Archive for Thursday, February 17, 2005

2 Human Skulls Go From Old to Oldest

• Vietnam Expands Poultry Ban to Curb Spread of Bird Flu By Charles Piller

Alleged Racial Incidents Shatter Security of Santa Clarita Valley

• Dr. Marjorie Braude, 80; Wife of Ex-L.A. Councilman Ran Domestic Violence Task Force

• John Harllee, 91; Former Chairman of Federal Maritime Commission

• One Bidder Wins It All at El Toro By Jean O. Pasco

• 2 Inquiries Target MTA Official By Patrick Mcgreevy

• LAPD Panel Restricts the Use of Force By Richard Winton and Megan Garvey

• Samuel Alderson, 90; Inventor of Dummies Used to Test Car Safety By Myrna Oliver

• Firm Pulls the Plug on Student Tracking Test By Eric Bailey

• Legislator Accuses Electricity Firm of Perjury By Nancy Vogel

• Norby Denies Woman’s Charge By Stuart Pfeifer

• Fighting to Save a Train Depot, and a Bit of History By Wendy Thermos

• Nathalie Krassovska, 86; Ballerina Praised for Lyrical Performances

• 10 Arrested in Tax Refund Theft Ring

• Consensus Builds on Need for Housing By Daryl Kelley

• Jack L. Chalker, 60; Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writer

• Blake Witness’ Meth Use Described By Andrew Blankstein

• William Mann, 72; Fishing Champ Earned Millions Making Lures

• Entities Seek to Combine Suits Against LAX Plan

• Orange Official Says Charity Begins at Home By Dave Mckibben

• 10 Are Held in Alleged Tax Refund Plot By David Reyes

• Villaraigosa Vows to Tackle ‘Healthcare Crisis’ By Jessica Garrison

• 10,000 Ecstasy Pills Found; 2 Men Arrested

• CHP Says Simpson Kin Didn’t Alter Crash Story By John M. Glionna and Lee Romney

• Words Are Unclear; Intent to Win Isn’t By George Skelton

• Redevelopment Agency Promises Overhaul

• Council Considers Offering Data on Canadian Drugs By Steve Hymon

• State Ends Quarantine on Oriental Fruit Fly

• Christopher Marquis, 43; Novelist, Former Reporter for N.Y. Times

• Scientist Held in Sex Case By Richard Winton and Eric Malnic

• Charter Schools Promote Reform By Jean Merl

• Governor Appoints 4 New County Judges

• O.C. Rocks, and Here’s a Museum to Prove It

• O.C. Officer Accused of Sex Assault Leaves Job By Rong-Gong Lin II

• Big Cats Are Likened to Prisoners By Susannah Rosenblatt

• MTA Panel Rejects Bid to Add Subways By Erica Williams

• Ventura County Set to Grow, Prosper By Gregory W. Griggs

• State Ends Quarantine on Oriental Fruit Fly

• U.S. May Force California to Call More School Districts Failures By Duke Helfand

The Puck Stops Here

• CLOSE-UPS By Martin Henderson, Dan Arritt, and Lauren Peterson

• Good to Last Puck Drop By Lisa Dillman

• Angels Face Life Minus Troy By Mike Digiovanna

• This Won’t Be a Yawner By Thomas Bonk

• NHL Ends Faceoff by Canceling Season By Helene Elliott

• Casey Puts a Lot of Spin on Shots By Thomas Bonk

• Daytona Qualifying Will Have a Relaxed Look By Shav Glick

• Viking Owner’s Bio Included Inaccuracies

• Clippers Fall and Limp Home By Jerry Crowe

• This Won’t Be a Yawner By Chris Dufresne

• Farmar’s Motivation Is Rooted in History By Diane Pucin

• Warriors Surprise SuperSonics

• Eastman Has Plenty of Punch Lines By Steve Springer

• Fans Spread Blame for Lost Season By Ben Bolch

• Memo to NHL: Does Anybody Really Care? By J A. Adande

• She Doesn’t Just Skate By in Soccer By Lauren Peterson

• Hamblen to Finish Season as Coach By Mike Bresnahan and Lonnie White

• Bledsoe’s Days as a Bill Are Over

• No. 7 Baylor Brushes Aside Missouri, 74-57

• Norco’s Arriaran Earns Player of Year Award By Eric Sondheimer;

