Archive for Sunday, February 27, 2005

Searching for the Why of Buy

SAT’s Essay Question Spells Stressful Prep

• Volunteers Get Storm-Trashed O.C. Wetlands Set for Spring By Mai Tran

• Slides Reinforce the Point That Engineering Matters By Steve Hymon and Sara Lin, Ted Rohrlich

• Ojai Teacher Thinks Locally, Acts Globally By Fred Alvarez

• Sneaker Fan Puts Affection on Display By Tonya Alanez

• Station’s Only Fires Now Are Intentional By Cecilia Rasmussen

• Mayoral Candidates Push Toward Finish By Matea Gold and Jessica Garrison

• Tensions Aired at 17 ‘Dialogues’ By Jason Felch and Susana Enriquez, Rich Connell

• Gov. Doesn’t Regret His Steroid Use

• Peter Benenson, 83; Founded Amnesty International in 1961 By Myrna Oliver

• Southland Residents Happy to Again See Their Shadows By David Pierson and Mai Tran

• Roger Johnson, 70; O.C. Republican Joined Clinton By Jean O. Pasco

• Atef Sedki, 75; Premier Helped Lead Egypt to a Market Economy

• Spirit Awards Toasts ‘Sideways’ With Sweep of Six Major Categories By Susan King

• Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jose C. Rangel, 43, Fresno; Dies in Kuwait By Susana Enriquez

• Bank Robber Gets Cash, but Doesn’t Get Away

• 3 Inmates Hurt in Riot at Prison in Tehachapi

• Other Military Deaths

• O.C. Lawmaker’s El Morro Bills Follow Donations By David Reyes and Dan Weikel

• H.J. Wischnewski, 82; German Politician Was Envoy in Hostage Crisis

• Win May Hinge on Turnout By Michael Finnegan

• Road Reopens as Rocks, Mud Are Cleared

• Unidentified Pedestrian Is Hit and Killed by Car

• Watts’ Envoys Ready for Sri Lanka By Steve Lopez

• Razzies Are Awarded to Bush and ‘Catwoman’

• At 16, She Dreams of a Role at the Oscars By Dana Parsons

You Get What You Vote For

• Shhhh … ! By Kent Black

• By David Weddle

• Rock, On By Mary Mcnamara

• Viva Gardena! By Mark Edward Harris

• Dead Air By Andy Meisler

• Don’t Call Me ‘Baby’ By Dan Neil

• True Unbeliever By Mark Ehrman

A crowd-stopping offer

• A touch of magic in the city By Allison B. Cohen

• Between rock, hot place By Ruth Ryon

• It’s been a long goodbye By Ruth Ryon

• Santa Barbara County rakes it in

• Settling up after living there for a week By Kevin Postema

• Briefly

• When Plan A is a washout By Allison B. Cohen

• When attorney, managers are out of line, board needs to act By Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian

