Archive for Thursday, May 26, 2005

• Statins May Cut Colon Cancer Risk

After Final Swipe at Accuser’s Family, Jackson Defense Rests

• Getty House Not Quite a Home By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Here’s the Straight Scoop on Incident That’s Not Plain Vanilla By Steve Harvey

• Thousands Protest Budget Cuts By Evan Halper and Nicholas Shields

• Will This Time Be Different? By Cara Mia Dimassa and Nicholas Shields

• O.C. Sheriff Made Donors His Deputies By Christine Hanley

• O.C. Community Feels Forgotten By David Reyes

• Ex-Raider Marinovich Is Jailed Again, Accused of Violating Probation in O.C. By Claire Luna

• Huizar to Seek Seat on Council By Noam N. Levey

• Ismail Merchant, 68; Producer of Stylish, Popular Period Dramas By John Horn

• Airport Alliance Proposed By Gregory W. Griggs

• Hahn Backer Is Charged By Robert J. Lopez and Rich Connell

• Linda Martinez, 29; Gifted Pianist and Promising Composer By Claudia Luther

• Jury Awards $6.5 Million in Frame-Up By Andrew Blankstein

• Beaches Recover in Time for Summer By Wendy Thermos

• LAX Braces for Summer Travelers By Jennifer Oldham

• Rosen Shifting Blame, U.S. Prosecutor Says By David Rosenzweig

• One Injured, One Jailed After Freeway Argument

• A combustible history

• Vietnam Flag Measure Backed By David Haldane

• Boy, 13, to Be Tried in Slaying at Ballgame

• O.C. Open Spaces Will Be Closed for Fire Season By Sara Lin

• Big Fault Under L.A. Could Be Devastating By Thomas H. Maugh II

• UC Berkeley, City End Expansion Fight

• Californians Aren’t Wild About Schwarzenegger or His ‘Reforms’ By George Skelton

• Christina Korten Memorial Service Is Set for June 11

• Actor Tom Sizemore Ordered Back Into Court

• Ex-Football Player Must Appear in Drug Court

• Port and Shipper End Fight By Deborah Schoch

• Police Hope DNA Solves ‘86 Death By Lance Pugmire

• Violence Erupts at O.C. Protest By David Reyes and Monte Morin

• Marine Can’t Wear Uniform at Graduation

• Children in Trunk Driven 70 Miles By Jack Leonard and Tonya Alanez

Angel Bats Snooze

• Golden Opportunity By Ben Bolch

• Wade Applies Plenty of Heat By J A. Adande

• Beating Valencia Tandem Amounts to a Tall Order By Eric Sondheimer

• Giants Really Hit the Spot By Paul Gutierrez

• Davenport Seizes the Moment By Lisa Dillman

• Milton-Jones Looks Ahead By Mike Terry

• Liverpool’s Comeback Is One for the Ages

• Now, All Navarro Asks for Is a Fighting Chance By Paul Gutierrez

• Angels, Weaver Closer, but Deal Still Unlikely By Mike Digiovanna

• Sparks Can’t Overcome Play of Lynx’s Smith

• USC’s Leinart Throws for First Time Since Surgery By Gary Klein

• Palisades, Cleveland Win Titles By Lauren Peterson

• Mulder Wins 7th in a Row

• L.A. Is in the Middle of NFL’s Delay of Game By Sam Farmer

• Ten-Run Inning Carries Devil Rays

• Ledee Glad to Have Werth Back Again By Paul Gutierrez

• Jamison Has Surgery on Knee

• They Take Winning in Stride By Bob Mieszerski

• Rice Signs With Broncos

• City Track Is a Race Between Dorsey and Taft By Mike Kennedy

• Their No. 1 Goal Is to Reach the Top By Thomas Bonk

• As Boxing Withers Away, Arum Isn’t Too Far Behind By T J. Simers

• Galaxy, Minus Donovan, Gets Tie By Grahame L. Jones

• But They Do Expect to Make a Lot of Hay By Larry Stewart

• Escobar Hopes to Put Off Surgery By Mike Digiovanna

Going coastal

• Crowds of chill seekers By Geoff Boucher

• Along for the ride By Liane Bonin

• Sassy scenarios rule the roost in Outfest’s shorts program By Kevin Thomas

• Cruising along on Coachella echoes By Robert Hilburn

• A Sunday hoofing it with the well-heeled By Litty Mathew

• System of a Down doubles its pleasure By Richard Cromelin

• Entertaining at any speed By Leslie Gornstein

• Boarding school By Emmett Berg

• Lifeguard dreams By Kathleen Clary Miller

• On the right side of the bed By S. Irene Virbila

• Listening to Libeskind

• Steps that suit a world of fancies By Lewis Segal

• Conviction outranks convention By Steve Hochman

• Another round of upward mobility By Robert Lloyd

• When aliens – and comedies – attack By Carina Chocano

• This devil’s not the deep blue sea By Jim Benning

• Paddle power By David Colker

• He never strays too far from the life preservers By Mark Sachs

• Things are about to get pretty serious By Don Shirley

• Start off with opera, end up at the Bowl By Mark Swed

• Old and new works, and Tut’s treasures By Christopher Knight

• African films shine, lighting a tough road By Rebecca Harrison

• Stigers’ act is far from standard By Don Heckman

• The cafe craze By Charles Perry

• As biological clocks go, his is more like a travel alarm By Lori Gottlieb

• Last Chance By Lewis Segal

• Sirius chief vows fewer Stern ads

• Weekend Forecast

• Motley Crue sues network

• Cleveland grad gets L.A. post By Chris Pasles

• Private tribute for Thompson

• Bo and Carrie boost ratings of ‘American Idol’ By Scott Collins

Mattel Is Building on American Girl’s Success

• Scams That Target Groups Gain Scrutiny By E. Scott Reckard

• Spitzer May File Civil Complaint Against AIG

• Ford Bails Out Parts Firm

• PUC to Consider Whether Hulling Almonds Is an Agricultural Process By Jerry Hirsch

