Archive for Friday, July 01, 2005

NASA Declares Discovery Is ‘Go’ for July Launch

Slain L.A. Deputy Is Laid to Rest

• That’s (Not) the Way to Get Reelected, Mr. Councilman! By Steve Harvey

• Villaraigosa Is the Toast of the Gala By Jessica Garrison

• Raided Centers’ Operator Puts Cards on Table By Mai Tran

• Promises, Promises Could Cost L.A. Millions, Billions By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Robert Clark, 95; Academic Backed Olympians’ Protest

• Vandals Broke Prized Window but Gave Church a Rock to Build On By Wendy Lee

• Figure in B.I.G. Case Tells of Offer By Chuck Philips

• Thomas Pownall, 83; Executive Popularized the ‘Pac-Man Defense’ By Myrna Oliver

• U.S. to Seize State Prison Health System By Jenifer Warren

• Blame Blown Deadline on Two-Thirds Rule By William Nottingham

• Hollywood’s Lawyer Concerned Over Movie Based on His Client

• Ruslan Abdulgani, 91; Indonesian Official Organized 1955 Summit

• Dickson Hughes, 82; Wrote a Musical Version of ‘Sunset Boulevard’

• Hantavirus Found in Mice in 3 Communities

• District Settles Suit Alleging Gay-Bashing By Rachana Rathi

• Anaheim Police Didn’t Spy on Activists, Inquiry Finds By Dave Mckibben

• 2 Die When They Fall Off a 150-Foot Cliff in Angeles National Forest

• Senators Stage Lockdown in Bid to Approve Budget By Evan Halper and Jordan Rau

• Ray Holmes, 90; Pilot Rammed Nazi Plane to Save British Palace

• Tax Cheat Sent to Prison for Violating Parole

• Patriotism Isn’t Just Red, White and Blue By Dana Parsons

• Cecil Baugh, 96; Jamaican Ceramist Co-Founded Art School

• Victorville Trustees Cut Salary Deal 25% By Seema Mehta

• Real-Life Story: Glamour, Danger, Drugs and Death By Chris Lee and Richard Winton

