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What happened on July 09, 2006
NEWS
Persian Gulf Development May Doom Rare Species By Jim Krane, Associated Press Writer
Power by the Foot: Africans Pedal for Electricity By Laurie Goering, Chicago Tribune
Gentle Giants Win Over Visitors By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Writer
Park Roads Become an Animal `Kill Zone' By Juliana Barbassa, Associated Press Writer
Former Warriors Go to the Head of the Class By Jesse Harlan Alderman, Associated Press Writer
Ethical Dilemmas Flavoring Meals By Stephen Kiehl and Rob Hiaasen, Baltimore Sun
Lawyers Using Expertise to Fight Abuses Overseas By Sheila Flynn, Associated Press Writer
Ex-Mobster at the Top of Informer Hit Parade By Larry Mcshane, Associated Press Writer
Website Born of Feline's Plight Keeps Track of Animal Abusers By Vincent J. Schodolski, Chicago Tribune
The Writing on the Wall for Cultural Treasures? By Scott Sonner, Associated Press Writer
Refugees Learn ABCs of Life in America By Cara Anna, Associated Press Writer
BOOKS
Winning formula By Steve Almond, Steve Almond is the author of the short story collection "The Evil B.B. Chow" and a former sportswriter for the Peninsula Times-Tribune.
Bestsellers
DIY storytelling By Susan Carpenter, Susan Carpenter is a staff writer and "Throttle Jockey" columnist for The Times' Highway 1 section.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
Secret society By Richard Eder, Richard Eder, former book critic of The Times, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1987.
Heroic, on a molecular level By Sara Lippincott, Sara Lippincott is an assistant editor of Book Review.
The rebels' torch is passed By Phillip Lopate, Essayist and novelist Phillip Lopate is the editor of "American Movie Critics: From the Silents Until Now."
Little tale of the prairie By Kai Maristed, Kai Maristed is the author of the novels "Broken Ground," "Out After Dark" and "Fall."
Slice-of-life after death By Joy Nicholson, Joy Nicholson is the author of the novels "The Tribes of Palos Verdes" and "The Road to Esmeralda."
Final jeopardy By Nick Owchar, Nick Owchar is deputy editor of Book Review.
Bestsellers / Paperbacks
Turning the tables By Jerry Stahl, Jerry Stahl is the author of several books, including "Permanent Midnight: A Memoir" and the novel "I, Fatty," which has been optioned by Johnny Depp.
Body and soul By Susan Straight, Susan Straight, a professor at UC Riverside and a former sports editor for USC's Daily Trojan, is the author of six novels, mostly recently "A Million Nightingales."
Friends, enemies By Art Winslow, Art Winslow, a former literary and executive editor of the Nation, writes frequently on books and culture.
ENTERTAINMENT
Outsiders, not entirely by choice By August Brown, Special to The Times
The West's growing art collection By Diane Haithman
Watts Towers: Support system By Mike Boehm
Chamber group removes sale sign By Chris Pasles
Using all her charms By Susan King
When the `yes' becomes a `no' By Mary Mcnamara, Times Staff Writer
The `Mod' proposal: Keep passion of '60s By Susan King, Times Staff Writer
Onto the seas and into the soapsuds By Susan King
Digging up a treasury of pirate songs By Chris Lee, Special to The Times
Even now, Gumby has that special dimension By Robert Lloyd, Times Staff Writer
Playing like blazes By Chris Pasles, Times Staff Writer
Another fine mess we're in By Jan Breslauer, Special to The Times
This Bud's for you
Shooting blanks?