• State Farm rate proposal challenged

The Apple Bites Back

• He’s Making Some Noise By Steve Henson

• Hendrickson Welcomed Home With New Team By Paul Gutierrez

• The Lessons of a Checkered Past By Shav Glick

• A Clear Case of Abuse of Power By Bill Plaschke

• CAROLINA IS OVER THE BLUES By Jason Reid

• All-Stars and All-Trades Week By Mark Heisler

• Stewart Waits For His Break

• Triathletes May Break From Pack By Alan Abrahamson

• Webber Lacks Finishing Touch

• Steinbrenner Rips Agent for Giambi

• Northridge Adds to Pacific’s Streak

• Counterpoint By Diane Pucin

• Martin Wins Busch Race By Mike Kupper

• Van Gundy Fires Up Heat By Amy Shipley

• Kyle Busch, 19, Blazes His Own Trail By Shav Glick

• They’re Honored for Their Hard Play and Hard Work By Eric Sondheimer

• Boeheim Reaches 700 Wins

• Match Game, Home Version By Peter Yoon

• Once Again, There Are Three Sides to Story of Their Offense By Steve Springer

• Federer Stops Agassi and Advances to Final

• Rodriguez Leaves His Injury Behind By Ben Bolch and Chuck Schilken

• Forget the ‘Fro, USC Told to Fear the Fresno By Ben Bolch

• New NASCAR Rules Debut Today

• Thompson’s 42 Lead Temecula Valley Past Norco By Martin Henderson

• Shipp Could Sit Because of Injury By Diane Pucin

• Kittles Is Probably Out for Rest of Season By Chris Foster

• Rosales Holds Off Consistent Wie in Hawaii

• Stanford Pushes Winning Streak to 17

• Pennsylvania Clinches Berth in NCAA Field

• NASCAR Delivers New Stars With Young Edge

• Maryland’s Lonergan Will Coach Vermont

• Molina Likes His Chances in ‘05: Slim and Fun By Mike Digiovanna

• Prep Coach Picks Up Where Father Left Off

• AVENGERS TODAY By Chris Foster

• Kentucky Earns Conference Title

• This Could Be a Turning Point for Victory U.S.A. By Bob Mieszerski

• Golfer Surfs the Net to Find Cash for Career

• Defense Has an Edge in Practice By Lonnie White

• Pepperdine Win Sets Postseason Rematch By Eric Stephens

• Giambi Stands Out in Steroid Scandal By Jon Heyman

• Wade Lifts Miami to Win

• Two Horses Die, Jockeys Hurt in Spill By Bill Christine

• Clarett Fails to Break 4.7

• USC Has a Reversal of Fortune By Mike Terry

• If You Have to Faint, Do It While Lobbying By Dave Kindred

• Ishii Makes Split Decision on His Repertoire By Steve Henson

• Washington Stops Arizona

The Homeless Nation: A 24-Hour Chronicle

• Lesbians Defy India’s Conventions By Neelesh Misra

• Dubai Builds a Whole New World – With Islands By Jim Krane

• Ousted White Farmers Plant Roots in Exile By Daniel Balint-Kurti

• Grabbing Grub With Marc By Sara Kugler

• It Took a Double Take, and Then Some, to Find Pluto By Michelle Roberts

• Ghana Clans Prepare for Battle as the Slain King Awaits Burial By Bryan Mealer

• For Erica’s Family, a Wait Becomes a Wake By James Hannah

• Don’t Needle These Guys About Knitting By Martha Irvine

• Beset by Bay’s Killer Storms, Bangladesh Prepares and Hopes By Charles J. Hanley

• Schools Forfeit Funds to Skirt Law By Colleen Slevin

• Haunted by Memories, Tsunami Survivors Grieve By Deborah Hastings

• Columbia Astronaut’s Diary Found, Painstakingly Restored By Janet Mcconnaughey

• Remains of U.S. Pilot Who Died in Korean War Are Identified By Robert Burns

• Gulf’s Environment Imperiled by Ambitious Development By Jim Krane

SHANGHAI: SKY’S THE LIMIT

• Where a rooster makes the wake-up call By Susan Carpenter

• Websites go live in Las Vegas

• Hot cocoa and bunny slopes at SolVista By Chryss Cada

• Vikings’ stamping grounds By Maggie Barnett

• A supine snooze at the airport By Jane Engle

• An icy reception in Antarctica

• The post-Charley state of Sanibel Island By Arthur Frommer

• Readers recommend

• Deal of the week

• Keep unwelcome norovirus stowaway from joining the cruise By Kathleen Doheny

• The allure of a French connection By Susan Spano

• Oops. You have a pocketknife at the airport. What to do? By Jane Engle

Shelving the Past

• Military Get a Break – From the IRS By Kathy M. Kristof

• Week in Review

• When 3% May Be a Bum Number By Tom Petruno

• A Federated-May Deal Could Just Mean a Bigger Dinosaur By James Flanigan

• Thin Credit Can Hurt Like Bad Credit By Liz Pulliam Weston

Stargazing for the sake of dreams

• A century of onscreen dues-paying By Carl Franklin

• Social unrealities in immigrant New York By Kevin Baker

• Hollywood’s restless spirit By Douglas Brinkley

• She had everything: The Look, stardom and Bogie By Eric Lax

• Still digging human dignity By Susan Salter Reynolds

• The darker side of a night with Hunter S. Thompson By Roberto Loiederman

• A single destiny By Paula L. Woods

• Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds

• Poet’s Corner By Carol Muske-Dukes

• BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS

• BESTSELLERS

From fellow artists, a case of respect

• Giving an earful to animation viewers By Mary Mcnamara

• Your choices for the Oscars

• What color is music? By Christopher Knight

• ‘Midnight Cowboy’ and the very dark horse its makers rode in on By Patrick Goldstein

