Archive for Tuesday, June 12, 2007

• On spacewalk, crew attaches truss to station By Thomas H. Maugh II

Defense lawyer’s famous roar muzzled by Spector

• Caltech’s eggheads deserve PhDs in pranks By Steve Harvey

• Boyfriend sought in O.C. slayings is extradited By Jennifer Delson

• Mayor feels a `sense of failure’ in marital split By Steve Hymon and Duke Helfand

• Struggling charters face uncertain future By Howard Blume

• Robert R. Wark, 82; former director of art collections at the Huntington Library By Suzanne Muchnic

• City atty. mum on driver in ‘04 crash By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Family of deported man sues the U.S. By Sam Quinones

• Judge says student can face trial for murder

• County board to probe Hilton release By Andrew Blankstein and Tami Abdollah

• Nellie Lutcher, 94; jazz piano player, songwriter and R&B recording artist By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Homer J. Stewart, 91; Caltech engineer was an early pioneer in the development of satellites By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Scholars’ hard work earns rewards By Louis Sahagun

• Trails closed after big cat sightings By Catherine Saillant

• Bernsen cleared of sex charges By Joe Mozingo

• Campaign launched to recall Sheriff Baca By Stuart Pfeifer and Jack Leonard

• Witness faults ex-deputy who shot airman By Maeve Reston

• Talks expected to resume in bus drivers’ dispute

• 3 Rapid bus routes in O.C. are approved By David Reyes

• In a bleak prison, a women’s group glows By Dana Parsons

• Ex-resident is missing in San Luis Obispo County

• Weiss responds to recall effort By Steve Hymon

• How King-Harbor has stayed alive By Charles Ornstein

Unpopular mechanics

• Course plays long on legend By Thomas Bonk

• Martin carries a lot on his plate By Bill Dwyre

• Doping isn’t the only way to the top for athletes By Edwin Moses

• Loney delivers on the double By Bill Shaikin

• Canada, Costa Rica advance with wins

• Jackson to have left hip replaced

• Escobar finally gets support By Mike Digiovanna and Ben Bolch

• CHASING AARON

• Sparks’ Holdsclaw to retire immediately By Lauren Peterson

• Miller’s magic number: 63 By Thomas Bonk

• RESULTS

• Rowers win events at youth national championships By Eric Sondheimer, Martin Henderson

• Avengers gain on playoffs

• Oregon State reaches Omaha

• Another Buss steers into drama By Mike Bresnahan and Robyn Norwood

• Drug inquiry may be near an end By Diane Pucin

• FISH REPORT

• Little likes Garciaparra’s production By Bill Shaikin

• Johnson becomes remarkable, rare defending champion By Lauren Peterson

• The Times’ first and second teams and coach of the year

• Game is July 10 at San Francisco

• Ditka again blasts NFL players union By Fred Mitchell and Don Pierson

• Watching the maturation of Kurt Busch

• TUESDAY BRIEFING

Hype over iPhone hangs over Apple

• Movie toys fight over boys By Lorenza Munoz

• Gasoline prices trend down but hurricane season looms By Ronald D. White

• Trial to begin in studio bias case By Lorenza Munoz

• Beijing Games vows no child labor

• Ford may shed luxe brands, refocus By Martin Zimmerman

• Philip Morris bid to try suit in U.S. court is blocked

• Google escalates Microsoft battle

• Box-office results

• Group seeks to block Tribune sale

• City, partners launch student training effort By Molly Selvin

• Warner weighs another EMI offer

• China’s trade surplus rises 73% in May

• IPO riches loom for Blackstone founders

• IBM agrees to buy Telelogic

• Regulators approve futures merger

• Winemakers try to put a cork in counterfeiting

• Qwest CEO says he will retire

• Disney, partner to make films in India

• Bristol-Myers pleads guilty in Plavix case

• Yahoo, subject of suit, scolds China on rights

• State bond rating may get a boost

• Exec at ID protection firm quits By Joseph Menn

• Short-term Treasury bill rates drop

• ESPN to buy cricket website

• Housing affordability is likely to remain elusive, study finds

• Postal Service settles bias suit By Molly Selvin

• Wholesale prices climb in Japan

• Veteran journalist testifies in support of Conrad Black

• Bond yields move up again

He’s acting as a liaison

• A Gehry imprint By Christopher Hawthorne

• Life’s rhythms pulse through Ojai festival By Mark Swed

• Denis Leary doesn’t care if you’re angry By Scott Collins

• For Bowie, a time of renewal By Robert Hilburn

• Miss Universe wants be a hero

• Another double feature, of sorts By Susan King

• Phil Spector’s wall remains unbreached By Robert Hilburn

• Satisfying evening with Porter Wagoner By Natalie Nichols

• Esquire nabs King novella

• FINALLY

• Sunny day at Playboy Jazz event By Don Heckman

• The Tony telecast takes a hit

• Random House losing editor

• A touch of Horowitz amid patter and pooches By Rick Schultz

• XM reinstating Opie

`Miracle’ rescinded by appeal

• Indefinite detention struck down By Josh Meyer

• GOP senators get visit by boss on stalled deal By Maura Reynolds

• Congress steps on the gas By Richard Simon

• No minimum wage for home-care aides By David G. Savage

• What money can’t buy By Miguel Bustillo

• Senate bars vote against Gonzales By Richard B. Schmitt

• 3 Guardsmen held in smuggling case

• Public’s view on Congress darkens By Noam N. Levey

• Court to reconsider sentencing terms for selling crack By David G. Savage

• Hard penalty advised for GSA chief

• Agent in TB case retires

• Giuliani and Clinton stay in the lead By Michael Finnegan

• Chertoff warns of hurricane risk

• Army misses recruiting target by 7% By Peter Spiegel

• Power switch

• Expensive advice

• Do away with public schools By Jonah Goldberg

• The provocateur’s philosopher By Crispin Sartwell

• Post- traumatic Iraq syndrome By Christopher J. Fettweis

• Keep the home fires burning By Erika Schickel

• Peace talks now

Close and deadly contact

• Officer’s role at Haditha argued By Tony Perry

• Lightning, slides kill 91 in southeast

• Gaza truce for final exams quickly fails By Ken Ellingwood and Rushdi Abu Alouf

• Chinese secrecy laws often snare the unsuspecting By Mark Magnier

• 2 Lebanese aid workers killed at refugee camp By Raed Rafei

• Egypt’s dissidents held down by law By Borzou Daragahi and Noha El-Hennawy

• Iraqi legislators agree on one thing: Speaker must go By Tina Susman

• U.S. friendly fire kills 7, officials say

• Damages due in agents’ deaths

• Nairobi restaurant blast kills 1, hurts dozens By Edmund Sanders

• House again votes to bar sale of F-14 parts to Iran

• 13 captives freed in oil-rich region

• Justice sought for Darfur war crimes By Kim Murphy

• Sudan’s leader says he’ll push for truce