Archive for Saturday, March 19, 2005
Science
Vampire Bats Spread Their Wings and Run
Science |
March 19, 2005
As if it were not enough that vampire bats can swoop down from the
sky to get a blood dinner from their victims, it turns out that they
can also run across the ground to sneak up on them. Read more
California | Local
Man Held in Shooting at School
California | Local |
March 19, 2005
As word spread through Locke High School on Friday that police had
arrested a gang member for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old girl in
the head outside the campus, some cried and others prayed that she
would wake from a coma. Read more
Sports
House Panel Scores Hits
Sports |
March 19, 2005
Congress went after Major League Baseball’s drug policy, and got that
and Mark McGwire’s legacy in a single wrenching day, leaving baseball
to the cleanup and, eventually perhaps, its game. Read more
News
Business
State Adds Jobs, Helped by Housing
Business |
March 19, 2005
In a sign that California is beginning to keep pace with national
economic growth, employers in the state added 27,600 net new jobs in
February, the best showing since October, the Employment Development
Department reported Friday. Read more
Entertainment
Method to his madness
Entertainment |
March 19, 2005
The single greatest work made during the long career of the
histrionic Spanish artist Salvador Dali (1904-1989) hangs just past
the halfway mark in the enormous centennial retrospective of nearly
200 paintings, drawings and Surrealist objects that opened here last month. Read more
National
Schiavo Taken Off Food Supply
National |
March 19, 2005
With the simple act of removing a plastic feeding tube, doctors
Friday began the slow process of ending Terri Schiavo’s life, a
court-ordered move that trumped a day of legal maneuvers by
congressional Republicans to prevent the death of the severely
brain-damaged woman. Read more
Opinion
World
Mayor Polishes Political Images
World |
March 19, 2005
A popular walkway that is usually bordered by dazzling poster art got
an unusual exhibit this week: photographs of public works projects
initiated by Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Read more
