Archive for Thursday, December 13, 2007

Meeting, not setting, goals is key

• 1st face transplant patient makes progress By Denise Gellene

• U.S. prevails, Ban says By Thomas H. Maugh II and Alan Zarembo

A magical misery tour in Stockton

• Rock pioneer was known for abusing wife Tina Turner By Geoff Boucher

• Success of an L.A. school offers a lesson in diversity By Mitchell Lansdberg

• It’s test time for Villaraigosa By , Duke Helf, and Howard Blume

• Sinatra gets first-class honor – the gentleman is a stamp By Susannah Rosenblatt

• already dreaming of his summer vacation

• He won’t slip by unnoticed

• Lawsuit targets history teacher’s comments By David Haldane

• Hollywood super agent helped shape playing field By Robert W. Welkos

• CELEBRATING GUADALUPE

• Democratic Party buys wine from Nuñez By Nancy Vogel

• Lottery results

• State miscalculations could result in earlier prison releases By Michael Rothfeld

• Marine’s murder case goes to jury By Tony Perry

• Jury deliberating in 2003 fatal shooting case By Tiffany Hsu

• Playa Vista ruling won’t be reviewed By Martha Groves

• Primary puts voters in the presidential race By George Skelton

• Simi Valley Hospital stops accepting Medi-Cal patients By Gregory W. Griggs

• In California

• Mother is acquitted of child murder By Tiffany Hsu

• California in Brief | SAN DIEGO - Land-use board members recalled By Tony Perry

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Assembly election yet to be decided By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• California in Brief | SANTA MONICA - Outdoor smoking violations targeted By Martha Groves

• San Juan Capistrano man arrested in I-5 rape By Tony Barboza

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Ridley-Thomas gets union backing By Jean-Paul Renaud

• California in Brief | COSTA MESA - More than 100 pot plants seized By David Haldane

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Health alert issued over cold weather By Monte Morin

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - School board faces $100-million gap By Jason Song

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - Probe sought in secret memo’s leak By David Zahniser

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - 2 men charged in woman’s slaying By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• In California

• Let’s strike out names from steroid use report By Dana Parsons

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - $100,000 given for DNA testing

• California in Brief | LOS ANGELES - Free parking urged for hybrid vehicles

Woods increases the gap on field

• Mitchell’s report on drugs in baseball will name names By Lance Pugmire, Ez, and Dylan Hern

• Keefe to sit out season By Diane Pucin

• Norm Chow expected to interview for head coach job By Chris Foster

• Jones prepares to make a stand By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Jones is ready, but will baseball be ready? By Bill Dwyre

• Text messages from press row … By Jerry Crowe

• The rich get richer off their teams By Jim Peltz

• Clippers are only half good By Jonathan Abrams

• Falcons feel betrayed by Petrino

• May all practices be this bright By Mike Bresnahan

• Astros get Tejada from Orioles for five players

• These teams appear to be even By Lonnie White

• Ducks can’t get past Canucks By Eric Stephens

• Cunningham’s knee injury is a big concern for Floyd By Ben Bolch

• Blackhawks clean up on Kings’ road woes By Lisa Dillman

• USC loses football recruit Polk

• Rockets edge Pistons despite free-throw struggle

• INSIDE

• Angels don’t offer contract to oft-injured McPherson

• Conte advises anti-doping group By Lance Pugmire and Philip Hersh

• USC adjusts 2008 schedule By Gary Klein

• Hardaway’s return ends with his release

• Marion Jones stripped of Olympic medals By Philip Hersh

• Sabrinas Eyes steps up at Los Alamitos By Bob Mieszerski

• Louis Bland makes Modesto Central Catholic tough to stop By Dan Arritt

• New rules on disability set for NFL By Greg Johnson

• He fights being a tape player By Jonathan Abrams

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Mr. Wolverine seeks third career victory By Bob Mieszerski

