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What happened on May 07, 2006
NEWS
In Czechoslovakia, Religion Gets Little Practice By Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune
Freud Is Turning 150, and That's No Slip By William J. Kole, Associated Press Writer
Japanese Rockers in Shades of Gray By Carl Freire, Associated Press Writer
Her Words Give Voice to the Life Within By Rona Marech, Baltimore Sun
Erma Bombeck a Suburban Sage, Even From the Grave By James Hannah, Associated Press Writer
Nebraska Welcomes Human and Avian Out-of-Towners By Margery Beck, Associated Press Writer
More Entrepreneurs Cater to the Needs of the Obese By Deborah Hastings, Associated Press Writer
A Poster Child for Retirement Angst By Michael Hill, Associated Press Writer
Shorts by Any Other Name Still Get Short Shrift in the Office By Susan Chandler, Chicago Tribune
Ferry Idea Greeted as Much by Whoa as Aloha By Mark Niesse, Associated Press Writer
BOOKS
Bestsellers
Facts aren't everything By Michael Connelly
Rumsfeld's folly By Robert Killebrew, Robert Killebrew is a retired Army colonel who speaks and writes on military and strategic affairs.
The agony and the ecstasy By Judith Lewis, Judith Lewis is a senior editor at LA Weekly.
The great equalizer By James Marcus, James Marcus is the author of "Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.Com Juggernaut."
Seizing the day By Laurel Maury, Laurel Maury, an editorial assistant at the New Yorker, writes reviews for a variety of publications.
Bestselllers/paperbacks
Eye of the hurricane By Dante Ramos, Dante Ramos is deputy editorial page editor of the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
California dreaming By Mark Rozzo, Mark Rozzo is an arts writer living in New York.
Fun with physics By Simon Singh, Simon Singh is a science journalist and the author, most recently, of "Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe."
All the wrong moves By Wendy Smith, Wendy Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."
ENTERTAINMENT
Iraqi stage can be a perilous place, even when peace is the point of it By Bruce Wallace, Times Staff Writer
A future in the past? By Chris Lee, Special to The Times
The inside track By John Horn, Times Staff Writer
Nine flavors of comedy By Rachel Abramowitz
Surprisingly, the filmmakers lived to tell their tale By Jay A. Fernandez
Fans, foes lining up for `Da Vinci Code' By Rachel Abramowitz
Don't expect Pixar to lose its remote control By John Horn
L.A. sifts through pieces of Evidence By Rob Kendt, Special to The Times
In film and fest, songs of survival By Randy Lewis
Krishna rap: Yes, its time has come By Chris Lee
The restless, unsinkable upstart By Susan Reiter, Special to The Times
He put his `Trust' in his own hands By Susan King
Off the radar By Mary Mcnamara, Times Staff Writer
The flow of life amid a dam's rise By Suzanne Muchnic, Times Staff Writer
Look who's talking! By John Horn
A real Pearl
`Balanced' art?
Woe is Wilson
He's drawn to the story, not fitting a genre By Susan King
They're thinking big by thinking small By Chris Lee
Time for a new `Vice' By Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writer
It's that Night vision By Rachel Abramowitz, Times Staff Writer
Feels like end times By Susan King
Deep into a Golden State of mind By Josh Kun, Special to The Times
Adventures on the flip side By Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writer
Welcome mat at the door By Susan King
Pearl Jam's second act
Learning to fly By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer
Reptile performers of the first class By Susan King
Opening the treasure chest
Putting dysfunction to the road test By Mary Mcnamara
A Palisades balladeer By Scott Timberg, Times Staff Writer
Gore brings a warning: It's getting hot out there By Tina Daunt
Those mutants are going out in style By Martin Miller
This journal-keeping worm not only turns, he eats his homework
OPINION
One case at a time
Wiretapping oversight
Immigration protest evokes varied emotions
Moussaoui verdict was the correct one
Gauging political response to gas prices
Don't let the left defeat Lieberman By Jonathan Chait
Maggot mysteries By Matthew Cobb, MATTHEW COBB, a life sciences faculty member at the University of Manchester, is author of "Generation: The 17th Century Scientists Who Unraveled the Secrets of Sex, Life and Growth," to be published in August by Bloomsbury.
An ecclesiastical meltdown By Susan Jacoby, SUSAN JACOBY is the author of "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism."
