Archive for Sunday, March 20, 2005

L.A. Is a Den of Iranian Intrigue and Ambition

• Logging Visits Rather Than Trees By Ann M. Simmons

• ‘Castle by the Sea’ Became a Haven for Intellectuals By Cecilia Rasmussen

• Thousands March to Protest War By Charles Duhigg

• Fewer Ill Students Can Visit the School Nurse By Joel Rubin

• Artists Lament Gallery’s Closure By David Reyes

• George Gregory, 87; Won Justice From German Firm for Family By Dennis Mclellan

• Rain Mostly Damages Nerves By Hector Becerra and Amanda Covarrubias

• Following Gov.’s Lead, State Officials Release Calendars By Nancy Vogel

• Historic Biltmore Hotel Up for Sale By Roger Vincent

• Villaraigosa Gets Nod of Democratic Party Panel

• Tribe Drops Vegas-Style Casino Plan By Dan Morain

• Jackson Trial’s Flip Side By Christine Hanley and James Ricci

• Mental Health Care for Veterans Disputed By Charles Ornstein

• Boy, 16, Being Chased Is Found Stabbed to Death

• Seniors at Leisure to Ignore the Reaper By Dana Parsons

• Hearing to Begin in Iraqi Abuse Case

• Military Deaths

Now about that wombat

• Nearly under the Tuscan sun By Ruth Ryon

• That’s why it’s called Studio City By Dinah Eng

• Tax secrets for savvy landlords By Robert J. Bruss

• ‘The Great One’ on a breakaway By Ruth Ryon

• The right to a livable unit can’t be waived By H. May Spitz

• LETTERS

• Hotter than Beverly Hills 90210 By Darrell Satzman

• Tax committee targets home equity loans By Kenneth R. Harney

• Briefly

• Fed sifts for evidence of unfair loan rates

On Top of the World

• Civilization on Ice By Thomas Curwen

• South America’s Charm Bracelet By Jerry V. Haines

• America at 70 mph By James Dannenberg

• My Chateau Is Your Chateau By Susan Spano

• Hot on the Trail of Dame Agatha By Renee Vogel

• China: Bill Bogaard, Pasadena Mayor By Compiled By Leslee Komaiko

• Hawaii: Sue Wong, fashion designer

• A Pick-Me-Up for Lonely Plants By Renee Vogel

• Introducing the Prenatal Getaway By Candace L. Robertson

• Mediterranean Cruise: Piero Selvaggio, owner, Valentino Resaturant By Compiled By Leslee Komaiko

• Puzzling Over the World By Renee Vogel

• Ireland: Elaine Lafferty, Editor in Chief, Ms. Magazine By Compiled By Leslee Komaiko

• The Waters Wide By Dan Neil

• Two Paws Up By Renee Vogel

• The L.A. Effect By Rebecca Helm-Ropelato

N. Carolina, Duke Take On Hurdles

• Karl in Charge

• Look No Farther Than Utah to Root for Locals By J A. Adande

• Playing the Field

• Sweet Dreams By Robyn Norwood

• This May Take Them Out of the Ballgame By Tim Brown

• Chaney’s Future Uncertain

• Clijsters Stretches to Win to Complete Comeback By Lisa Dillman

• USC Finds the Zone and Beats Louisville By Mike Terry

• Hornish Holds Off Crowd at Phoenix By Shav Glick

• Star Power

• Washington Delivers a Pounding of Pacific By Paul Gutierrez

• Boston Socked Back to Reality By Mike Penner

• Undefeated Campbell Hall Is Ford-Driven By Eric Sondheimer

• Livingston Returns in Defeat By Lonnie White

• Johnson Applies Finishing Touch By Eric Sondheimer

• Canyon Springs’ Collapse Lets Oakland Tech Prevail By Eric Sondheimer;dan Arritt