• Passing a crucial test of characters By Michael Barrier

• Why ‘Neverland’ waited to fly

• A passion to convey a director’s vision By Mark Olsen

• The $50 Guide

• Old pros backing up the old pro By Susan King

• Child’s play it isn’t By Rob Kendt

• Post-crash course in ardent rap By Agustin Gurza

• Tenor is the night for L.A. Opera

• Outsiders looking in

• The play’s the thing, at last By Dinah Eng

• A descent into the bunker By Elaine Dutka

• It’s all about freedom By Chris Pasles

• As transitory as its makers By Mark C. Taylor

• Face it: This is not the Olympics By Carina Chocano

• Old school night for ‘The O.C.’ By Steve Hochman

• Best friends in good times – and in bad

• ‘Mr. Tupper’s Treasure’ By Janie Emaus

• Architect of his own exhibition By Suzanne Muchnic

• A songwriter’s dream has disappointing end By Agustin Gurza

• The spirit of Shoah By Irene Lacher

• Music you must see to believe By Richard Cromelin

• Takes one to know one By Maria Elena Fernandez

• What color is music? By Mark Swed

• In pursuit of new memories By Chris Lee

• Runway rivalries roiling on ‘Top Model’ By Choire Sicha

• Into the black-tie breach once more By Paul Lieberman

• Exceptions to the rules

• Having a good time in Hades By Daryl H. Miller

• Not Equity’s idea of a poster girl By Don Shirley

• Indecent? That sums up all of this moral posturing By David Shaw

Way to White House Is Through Its Taste Buds

• Closing Bookstore May Close a Vital Chapter of Town’s Life By Scott Gold

• Female Marines Getting Better Fit for Service By Elise Castelli

• Family Man Arrested in 10 Slayings By P J. Huffstutter and Stephanie Simon

• Lively Meeting of the Minds Is of Two Minds By Ellen Barry

• GOP Governors Divided on Social Security By Peter Wallsten

• High Schools Are 1.0 in a 5.0 World, Gates Says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Civil Trial Nears for GOP Activist By Scott Gold

• Herds of Buffalo Nickels on the Way

• Camera, and Song, Catch Rare Bird By Robert Lee Hotz

• Injured Iraq War Vets Take to the Slopes

• Assembly OKs Proposed Ban on Gay Marriage

• Ex-Wife Is Convicted in Professor’s Murder

• Granite Fragment Added to WTC Memorial

• Like Columbus, His Statue May Be History By Ray Quintanilla

• Governor Is Released After Reinjuring a Rib

Suicide, Drugs and Mental Illness: That’s Entertainment

• The Muck Stops Here By Joel Pett

• The Show’s More Felix Than Oscar By Joel Stein

• Will ‘Baywatch’ Be on the Final?

• Hollywood Bio Hazards By Laurence Bergreen

• Careful What You Wish For By Dov S. Zakheim

• Th-Th-at’s Not All, Folks

• Mexico Stubbornly Denies Its Dark Past By Denise Dresser

• Top of the Market, Ma! By Michael Kinsley

• Exporting Democracy Is Not for the Naive By Charles Edel

• She’s at War Against By Lucy Mangan

• Rehnquist’s Mixed Legacy

• The Political Tragedy of Russia By Stephen F. Cohen

• Is ‘King Fu Hustle’ Un-American? By Christina Klein

• Black, Straight and Loving Oscar By Jake Lamar

President of Egypt Calls for Open Election

• A High-Risk Nuclear Stakeout By Douglas Frantz

• Israel Lays Blame on Syria for Bombing By Laura King

• Kyrgyzstan Faces Test at Ballot Box By Kim Murphy

• A Pope Fading From the Scene By Tracy Wilkinson

• 11th-Hour Snag Delays Nuclear Fuel Deal Between Iran, Russia By David Holley

• China Embargo Divides Allies By Tyler Marshall

• U.S. Offensive Targets Ramadi, Haditha

• Allies Ask N. Korea to Return to Talks By Barbara Demick

• Egyptian Ends Hunger Strike

• Iraqis Oppose Saturdays Off, Calling It a ‘Jewish Holiday’

• Sanctions Against Togo Lifted

• Voters Cast Ballots in Parliamentary Election

• Government Disputes Account of Lethal Clash

• Rebel Leader Eases Road Blockade

• U.N. Troops’ Bodies Sent Home to Bangladesh

• Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit