What happened on February 04, 2007

NEWS

BOOKS

Bestsellers
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
Inspired by actual events By Kai Maristed, Kai Maristed is the author of the novels "Broken Ground" and "Out After Dark" and the story collection "Belong to Me."
Soothing troubled spirits By Joy Nicholson, Joy Nicholson is the author of the novels "The Tribes of Palos Verdes" and "The Road to Esmeralda."
Bestsellers / Paperbacks
Critical disjuncture By Ed Park, Ed Park is a founding editor of the Believer.
Michener's wide world By Christopher Reynolds, Christopher Reynolds is a Times staff writer.
Intelligent dissent By Kit R. Roane, Kit R. Roane is a senior writer with U.S. News & World Report.
Behind the veil By Hazel Rowley, Hazel Rowley is the author of "Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre," "Richard Wright: The Life and Times" and "Christina Stead: A Biography."
Parsing panic By Wendy Smith, Wendy Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."
Vanishing point By Ariel Swartley, Ariel Swartley is a contributing writer and book critic for Los Angeles magazine.
Collective wisdom By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times.
Brevity's rainbow By Art Winslow, Art Winslow, a former executive editor and literary editor of the Nation, writes frequently on books and culture.

ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

Return of the G-word
Kernel of hope
Super(ciliousness)
Heat's on over climate change
Pitfalls on the presidential path
Getting a degree and avoiding debt
Beware Balkans' border solutions
HIV testing in the prisons
Scare tactics
Low nursing pay
The brown and the gray By Gregory Rodriguez, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation. grodriguez@latimescolumnists.com
Joe Biden's just a barrel of gaffes By Jonathan Chait, jchait@latimescolumnists.com
Not your average bear By Richard A. Kaye, RICHARD A. KAYE is an associate professor of English at Hunter College in New York.
Schwarzenegger's golden opportunity By William Fulton, WILLIAM FULTON is the publisher of California Planning & Development Report and a senior scholar at the School of Policy, Planning and Development at USC. He also is a member of the Ventura City Council and Ventura County Transportation Commission.
How scared should we be, really? By Francis Fukuyama, Francis Fukuyama is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the author of "America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the Neoconservative Legacy."
Molly Ivins: She was `a truth-seeking missile' By Kinky Friedman, KINKY FRIEDMAN is an author, musician and former candidate for governor of Texas.
Taking the spin out of science By Chris Mooney and Alan Sokal, CHRIS MOONEY is the Washington correspondent for Seed magazine and the author of "The Republican War on Science." ALAN SOKAL is a professor of physics at New York University and the coauthor of "Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science."
Surge protectors By -- Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
The naturalized American dream By Richard S. Tedlow, Richard S. Tedlow, a historian, is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of "Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American," recently published by Penguin.
Armageddon with a halftime show By Joe Queenan, Joe Queenan writes frequently for Barron's, the New York Times Book Review and the Guardian.
The tide may be turning for salmon By Paul Vandevelder, PAUL VANDEVELDER, author of "Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes and the Trial That Forged a Nation," is at work on a new book, "Savages and Scoundrels," for Yale University Press.

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BUSINESS

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REAL ESTATE

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MAGAZINE

90039 By Jessica Gelt
The Pursuit Of Happy Hour By David Lansing and Elizabeth Padgett
Search and Rescue, but at What Cost?
He Should Have Done His Homework on James Baldwin
Why His Grandkids Run Free in Avalon
Beware the Fire-Chasing Scam Artists
More Than a Pretty Picture
What's Current About 1852?
One Mother's Mission By Susan Straight, Susan Straight is a novelist and contributing writer for West.
Moore Betta By Dan Neil
Scarlett Johansson, Chateau Marmont, West Hollywood (2004) By Colin Westerbeck
Know the Players Before the Game Begins By Anna Waterhouse, Anna Waterhouse has two scripts that begin shooting this month.
The Unsinkable Suzanne Somers By Gina Piccalo, Times staff writer
Bless This Church By Vince Beiser, Vince Beiser is a Los Angeles-based magazine writer whose work has appeared in Harper's, Mother Jones and Wired. And he's available to perform your wedding.

TRAVEL

What happened on February 04, 2007

NEWS

Classrooms now bedrooms for China's elderly By Evan Osnos, Chicago Tribune

Pink flamingos of Kenya fly into a dry, dark future By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press

Italy content with living the sweet life By Colleen Barry, Associated Press Writer

Spain rings with sounds of progress By Paul Haven, Associated Press Writer

After foster care, where can they turn? By David Crary, Associated Press

Mummy going, going, gone on eBay? Not quite By Michael Stroh, Baltimore Sun

Fat dog? Try taping the fridge By John Woestendiek, Baltimore Sun

Tackling parental care can resurrect sibling rivalry By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Writer

BOOKS

Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds

Inspired by actual events By Kai Maristed, Kai Maristed is the author of the novels "Broken Ground" and "Out After Dark" and the story collection "Belong to Me."

Soothing troubled spirits By Joy Nicholson, Joy Nicholson is the author of the novels "The Tribes of Palos Verdes" and "The Road to Esmeralda."

