Archive for Thursday, December 15, 2005

It Wasn’t the Kodak Moment They Had Pictured for Themselves

• Motivational Guru to Give South Gate $45,000 Refund By Hector Becerra

• Many Boats Make Light Work By Jennifer Delson

• Parents Thought They’d Found Haven for Teen By Lee Romney

• On the Menu, Dinner and a Shot By Rong-Gong Lin II and Amanda Covarrubias

• 24 Are Injured in Collision of MTA Bus and Catering Truck By Eric Malnic

• Beverly Tyler, 78; Actress Played Opposite Rooney, Lawford in 1940s and ’50s By Valerie J. Nelson

• Mike Botts, 61; Drummer for 1970s Rock Band Bread

• Mary Jackson, 95; Actress Known for Her Role on ‘The Waltons’

• Gyorgy Sandor, 93; Pianist Specialized in Works of Bartok, Prokofiev, Kodaly

• ACLU Leader Approved for City Homeless Panel By Patrick Mcgreevy

• You’ve Got Mail, and By Rong-Gong Lin II and Daniel Costello

• Compton Records Its 68th Homicide By Megan Garvey

• Woman Sentenced in Parents’ Slayings By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Eight Who Said Priest Abused Them Can Testify By Andrew Blankstein

• District Probes Officer’s Conduct By Joel Rubin

• UCI Hospital Facing State, U.S. Probes By Kimi Yoshino and Christian Berthelsen

• April Election to Replace Cunningham Requested

• Inland Panel Agrees on 91 Plan By Dan Weikel

• Panel OKs $25 Million to Aid Coastal Ecosystem By Marla Cone

• 300 Toys for Janitors’ Children Stolen From Santa Ana Office By David Haldane

• Pension Withholdings Proper, Judge Rules

• Is She a Democratic Fox in the GOP Governor’s Henhouse? By George Skelton

• Recipe for a Scourge: Ingredients Available, Cheap, Easy to Cook By Rong-Gong Lin II

• Thousand Oaks OKs Contract With City Manager By Gregory W. Griggs

• Thousand Oaks Council Names Masry Successor By Gregory W. Griggs

• Man Found Dead After House Fire

• Co-Worker Sues ‘Lucky 7’ Lotto Winners By Sara Lin

• Sentencing Delayed for Couple in Wendy’s Scam

• Jerry Lynn Williams, 57; Wrote Hit Songs for Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King

• After Crashes, Red-Light Cameras to Be Installed at 12 Orange Line Crossings By Caitlin Liu

• Man Sentenced to Death for Child’s Rape, Murder

• Judge Clears D.A.’s Aide of Charges By Lance Pugmire

• Out-of-State Students Sue Over Tuition By Stuart Silverstein

• Philip Blamey, 82; Unocal Exec Helped Foil Pickens’ Takeover Bid

• Report Touts Advantages of Preschool By Wendy Thermos

• 1 Painter Killed, 1 Wounded in Bizarre Beverly Hills Stabbing By Eric Malnic

• Conditions Worsen at Reinvented State Hospital By Rong-Gong Lin II and Lee Romney

• Smog Fighters May Make Builders Pay By Miguel Bustillo

Lakers on Road Less Unraveled

• BRACING HIMSELF By Steve Springer

• Close-ups By Martin Henderson, Dan Arritt, and Lauren Peterson

• Sprinter Says Ban Is End of His Career By Alan Abrahamson

• Mueller Is Newest Dodger By Tim Brown

• Ducks Feeling Right at Home By Eric Stephens

• Clippers Stuck in Ugly Reverse By Jason Reid

• Kings Let It Slip Away By Helene Elliott

• Hill Rejoins Magic for Rout of Knicks

• Colorado Set on Hawkins

• Garon Ill; LaBarbera Gets Start By Helene Elliott

• San Pedro’s Taylor Is Top City Player

• Stone Wins Second Title in a Row By Lauren Peterson

• Big Pick Six Payoff Awaits By Bob Mieszerski

• Does a Guy Named Wilt Ring Any Bells? By Larry Stewart

• TOP PERFORMERS

• Law Bars Cuba From Classic By Tim Brown

• Brady Now Questionable for Game on Saturday

• Fish Report

• ‘Pie Pieces Together a Decent Run By Bob Mieszerski

• Lakers Fall on Sales List By Mike Bresnahan

• For Princeton, 21 Is a Loser’s Hand

• Livingston’s Season Starts With an Off-Key Effort By Jason Reid

• Sabres’ Biron Stops Stars to Win 11th Straight Start

• Coach Gets Lifetime Ban for Moving First-Down Marker By Martin Henderson

• Buss’ Decision on O’Neal Leads to Heavy Discussion By T J. Simers

• Ozolinsh’s Return Date Still Uncertain By Eric Stephens

At play in the toy district

• A cascade of costumes By Scott Sandell

• Right in step with the holidays By Lynne Heffley

• Kiev Ballet ‘Nutcracker’ puts feet first By Lewis Segal

• Back with ‘Boy Friend’

• So catchy, a child could sing along By Lynne Heffley

• Join the chorus, hallelujah

• The only sellouts are the shows By Scott Martelle

• 9/11: Too close for comfort By Kevin Thomas

• Youthful global village By Brenda Rees

• Sunset and Vine blossoms By S. Irene Virbila

• Something new under the cirque By Susan Carpenter

• Chefs are in training, but the price is right By Cindy Chang

• ‘Breakup Notebook’ musical no sob story By David C. Nichols

• BUZZ CLUBS By Heidi Siegmund Cuda, With Kevin Bronson

• Even a big ape needs time for monkey business By Mark Sachs

• Only the monks are weepy By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• In a word, ‘fascinating’ By Susan King

