Archive for Friday, December 16, 2005

A Cradle of Civilization Rocked by War

• Top Scientist Accused of Faking Stem Cell Findings By Barbara Demick and Karen Kaplan

A Library’s Overdue Return

• Hard Questions, Sharp Words on Inmate’s Killing By William Nottingham

• 3 L.A. County Rail Projects Move Ahead By Caitlin Liu

• William Proxmire, 90; Maverick U.S. Senator Fought Government Waste By James Gerstenzang

• Road Tax Campaign Deemed Within Law By Catherine Saillant

• John Langstaff, 84; Founded Modern-Day Christmas Revels Staged in Many Cities By Valerie J. Nelson

• Football Players Killed in Crash By Sam Farmer and Hector Becerra

• Great Park Design: Tough Choice By Jean O. Pasco

• Richard Sandbrook, 59; Founding Member of Friends of the Earth

• Accident, Not Fiend, Killed Boy in ‘33 By Tony Perry

• L.A. Animal Services Chief Fired By Patrick Mcgreevy and Richard Fausset

• Donald Martino, 74; Composer of Atonal Works Won Pulitzer

• State OKs Plan to Replace 4 San Onofre Generators By Dan Weikel

• Pope Names New S.F. Archbishop By John M. Glionna and Larry B. Stammer

• 2005 Vying With ‘98 as Record Hot Year By Miguel Bustillo and Usha Lee Mcfarling

• April Election Slated to Fill State Senate Seat

• April Election Set for Seat That Campbell Left By Jean O. Pasco

• Donors Make Up for Grinches Who Stole Toys By Susana Enriquez

• April 11 Set for Election to Replace Cunningham

• 8 Mexican Firms, 23 People Are Indicted Over Sales of Illegal Steroids By Tony Perry

• Facility Halts Use of Oral HIV Test By Rong-Gong Lin II

• Who’s the Zero After Her 2 Bits on Fab 4? By Dana Parsons

• Tommy Thompson

• 2 Students Held After Fights at High School

• Home Fire Kills 1, Hurts 1; 3 Others Uninjured

• Police Kill Armed O.C. Man After Standoff By David Haldane

• Air Quality Regulators Impose Rule on Developers By Miguel Bustillo

• 3 Jail Guards Plead Not Guilty in Slaying

• Citizens Panel to Review Campus Police Incident

• Garber Returns to Pierce College as President

• Man Faces Abuse Counts

• Reservoirs Banned as Tap Water Source By Bettina Boxall

• FBI Questions High School Student Over ‘PLO’ Doodle By Eric Bailey

• Environmental Group Sues Over Canyon Plans

• Suit Over Shooting by Deputy Is Settled By Fred Alvarez

• Project Near Arrowhead Criticized; Suit Is Filed

• Squad Car Found, Again By David Haldane

Unknown Quality

• Left Out in the Cold By Bill Plaschke

• This Charger Has Been Around the Block Awhile By Sam Farmer

• Trojans Script It and Rip It By Gary Klein

• MLS Gets a New City By Grahame L. Jones

• James, Cavaliers Snap Out of Slump

• First Action, Now Reaction By Eric Sondheimer

• Turiaf Visits Team Doctors in L.A. By Jerry Crowe

• Robinson Stays With Nationals

• Matchup Brings Up a Big Issue By Ben Bolch

• Mishap Leaves Millen Adrift By Shav Glick

• Demitra Admits His Guilt, but Rule Remains a Sticking Point By Chris Foster

• Good Thing We Could Catch Up With This By Pete Thomas

• Cassell Says Players Undaunted by Skid By Jason Reid

• Los Alamitos’ Amberry Shows His Versatility By Dan Arritt

• Stars Prove Durable

• Dodgers Meet With Nomar By Tim Brown

• Culpepper, 3 Others Charged in Boat Party

• ESPN’s Smith Stays Close to USC By Larry Stewart

• Senior Solo Goes for First Grade I Victory By Bob Mieszerski

• It’s an Opportunity to Close In on Kings By Joel Greenberg

• Olczyk Fired by the Penguins

• Morris Has His Suspension Cut to 14 Games

• New Format for FIFA Club Event Gets More of the World Involved By Jim Barrero

• Two to Beat in Second By Bob Mieszerski

• Fish Report

• Meyer Wins Top I-AA Honor

• Impressive Road Win for LSU

• Laker Telecasts Shouldn’t Be Damaged by Cutbacks By Larry Stewart

• Steelers Will Try to Quiet Vikings By Jerry Crowe

• Can a Red Wing Inspire Kings? By Chris Foster and Joel Greenberg

• Tactics in the war on terror and war in Iraq

• Who is to blame for Williams’ actions?

Ralphs Indicted in Hiring Dispute

• SEC Aims to Clarify Executive Pay By Kathy M. Kristof and Jonathan Peterson

• 3 Miracle Mile Buildings Bought for $102.5 Million

• Consumer Prices Take a Tumble

• KB Home, Lennar Post Profit Gains

• NBC’s Chairman Names His Heir By Meg James

• Yahoo Hires Scientist to Set Up Research Office

• Inamed Says Board Approves Allergan Offer

• Philip Morris Wins Reversal of Verdict By Myron Levin

• Toyota Builds Prius in China in Joint Venture

• Visto Says Microsoft Infringed Patents

• Oracle Earnings Slip as Revenue Rises 19%

• Also

• San Francisco Fed Names Chairman

• Also

• ‘Desperate Housewives’ to Be Shown in China

• Two Bidders Compete for Arden Realty By Roger Vincent

• Honda to Be Sole Engine Supplier to Indy Racing

• HealthSouth’s Scrushy Sues for Severance Pay

• U.S. Near Decision on Lockheed-Boeing Deal

• Merck to Slash an Additional $1 Billion in Costs Through 2010

• First Community to Buy Glendora Bank

• Digital TV, Kids Groups in Deal By Jube Shiver Jr.

