Archive for Saturday, March 18, 2006
Science
Some Doubt Return of Lost Woodpecker
Science |
March 18, 2006
A new analysis of fuzzy video taken in the swamps of Arkansas casts
doubt on the ballyhooed comeback of the ivory-billed woodpecker, four
bird experts wrote in Friday’s edition of the journal Science. Read more
California | Local
Local Catholics Fete a Flock of Angeleno Cardinals
California | Local |
March 18, 2006
Los Angeles will be making church history next week, when Pope
Benedict XVI installs native son William J. Levada as one of 15 new
cardinals in the Vatican. Read more
Sports
Business
Costa Rica Rides High-Tech Wave
Business |
March 18, 2006
The crates that leave this Central American nation these days are
more likely to be stuffed with microchips and telecom components than
the bananas that once represented Costa Rica’s plantation economy. Read more
Entertainment
DIVORCE
Entertainment |
March 18, 2006
WHEN Hollywood publicist Michael Sands tried to hire celebrity
divorce lawyer Dennis Wasser in a child custody case, he got a stern
brushoff from the silver-haired, opera-loving attorney, best known
for handling the breakups of such Hollywood luminaries as Tom Cruise,
Steven Spielberg and J. Lo. Read more
National
Trash Force Sweeps New Orleans
National |
March 18, 2006
Standing on a median strip on a busy thoroughfare, homemaker Becky
Zaheri addresses a band of volunteers, clad in orange safety vests,
with the zeal and authority of an Army sergeant. Read more
Opinion
Lawn mores
Opinion |
March 18, 2006
ONLY IN AMERICA, with its 50-odd-million households participating in
lawn care and its 16,000 golf courses, is turf an estimated
$40-billion-a-year industry. Read more
World
Musicians Still Hear Paris’ Call
World |
March 18, 2006
The Little Giant comes back to town on a winter day the color of cobblestones. Read more