• Things Still Going Right for Busch

• Going From the Hall to a Bust By Bill Plaschke

• Saying the Time Is Right, Nelson Leaves Coaching

• Wiggins Leads Stanford

• Johnson Makes Mark With 63 By Peter Yoon

• Pacquiao Sees Red in Loss to Morales By Steve Springer

• It’s a Wake-Out Call By Joe Kay

• Heat, Spurs, Suns Aim for Top

• Ishii Isn’t Troubled by Potential Trade By Bill Shaikin

• Panthers Too Much for Boston College

• Knight Has Tech Support By Diane Pucin

• Illinois Streaks Past Nevada in a Big Way

• Prospects Aren’t Bad for Teams in Draft By Mark Heisler

• Looking Back, Top of the 2000 Draft Was a Bust

• Russia’s Slutskaya Skates to World Title

• Notre Dame Eliminates Santa Barbara

• Schilling Says Canseco’s Book Has Some Truth

• New Worldwide Racing System Adds Teams

• Consolidator Blazes in San Felipe By Bill Christine

• Bishop Amat Earns Its Perfect Ending By Dan Arritt

• Gonzaga’s Grier, LMU Discuss Job By Eric Stephens

• Some Big Numbers Early

• Arizona Is the One to Press the Issue By Paul Gutierrez

• Johnson in Good Position Again By Grahame L. Jones

• McGwire Faces History Like a Fidgety Mafia Don By Jim Litke

• After That, He Really Started to Clean Up By Larry Stewart

• Utah Shows Plenty of Depth By Eric Stephens

• CIF Weighs Three Drug Proposals

• Edwards Records His First NASCAR Busch Series Win

• Where Does He Go From Here?

• Frankel Tries Santa Ana Again By Bob Mieszerski

• Perry Takes Lead at Bay Hill

• Top Performers

• Relentless Westchester Brings Home State Title By Eric Sondheimer

• Bryant’s Numbers Also Feeling Pain By Mike Bresnahan

• Hewitt Edges Roddick in Third Tiebreaker By Bill Dwyre

• Dodgers Selling One-Way Tickets to Exasperation By T J. Simers

• Two Molina Brothers Are Playing Catch-Up By Ben Bolch

• Kentucky Takes It Right to Cincinnati By Dan Mcgrath

• Greater Good, Sun King Win Preps By Bill Christine

• Azusa Advances in NAIA

• Soccer Referees Feeling the Pressure

• O’Neal, Wade Keep Heat On

Some of it should stay in Vegas

• Tranquillity in an old trouble spot By Susan B. Stroh

• Catapulting to fame at a quiet lake monastery By Terrence Moore

• Phoenix: It’s not L.A.’s generic equivalent By Andrew Bender

• TOURS & CRUISES By Maggie Barnett

• TRAVEL LOG

• Once there was a storyteller By Jane Engle

• Deal of the week

• California toughens its law on ships’ waste dumping By Mary Lu Abbott

• Readers recommend

• That elusive travel companion: sleep By Susan Spano

• A deal to take your breath away, fine print to put it back By Jane Engle

• Spend your vacation with Aristophanes By Arthur Frommer

• Looking for a place to pitch the tent? Start the search online By James Gilden

Parents Seek Cure for Daughter’s Shady World

• Reindeer Is the Star on Walks By Rachel D'Oro

• Cambodia Land-Grab Threatens Peace, Stability By Miranda Leitsinger

• Latino Influx Tests Schools in the South By Allen G. Breed

• Politely Stealing Pieces of History By Becky Bohrer

• Winter Is the In Season for Las Vegas Shoe Shiners By Adam Goldman

• Mozambique’s Indigenous Tongues Fading By Terry Leonard

• Java Moves to Head of the Class By Murray Evans

• Freedom of Information Restrictions Rising By Martha Mendoza

An Economy That Knows No Borders

• Directors Ready to Squeeze CEO Pay? By Tom Petruno

• Outsiders Now Insiders as Corporate Japan Casts Off Unprofitable Ways By Don Lee

• TOP STORIES – March 12-18

• Bankruptcy Proposal Could Be Tough on Consumers By Kathy M. Kristof

• The SBA Is Leaner but Not Meaner By James Flanigan

A strike against those who deny the Holocaust

• A dark gray tapestry of human frailty By Melvin Jules Bukiet

• Bad history between us By Marvin Zonis

• Doomed to repeat it nonetheless By Richard Eder

• A lifetime of lost weekends By Michael Mewshaw

• Shattering perceptions By Jonathan Kirsch

• The light bulbs go on By Mark Essig

• Composed by, for Americans By Joseph Kerman

• BESTSELLERS

• First Fiction By James Marcus

• A poet’s career in reviews By Diane Middlebrook

• Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds

• Killer instinct By Paula L. Woods

• BESTSELLERS / PAPERBACKS

Coming on strong again

• Old meets bold By Suzanne Muchnic

• Disney premiere has it on ice

• The Z-Boys are back in town By Rachel Abramowitz

• A talent shines in the darkness By Robert Hilburn; Soren Baker; Richard Cromelin