Critical stage
Drawing the line
A pure experience
Rasslin' and razzle-dazzle By Camilo Smith
An election protest
Regular folk, yet not By Richard Cromelin, Times Staff Writer
This `Dog' has its day By Kevin Bronson
Call it a split decision By Alie Ward
A one-theme wonder By Eric Ducker
Cook has a way with (others') words By Charles Mcnulty, Times Staff Writer
Call the tech squad By Tyler Green, Special to The Times
Rats, brats and now frats, these stars travel in packs By Christine N. Ziemba
It's funny about Owen Wilson By Rachel Abramowitz, Times Staff Writer
He always knew `Price' was right By Susan King
Trying to walk the walk in very stinky sneakers
OPINION
This just in ... censored
The secret that refreshes
Border insecurity
Helping Democrats put election puzzle together
What it takes to feel like a million bucks
Assessing democracy's successes and failures
The business of running the federal government
Changing bus routes without notification
Worse than you think By Graham Allison, GRAHAM ALLISON, a former assistant secretary of Defense, is director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Destroying the party to save it By Jonathan Chait
60 and still a ramblin' man By John Kenney, JOHN KENNEY has just finished his first novel.
When populism goes too far By Gregory Rodriguez, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Liberal Christianity is paying for its sins By Charlotte Allen, CHARLOTTE ALLEN is Catholicism editor for Beliefnet and the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus."
What gridlock? By Robert Bruegmann, ROBERT BRUEGMANN, a professor of art history, architecture and urban planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the author of "Sprawl: A Compact History."
By The Numbers By Swati Pandey
Don't feed the white elephant By Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation, is the author of "The City: A Global History."
History's new verdict on the Dreyfus case By Stanley Meisler, STANLEY MEISLER, a former Paris correspondent for The Times, is the author of a soon-to-be-published biography, "Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War."
It's `Pleasantville' with dementia, impotence and rotten teeth By Ki-min Sung, KI-MIN SUNG is an arts and lifestyle reporter for the Dallas Morning News.
Where a beer costs $150,000 By Douglas Rogers, Douglas Rogers is a Zimbabwean-born journalist based in New York City.
The California god rush By Michael Soller
WORLD
11 Migrant Workers Killed in Landslide From Times Wire Reports
Ex-President Cleared of Genocide Charges From Times Wire Reports
President's Twin Tapped to Be Prime Minister From Times Wire Reports
7 Terrorism Suspects Flee Riyadh Prison From Times Wire Reports
The Little Tramp's Classic Labor Lesson By Chris Kraul, Times Staff Writer
Police Abuses in Iraq Detailed By Solomon Moore, Times Staff Writer
Calls for Truce Fuel Hope in Gaza Standoff By Laura King, Times Staff Writer
Blast Kills 3 GIs in Western Iraq By Julian E. Barnes and Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writers
Marines Getting a New Message By Tony Perry and T. Christian Miller, Times Staff Writers
Mexico's Runner-Up Remains Unbowed By Richard Boudreaux, Times Staff Writer
S. Koreans Take North's Missiles in Relative Stride By Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer
Benedict Takes Traditional Family Message to Spain By Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer
Jet Crashes in Siberia With 200 Aboard From The Associated Press
East Timor Gets New Leadership By Richard C. Paddock, Times Staff Writer
BUSINESS
True Tales of Consulting's Birth By Stefan Stern, Financial Times
Oil's Promise Still a Dream By Edmund Sanders, Times Staff Writer
Chinese Imports Negate NAFTA
'Lemon' Photo Presents a One-Sided Picture
For Lions Gate, Cable Has Become a Reliable Profit-Making Machine By Lorenza Munoz, Times Staff Writer
Boom in Drug Litigation Shows Need for Reform
No Cinderella Ending For a Mess Created by Fairy-Tale Behavior By Liz Pulliam Weston, Special to The Times
Tech Probes Cost Twice By Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer
New Law May Give Teens -- and Their Parents -- a Tax Headache By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer
When Manipulation Might Equal Fraud By Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
For the mob, a bad day for business
Official Wants to Revisit Vote on Long Beach Airport By Deborah Schoch, Times Staff Writer
