Archive for Monday, December 12, 2005

If the Auction Shtick Is a Little Sappy, Blame It on the Trees

• Home-Brewed Without the Home By Dave Mckibben

• Offensive Videos Pit S.F. Police vs. City Hall By John M. Glionna

• District Mulls Tainted Sites for Schools By Joel Rubin

• Iraqi Americans Ponder Role in Homeland’s Vote By Teresa Watanabe and Ann Simmons

• Suit by Climber’s Family Dismissed By Eric Bailey

• Lawyer Sought Out the Blake Jury’s Soft Side By Andrew Blankstein

• Saluting a Pioneering Environmentalist By David Pierson

• Gene Bruce, 98; Last Known Survivor of 1923 Naval Disaster By Valerie J. Nelson

• Aging, Ill Inmate Is Next in Line for Execution By Henry Weinstein

• William P. Yarborough, 93; Early Leader of Army’s Airborne Forces

• Let All Use Carpool Lanes in Off-Hours, Transit Official Asks By David Reyes

• Justices Reject Williams’ Appeal By Steve Chawkins and Kenneth R. Weiss

• Stephen ‘Lucky’ Mosko, 58; Composer Was a Mentor to New Music Performers By Chris Pasles

• 2 Teens Fatally Shot, 1 Youth Injured

• LAPD Chief Backs Cameras in Police Cars By Richard Winton

• Gov. Taking His Time to Make Right Decision By George Skelton

• 1 Million Californians at Tsunami Risk, Study Says

• Deputies Not Keeping Pace With L.A. Gangs By Megan Garvey

• A Never-Ending Support System By Susannah Rosenblatt

Fluid movements from top to bottom

• Tough? Try not drinking for a month By Jeannine Stein

• Trying to pinpoint cause of elderly’s mobility woes By Hilary Waldman

• Selling to kids? Take note By Melissa Healy and Ryan G. Murphy

• Post-workout stretch flexes thigh muscles By Karen Voight

• That placebo punch By Emily Singer

• Schooled in munching By Susan Brink

• Getting girls to go for it By Marnell Jameson

• Though unlikely to burn fat, L-carnitine shows promise By Elena Conis

• ‘I shall please’ – it’s an old promise By Rosie Mestel

• Homing in on how cancer spreads

• Mix of pills merits a review By Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon

• A nontoxic treatment for lice By Shari Roan

• Hospital bills – but with interest By Daniel Costello

• Compassion linked to good health

• Calories divided are easier to control By Sally Squires

• A placebo, yes, but not harmless By Claire Panosian Dunavan

U.S. Continues Uphill Struggle

• Year-End Deal Great for Donald By Thomas Bonk

• Clippers Not Quite There Yet By Jason Reid

• Cowboys End Their Losing Streak

• Bush’s Reaction Is by the Book By Gary Klein

• Lemieux Doubts Penguins Will Stay

• Vikings Win 6th Straight

• Teammates Swept Up in the Moment After Bush Landslide By Ben Bolch

• O’Neal Is Key in Return

• Conditions Are a Bear, but Steeler Bus Rolls By Jerry Crowe

• Buccaneers Finally Defeat the Panthers

• Suspended Medlock Out of Sun Bowl By Lonnie White

• Seahawk Streak at Nine

• Ohio State Remains Too Strong for USC By Mike Terry

• Line Changes Remain a Mystery for Now By Chris Foster

• Unbeaten Colts Stay the Course

• Chargers Wake Up Too Late By Tony Perry

• Maryland Wins ACC Opener

• NOW YOU KNOW

• Strong Finish Gives Els Dunhill Championship By Larry Stewart and Tim Brown;bob Mieszerski

