Archive for Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Taking the Christmas Out of Christ

• James I. Freed, 75; Designed Holocaust Museum, Addition to Convention Center By Myrna Oliver

• For 5 Homeless Families, There’s Room at the Inn By Fred Alvarez

• Smuggling of Puppies Still Plagues Region By Richard Marosi

• 2 Sides Clash Over Audit of Schools By Steve Hymon

• Funeral Service Celebrates Williams’ Conversion From Violence to Peace By Lisa Richardson

• Dr. Hyman Engelberg, 92; Marilyn Monroe’s Personal Physician By Myrna Oliver

• Nonprofits Panel Puts Getty on Probation By Robin Fields

• Ak Miller, 84; Pioneer Drag Racer Helped Found Hot Rod Assn. By Shav Glick

• Sole Carrier at Palmdale to Quit By Jennifer Oldham

• Political Food for Thought During Holiday Recess By Steve Hymon

• Retired CSI Man Held in Killing By Lance Pugmire

• Crime in L.A. Drops for 3rd Year in a Row By David Pierson and Richard Winton

• DWP OKs Contract to Upgrade Video Security

• Tapping Music’s Power to Heal By Dana Parsons

• City to Borrow Voting Machines for Runoff

• Man’s Throat Slashed; Brother-in-Law Arrested

• Austrian Mayor Tries to Smooth Away Rift With Schwarzenegger By Peter Nicholas and Alissa J. Rubin

• Plane Makes Emergency Landing Due to Smoke

• O.C. Passes $4.50 Airport Departure Fee By David Haldane

• Voters in O.C. Will Have Paperwork By Jean O. Pasco

• Medical Equipment Blamed in Fatal Fire

• Renewable-Energy Plan to Be Explained

• Alleged Extortionist of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Creator to Stand Trial By Andrew Blankstein

• State Atty. Gen. Urges Execution for Allen

• County Gives Ethics Rule Teeth By Noam N. Levey

• UCI Misled Liver Unit Regulators on Staffing By Alan Zarembo and Charles Ornstein

• Skid Row Deaths Stun City Council By Cara Mia Dimassa and Patrick Mcgreevy

• EPA Issues New Plan to Limit Soot By Miguel Bustillo and Marla Cone

• Female Prison Inmate Is Killed in Apparent Homicide By Susannah Rosenblatt and Lance Pugmire