• NOW YOU KNOW

• Armstrong Is Planning to Make Another Tour By Diane Pucin

• TONIGHT By Eric Stephens

• Wolfpack Gets Past Terrapins in a Rout

• Top Performers

• Lowe, Red Sox Feud Is Aired By Steve Henson

• Maybe He Can Throw Out the First Chair By Larry Stewart

• Northridge Walks Away With a Bye By Eric Stephens

• NHL LABOR CHRONOLOGY

• National Teams Hit Local Ice

• Trainer Sherman on Roll By Bob Mieszerski

• ESPN Can’t Be Too Upset This Reality Show Is Over By Mike Penner

• Next Move Brings Worry By David Wharton and Helene Elliott

• O’Neil Glad to Reclaim Center Stage By Paul Gutierrez

• Defensive Coach Johnson Goes to Bears By Lonnie White

• La Russa Tells of Canseco’s Boasting

• Angels Ask Court to Throw Out Majority of Suit By Bill Shaikin

• Livingston Lost Again, Likely for a Month By Jerry Crowe

Real people, high-end hair

• Zombies in their midst By Pete Metzger

• Upon this rock, a scene was built By Marc Weingarten

• Staying a step ahead of the game By Susan Carpenter

• A dose of reality, 1950s style By Liane Bonin

• Spreading the aloha spirit By S. Irene Virbila

• Delighted to act her age By Susan King

• BANDS By Kevin Bronson

• Buzz worthy strip mall? By Steve Baltin

• Little new insight in ‘Diaries’ By Susan King

• Fitness goals lagging a bit? Here’s some wiggle room By Liane Bonin

• Why stop at just ‘Ragtime’?

• Take aim, shoot, just don’t pollute By Kevin Thomas

• A Bono-fied religion By Geoff Boucher

• CLUBS By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• With film scores, hearing is believing By Chris Pasles

• A punk for times like these By Susan Carpenter

• Springsteen scales down for his latest album By Geoff Boucher

• Man about town? Nah, just the neighborhood By Robin Rauzi

• Opportunity knocks for 3 Doors Down By Robert Hilburn

• Robbers turn over a new leaf By Kevin Bronson

• If you don’t think he’s cuter than the average bear, you can stuff it By Jeff Miller

• Hawaiiana By Leslee Komaiko

• Disaster-proofing your habitat for special guests By Teresa Strasser

• Gwen would like her red dress back By Kevin Bronson

• Benny Golson’s storied talent By Don Heckman

• FINALLY

• Arts program focuses on youth

• A big step up for art in Dallas

• JFK rocker sells for $96,000

• WEEKEND FORECAST

• For boomers: bigger books By Hillel Italie

• Ask the Critic: Robert Hilburn By Robert Hilburn

Newly Elected Feckner Urges Fight Over CalPERS Overhaul

• Intel Researchers Build Laser Using Computer Chip Silicon

• Ty Must Forfeit $700,000 Award

• WorldCom Finance Chief Says He Lied to the Board By Walter Hamilton

• Broadcast Lobbyist to Step Down in April ‘06

• Goldman Sachs Fires 30 From Equities Unit

• Hotels to Drop Weekly $10 Insurance Premiums By Nancy Cleeland

• Electronic Arts, Ubisoft Are Having a ‘Dialogue’

• Cargo at Long Beach Port Increases 35%

• Housing Starts Near 21-Year High

• San Diego’s Rating Is Cut on $2.7 Billion of Bonds

• Amgen Drug Is Said to Work By Denise Gellene

• IAC/InterActive Posts $42.6-Million Loss

• A Valuable Drug Discovery at UC By Michael Hiltzik

• Earnings Drop 9% at Insurer

• Mitsubishi Names Head of North America Unit By John O'Dell

• Probing Child Labor at Wal-Mart

• Guess Profit Rises 26% By Leslie Earnest

• Wendy’s Says It Will Post Loss

• Tenet Jurors Are Told to Resume Deliberations

• HP Results Beat Wall St. Expectations By Terril Yue Jones

• Coca-Cola Profit Jumps on Lower Costs

• More Victims in Scam Will Be Alerted By Joseph Menn and David Colker

• Higher Indecency Fines on Horizon By Jube Shiver Jr.

