Archive for Friday, May 04, 2007

• Study finds more risks to unborn in epilepsy drug By Denise Gellene

Star cars set off alarms

• A radical idea blooms about the weather, but it’s all wet By Steve Harvey

• Celebrities gather to dedicate brain tumor center By Sandy Banks

• Turf war stops at the ER By Hector Becerra

• Walter M. `Wally’ Schirra Jr., 84; flew in three NASA programs By Eric Malnic

• Piece of nail at issue in Spector hearing By Peter Y. Hong

• Mayor pours cash into runoffs By Howard Blume

• Swen Larson, 82; former Redlands mayor helped establish airport

• Supervisor wrongly received money By Christian Berthelsen

• 1 killed in car-to-car gunfight, collisions

• David Rosenzweig, 67; was an editor, reporter at The Times By Jon Thurber

• Roy Jenson, 80; football player became actor who often portrayed bad guys

• Paul M. Posner, 77; lawyer was long active in L.A. Democratic Party politics By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Robert Warner, 79; boosted profile of National Archives By Patricia Sullivan

• Rapper Eve to be charged with DUI

• Carter calls on students to unite By Dave Mckibben

• Historic review for Dutton’s site By Martha Groves

• Swastikas pasted on Weiss’ office By Steve Hymon

• 2 Texas men killed in truck crash are identified

• Governor signs plan to add prison beds

• Charter schools get `more bang for the buck,’ report says By Mitchell Landsberg

• Human rights expert examines immigrant issues in Southland By Teresa Watanabe

• Shooting suspect surrenders after siege

• Refugees granted extended stays By Tami Abdollah

• Prosecutor focuses on Mak’s lies By H G. Reza

• Agency seeks action on dirty air

• PASSINGS

• Teacher charged in molestation of student

• 2 lobbyists to pay fines for ethics violations By Patrick Mcgreevy

• LAPD cut back forces at park rally By Richard Winton and Matt Lait

• Two injured in pile-up on Hollywood Freeway

• Student loan probe expanded By Paul Pringle

• Crashed tanker had record of safety violations

• Locke principal rips L.A. Unified By Joel Rubin

BACKED INTO A CORNER

• GEARING UP By Jim Peltz

• Ducks reach West finals By Eric Stephens

• Can the fight match hype? By Larry Stewart

• Dallas burned by early fall-out By Mark Heisler

• Still nothing shaking here By Kevin Baxter

• Get-real time for Lakers By Mark Heisler

• Chivas coach counts Guevara out By Grahame L. Jones

• Who cares if they see him sweat? By Steve Henson

• Win might come with a big bonus By Peter Yoon

• Exhilarating rides such as these won’t last long this year By Pete Thomas

• Harrington leads with a 66

• Mystery meat has a first name, it’s O-S-C-A-R By T J. Simers

• Reddam’s diverse interests run deep By Robyn Norwood

• Name’s the same, but game is different By Eric Sondheimer

• Losing looks bad from Lakers’ $2,200 seats By Mike Bresnahan

• RESULTS

• Marchant is held out of Game 5 By Eric Stephens and Lonnie White

• Artest sentenced to a work program

• NBC won’t limit Kentucky Derby focus By Larry Stewart

• Park designated for assignment by Mets

• May provides playoff savvy By Eric Stephens and Lonnie White

• Was that Walton’s last game in the purple and gold? By Jason Reid

• L.A. faces O.C. in a boys’ lacrosse showdown By Eric Sondheimer

• He’ll try to play the heavy against Mayweather By Lonnie White

• ‘Bradley puts streak on line against distance specialists By Bob Mieszerski

• Thursday’s top performers

• Sun Valley Poly’s Sanchez keeps team in thick of it By Dan Arritt

• Gordon continues his victory parade By Ed Hinton

• Brown may need ankle surgery By Mike Bresnahan

• Kentucky Derby capsules By Bob Mieszerski

• Riverside heavyweight Arreola to fight Tann By Lance Pugmire

• Beckham ban lifted, available for Sevilla match

• Luongo wrongly takes blame By Helene Elliott

• Don’t tell them golf isn’t a sport By Chris Foster

• Willits has to take bad with the good By Kevin Baxter

• Germano sets a pitching record By Bob Cuomo

• No surprise, San Pedro is the team to beat in playoffs By Martin Henderson

• Mayweather still says he’ll retire By Lance Pugmire

• Jazz forces the issue

• Threes may be farther flung By Peter Yoon

• KENTUCKY DERBY DIARY

• Though he has Derby longshots, O’Neill has a chance Friday By Bob Mieszerski

• Former Charger pleads guilty to misdemeanor

• What happens in clubhouse, stays in clubhouse By Bill Plaschke

• RESULTS

Blockbusters on parade

• United boosts airfares, but rival carriers don’t follow suit By Peter Pae

• Activision takes backdating charge By Alex Pham

• Venezuela threatens to nationalize banks, steel

• BofA says it will seek to buy LaSalle, despite court ruling

• United to take stake in Aloha

• Title firm says growth may slow

• Charter trims loss for quarter

• PC World magazine’s editor quits By Michelle Quinn

• FBI says fraud targets online brokerages

• Reported pet deaths at 8,500, FDA says By Don Lee and Abigail Goldman

• Hanmi profit falls 12% on loan woes By Tom Petruno

• S&P closes above 1,500

• Wireless manager accused of fraud

• Callaway Golf’s profit rises 11%

• Big 5’s earnings increase 28%

• AMC closes curtain on planned IPO By Josh Friedman

• Dow Jones staff urged to show support for family By Thomas S. Mulligan

• CBS first-quarter earnings fall 6%

• N.Y. senator aims to help homeowners By Jonathan Peterson

• Burkle firm sues partner in venture

• Swedish firm to buy IPSCO of U.S.