• Friendster CEO Quits as Site Traffic Drops By Joseph Menn and Chris Gaither

• Whistle-Blowers Gain Help in Japan By Yuri Kageyama

• Schwab Rival Says It’s Sorry Over Ads

• Verizon May Lease Fiber to Internet Providers

• Pace University Business School Names a Dean

• Prosecutor Recounts Payments Made to Former Tyco Executives

• House Panel Passes Fannie, Freddie Bill

• PPM to Build Wind Farm in Solano County

• Pilots Ask Congress to Raise Retirement Age

• Medtronic Ordered Not to Sell Screws in Dispute

• GlaxoSmithKline Seeks to Sell Flu Vaccine in U.S.

• Briefly

• Factory Orders Jump; Home Sales Hit a High

• FTC Drops Probe of Shell Refinery Plans By Erica Williams

• Judge OKs Suit Over Grocer Pact By James F. Peltz

• Calpine Plans to Sell More Plants

• U.S. Shuts Website in Piracy Crackdown By Jon Healey

• Touting Initiatives, Eschewing Principles By Michael Hiltzik

• Stocks Drop on Oil Worry

• Slesinger Seeks to Reinstate Pooh Case

• Ask Jeeves’ Feature Offers Quick Answers

• Petco Reports 9% Rise in Profit but Cuts Its Full-Year Forecast

• FBI Probes Theft of Data From Stanford’s Network

• Scrushy Jury Urged to Avoid a Deadlock

• Probe of Stealth TV Ads Sought By Meg James

• Waddell & Reed Chairman Steps Down

‘Just the facts’ and more will back up writing

• ‘The Secret of the Jacaranda’ By Marjorie Flathers

• Jokes & Riddles

Senate Confirms Nomination of Filibuster Target

• Battered Woman Freed After Decades in Prison By From

• Debate Starts on Bolton’s Nomination By Greg Miller and Paul Richter

• GOP Senators Join Stem Cell Dissension By Mary Curtius

• UC Moves Toward Bid to Keep Role at Los Alamos By Rebecca Trounson

• Northeast Comes Down With a Case of the Chills

• Knockoff Dealers Could Have Designs on Terror By Josh Meyer

• Georgia’s Runaway Bride Indicted By Jenny Jarvie

• Sniper Delivered for 2nd Trial

• Ford Joins Crowded Race for Frist’s Seat

• Lawmakers Retreat on Women in Combat By John Hendren

• 5 Years for Driver in Ga. Decapitation

• Teachers Quit Over Punishment

• CIA Conducts a Cyber-War Exercise

• Witness: Slain Iraqi Had Been Cooperating

• Man Is Convicted in Wausau-Area Arsons By From

• Butte Museum Robbed of Rare Brothel Artifacts By From

• Home-Schooled Teenager’s Worldly Wisdom Pays Off

• Detainees Told FBI of Koran Desecration By Richard B. Schmitt

• Ballot Tracking Flawed, Washington Supervisor Testifies

• Report Faults Police in Red Sox Fan’s Death

• SEALs Instructed to Treat Prisoners Well By Tony Perry

• Federal Judge Snuffs Out N.Y. Club’s Pipe Dreams

• New Abortion Law Calls for Parental Notification By From

• Country Beats Rock in ‘Idol’ Competition

• Reagan National to Let Private Flights Resume

The high life without airs

• A flower bed and so much more By David A. Keeps and Adamo Digregorio

• Mulch: earthy mix, garden fix By Emily Green

• Shrines of the time By David A. Keeps

• Homes that age gracefully By Craig Nakano

• BOOKS By David A. Keeps and Christy Hobart

• Look on the bright side By Maryann Hammers

• Nachos with those nuptials? By Chris Erskine

• A busy time, come gloom or shine By Robert Smaus

• Gay or Female, Uncle Sam Should Want You By Max Boot

• Postmodern Fog Has Begun to Lift By Morris Dickstein

• Stem Cell Hypocrisy

• More Than Acts of Contrition

• A Man. A Plan. Now What? By D. J. Waldie

Russia’s Lost Children

• Anti-Mubarak Protesters Beaten in Cairo By Megan K. Stack

• U.S. Troops Pour Into Rebel-Held Iraqi Town By Carol J. Williams

• Support for Leader Wanes in Philippines By Richard C. Paddock

• Moscow in Chaos Amid Blackouts By David Holley

• Iran Offers Nuclear Deal By Alissa J. Rubin

• U.S. Suspends GI Recovery Efforts in North Korea By Mark Mazzetti

• Trial Proves a Top Snooze-Maker By Kim Murphy

• Accused Serial Killer Faces 12 New Charges

• Bush Promises Tsunami Aid, Backs Military Ties

• 52 Hurt by Madrid Car Bomb Blamed on ETA

• Pakistan Is Aiding in Iran Inquiry By Douglas Frantz

• U.S. Closes All Missions, Citing Security Threat

• Author Charged With Defaming Islam

• Northeastern Rebels Agree to Cease-Fire