Archive for Thursday, November 01, 2007

• Hasty repair set for space By John Johnson Jr.

Final two L.A. 8 defendants cleared - After 20 years, U.S. drops efforts to deport men accused of ties to Palestinian terrorists.

• Actor Lane Garrison gets 40 months in jail for crash that killed teen By Carla Hall

• Handcuffed Carona faces federal judge By H G. Reza and Garrett Therolf, Christine Hanley

• Crews focus on ‘unburned island’ to finally contain the Santiago fire By David Haldane

• L.A. official retreats from his plan for ailing schools By Joel Rubin and Howard Blume

• Obituaries | PASSINGS - Vivian Aplin-Brownlee, 61; editor questioned article about young heroin addict

• Obituaries | PASSINGS - John H. Baker Jr., 72; former lawman also played four seasons with the L.A. Rams

• Dr. G. Tom Shires, 81; surgeon operated on Texas governor shot during JFK assassination By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• D.A. considers fire charges for boy, 10 By Megan Garvey and Jean-Paul Renaud, Andrew Blankstein

• Obituaries |PASSINGS - William Condren, 74; co-owned 1991 and 1994 Kentucky Derby winners

• Alatorre registers as L.A. lobbyist By David Zahniser and Ted Rohrlich

• Khun Sa, 74; headed narcotics empire in Southeast Asia

• Randall Forsberg, 64; founder of nuclear freeze movement in ’80s By Elaine Woo

• Picking up the pieces in San Jose

• Troupe mourns stabbing death of fellow actor By Richard Winton and Martha Groves

• Halloween with all the frills

• 30-day auto impounds reconsidered By Anna Gorman

• Bell Gardens official faces campaign charges By Hector Becerra

• INSIDE

• Judge bars new plan for executions By Henry Weinstein

• PASSINGS

• Mental health funding dispute could go to court By Scott Gold and Lee Romney

• INSIDE

• Lottery results

• IN BRIEF | Orange County - Anaheim housing issues to be addressed at forum

• Obituaries | PASSINGS - Peter Hoagland, 65; the Nebraska Democrat served three terms in Congress

• IN BRIEF | Los Angeles County | LOS ANGELES - Man gets prison, nearly $2-million fine for fraud

• High schools try to curb the seniors’ itch to ditch By Seema Mehta

• L.A. 8 background

• Olive View nurse fired after death of patient By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Who will tell him it’s time to go? By Dana Parsons

• IN BRIEF | Los Angeles County | LOS ANGELES - Law would ban dumping of homeless patients

• Time running out for deals on health, water By George Skelton

• Carona’s lawman status: What now?

Magic weighs in, and it’s heavy-duty

• DUTIFUL PATRIOTS By Sam Farmer

• Torre and Dodgers near deal By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Erickson back, baggage and all By Chris Dufresne

• New team tries scare tactics By Pete Thomas

• Text messages from press row … By Jerry Crowe

• There are a few reasons to like Virginia Tech By Lonnie White

• Hot rod season ends in Pomona By Jim Peltz

• Page 2 - HAVE I MENTIONED YOU NEED MOUTHWASH?