• Starbucks reaches deal with Ethiopia

• Gemstar’s profit is up fourfold

• UBS is shutting hedge fund unit

• Milberg figure wants charges dismissed By Molly Selvin

• SEC probing Beazer Homes

• Rallies magnify the shortage in child care By Rick Wartzman

• Allstate in probe on Katrina claims

• Mortgage rates largely hold steady

• Imus to sue CBS for contract pay

• GM hurt by weak housing market By John O'Dell

• Sub-prime lender on the brink By E. Scott Reckard

Piecing together this thing called life

• Crystal Zevon’s crusade: Warren from A to Z By Fred Schruers

• Right design for Barnes: none By Christopher Hawthorne

• The ’70s: `Good, Bad and Strange’ By Susan King

• An act of good faith By Scott Timberg

• Bye-bye to the nice guys By Richard Rushfield

• This run could ruin the reruns By Matea Gold And Jim Puzzanghera

• Rock Hall snub irks ex-Monkee By Joseph Dionisio

• A deck stacked with lighthearted romance By Michael Wilmington

• `Spider-Man 3’s’ first conquest: film pirates By John Horn

• ‘Private Fears’ in solitary places By Kevin Thomas

• Few left to lend a skilled hand By Jenny Barchfield

• Twisted gender bender By F. Kathleen Foley, David C. Nichols, Lynne Heffley, Daryl H. miller

• `Gilmore Girls’ to end seven-year run By Kate Aurthur

• Israeli musical prodigy just can’t stop bopping By Marshall Thompson

• The fleeting, fragile nature of memory, love By Carina Chocano

• Talk in diner is deep By Daryl H. Miller

• Snooping is part of his `Civic Duty’ By Carina Chocano

• `The show must go on’ is easier said than done By Michael Ordoña

• Warhols go better with Coke

• Orton’s `Loot’ can still pay off By Charlotte Stoudt

• The world in motion By Lewis Segal

• Wedding bells, but that’s it By Mark Olsen

• Excitable boy’s narcissism, addiction with no regrets By Erik Himmelsbach

• A chance to play in nature, forget stresses By Libby Slate

• `Bug’ will bother you, and that’s the point By F. Kathleen Foley

• Kazakhstan make benefit of `Borat’ composer Cohen

• Cornell’s Soundgarden tunes rock the Avalon crowd By Mikael Wood

• `Zoo’ explores taboo territory By Kenneth Turan

• A racist? No, but he played one By Tina Daunt

• Chamber Orchestra at Holden Center

• Drummer takes a route all his own By Don Heckman

• Quill Awards revamp process

• Decoders hear music in Rosslyn Chapel By Ben Mcconville

• Museum group names president

• Gere magistrate given the kiss-off

• FINALLY

Buffett’s stock conflicts with Gates charity aims

• Hate crime bill veto is vowed By Richard Simon

• Phased funding for Iraq war may be Democrats’ next move By Noam N. Levey

• Schwarzenegger loses this round By Peter Nicholas

• Differences emerge as Republicans debate By Maeve Reston and Mark Z. Barabak

• Surgery ends ‘Joker’ seizures By Sophia Chang

• Fired U.S. attorneys are called some of the best By Richard B. Schmitt

• Obama gets protection from Secret Service By Michael Finnegan

• What’s next for ‘Idol’ hopeful? It’s up to the Navy By Julian E. Barnes

• Spy agencies to study global warming risks By Greg Miller

• Anglican Church leaders engage in a war of words By Rebecca Trounson

• Client adds new wrinkle with his $65-million suit

• As wind farms grow, they need better oversight, report says By Margot Roosevelt

• Bid to allow drug imports advances By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Names are added to Vietnam War wall

• High school band bus hits big rig

• Lawmakers vote for early ‘08 primary

• Schools superintendent endorses Mickey, Donald

• Guilty verdict in university scandal

• Lusting after the WSJ By Norman Pearlstine

• One bad board

• Sego vs. Sarko

• He’ll take one MRE, hold the ambush By Joel Stein

• Bratton vs. the bad old days By Marc Cooper

• Paging Reagan

• Bless you O’Reilly, you #@%! By Rosa Brooks

Olmert unmoved by protests

• Key Al Qaeda in Iraq figure slain in U.S. raid By Tina Susman and Edmund Sanders

• Rice, Syrian official talk By Louise Roug and Paul Richter

• N. Ireland group laying down arms By William Graham

• No clear victor in Scotland vote By Kim Murphy

• 21 workers, most foreign, are kidnapped

• Show of support for ousted judge

• Cuban soldiers held after hijacking By Ray Sanchez

• Japanese protest call to change charter

• Vote scheduled in bid to end standoff

• Briton slain; Dane dies of wounds

• Independent radio station in Baghdad attacked; 2 die

• Boy’s body found after croc attack