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What happened on July 18, 2004
TRAVEL
Letters
Beantown's fine brew of politics and the past By Jerry V. Haines, Special to The Times
50 places to visit are enough for a lifetime By Arthur Frommer, Special to The Times
Deal of the week
In Solvang, have drama with your Danish By Dawn Bonker, Special to The Times
It's tough to be true to a hotel chain, even if there's a reward By Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer
Coming up with a quicker route to landing a good airfare deal By James Gilden, Special to The Times
Timeout: Adults can be babies too By Mary Mcnamara, Times Staff Writer
Hotel items go on to live useful lives
'Ottoman Empire' furnishes detail
Hotels put on the ritz Summer is proving to be a hot... Times staff and wire services; Compiled by Jane Engle
Tracing the roots of democracy in N.Y. By Jerry V. Haines, Special to The Times
Brimming with art in Madrid By Geoff Pingree, Special to The Times
Readers recommend
Alabama Hills' Wild West country
No longer steamy but still romantic By Susan Spano, Times Staff Writer
Hiking with Appenzell's herd By Joan Tapper, Special to The Times
GREECE Visit the land of the Olympians Follow in the... By Rosemary Mcclure, Times Staff Writer
NEWS
Fate of Missing Pilot Spans Two Wars By Randall Richard, Associated Press Writer
Urban China Struggles With Battle of the Bulge By Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press Writer
War-Torn Congo Hotel Makes a Go of It By Todd Pitman, Associated Press Writer
Outlandish Nicknames Suit Mexican Criminals By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Writer
Powerful Volcano's Offspring Makes Explosive Presence Felt By Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press Writer
See-Through Concrete May Give Ordinary Folk Superman Powers By Carl Hartman, Associated Press Writer
W.Va. Floods Threaten to Run Off Residents By Vicki Smith, Associated Press Writer
Small Loss Can Be Big Win for Obese By Daniel Q. Haney, Associated Press Writer
More Relocate to Where Jobs Are By Adam Geller, Associated Press Writer
Pelicans Take Flight and No One Knows Why By James Macpherson, Associated Press Writer
Keeping Peace on the Range By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Writer
Role brings home the reality of terrorism By John Crook, Special to The Times
BOOKS
Bestsellers
Tiptoeing through the White House years By Ronald Brownstein, Ronald Brownstein, The Times' national political correspondent in Washington, D.C., is the author of "The Power and the Glitter: The Hollywood-Washington Connection" and co-author of "Storming the Gates: Protest Politics and the Republican Revival."
The waning days of a bright star By Ben Ehrenreich, Ben Ehrenreich is a writer whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, the Village Voice and McSweeney's.
Right diagnosis, wrong remedy By Jacob Heilbrunn, Jacob Heilbrunn is a Los Angeles Times editorial writer and author of a forthcoming book on the history of neoconservatism.
Native cultures, imported myths By Jonathan Kirsch, Jonathan Kirsch, a contributing writer to Book Review, is the author of, most recently, "God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism."
Ah, but the land is unforgettable By Daphne Merkin, Daphne Merkin is the author of a novel, "Enchantment," and a collection of essays, "Dreaming of Hitler."
The path to a new empire By Anthony Pagden, Anthony Pagden is professor of history and political science at UCLA and the author of many books, including "Peoples and Empires" and "European Encounters with the New World."
Bestsellers / Paperbacks
Libretto [New York, 2000] By Tina Chang
Romeo in Old Age Fadhil al-Azzawi By Fadhil Al-azzawi
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
Coming of age with the Beats By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is the editor of "Another City: Writing From Los Angeles" and "Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology" and the author of the forthcoming "The Myth of Solid Ground: Earthquakes, Prediction, and the Faultline Between Reason and Faith."
