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What happened on July 30, 2006
NEWS
Europe Moves to Help Working Women Have Babies By Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune
Congo's Leader Calls for Peaceful Vote By Edward Harris, Associated Press Writer
Heat Brings a Wave of Misery to Europeans By Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press Writer
Energy Giant Rules in Northern Russian City By Alex Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune
Hired Goats Take a Bite Out of Wildfire Danger By Allison Hoffman, Associated Press Writer
College Entree for Illegal Immigrants By Juliana Barbassa, Associated Press Writer
Man's (and Wife's) Best Friend Taking a Place at the Altar By Deborah Horan, Chicago Tribune
A Borderless Byproduct of Growth By Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer
Vice Has Its Own Virtue By Lisa Anderson, Chicago Tribune
These Days, Girls Are on a Roll at Soap Box Derby By Sean D. Hamill, Special to the Chicago Tribune
June food safety violations in O.C.
BOOKS
Bestsellers
The crusader By Wayne Barrett, Wayne Barrett, a senior editor at the Village Voice, has covered New York politics for 30 years. His latest book, "Grand Illusion: Rudy Giuliani and the Untold Story of 9/11," co-authored with Dan Collins, will be published in August.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
Strange, in a stranger land By J.D. Dolan, J.D. Dolan teaches at Western Michigan University and was recently awarded a fellowship in literature from the National Endowment for the Arts.
He contains multitudes By Eloise Klein Healy, Eloise Klein Healy was founding chair of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Antioch University. Her most recent poetry collection is "Passing."
Look out below By Bill Holm, Bill Holm's latest book of poems is "Playing the Black Piano." He teaches writing at Southwest Minnesota State University and spends summers in northern Iceland.
The language of life By Robert Lee Hotz, Robert Lee Hotz is a Times staff writer who covers science.
Bestsellers / Paperbacks
Outrageous beauty By Laurel Maury, Laurel Maury writes reviews for a variety of publications.
Unfinished family business By Susan Salter Reynolds, Susan Salter Reynolds is a Times staff writer.
A campaign without end By Peter Schrag, Peter Schrag, a columnist and former editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee, is the author, most recently, of "California: America's High Stakes Experiment."
Gothic dreams By Joanna Scott, Joanna Scott's most recent novel is "Liberation."
ENTERTAINMENT
Guitar soul divas By Ann Powers, Times Staff Writer
Casting for the next crisis du jour By Gerald Nachman, Special to The Times
Mapping the city, one taxi at a time By Scott Timberg
MoMA to wear its art on the outside By Suzanne Muchnic
County set to fund an eclectic mix By Lynne Heffley
Now on exhibit, the blogger's view By David Ng, Special to The Times
Fiction blurred by fact By Susan King
`Beefcake Babylon' reveals musclemen's body of work By Susan King
Sizzling soiree helps Heal the Bay
Giving the gift of time to parents and critically ill kids By Samantha Bonar, Times Staff Writer
Out with a bang By Jan Breslauer, Special to The Times
Francois Ozon, always a leading ladies' man By Mark Olsen, Special to The Times
Pushing the Bard beyond the page By Susan King
A timely take on Lebanon By Chris Lee, Special to The Times
The tap-flamenco clique By Diane Haithman, Times Staff Writer
A reader's garland
The Parks show
Poor rich kids
Don't knock Dad
On to higher billing By Rob Kendt, Special to The Times
Off The News
A juror's still out on writer's talent
`Hollywood' World Party / 1993 By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
Chroniclers of strange beasts: Men By Rachel Abramowitz, Times Staff Writer
What's wet is about to get wild By Richard Abowitz, Special to The Times
The secret is knowing how a squirrel would talk By Susan King
Hitting replay on Mandela's life, times By Don Heckman, Special to The Times
A `Dance' across demos By David A. Keeps, Times Staff Writer
We all have those days we wish we could forget
OPINION
California's dynamic duo
Reining in Israel
Peace dividend
Bush apologist Boot is playing a shell game
Many questions arise out of Middle East mess
Bill pending on taping of felony interrogations
Hot spell puts focus on solar energy alternatives
Here's the skinny on conservatives By Jonathan Chait
Slouching toward the apocalypse By Eugene Linden, EUGENE LINDEN is the author of "The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather and the Destruction of Civilizations."