Kobe’s One-Man Show: 62

• Colletti Is Retooling Dodgers Without Hocking the Farm By Bill Plaschke

• NOT ALL IS LOST By Diane Pucin

• Broken Finger Sidelines Roenick By Chris Foster

• The NFL Draft Dilemma: Play Now or Play the Odds By David Wharton

• Southern Mississippi Slips Past Arkansas State, 31-19

• Callahan Tries to Take Hold of Kicking Game By Lonnie White

• Brand Becoming a Popular Player By Mike Terry

• Mistakes Cost Ducks a Victory By Eric Stephens

• Brown: Discipline Is Internal By Peter Yoon

• Sylmar, Mater Dei Enjoy Some Firsts With Tournament Titles By Lauren Peterson

• Wright Makes Most of Opportunity By Steve Springer

• Carney Leads Memphis in a Rout

• Stability Helps Offense Improve By Eric Stephens

• Dodgers Add More Speed With Lofton By Steve Henson

• Olympic Question: How Now, Kildow? By Grahame L. Jones

• Missouri Safety Won’t Play After Arrest

• USC TONIGHT By Ben Bolch

• TONIGHT By Mike Terry

• Fish Report

• GMAC BOWL By Lonnie White

• Diane Pucin’s Rankings

• Profit Looks to Be Sidelined for the Season By Mike Bresnahan

• Fourth Line Finds Offensive Touch By Eric Stephens

• Bogut’s Stellar Ending Lifts Bucks Past Spurs

• Leinart Had Been Ineligible By Gary Klein

• KINGS TONIGHT By Chris Foster

• Lamoriello Is a Success for Devils

• Carter, Nets Run Past the Clippers By Mike Terry

• Cameron’s Effort Carries the Trojans

• Conroy’s Return Brings Back Memories By Chris Foster

• PLAYOFF POSSIBILITIES

• Damon Heading to Yankees

• Mike Penner’s Rankings By Mike Penner

• For USC, Nothing Would Be Finer Than Beating North Carolina By Ben Bolch

• UCLA TONIGHT By Steve Springer

• Anaheim to Hire Outside Lawyers By Bill Shaikin

• Potentially, This Lineup Shouldn’t Have a Problem By J A. Adande

Retailers Hoping for Last-Minute Holiday Shopping Surge

• Michael Jackson Advisors Try to Stave Off Default By Charles Duhigg

• U.S. Tech Firm Retools to Survive the Asian Threat By Evelyn Iritani

• South of the Border, the Christmas Bonus Is Sacred By Marla Dickerson

• Powerex Wins Dismissal of Suit

• Surprise Rise for Housing Starts

• Judge Ousts Tenet Juror By Molly Selvin

• U.S. Sets Terms for Purchase of Insurer PacifiCare

• Former Qwest CEO Is Indicted

• Nike Profit Climbs 15% on Strong U.S. Demand

• Market Ends Mixed; Dow Falls

• Also

• CSC Wins $1.9-Billion Contract From BAE

• Palm’s Profit Leaps on Boost in Shipments

• Kerkorian Sells 12 Million Shares of GM

• Edison Says It Will Raise Power Rates By Marc Lifsher and Elizabeth Douglass

• Commerce Jeans Maker Files for Nasdaq Listing

• Allergan-Inamed Deal to Close Next Month

• Wal-Mart Probed on Hazardous Materials By Abigail Goldman

• Morgan Stanley’s Earnings Rise 49%

• Acxiom Rejects Takeover Bid From Private Group

• NBC Correspondents May Decertify AFTRA

• Disney, French Retailers Fined in Antitrust Case

• Debt-Heavy Calpine Files for Chapter 11 By Elizabeth Douglass

• Electronic Arts Expects to Miss Profit Estimates

• Callaway Golf Signs Teen to Endorsement Contract

• Tougher Mortgage Guidelines Proposed By Jonathan Peterson

• EBay Drops Plan to Allow Sales of Pets

• Time Warner Board OKs AOL Deal With Google By Chris Gaither

• Briefly

• Sprint Agrees to Buy Out Affiliate for $6.5 Billion

• Unreported Income Rose in Early Part of Decade

• Toyota Output Plans Send GM Stock to 23-Year Low

Where’s the 911? Who cares?

• Navigation nightmare on a desert road By Ralph Vartabedian

Kreplach as good as gelt

• French for revelry By Regina Schrambling

• Call it home-field advantage By S. Irene Virbila

• When salad meets risotto By Barbara Hansen

• Cider’s promise? Look west By Charles Perry

• Drink in a bit of New York By Laurie Winer

• Christmas Eve is for the birds By Leslee Komaiko

• 2003 Clos des Brusquieres Chateauneuf-du-Pape By S. Irene Virbila

Image and object

• Taking a stance on Spielberg’s ‘Munich’ By Elaine Dutka

• Spears files libel suit against Us

• A book tour or whistle-stops? By Anne-Marie O'Connor

• The blind leading the blind By Carina Chocano

• Some performances save the best for last By Mark Swed

• The tree that decorates itself

• There’s no need to settle for the ‘Cheaper’ laughs By Kevin Thomas

• Little-known director had heck of a ride By Susan King

• ‘Dick & Jane’s’ real crime is wasting a good premise By Kenneth Turan

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

• Viewers are following the scripts

• Death Cab goes straight to videos

• Queens are in tune with spirits of rock past, future By Steve Appleford

• Concord Music buys Telarc

• Movie promotion tries new frontiers

• ‘Syriana,’ ‘The New World’ head for Berlin

• Zukerman plans musical interlude

• In their day, these ladies were the talk of Paris By Thomas Mcgonigle

• Jokes & Riddles

‘Illegal’ Transit Strike Puts New Yorkers Out in the Cold

• Where Chaos Is Expelled By Faye Fiore

• Daughter to Carry Out a Last Wish By Ann M. Simmons

• Judge Says ‘Intelligent Design’ Is Not Science By Henry Weinstein

• Officials Fault Case Bush Cited By Josh Meyer

• ‘We Lost a Lot of Good People’ in Crash By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Pap Smear Doctors Defend Know-How By Walter F. Roche Jr.

• Hurricane Center Issues Final Report on Katrina

• Bush Signs Legislation for Transplant Databank

• Lobbyist May Cooperate in Inquiry, Source Says

• Cheney Defends Domestic Spying By Maura Reynolds

• Spending Cuts Would Barely Trim Deficit By Richard Simon and Joel Havemann

• Reform Is Promised for FEMA

• Baltimore Goes on the Alert for Drug Benefit Snafus By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• A fire alarm in Iran

• ‘Plame Platoon’ is AWOL on new leaks By Max Boot

• Intelligence abuse deja vu By Gary Hart

• Rebuilding the nation of immigrants By Lydia Chavez

• Standing up to Stevens

• Doha’s poor yield

• Rescuing history, salvaging hope By Erin Aubry Kaplan

Germany Lets TWA Hijacker Out of Prison

• Five in Paramilitary Unit Go on Trial in Serbia By Zoran Cirjakovic and Alissa J. Rubin

• Sharon Is Back on His Feet After Stroke By Ken Ellingwood

• Quake Survivors Vulnerable to Bitter Cold in the Mountains By Paul Watson

• Much Tsunami Aid Still Unspent, Report Says By Maggie Farley

• Pilot Given 14-Year Jail Term in Activist’s Death

• Fleeing Mugger Killed by Tigers, Police Say

• Jordan OKs Cabinet and Names New Spy Chief

• Lakhdar Brahimi, a Key Diplomat, to Retire

• N. Korea Plans New Reactors

• Weekend Meeting With N. Korea Is Foreseen

• Iraq Election Results Will Pose New Challenges for U.S. Policy By Borzou Daragahi and Tyler Marshall

• U.S. to Reduce Number of Troops in Afghanistan

• Cheney Visits Quake Zone, Praises Aid by U.S. Military

• 29 Kidnapped Colombian Officers Found