Feeling the Big Squeeze By Mike Anton, Times Staff Writer
Unsightly Evidence of U.S. Trade Gap Piles Up By Deborah Schoch, Times Staff Writer
Police Kill Man Who Pointed Gun at Them From Times Staff Reports
Gunfire From Another Vehicle Kills Motorist From Times Staff Reports
Man Arrested in Hit-and-Run Death From Times Staff Reports
Lou Dantzler, 69; Founder of L.A.'s Challengers Boys & Girls Club By Jocelyn Y. Stewart, Times Staff Writer
Senior Center Faces Eviction By Kelly-anne Suarez, Times Staff Writer
Marine Cpl. Michael Estrella, 20, Hemet; Sniper Victim Was 2,500th U.S. Military Death in Iraq By Seema Mehta, Times Staff Writer
Westlake Village Fire Burns 25 Acres From a Times Staff Writer
Was Flower a Dirty Trick? From the Associated Press
It's a Top-Grade Achievement By Rong-gong Lin Ii, Times Staff Writer
Clinton Speaks Out on Illegal Workers By Jeffrey L. Rabin, Times Staff Writer
Dear Ted: Honk if You Get a Platform By Steve Lopez
Perhaps `Transient' Could Have Taught Complainer a Bit About Research By Steve Harvey
Frank Zeidler, 93; Served 3 Terms as Socialist Party Mayor of Milwaukee From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Theodore Levitt, 81; Economist First to Use the Term 'Globalization' From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Passings From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Officials Still Readying for the Big One By Sharon Bernstein, Times Staff Writer
Army Cpl. Luis D. Santos, 20, Rialto; Killed by a Roadside Bomb By Stuart Pfeifer, Times Staff Writer
In Surgeon's Laser, Teen Finds Healing By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer
`Battle of L.A.' Was More Like Heaven Than Hell By Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer
Orange County Veterans Fair
Reaching Out to Veterans
Other Deaths
Staying Cool and Blue
NATIONAL
Doubts Linger About Illinois' Health Plan for Youths By P.J. Huffstutter, Times Staff Writer
Rockefeller Home After 2nd Marrow Transplant From Times Wire Reports
Spending Plan Is Signed, Letting Casinos Reopen From Times Wire Reports
Ground Zero Workers, Others Call Off Strike From Times Wire Reports
Driver, 89, Plows Into Festival Crowd; 27 Hurt From Times Wire Reports
Cuban Aboard Boat Dies After Coast Guard Chase From Times Wire Reports
WWII Internees Visit Camp Monument in Idaho From the Associated Press
Agency Sees Record Corporate Tax Receipts From Bloomberg News
A 2004 Call for Overhaul Set Showdown in Motion By Nicole Gaouette, Times Staff Writer
U.S.-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Possible From the Associated Press
NASA's Balancing Act Passes Test By Michael Cabbage, Orlando Sentinel
With a Little Help From Neighbors By Jenny Jarvie, Times Staff Writer
GOP Immigration Tactic: Blast Away, but Be Nice By Nicholas Riccardi and Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writers
REAL ESTATE
When is a houseguest a member of the household? By Kevin Postema, Special to The Times
Bids on the block By Diane Wedner, Times Staff Writer
It's who you know: The neighbors By Therese Kosterman, Special to The Times
Bronze wasn't this sculptor's only medium By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
He's back on track in the East By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Average mortgage rates and indexes
A Mar Vista family's journey to inner space By Kathy Price-robinson, Special to The Times
SPORTS
Chain Reaction
With a Little Help, Beckett Wins 11th From the Associated Press
At 1.12, Weaver Just Keeps Bobbing Along By Bill Shaikin, Times Staff Writer
`A Good Run' for Cabrera By Bill Shaikin, Times Staff Writer
Allegations Trail Armstrong Into Another Stage By Alan Abrahamson, Times Staff Writer
Down The Line By Tim Brown
It's Tough for Some to Treat It Like a Game By Pete Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Game Over? Dodgers Wish By Tim Brown
Bryans Complete `Career Slam' By Diane Pucin, Times Staff Writer
Dynamo Gets Past Chivas USA From the Associated Press
They Should Switch Jerseys By Grahame L. Jones, Times Staff Writer
Rooney Is Given Two-Match Ban From the Associated Press
Germany Finds Some Consolation From the Associated Press
Dodgers Can't Find a Remedy By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Gagne Has Surgery for Herniated Disk By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Furcal Reacts to a Spot Check By Michael Becker, Times Staff Writer