Can-do spirit fuels immigrants GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
The rise and fall of Bert Fields By Garry Abrams, GARRY ABRAMS is a columnist and reporter for the Daily Journal.
You know how to add, don't you? By Jared Bernstein, JARED BERNSTEIN is a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and author of the new book, "All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy."
Literary L.A., with no apology By Dana Gioia, Dana Gioia, a poet and literary critic, has been chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts since 2003. This is adapted from his remarks at the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes ceremony at UCLA's Royce Hall last weekend.
Draft Hollywood By Andrew Klavan, Andrew Klavan's crime novels include "Don't Say a Word," "True Crime" and "Shotgun Alley." His newest book, "Damnation Street," is due out in September. He can be reached at www.AndrewKlavan.com.
From putschist to el presidente in Latin America By Sergio Munoz, Former Times editorial writer SERGIO MUNOZ is a contributing editor to the paper. His weekly syndicated column in Spanish appears in 20 newspapers in 12 countries.
Galbraith's oversized shadow By Richard Parker, RICHARD PARKER is the author of "John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics," published last year by Farrar, Straus, Giroux. He teaches at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he is senior fellow of the Shorenstein Center.
Foreign aid skeptics thrive on pessimism By Jeffrey D. Sachs, Jeffrey D. Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the author of "The End of Poverty." Millennium Promise is at www.millenniumpromise.org.
War on film By Swati Pandey
So where are the Muslims on `CSI'? By Diane Winston, DIANE WINSTON, Knight chair in media and religion at USC, can be reached at dhwinstongmail.com.
Becoming one with Wile E. Coyote By Thomas De Zengotita, THOMAS DE ZENGOTITA, a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, is the author of "Mediated."
WORLD
Lopez Obrador Loses Big Lead but Not His Nerve By Hector Tobar, Times Staff Writer
China Accepts Pope's Choice of Bishop From Reuters
Targeted Killings Surge in Baghdad By Louise Roug, Times Staff Writer
10 GIs Die in Crash of U.S. Helicopter From the Associated Press
Chinese Couples Break the Silence Over Infertility By Ching-ching Ni, Times Staff Writer
British Chopper Crashes in South Iraq By Borzou Daragahi and Othman Ghanim, Special to The Times
6 North Korean Defectors Make Their Way to U.S. By Barbara Demick, Times Staff Writer
Rescuers Try to Blast Path to Trapped Miners From Times Wire Reports
Antiwar Protests in Athens Turn Violent From Times Wire Reports
Elections Affirm Ruling Party's Grip on Power From Times Wire Reports
Florida Family Claims 'Royal' Prisoner From Times Wire Reports
3 Mechanics Killed as Faulty Elevator Plunges From Times Wire Reports
Mossad Said to Have Used Poison Chocolates From Times Wire Reports
A Local Pest Becomes the Key to a Better Life By Robyn Dixon, Times Staff Writer
BUSINESS
Golf Pitches Found Takers By E. Scott Reckard, Times Staff Writer
A Bankruptcy Filing by GM Could Be a Positive Thing
Downside to the Surge in the U.S. Economy
Oil's Disparate Impact on Clorox and Exxon
Goliath vs. Goliath By Jim Puzzanghera, Times Staff Writer
Tax Breaks Can Reduce Cost of Summer Camp By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer
For Those Handicapping the Future a Fed `Pause' Won't Be End of Story By Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer
Wal-Mart Vies for Right to Put On a Happy Face By Abigail Goldman, Times Staff Writer
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Park renamed for Gen. MacArthur
A Quirky Sheriff Who's on the Move, Out in Front and Feeling Some Heat By Robin Fields and Stuart Pfeifer, Times Staff Writers
Villaraigosa, Riordan Get Honorary Degrees From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Baseball Park Reopens as Dodger Dream Field From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nine Hurt as Ferry Crashes Into a Pier in San Francisco From Times Wire Reports
Army Pfc. Raymond L. Henry, 21, Anaheim; Killed by Roadside Bomb By Maria L. La Ganga, Times Staff Writer
Sons Live Out a Dream By Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writer