• Cal Poly falls short, 74-66

• Coliseum set to offer long-term lease to USC By David Wharton

• IOC doesn’t see World Cup as a road block for Rio de Janeiro By Philip Hersh

• USC makes changes to 2008 schedule

• Ex-assistant replaces Lubick

Having faith in the political system

• For the Record

• Straddling black and white By Trey Ellis

• For the Record

• For the Record

• The best and worst of editorializing

• Letters to the editor

• For the Record

• Torture’s blame game By Rosa Brooks

• Tool of democracy

• For the Record

• A basic right for every person

• The threat from Iran

Tailored regulation may not spell relief

• Swing bike maker bent on it catching on By Jerry Hirsch

• Tribune revenue falls 3.3% By Thomas S. Mulligan

• AMD to take a charge for overpaying in acquisition

• ‘Rock Band’ a victim of old-school piracy in heist By Alex Pham

• Maguire Properties’ stock soars on possibility of sale By Roger Vincent

• Disney to build Florida clinic

• Lead found in toy jewelry By Victoria Kim and Marc Lifsher, Leslie Earnest

• Judge says California can regulate greenhouse gases from cars By Ken Bensinger

• Classmates.com offering is called off By Jessica Guynn

• latimes.com/business

• Broadcom awarded legal costs in suit

• Judge fines stock picker $1.7 million

• Sallie Mae cuts forecast; shares sink

• Opening the books on 401(k) expenses By Kathy M. Kristof

• Levi’s chairman to retire

• Biogen’s bid to find a new owner fizzles

• Hospital bills up 90% in a decade

• Trade deficit grew slightly in October

• 3 big banks warn write-downs may rise, earnings fall

• Stocks rise in wild session

• PG&E criticizes revamped Calpine power pact By Elizabeth Douglass

• State accuses Blue Shield of illegal cancellations By Lisa Girion

• Licenses, legalities for your business By Karen E. Klein

• Federal Reserve goes global in bid to stem credit crunch By Peter G. Gosselin

• Milk slogan parody udder nonsense?

• In Brief | FAST FOOD - Yum to emulate rival McDonald’s

• In Brief | ACQUISITIONS - Microsoft buys mapping company

• In Brief | MEDIA - Dow Jones holders approve takeover

• In Brief | ENTERTAINMENT - MovieBeam to end rental service

• Wall Street Roundup - Chinese developer has a strong debut

• Wall Street Roundup - Sallie Mae cuts forecast; shares sink

• In Brief | MORTGAGES - Dodd unveils bill to protect borrowers

The high life on the cheap

• go By Dean Kuipers

• Eating and drinking into the new year with style By Jessica Gelt

• SCENESTEALER By Ron Magid

• Capturing the apocalyptic charms of the Salton Sea By Margaret Wappler

• Finding hope in dystopia By Paul Brownfield

• ‘I Am Legend’ and other chilly Matheson progeny By Susan King

• The performance art of deep frying By Elina Shatkin

• A singular ‘Legend’ By Chris Lee and John Horn

• Ershadi a ‘natural’ in ‘Kite Runner’ By Robert W. Welkos

• Picasso and Warhol, but not where you expect ‘em By Lea Lion

• Color her destiny purple in this book-to-movie-to-stage musical By Greg Braxton

• Sean Young By Mark Sachs

• Screening Room By Susan King

• Ride into the danger zone By Pete Metzger

• Is it time to send in Dave and Jon? ‘The View’ from the pickets By Matea Gold

• Les Savy Fav takes time to stay fresh and frenzied By August Brown

• Half man, half goat – and totally fake By Alan G. Artner

• A (kind of) kosher musical revue By Pauline Oconnor

• He’s a behind-the-scenes stealer By Mark Olsen

• Buzz Bands: Rocket By and Kevin Bronson

• Doug Draizin By Libby Molyneaux

• Night Lines By and Charlie Amter

• Groban’s ‘Noel’ matches Elvis’ mark By Todd Martens

• MOVIES - 60 Seconds With … John Waters By Margaret Wappler

• AT THE MOVIES / CRITICS’ PICKS - ‘Atonement’ By Carina Chocano

• AT THE MOVIES - BOOK IT - The book: “To Air Is Human: One Man’s Quest to Become the World’s Greatest Air Guitarist” by Dan Crane The buyer: DreamWorks By Josh Getlin

• The O.C. is alive with the sound of music By Alex Dueben

• QUICK TAKES - This is one lawyer Tom Waits trusts By Geoff Boucher

• The short set: baby’s first ‘Nutcracker’ By

• UNDERRATED OVERRATED

• DON’T MISS

• Server of the week: Amanda Loos

• Svankmajer films: Surreality Czech

• The power of 99 cents

• Stop strong-arming teen on thumb-sucking

• ‘Look’: Somebody’s watching

• Last Call

• Even more Wonder-land

• DON’T MISS

• Las Posadas: It’s that time of year

• So that’s why they’re so grumpy By Richard Schickel

• DON’T MISS

• Horoscope: Dec. 13 By Holiday Mathis

• Robert Mellor: Relax, and just enjoy

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Getty Center: 10th birthday party

• Untitled: Jill Greenberg By Paul Young

• THE ENABLER

• DON’T MISS

• Calder Quartet: Going Minimalist

• Sexy crown on bald heads By T L. Stanley

• Shivers cast in silver for ‘Sweeney Todd’s’ shivs By Ron Magid

• Deadmau5: Christmas, Canada style

• THE GLUTTON

• Santa Monica Pier: Free, whee!