Resilence among the ruins By Gregory Rodriguez, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
The lure of the `five finger discount' By Rachel Shteir, RACHEL SHTEIR, the author of "Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show," is working on a book about kleptomania.
The return of Turkey's Kurdish problem By Henri J. Barkey, HENRI J. BARKEY, chairman of the International Relations Department at Lehigh University, is a former member of the State Department's policy planning staff.
Why good countries fight dirty wars By Caleb Carr, Caleb Carr is visiting professor of military studies at Bard College. He is the author of "The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians."
Where a porn palace stood By Douglas Johnson, Douglas Johnson is a fellow at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College.
Downtown's bipolar housing policy By Joseph Mailander, JOSEPH MAILANDER is editor of MartiniRepublic.com, a Los Angeles-based political and cultural blog.
Mr. Businessman, help heal the sick By Len Nichols and Peter Harbage, LEN NICHOLS is director of the health policy program at the New America Foundation in Washington. PETER HARBAGE, based in Sacramento, is the senior program associate of New America's health policy program and president of Harbage Consulting.
Bill Gates, the nation's superintendent of schools By Diane Ravitch, DIANE RAVITCH is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of education at New York University.
The downside of upscale By Tom Slater, Tom Slater is a lecturer in urban studies at the University of Bristol in Britain. He is the coauthor of "Gentrification," to be published by Routledge in the spring of 2007.
Iraq isn't about us anymore By Judith S. Yaphe, JUDITH S. YAPHE is Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University. For more than 20 years, she was a political analyst on the Middle East at the CIA. The views expressed here are her own.
WORLD
Soldiers Detail a Mission Gone Wrong By Scott Gold, Times Staff Writer
Basques Try Recipe for Peace By Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer
Four Nations Accused of Supporting Extremists From Times Wire Reports
Thousands Flee Homes After Oil Refinery Blast From Times Wire Reports
Court Upholds Death Penalty for Arab Rebels From Times Wire Reports
Farmers Protest Killing of Peasant Leaders From Times Wire Reports
Tensions High as Congo Holds Rare Free Vote By Edmund Sanders, Times Staff Writer
Face Transplant Recipient Goes Home From the Associated Press
Trash Patrol Part of Security Forces' Beat in Iraqi Capital By Jeffrey Fleishman, Times Staff Writer
U.S. Agency Hid Cost Overruns in Iraq, Audit Finds By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer
Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in Israeli Raid From the Associated Press
In N. Korea, Weapons Are Key Instrument of Power By Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer
N. Korea Cancels Mass Games Because of Floods From the Associated Press
Rice Returns to a More Promising Scenario By Paul Richter and Laura King, Times Staff Writers
A Nearly Impossible Mission By Rania Abouzeid, Special to The Times
Sri Lanka Airstrikes Leave 8 Rebels Dead From the Associated Press
In Iran, Pizzas Will Now Be Called Loaves From the Associated Press
Iran Is Bush's Target in Lebanon By Doyle Mcmanus, Times Staff Writer
Diplomatic Efforts Are Stepped Up Compiled by Times staff writers
BUSINESS
Sustainable and Profitable By Alison Maitland, Financial Times
Familiar Names Tell of Hassles at Airport
Don't Blame GM for Electric Car's Demise
Simple Solution to an Artistic Problem
Overseas Surgery a Clamp on Costs By Daniel Yi, Times Staff Writer
Financial Planners Try Giving Out Free Advice By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer
Mines Dig for Talent By Evelyn Iritani, Times Staff Writer
Calming D.C.'s Movie Critics By Jim Puzzanghera, Times Staff Writer
Manhattan's Financial District Remade by Influx of Residents By Walter Hamilton, Times Staff Writer
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Movie stars and comics at the bat
4 Leaders of Aryan Brotherhood Prison Gang Found Guilty in O.C. By Christopher Goffard, Times Staff Writer
Unity Hard to Come By in Capistrano Unified By Seema Mehta, Times Staff Writer
Getting the Treatment
Driver Unlikely to Be Charged After Injuring 10 at Starbucks By Jonathan Abrams, Times Staff Writer
Physical and Psychological Factors Can Cause Deaths
Recalling Elderly Victims of Heat By Lynn Doan, Tanya Caldwell and Ashley Surdin, Times Staff Writers
Science Gets to Roots of Youths' Family Trees By Cara Mia Dimassa, Times Staff Writer
