Archive for Sunday, December 23, 2007

48 hours to hustle

• 73 carats and counting By Camilo Smith

• AN EYE ON THE ICE

• Man with the brands

• Easy on the tinsel By Emili Vesilind

• A LITTLE NAUGHTY STREAK By Monica Corcoran

• Growing your shoe tree By Adam Tschorn

• ‘I’m wearing – me!’ By Adam Tschorn

• Double dose of cool By Steffie Nelson

• A new fashion plate By Adam Tschorn

• THE LIST - The Ant, nothing but By Erin Weinger

• MAKING OF A RETURN ARTIST By Emili Vesilind

• ON THE WEB

• ON THE WEB

• The Ant, nothing but By Erin Weinger

• TAKE A GOOD LOOK

Holiday roundup: another look at some doozies of 2007

• Historic trove recalls famous crimes By Cecilia Rasmussen

• Vietnam memories from another viewpoint By My-Thuan Tran

• A true rite of passage By James Ricci

• Santa Monica eateries going green By Tiffany Hsu

• Retracing flames’ destructive path By Rong-Gong Lin II and Ted Rohrlich, Joe Mozingo

• Fiery home invaders By Rong-Gong Lin II and Joe Mozingo, Ted Rohrlich

• Jazz saxophonist was known for pure bebop By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Passings / Tommy Byrne - Yankees pitcher called ‘Wild Man’

• SEAL is killed in combat in Iraq By Tony Perry

• An astronomical milestone

• Communal housing is coming of age By Maria L. La Ganga

• No fuel, no embers mean no damage By Joe Mozingo and Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Ted Rohrlich

• Learning to lead with comrades’ lives on the line By Tony Perry

• Getting fired up over Johnie’s Broiler By Daniela Perdomo

• Airman serving in Kuwait dies in a vehicle accident By Daniela Perdomo

• Man and boy killed in Compton shootings By Rebecca Trounson

• War casualties

• Lottery results

• Other deaths

• In California

• Cohousing 101

• California in Brief / SANTA CRUZ ISLAND - Coast Guard crew rescues sailor, 70

• California in Brief / SACRAMENTO - Humboldt bridge emergency called

• Devoted to finding the cardinal’s attacker By Steve Lopez

• Passings / C. Allin Cornell - Quake specialist taught at Stanford

• California in Brief / PARADISE - Rescued teen is out of the hospital

• California in Brief / LOS ANGELES - MTA to offer free rides for holidays By Tami Abdollah

• PASSINGS

Venturing abroad

• Hip-hopping out of his Hills house By Ruth Ryon

• An angle on green living By Ruth Ryon

• Bad flow is a real stumbling block By Jennifer Lisle

• Bids for loans face tighter scrutiny By Lew Sichelman

• How safe is personal information on apartment applications? By H. May Spitz

• Average Mortgage Rates and Indexes

• Global property websites

• Buying up could work out in a soft market By Dian Hymer

• Agents no longer shun the Internet By Mary Umberger

• Los Angeles County sales for November

• Senate OKs FHA loan changes, kills ‘phantom income’ tax By Kenneth R. Harney

• For the record

• Floor-plan flaws that raise red flags

• WEB ROUNDUP - ‘Freshness’ counts at new listings site By Josef Molnar

• WEB ROUNDUP - Agents no longer shun the Internet By Mary Umberger

Inside the NBA - COAST TO COAST

• Hidden agenda By Dan Arritt

• Chips are down for UCLA at end By Chris Foster

• Lakers weather the storm for now By Mark Heisler

• Colts will stay at full gallop By Sam Farmer

• Quotebook

• Seniors have no regrets about how it all ends By Helene Elliott

• Dolphins get best of Ravens against spread By Lonnie White

• No. 1 North Carolina routs UCSB

• Cowboys…20 Panthers…13

• Ducks look tough to beat again By Eric Stephens

• Guerrero still searching for a coach – and a clue By T J. Simers

• Week 16 in the NFL - Rejuvenated Favre leads Packers

• Kings stagger home after 4-3 loss to Predators By Lisa Dillman

• Big chance for Forbath goes awry By Peter Yoon

• OH, HENRI!

• Tinsley’s problems hide stellar play

• Inside the NBA - QUOTAGE

• Morning briefing - Injecting a little bit of levity By Larry Stewart

• Clippers losing in tales of tape By Jonathan Abrams

• LOOKING AHEAD

• Trojans cover all the bases By Ben Bolch

• Strong finish for Espinoza By Bob Mieszerski

• UCLA’s Shipp changes course of the game By Diane Pucin

• Lakers face troubled Knicks By Mike Bresnahan

• No. 2 Memphis steps up to beat No. 5 Georgetown

• What NFL thinks matters By Gary Klein

• College Basketball

• Davis wanted respect By Chris Foster and Peter Yoon

• Marion Jones’ doping calendar revealed

• TODAY By Peter Yoon

• Clippers’ Davis out for the season By Jonathan Abrams

• INSIDE

• Santa Anita’s synthetic track reopens By Larry Stewart

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Wade lifts Heat past Jazz, 104-102

