Archive for Monday, December 31, 2007

Choosing their lots in life

• Catching top-floor thrills By Jason Song

• Tough trek to Pasadena for El Salvador band By Francisco Vara-Orta and Tiffany Hsu

• FEELING THE BEAT

• Planned carpool-lane fee is driving motorists mad By Steve Hymon

• O.C. community fights ‘surprise’ power plant By Mike Anton

• Activist gaining little ground By Teresa Watanabe

• Activist assisted others By Mary Rourke

• Tough mussel pain, no easy remedy By Deborah Schoch

• Sears chairman worked his way up By Susan Ch and Ler

• Guide to the Rose Parade

• In California

• Perata’s stolen auto is found in Richmond

• Persons of the year: the true givers By Al Martinez

• Blaze destroys landmark restaurant in Dana Point Harbor By Mike Anton

• Lottery results

• S.F. to go on with healthcare expansion By Mary Engel

• Exercising mussel control

• California in Brief / DANA POINT - Train kills man standing on tracks By Mike Anton

• California in Brief / BURBANK - Hikers find a human skull By David Haldane

• California in Brief / VAN NUYS - Rough landing damages plane By Tiffany Hsu

• California in Brief / PASADENA - Apartment fire displaces 30 By Jason Song

• Holiday closures

• Santa Anas may join the parade By Scott Gold

• California in Brief / HOLLYWOOD - Crash victim dies of burns By Tiffany Hsu

Not smarter than dumbbells, but cuter

• Drug’s delay mobilizes prostate patients to activism By Shari Roan

• Be faithful in support of your lower back By Karen Voight

• Forgive and be well? By Melissa Healy

• Are nitrite’s and nitrate’s bad reps undeserved? By Susan Bowerman

• A hot-button issue By Rahul K. Parikh

• Two cancers, but only one is (mostly) accurate By Marc Siegel

• Kicking the habit in ‘08 won’t be easy By Mary Beckman

• Why it’s brain food By Susan Brink

• Muscles too sore? Don’t overdo it By Jay Blahnik

• For the record

• Grateful to see addict in his rearview mirror By Don Grant

• Neurotics’ heart risks are higher

• Perhaps it’s a case of ‘leisure sickness’ By Lindsay Minnema

• Monitor reactions to generics By Joe Graedon and Teresa Graedon

• We may be hard-wired to let bygones be bygones By Melissa Healy

• BRIEFLY - Instructions after radiation lacking

• BRIEFLY - Test fails to spot ovarian cancer

• BRIEFLY - Food pyramid for seniors updated

• BRIEFLY - Coffee, tea may lower cancer risk

• BRIEFLY - Parasites affecting poor Americans

• BRIEFLY - Neurotics’ heart risks are higher

Success is short-lived

• The archangel of the archipelago By Chris Dufresne

• Point-guard rotation gets tighter By Jonathan Abrams

• Brown’s goals help lift Kings

• War puts 1942 Rose Bowl in a different time zone By Jerry Crowe

• Tebow appreciates his signature season By Helene Elliott

• Waiting for the other shoe

• Neuheisel seems wise beyond those years By Sam Farmer

• Rivalry that once was, not back just yet By Bill Dwyre

• It’s a league of returning stars By Peter Yoon

• Getting there in spite of it all By Christine Daniels

• Rivers has drive to do right by 55 By Gary Klein

• Bruins beyond one dimension By Diane Pucin

• Page 2 / Morning briefing - Coach may not mind mistaken ID By Peter Yoon

• Chargers…30 Raiders…17

• Zook drawing talent to Illini’s side of the tracks By David Wharton

• Jets (OT)…13 Chiefs…10

• Falcons…44 Seahawks…41

• Alabama holds off Colorado, 30-24

• AP women’s top 25

• Today’s bowl games By Peter Yoon

• Eagles…17 Bills…9

• Ravens…27 Steelers…21

• Bears…33 Saints…25

• Serena Williams gets her season off to a winning start

• The two-minute drill By Houston Mitchell

• UCLA women nearly waste lead but beat Arizona, 68-59

• Carolina wins in Testaverde’s farewell

• Packers…34 Lions…13

• Players come up short in attire too By Mike Bresnahan

• AP men’s top 25

• Davis knows way around the block By David Wharton

