wilson and Mai Tran, Times Staff Writers
U.S. Subpoenas Records of Abortion Recipients By Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writer
Bidding for Swap Meet to Reopen By David Reyes, Times Staff Writer
Teens Urged to Learn From Tragedy By Holly J. Wolcott, Times Staff Writer
Consoling a Grieving Father
Slayings of Father, Son Months Apart a Mystery By Wendy Thermos and Gregory W. Griggs, Times Staff Writers
UC to Send Eligible Students Elsewhere By Rebecca Trounson, Times Staff Writer
Ventura County Child Support Office in a Bind By Lynne Barnes, Times Staff Writer
Fatal Freeway Crash in Simi From a Times Staff Writer
Storm Triggers Slides, Outages By Eric Malnic, Janet Wilson and Mai Tran, Times Staff Writers
NATIONAL
162 Boston Priests Accused in Sex Scandal By Elizabeth Mehren, Times Staff Writer
Court Agrees Citizens Can Carry Hidden Guns From Times Wire Reports
New Land Mines Will Self-Destruct, U.S. Says From Times Wire Reports
Three Are Injured When Package Bomb Explodes From Times Wire Reports
Top Law Officer Pleads Guilty in DUI Case From Times Wire Reports
'They Could Have Been Stopped' By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer
Airline Crash Is Tied to Faulty Weight Rules By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Times Staff Writer
Bush Plan Would Halt Cuba-Bound U.S. Boaters By Elizabeth Shogren, Times Staff Writer
Dean Backers Confused by Course of Their Movement By Matea Gold, Times Staff Writer
Kerry and Edwards Pointed and Polite in Lively USC Debate By Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writers
Broadcasters Promise Their Own Clean Air Act By Johanna Neuman, Times Staff Writer
Bush School Reform Tests Candidates By Duke Helfand, Times Staff Writer
Group Seeks the Names of Edwards' Backers By Lisa Getter, Times Staff Writer
Super Tuesday, With a Bullet By Nick Anderson, Times Staff Writer
FBI Bans Evidence Removal by Agents From Associated Press
Schwarzenegger Idea Gathers Little Strength By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Drug Firms Asked to Divulge NIH Payments By David Willman, Times Staff Writer
Survey Finds Confusion on Medicare Drug Law By Vicki Kemper, Times Staff Writer
Scalia Took Trip Set Up by Lawyer in Two Cases By Richard A. Serrano and David G. Savage, Times Staff Writers
Larry and Trojans and Bear Hugs, Oh My By Robin Abcarian, Times Staff Writer
Police Share Notes on Truck Stop Killings By Scott Gold, Times Staff Writer
Atlanta Suburbs Bloom for Blacks By Ellen Barry, Times Staff Writer
Tauzin's Lobbyist Bid Ends From Reuters
Candidates Address Issues
Dueling Senators Trumpet Causes By Scott Martelle and Maria L. La Ganga, Times Staff Writers
Bill to Criminalize Attacks on Fetuses OKd by House From Associated Press
SCIENCE
Scientists Turn Rover's Gaze to Martian Dusk, Moons' Eclipses By Charles Piller, Times Staff Writer
SPORTS
It'd Be Cool if They Started Acting Like Contenders By J.A. Adande
Several Stations Will Show Games By Bill Shaikin and Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writers
Arizona Loses Without Stoudamire From Associated Press
Trade Is Made to Help Defense By Gary Klein, Times Staff Writer
Williams Has Appendectomy From Associated Press
Maybe He'd Hit Better as Chris Gaines By Larry Stewart, Times Staff Writer
Bryant's Attorneys Want Chance to Test Pieces of Cloth By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Stepp Heats Up, Gonzaga Rolls From Associated Press
Playoffs Unlikely, but Trio Is Praised By Lonnie White, Times Staff Writer
They Need Ishii to Take Control By Jason Reid, Times Staff Writer
Pomona May Be Dry This Weekend By Shav Glick
Weekend Could Prove Pivotal By Chris Foster, Times Staff Writer
Minister Eric Is in the Mix By Bill Christine, Times Staff Writer
Cleveland Relives Past With Fairfax By Dan Arritt, Martin Henderson, John Ortega, Elia Powers, Rafer Weigel
A Young Player Redefines His Standard of Living By Eric Sondheimer, Times Staff Writer
Finding His Way By Rafer Weigel, Times Staff Writer
Golden Seductress May End Lukas' Drought By Bob Mieszerski
Straka, Brown Back at Practice By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
Now You Know
GM Won't Fine O'Neal By Tim Brown, Times Staff Writer
Lakers Come Up Short By Tim Brown, Times Staff Writer
Lewis Pleads Not Guilty From Associated Press
Can Be A Bono Be a Star? By Bob Mieszerski
They're Casual About La Costa Water By Thomas Bonk, Times Staff Writer
Path to Indy Is Paved With CART Experience By Shav Glick
Duncan Hurt in Loss From Associated Press
Venus Williams Is Ousted at Dubai From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Williams Hires Florida Agent By Gary Klein
Predators Learning to Keep Pace From Associated Press
Take It Out of the Ballgame
In Over Their Heads? By Alan Abrahamson, Times Staff Writer
U.S. Boxing Controversy Is Finally Settled By Steve Springer, Times Staff Writer
Owens Still a 49er After Mistake By Sam Farmer, Times Staff Writer
Stanford Wins 24th in a Row, 73-47 From Associated Press
Steroid Policy Is Bush League By Bill Plaschke
Steroid Issue Shouldn't Bother Dodgers at All By T.J. Simers
Italian Clubs Investigated for Fraud From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Long Beach Takes a Beating By Lonnie White, Paul Mcleod, Eric Stephens
Man Charged With Making Threats By Greg Krikorian and Andrew Blankstein, Times Staff Writers
McCourt Spoke a Bit Too Soon By Larry Stewart
Howland Shakes It Up by Rewarding Effort By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
McMillan Is New but Dominant in Rivalry By Paul Gutierrez, Times Staff Writer
USC Gets Quality Win, 76-61, Over Santa Barbara By Mike Terry, Times Staff Writer
Oregon Surprises No. 10 Stanford, 67-66 From Associated Press
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