• ‘Curtain Call’ has a strong beginning By Randy Lewis

• Theater

• Bank buys naming rights to Wisconsin radio newsroom By Martin Miller

• Guys who drive the ladies wild By Brad Dickson

• ‘The New World’ to open desert film fest By R. Kinsey Lowe

• Skirt chaser By Leslee Komaiko

• Getty will get Long Beach Museum tapes By Mike Boehm

• WEEKEND FORECAST

• ‘Lost’ star settles two cases

• TV writing nods announced By Matea Gold

• U2 tour is year’s most lucrative By Randy Lewis

Paramount Chief Said to Be Wooing Top TV Producer

• Trade Gap Hits Record in October

• Boeing Wins Big Order From Qantas for 787s

• Party Is Over for Camel Promo By Molly Selvin

• Aiming for Cushy Bottom Line

• Safeway Expects Store Remodel to Give Earnings a Boost in ‘06

• Amgen to Buy Drug Firm By Denise Gellene

• Google Music Section to Link Artists’ Fans to Songs, Lyrics

• Experian Acquires Shopping Website By Julie Tamaki

• Nielsen Owner VNU Facing Takeover Bid

• Industry’s 2005 Loss May Total $6 Billion

• Six Flags’ New CEO Outlines Strategy

• Survey Says CEO Outlook Improves

• Report Deadlines Moved Up

• Disney Exec Named President of Studio By Claudia Eller

• Activision Says Weak Sales Will Hurt Profit

• Disney to Make Film in China

• Also

• Late Mortgage Payments Increase

• The Truth About Illegal Immigrants By Michael Hiltzik

• General Dynamics to Buy Firm

• Microsoft, Google Join Lab Project

• Union Leaders Endorse Ford Healthcare Deal

• Honda to Introduce Acura Brand in Japan

• Briefly

• Citigroup Bids for China Stake

• Dow Index Giving a Distorted View of ‘05 By Tom Petruno

• Ford to Run Ads in Gay Publications

• Wal-Mart to Acquire Market Chain in Brazil

• Cut in Title Costs Sought By Marc Lifsher and Annette Haddad

• DuPont Settles Charges That It Hid Toxic Risk Data By Marla Cone

‘The Colt That Didn’t Belong’

• The legend of a snowman who came alive

• Jokes & Riddles

Death of a Second Police Officer Leaves New York City Stunned

• Marine Backed Mission if Not Bush’s Election By Johanna Neuman

• Fallen Lawmakers Could Lose Pensions By Richard Simon

• Massachusetts Governor Won’t Seek Reelection By Elizabeth Mehren

• GOP Leaders Bargain Cuts Through the House By Richard Simon

• 50-Acre Reservoir Empties Out

• Bush Wants Information Requests Streamlined

• Bush Knows Who Leaked Identity, Columnist Says

• Bush Admits Mistakes but Defends War By Warren Vieth

• Dozens Charged in Miami Drug Crackdown

• Four Gunned Down in a Boston Basement

• House Supports McCain’s Stance Against Torture By Greg Miller and Maura Reynolds

• IN BRIEF / WASHINGTON, D.C. IN BRIEF / MASSACHUSETTS IN BRIEF / NEW YORK

• Hurricane Response Is Defended By Mary Curtius

• New Witness in ‘Fatal Vision’ Case

• Illegal Immigration Could Be a Felony By Nicole Gaouette

• House Renews 16 Provisions of the Patriot Act By Richard B. Schmitt

• Bush Comes to DeLay’s Defense By Edwin Chen

• Catholic Priest Is Given15 Months for Child Porn

• AFL-CIO Opposes Alito

IT’S ALL THEY NEED

• Bedding crasher By David A. Keeps

• Christmas hang-ups By David A. Keeps and Adamo Digregorio

• Only the ideas are big By Bettijane Levine

• Tending the home bar By Lisa Boone

• Small, yet groundbreaking By Emily Green

• Our natural heritage By Bettijane Levine and Emily Green

• The gifts that keep on living By Chris Erskine

• It’s dirty tricks all over again By Arianna Huffington

• Islam’s democratic past By Reza Aslan

• Land grab

• Credibility, executed By Jonah Goldberg

• One step at a time in Iraq

• Duty, honor, clarity

• God and admission requirements By Patt Morrison

Iraqis Cast Votes for a New Assembly

• One Faith Fits All – or Else By Héctor Tobar

• Anti-Syria Rage Rises in Beirut By Megan K. Stack

• 4 Suspected Militants Die in Gaza Attack By Ken Ellingwood

• German Named New International Overseer

• Iranian President Calls the Holocaust a ‘Myth’ By Nahid Siamdoust

• Heading to Polls With Bread-and-Butter Concerns By Borzou Daragahi

• Ruling Party Favored in Tanzania

• Abduction Case Roils German Politics By Jeffrey Fleishman

• U.N. Report Focuses on ‘Invisible Children’ By John Daniszewski

• Chechen Politicians Want to Rename Capital

• Tsunami Early Warning System Is Launched

• Spanish Woman, Italian Man Hacked to Death

• 2 Suspected Militants Held in Bangladesh

• Soldier, Civilians Killed in Apparent Altercation