Archive for Wednesday, September 13, 2006

New Stem Cell Ethics Issue Emerges

• New Battle Lines Are Drawn Over Egg Donation By Lee Romney

• Vioxx-Like Risks Linked to Another Pain Pill By Denise Gellene

• Space Station Gets a Boost from Atlantis Astronauts By John Johnson Jr.

Toasting Industry as Art

• Justice Alito Pays Tribute to Reagan’s Influence on His Life By Gregory W. Griggs

• Fire Shuts Down I-5 a 2nd Day By J. Michael Kennedy

• O.C. Wetlands Restoration May Have a Downside By David Reyes

• Castaic Lake Is Going Down for Servicing By Amanda Covarrubias

• A Driver’s Swath of Death By John Spano

• Still Proud, but Seeking More Gaiety By Bob Pool

• Jewish Group Says Selection of Muslim for Award Made Illegally By Teresa Watanabe

• Angelides Camp Says It Is Source of Gov.’s Audio By Nancy Vogel

• Hilda Bernstein, 91; Fought Apartheid in South Africa

• County Checked on Boy Found Dead By H G. Reza and Mai Tran

• Joachim Fest, 79; Wrote a Praised Biography of Hitler, Edited Speer’s `Inside the Third Reich’

• Lonelygirl15 Video Blog Is Brainchild of 3 Filmmakers By Richard Rushfield and Claire Hoffman

• David Simmons, 90; Managed Burbank Airport for Decades By Valerie J. Nelson

• Drug Web Reportedly Spun in Cell By Joe Mozingo and Richard Winton

• Fickle Fingers of Fate, Newport Beach Version By Roy Rivenburg

• Drug Firms’ Freebies Banned By Rong-Gong Lin II and Mary Engel

• City Adopts State Condo Conversion Regulations

• Ship’s Crew Ends Strike By Dan Weikel

• Stockbroker Gets 55 Years to Life in Wife’s Murder By Peter Y. Hong

• Fire Destroys Two Firms in Strip Mall

• Delivery Truck Kills Man Crossing Street

• Discovery of Fruit Flies Triggers Eradication in Two Southland Areas By Stuart Silverstein

• Schools Evacuated in Bomb Hoax

• Court Restores Name of Term Limits Measure

• Board Bans Signing of Schools Bill at L.A. Campus By Howard Blume and Duke Helfand

• Gov. Sails On as Foe Hits the Shoals By Michael Finnegan

• Woman Is Arrested in Multiple Identity Thefts

• Gang Shooting Leaves One Man Dead

• L.A. Unified Launches Initiative Aimed at Reducing Dropout Rate By Mitchell Landsberg

• Competing Maps for L.A. Transit By Noam N. Levey

• BP Pipeline Spills 43,000 Gallons

• Cardenas Agrees to $3,500 Fine

• O.C. Board Trims Benefits for County Government Retirees By Christian Berthelsen

• Armin H. Meyer, 92; U.S. Ambassador, State Department Official

• Karr Back in California to Face Child Porn Charges

• A monster lurks in Lake Elsinore

• Man Facing Charge of Performing Lewd Act

A Bumper Crop of Fans

• The Dons of L.A. Pro Sports By Jerry Crowe

• Burbank’s Linda Comes Through Off and On Field By Eric Sondheimer

• There’s No Do-Over for Kiffin By Bill Plaschke

• He’s Money in Bank of England By Chuck Culpepper

• A Coach Who Cares By Ross Newhan

• Ellis’ Surgery Is Latest Hit to Defense By Gary Klein

• Angels Gain Ground With Win By Ben Bolch

• Dodgers Let Big One Get Away By Steve Henson

• Meyers Makes Executive Decision By Jerry Crowe

• Monday Doubleheader Rates Well for the NFL By Larry Stewart

• ROUNDUP

• LaRue’s Home Run Lifts Reds in 11th

• Izturis’ Big Hit? `That’s Baseball’ By Steve Henson

• Indiana’s Hoeppner to Undergo Surgery Again

• Pitre Praises Running Efforts Against Rice By Lonnie White

• Fish Report

• Goalie Signs 15-Year Deal By Chris Foster

• Bests of the Day

• ROUNDUP

• Long-Term Deal for Rodriguez Is a Priority By Mike Digiovanna

• Porter Says He Had No Rooting Interest

• Abreu’s Seven RBIs Ignite Yankees, 12-4

• Oaks Christian-St. Bonaventure Game Is a Sellout

• CHIVAS USA TONIGHT at FC Dallas, 5:30 PDT, FSN Prime Ticket By Grahame L. Jones

