Archive for Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Some Life Lessons on a Mountain Trail

• Coroner’s Office Has Answer to Deadly Dull Gifts By Steve Harvey

• A Haven for Children in L.A. Closes After 125 Years By Bob Pool

• A Public Goodbye for Williams By Louis Sahagun

• Santa Ana’s Secret: Big Spenders By Jennifer Delson

• Vincent ‘The Chin’ Gigante, 77; Mob Chief Faked Mental Illness in Bid to Avoid Prison By Richard Pyle

• Hunch Leads to Arrest in O.C. Double Killing By H G. Reza

• Enrique Hernandez, 74; LAPD Retiree Created Global Private Security Firm By Jon Thurber

• Red Cross Services Officer Resigns By Hector Becerra

• Schwarzenegger Tells Hometown to Take His Name Off Stadium By Peter Nicholas

• Barry Halper, 66; Avid Collector of Baseball Memorabilia

• Robert Sheckley, 77; Writer Blended Satire, Sci-fi By Valerie J. Nelson

• San Diego City Atty. Fined Over Election Funds By Tony Perry

• Alleged Videotaping for Extortion Described By Andrew Blankstein

• Driver Shortage May Delay L.A. Unified Bus Routes By Joel Rubin

• Jet Returns to LAX for Emergency Landing By Jill Leovy

• Sex Offender Can Leave Mental Hospital, Judge Says

• 2 Teenagers Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Murder

• State to Probe UCI Hospital Suicide By Christian Berthelsen

• Passenger, 14, Dies When Truck Hits Tree

• Keeping Lake Tahoe blue

• Community Panels Vote to Link Up By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Sex Offender Charged in Boy’s Molestation

• Ex-King/Drew Doctor Gets Probation By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber

• Panel Reluctantly OKs LAX Runway Contract By Jennifer Oldham

• Governor Appoints New Communications Director By Peter Nicholas

• More Sites Drop Oral HIV Test By Rong-Gong Lin II and Juliet Chung

• Ex-Animal Services Chief to Appeal By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Robert B. Luce, 83; Publisher of Books and Magazines

• 3 Slayings Bring City’s Total to 88 for Year

• Priest Accused of Sexual Abuse Deported to U.S.

• Fullerton Girl Is Home in O.C.; Mom Still in Mexico By David Haldane

• Riverside County to Borrow Voting Machines, Printers By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Man Is Electrocuted While Decorating Home

• UC Regents to Review Pay for Top Officials By Peter Y. Hong

• Vietnamese Immigrants Give $1 Million to College By Mai Tran

• John Ferguson, 86; Voice of LSU Sports for More Than 40 Years

• Prisons to Curtail Racial Segregation By Jill Leovy

Pizzazz Delivery

• New Dodger Garciaparra Simply Played It by Heart By Steve Henson

• Attorney: Players Won’t Be Charged By Peter Yoon

• He Doesn’t Miss the Boom Times By Gary Klein

• Boller Grabs the Spotlight as Ravens Rout the Packers

• Pressel Will Get a Head Start on LPGA Career By Thomas Bonk

• Kings Ahead of the Games By Chris Foster

• Paul Is Traded by the Angels to Tampa Bay By Mike Digiovanna

• Billups Exploits Third Chance

• Cherry Criticizes ‘Golden Boy’ Crosby By Helene Elliott

• Pepperdine Falls Easily at Kansas

• Ozolinsh Looks to Return Soon By Eric Stephens

• Defense Knows What Wildcat Offense Can Do By Lonnie White

• Washburn Joins the Mariners

• USC’s Bush Runs Away With Top AP Award By Gary Klein

• No Bows to Stanford Yet By Mike Terry

• Belfour Gets Win

• According to King, the Russian Is Coming By Grahame L. Jones

• U.S. Sets Turin Hockey Roster By Helene Elliott

• Robitaille Waits for His Chance By Chris Foster

• Wiley-Gatewood Leaves Top-Ranked Tennessee

• Mission Viejo’s Johnson Is Finalist for Coaching Award

• Feeling as if They Belong By Ben Bolch

• Robinson Resigns as Coach of Devils

• Team Doctors Give Turiaf the OK to Play By Mike Bresnahan

• Turnovers Get Dunleavy’s Attention By Mike Terry

• Clearly, He’ll Never Give a Dodger Fan an Even Break By T J. Simers

• Grossman Regains Job With Bears

• Helene Elliott’s Rankings By Helene Elliott

• What Makes Sense About Rent-a-Roster By Ross Newhan

• They Miss Greener Days By Dan Arritt

• Thornton Gives Bite to Sharks By Helene Elliott

• Most Pass in NCAA Report By David Wharton

• Fish Report

State OKs Acquisition of PacifiCare

• Japanese Savoring Return of U.S. Beef

• FPL Group to Buy Constellation Energy

• Writers Guild’s Confrontational Approach Getting Mixed Reviews By Richard Verrier