ENTERTAINMENT
The picture of wealth By Suzanne Muchnic
So, come on in and sit for a spell By Don Shirley
A frog among princes By Geraldine Baum, Times Staff Writer
Director to the manner 'Bourne' By Kelly Carter, Special to The Times
Now meet the real Professor Higgins By Susan King, Times Staff Writer
Land of Linkin By Richard Cromelin, Times Staff Writer
Light from a dark star By Thomas Curwen, Times Staff Writer
Network battles a stigma By Maria Elena Fernandez, Times Staff Writer
A never-ending quest for capital By David Freeman, Special to The Times
Just folk
Media behemoths
Portrait of the man
Report on this
Writer and activist
A career gets into gear
Quirky tribute due for Zevon By Steve Hochman, Special to The Times
A life's refined shape By Paul Lieberman, Times Staff Writer
Opening new doors By Robert Abele
Buzzes and bumbles abound By Robert Hilburn; Dean Kuipers; Randy Lewis
Metallica, from the inside out By Nancy Ramsey, Special to The Times
Another painful example of get-it-first journalism By David Shaw
It's what Petipa wanted By Lewis Segal, Times Staff Writer
Hounding Fox about alleged bias By Lynn Smith, Times Staff Writer
Quantifying the fine art of on-the-job slacking By Christine N. Ziemba
Tales from the hot seat By Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writer
Found in translation By Michael J. Ybarra, Special to The Times
'A Mystery for Aunt Amanda' By Sue Alexander, Special to The Times
OPINION
But What About the Mutts?
Put Khmer Rouge on Trial
Fences and Neighbors
Ethics Breach by Mayor's Campaign Is Alleged
PR Flap Showers Criticism on the DWP
Sympathy for Some, Scorn for Janklow
Preschool Plan Should Raise Many Questions
War as a Fountain of Business Profits
Redevelopment Can Also Be Constructive
Double Standard
Do You Want to Know a Suitcase? By Chris Carter
Bloggers Are the Sizzle, Not the Steak By Alex S. Jones
You've Lost Your Elgin Marbles; Let Them Stay Where They Are By Dorothy King
Fairness Has Nothing to Do With a Draft By Michael Kinsley
Secrecy Is the CIA's Stock in Trade, and the Agency's Hidden Weakness By William M. Arkin, William M. Arkin is a military affairs analyst who writes regularly for Opinion. E-mail: warkin@igc.org
Civil Service Has Morphed Into U.S. Inc. By Linda Bilmes, Linda Bilmes, an assistant secretary of Commerce during the Clinton administration, teaches public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is co-author of a forthcoming book on Civil Service reform, "The People Factor."
Counting Crows By Deborah Blum, Deborah Blum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer and the author of "Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection."
How the Left Lost Its Heart By Thomas Frank, Thomas Frank is editor of the Baffler magazine and author of "What's the Matter With Kansas?" This article was adapted from that book by arrangement with Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Co.
Cities Can Get a Better Deal -- Without Killing Prop. 13 By William Fulton, William Fulton, a senior scholar at the School of Planning, Policy & Development at USC and president of Solimar Research Group, is an elected member of the Ventura City Council.
Colleges Have Little Incentive to Hold Down Costs By Richard Vedder, Richard Vedder is distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University and adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of "Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much."
Time to Take On Schwarzenegger? By Anthony York, Anthony York is editor of Political Pulse, a newsletter on state politics.