• Tennis players suspended for small wagers

• FISH REPORT

• COMMENTARY - Kids see sights while others make money By Jim Litke

• COMMENTARY - Doggone! World Series memento chewed up By Nancy Armour

• Patriots are perfect, but don’t forget Colts By Sam Farmer

• Wade’s shot lifts Heat past the Jazz

• Inside the NBA - THE TIMES’ RANKINGS - RANKINGS, COMMENTS (WITH LAST WEEK’S RANK)

• Linehan downplays incident

• Scott Niedermayer getting into the flow By Eric Stephens

• Cincinnati gets 10th victory, 31-21

• THE NICKEL PACKAGE

THE NATION - Inspired to live ‘parable of the talents’ - A pastor gives church members $50 each to start endeavors. They raise funds by cooking, knitting, even singing.

• 5-decade bronc rider has quit – maybe - Tired of the broken bones and scars, Jan Youren’s family pushes the five-time world champion to leave the competition. By Rebecca Boone

• THE NATION - Building good from horror - Months after the campus massacre, Virginia Tech students find that personal redemption can come from service to others. By Sue Lindsey

• THE WORLD - It’s not just a Christmas tree; it’s a statement - A Buddhist with strong ties to both Japan and America is caretaker for a family heirloom that has stood 70 years, in tragedy and war. By Eric Talmadge

• THE NATION - African migrants fill void at Nebraska plants - An immigration crackdown on Latinos leaves many open jobs at meatpacking centers. By Nate Jenkins

• There’s no defense for toxic toys

• THE WORLD - Naming that mummy takes time - After the Discovery Channel identifies it as Queen Hatshepsut, science painstakingly works to confirm it. By Anna Johnson

• For the Record

• Be wary of venue investments

• THE NATION - Using fire as a tool in the wild - Training programs show firefighters how controlled burns can shape land management and fire protection. And caution is on agenda. By Susan Montoya Bryan

• Goldbergs who live in glass houses

• For the Record

• Military spending

• Options for LAX safety

• For the Record

• Focus on Pakistan

• There’s no defense for toxic toys

• Family tree farmers try to shield land from development - Small foresters suggest a way to let them log more but still protect their land. But critics fear larger foresters could take advantage. By Gene Johnson

• They’re not just whistling ‘Dixie’ - Modern-day Civil War bands are re-creating how that and other campfire hits of the era were played. By Kate Brumback

• Port inspections

• For the record

• For the Record

Built peace by peace

• NEED TO KNOW news . style . tips . trends - Unlicensed digs closing in Hawaii By Chris Erskine, Jay Jones, Hugo Martín, and Josef Molnar

• READERS RECOMMEND

• Wisps of magic in Carpinteria By Amy Hubbard

• YOUR SCENE editor’s choice - Garcon, I’d like a bone, please

• Free to dance - Belize’s liberating Jonkonnu celebration recalls a slavery-era tradition. By Ericka Hamburg