Episcopalians Elect Straight Bishop in S.F. By Louis Sahagun, Times Staff Writer
Teachers Urged to Use Rap to Bridge the Education Gap By Rong-gong Lin Ii, Times Staff Writer
Folsom Standoff Ends After 10 Hours By Jenifer Warren and Joel Rubin, Times Staff Writers
Marine Lance Cpl. Bunny Long, 22, Modesto; Killed by Suicide Car Bomber By Duke Helfand, Times Staff Writer
Looking for an End to Her Skid By Steve Lopez
Measure Would Limit O.C. Land Grabs By David Reyes, Times Staff Writer
Contestants on a Mission to Replicate State's Past By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer
The Great Divide of Citizenship By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer
MTA Bus Catches Fire on 110 Freeway From a Times Staff Writer
Bicyclist on PCH Is Struck, Killed by Car From Times Staff and Wire Reports
End of an Eros for Hollywood's Erotic Museum By Steve Harvey
Eager `Agents' Pitch Their Teacher's Screenplay By Dana Parsons
Frantisek Perina, 95; WWII Flying Ace By Claire Noland, Times Staff Writer
Georgia's Preschool System Gets High Marks By Seema Mehta, Times Staff Writer
System Offers Justice Outside the Spotlight, If You Can Pay By Jean Guccione, Times Staff Writer
Complaint Against Judge Has Broader Ramifications By Henry Weinstein, Times Staff Writer
Doubts Still Swirl to Surface By Bettina Boxall, Times Staff Writer
3 Hurt on Cinco de Mayo Ride By David Pierson, Times Staff Writer
Fungus Danger Found in Hospital Air System From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Beetle Doesn't Rate as an Endangered Species From Times Staff and Wire Reports
1 Dead, 1 Hurt in Lynwood Shooting From a Times Staff Writer
Crash Led to an Ordeal High in the Sierra By Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer
Military Deaths
NATIONAL
3 Workers, Trapped in Concrete, Die in Accident From Times Wire Reports
FBI Puts Polygamist on Its 10 Most-Wanted List From Times Wire Reports
Mars Spacesuit Debuts in Cratered Badlands From Times Wire Reports
The President Finds a Soft Landing in Oklahoma By Peter Wallsten, Times Staff Writer
CIA Chief's Ouster Points to Larger Issues By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer
In Patrick Kennedy Land, Mood Is Forgiving By Elizabeth Mehren, Times Staff Writer
Kerry Rips Bush Over `Intolerance' for Dissent From the Associated Press
Drug Plan Is Meeting Goals By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Times Staff Writer
Alaskans See Bright Side to Soaring Pump Prices By Sam Howe Verhovek, Times Staff Writer
'06 Election Results May Point to Pivotal '08 States By Ronald Brownstein
Penalty Phase Kicks In After May 15 By Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Times Staff Writer
Shifting Sands Reveal History -- and a Problem By Lynn Marshall, Times Staff Writer
Many Youths Disregard Their Virginity Pledges, Harvard Study Says By Elizabeth Mehren, Times Staff Writer
REAL ESTATE
Fire ants are on the march again From Associated Press
Chances are, God did not break the sprinklers By Stephen Glassman and Donie Vanitzian, Special to The Times
A hideaway in Sherman Oaks By Nola Sarkisian-miller, Special to The Times
An eye for crowning touches By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Start the move-out countdown By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Sweep away those household myths By James and Morris Carey, Associated Press
Score one for trees By Chip Jacobs, Special to The Times
Average mortgage rates and indexes
Protecting your equity from lawsuit damages By Gayle Pollard-terry, Times Staff Writer
SPORTS
Obviously, the Kentucky Derby Is Foremost in His Mind
With a Little Help, Wakefield Wins From the Associated Press
Salmon Does Right by the Angels By Mike Digiovanna, Times Staff Writer
Erstad Likely to Go on the Disabled List By Mike Digiovanna, Times Staff Writer
Avengers Get Their Kicks Early By Lonnie White, Times Staff Writer
Union Questions Tactics From the Associated Press
De La Hoya Can Still Fight the Good Fight By Steve Springer, Times Staff Writer
The Perfect Trade: a Pitcher for Beer By Larry Stewart, Times Staff Writer
Dreaming of Raising a Red Flag By Tim Brown
Brand's Premonition Keeps Coming True By Jason Reid, Times Staff Writer
Raiders Will Give Brooks Shot at Quarterback Job From the Associated Press