• Riverside County Boy Infected With West Nile Virus By Ashley Powers

• Fireworks Unlikely to Disturb Surviving Chick

• Crime Liability Ruling Targets Businesses By Henry Weinstein

• Search Continues for Missing Man, 77

• O.C. Jail Beating Verdict Reversed By Nicholas Shields

• Defense Rests in Trial of 2 Council Members

Venus Back in Orbit With Upset Victory

• Moneyball Still Might Be a Factor By Steve Henson

• Rangers Tee Off Against Santana By Mike Digiovanna

• NASCAR Has One Issue to Flag Down By Shav Glick

• WELCOME TO THE JUGGLE By Paul Gutierrez

• Lakers Getting Ready for Bynum’s Baby Steps By Mike Bresnahan

• Laker Youth Movement Hits the Radio Booth By Larry Stewart

• Setting Stage for His Seventh By Diane Pucin

• A’s Extend Win Streak to Seven, 6-2

• Curtis Leads With a 64; Sorenstam Wins a Match

• Nationals Keep Up Home Dominance

• Donnelly Out for Eight By Mike Digiovanna

• Yankees Release Quantrill, Stanton

• Clippers Are Not Reluctant Free-Agent Shoppers By Jerry Crowe

• Cal Football Player Run Over by Car

• Men’s Semifinals Offer One Surprise By Lisa Dillman

• Booing Is Not Exactly Music to His Ears By Pete Thomas

• Lakers, Divac Postpone Decision By Mike Bresnahan

• Babcock Thinking About New Offer By Chris Foster

• Frankel Has Edge in This ‘Oaks Race By Bob Mieszerski

• Tice Is Fined $100,000 in Super Bowl Scalping

• Time Will Tell if Haka Is Hollywood’s New ‘It’ Girl By Bob Mieszerski

CEO Offers Life Savings in a Bid for Leniency

• BofA Agrees to Buy Credit Card Giant MBNA By Joseph Menn

• Countrywide Buying KB Unit; Firms to Form Loan Venture By Annette Haddad

• Co-Op’s Proposal to Go Public Splits State’s Walnut Growers By Marc Lifsher

• Vote on China Tariff Bill Is Delayed by Its Sponsors

• Mack Returns to Morgan Stanley

• Boeing Officially Names McNerney as New CEO By Peter Pae

• Digital Piracy Raids Net Arrests By Jon Healey

• Senate OKs CAFTA; Fight Expected in House By Edwin Chen

• Disney Execs Iger and Staggs to Get Big Stock Option Awards

• Also

• Pricewaterhouse to Settle Investor Suit

• Personal Income Growth Slows in May

• U.S. Takes United’s Pensions

• Pixar Shares Fall on DVD Sales Warning By Richard Verrier

• PUC Approves Revised Rate Hike By Marc Lifsher

• Ripplewood Says It May Pull Offer for Maytag

• Comcast, Cox in Talks to Carry Logo Channel

• House Says No to China Oil Deal By Maura Reynolds

• Fed Signals Hikes Will Continue By Bill Sing

• Toyota Confirms Plan to Build Factory in Canada

• GM, UAW Deny Pact to Cut Health Benefits

• Waddell & Reed to Pay $507,000 to End Claims

• 99 Cents Only Stores’ Profit Declines 43%

• Bills Would Limit Local Video Controls

• AT&T Shareholders OK Acquisition by SBC

• Glaxo Plans Five Vaccines Over Five Years

• Volcom Shares Soar 41% on First Day By Leslie Earnest

• Bush Picks Glassman as Acting SEC Chairwoman

• Briefly

• Stocks Slide as Fed Boosts Key Rate By Tom Petruno

• Long-Term Mortgage Rates Sink to 5.53%

High-wire art

• Lie down, roll over – but never beg By Holly Myers

• Making compelling films is a natural By Ann Hornaday

• Welcome mat rolled up By Maria Elena Fernandez

• A ‘Dream’ that goes for broke By Rob Kendt;david C. Nichols;f. Kathleen Foley

• Blistering film puts you in a maelstrom By Kenneth Turan

• An ode to the offramps not taken By Ann Japenga

• ‘War’ over, Spielberg moves on By Rachel Abramowitz

• Troubled, inspired by first love By Kevin Thomas;gene Seymour

• Tilson Thomas does his grandparents proud By Mark Swed

• The young wards of a Communist state By Kenneth Turan

• MOCA gets added painting By Suzanne Muchnic

• Expectant Garner weds Ben Affleck

• Soul and star searching for teens By Robert Lloyd

• ‘Meet Helen Keller’ By Sherrill Kushner

• Fox tries to save the world, script and release date By Robert W. Welkos

• Atom bomb’s personal stories By Carmela Ciuraru

• Creativity corner

• To these gents, all’s fair in love and mob-land war By F. Kathleen Foley

• Welcome to the warehouse By David C. Nichols

• Finally make it to the top, but it’s all downhill from there By Al Martinez

• Controversial ‘Water’ will open Toronto fest

• National Gallery showing Homer works By Carl Hartman

• Hussein inspires opera

• Details of Secret Public Broadcasting Study By Matea Gold and Cynthia H. Cho

• FINALLY

• Mike Jones plays hits, runs By Soren Baker

• Jokes & Riddles

• Outdoors offers escape from pain of parents’ exit By Merrill Balassone

• Michael Jackson flies to Bahrain

• Jewish museum’s design chosen

• Judge rules for James Brown

• Nick Carter gets the OK to tour

Pentagon Guests Are Primed for Promotion

• Ruling May End a 2-Paper Era By Sam Howe Verhovek

• As Usual, Rumsfeld Stares Down the Storm By Mark Mazzetti

• Boy Scout Dies in River Rafting Accident

• Civil War Author, Historian Is Buried

• Time Inc. Yields to Judge in Anonymous Source Case By Richard B. Schmitt

• Study Links Snoring and Hyperactivity

• Impasse Ends, Clears Way for DeLay Probe

• Michigan E-Mail Law Aims to Protect Children

• Wildfire Threatens Communities, Forests

• Property Ruling Strikes Nerve in House By David G. Savage and Maura Reynolds

• No Political Plans for Rossi After Close Loss

• Many in Media Criticize Time’s Move By Josh Getlin

• Mother Says She Beheaded Children

• Brando’s ‘Godfather’ Script Draws Record Bid

• New York Teen Is Charged With Hate Crime in Beating

• House OKs Veterans Health Funds

• Whooping Cough Vaccine Urged for Teens

• Sea-Tac Light Outage Disrupts 21 Flights

• 2 Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities Are Approved

• So What’s the Story on Bob Novak? By Jonathan Turley

• Captives of History?

• Mad Beef Policy

• Why Bush Won’t Send More Troops By Jonathan Chait

• The Danger of the Kennedy Quagmire By David Gelernter

• A Hard Look at the Job Ahead

• War of the Weeds: The Invading Aliens Are Already Among Us By Alan Burdick

Was Iranian Leader a 1979 Hostage Taker?

• Journey Into U.S. Turns Deadly for Brazilian By Henry Chu

• Israel Curbs Entry Into Gaza, Routs Settlers Occupying Hotel By Ken Ellingwood

• Aid Group Sees Crisis Looming in Iraqi Desert By Borzou Daragahi

• Italy Says It Didn’t Know of CIA Plan By Tracy Wilkinson and Greg Miller

• Bush Promises New Aid to Africa By Warren Vieth and Benjamin Weyl

• Spain’s Parliament Legalizes Gay Marriage

• Self-Censorship Shifts Hong Kong Media Role By Ching-Ching Ni

• Witness Claims Coercion in Implication of Nour

• ‘Lucky Shot’ Downed U.S. Chopper By John Hendren

• U.S. Moves to Block Syrian Officials’ Assets

• Fox Signs Law Letting Emigres Vote in 2006

• 2 Convicted in 1998 Slaying of Russian Lawmaker By David Holley

• President Appoints Anti-Syria Premier

• Latin Leaders to Form Regional Force for Fighting Crime and Terrorism

• N. Korea Reportedly Resumes Work on 2 Nuclear Reactors

• White House Criticizes Mexico’s New Stamps

• MTV Generation Has Go at Blair on Climate Change, Africa’s Poor By Sarah Price Brown

• U.S. Envoy Says Palestinian Forces Unprepared for Pullout By Mary Curtius

• Sudan to End State of Emergency in Most Areas