Archive for Friday, December 07, 2007

• Data from Japanese spacecraft confirm theories on solar wind By John Johnson Jr.

• Stem cell method finds cure By Karen Kaplan

Few remain who saw the day of ‘infamy’

• Flying high after swing and a miss By Steve Harvey

• Shutting door to treatment By Scott Gold and Lee Romney

• Taking flight over storm By Sam Quinones

• Critical Mass bike ride may be at braking point By Tiffany Hsu

• Charges rejected in death of baby By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton

• SOAP STAR

• A final acknowledgment

• Combat pilot in World War II and Korea also led Blue Angels

• Jews, Asians forging bonds By K. Connie Kang

• Probe of one death leads to alleged plot for gang ‘hit’ By Sam Quinones and Richard Winton

• Innovator led Times to record circulation By Jon Thurber

• Pair held in green-card marriage By Scott Glover

• Author explored gay, lesbian relationships By Elaine Woo

• Longest-living recipient of artificial heart worldwide By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Passings - Saxophonist was a master of bebop

• RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE

• Mexican national wins a new chance to fight deportation By Henry Weinstein

• Diocese, church near a split By Rebecca Trounson

• In California

• Air board sets path to reduce emissions Air board sets path to reduce emissions By Margot Roosevelt

• PASSINGS

• Electoral measure a no-show By Dan Morain

• Governor’s benefactors are named By Michael Rothfeld and Nancy Vogel

• L.A. County’s D.A. reneged on promise, suit says By John Spano

• L.A. harbor panel poised to OK terminal expansion By Louis Sahagun

• LAX set to begin a $2-billion face-lift By Jennifer Oldham

• L.A. archdiocese seeks restraining order By Andrew Blankstein

• Long Beach man gets life for soliciting wife’s murder By Andrew Blankstein

• Lottery results

• Passings | Larry McCarthy - Longtime head of taxpayer group

• California in Brief | CAMP PENDLETON - Marine’s death brings reprimand By Tony Perry

• California in Brief | HUNTINGTON BEACH - College president opposed to Costco By My-Thuan Tran

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - Archdiocese seeks restraining order By Andrew Blankstein

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - Board narrows its Expo line options By Sam Quinones

• In California

• Passings - Conga player a leader in Latin jazz

• California in Brief | IRVINE - Football player, 16, died of heatstroke By Dave Mckibben

• State’s students shape up a little By Mitchell L and Sberg

• O.C. athlete, 16, died of heatstroke By Dave Mckibben

• Passings - Riverside school district trustee

• California in Brief | LONG BEACH - Man gets life in murder for hire By Andrew Blankstein

• California in Brief | SAN FRANCISCO - Ship’s pilot faces charges in oil spill By Eric Bailey

• Urban League targets aid to South L.A. area By John L. Mitchell

An ace up their sleeve?

• Hatton is ready to press issue By Lance Pugmire

• Angels’ Matthews won’t be suspended By Bill Shaikin

• Fear is always factor for big-wave riders By Pete Thomas

• Long Beach Poly: secondary to none By Eric Sondheimer

• OK, Steelers, here’s how the perfect season is history … By Sam Farmer

• He predicts Hollywood ending By Larry Stewart

• Niedermayer ‘excited’ after returning to ice By Eric Stephens and Dan Arritt

• Mbah a Moute learns as he goes By Diane Pucin

• Text messages from press row … By Jerry Crowe

• Patterson hungry for time By Jonathan Abrams

• Trojans hold the edge in interactive playoff format By Lonnie White

• Bonds’ at-bat in court begins By Lance Pugmire and Tim Reiterman

• Reagins sees roster half-full By Mike Digiovanna

• Karl sees positives for L.A. By Mike Bresnahan

• Iverson scores a little less but Nuggets win big

• THE VERTICAL GAME

• AP MEN’S TOP 25

• Cowboys’ Newman gets warning from league

• Fish Report

• RESULT, SCHEDULE

• INSIDE

• Dodgers will still pursue pitching By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Rose Bowl says no deal, for now By Gary Klein

• Kings make it easy for rookie in 8-2 win By Lonnie White

• WEEK 14 MATCHUPS

• STANDINGS

• Kidd denies reports of faked illness

• Olson won’t be back this season

• TONIGHT By Peter Yoon

• Floyd returns the favor with late exhibition game By Ben Bolch

• IAAF rejects Olympic schedule change for women’s track By Philip Hersh

• Tokay Flame goes for three in a row By Bob Mieszerski

• Guerrero to get outside help in coach search By Chris Foster

• Jones pleads no contest to reduced charge

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE By From The Associated Press

