Archive for Friday, June 17, 2005

• New Light Shed on Ancient Egyptian Glassmaking By Thomas H. Maugh II

Mayor Bart Simpson of Northridge? Don’t Have a Cow, Man

• Police Find Molester’s ‘Stunning’ Records By Eric Malnic and Donna Horowitz

• Crowds Greet Return of the King at LACMA By Christopher Reynolds

• Lodi Men Accused of Lying to FBI By Eric Bailey

• Officers Pursue Man With His Family in SUV

• Lorna Thayer, 85; Character Actress Played Memorable Waitress in ‘Five Easy Pieces’ By Dennis Mclellan

• Garage Doors Just Follow Orders By Bob Pool

• Arms Dealer Returned to U.S. Custody By Richard Marosi and David Rosenzweig

• High Court Raises Bar for Safety of Thrill Rides By Maura Dolan and Kimi Yoshino

• Judge Rules Against Gay O.C. Couple By Jeff Gottlieb

• 3 Top Officials Are Leaving City Attorney’s Office By Caitlin Liu

• Robert F. Maguire Jr., 94: Helped Airlift Thousands of Jews to Israel By Dennis Mclellan

• Dorothy Chase, 85; With Husband Founded Claremont Folk Music Center, Folk Festival

• Malcolm Stamper, 80; Boeing Executive Helped Launch 747

• Woman Dies After Being Hit by Stray Bullet; Shooter, Intended Victim Sought By Natasha Lee

• Man, Woman Found Stabbed to Death in Apartment

• Decision on North Park Village Moves a Step Closer to the Ballot By Gregory W. Griggs

• Talks to Halt State Budget Deadlock Continue By Evan Halper

• Lillian Lux, 86; Yiddish Theater Actress Also Did One-Woman Shows

• Parents Sue District Over Boundaries By Seema Mehta

• Verne Meisner, 66; Giant in the World of Polka Played the Accordion

• Angeles Crest Highway Portion Remains Closed

• Group Wants Warning Labels on Potato Chips By Marla Cone

• Jackson Plans Party at Casino for Devoted Fans By Geoff Boucher

• 300,000 Kids Qualify for Free Tutoring By Rachana Rathi

• School to Open on Time After State Rules Out Toxic Threat By Ralph Frammolino

• Two L.A. Men Held After $1.2 Million Is Found

• Padded Bills for Airport Alleged By Jean O. Pasco

• Jackson Jury Got Review of Accuser’s Testimony

• Tustin Worker Is Arrested Over Hit-and-Run Death By David Haldane

• Supervisors Back Split in Health Department By Charles Ornstein

• Police Search for Mystery Victim By Wendy Thermos

• Villaraigosa Takes Oath of Office, Makes Plans for Extravagant Gala By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Christine Shearer Wilson, 86; Scholar Blended Disparate Fields

• Cunningham Says He Rents CEO’s Yacht By Tony Perry

• High School District Names Superintendent

• New Beach Boys Monument Is Vandalized

• West Nile-Infected Mosquitoes Discovered

• Mexico Returns Man Accused of Firing at County Deputies By Caitlin Liu

• The Big Quake Question: What Comes After Four? By David Pierson and Ashley Powers