• Word Is Out on Dodgers, and It’s Not Very Good By Larry Stewart

• On an Off Day for Palmer, Bengals Find Way to Win

• Head of Players’ Union Shares Some Good News By Eric Stephens

• Beauchemin Is Happy to Be Part of the Team By Eric Stephens

• With Johnson at the Helm, Vikings Don’t Miss the Boat By Mike Penner

• NHL Endures Remote Outpost By Helene Elliott

• With 20 Games Done, Coach Sees Mixed Bag By Mike Bresnahan

• Walchhofer Wins Again

• FISH REPORT

Cutting Through Haze of Governor’s Stance on Coal

• Wal-Mart Hopes WTO Will Help It Open a Door By Evelyn Iritani

• Unlicensed Video Game Scores Big By Julie Tamaki

• Chinese Media Sharply Critical Over Toxic Spill By Richard Mcgregor

• Oxfam’s Review of Unilever in Indonesia Yields Surprising Findings By Alison Maitland

• India Works to Become a Manufacturing Hub By Jo Johnson

• Mohave’s Closure Could Be Imminent By Marc Lifsher

• Paramount Confirms Studio Deal By Claudia Eller and Sallie Hofmeister

• Japan Lifts Ban on U.S. Beef

• European Ruling on Merger Ban Expected By From Reuters

• An Industry Unwilling to Play by Rules of ‘Fair Use’ By Michael Hiltzik

Character issue: smoking

• Tall, dark By Carina Chocano

• A most angst-ridden Christmas By Richard Cromelin

• How do you say ‘D’oh!’ in Arabic? By Ashraf Khalil And Jailan Zayan

• In wartime, this lawyer has got Bush’s back By Anne-Marie O'Connor

• Coachella’s looking ahead, and back too By Geoff Boucher

• The man who foils the flop By Susan King

• ‘Brokeback’ picks up honors, nominations By Susan King

• Despite three speakers, ‘Nightline’ lacks voice By Paul Brownfield

• ‘The Colt That Didn’t Belong’ By Ruth Kelley

• For ‘Narnia,’ lots of believers By John Horn And Elaine Dutka

• For your consideration: Ads a mere ego massage By James Bates

• Jokes & Riddles

• What’s your new product?

• Prince to release new album: ‘3121’ By Randy Lewis

• Some know how to freshen up ‘The Nutcracker’ By Lewis Segal

• Country’s Brooks and Yearwood tie the knot

• Taken by private jet to brutal torture? By Tony Perry

• Art of the deal, tale of discovery By Crispin Sartwell

A Mission of Peace and Peril

• NYU Grad Students Keep Up Fight By Thomas S. Mulligan

• Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina Resettle Along a Racial Divide By Tomas Alex Tizon and Doug Smith

• Midway Tailwind Had Some Worried By Jon Hilkevitch

• Time Reporter May Have Lent Rove a Hand By Richard B. Schmitt

• ‘Nuclear Option’ Possible in Alito Battle, Frist Says By Richard B. Schmitt

• Passenger Faces Charges in Alleged Cockpit Run

• ‘Sopranos’ Actor to Be Charged With Murder

• Alito’s Remarks on Roe May Not Be Fighting Words By Ronald Brownstein

• Town Memorializes Children Slain by Father

• Deaths of Dolphins, Whales Traced to Storm

• Seniors Not Told of Drug ‘Bridge’ By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

The play’s his thing, not history

• Coming up roses

• UC’s costly perks

• Putting a chill on the initiative process By Richard L. Hasen

• Mind games at Gitmo By Nancy Sherman

• So much for egalite

Woman Garners Most Votes in Chilean Presidential Election

• Pressure Is On as Spaniards Put Cork Back in Cava By Tracy Wilkinson

• Counterfeiting Cases Point to North Korea By Josh Meyer and Barbara Demick

• Celebratory Gunfire Injures 46

• 43 Injured in British Oil Depot Explosions

• Defense Minister Quits Likud, Joins Sharon

• Firecracker Sets Bus Ablaze, Killing Dozens

• U.S. Invited to Bid on Building Nuclear Plant

• Secular Shiites May Hold Balance in Iraq Election By Borzou Daragahi

• Apparent Cases of Abuse Found at Ministry Facility By Louise Roug and Richard Boudreaux

• China Detains Police Official By Mark Magnier