A Derby Victory to Last a Lifetime By Robyn Norwood, Times Staff Writer
Hendricks Looks to Preakness By Robyn Norwood, Times Staff Writer
It's Been a Career Year for Nowitzki From the Associated Press
Garciaparra's Sequel Is Also a Hit By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Sele Agrees to Pay Cut and Will Start Today By Steve Henson, Times Staff Writer
Three Days in ... Pittsburgh In a series that will... By Tim Brown
They Seek Answers, Not Excuses From Times Staff Reports
Determined Kunitz Is Making It Stick By Eric Stephens, Times Staff Writer
Theodore Is Trying to Fill Some Big Pads By Helene Elliott
Galaxy Can't Stop Revolution By Grahame L. Jones, Times Staff Writer
Furyk Seeks Better Ending This Time From the Associated Press
Day for Fillies at Hollywood Park By Bob Mieszerski, Times Staff Writer
Hollywood Homecomings By Bob Mieszerski
Bell Gets In the Last Shot By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
Totally Eclipsed By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
Heartbroken By Lonnie White, Times Staff Writer
DeRosario's Two Goals Lift Houston Over Dallas From the Associated Press
Thompson Holds Off Knill By Steven Herbert
A Break in Their Promise By Mark Heisler
Bad Streak Ends for Earnhardt Jr. From Times Wire Reports
Hurricanes End Devils' Streak From the Associated Press
Diamondbacks' Streak Hits Seven From the Associated Press
Lakers Are Exposed for What They Are By Bill Plaschke
Brazil's Ronaldo Ready to Silence His Critics Again From the Associated Press
De La Hoya Proves a Certain Guy Wrong By T.J. Simers
Tiger Turnaround From the Associated Press
Twins' Pitchers Try to Forget April From the Associated Press
UCLA Sweeps Penn State to Win Title From the Associated Press
MAGAZINE
Bring Home the Bacon By Jervey Tervalon, Jervey Tervalon has written five novels. He teaches creative nonfiction at UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies.
Blessed Are the Annoying By Anne Lamott, Anne Lamott is a West contributing writer and author of 10 books, including "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith," recently released in paperback.
In the Middle End By Larry Fondation, Larry Fondation is the author of "Angry Nights" and "Common Criminals: L.A. Crime Stories."
One-Stop Shopping By Randye Hoder, Randye Hoder has written for West and The Times' Op-Ed page.
Bang! A Game Befitting the Wild, Wild West By Rick Wartzman
What They're Packing By Ann Herold, Ann Herold is West's managing editor.
Jesse James vs. Von Dutch
In Literary Heaven With Two of the Genre's Best
Naked Truths and a Few Good Laughs
He Just Feels Strangled
War Games By Alex French, Alex French has contributed to New York magazine, Men's Journal and Radar.
West Wall, Unoccupied Industrial Structure, 20 Airway Drive, Costa Mesa By Colin Westerbeck
1869
To Get the Juices Flowing, Summon Sharon Stone By Andy Guerdat, Andy Guerdat is a writer working on shows for the Disney Channel and Cartoon Network.
Scram, Tooth, Ya Bother Me
Bet You This Judge Leaves the Seat Up By Milt Policzer
The Squirrels Thought He Was a Nut
Fun With Dick, Jane and Jezebel By David K. Israel
The Great Gorino By Richard Rapaport, Richard Rapaport is a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies.
TRAVEL
A call to arms -- and muscular legs By Avital Binshtock
Last waltz for the gentleman host? By Arthur Frommer, Special to The Times
Deal of the week By R.J. Mcclure
Airports would be a battleground for bird flu fight By Kathleen Doheny, Special to The Times
Hotel cards: Holding ID key? By Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer
Beaming down for UFO fest By Blake Hennon
Don't buy rugs made by children
Traveling in Big Brother territory
Don't forget your documentation
Paris secret is out of the bag
Service to Bay Area, Aspen added By Robin Rauzi
Try it on for size By Booth Moore, Times Staff Writer
A surprising utopia By Douglas Wissing, Special to The Times
Oregon's novel nirvana By Cherilyn Parsons, Special to The Times
Big Easy's broken but unbowed By Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer
Experience the life of a true Parisian
Here's looking at you, kid
Step into Cezanne's canvases By Maggie Barnett, Times Staff Writer
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