Archive for Thursday, March 30, 2006

• Study Puts a Cork in Belief That a Little Wine Helps the Heart By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Avian Flu Vaccine Falls Short in Trial By Denise Gellene and Jia-Rui Chong

• Brain Development Rate Linked to IQ By Robert Lee Hotz

Staking Out New Lives

• Charter Schools’ Growth Brings Cheers, Concern By Hemmy So

• 2 Indicted in Placentia Rail Project By David Reyes and Dan Weikel

• Walkouts Dwindle at L.A. Schools but Not Elsewhere By Kelly-Anne Suarez and Cynthia H. Cho

• Rocio Durcal, 61; Spanish Actress, Singer Evolved From Teen Idol to Musical Stylist By Agustin Gurza

• U.S. Acts to Help Wild Salmon in Klamath River By Eric Bailey

• Nation’s Mayors Put Spotlight on Poverty By Duke Helfand and Nancy Cleeland

• Mayor Plays Santa, but Was She Naughty or Nice? By Hector Becerra

• Reiner Quits First 5 Panel By Dan Morain

• Carl E. Jones, 68; Criminal Defense Lawyer Won Many High-Profile Murder Cases By Dennis Mclellan

• Deputy’s Death Was No Accident By Richard Winton and Nancy Wride

• Nikki Sudden, 49; Punk Rocker Performed Solo and With Groups

• More Problems for L.A. County Juvenile System By Noam N. Levey

• Official Seeks Report on Hotel Workers’ Benefits

• Group Targets LAPD’s Rule to Ignore Residency Status By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Robert Harry Smith, 73; Biblical Scholar, Dean of Seminary in Exile

• Al Qaeda in Lodi `Unlikely’ By Rone Tempest

• Firefighters Accused of Ignoring Blaze By David Reyes

• Plane That Crashed, Killing 2, Is Located

• San Jose Man Killed in Skiing Accident

• Carona Snubbed by O.C. Deputies By Christine Hanley

• Plea Deal Made in Athlete’s Murder By Sara Lin

• UCLA Professor Is Focus of Probe By Rebecca Trounson and Stuart Silverstein

• `K&D’ keep Dodgers armed

• Weinberger and Nofziger Made Rise of Reagan Possible By George Skelton

• City to Pay Rapper’s Family for Trial Costs

• Out-of-State Facility Demands Part of Stem Cell Research Royalties By Lee Romney

• Seal Beach Mails In Better Results By Stephen Clark

• Protests Reshape Race for Governor By Robert Salladay

• Audit of DWP Endorses Rate Hikes Totaling More Than 7% By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Ian Hamilton Finlay, 80; Scottish Artist’s Work Centered on Nature

• A Valley’s Smog Toll Tallied By Janet Wilson

• Suit to Stop Wild Pig Eradication Dismissed By Gregory W. Griggs

Featured players

• Taking a look inside ourselves By David L. Ulin

• Story of the years

• Staying power By James Ricci

• Cathedral city By Jennifer Preece

• L.A. and the Olympics were a golden match By Bill Dwyre

• L.A. in Wooden’s words By Sam Farmer

• We play by our own rules By Patt Morrison

• Old-time events help shape all-time greats By Steve Pratt

• This city was full of fight By Steve Springer

• League of Extraordinary Men By Debbie Goffa

• Sorenstam Still Goes for Goal By Peter Yoon

• New materials help to shape the fabric of their success By Mimi Avins

• Civil Defense By Steve Springer

• Kent Agrees to Extend Deal By Steve Henson

• James Reaches First Postseason

• Murray’s impact still is plain to hear By Bill Plaschke

• Bootcheck Is Sent Down By Mike Digiovanna

• Angels Barely Covered on TV By Bill Shaikin

• Ducks Can’t Get Into Swing of Things in Loss By Eric Stephens

• It was always a good day at the races By Bill Christine

• Galaxy Finds Its Comfort Zone By Grahame L. Jones

• Finally, the McCourts Can Get Some Respect By T J. Simers

• Search for New NFL Boss Goes Slowly By Sam Farmer and Dave Mckibben

• Jagr Sets Rangers’ Points Mark in Win

• Fish Report

• Mihm Is Hopeful He’ll Return Soon By Mike Bresnahan

• George Mason Does It With Fun By J A. Adande

• Distractions? Certainly Not the Case in Westwood By Steve Springer

• `Sorry, George Mason’ Isn’t the Only Refrain By Diane Pucin

• It’s a New Beginning for Chivas By Grahame L. Jones

• Leon’s Deed Goes for Fifth Win in a Row By Bob Mieszerski

• More Years for Indians’ Sizemore

• Ciccone Wins Giant Slalom By Grahame L. Jones

• Keefe, Stepheson Become Parade All-Americans By Dan Arritt and Lauren Peterson

• Kings Come Up Just Short By Chris Foster

• They Try to Get Up to Speed By Bob Mieszerski

• Indiana Welcomes Sampson

• Mitchell to Lead Steroids Inquiry By Tim Brown

• He’d Like to Fatten Up Again By Thomas Bonk

• Hazzard Was Seen as Well Worth the Risk By Larry Stewart

We’re way past sushi

• These players phone it in By Susan Carpenter

• A place to make their mark By Susan Carpenter

• The menu? Food for thought By Brenda Rees

• Royal chef, loyal subjects By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• Independent moments of breakthrough By Kevin Crust