• Dolby Laboratories IPO Raises $495 Million

• Stocks Mixed on Fed Remarks

• Circuit City to Slash Jobs, Close Retail Stores and Other Facilities

• Mexico’s Economy Grows at 4.9% Rate

• FTC Approves MGM Purchase of Mandalay

• Hanover Direct to Sell Gump’s

• Briefly

• U.S. Seeks Tobacco Penalties By Myron Levin

• Judge Approves Accord in Executive Life Case

• Greenspan Hints at More Rate Hikes By Joel Havemann

• Qwest Makes Public Its Bid for MCI

• L.A. Mutual Fund Firm Accused of Misconduct By Tom Petruno and Josh Friedman

Camellias are all different, but also all the same

• ‘Keeper’ By Judith Ross Enderle and Stephanie Jacob Gordon

• Jokes & Riddles

A Long Road Home

• Chinese Immigrants Appeal to Get Daughter Back By Ellen Barry

• Bush Shifts Pension Stance By Peter Wallsten and Joel Havemann

• FDA Begins Hearings on Safety of Painkillers By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• PBS, Fighting for Relevance, Loses Its Chief By Bob Baker

• Football Stadium Plan Is Thrown for a Loss By Josh Getlin

• Past Voices of Civility Back New House Effort By Johanna Neuman

• Emergency War Funds Questioned By Richard Simon and John Hendren

• Icy Slip Breaks Ribs of Maine’s Governor

• Treatment Aids Prostate Cancer Odds

• Kidnapping Suspect Removed From Hearing

• U.S. Is Still Targeting Calif. Pornography Firm

• Infant’s Life Support Is Upheld on Appeal

• Pilot Accused of Lying Has Charge Dropped

• Study Backs Light, Early Epidurals

• Judge to Enter Alcohol Program After Crash

• Endangered Status Sought for Polar Bears By Miguel Bustillo

• Sen. Specter Says He Has Cancer By Richard Simon

• Shell Disease Strikes 30% of New England Lobsters

• Jury Says It Can’t Reach Cleric Abuse Verdict

• Attack Victim Has Healthy Baby

• Harvard President Is Urged to Resign

• Commission Begins Review of the Tax Code By Warren Vieth

• Small Jet Crashes in Colorado; 8 Dead

Design for living, separately

• The 21st century parlor By Sean Mitchell

• The big to-do: message boards By Christy Hobart

• The look of tomorrow? By Susanne Hopkins

• Day spa for the living room By Maryann Hammers

• Arts and Crafts by the ‘Numb3rs’ By Christy Hobart

• Building a home inspired by you By Alexandria Abramian-Mott

• Divine design on a budget By Alexandria Abramian-Mott

• E-mails from the edge By Chris Erskine

• Your friends may never know By Susanne Hopkins

• At play with architecture By Samantha Bonar

• Rainy day savings By Robert Smaus

Kim Jong Il May Be Crazy

• A Transatlantic Truce: Isn’t It Pragmatic? By Max Boot

• The Anti{heart} Gets Our Vote

• The Specter of Nuclear Proliferation By Graham Allison

• Charles and Camilla (and Mike and Janet) By Margaret Carlson

• Jailing Journalists

• Name That Mayor

Mourners in Lebanon Say Syria Must Go

• Amid Rising Strife, Kuwait Targets Extremists Who Target Westerners By Tony Perry

• Mexico City Mayor Talks Economics By Chris Kraul

• Gang’s Deadly Feud Plagues Naples By Tracy Wilkinson

• To France’s Busy Diplomat, These Are Days for Dialogue By Sebastian Rotella

• A Pair of Rival Protests Demonstrates the Split Over Ecuador’s Leader By Héctor Tobar and Orlando Perez

• CIA Still Trying to Get Access to Pakistani Nuclear Scientist By Greg Miller

• Israeli Lawmakers OK Gaza Withdrawal Plan By Laura King

• India, Pakistan Agree on Kashmir Bus Service By Mubashir Zaidi and Firdous Tak

• Ex-Dictator’s Family Loses Appeal on Funds

• Former President’s Daughter Found Dead

• Speculation Swirls After Explosion in Iran

• Quebec Power Firm Steps Up Plant Security

• Four U.S. Troops Die in Noncombat Incidents

• Handling of Mainland Dissidents Ties Taiwan in Knots By Mark Magnier and Tsai Ting-I

• Iraqi Alliance to Vote on Nominee

• Rice Urges Allies to ‘Send Syria a Message’ to Leave Lebanon By Paul Richter