WORLD
New Prime Minister, Cabinet Take Office From Times Wire Reports
Video of American's Beheading Put on Web From Times Wire Reports
Municipal Government Dissolved in Cancun From Times Wire Reports
Security Remains an Issue, but U.S. Envoy Is Hopeful By Alissa J. Rubin, Times Staff Writer
Bullet-Riddled Brazil Puts Gun Measure in Place By Henry Chu, Times Staff Writer
India Police Say 25 Rebels Slain in Bangladesh Hotel From Associated Press
Tears After the Inferno
Family Blames Iranian Official in Journalist's Killing From Associated Press
Russia's Bearer of Bad Tidings By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer
'Enemy Contact. Kill 'em, Kill 'em.' By Charles Duhigg, Times Staff Writer
Arafat's Premier Tries to Resign By Laura King, Times Staff Writer
Sudan Works Angles to Avoid U.N. Sanctions By Maggie Farley, Times Staff Writer
BUSINESS
If One Weinstein Stays, Disney Hopes It's Bob By Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier, Times Staff Writers
Why Dollar Worries May Be Just a Distortion By James Flanigan
Not Everyone Is Doing Cartwheels Over 'Flipping' By Debora Vrana, Times Staff Writer
Bemoaning the Cost of Kenneth Lay's Legacy
Doing Time for Crime That Pays
Grasso's Charitable Gifts Belonged to Others
No Battle Exists Over Water Rights
Math Error Reflects SBC's True Motives
Why Caps on Damages Benefit Only Insurers
Can Pipe Dreams Turn Into Reality? By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer
High-Salaried Visitors Feel Bite of the 'Jock Tax' By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer
SEC Steps to Plate in Fund Scandal By Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer
TOP STORIES -- July 11-16 From Times Staff
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Gov. Criticizes Legislators as 'Girlie Men' By Peter Nicholas, Times Staff Writer
Rail Project Will Not Go Before Voters By H.G. Reza, Times Staff Writer
Feinstein Touts Measure to Create Intelligence Czar By Miguel Bustillo, Times Staff Writer
Army Spc. William R. Emanuel IV, 19, Stockton; Killed in Mortar Attack By Hector Becerra, Times Staff Writer
Well, of Course He Eats Like a Pig
Despite Market Tragedy, a Promise Fulfilled By Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writer
Oxnard Lands a Starring Role By Fred Alvarez, Times Staff Writer
1 Fire Wanes, Another Ignites By Jean Guccione and David Haldane, Times Staff Writers
August Fruge, 94; Publisher Transformed UC Press By Mary Rourke, Times Staff Writer
A Mission of Gratitude By Susan Anasagasti, Times Staff Writer
Peter Pan May Hover Over Jackson Abuse Trial By Paul Pringle, Times Staff Writer
From Jury Box to Defense Table By Claire Luna, Times Staff Writer
Long Beach Officer Shoots Man By Jean Guccione, Times Staff Writer
Following in Their Desperate Footsteps By Steve Lopez
Renters See No Justice, Poetic or Otherwise By Marisa Lagos, Special to The Times
Student Who Dived Into Ocean May Be Paralyzed From Times Staff Reports
Yorba Linda Motorist Is Thrown From SUV, Dies From Times Staff Reports
Power Knocked Out After Utility Pole Struck From Times Staff Reports
Today's highlights at the O.C. Fair
Pageant of Masters Members Will Put Licensing to a Vote By Stanley Allison, Times Staff Writer
Searching for Our Inner Volunteer By Dana Parsons
A Chance to Catch a Fish and a Train in East Los Angeles By Stephanie Chavez and Jia-rui Chong, Times Staff Writers
Prison Jobs Program Just Barely Working By Tim Reiterman and Jenifer Warren, Times Staff Writers
5,000 Inmates Hold Company Jobs By Tim Reiterman, Times Staff Writer
Body in Trunk Identified as Missing Realtor From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Officer Accused of Illicit Surveillance Camera Use From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Latino Voters Sue Over School Election System From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Political Winds Shift in S.F.'s Chinatown By Rone Tempest, Times Staff Writer
Troubled Presidency's Scandalous Footnote By Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer
O.C. Council Member Can Vote on Tower From a Times Staff Writer
UC Irvine's Funkiest Student Housing Is Going, Going, Gone By Stanley Allison, Times Staff Writer
Other Deaths
NATIONAL
After Slow Start, Alzheimer's Research Gets a Big Push By Jia Lynn Yang, Times Staff Writer
Limit on Medical Damages Reaches Ballot From Times Wire Reports
Leave Heroin in the Car and They'll Pick You Up From Times Wire Reports
Air Balloon Malfunction Leads to a Scary Ride From Times Wire Reports
Snow and Wind -- Just the Place to Retire By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer
