Archive for Friday, February 02, 2007

NO STOPPING CLIMATE SHIFT, U.N. STUDY SAYS

• U.S. issues guidelines for flu crises By Jia-Rui Chong

A hair-raising tale from the annals of real work by LAPD officers

• San Francisco mayor admits affair By Lee Romney

• Skaters air things out at these school board meetings By Charles Proctor

• L.A. will take its river to a new level By Steve Hymon

• Wet winter forecast has come up dry By Hector Becerra

• Adelaide Tambo, 77; South African activist fought apartheid

• John A. Bell III, 88; breeder helped form national horse council

• Secret talks on execution challenged By Henry Weinstein

• Plaintiff accuses O.C. assessor of faking evidence By Christine Hanley

• Glen Tetley, 80; choreographer fused ballet and modern dance By Lewis Segal

• Gian Carlo Menotti, 95; opera composer and director founded the Spoleto music festivals By Myrna Oliver

• Black churches are urged to denounce gangsta rap By K. Connie Kang

• Openness urged for billboard data By Steve Hymon

• Ex-official of O.C. shelter charged By David Reyes and H G. Reza

• Taxicab agency at LAX criticized By Jessica Garrison

• Classroom volunteer was a sex offender By Valerie Reitman

• Oil giant primes the biofuel pump with $500 million By Richard C. Paddock

• Henry Moreno, 77; longshot jockey in 1953 Kentucky Derby

• Mayor denies he and his wife have separated

• Drug crackdown on skid row called harmful By Peter Y. Hong

• O.C. caretaker charged with abusing 2 men By Ashley Powers

• Aide allegedly showed sex pictures to students

• Few community college students transfer or earn degrees, study says By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Joseph Farland, 92; set up Kissinger’s secret trip to China in 1971

• Bill advances in drive to allow help for families of 5 killed firefighters

• Agency OKs Bunker Hill development By Cara Mia Dimassa

• City attorney assigns prosecutor to middle school in neighborhood plagued by gangs By Patrick Mcgreevy

SUMMERTIME, AND THE GRADING IS EASY

• There might be missing links in food chain By Pete Thomas

• Bruins don’t let this big one get away By Steve Springer

• Grossman has the chance of lifetime By Lonnie White

• Woods is three behind after opening round at Dubai

• USC does enough, but it’s not as easy By Ben Bolch

• Preserving a ticket can be worth the cost By Greg Johnson

• USC’s Kreuter feeling at home By Ben Bolch

• Bush gets away from questions By Sam Farmer, Bill Plaschke, John Mullin, and Ethan J. Skolnick

• Parker remains a work in progress By Mike Bresnahan

• Kings keep sinking in the West By Eric Stephens

• Bears’ Rivera is being unfairly ruled out By J A. Adande

• Three suspended at Long Beach By Peter Yoon

• Agoura’s Flacks succeeds on her terms By Lauren Peterson

• Quiroz resigns as girls’ volleyball coach at Harvard-Westlake By Lauren Peterson

• Wade makes up for 12 turnovers

• Anthony left off All-Star roster

• Two more suspended over brawl

• Field for Derby trials definitely has ‘Sass By Bob Mieszerski

• Pacific has too much firepower for Irvine, 89-82

• Mancuso making the most of her moment By Philip Hersh

• KCAL gives new definition to viewing By Larry Stewart

• Bryant urges NBA to adopt appeals process By Mike Bresnahan

• Another loss for Arizona

• Huntington Beach Marina keeps (three-point) shooting at history By Eric Sondheimer and Dan Arritt