• Open sesame By Catharine Hamm

• Snapshots of the trip that was 2007 By Christopher Reynolds

• THE $129 DEAL - Tea and a holiday feast for the eyes By Rosemary Mcclure

• Rolling the dice on an education in craps By Marc Cooper

• Hot-button issues, to be continued … By James Gilden

• GEO QUIZ

• Where hope stirs and peace lives

• Have bikini, will travel

• LETTERS - Lovely Paris – if you can afford it

• From warfare to common ground

• CALENDAR

• AT TRAVEL.LATIMES.COM

• Planning your trip to Dresden and Coventry

• WEB BUZZ - Junk-food junkies, relief is at hand By Vani Rangachar

• LETTERS - About those lift ticket prices …

• Travelers should look on the bright side of 2007 By Catharine Hamm

Adventures in home swapping

• It’s not too late to send that gift By David Colker

• Best Buy kiosks not connected to Internet By David Lazarus

• Colleges turn discounters By Eileen Ambrose

• Why gut decisions take years of practice By Stefan Stern

• FDIC chairwoman is right on the money By Jonathan Peterson

• Pay bills on time to avoid long-lasting pain By Kenneth R. Gosselin

• Social Security strategies for couples

• Product Watch By David Colker

• Boss is wrong on start of workday

• Uneasy about new tax strategy By Liz Pulliam Weston

• Consumer Briefs / RECALLS - Starbucks issues coffee cup warning

• Consumer Briefs / PHOTOGRAPHY - Yahoo adds editing tools to Flickr site

• Consumer Briefs / INTERNET - Report sees jump in cyber crimes

• Letters - Rethinking how L.A. gets around

• Benchmarks: Financial products and services

• Consumer Briefs / RETAIL - Sears to trim use of PVC

Case studies

• Bomb threat By Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

• Folk and art By Kristina Lindgren

• Convention crasher By Matthew Sharpe

• They came from Hollywood By and Seth Greenl

• The big buildup By Mark Lamster

• Graphic realities By Laurel Maury

• You can’t go home again By Heller Mcalpin

• This Week in Calendar

• Remade in America By Erin Aubry Kaplan

• Southland readings and book signings

• PAPERBACKS

• BESTSELLERS

• PAPERBACKS

• BESTSELLERS

• Geometric system By Orli Low

• Down town By Carolyn Kellogg

• DISCOVERIES By Susan Salter Reynolds

• Dark Passages By Sarah Weinman

The page vs. the stage

• In a sunny mood By Jenny Sundel

• A surfing god rides again By Lynell George

• Creative shopping By Suzanne Muchnic

• Alicia Keys rebounds (from all of that success) By Richard Cromelin

• A few quiet shows worth celebrating By Jon Caramanica

• 2007, all wrapped up By Diane Haithman

• Just call them prospectors By Michael Ordoña

• A man of the creeps By Dennis Lim

• An indie line in the sand By Choire Sicha

• Another Rowling magic spell By Jacket Copy

• A holiday heads-up for screens big and small By Deborah Netburn

• Caesars’ Celine Dion gamble paid off By The Movable Buffet

• Magic rekindled, the legacy lives on By R and Y Lewis

• Director shines a light on Arabs’ plight in America By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Here to take note By Blair Tindall

• A story that’s more than real – it’s true By Geoff Boucher

• Darker shades of green By Reed Johnson

• The ghost of Christmas unscripted By Chris Erskine

• In search of a lightning bolt

• From Burroughs, a sugar-free classic By Richard Cromelin

• A budding star is found in the Lone Star state By Paul Lieberman

• For Christmas Jews, wherever you are By Mike Boehm

• Gather ‘round in the plasma’s warm glow By Mary Mcnamara

• New Year’s Eve ‘01: a shot of Beethoven By Paul Lieberman

• ‘Cloud Runner’ By Joshua Dyer

• Surrounded by zombies By Ron Magid

• Fleeting for a reason

• Kisses of the season By Robert Lloyd

• The Kids’ Reading Room - Creativity Corner

• Dancing on and on and on in her head By Diane Haithman

• Music

• Museums

• In time of change, keep child’s needs foremost

• Kamsky of U.S. wins World Cup By Jack Peters

• ON THE WEB

• WHAT’S-UP DOC

• The gang’s all here

• REALITY CHECK

• There was no debate about training actors for this film By Pamela Chelin

• FAMILY HOUR

• Radio

• FOR THE KIDS

• ‘Color’ coordinated

• Galleries

• Season’s reading

• TiVo THIS

• Stoking the pot when hand is hot By Steve Rosenbloom

• CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN

• Today’s Highlights

• Events

• Prime choices for prime time

• Horoscope: Dec. 23 By Holiday Mathis

• LETTERS - Infamy of a killer

• For the record

• LETTERS - Musical fusion

• LETTERS - ‘Moonlight’ shines

• LETTERS - Luddites, ease up

• Daytime Movies

• The Kids’ Reading Room - Jokes & Riddles

The ‘other’ Democrats soldier on

• The GOP camp’s changing worldview By Doyle Mcmanus

• Mayor dogged by puppy theft charges By Miguel Bustillo

• Well, ya got trouble, Fred, right here in River City By Michael Finnegan

• CIA should tape more, experts say By Josh Meyer

• Storm cripples Plains highways

• Obama rips Edwards over nonprofits By Seema Mehta and Maria La Ganga

• In parents’ book, library cuts go too far By Stuart Glascock

• Small firms may hold key to healthcare By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Such well-timed happenstance along the Clinton trail By Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm

• NATIONWIDE

• Giuliani says he’s feeling fine By Maeve Reston

• CIA’s probe of its watchdog yields changes By Greg Miller

• Hoover advised mass arrests

• Nation in Brief | OREGON - Rules set on union e-mail at work

• Nation in Brief | INDIANA - Congresswoman fought for poor

• Nation in Brief | ALASKA - Navigator faulted in ship’s grounding

• Nation in Brief | NATIONWIDE - Stores cut prices, stay open longer

Diamond in the rough

• A life and death, raw By Jill Leovy

• Trust me on this By Joe Queenan

• It’s a campaign, not a crusade By Charlotte Allen

• Benedict Arnold? By Ethan Rarick

• The genuine article

• Pay check By Swati Pandey

Kenya’s democratic muscle

• Mexican town puts on a holiday show for migrants By Héctor Tobar

• Few left to mark Iraqi Christmas By Kimi Yoshino and Usama Redha

• Ordeal leaves Iranian dissident with doubts By Borzou Daragahi

• Pakistan victims buried

• Showcasing the pain of Nanjing By Mark Magnier

• No new leads for U.S. man missing in Iran By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim

• Smugglers see Haiti as a new narcotics route By Chris Kraul and Carol J. Williams

• Tony Blair converts to Catholicism

• THAILAND

• Belgium frees 14 terrorism suspects after one day By Sebastian Rotella

• World in Brief | TAJIKISTAN - At least 16 killed in avalanche

• World in Brief | TURKEY - Military strikes rebel Kurds in Iraq

• World in Brief | THAILAND - Migrant workers’ bodies retrieved

• World in Brief | THAILAND - Thaksin’s supporters set to win vote