• BUZZ CLUBS By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

• A treat, if you can find it By S. Irene Virbila

• Retracing his steps By Susan King

• State of reunion address

• A rocker’s unexpected exposure By August Brown

• Numbers mount up for `3121’ By Geoff Boucher

• BUZZ BANDS By Kevin Bronson, With Chris Barton

• WEEKEND FORECAST

• Demme era of nightlife at the Roosevelt ends By Steve Baltin

• Just tell ‘em where (and how) it hurt By Susan Carpenter

• She’s a lady; now Jones is a knight

• Beatniks go slumming safely at the Little Joy By Jessica Gelt

• Going on some more bold journeys, with nary a Klingon in site By Mark Sachs

• Having a warped sense of arena rock

• State of reunion address

• Not the connection she wanted By Carolyn Kellogg

• L.A. Phil work hits iTunes By Mark Swed

• Julia Roberts a hot ticket on Broadway

• Gone fishing By Leslee Komaiko

• PBS’ Rose in Paris hospital

• Al Jazeera hires CNN’s Newman

GM Caught in Delphi Crossfire

• ITunes Logo Case Pits Apple Against Apple By Dawn C. Chmielewski

• Searching for Movies That Speak to Latinos By Lorenza Munoz

• Garamendi to Probe Blue Cross’ Practices By Lisa Girion

• Microsoft Product Raises EU Concerns

• It’s Not Such a Wonderful World for Eisner Show By Scott Collins

• They’re Panting After Squeezing Into These Jeans By Leslie Earnest

• CalPERS Planning Investment in China

• Guidant Halts Stent Delivery, Citing Quality

• 190 Drug Firms May Get FTC Subpoenas

• Financier, Producer in Deal With Columbia

• Williams-Sonoma Clears Bonuses for Top Execs

• Qualia Capital Buys Film and TV Libraries

• Disney-NBC Show on ITunes By Meg James

• Universal May Let Exec Exit By Claudia Eller

• TiVo Ex-CEO Testifies That EchoStar Copied Set-Top Box Technology

• France OKs Use of Wood Shavings by Winemakers

• Executives Are Optimistic on ‘06 Movie Ticket Sales

• Also

• Qualcomm-Broadcom Patent Fight Continues

• High Court Debates Rights of Inventors

• Shares Rise on Optimism

• Tighter Fuel Rules Set for Bulky SUVs

• GE Leasing Firm Orders 30 Boeing 737 Jets

• Bankers Fear Tougher Foreign Purchase Rules

• Google Seeks to Sell an Additional 5.3 Million Shares of Its Stock

• Podcast Search Mission: Mostly Possible By David Colker

• McClatchy’s Debt Rating Reduced by Moody’s

• Regulators Endorse Whirlpool-Maytag Deal

• Adelphia Accused of Breaching Agreements

• Petroleum Giant Considers Building Panama Refinery By Elizabeth Douglass

• Strapped UC Schools Seek More Autonomy By Michael Hiltzik

• Google, AOL Complete Deal to Expand Alliance

• Citibank Targets Net-Based Savers

`Simon’s Raft’

• Jokes & Riddles

• Which TV show would you be on?

Senate Approves Limits on High-Profile Lobbying

• Abramoff Sentenced in Business Fraud Case By John-Thor Dahlburg

• Cancer Stalks a `Toxic Triangle’ By Ralph Vartabedian

• Nervously, Latinos Protest in the South By Richard Fausset

• Police Look for Clues to What Fueled Seattle Killer’s Rage By Sam Howe Verhovek

• Army’s Opposition to Ink Fading By Mark Mazzetti

• Police Officers Charged in Videotaped Beating

• Laws and Funding Thwart Search for Illegal Workers By Nicole Gaouette

• Moussaoui Case Goes to Jury By Richard Serrano

• San Gabriel Valley a Hotbed of TCE Contamination By Ralph Vartabedian

• Democratic Plan to Beef Up U.S. Security Lacks Specifics By Ronald Brownstein

• Senate Tries to Reconcile Immigration Approaches By Nicole Gaouette

• Ex-Prosecutor Charged in Bungled Terror Trial

• Congresswoman, Capitol Police Officer in a Tussle

• Man Receives 30 Years in Plot to Kill Bush

Her life wide open

• A wild vision, a wild tour By Emily Green

• Chameleon-like charisma By Craig Nakano

• So open, so Neutra By David A. Keeps and Lisa Boone

• DESIGN DISPATCH By David A. Keeps

• The gentle seed of the native revolution By Emily Green

• A gavel and a guinea pig By Chris Erskine

Boomers as boob-tubers

• Masters of discrimination

• Dividends at the border By Jorge G. Castaneda

• Frist, do no harm

• Failing their own By Jonah Goldberg

• Sharon’s moment

• Rational inequality By Margaret Wertheim

Bush Arrives in Cancun for Talks

• Eclipse Wows Crowd in Turkey

• 1st Brazilian in Space Blasts Off With 2 Others

• Jamaica’s `Mama’ Has Hands Full By Carol J. Williams

• Gunmen Target Baghdad Firm, Killing 8 Workers By John Johnson Jr.

• Fugitive Ex-Liberian President Is Captured at Nigerian Border By Robyn Dixon and Hans Nichols

• Rolling Stone Silenced in China By Mark Magnier

• U.N. Warns Iran to End Nuclear Work By Maggie Farley

• New Law Clears Way for National ID Cards

• 8 Linked to Oil Plant Attack Among 40 Held

• Christian Convert Gets Asylum

• Israel’s Olmert Hastens to Form Governing Coalition By Laura King

• Reporter Testifies at Trial of Ex-Getty Curator By Livia Borghese

• Pakistani Militant Leader Is Beaten By Paul Watson and Mubashir Zaidi

• Algerian Sentenced to 10 Years in Subway Blasts