Critical disjuncture By Ed Park, Ed Park is a founding editor of the Believer.

Michener's wide world By Christopher Reynolds, Christopher Reynolds is a Times staff writer.

Intelligent dissent By Kit R. Roane, Kit R. Roane is a senior writer with U.S. News & World Report.

Behind the veil By Hazel Rowley, Hazel Rowley is the author of "Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre," "Richard Wright: The Life and Times" and "Christina Stead: A Biography."

Parsing panic By Wendy Smith, Wendy Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."

Vanishing point By Ariel Swartley, Ariel Swartley is a contributing writer and book critic for Los Angeles magazine.

Collective wisdom By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times.

Brevity's rainbow By Art Winslow, Art Winslow, a former executive editor and literary editor of the Nation, writes frequently on books and culture.

ENTERTAINMENT

His adopted home is called Treasure Town By Bruce Wallace, Times Staff Writer

At peace with his place By Victoria Looseleaf, Special to The Times

A screening room to call home By Susan King, Times Staff Writer

He's up, up, up for an Oscar By Choire Sicha, Special to The Times

`Flags' will fly again By Susan King

Smokey puts film under fire By Chris Lee, Times Staff Writer

A quest for fire reinvented By Sheigh Crabtree, Special to The Times

Too much realism on location in Iraq By Ashraf Khalil, Times Staff Writer

More than just dyed in the wool By David Ng, Special to The Times

Before the wall's fall, long after the Fall of Man By Lisa Rosen, Special to The Times

`Brechtian' -- but fun By Diane Haithman, Times Staff Writer

Epilogue, a rough draft By Josh Getlin

Singing to the cheap(er) seats By Douglas Mclennan, Special to The Times

Victim of a guest shot By Jon Caramanica, Times Staff Writer

Through the years, Oscar style By Elizabeth Snead

`Weeds' and wine and he does just fine By Lynne Heffley

LPs? Hold that swan song By Ann Powers, Times Staff Writer

His latest party is to save the world By Susan Carpenter, Times Staff Writer

It took more than just two to tango By Dennis Lim, Special to The Times

Sugar, spice, everything not so nice By Paul Brownfield, Times Staff Writer

Two for the show By Lynn Smith, Times Staff Writer

It ain't nothin' but a Bloc Party album, y'all By Deborah Netburn

On, workers! But beware the capitalist sharks By Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writer

Seeing the light, remembering the dark By Scott Timberg, Times Staff Writer

Hipsters let it all hang out By Margaret Wappler, Times Staff Writer

No fear in the face of `Woolf' By Josh Getlin, Times Staff Writer

Red light? Green light By Patrick Day, Times Staff Writer

Testing the waters in Tinseltown By Susan King

OPINION

The brown and the gray By Gregory Rodriguez, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation. grodriguez@latimescolumnists.com

Joe Biden's just a barrel of gaffes By Jonathan Chait, jchait@latimescolumnists.com

Not your average bear By Richard A. Kaye, RICHARD A. KAYE is an associate professor of English at Hunter College in New York.

How scared should we be, really? By Francis Fukuyama, Francis Fukuyama is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the author of "America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the Neoconservative Legacy."

Molly Ivins: She was `a truth-seeking missile' By Kinky Friedman, KINKY FRIEDMAN is an author, musician and former candidate for governor of Texas.

Surge protectors By -- Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.

The naturalized American dream By Richard S. Tedlow, Richard S. Tedlow, a historian, is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of "Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American," recently published by Penguin.

Armageddon with a halftime show By Joe Queenan, Joe Queenan writes frequently for Barron's, the New York Times Book Review and the Guardian.

The tide may be turning for salmon By Paul Vandevelder, PAUL VANDEVELDER, author of "Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes and the Trial That Forged a Nation," is at work on a new book, "Savages and Scoundrels," for Yale University Press.

WORLD

NATO airstrike kills Taliban commander, official says From Times Wire Services

Egyptian, 3 Israelis charged as spies From Times Wire Reports

Turkey farm ravaged in bird flu bout From Times Wire Reports

Protesters evicted after violent clash From Times Wire Reports

Thousands march in Oaxaca protest From Times Wire Reports

32 are killed in coal mine blast From Times Wire Reports

Deadly shipwreck brings crackdown on `coyotes' By Chris Kraul, Times Staff Writer

Gaza clashes continue; leaders try to revive truce By Ken Ellingwood, Times Staff Writer

Iran gives visitors inside look at nuclear facility By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer

Suicide Blast Kills At Least 130 In Baghdad By Tina Susman, Times Staff Writer

Naval duties switching hands in gulf By Tony Perry, Times Staff Writer

Queen's image on the rise again By Kim Murphy, Times Staff Writer

Afghan schools take on the Taliban By Laura King, Times Staff Writer

BUSINESS

Hyundai's hard road By Don Lee, Times Staff Writer

Student loan terms could soon be revised By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer

Going up against some real pros By Alana Semuels, Times Staff Writer

Latest technology is at your fingertips By Michelle Quinn, Times Staff Writer