Vincent J. Fuller, 75; Lawyer Defended Would-Be Reagan Assassin John W. Hinckley Jr. From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Did Gibson Get a Break After Arrest? By Andrew Blankstein, Stuart Pfeifer and Jeffrey L. Rabin, Times Staff Writers
Unreal Estate Is More Like It By Steve Lopez
Supporters Go to Bat for Ex-Labor Chief Ludlow By Joe Mathews, Times Staff Writer
Still Quite the Ball Handler
Long Beach-Area Wetlands May Join Southland's `String of Pearls' By Deborah Schoch, Times Staff Writer
Big John Mazmanian, 80; Race Car Owner-Builder From the Associated Press
A Primeval Tide of Toxins By Kenneth R. Weiss, Times Staff Writer
Today's highlights at the O.C. Fair
Seeking a Fair Fate for County Hall of Justice By Ashley Surdin, Times Staff Writer
O.C. Rally Calls for Halt in Lebanon By Christopher Goffard and Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writers
J. Austin Ranney, 85; UC Expert on Political Parties and Elections By Jon Thurber, Times Staff Writer
Sidewalks Smooth for Well-Heeled By Martha Groves, Times Staff Writer
Not-So-Smooth Passage on the Sidewalks of L.A.
Military Deaths
NATIONAL
Woman, 22, Missing From Cruise in Italy From Times Wire Reports
3 Brothers, 2 Others Slain in New Orleans From Times Wire Reports
Philanthropist Astor Is Released From Hospital From Times Wire Reports
4 Killed, 4 Injured When Skydivers' Plane Crashes From Times Wire Reports
For American Evacuees, a Bittersweet Return By Jenny Jarvie, Times Staff Writer
A McCain Son, 18, Joins the Marines From Reuters
Local Ethics, D.C. Ethics: Both Key to N. Mexico Race By Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer
Nuclear Spending Comes Under Fire By Ralph Vartabedian, Times Staff Writer
Friends Had No Idea He Was Violent By Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writer
REAL ESTATE
In case of dog, eviction threat lacks bite By Kevin Postema, Special to The Times
When they went condo, their private garages went public By Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian, Special to The Times
New reasons to soak up the sun By T.J. Sullivan, Special to The Times
In canyon disaster plan, neighbors help evacuees By Talya Meyers, Special to The Times
It doesn't get much quieter than this By Jessica C. Lee, Special to The Times
Wipe off your boots before entering By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Stand-up adds a new home, baby to routine By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Keeping fraud cases from falling through the cracks By Tom Kelly, Special to The Times
Trashing those big, ugly bins
Off-site owners: The downsides
W-4 finagling may lead to regrets
Average mortgage rates and indexes
Heat melting your budget? A few tips By Diane Wedner, Times Staff Writer
Blackout coming? Check your e-mail By Diane Wedner
Jobs that shut the door on buying
California's a risky place From Times staff and wire reports
Briefly From Times staff and wire reports
SCIENCE
Funding Restrictions at Heart of Legal Wrangling By Erin Cline, Times Staff Writer
SPORTS
And Now, the Team From Three-Mile Island
It Isn't Very Pretty, but White Sox Win Associated Press
Ortiz Works Late Shift By Mike Digiovanna, Times Staff Writer
Tejada Doesn't Want to Play Third By Mike Digiovanna, Times Staff Writer
Now You Know
Three Days in ...The O.C. By Tim Brown
Dodgers Minor League Teams By Houston Mitchell
Jones Returns With Win From the Associated Press
They're Armed and Dangerous By Tim Brown
Owens Says He's a Happy Camper By Sam Farmer, Times Staff Writer
Good Things in Store for Dodgers By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Latest Change of Positions Is Seconded by Izturis By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Innocence Isn't All That's Lost By Helene Elliott
Sutter Story: Me and the Splitter From the Associated Press
Sprinter Gatlin Fails Doping Test By Alan Abrahamson, Times Staff Writer
Pavin (68) Still Leads by Two From the Associated Press
Hasselbeck Latest NFL Face of Sports Supplements From the Associated Press
A Dandy for Bernardini By Bob Mieszerski, Times Staff Writer
Carthage the Pick in Crosby By Bob Mieszerski
Beat Goes On in Super Late Race By Steven Herbert
Now You Know
Little Leaguers Get (and Wear) History Lesson By Gary Klein, Times Staff Writer
Edwards Wins Busch Race From the Associated Press
Three for a Show By Lonnie White, Times Staff Writer
Arkansas' McFadden Is Doubtful to Play USC By Eric Sondheimer;robyn Norwood, From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Bush Agrees to Six-Year Deal From the Associated Press
Maddux Sparkles in His 327th Victory From the Associated Press
Moon Made His Position Clear From Start By Bill Plaschke, Bill Plaschke can be reached at bill.plaschke@latimes.com. To read previous Plaschke columns, go to latimes.com/plaschke.