• AP WOMEN’S TOP 25

• Promising pair Slam Slew and Sea Of Pleasure return By Bob Mieszerski

• Hard to enforce intent in NHL By Lisa Dillman

• Hatton is ready to press issue

• Even without games, colleges hold sway By Peter Yoon

• Morning briefing - Nicholson’s home on the range By Larry Stewart

• Redskins…24 Bears…16

Smears are prompted by fear

• Outside views of Venezuelan vote

• Pickets and pitches By Joel Stein

• Letters to the editor

• Don’t forget e-textbooks

• Animals and the poor usually lose

• For the Record

• Patriots vs. patriots By Jacob Heilbrunn

• For the record

• For the Record

• For the Record

• Election proposal is unconstitutional

• For the Record

• Mortgage aid is a slap in the face

Coke CEO to step down in ‘08, replaced by COO

• No silver bullet for borrowers By Maura Reynolds and Jonathan Peterson

• Signs hint ‘Compass’ may miss blockbuster territory By Josh Friedman

• Toyota shows range with robot violinist

• Head of SEIU’s approach includes a foreign flavor By Molly Selvin

• Ex-CEO to make huge repayment By Lisa Girion

• Mortgage relief program a slap in the face to some By Walter Hamilton

• Luxury stores foresee weakness By Leslie Earnest

• Cash-strapped borrowers gain time to improve credit, equity By Kathy M. Kristof

• Senators reach deal on farm bill

• Dow Jones CEO to leave when News Corp. steps in

• Text of letter sent to DGA leaders

• Obstacles lifted, Tribune Co. sale nears finish line By Thomas S. Mulligan and Jim Puzzanghera

• Stocks soar after Bush plan unveiled By Tom Petruno

• Mortgage delinquency rate rises

• Ford to recall 1.17 million diesel trucks, SUVs, vans

• Advanced Micro delays chip release

• Bank of England OKs first interest rate cut in two years

• Retail chains beat sales expectations

• IBM reports major chip advance

• Directors urged to delay their own guild talks By Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier

• In Brief | MEDIA - Hearst to boost TV venture stake

• In Brief | THE ECONOMY - Rates fall on 30-, 15-year mortgages

• Earnings Roundup - Korn/Ferry gets boost from fees

• Wall Street Roundup - IndyMac sees losses till 2nd half of 2008

• Earnings Roundup - Fleetwood loss narrows on cuts

• Earnings Roundup - Toll Bros. hit by downturn in housing

• Wall Street Roundup - Mortgage-backed CDOs’ value falls

• In Brief | TECHNOLOGY - Dell to sell PCs at Best Buy stores

• In Brief | AIRLINES - JetBlue to offer in-flight e-mail

• In Brief | INTERNATIONAL - Japan GDP growth revised downward

• In Brief | ENERGY - Chevron to boost ‘08 spending 15%

• Wall Street Roundup - BofA says dollar on its way back up

Winehouse’s legit trip

• Hey, look who’s been invited to the party By Richard Cromelin

• A wild bunch By Geoff Boucher

• Some light on ‘Dark Knight’ By Geoff Boucher

• A poignant tribute to ‘Heroes’ By Lynne Heffley, David C. Nichols, F. Kathleen Foley, and Philip Brandes

• Physics and Snoop meet E! reality By Robert Lloyd

• The Rat Pack swings again By Charlotte Stoudt

• Cornfield works find new home By Holly Myers

• A difficult destination ultimately reached By Kenneth Turan

• ‘Laundry’ is awash in clichés By Kevin Thomas, Robert Abele, and Gary Goldstein

• Medium sends message in ‘1968’ By Mary Mcnamara

• Preserving a grim history By Arthur Max

• It’ll be ladies’ night By Mikael Wood

• For Beatles, it’s still yesterday By R and Y Lewis

• THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS - Leading Grammy nominees

• For Ha Jin, the move from China is complete By Hillel Italie

• Faithful lovers and filmmakers By Kenneth Turan

• Peeking underneath the layers of Da Vinci’s ‘Lady’ By Vanessa Gera

• As if by market research By Ann Powers

• THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS - A look at the major categories