• From the anti-‘O.C.’ By Lynn Smith

• Anyone for sex, cruelty, squalor? By Charles Mcnulty

• Something happening underfoot By Victoria Looseleaf

• Repast is prologue By Jan Breslauer

• He’s outgrown anonymity By John Clark

• Harrowing visions of crime and punishment By Carina Chocano

• On wrist watch By Zan Dubin Scott

• ‘Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda’ By E G. Walker

• The Svengali’s fall from grace By Agustin Gurza

• Keep ‘em guessing By Mark Olsen

• Bowing out of Austria’s Mozart mania By Chris Pasles

• ‘Soiree for All Seasons’

• It’s curtains for Sophie when she can’t sleep

• ‘Jonny Zero,’ we hardly knew ye By Rene Lynch

• Let’s keep the teddy bears out of this

• Sisters with a friendly connection By David Shaw

• It’s little wonder that he’s a man of action By Susan King

• The sinister style of Vincent Price By Susan King

• Serving up cultural advice on a silver tray By Christine N. Ziemba

• Ready to make his mark on LACMA By Mike Boehm

• Study is music to orchestras’ ears By Louise Roug

• Now anybody can be a theater critic By Don Shirley

• Long live the spirit of Sublime By Steve Hochman

Marines Want Dark Tone Out of Dress Blues

• New Orleans Legend May Prove to Be Reputable By Scott Gold

• Historic Redstone Castle Auctioned for $4 Million

• Congress Gives Parents a Voice in Schiavo Case By Richard A. Serrano

• Weary Mother Begs for Her Daughter’s Life By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Troubled Past May Have Prepared Hostage By Jenny Jarvie and Ellen Barry

• Off to a Running Start, How Far Can GOP Go? By Janet Hook

• Body of Florida Girl Is Found After Sex Offender Confesses By Ellen Barry

• How the Private Became Political By Peter Wallsten

• Boston Archbishop Will Wash Women’s Feet

• Southwest Plans to Fight Pilot Retirement Age

• Sex Vows Did Not Curb STDs

• Drug Charges Filed on Former ‘Goodfella’ Hill

• For the Vatican, Schiavo’s Case Hits Close to Home By Tracy Wilkinson

How to Succeed at Vampire Slaying and Keep Your Soul Soul

• World Court By Joel Pett

• Gambling on Luck-Based Benefits By Joe Robinson

• Counting Curses and Blunt-Force Injuries By Joel Stein

• Not All Paychecks Are Equal By Swati Pandey

• Stop Dumbing Down This City By David A. Abel

• Jacko or Jay: Who’s the Creepy Clown? By Elaine Showalter

• A Merit Pay Head Butt

• Another Side of the Money Divide By Warren Farrell

• A Misguided Anti-Vice Pledge

• When Courage Was Called For, She Punted By Bill Mckibben

• Girl Problems in Op-Ed Land By Michael Kinsley

• The Courthouse Monologue of a Quintessential Noir Hero By David L. Ulin

• Back to the ‘Nest’

• And a Big Sis Boom Baaah to Those Smart-Mouth CEOs By Debra Bruno

• Boys or Girls – Pick Your Victim By Glenn Sacks

• Smut’s Insidious Threat By Catharine A. Mackinnon

• Will They Still Feed Us When We’re 65? By Fariborz Ghadar

Crime as Lethal as Warfare in Iraq

• Hezbollah’s Balancing Act By Megan K. Stack

• Qatar Blast Kills 1 Briton

• Activist’s Parents Sue Caterpillar Inc. By Laura King and Henry Weinstein

• Putin Meets With Ukraine’s New President By David Holley

• Rice Tries to Ease Minds in S. Korea By Barbara Demick

• ‘Honor Killings’ Show Culture Clash in Berlin By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Hindu Nationalists Attack Pepsi Warehouse

• Insurgent Attacks Continue 2 Years After the U.S. Invasion By Richard Boudreaux

• Arab Officials Revive Overture to Israel

• Protests Continue Over Alleged Vote Fraud

• 155 Injured as Strong Quake Collapses Homes

• 5 Arrested in Slayings of Women in Ciudad Juarez

• 41 Die as Flood Sweeps Truck Into River

• Access to West Bank Settlements to Be Barred

• 27 Die in Bombing at Pakistan Shrine

• 200 Reported Dead in Afghanistan Floods