He’s Defect Free

• DODGERS TONIGHT By Bill Shaikin

• ANGELS TONIGHT By Mike Digiovanna

• All Even and Not Close By Mark Heisler

• They’re Not Stars, but They Have Lead Roles By Chris Dufresne

• On the Hole, a Bad Day By Chris Dufresne and Thomas Bonk

• Johnson Strikes Out 11 in Victory

• Post-Olympic Routine Has Kept Sandeno Busy By Helene Elliott

• Button Has Plenty to Offer By Shav Glick

• Somebody Should Have Saved Gagne By Bill Plaschke

• Powell Finds a Team That Can Use Her By Mike Terry

• It’s a Royal Pain Again By Bill Shaikin

• Woods Fashions a Solid Round By Thomas Bonk

• Lakers Might Take Their Time to Fill Radio Job By Larry Stewart

• No. 1 Tulane Ready for Challenge

• Flores Will Try Rare Repeat By Bob Mieszerski

• Stoneman Declines to Respond to Guillen By Mike Digiovanna

• Rockies Not Exactly on Road to Glory By Pete Thomas

• Labor Talks Will Resume Today

• Potrisunrise Thrives After New York Move By Bob Mieszerski

• Weaver Ready to Extend Deal By Bill Shaikin

• Clippers Exercise Option on Kaman By Jerry Crowe and Jason Reid

• Spurs Don’t Give Off a Championship Vibe By J A. Adande

• Williams Rejoins NFL’s Substance-Abuse Program

With Hotel Labor Contract Ratified, Villaraigosa Moves to Revive Tourism

• KB Home’s Earnings Climb 78% By Annette Haddad

• Deal Helps Keep Base From Closing By Roger Vincent

• Housing Starts Rise 0.2% in May

• Mexico, Unlike U.S., Eager for Gas Terminals By Chris Kraul

• McDonald’s Is Rolling Out a Healthier Image By Claire Hoffman

• Ford Damages to Be Refigured

• Brunswick to Close Factory

• Constellation Drops Allied Bid

• Integrated Device to Buy Rival Firm

• BofA Gains Foothold in China By Don Lee

• KPMG Apologizes for Illegal Shelters

• Search Sites to Index Reference Materials

• Oil Refiner Valero to Pay Penalty, Reduce Pollution

• Social Activists Resume TIAA-CREF Campaign

• Honda Restyles Civic Hybrid to Win Sales

• State Weighs HMO Surveys By Debora Vrana

• Lawyers for Fund Firms Seek to Have Lawsuits Tossed Out

• Deeper Cuts Had Been Sought in Tobacco Case By Myron Levin

• PG & E Seeks to Replace Meters to Speed Repairs

• Billionaires’ Vegas Plans Intersect By Adam Goldman

• Carnival Profit Up 23% on Trip Price Increase

• Biogen Sells Drug Factory to Genentech By Denise Gellene

• Briefly

• Carriers Try Again to Raise Walk-Up Fares

• Association of Banks Files Suit Against Spitzer

• Stocks Rise Modestly in Wake of Tepid Data

• Pfizer to Buy Biotech Firm for $1.9 Billion

• Mortgage Rates Increase This Week

• Adobe Systems Posts 37% Rise in Quarterly Profit

• Also

• Federal Contractors Owe $3 Billion in Unpaid Taxes, Report Finds

Audience with the boy king

• ‘Perfect Man’ not found here By Carina Chocano;kevin Thomas

• Breaking up with this story is hard to do By Gina Piccalo

• Alternate visions of ‘Don Quixote’ By David C. Nichols;f. Kathleen Foley;rob Kendt

• Incendiary summer By Kenneth Turan

• An artist’s relationship to the creative process By Holly Myers

• After fighting in Vietnam, they fought to oppose war By Anne-Marie O'Connor

• For the sinking psyche By Paul Brownfield

• Past, present and future By Scott Martelle

• S/he speaks; we believe By Daryl H. Miller

• ‘Heights’ spends shallow 24 hours in New York By Carina Chocano

• ‘Amityville’ remake disturbs his spirits By Robert W. Welkos

• Batman flies high, but he’s no Spidey By R. Kinsey Lowe

• ‘Felicity’ actor joins ‘Mission’

• Prison bars separate a 7-year-old and her dad By Tony Perry

• ‘Sherlock’ in need of mystery By Steven Oxman

• ‘Stagecoach Adventure’ By Nancy Smiler Levinson

• In ‘Ivona,’ sadness never felt so good By Rob Kendt

• A maestro of another age By Mark Swed

• Creativity Corner

• In her world, the museum is an endangered species By Bob Thompson

• They’re drawn to the Internet By Leslie Walker

• A union stuck in reverse in ‘5x2’ By Carina Chocano

• Kid Rock sued after altercation

• Cancer survivor wants to be a veterinarian By Merrill Balassone

• ‘Deep Throat’: the deals By Mary Mcnamara

• FINALLY

• Jokes & Riddles

• Steering girls in stormy years By Bernadette Murphy

• Media firm signs runaway bride

• Latino coverage is still scant By Daniel Hernandez

Senate Backs Using Renewable Energy to Generate Electricity

• War Criticism and Concerns Both Growing By Cynthia H. Cho and John Hendren

• Texas Keeps Custody of Cancer Patient

• Bishops Likely to Renew Abuse Policy By Larry B. Stammer

• In Search of Poetic Justice By Tomas Alex Tizon

• Killen’s Ills Cut Trial Day Short By Lianne Hart

• Neighbors Returning After Jet Crash

• Frist Plagued Again by Comments on Schiavo By Janet Hook

• Woman Awarded Silver Star After Iraq Ambush

• Police Officer Promoted After Protecting Family

• Panel Urges Heart Drug for African Americans By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• High Court Upholds Ban on Cameras

• Static Rises on Capitol Hill Over Broadcast Board Member By Johanna Neuman

• 131 Strains of Hatchery Fish Now Protected

• GOP to Try Again to Force Bolton Vote

• Public Broadcasting Funds May Be Halved By Matea Gold and Jube Shiver

• Blimp Goes Down During Thunderstorms

• Mass. Governor Backs Drive to End Gay Marriage in State By Elizabeth Mehren

• Judge Denies Bail to Drunken Jetliner Pilots

• Fugitive Polygamist Loses Support of Former Ally

• Judicial Nomination Sent to Senate on a Party-Line Vote

• Medicare Plan’s No. 1 Promoter By Edwin Chen

• War and Consequences

• A Wiki for Your Thoughts

• Syria’s Baathists Fear Evolution and Extinction By Reza Aslan

• Was Enron Just a Dream? By Jonathan Chait

• Gitmo Blues By Andrés Martinez

• ‘Rashomon’ in Sacramento By Steven Hill

• We Are Our History – Don’t Forget It By David Gelernter

EU Struggles to Find Common Ground

• As China Censors the Internet, Money Talks By Mark Magnier and Joseph Menn

• Reformists Are Optimistic as Iranians Vote for President By John Daniszewski and Nahid Siamdoust

• U.S. Arrests Alleged Top Zarqawi Aide

• Cambodian Gunmen Seize Dozens of Toddlers and Kill a 3-Year-Old

• Chechen Rebel Blamed in U.S. Journalist’s Death By David Holley

• Do Brits Love This Puzzle? Let Them Count the Ways By John Daniszewski

• IN BRIEF / NORTH KOREA IN BRIEF / FRANCE IN BRIEF / BRITAIN IN BRIEF / HONG KONG IN BRIEF / BRAZIL

• Lula’s Top Aide Quits Amid Bribery Scandal

• Three Found Guilty of Helping ‘Shoe Bomber’

• Sudanese Visitor Split U.S. Officials By Ken Silverstein

• More Sunnis to Join Constitution Panel By Ashraf Khalil

• Kim Meets With Leading Seoul Official

• Indonesian Is Positive for Bird Flu

• Reporter Slips Into Prince Harry’s School

• Interim Leader Tsang Declared Winner of Vote

• U.S. Warns Iran on Nuclear Issue By Alissa J. Rubin

• U.S. Sergeant Charged in Killing of 2 Officers By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• Ethiopia Violence Weakens Hopes for Democracy By Edmund Sanders