• Sons of Tiznow meet in the fifth race By Bob Mieszerski

• A big day for potatoes, of the couch and chip variety By Larry Stewart

• Stars beat Sharks again

• It’s all about Bears, Colts and a Prince with clowns By Bill Plaschke

• Seeking the road to consistency By Jason Reid

• Lawsuit against Angels thrown out By Bill Shaikin

• They finally get the Luc they’ve been looking for all season By Helene Elliott

• Speedskater Davis wins grievance By Philip Hersh

• Thursday’s Top Performers

• Niedermayer is closer to return By Eric Stephens

• It takes tough love to go here By Lisa Dillman

Proposed tax breaks split state’s businesses

• New York student loan investigation is widened

• U.S. auto sales fall 5% in January By John O'Dell

• Billboard settlement draws criticism By Alana Semuels

• Ex-Enron executive’s conviction overturned

• New leader installed at Gap unit

• Pad still intact after blast, says Sea Launch By Peter Pae

• Brown seeks carmaker agreement on emissions By Marc Lifsher

• Cinemark Holdings files for $400-million IPO

• Ads seek to boost Botox image

• EU may challenge U.S. ban on online betting

• Apple is given more time to respond to iPhone suit

• Maytag recalls dishwashers

• Exxon profit hits record $39.5 billion By Elizabeth Douglass and Ashley Surdin

• Fleetwood warns of greater loss in quarter

• Wage issue shouldn’t end at L.A. hotel doors By Rick Wartzman

• American Standard to break up company

• Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages rise to 6.34%

• Also

• Standard Pacific swings to loss on falling demand

• Expenditure plan hurts value of Comcast shares

• EA profit drops 38% but beats Wall Street targets

• Savings rate falls to lowest since ‘33

• Dow, Russell at new highs

• Vornado sweetens Equity bid

• Amazon posts a 51% drop in profit

• Harley-Davidson locks out workers

• Money Makeover to return

• Billionaire claims that novelist duped him in selling film rights By Josh Getlin and Glenn F. Bunting

• Two more Home Depot executives are leaving

• Children’s Place may modify Disney accord

• Canadian insurer to buy Putnam

• Venezuelan leader sets field takeover deadline

Milena’s mentor stays on the case

• Taking on elements of Picasso By Holly Myers

• COMICS KING By Geoff Boucher

• Campus gangsta parties draw anger By Bruce Smith

• Stepping into a brave new world By Scott Timberg

• Where the dots connect By Charles Mcnulty

• `Small’ events build up By Charles Mcnulty, F. Kathleen Foley, David C. Nichols, Charlotte stoudt

• Joining in the chorus By Richard Cromelin

• Network patience (yes, it exists) pays off By Martin Miller

• Sheldon’s writing spoke to the masses By Jonathan Kirsch

• Two great actors display their craft By Kenneth Turan

• `Chasing Yesterday’ By Carol Schwalberg

• Family issues divide along racial lines By Kevin Crust

• `Idol’ is actually just crazy like a Fox By Richard Rushfield

• No way to treat a king By Charlotte Stoudt

• Tim Gunn to direct Liz Claiborne

• `Annie’ is as young as ever By Lynne Heffley

• The mother of all misfires By Carina Chocano

• Some early gems from a master By Susan King

• Jazz at Lincoln Center toots its horn for funds By Patrick Cole

• Seventh and last Potter has a date with destiny By Hillel Italie

• A town that’s a tonic for the soul By Al Martinez

• U.S. democracy in age of dynasties By Kevin Crust

• `Jump In!’ has many learning the ropes By Maria Mooshil

• Sight meets sound, and it’s an awkward introduction By Josef Woodard

• Text messaging a new Big Brother By Kai Maristed

• Hot plate with a side of Colbert By Matea Gold

• Academy sells Eakins painting

• FINALLY

• Jokes & Riddles

• Creativity Corner

• Panty-toss broke deal for diva

• Conlon extends Ravinia contract By Chris Pasles

Senate talks on Iraq take a new form

• Homeless take the football and run with it By Carol J. Williams

• Santa Ana’s Sanchez quits Hispanic caucus amid rift By Richard Simon

• Video undercuts Libby’s defense By Richard B. Schmitt

• Death penalty dropped in shooting By Ann M. Simmons

• Hamas-aid case draws split verdict By Jeff Coen and Rudolph Bush

• SENATORS TAKE AIM AT IRAQ WAR COMMANDER By Julian E. Barnes

• Doctor admits he stole cadaver hand

• New York barely blinked at ad that panicked Boston By Michael Amon

• Senate chaplain withdraws from evangelical seminar

• Survey of black youths finds ambivalence on society By E A. Torriero

• Mom gets 10 years in kids’ deaths

• Immigration traffic law criticized in Louisiana By Ann M. Simmons

• 4 executions are postponed in Tennessee

• Many drug studies not begun, FDA says

• Fugitive priest is arrested

• 122 levees across U.S. called at risk

• Killing of fetus to be capital case

• For a year, wild pigs in Honolulu to be hunted

• A, A, B+, fat

• Confessions of an eco-snob By Liane Bonin

• No more renditions

• Show us the money

• President Sunbeam By Rosa Brooks

• `CSI’ isn’t the real world By Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck

• Psst By Tim Luckhurst

Past of spying haunts Poland’s church

• Marines battle their past in an Iraqi city By Tony Perry

• Israeli premier testifies about Hezbollah war By Ken Ellingwood

• Putin promises election to fill his post will be free By David Holley

• Gaza factional fighting kills 6 By Ken Ellingwood

• Islamist chief reportedly Yemen-bound

• U.S. help sought on terror suspect

• Questioning of suspects extended

• Iraq plans summit with Iran and Syria By Louise Roug and Paul Richter

• Eagle pair attack paraglider in flight

• Assailants free dozens from jail

• Bombings kill 45 on market street in Hillah By Louise Roug

• Chirac retracts remarks on Iranian bomb