Archive for Saturday, May 26, 2007

• War boosts `baby blues’ risk By Denise Gellene

• Researchers report `virgin birth’ in shark

• Possible Aztec offerings found

• NIH to cease chimp breeding

• Forecasters expect active storm season

• Big ICUs said to be better for infants

Pirates overrun Tom Sawyer Island

• Air traffic glitch kicks off the holiday weekend By Jennifer Oldham

• Christians prepare to celebrate the church’s birth By K. Connie Kang

• MTA sets sights on Broadway By Cara Mia Dimassa and Hector Becerra

• Griffith Park reopenings

• O’Neal won’t be charged in fight with son By Andrew Blankstein

• I.J. Rikhye, 86; commanded U.N. peacekeeping forces By Adam Bernstein

• Ducks are filling venue for a change By Dave Mckibben

• Alvin P. Sanoff, 65; started U.S. News’ ‘Best Colleges’ editions

• Philip M. Kaiser, 93; longtime U.S. diplomat

• Pilot killed in Chino crash By Maeve Reston

• MTA rail projects may not get there despite fare hike By Rong-Gong Lin II and Jeffrey L. Rabin

• Norm Maleng, 68; prosecuted Green River serial killer of 48 women

• Salton Sea plan calls for a shrunken lake By David Kelly

• Simi Valley man subdued by police Taser dies days later By Gregory W. Griggs

• More King-Harbor training urged By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Illinois teens won’t be charged in hillside blaze

• Offer to interim Locke principal was rescinded

• Gov. wants state to track gangs By Evan Halper

• Charter teacher is charged with lewd acts

• Whales get a holiday break By Eric Bailey

• So what’s this burger chain beef all about? By Dana Parsons

• State pulls license of truck firm By Maria L. La Ganga

• Popular businessman linked to UC Irvine is missing in Iran By Ashley Powers and Yvonne Villarreal

• Nurses push for LAPD gut-check By Patrick Mcgreevy and Richard Winton

• Bud Molin, 81; TV, film editor worked on ‘Lucy’ and ‘Dick Van Dyke’

• Anti-gang activist gets jail for drug, gun charges

• Condor chick disappears from nest in Mexico park

• Judge rules against water system By Bettina Boxall

• Test for Stanford after impostor passes as a student By Richard C. Paddock and Jennifer Delson

Dodgers get big re-rally to beat Cubs

• Old-school approach By Helene Elliott

• It’s worse than running in circles for Evernham By Jim Peltz

• No mixed messages here By Lance Pugmire

• Tennis gets pick-me-up in Paris By Chuck Culpepper

• Doors are opening for Chivas’ Guzan By Grahame L. Jones

• A Tour winner admits doping By Diane Pucin

• Softball? Check By Diane Pucin

• Bryzgalov is a nice safety net for Ducks By Lonnie White

• Quotebook

• Former King Tocchet pleads guilty to gambling ring charges

• Angels ride D-train in Bronx By Bill Shaikin

• Hollywood Park gears up for Gamely and Shoemaker By Bob Mieszerski

• Nellum, Prentice headed to state as double winners By Dan Arritt

• Ankle surgery complicates Brown’s status By Mike Bresnahan

• Cal State L.A. loses to Tampa

• Bickerstaff moves into new role with Bobcats

• Padres use long ball to beat Brewers, 8-6

• Romero stays sharp to lead by two shots

• Matsuzaka, Red Sox get past the Rangers

• Ottawa gains an edge with Canada’s fans By Lonnie White

• Rezai upsets Sharapova in semifinals of Istanbul Cup

• Closing in on being `greatest’ By Bill Shaikin

• First lesson: Title comes before name By Chris Foster

Las Vegas pools seize the day

• Motorists driven to Mexican fuel By Marla Dickerson and Elizabeth Douglass

• Small cars grow in stature By Martin Zimmerman

• Coca-Cola to buy Glaceau for $4.1 billion in cash

• Carl’s Jr. has a beef with Jack in the Box advertising By Alana Semuels

• Electric car makers plug in to L.A. By John O'Dell

• Cellphones can disable Nissans

• Study: Men’s earnings shrink By Molly Selvin

• New Century probe may widen

• Fired Wal-Mart exec claims CEO got perks from vendor

• Home starts in California dive in April

• Trend for existing homes worsens

• FDA orders a halt to unapproved cough drugs

• Suit says real estate firms took kickbacks

• Buyout news gives a boost to stocks

• Amgen suffers another round of negative news By Daniel Costello

• Contact-lens solution is linked to eye infection By Daniel Yi

• Tribune debt may force asset sales By James Rainey and Michael A. Hiltzik

• New ‘Pirates’ film pulls in $17 million

• CalPERS opposes 4 board members

• WellPoint dividend is questioned By Lisa Girion

• Decision delayed in chip dispute

L.A. Ballet braves Balanchine test

• Morrison `would just love it’ By Tom Withers

• Birthplace marks the Duke’s 100th By Henry C. Jackson

• Viral this! By Berkeley Breathed

• How the West was really won By Robert Lloyd

• What if reality TV players faced the big gong? By Paul Brownfield

• Hockney unveils huge painting

• A kinda, sorta Russian tradition By Ann Powers

• Rosie passes from `View’ By Matea Gold

• Gaining on the outside By Tim Rutten

• Atheists in the bully pulpit By Rachel Zoll

• `Ocean’s’ crew cavorts, but seriously By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte

• Downloads By Casey Dolan

• Heiress donates to Philly art school

• Knightley accepts libel settlement

• Musical ‘13’ is going to Broadway

• Newman says goodbye to acting

• Vienna museum given artworks

• Holly’s walk will fade away

• Broadcast agency helps to revive PBS-rejected film By Paul Farhi

• Comic rapper’s CD stirs serious reaction By Agustin Gurza

Mrs. Leu, tear down that wall

• Gossip flares over books on Clinton By Stephen Braun

• Immigration judges lack apt backgrounds By Richard B. Schmitt

• Gates lauds Congress and media

• Pentagon says China is increasingly influenced by oil By Peter Spiegel

• Ill ground zero workers say U.S. failed to help By Erika Hayasaki

• Mobster, 97, gets house arrest

• A furry memento sent to GI’s family

• 3-year prison term is sought for Libby

• Man in NASA love triangle quits

• Bush signs war bill with no timetables By Richard Simon

• Bush was told twice of Iraq challenges By James Gerstenzang

• War vote gives candidates more to fight about By Scott Martelle

Leading California to water

• Bush’s draft dodge By Lawrence J. Korb and Max A. Bergmann

• Musharraf’s follies

• Free trade for Colombia

• Lebanon’s latest war

• Test-takers, not students By Janet Ewell

• Curse of the normal By Meghan Daum

Arabs make plans for a future with nuclear power

• Anti-U.S. cleric reappears in public By Saad Fakhrildeen and Alexandra Zavis

• Mexico’s troop casualties escalate along with drug war By Sam Enriquez and Carlos Martinez

• Foreign oil workers abducted in Niger Delta

• State to take over banned TV station

• Ukraine president takes over troops By David Holley

• Canadian soldier killed in bombing

• U.S., allies send military aid to Beirut

• U.S. anti-terror role criticized By Josh Meyer

• Suu Kyi’s house arrest extended

• 7 U.S. troops die as May toll nears 100 By Alexandra Zavis

• A long-tended dream is open for business By Sam Enriquez and Cecilia Sanchez

• Court case may shine light on Japan’s interrogations By Bruce Wallace