Archive for Thursday, December 01, 2005

• 3 Species of Fruit Bat Found to Harbor Deadly Ebola Virus By Alex Raksin

• Reservoirs of Ice, but No Water, Found Deep Within Mars By John Johnson Jr.

The Whole Payment Seems Smaller Than the Sum of His Part

• Saddleback Makes AIDS a Mission By Susana Enriquez

• New Barge Roils Water in Avalon By Nancy Wride

• Card Walker, 89; Disney Chief From 1971 to 1983 Oversaw Building of Epcot Center By Valerie J. Nelson

• MTA to Expand Rapid-Bus Service By Caitlin Liu

• Dead Ringer, Wine Flinger and Campaign Gunslinger By Steve Hymon

• City Agrees to Craft New LAX Overhaul By Jennifer Oldham

• State Supreme Court Refuses Bid to Reopen Williams Case By Jill Leovy and Henry Weinstein

• Masry Says Farewell to City Council By Catherine Saillant

• Former Doctor, 73, Gets 8-Year Prison Term By Andrew Blankstein

• New Top Aide’s Role: Help Gov. Find His Voice By Peter Nicholas

• Riverside County Offers Pot ID Cards By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Schwarzenegger Has Made Another Extremist Move in Appointing Kennedy His Chief of Staff By George Skelton

• Global Warming Trends Are a Current Affair, Study Finds By Usha Lee Mcfarling

• Marc Lawrence, 95; Prolific Actor Best Known for Playing Menacing Characters in Movies By Dennis Mclellan

• Vic Power, 78; 4-Time Baseball All-Star Won 7 Gold Gloves

• Cooley to Seek Return of Suspects By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton

• Best Schools Share Path to Success By Jean Merl

• Council OKs $40 Million for Exposition Rail Line

• Jury Gets Case of the Missing Police Flashlight By Claire Luna

• Former School Official Guilty of Molestation

• San Jose Airport to Offer Fast-Track System By Eric Malnic

• Council Clears Way for Time Warner Cable By Steve Hymon

• Gov.’s Youth Prison Plan Is Criticized By Jenifer Warren

• Study Defends Abortion Pill Safety By Maria L. La Ganga

• Jury Returns a Verdict of Death for Officer’s Killer

• 16 Arrested in Illegal Hiring Case By Richard Marosi

• Man Held in Assaults on 2 Girls By Wendy Thermos

• Zoo’s Vet Clinic Will Be Open for Viewing

• Health Dept. Faces Tough Challenges By Rong-Gong Lin II and Jeffrey L. Rabin

• Governor’s Chief of Staff Says She’s Tired of Partisanship By Jordan Rau

• 100-Mile Chase of Suspected Burglars Ends With 3 Arrests By Ashley Powers

• Agnes Diggs, 56; Columnist, Former Times Reporter

• Man Dies in Apartment Fire Begun by Candle

• Congressman Expands Probe Into Organ Transplant Centers By Charles Ornstein

Getting to the Point

• Bruins Outgrow Terrible Twos By Lonnie White

• Clippers Come Apart in the End By Jason Reid

• Kings Pick Bad Time for a Slump By Chris Foster

• Stewart Paces USC Home Win By Ben Bolch

• Ducks Breeze by Coyotes, 6-1 By Eric Stephens

• Pedroza Is in Title Position By Bob Mieszerski

• UCLA Gets Jump on Irvine, 92-54

• Hedstrom Makes Most of Second Chance By Eric Stephens

• Changes to Lineup Could Be Coming By Mike Bresnahan

• Lewis Hopes to Do Some Damage By Lonnie White

• BALCO Founder Conte Goes to Prison Today By Shav Glick

• Taylor Wins This Round Against Hopkins By Steve Springer

• White Isn’t Sure if He’ll Be Able to Face Bruins By Gary Klein

• It’s Time for the Kings to Make a Statement By Helene Elliott

• Hawkins Sparks Long Beach State

• Giles’ Decision Sets Back Dodgers By Steve Henson

• Ciobanu, Mello and Barte Should Do Well in Seedings By Eric Sondheimer and Lauren Peterson

• Peete Was Looking for a Special Delivery By Larry Stewart

• Calcagnie a One-Man Show for Tesoro By Martin Henderson

• Peggist Is Seeking Two Wins in a Row By Bob Mieszerski

• Gymnastics Medals Soothe Sacramone By Helene Elliott

• Stars Send Sharks to Another Defeat

• Redick Paces No. 1 Duke

• Chris Dufresne’s Rankings By Chris Dufresne

• Bruins Trade Thornton to the Sharks

• It’s Quite a Day When This Tommy Rips Dodgers By T J. Simers

• Nash Scores 31 in Suns’ Victory

• This week’s top games By Martin Henderson and Eric Sondheimer

• Angels Lose Out in Konerko Race By Mike Digiovanna

• San Pedro Coach Caught Cheating By Martin Henderson

• Tambellini Glad to Finally Catch Up With Cammalleri By Chris Foster

• Money Is the Best Medicine for Els By Thomas Bonk

• Artesia’s Pera Glad to Be Back By Dan Arritt

Stocking stuffers to make holiday breaks more fun

• The new faces of the city By Scott Martelle

• This joint rocks back By Chris Pasles

• Vietnamese comfort food in a hip space By S. Irene Virbila

• The geisha in pictures

• Different ways to tell the same story By Robert Lloyd

• A bounty of holiday shows By Steve Appleford

• Age-appropriate entertainment By Rich Kane

• BUZZ BANDS By Kevin Bronson

• Some big numbers greet Garth Brooks’ boxed set By Randy Lewis

• Israeli weaves tale of new lives By Kevin Thomas

• The wide-angle rap of West

• Jingles and some jangles By Randy Lewis

• How to take a break from an amazing pace By Mark Sachs

• A trip down memorabilia lane By Kevin Thomas

• A successful courtship By Susan King

• Pho, and beyond By Leslee Komaiko

• There’s a reason she won’t pick up By Cindy Chang

• PBS show jumps to Fox News By Matea Gold

• BUZZ CLUBS By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Illumination’s in short supply By Mark Swed