Trading Places By Eric Stephens, Times Staff Writer
Quotebook
Lasorda Steps Up to Plate, and It's Christmas in July By T.J. Simers, T.J. Simers can be reached at t.j.simers@latimes.com. To read previous columns by Simers, go to latimes.com/simers.
Sparks Tonight By Mike Terry
They'll Shake It Up to Shape Them Up By Bob Rohwer, Times Staff Writer
Losness Makes Run to the Round of 12 By Pete Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Title Marks a Wave of Success By Pete Thomas, Times Staff Writer
Haas, Tursunov in Tennis Final By Lisa Dillman, Times Staff Writer
Wie Falls Short Again From the Associated Press
MAGAZINE
Deal Breaker By Joe Mathews, Joe Mathews covers labor and politics for The Times. This article is adapted from Joe Mathews' upcoming book "The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy" (PublicAffairs), Copyright 2006 by Joe Mathews.
It Will Be Sweet By Laura Golden Bellotti, Laura Golden Bellotti is the author of "Holy Triangle: Stories of Pico-Robertson," and the co-author of four nonfiction books.
James Ellroy ("The Great Right Place," page 14) is the...
The Great Right Place: James Ellroy Comes Home By James Ellroy, James Ellroy is the author of 16 books, including "The Black Dahlia," which will be released as a film directed by Brian De Palma in September.
Great-Aunt Gertie and the 1939 Expo By Ellen Kaye, Ellen Kaye is the coauthor of "The Wine Guy." Her work has also been published in the New York Times and CHOW magazine.
True Love Isn't Processed
Why Growing Older Is Simply a 'Work-in-Progress'
A Classmate's Contribution
He's Sore, but Not a Quitter
Ballad Stuffing By Dan Neil
Tsunami (2000) By Colin Westerbeck
At the Worst Meeting Ever, Remember the Best One By Emily Dwass, Emily Dwass is writing a screenplay based on Ann Hood's novel "Places to Stay the Night."
Spread the News: Mustard Is King
"At least they can find each other." A woman pointing to a... By Kieren Van Den Blink
Honesty's the Best Policy
Teachers' Pet Projects By David K. Israel
Three Dots designer Yuchin Mao is expanding the high-end T-shirt company's offerings with clothing that blends casual with couture. By Randye Hoder, Randye Hoder has written for West and The Times' Op-Ed page.
Under World By Elizabeth Khuri
TRAVEL
Up a lazy river to bustling Bend By Tim Neville, Special to The Times
Sink a birdie or ogle the trees By Arthur Frommer, Special to The Times
Slow dance with Charleston By Robin Rauzi, Times Staff Writer
Deal of the week By R.J. Mcclure
Sniff. Say, `Ahh' or `Achoo!' By Kathleen Doheny, Special to The Times
Bumped? It's a pain in the neck, so get something for it By Jane Engle, Times Staff writer
Candidates for Oscar's short list By Blake Hennon
When baby makes five, eat for two and drink water for 20 By Mary Mcnamara, Times Staff Writer
Alaska too impressive to sleep through
No tray should mean no passenger
Tipped ship gets its sea legs By Jane Engle
Check bags when you check out By Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer
A welcome return at a Paris hotel
He's starting to open up a bit
A bit of Europe in Truckee By Eric Bailey, Times Staff Writer
Behind Munich's stylish facades By Susan Spano, Times Staff Writer
Where the kangaroos hold court By Maggie Barnett, Times Staff Writer
From the air, a fantasyland By Jerry V. Haines, Special to The Times
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