Archive for Saturday, December 31, 2005

• Pre-Colonial Pueblos Found on Ft. Bliss Range

• China Ready to Produce Flu Vaccine in Quantity

• Mt. St. Helens Filling With Lava, Shaking With Continual Quakes

• Gene Therapy Trials in the Works to Treat Hereditary Blood Diseases By Delthia Ricks

• Two Evolutionary Paths Lead to One Panda Grip

• World Clocks to Pick Up Another Second Today

• Tiny Mammal Facing Climate Change, and an Uphill Battle

• Permafrost Thaw Might Speed Global Warming

• Science to Retract False Article on Stem Cells

• Ancient Bronze Funeral Item Uncovered in China

O.C.’s 2005 Filled With Tragedy, Levity and Perfect Storms

• Armenian Americans Honor Two Christmases By Larry B. Stammer

• Patrick Cranshaw, 86; Veteran Character Actor Gained Unlikely Fame as “Blue” in “Old School” By Dennis Mclellan

• A spectator’s guide to the 117th Rose Parade

• Stirring New Year’s Pot Is a Stroke of Luck By Bob Pool

• Heavy Rain, Winds Imperil Parade By Eric Malnic and Juliet Chung

• A Dose of Confusion With New Drug Plan By Catherine Saillant

• Rose Bowl: Granddaddy of All Tickets By Peter Y. Hong

• Edith Heath, 94; Ceramicist Was Noted for Tiles and Tableware By Mary Rourke

• Charles W. Socarides, 83; Psychiatrist Said Gays Could Become Straight By Valerie J. Nelson

• Actor’s Drug Hearing Delayed By Andrew Blankstein

• John Moore, 86; 20-Year Key Aide to Dali Altered Artist’s ‘69 Gala Painting

• Support Group Is Grieving Mother’s Tribute to Slain Son By Fred Alvarez

• Two More Suits Filed Against UCI Hospital By Christian Berthelsen

• Roy Stuart, 78; Veteran Character Actor Known for Role in ‘Gomer Pyle’