• EIGHT THINGS

• Wonder Man

• ‘Holiday Visitations’: Expect the unexpected

• LAST CALL

• Villa Nova: Feast ahoy!

• Five local docs worth renting

• LETTERS

• ‘A Christmas Carol’: Tiny Tim times two

• Mrs. Nelson’s: ‘Grinch’ readings

• Gary Leonard: a historical lens on L.A.

• DON’T MISS

• DON’T MISS

• QUICK TAKES - Honorary Oscar for art director

• A SCATTERED LIFE By Geoff Boucher

• DON’T RAIL ABOUT ‘3:10’

• Golden Globe nominations coming Thursday By Susan King

• RESTAURANTS - THE GLUTTON

• INVERTED LOGIC?

• Waits to perform at legal benefit, mulls a tour By Geoff Boucher

• Clarence Thomas: Memoir of a justice

• QUICK TAKES - Cash recuperating from brain surgery

• HOUSE PROUD

• WRONG VEHICLE

• NIGHT LIFE - THE ENABLER

• AT THE MOVIES / CRITICS’ PICKS - ‘Atonement’ By Kenneth Turan

• QUICK TAKES - ‘Wheel of Time’ series to continue

• QUICK TAKES - FINALLY

She put words in his mouth

• GOP rancor stays under the table at Iowa debate By Mark Z. Barabak and Michael Finnegan

• GOP debate lets in mostly unseen Keyes By Robin Abcarian

• Real ID is key, says Chertoff By Johanna Neuman

• More action urged on veteran suicides

• Clinton says race will be over Feb. 5 By Peter Nicholas

• Guardianship abuses draw attention in Senate By Robin Fields

• Clinton backer criticizes Obama’s past drug use By Jill Zuckman

• Childhood vaccine is recalled over contamination risks

• Democratic presidential debate

• Register debate’s rules

• LOUISIANA

• CIA chief says Congress not fully informed By Greg Miller

• Democrats bow to Bush’s budget spending limit By Richard Simon

• Bush again vetoes bill to expand kids health plan

• Nation in Brief / PENNSYLVANIA - Mom who swung infant gets prison

• Nation in Brief / WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bush signs renewal for Head Start

• Nation in Brief / OREGON - Highway reopens after landslide

• Nation in Brief / LOUISIANA - Housing rally halts razing of projects

• AT LATIMES.COM/OPINION

• Megan’s Law of unintended consequences By Patt Morrison

• Spam, spam, spam, spam, and poetry By Charles Fleming

• Whirlybirds for Darfur

• Fixing juries

• The CIA in the hot seat

Buff’s house, still shining

• 26 trees and counting By Bettijane Levine

• Timely motifs By David A. Keeps

• Wanted: a little privacy They’re open to privacy By Alex and Ria Abramian-Mott

• Design Miami loses its heat By Janet Eastman

• Christmas on the patio By Christy Hobart

• In full flower at home By David A. Keeps

• The governor’s ‘Taj Mahal’ By Chris Iovenko

• A travelogue in a bowl By David A. Keeps

• Armchair for the short set By David A. Keeps

• Gallery’s goodbye By Lisa Boone

• Give the ‘tude a holiday rest By Chris Erskine

• For the record

• Lots of enviro-love

• One’s all you’ll need, but not all you’ll have

South Africa elephants get birth control

• Some Iraqis returnees face uncertain lives By Tina Susman

• 5 charged in alleged plot to fund Argentine candidate By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• Israeli-Palestinian peace talks begin By Ken Ellingwood

• Bombs kill 41 in Iraq’s south By Alex and Ra Zavis

• Blast sets Lebanon on edge By Raed Rafei

• Bosnian Serb found guilty of war crimes

• Toll in Algiers blasts disputed amid fears of a new civil war By Jeffrey Fleishman

• RUSSIA

• World in Brief / AND FINALLY … - Praising God for his sentence

• World in Brief / CUBA - 15 Guantanamo inmates sent home

• World in Brief / CARIBBEAN - Tropical storm leaves 14 dead

• World in Brief / PAKISTAN - Troops, militants killed in ambush

• World in Brief / AFGHANISTAN - 2 NATO soldiers slain in bombing