Firefighters Curbing Inferno in Nevada's Sierra Country From Associated Press
Cheney Accuses the Democrats of Living in Past From Associated Press
Spy Agencies Brace for 9/11 Panel's Full Report By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer
Edwards Finds Another Orange County By James Rainey and Jean Pasco, Times Staff Writers
Off the Road and on the Water
On Cable, Conventions Are Smackdown Event By Nick Anderson, Times Staff Writer
FBI Starts to Question Muslims in U.S. About Possible Attacks By Richard B. Schmitt and Donna Horowitz, Special to The Times
Kerry's Crime-Fighting Early Days By James Rainey, Times Staff Writer
Attempting Suicide in Atlanta Has Become a Very Public Affair By Ellen Barry, Times Staff Writer
Bush Sees Bicycle Built for Two
REAL ESTATE
Steeped in hillside style By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
In Sherman Oaks, the opus is over By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Sites for sore eyes By Michelle Hofmann, Special to The Times
State bolsters disclosure law From Times staff and wire reports
Home equity gets relatively little use From Times staff and wire reports
SPORTS
I Remember Leaving My Feet; After That It's All a Blur
Garcia, White Sox Smile in Oakland From Associated Press
Angels Work Out an Escape Plan By Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writer
Washburn Throws In a Little Variety By Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writer
Struggling McGriff Is Cut by Devil Rays From Associated Press
Steroid Charges Reach the Sidelines By Paul Gutierrez, Times Staff Writer
A Bunch of Big Names at Troon By Thomas Bonk, Times Staff Writer
Monty Still Sounds Moody By Thomas Bonk, Times Staff Writer
Argentina, Colombia Advance From Associated Press
Dodgers Using Their Heads By Jason Reid, Times Staff Writer
Trainer Will Play It Safe With Beltre By Jason Reid, Times Staff Writer
Minus Millions, Coach K Goes Back to Work By Mike Decourcy, Sporting News
Agency Drops a Drug Dragnet From Associated Press
Road Hazards By Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post
Ruiz Goal Tops List for Galaxy By Grahame L. Jones, Times Staff Writer
Stay-at-Home Stars Are Far Too Rare By Laura Vecsey, Baltimore Sun
Byrd Leads B.C. Open by One After 68 From Associated Press
Chandtrue Is True to Form By Bob Mieszerski, Times Staff Writer
A Longshot for Mulhall By Bob Mieszerski
NHL's Topped Out at the Top By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
Jacobs Banned for Four Years By Alan Abrahamson, Times Staff Writer
Aging Mariners on the Rocks After Their Dismal First Half By Ross Newhan
Earthquakes End Winless Streak From Associated Press
Ganster Will Try to Make It Three in a Row By Bob Mieszerski
Late Push Earns Kanaan IRL Win From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Can Moreno Walk the Walk for Johnson? By Ross Newhan
Maddux Is Masterful in 5-0 Victory From Associated Press
How the Lakers Buried a Civic Treasure By Mark Heisler
Saving This Face May Not Be in America's Best Interests By Bill Plaschke
Who Knew That Colon Was the Next Big Thing? By T.J. Simers
Fans Can Get Taste of the Chivas Flavor By Grahame L. Jones
Monarchs Defeat Sparks By Mike Terry, Times Staff Writer
It All Works Out for Germans By Peter Yoon, Times Staff Writer
He Is Second, in Command By Diane Pucin, Times Staff Writer
Jones Stops and Talks By Helene Elliott, Times Staff Writer
Clay Surprises in Decathlon By Mike Penner, Times Staff Writer
Bird and Storm Beat Mystics in Overtime From Associated Press
Sacramento, San Antonio Should Put the Future First By Mike Terry
MAGAZINE
Small Wonders By Susan Heeger
The Things I Carry By Joseph Honig, Joseph Honig writes for television. He last wrote for the magazine about his father's secret.
An Unsettling Racial Score Card By Gregory Rodriguez, Gregory Rodriguez is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation and a contributing editor to The Times' Sunday Opinion section.
Family Reunion By Adam Tschorn, Adam Tschorn last wrote for the magazine about shaving.
The Democrats' 'Poster Boy' By Mark Z. Barabak, Mark Z. Barabak covers politics for The Times. He last wrote for the magazine about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Calling Mr. Moviefone By Leslee Komaiko
Trailer Park Rustlers By Margaret Aston
Letters
Letters
Letters
Letters
A Final Resolution By Fred Dickey, Fred Dickey last wrote for the magazine about the reemergence of former California Gov. Pete Wilson
Horsepower to the People By Mark Edward Harris
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