• Schwab to Quit NYSE for Nasdaq

• Hearings Planned on Title Insurance Costs By Marc Lifsher

• Stocks Slip Despite Upbeat Signs

• Calpine Tells Court That It Can Repay Money Before Deadline

• GM Will Suspend 401(k) Contributions

• Sony Names Columbia TriStar Domestic Marketing President By Claudia Eller

• 30-Year Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly to 6.30%

• Blockbuster Says Some Stores End ‘No Late Fee’

• PUC Approves 11-Year Solar Power Plan By Marc Lifsher

• Southland Housing Sustains Solid Gains By Bill Sing

• Microsoft Sues Over Alleged Abuse of Software Service

Remains of the day

• Getting Sirius in his crusade By Martin Miller

• A big, four-footed metaphor for racism By Philip Brandes;lynne Heffley;david C. Nichols

• Life pieced together from floating images By David Pagel

• Art center director sticks to his guns By Scott Timberg

• Burnett’s ‘Mattress’ is durable By Robert Lloyd

• Huffman hears the buzz – she’s just not listening By Mary Mcnamara

• Dubya may have the last laugh By Don Oldenburg

• Red Riding Hood gets smart edge By Kevin Thomas

• A yearning and damaged heart By Kenneth Turan

• ‘Arrested’ may move from Fox By Matea Gold

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

• Stupidity’s poster boys By Stephen Kiehl

• Family versus fiancee: It proves engaging By Kenneth Turan

• Kong’s in ‘a good place’ By R. Kinsey Lowe

• Nicole Richie accepts the jewels and runs By Elizabeth Snead

• Not same old song and dance By Kevin Crust

• Foxy Brown reveals her hearing loss

• Literature’s song: changed By Matt Apuzzo

• Beat’s Holiday Cooldown: tepid By Soren Baker

• Santa is open for business on the Internet By Jason George

• Creativity Corner

• The price one pays to be in Time Square By Al Martinez

• When guest list turns to ghost list By Tina Daunt

• Eritrea’s rise from pawn to free nation By Avedis Hadjian

• Finally

• ‘Sweet Charity’ to close Dec. 31

• Globes’ box-office bent

• NEA behind soldiers’ tome

• Jokes & Riddles

• Office is given monument status By Diane Haithman

Fire Breaks Out at Adirondacks Hotel

• McCain Wins Agreement From Bush on Torture Ban By Greg Miller and Maura Reynolds

• Cigarette Butt Clears Ohio Man Serving Time for Rape, Murder

• Lobbyist’s Ex-Associate Pleads Guilty to Fraud By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Critics of Patriot Act Gaining Momentum in Senate By Richard B. Schmitt

• Raptor Fighter Jet Joins U.S. Combat Fleet

• Immigration May Again Drive a Wedge Between GOP, Latinos By Ronald Brownstein

• NASA Plans to Alter Shuttle Tank

• For Nation’s First Civil Union, an Uncivil Split

• Appeals Panel Criticizes Evolution Ruling By Ellen Barry

• Arctic Drilling Paired With Military Spending Equals Conflict By Richard Simon

• Columnist’s Leak Claim Given Cold Shoulder

• Spy Agency Reportedly Monitored People in U.S.

• Dairy Shut Down After E. Coli Is Traced to Milk

• House GOP to Offer Vote on Iraq Pullout By Richard Simon

• House Moving to Tighten Immigration By Mary Curtius

• 1 in 20 Americans Is Not Literate, a National Survey Suggests By Liz Bowie

• Pilots in Chicago Accident Missed Landing Zone, Report Says By Jon Hilkevitch

• McCain Held All the Cards, So Bush Folded By Peter Wallsten

• Bush Saying DeLay Is Not Guilty Is Defended as ‘Presidential Prerogative’

• Army Is Enlisting More Low-Scoring Recruits By Tom Bowman

• Rare ‘Birds of America’ Fetches $5.6 Million

• Bush Seeks $1.5 Billion More to Bolster Levees By Ralph Vartabedian and Scott Gold

• GOP Official Convicted in 2002 Election Plot

• No Granite Is Found in Collapsed Piece of Dam

• Priest Sues Top Church Officials By Carol Eisenberg

‘Narnia’ naysayers

• Court sense

• Cable caves, and we pay

• Turkey’s McCarthy moment? By Jack Miles

• The boundaries of the Bill of Rights By Kal Raustiala

• Bombs, away

• The Grinch factor By Rosa Brooks

Sunnis Join Millions at Iraq Polls

• Pressure to Isolate Iran Gathers Steam By John Daniszewski

• In Fallouja, Ballot Box Is the New Battleground By Louise Roug and Richard Boudreaux

• Fatah Split Could Benefit Hamas in Palestinian Poll By Ken Ellingwood

• U.N. Extends Hariri Inquiry By Maggie Farley

• Religion Again Holds Sway Among Shiite Voters By Ashraf Khalil

• Fire at Chinese Hospital Kills at Least 39

• N. Korea to Stop Accepting Food Aid By Mark Magnier

• EU Views Famed Writer’s Trial as Test of Turkey By Amberin Zaman

• Relatives of Legislator Found Slain Inside Car

• U.N., Citing Crisis, Pulls Some Peacekeepers

• 2nd Reservist Arrested in Iraq Bribery Case

• Arms Seized in Inquiry on Suspected Militants

• Divorce, in All Its Angst By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Drugs Main Threat in Afghanistan, General Says

• Nation’s Dangerous Roads See Fewer Deaths