• It’s a bleeping music festival By Dan Scheraga

• Lives stuck inside the Beltway By Carina Chocano

• It’s a saccharine tale – but sweetly told By Robert Lloyd

• ‘Revolver’ hints at a better picture By Kevin Crust

• Long, strange trip for ‘Amateurs’ By John Horn

• Survivors must regroup after ‘Grace Is Gone’ By Kevin Crust

• A down-for the-count ‘Strength and Honor’ By Sid Smith

• QUICK TAKES - ‘Nightline’ benefits from strike By Matea Gold

• Orchestrating a poignant marvel By Kenneth Turan

• The cure for feeling helpless: Just get up and go

• West, Winehouse lead the pack By Geoff Boucher

• Calendar’s Calendar

• A wasted effort for some film acting pros By Dennis Lim

• Christmas, British Invasion style

• U.S. films shown at Havana festival By Will Weissert

• Michelangelo sketch of St. Peter’s is uncovered

• L.A. Phil-influenced ‘Neruda’ in a good spot By Mark Swed

• More trophies, but still the visitante By Agustin Gurza

• ‘Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s “For One More Day” ’

• Race you to the pricey sculpture By Lindsay Pollock

• He’s whistling while you work By Erika Schickel

• Horoscope: Dec. 7 By Holiday Mathis

• Good even when not singing By Elena Howe

• QUICK TAKES - Billy Joel pens antiwar single

• QUICK TAKES - Roaring price for ancient sculpture

• QUICK TAKES - Art museum director named By Suzanne Muchnic

• QUICK TAKES - New leadership for Old Globe By Mike Boehm

• Oliver Stone quashes Iran visit report By Robert W. Welkos

• POP MUSIC REVIEW - Korn’s Davis plows new field - The band’s frontman brings his ‘Alone I Play’ solo tour to the Orpheum Theatre, throne and all. By Steve Appleford

• Bruised, desperate and in love By F. Kathleen Foley

• QUICK TAKES - FINALLY

• Wife excluded from reunion plans

Receding waters reveal damage

• Mall victims were both special and ordinary By Nicholas Riccardi and Deedee Correll

• Evangelicals may never take Romney on faith By Mark Z. Barabak and Miguel Bustillo,, Stephanie Simon

• Clinton not an easy sell to all women By Robin Abcarian

• Mormon theology is striking in its differences By Stephanie Simon

• Hamdan is called more than driver By Carol J. Williams

• Bush loses ground with military families By Faye Fiore

• Protest over New Orleans housing

• Navajos still await toxics cleanup plan By Judy Pasternak

• Senate sets relief from alternative minimum tax By Noam N. Levey

• Measure aimed at crimes against gays dropped

• House passes a sweeping energy bill By Richard Simon

• Rampage leaves a scar on Omaha By Charles Reinken

• Navy priest gets 2 years for sex abuse

• Jury in terrorism trial is deadlocked By Vanessa Blum

• NORTH CAROLINA

• Shuttle launch is delayed over glitch with fuel gauges

• 2 Republicans leave page board

• CIA destroyed secret tapes of interrogations By Greg Miller

• Energy bill highlights

• Girlfriend of ‘preppie killer’ gets rehab deal

• Nation in Brief / WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bush urges charity during holidays

• Nation in Brief / LOUISIANA - Chief defends firing of officer

• Nation in Brief / WASHINGTON, D.C. - Alexander gets GOP Senate post

• Nation in Brief / NORTH CAROLINA - Woman dies after parking deck collapse

The withering of the UFW

• Change in Crenshaw

• Too close for comfort

• AT LATIMES.COM/OPINION

• Helping homeowners

World in Brief / CHINA - Toll in mine blast climbs to 104

• In Israel, it’s temple vs. state over farming By Ashraf Khalil

• Washington doves find fault with Iran report too By Paul Richter

• Pakistani forces take over cleric’s complex

• Bush makes a personal nuclear plea to N. Korea By James Gerstenzang

• Sadr militia moves to clean house By Ned Parker

• Militant writer is sentenced amid debate By Kim Murphy

• Mexican authorities raid illicit sawmills

• Iraq’s bid to pass bills dead for year

• FIJI

• World in Brief / SOUTH KOREA - Collision at sea leads to oil leak

• World in Brief / THE MIDDLE EAST - Hamas criticized for courts seizure

• World in Brief / AFGHANISTAN - U.N. aid worker killed in ambush

• World in Brief / FIJI - Category 4 cyclone roars toward islands

• Attack on Kurdistan security forces kills 9 By Ann M. Simmons