Farmar Makes Good Impression By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
Another Win for Galaxy By Jim Barrero, Times Staff Writer
Watson Keeps Lead Despite Roberts' 62 From the Associated Press
Looking to Find Some Loose Changes By Mark Heisler
Lava Man's Gold Cup Repeat Is Close Call By Robyn Norwood, Times Staff Writer
Arson Squad Tracks Down Victory in the Swaps Stakes By Bob Mieszerski, Times Staff Writer
After Market Steps Up the Level of Competition By Bob Mieszerski
Knill Successful in a Familiar Setting By Steven Herbert
James Puts End to Cleveland Questions From the Associated Press
Now You Know
This Win Is a First for Mears From the Associated Press
Jones Wins 100 in 10.93, Her Fastest in Four Years From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Pujols Makes His Mark in Houston From the Associated Press
Two-Shot Lead Surprises Singh By Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune
Quotebook
Quotebook
Time to Believe It or Not By Grahame L. Jones, Times Staff Writer
Tale of two countries
Sparks Win It Without Leslie By Mike Terry, Times Staff Writer
Landis Positions Himself for a Run at the Top Spot From the Associated Press
Now You Know
Nadal's Success Is Show of Confidence By Diane Pucin, Times Staff Writer
Mauresmo Holds Nerve By Diane Pucin, Times Staff Writer
MAGAZINE
Q + A By Laurie Drake, Laurie Drake is a former staff writer for Vogue and has contributed to Allure and Self.
Needing to Know but Dreading the Answer By Rick Wartzman
A Gentle Show for the Soul
The Deadly Consequences of Our Preying on Sharks
What About the Vegans?
How She Excused Herself From the Boss From Hell
Thou Shalt Not Disappoint the Wife By Charlie Schroeder, Charlie Schroeder, an actor and radio producer, has written for Hemispheres, Southland Golf and Modern Humorist.
Scribbling Rivalry By Dan Neil
To Keep or Not to Keep Your Nose By Amy Wilentz, Amy Wilentz is a contributing writer for West and the author of the forthcoming book "I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger."
Gamble House Entry By Colin Westerbeck
To Make the Sale, Embrace the Four O's of Pitching By Fred Rubin, Fred Rubin was a network sitcom writer/producer for 23 years. He now teaches at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television.
A Drug's Promise (or Not) of Youth By Brian Alexander, Brian Alexander is a contributing editor at Glamour and writes for MSNBC, Outside and others. He is the author of "Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion."
The Bawd of Avon
Sounds of the City By Kieren Van Den Blink
One From the Cheap Seats By Milt Policzer
South Pasadena real estate agents consider tweaking their...
Why Not Be Perfect?
TRAVEL
Niche websites go beyond cheap seats By Arthur Frommer, Special to The Times
Need the next-to-impossible? Ask the concierge By James Gilden, Special to The Times
Deal of the week By R.J. Mcclure
Because some things are such a drag By Judi Dash
A quiet Southern town, writ large By Ben Brazil, Special to The Times
New `chip and PIN' credit may cause confusion overseas By James Gilden, You can reach James Gilden at james.gilden@latimes.com. Travel Insider welcomes comments but can't respond individually to letters and calls. Write to Travel Insider, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, or e-mail travel@latimes.com.
Savings look minimal at best as AARP links with Travelocity By James Gilden, Special to The Times
A weekend in Paris without leaving home By Blake Hennon
Talk the talk, walk the walk before a vacation big or small By Mary Mcnamara, Times Staff Writer
Another gem unearthed in Utah
War history on display in Norway
More tips for driving abroad
A Panamanian point of view
Quicker boarding for some By Jane Engle; Vani Rangachar
Hey, Mom! Montreal ... s'il vous plait By Elizabeth Mehren and Sam Butterfield, Elizabeth Mehren is The Times' New England bureau chief. Sam Butterfield is an editor at Massachusetts' Hingham High School Harborlight.
Next up for border crossings By Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer
Conductor Leonard Slatkin
Minnesota: Comfy perch for eagles
Bali, from beneath an umbrella
A Tonic For The World Weary By Susan Spano, Times Staff Writer
Tours & Cruises By Maggie Barnett, Times Staff Writer
Telluride from the top down By Joyzelle Davis, Special to The Times
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