Archive for Friday, December 30, 2005

Beaten – but Back at His Spot

• For Riders of Dunes, True Grit–and Risk By Janet Wilson

• A Fatal Lapse for Victim of Torment By Paul Pringle and Hector Becerra

• O.C. Puts Its Spin on the Ball Drop By Roy Rivenburg

• Memories Shrouded in Doubt By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Corona Pair’s Move to Area Traced By Daniel Yi and Lynn Marshall

• Storm Expected to Test Levees in Delta Area By Rone Tempest

• Charges Filed Against Two Suspected of Dumping Alligator By Wendy Thermos

• John Diebold, 79; Pioneered Computer Use in Automation of Businesses By Valerie J. Nelson

• Milton L. Goldberg, 92; Helped Start Times Summer Camp Fund By Jon Thurber

• When Pupils Protest, Schools Walk Tricky Line By Beth Shuster

• Orange Line Eases A.M. Rush on 101 By Caitlin Liu

• ‘Drop House’ Spurs Arrests By Anna Gorman

• Edison to Shut Down Polluting Coal Plant By Miguel Bustillo

• Expelled Girls Sue Over Invasion of Privacy

• Menorah Comes to the Hospital By Dana Parsons

• O.C. Sex Assault Victim Sues Her 3 Attackers By Sara Lin

• Youth Prison’s Policies Cited in Teen’s Suicide By Evan Halper

• Homeless Man Held in April Slaying of Waiter By Eric Malnic

• Bandit Who Has Robbed 8 Restaurants Sought By Tony Perry

• DWP Criticizes Plan to Cut Dust in Wider Area

• 14 Stolen Baby Jesus Figurines Are Recovered

• $200,000 Fine for Dumping By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Ports May Share Air Quality Monitoring Data

• Holiday closures

• Police Make Presence Felt on South L.A. Homicides By Jill Leovy

Nobody Had an Impact Like Patrick Did in 2005

• An Open Field By Bill Plaschke

• Kings’ Loss Is Indefensible By Chris Foster

• Bruins Win, Suffer Losses By Steve Springer

• Off-Season Starts Early for Some By Sam Farmer

• Dodgers’ Secret Plan for L.A.: NFL Stadium, Upscale Complex By Bill Shaikin

• UCLA Seeks Some Closure By Lonnie White

• It’s a Whole New Experience By Oscar Lua

• Rahlves Survives Tricky Course to Get Second Downhill Victory By Helene Elliott

• Familiar Feeling a Year Later By Michael Huff

• Pistons Defeat the Heat

• Brown Enjoys Rewards of Bowl By Peter Yoon

• Schild Wins the Slalom and Koznick Is Fourth

• Sooners Surprise No. 6 Ducks

• Ozolinsh Leaves the Ducks Indefinitely By Eric Stephens

• Linebacker Rivers Is Healthy, Ready to Play By David Wharton and Gary Klein

• USC Slips Against Cal, 62-58 By Ben Bolch

• Smooth Operator By Lonnie White

• It’s a Minority Opinion, and He’s Sticking to It By T J. Simers

• Jackson Wants Focus on Bowl, Not His Future By Larry Stewart

• Sun Devils Roll Past the Huskies

• USC May Switch Date of Opener By Gary Klein

• Bozeman May Be Done for Season By Steve Springer

• Roy Steps It Up for Unbeaten Washington

• Playoff Puzzle Is Nearly Complete By Jerry Crowe

• Dungy Comes Back to Coach the Colts

• Mastering the Fadeaway By Mike Bresnahan

• FSN Unites West, Southwest Coverage for Rose Bowl By Larry Stewart

• Success Yields Few Startling Admissions By David Wharton

• Affre Tries to Maintain Hot Streak in Cypress Sophomore Handicap By Bob Mieszerski