• Costner sues film company

• ‘Idol’ sticks with Tuesday nights By Scott Collins

• France to enter TV news fray

• WEEKEND FORECAST

• Roberts tops actress pay list

• Pavarotti says Three Tenors will reunite

• The spinning of the LAUSD By Patt Morrison

Eisner Gives Clues to Next Move

• Low-priced Brokerage Is Shaking Up Real Estate By Annette Haddad

• No Free Downloads? Fans Say That’s Un-Grateful By Roger Vincent

• Jack in the Box’s Net Income Rises

• Cintra Stock Falls on Mexicana Sale

• Economy’s Growth Is Revised Up

• Judge Says Creditors Can Review Refco Papers

• Kennedy a Driving Force on the PUC By Marc Lifsher and James S. Granelli

• Northrop to Install New Social Security Network

• Judge Throws Out Fraud Claims Against HealthSouth’s Ex-CEO

• Head of U.S. Tobacco Trial Team Steps Down By Myron Levin

• Appeals Court Allows Grocery Suit to Proceed By James F. Peltz

• GM Promotion Lifts Market Share

• Disney Website Focuses on Games for Adults

• Samsung Enters Guilty Plea

• Delay of Patent Suit Is Rejected

• Auditors’ New Task Proved Difficult

• De Beers Settles Four Lawsuits

• GAO Assesses Deregulation

• Also

• McClatchy Newspaper Is Cleared in Audit

• FBI Arrests Two in Homeowner Fraud Case By E. Scott Reckard

• Skype Upgrade Offers Video Calling Feature

• Northwest Posts Loss of $346 Million in 6 Weeks

• Toy Jewelry Is Recalled Over Lead-Poisoning Risk

• LAEDC Names New Chief By Bill Sing

• Interest Fears Trip Bulls

• 2006 Ford Explorer Sales at 15-Year Low

• Group Bids $12 Billion for TDC of Denmark

• Big Data Broker Eyes DMV Records By Michael Hiltzik

• Air Force Seeks More From Fuel Tankers

• Tiffany’s Profit Rises 37% on Strong U.S. Sales

• Trade Group Accuses 754 People of Piracy

‘The Doctor and the Crocodile’

• Jokes & Riddles

• Creativity Corner

Bush Promises a U.S. Exit Linked to Iraqi Readiness

• This Storm Cycle Just Getting Warmed Up By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Inquiry Launched on Cunningham Abuses By Greg Miller

• Roberts, Justices Find Abortion Case Accord By David G. Savage

• U.S. Mission Has Evolved Since ‘03 Declaration

• Alito Sketched Strategy to Overturn Roe in ‘85 By Richard B. Schmitt and Maura Reynolds

• Conservative Stronghold Increasingly Torn on War By Nicholas Riccardi

• Doctor Cleared in Death of Abortion Recipient

• A Chemical Marker of Child Neglect Is Detected By Jamie Talan

• Execution Is Delayed for DNA Test Results

• Hacker Behind Power Failures Gets 7 Years

• Bush Is Now in Step With His Generals By Mark Mazzetti and Tyler Marshall

• Rulings Stand Despite Incomplete Transcripts

• Pelosi Backs Murtha’s Call for Troop Pullout

• Snowfall Cloaks Body of Hit-and-Run Victim

• The wrong weapon in the wrong place By Jonathan B. Tucker

• A day of failed promise

• Hold the ‘holy’ in those happy holidays By Jonah Goldberg

• Ups and downs on the war By Paul Thornton

• Defining the mission

Tradition, but with a twist

• Seasonal stylings that are evergreen By Pamm Higgins

• Wrap it up By Adamo Digregorio

• The other Christmas tree By Emily Green

• Yours for peanuts By David A. Keeps

• Spelling out your cheer By Lisa Boone

• America’s metallic gem By Bettijane Levine

• The first to deck the halls By Bettijane Levine

• Fumbling and bumbling By Chris Erskine

In South Africa, AIDS’ Toll Also Felt in Schools

• Shift Seen in China’s Attitude on Torture By Mark Magnier

• Peres Defects, Backs Sharon in Election By Laura King

• Kurdish Oil Deal Shocks Iraq’s Political Leaders By Borzou Daragahi

• 9 Shiite Laborers Die in Iraq Attack; Sunni Cleric Backing Election Slain By Borzou Daragahi

• U.N. Tribunal Acquits Kosovo Rebels

• By Hook or by Rook By Jeffrey Fleishman

• French Doctors Perform Partial Face Transplant

• U.S. Extradition OKd for Alleged Drug Trafficker

• Hundreds Arrested Before Final Voting

• 1st Female Saudi Officials Elected

• British Youth Is Found Guilty in Ax Killing of Black Teenager

• Tests Show Woman Was Infected With Bird Flu

• Female Belgian Bomber in Iraq Marks Grim First By Sebastian Rotella

• Brazil Acts to Save Tribe Without a Name

• Declared Presidential Victory May Be in Doubt