• Nebraska Goes 0 for 2 in Inspiring Family Ties By T J. Simers

• Zumaya, Biggio Sitting Out

• Numbers Just Don’t Add Up on Monday By Mike Penner

Unable to Repeat the Past

• Lockyer Has HP in His Sights By James S. Granelli and Charles Piller

• Bristol-Myers Ousts Its CEO Amid Inquiry

• State Minimum Wage Gets a Raise By Marc Lifsher and Alana Semuels

• Maker of `Girls Gone Wild’ Runs Afoul of Law on Minors By Claire Hoffman

• Local Universities Have Much to Offer By Cyndia Zwahlen

• Apple Takes Aim at the TV Market By Dawn C. Chmielewski

• Times Square Gets Jump on Boardwalk

• Imports at U.S. Ports Hit Record High By Ronald D. White

• Taking a Shine to Hair Care Business By Claire Hoffman

• DeVry Sells West Hills Property for $36 Million

• Microsoft Vista Plan Riles EU

• Time Inc. to Sell 18 `Niche’ Magazines

• Oil Helps Swell July Trade Gap

• Stocks Surge as Oil Prices Fall

• Bayer’s Settlement of Pricing Claims Approved

• New York Times to Sell Its Broadcast Group

• BMW to Put 1st Hydrogen Cars on the Road in 2007 By John O'Dell

• News Corp. Bets on Tones

• Freddie Mac Says U.S. Probe Is Closed

• Kraft CEO Shakes Up Top Management Ranks

• Lender’s CEO Shifts Gears, Will Stay On By E. Scott Reckard

• EDonkey File-Sharing Network Is Shut Down

• Robust Sales of HDTVs Lift Profit at Best Buy

• Proposed Treaty on TV Signals Spurs Criticism By Jim Puzzanghera

• Put Pillow to the Test in Market By Karen E. Klein

• New York, Northrop Sign Wireless Data Deal

• NAACP’s Stance on `Survivor’ By Greg Braxton

• Toys ‘R’ Us Narrows Loss; U.S. Sales Decline

• Ex-HealthSouth CFO Sentenced

• Kroger Net Income Rises 6% in Quarter

• Hedge Fund Manager May Challenge SEC

• Stability Control to Be Standard on New Fords

• Also

• Goldman Sachs’ Profit Falls but Beats Estimates

• Bill Elevates State Minimum Pay to $8 by 2008 By Marc Lifsher

Falling in love again

Wow, what a deal!

• For California Mexican, a new vision By Regina Schrambling

• A chophouse champ By S. Irene Virbila

• Guadalajaran dishes with a fanciful touch By Linda Burum

• Sure, blame the jalapenos By Leslie Brenner

• Wanted: Chef with patience By Corie Brown

• A tradition, preserved By Leslie Brenner

• Hoppy with our honey wheat By Jenn Garbee

• 2004 La Spinetta Ca’ di Pian Barbera d’Asti By S. Irene Virbila

• Dressings with flash By Betty Hallock

Modern romance

• Los Abandoned rocks to the max By Agustin Gurza

• Director says use of Bush `absolutely justified’ in film By Patrick Goldstein

• Don’t freak out – it’s killer Kaufman By Jay A. Fernandez

• An outsider novelist goes, er, traditional By August Brown

• Artist makes magic with cutouts and tape

• It’s a brief honeymoon for Couric By Scott Collins

• Steve Irwin memorialized

• In his calm hands By Mike Boehm

• The Artist of Los Angeles By Ann Stalcup

• Animal Planet to air 15-hour tribute to Steve Irwin By Lynn Smith

• In a time of turmoil, Kronos listens outward for healing By Mark Swed

• Old-fashioned invention infuses a new spirit By Don Heckman

• How `truthy’ replaced truth following 9/11 By Tim Rutten

• Fox News hires Alexis Glick By Matea Gold

• Anna Nicole Smith’s son’s death probed

• Stones sign on for animated film

• Jokes & Riddles

• Dragons slay ‘Rings’ director

• Fox viewers aren’t standoffish

Chafee Wins Rhode Island Race

• Tourists Finding It’s a Big World After All By Joel Havemann

• GOP Senators Seek to Meld Detainee Plan, Geneva Treaty By Julian E. Barnes and Richard Simon

• Bush Politicized a Solemn Day, Democrats Say By Peter Wallsten

• Gulf War Vets Get Sicker Than Others, Panel Says

• Premiums for Medicare Up

• Harvard Urges Others to End Early Admissions By Larry Gordon and Rebecca Trounson

• Missouri Plan for Executions Rejected Again By Henry Weinstein

• Gateses Make Hunger Pledge

• Passenger Is Subdued on United Flight From LAX

• CIA Interrogators Have Found Alleged Plots Here, Abroad By Josh Meyer

• Tight GOP Race for Arizona House Seat

• Comair Says It Had Outdated Airport Chart

• Hot, hot, hot? Not, not, not By Erin Aubry Kaplan

• Lost Seoul? By G. John Ikenberry and Mitchell B. Reiss

• Textbook foolishness By Jennifer Washburn

• Little screen or big price

• Tortured logic

• No substitute for democracy By Max Boot

• Back, and stronger

Pope, Citing Islam, Criticizes Holy Wars and Fanaticism

• Kurd’s Testimony Includes Taunt for Hussein: `You Are in a Cage’ By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• Iraqi Prime Minister Reaches Cooperation Deal With Iran

• U.S. Wary of Palestinian Plan By Ken Ellingwood and Paul Richter

• Syrians Foil Strike on U.S. Embassy By Megan K. Stack

• A Kyrgyzstan Crisis Is Hidden in the Baggage By David Holley

• Israeli Court Orders 18 Hamas Officials Freed By Ken Ellingwood

• Guatemalans Arrested in Case of 5 Severed Heads By Héctor Tobar

• Marine Accused of Killing Iraqi Will Not Face Death By Tony Perry

• 4 Relatives Found Guilty in 1993 Terrorist Attack

• General Says Sunni Area Not Yet Lost By Julian E. Barnes and Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• More Than 50 Killed in Stampede at Rally

• Bomb Kills 7 Near Park in Southeast

• Cuba Won’t Mimic China, Official Says

• 12 Suspected Taliban Fighters Die in Shootout

• Attacks on Stingrays Believed to Be Revenge