• Raymond Griffith, 58; Veteran Journalist Was News Exec in Riverside

• EPA Investigates Toxic Mercury Spills

• 20 Riders Evacuated From Train After Fire

• Effort Targets Drunk Drivers By Wendy Thermos

• Blaze Injures Firefighter, Ravages Office Building

• Memorial Set for Former Labor Leader Bill Robertson

• Holiday closures

• NAACP Branch Pushes for Paid King Holiday

• Woman With 100-Plus Animals to Face Charges

• Tax Evader Could Get Up to 13 Years in Prison

• ‘Bud’ Blake, 87; Created Comic Strip ‘Tiger’ in ‘65

• Bradford Cannon, 98; Surgeon Helped Develop Treatment for Burns

• Su Casa Offers a Home Free of Violence By Caitlin Liu

• Holiday closures

• San Francisco Native Who Survived ‘06 Quake Turns 109

• Defeat Plagues Efforts to Clean Up Skid Row By Cara Mia Dimassa

• Donation to Help Rebuild Menorah

• Police Arrest Man in Christmas Shooting By Andrew Blankstein

• Holiday closures

• Gov. to Propose $1 Hike in State Minimum Wage By Robert Salladay

• Joseph McLellan, 76; Longtime Music Critic for the Washington Post

Instant Replay

• Trojans Making Ends Meet By Gary Klein

• Picking Themselves Up By Lonnie White

• Bryant Takes One on the Chin From NBA Over Flagrant Foul By Mike Bresnahan

• Coach Willing to Weather Injuries By Jason Reid

• Top 10 Local Stories By Mike Penner

• N.C. State Romps to Win

• Saints Plan to Play at Home in 2006

• Miami Is KOd by LSU, 40-3

• Formula Worked, but Carroll Isn’t Giving BCS a Pass By Gary Klein

• Names Dropped By Jerry Crowe

• Senators Stagger Off the Ice with a Win

• There’s Still One Goal Left By Michael Huff

• Stanford Silences USC By Mike Terry

• Virginia Loses Coaches but Defeats Minnesota

• He’s Positive Bruins Won This Bowl Game By T J. Simers

• Picking Themselves Up By J A. Adande

• Top 10 National Stories By Mike Penner

• Tigers Ride Smith to Comeback Victory

• Top performers

• Amat’s Girls Defeat Redondo By Martin Henderson and Dan Loumena

• Bloom, Kearney, Cook Win Spots By Helene Elliott

• Tough Loss Creates a Sense of Urgency By Eric Stephens

• Rotstein Benefits From Northwestern Kicking Woes By Lonnie White

• Arenas Can’t Stop This Heat Streak

• Defense Has Reached Maturity at Right Time By Oscar Lua

• County Charges Medlock By Steve Springer

• Injured Farmar’s Status Uncertain By Steve Springer

• Paris, Oklahoma Stop New Mexico

• These Longhorns Have a Swagger, and Why Not? By Jerry Crowe

• TODAY’S BOWL GAMES By Lonnie White

• Giants Will Play Without Shockey

• This Horse Was Fair Game for the ‘King’ By Grahame L. Jones

• Now Belanger Is Out Awhile By Chris Foster

• ‘Hopeless’ Parra Earns Turin Spot By Diane Pucin

• Fish Report

• Final Grade I of Year Has Great Intentions By Bob Mieszerski

• Trojans’ Minutes Multiply By Ben Bolch

• Long Beach Puts Away Cornell

Hollywood’s Leading Man? Richard Troncone, of Course

• Tide Turns for Foam Factory By Leslie Earnest

• Big 3 Find More Level Playing Field Abroad By John O'Dell

• Why Dow May Be Off the Money By Tom Petruno and Josh Friedman

• Mechanics Reject Northwest Contract

• Loan Fraud Registry Planned By Jonathan Peterson

• Viacom, the New One, Pays $5.4 Billion to CBS

• Lawyer Tried to Hide Payments, Prosecutors Say

• Westinghouse Reactor Design Wins U.S. OK

• GM Retirees Want a Say in Benefit Cuts

• UAL’s Creditors Endorse Reorganization Plan

• Apple Designer Honored by Queen Elizabeth

• Markets Drop in Last Session of 2005

• University of Michigan Bans Coke Products

• Oil Prices Surge and May Keep Going Up By Elizabeth Douglass

• Bush Rejects Quotas on Chinese Steel Pipe

• Fund Manager Beats S&P for 15th Year in Row

• FTC Seeks Data From Bear Stearns Unit

• Wall Street 2005: Year-End Tables

Finally, songs that move us

• Up, up By Geoff Boucher

• Latino rapper lets the ethnic insults fly By Daniel Hernandez

• Is home schooling best for drinking? By Robin Abcarian

• Downloads By Chris Lee

• Superstars fuel record concert sales

• Laurence Olivier detailed, to the letter By Bob Thomas

• Dresden Dolls are anything but fragile By Kevin Bronson

• ‘Crash,’ Singleton win critics awards By Rene Lynch

• Two arrested in celeb video theft

• A father’s surprising past By Regina Marler

• ‘Lost’ costars face DUI charges

• Devilish deeds capture attention of Russians

A Chorus of Hoover Critics

• U.S. Installs Visitor Tracking Stations By Nicole Gaouette

• Deal Possible Next Week in Lobbyist Case By Walter F. Roche Jr.

• Childbirth Study Finds Little Need for a Coach

• FAA Orders Wing Inspections After Florida Seaplane Crash

• Church Offers to Settle More Abuse Claims

• FEMA Payouts Called ‘Huge Waste of Money’ By Sally Kestin and John Maines

• Tropical Storm Zeta Arrives Fashionably Late

• Tainted Food Kills 2 Dozen Dogs

• Bush Signs Patriot Act Extension, Military Bill

• Dozens of Cubans Land on Florida Beaches

• Leak in Domestic Spy Program Investigated By Josh Meyer

• Hinckley Allowed Longer Leaves

• Portland Church Blocked From Shielding Assets

• Padilla Wants High Court Ruling

• High-tech Hollywood

• Embattled Europe

• Wordology

23 Reported Killed as Riot Police Storm Refugees’ Tent City in Cairo

• Disgruntled Palestinian Police Overrun Gaza Border Facility By Laura King

• China’s Union Organizers By Mark Magnier

• Anguished by the Suffering, a Cleric Keeps on Talking By Robyn Dixon

• U.S. Schoolboy Heads Home From Baghdad

• Bolivia’s Morales Feted in Cuba

• Chinese Reporters Walk Out

• S. Korea to Cut Iraq Force, Extend Mission

• Condolences Offered After Hitler’s Death

• Aid Group Warns of Famine in East Africa

• 2 U.S. Troops, 17 Iraqis Killed

• Yemen Rockslide Toll Climbs to 43

• Ex-Official Says Regime Had Threatened Hariri

• 6 Killed, 45 Hurt in Market Bombing

• Pinochet Loses Another Battle Over Immunity