• Niedermayer Rests His Many Aches and Pains By Eric Stephens

• This Puts Thrashers in a Sticky Situation By Grahame L. Jones

• Front-Court Addition Could Be on the Way By Jason Reid

• Georgia Tech Dismissed by Utah, 38-10 By Thomas Bonk

• Trainer O’Neill Stays Busy at Santa Anita By Bob Mieszerski

• NHL Roundup By Crosby Nets Two More In 6-2 Win

• Fish Report

• Loyola Can’t Stop Hot UNLV

• Gophers, Mason Might Part Ways

• Weighty Issues for the Defense By Lonnie White

• Rose to Ride at Santa Anita By Bob Mieszerski

• Sparse Start for Black College Event By Dan Arritt

• San Clemente Is Second at Foothill By Lauren Peterson and Dan Loumena

• Goaltender LaBarbera Gets Little Help in Rocky Return By Chris Foster

New Year, New Medicare Plan

• Home Sales Decline 1.7% in November

• SEC, U.S. Prosecutors Clash Over Plea Deal By Richard Verrier

• Dimensional’s ‘Passive’ Course Pays Off By Tom Petruno

• Sony Draws Criticism for PlayStation Ads

• Briefly

• Also

• ‘Passive’ in a Different Sense By Tom Petruno

• Oppenheimer Agrees to Regulatory Fines

• Three Oil Companies to Return to Libya

• Online Sales Surge, Led by Electronics

• Intel Rebranding Itself in Push as Platform Provider

• Sony Would Offer Free Music to Settle Suits By Charles Duhigg

• Power Customers Seek Delay of Hearing on Calpine Contracts

• Japanese Exchanges Cite Heavy Volume for Delays

• 30-Year Mortgage Rates Slip to 6.22%

• Quidel Shares Rise on FDA Approval of Claims

• East West Bank to Buy Rival Standard

• Hilton to Go Global, Unify Brand Name By Ronald D. White

• Fishermen Push for Financial Help

• Skilling Bid to Have Charges Dropped Fails

• Stocks Decline in Slow Session

• As TV Viewership Splinters, Sports Still Get Big Audiences

• Music Download Sales Soar; CDs Slip

• $204 Million Proposed for Boeing Satellites

• Redstone Gives Stake in Midway to Daughter

Call of the epic

• Well-kept medieval Russia By Ben Nuckols

• Crouching U.S. studios, hidden Chinese market By Bruce Wallace

• Tan turns her suffering into empathy for others By Rhonda Shafner

• Real fun starts after the Globes By Elizabeth Snead

• JibJabs are cute, but not pointed enough to offend By Steve Johnson

• Actor says he’s sorry cop was shot

• ‘Justice’ watchers who protect the innocent By Robert Lloyd

• Brando’s son sued by ex-wife By Robert W. Welkos

• A hit man unravels in ‘The Matador’ By Kevin Thomas

• Say what you will, it was fun By Mark Leibovich

• Profiting off sugarplums By Lewis Segal

• It’s all relative in film By Hank Stuever

• Adventurous love story lives up to its ‘Promise’ By Kevin Thomas

• An exhibit that takes all the fun out of the banjo By Sarah Kaufman

• Book makes itself at home with sitcoms’ interior design By Gary Dymski

• Exhibit is a short course in tsunami science By Tara Burghart

• ‘Prairie Blizzard’ By Nancy Smiler Levinson

• Jokes & Riddles

• Launching a chemical reaction to cosmetics By Joann Klimkiewicz

• Basking in a novel life after the Dead By John Rogers

• Writing your way into college By Susan Kinzie

• A TV star looks at peer pressure among the foals

• Swinging to the rhythms of the holiday By Don Heckman

• Washington state is in the mood to woo By Hui-Yong Yu

• Book publisher, Hershey settle

• Harsh ‘Model’ critic gets show

• Creativity Corner

• Film scripts put on the Internet

• FINALLY

• Enduring lessons of the mentor on the sidelines By Gordon Marino

How Bedrock Promises of Security Have Fractured Across America

• Chicagoans Hurry to Savor a Last Bite of City’s History By P J. Huffstutter

• Sedition Project Aims for Posthumous Pardons By Maurice Possley

• A Father’s Fall From Grace By Ted Gregory

• Fires Reflect Wider Disaster: Drought By Scott Gold

• Winter Storm Closes Roads in the Rockies

• Washed-Up Cars Trickle to Market By Andrew Martin and Andrew Zajac

• 3 Teens Held in Mob Beating of Motorist

• Man Dies After Being Snared in Wood Chipper

• Body of Missing Police Officer Is Found

• Tennessee Posts Convicted Meth Makers on Web By Ellen Barry

• Suspect in Fatal Crash Accused in Jail Stabbing

• Detroit Recount Halted; Incumbent Mayor Wins

• Mayor Pleads Not Guilty in Federal Fraud Case

• French Quarter Cheers the Return of Iconic Restaurant

• Closure of Gay Housing at Rikers Draws Complaints

• Police Say Soldier’s Stray Bullet Kills Woman in New York By Luis Perez and Rocco Parascandola

• Congressional copycats

• A high-stakes nuclear gamble By Leonard Weiss

• The Sharon effect By Aaron David Miller

• Is Clinton’s history in Bush’s future? By Rosa Brooks

• Called out at home

• Journalism on trial

• A new pope must face old problems By George Weigel

Backers of Cuban Reforms Play a Waiting Game

• U.S. to Restrict Iraqi Police By Louise Roug

• Switzerland to Extradite Former Moscow Official to Russia By David Holley

• Suicide Attacker Kills 3 at West Bank Checkpoint By Laura King

• Italy’s Pursuit of CIA Operatives Stalls By Tracy Wilkinson

• Indonesia Reduces Aceh Troops

• Missing His Grandma, Boy Sets Off in Toy Car

• Child Dies as Protesters Clash With Police

• Russia Wields Its New Arsenal: Fuel By Jeffrey Fleishman

• China to Abolish Contentious Agricultural Levy By Ching-Ching Ni

• Man Convicted in Videotaped Killings

• Berlusconi and Lawyer Probed in Bribery Case

• Man Pays for His Camera, Twice

• Holocaust Survivors to Begin Getting Payments

• Suspected Taliban Die in Accidental Explosion

• International Team Will Review Elections

• Former Police Director Held in 1975 Kidnapping

• China Reports 3rd Bird Flu Death

• Some Charges Against Novelist Are Dropped

• Avalanche Kills 25 in Northwestern Region