Archive for Sunday, February 13, 2005
California | Local
Real Estate
A grand chateau at the lake’s edge
Real Estate |
February 13, 2005
Lake Arrowhead’s water level was down more than 20 feet before the
January rains. Read more
Magazine
Five Songs, Five Looks
Magazine |
February 13, 2005
Ray Charles, who died last June, is nominated with Norah Jones for
“Here We Go Again,” from his highly regarded album of duets “Genius
Loves Company.” Read more
Sports
LOSING THE RACE
Sports |
February 13, 2005
As he walked through the airport in Atlanta on his way to catch a
flight to Jacksonville, Fla., to see the Super Bowl, Charlie Sifford
was stopped in his tracks by a man who stared at him for a few moments. Read more
Travel
Altitude, not attitude
Travel |
February 13, 2005
If you are a skier of a certain age, you might remember a time in
your life when you woke with the sun, chowed down on a bowl of Cocoa
Puffs and dashed out the door to beat other skiers to the first turns
of the day. Read more
News
Separated Sweethearts Find Each Other, and Their Son
News |
February 13, 2005
He held his son only once, in a sterile office at Catholic Children’s
Services that November day in 1977. Read more
Business
Firms Paying Heed to the Higher Price of Offenses
Business |
February 13, 2005
In state and federal courtrooms last week, prosecutors told stories
of fallen executives treating their companies like personal fiefdoms
– raiding the treasuries, decreeing phony financials and lying to
conceal the rot from investors. Read more
Books
The troubled-teen trap
Books |
February 13, 2005
Ragging on teenagers has become a sanctioned sport of late, with some
of the most aggressive bashing coming from an unlikely sector – the
middle and upper-middle classes, who are proving the Beatles right. Read more
Entertainment
‘Lost’ takes an odd path to diversity
Entertainment |
February 13, 2005
When J.J. Abrams turned in an outline for “Lost” last year, Lloyd
Braun, then ABC Television Group’s chairman, bragged excitedly to a
buddy, “This, my friend, is ‘ER.’ ” Braun was so convinced by the 25-page outline in his hands, a
hybrid of “Survivor” and “Cast Away,” that he ordered a two-hour,
$11-million pilot with no script, just the creators’ vision of plane
crash survivors on an eerie, not-so-deserted island. Read more
National
Nevada’s Clout Evident in Waste Site Battle
National |
February 13, 2005
The federal government’s campaign to put a nuclear waste dump at
Yucca Mountain in Nevada is in trouble, having encountered political
and legal setbacks during the last year that have raised questions
about when and even if the project will go forward. Read more
Opinion
The Digital Age
Opinion |
February 13, 2005
Even without a tinker-proof, state-of-the-art computerized voting
process, like, say, Florida’s, Iraq’s election had its own digital aspect. Read more
World
Postelection Optimism Ebbing in Iraq
World |
February 13, 2005
Two weeks after Iraq’s first democratic election, hopes for a better
future have given way in some quarters to pessimism, or at least to
more limited expectations, as resurgent violence and a delay in the
final tally have added to political uncertainty. Read more