• Bengals…38 Dolphins…25

• Neuheisel targets Walker, Chow By Chris Foster and Sam Farmer

• Canucks spin out the Ducks By Lisa Dillman

• BESTS OF THE DAY

• Trail Blazers earn 13th straight win

• Browns…20 49ers…7

• Warriors end struggles at Denver

• Cardinals…48 Rams…19

• Texans…42 Jaguars…28

• Titans…16 Colts…10

• Broncos (OT)…22 Vikings…19

• Redskins…27 Cowboys…6

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

Let’s step off the oil treadmill

• Jews, Palestinians must share the land

• Soldiers deserve the protection

• Who’s smarter – hunter or prey?

• Letters to the editor

• For the record

• It’s an inverse relationship

• Why can’t kids earn a few bucks?

How a bank fell victim to loan fraud

• Brazil’s now a hot commodity By Chris Kraul

• Courtship starts with free film screenings By Jim Puzzanghera

• A bridge to splendid isolation By Carolyn Reynier

• Eastern Germany attracts real estate buyers By Ben West

• Big crowds still seek ‘National Treasure’ By Josh Friedman

• Feds aid viewers’ move to digital By Jim Puzzanghera

• Extreme home markup

• Cairo seeking room to breathe in desert By Heba Saleh

• The Week Ahead - Manufacturing data, job report to be posted

The suds flow, strike or no strike

• It’s all movement with no drama for ‘Stars’ on tour By Jeff Spurrier

• Selling (and Sweding) of ‘Be Kind Rewind’ By Chris Lee

• Reading, writing, robots By Steffie Nelson

• Nickelodeon channels double the pleasure

• Spears, pregnant at 16, and ‘101’ By Robert Lloyd

• Pair find monstrous direction in life By Ron Magid

• Pitch to the young reader By Bob Thompson

• Luck, magic helped make ‘The Violin’ By Susan King

• On latimes.com

• 80 and in the groove By Don Heckman

• Horoscope: Dec. 31 By Holiday Mathis

• Calendar’s Calendar

• At Gettysburg, a bloodthirsty army returns By Mick Farren

• She plays second fiddle to boyfriend’s daughter

• Suzy Hansen leaves a full house happy By Don Heckman

• Gather thoughts, then broach topic of bisexuality

Iowa Democrats look to pick a winner

• Seattle clings to housing peak, but some wonder if it can last By Tomas Alex Tizon

• Nation in Brief / NEW YORK - Saving energy on New Year’s Eve

• Nation in Brief / FLORIDA - World’s oldest orangutan dies

• Time may be ripe for canine rights

• Timber theft is a growing ‘business’

• Huckabee’s double-edged faith By Joe Mathews

• Housing crisis takes bite out of states, cities By Stephanie Simon

• GOP candidates turn up the volume By Scott Martelle

• Barbed words as candidates sharpen attack in Iowa By Scott Martelle

• Pasta with a helping of campaign gossip By Louise Roug

• Fertilizer law seen as weak on security By Ralph Vartabedian

• Nation in Brief / GEORGIA - Rain keeps 2007 off the record books

• Nation in Brief / ARIZONA - 37 people found hiding in semi

• GEORGIA

• Guantanamo Bay detainee, 68, dies of cancer By Carol J. Williams

A year of living dangerously

• Wild about ‘Harry’

• ‘The blessings of liberty’

• Forecast for ‘08: gloom, with periods of ungloom By Joel Stein

Bhutto’s son and husband take the helm of her party

• Kibaki sworn in as election results roil Kenya By Robyn Dixon and Nicholas Soi

• Mourners mark anniversary of Hussein’s death By Alex and Ra Zavis

• A daily window into the funny side of China By John M. Glionna

• U.S. lawmakers pay Damascus a visit By Borzou Daragahi and Ziad Haydar

• Inner and outer circles of power call shots in Iran By Borzou Daragahi

• AFGHANISTAN

• World in Brief / AFGHANISTAN - Blast in south kills soldier from Canada

• World in Brief / SOMALIA - Mortar strike kills 8 in refugee camp

• World in Brief / NEPAL - Former rebels now Cabinet ministers

• World in Brief / BRAZIL - Swarms of jellyfish attack swimmers

• World in Brief / MALI - Rebels free 10 army hostages