• Nielsen Bows to Latino Viewers By Meg James

• Study Alleges Racial Bias in Auto Rates By Kathy M. Kristof

• State Wants Calpine to Honor Contracts By Elizabeth Douglass

• Citigroup Tops Morgan, Goldman in Equity Sales

• SpaceX’s Maiden Rocket Launch Is Scrubbed Again By Peter Pae

• Auto Accident Testing System to Stay as It Is

• Alaska Sues BP, Exxon Over Natural Gas Supply

• Also

• Fox’s Film Unit to Skew Younger By Claudia Eller

• State Sees Decline in Gasoline Prices

• Cable TV Firm Ends Plan for Special Dividend

• Delphi Withdraws Proposal to Cut Union Wages

• United Airlines Contrite on Fiasco at O’Hare

• China Nearly Doubles Its Growth Tally

• ImpreMedia Acquires Bay Area Newspaper

• Advisor Guilty in Sirius Case

• Firms Fined on Class B, C Share Fund Sales

• Investors Wait for ‘Santa Rally’

• Tourism Sales Grow at 5.1% Rate in 3rd Quarter

• U.S. Fines Dutch Bank ABN Amro $80 Million

• Carmike Theaters to Convert to Digital By Julie Tamaki

• Icahn Warns on Sale of AOL Stake to Google

• Singer McKay Leaves Sony in Album Dispute By Richard Cromelin

• Seahorse Farm Offers Sanctuary, Chance for Survival

• Judge Tentatively Rejects Gemstar Ex-Chief’s Deal

A good film held hostage by bad PR

• In the primate of his life By Susan King

• Barbara Walters ponders heaven By Paul Brownfield

• NASA takes on a weighty subject

• Cowboys in space try to round up the fans By Susan King

• Naughty? A bit, but ‘Spirit’ is nice too By Lynne Heffley

• ‘Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas’ By Jennifer James

• ‘Housewives’ less desperate in China

• Strum und drang By Richard Cromelin

• Hershey sours on book’s cover

• Wyeth’s ‘Helga’ images are sold

• Munch theft suspects indicted

• ‘West Wing’ has time to adjust

• It’s cold and cruel in Canada’s eastern margins By Anthony Day

• Weekend box office

• Adams goes into a stark place By Randy Lewis;soren Baker

• Writers Guild motto: ‘I’m OK, all 67 of you are OK’ By James Bates

• Jokes & Riddles

At Least 19 Die in Plane Crash Off Miami Beach

• Republicans Welcome Democratic Resistance on Security Matters By Ronald Brownstein

• Bush Insists on Tools to Fight Terror By Janet Hook and Edwin Chen

• N.Y. Transit Strike Deadline Passes, but Still No Word on Walkout Plans

• U.S. Spying Plan Lacked Congress’ Scrutiny, Leading Democrat Says By Greg Miller and Maura Reynolds

• Arctic Drilling Has Been His Burning Issue By Richard Simon

• Audit Says Guam Court Secretly Hired Lobbyist By Walter F. Roche Jr.

• Gas Stations Fined for Post-Katrina Markups

• Former Firefighter Is Sentenced for Arson

• Teen Faking Mental Problems, Psychologists Say By Jon Burstein

• Teens Smoke and Drink Less, but Still Abuse Prescription Medication By Jamie Talan

• Large Explosives Stash Is Missing From Storage

• 7 Firefighters Are Injured in Gas Explosion

• Fire at Radio City Holds Up the Show

• Legal Test Was Seen as Hurdle to Spying By Richard B. Schmitt and David G. Savage

• Report Links Heartburn Medicine With Colitis

• Man Accused of Using Laser to Disrupt Pilot

• Critics Say Flu Bill Overprotects Drug Industry By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• ‘There Is Oversight. We’re Talking to Congress All the Time’

• Critics Question Timing of Surveillance Story By James Rainey

• A president can pull the trigger By John Yoo

• Charting a better SoCal trade route By Jerry Brown, George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis

• A bumpy takeoff

• The death of advertising, show by show By Joel Stein

• Editor in chief

• Failing the science test

• The quiet assimilation of the undocumented By Lydia Chavez

Afghanistan Swears In Its First Elected Parliament in 3 Decades

• From a Tough Past to a Daunting Future in Impoverished Bolivia By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• Spain Arrests 16 Al Qaeda Suspects

• Lesbians Make It Official

• Sharon Is Fine After Stroke, Doctors Say By Ken Ellingwood

• Thieves Lift 4,600-Pound Moore Statue By John Daniszewski

• Ruling Shiite Bloc Sets Pace at Polls By Borzou Daragahi

• U.S. Frees 2 Regime Officials Held Since War’s Early Days By Louise Roug

• Central Bank Chief Tenders Resignation

• Iran Bars Western Music on State Media

• Ex-Rebels in Aceh Finish Turning Over Weapons

• Nobody Suggested ‘Jump Roast’?

• Officials Say Death Toll in Clash Tops 300

• U.S. Troops Sentenced in Abuse Case

• Boat Carrying Migrants Goes Down; 30 Drown