• NCAA awaits Bush evidence By David Wharton

• End of Kings’ winning streak is slow, painful By Lisa Dillman

• Mavericks hold James to 10 points in 92-74 victory

• Kobe not rattled by things that go boo in the night By Steve Springer

• Curiously Sweet returns in the first race at Santa Anita By Bob Mieszerski

• Man From Nocona drops in class By Bob Mieszerski

• Pressure the key against Tuitama By Chris Foster

• Leslie is back on the court

• A race to the finish for Dodgers’ spring training site By Ez and Dylan Hern

• THE TIMES’ TOP 25

• DiLuigi is fired at Canyons

• Carlyle breaks up Ducks checking line By Eric Stephens

• It’s difficult to run on the Beavers By Gary Klein

• Padres’ Cameron gets 25-game ban over stimulant

• Dunleavy wants everyone on boards By Jonathan Abrams

• Lava Man is a Classic favorite By Larry Stewart

• Torre would mean instant credibility By Helene Elliott

• Wilkinson becoming more of an inside man By Ben Bolch

• Duncan compares Howland to Belichick By Diane Pucin

• Pandolfo’s hat trick lifts Devils

• Harrison on track to play

• Schneider set to make debut By Eric Stephens

• Inside College Football - FOUR GAMES TO WATCH By Peter Yoon

Sheriff deserves Compton’s thanks

• For the Record

• Why I use animals in my research By Edythe London

• Letters to the editor

• Misplaced conservative ideals

• Keep roads open for firefighters

• For the Record

• Disabled deserve inclusion

• Haunted by answers on torture By Rosa Brooks

• For the record

• For the Record

• Collective punishment

• For the Record

• Unrealistic requirements

• For the Record

• In politicians we don’t trust

• Most state parks in burn areas reopen By Vani Rangachar

A ‘green’ solution for a parched, car-crazy region

• Sony Pictures seeks buyer for half of digital unit By Claudia Eller

• Hospital to get a new owner By Andrea Chang and Daniel Costello

• State launches crackdown on firms that flout wage, tax laws By Marc Lifsher

• Studios, writers quit talks at deadline; strike looms By Richard Verrier

• Toyota shifting gears with the Corolla By Ken Bensinger

• Media vote may be delayed By Jim Puzzanghera

• House backs funds for aid to workers By Richard Simon

• Help available in taxing times after the fires By Cyndia Zwahlen

• Post-Thanksgiving discounts begin early

• Fed cuts at end of road? By Maura Reynolds

• Computer Sciences to buy First Consulting

• Security guards’ rally to push contract talks By Molly Selvin

• Market reaction to the Fed move

• Alcatel-Lucent’s cutbacks deepen

• U.S. looks to move from Internet slow lane

• Text of the Fed’s statement

• Consider options to raise capital By Karen E. Klein

• Stocks boosted by rate cut

• Groups fight browser tracking By Alana Semuels

• State panel OKs push to meet energy goals By Elizabeth Douglass

• Clorox shares jump on earnings, acquisition

• New, free ways to track your money By Linda Stern Reuters

• Judge refuses to dismiss suit against Southland law firm

• Last-minute Hollywood labor talks break down By Richard Verrier

• Consumer spending, exports boost economy

• Offer for Affiliated Computer dies

• Cable TV-apartment deals invalidated

• In Brief | TECHNOLOGY - Cisco and Indian firm will team up

• In Brief | MEDICINE - Ev3 settles dispute with UC over coils

• In Brief | ADVERTISING - GE unit invests in texting, ad firm

• In Brief | INTERNET - ICANN to study privacy issue

• In Brief | COURTS - Glaxo wins injunction on patent rules

• In Brief | MANUFACTURING - Group faults toy factory conditions

Hit the town, read a book

• go By Pauline Oconnor

• For Parks, one curtain falls as another curtain rises By Lea Lion

• Redford came home again for ‘Lions’ – reluctantly By Geoff Boucher

• By Gina Piccalo

• AFI Fest: You can’t wait until the crowd dies down By Margaret Wappler

• SCENESTEALER By Ron Magid

• Not far from the tree By Cristy Lytal

• Español goes prime time By Ez and Maria Elena Fern

• The Short Set: Trains in Los Angeles – for kids By

• ‘Re-inventor’ helps ordinary items lead a double life By Michael Berick

• It’s your move: Ready to challenge the master? By Mindy Farabee

• She’s quickly spun herself a nice web of exclusive gigs By Charlie Amter

• QUICK TAKES - Some nations ban ‘Kingdom’

• This fan of charts is No. 1, with a bullet By Robert Hilburn

• Shelby Lynne conjures a ‘Dusty’ spirit By Ann Powers

• He makes Tibetan thangka painting go Pop By Lea Lion

• BUZZ BANDS By and Kevin Bronson

• The Hives: They’re back – and they’re buzzing with new bravado By August Brown

• 60 Seconds With … Laura Linney By Susan King

• SCREENING ROOM By Susan King

• CRITICS’ PICKS By Carina Chocano;kenneth Turan

• You might even play a little tennis By Liam Gowing

• BOOKIT - The book “Die a Little” by Meg Abbott | The buyer Jessical Biel By Josh Getlin

• Michelle Shocked By Vicki Jo Radovsky

• Malcolm McDowell By Mark Sachs

• Refereeing this NBA trio is easy By Pete Metzger

• Classic, chic and oh, so French – WeHo’s Comme Ca is just like that By S. Irene Virbila

• NIGHT LINES By and Charlie Amter

• ‘Gangster’s’ only enemy is Seinfeld By Chris Lee

• These insects aren’t bugged by technology By Lea Lion

• Neil Young, craftsman and his tools By R and Y Lewis

• American Cinemateque: ‘Tank you vedy much!’

• LAST CALL

• AFI Fest: Heady documentaries

• DON’T MISS

• Don’t betray a confidence about cancer

• THE REEL LESS TRAVELED By Kevin Crust

• Brand New: A loftier brand of emo

• Carole Caroompas exhibit at Western Project

• AFI Fest: Lofty discussions will ensue

• The Tiger Lillies: A salute, sort of

• Underwood rides to the top in sales By Todd Martens

• Barrel Mailbu: Roll out the barrel

• ‘The Attack of the Giant Nuts’

• ‘Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi’: Doomed to repeat it

• Lift: New in town

• Arpa International Film Festival: Multicultural visions

• Wineworks for Everyone: The super bowl truffle

• Gilliam casts Ledger, Plummer and Waits in new fantasy

• EIGHT THINGS

• Blvd’s: Food gone pricey

• DON’T MISS

• Red Kross, the best medicine

• Mission San Juan Capistrano

• Mélisse: Are you game?

• Adrian Tomine: Graphic messages

• DON’T MISS

• LETTERS

• A film critic in the Henry James mode By David Thomson

• Youth is served up

• DON’T MISS

• V Lounge’s ‘Malibu Scream’

• Alejandro Gehry, Brian Biedul at DCA Fine Art

• You down with BFG?

• Here’s the word

• Horoscope: Nov. 1 By Holiday Mathis

• “Midsummer”: Don’t forget about me

• Los Angeles County Arboretum’s Bookworms

• DON’T MISS

• Tracey Emin exhibition at Gagosian Gallery By Paul Young

• The Enabler

• Lawrence Wright: All in the details

• ‘Medieval Treasures’ at the Getty Center

• Taps Brewery: the brew crew

• He makes Tibetan thangka painting go Pop By Lea Lion

• 60 Seconds With … Laura Linney By Susan King

• Sommeliers Drink: Pieter Verheyde

• UNDERRATED OVERRATED

• Moore unplugs, turns on By John Payne

• IAMX: Disco redux

• DON’T MISS

• ‘Damn Yankees’

• A SCATTERED LIFE By Geoff Boucher

• Leslie Bixler and the Moonfood Band: Otherwordly nutrition

• ‘Spiritual Sounds of Central Asia’

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Darude: No calm after the ‘Sandstorm’

• Intertribal Arts Marketplace: Tribal treasures

• Cedric the Entertainer at Cerritos Center

• A musical way-back machine By Don Heckman

• THE GLUTTON

• Henny Garfunkel: Candid camera

• So many movies, so little time: What not to miss at AFI Fest

• QUICK TAKES - Mills McCartney talks about split

• What fire? It’s all OK, honey By Billy Frolick

• ‘Doubt: A Parable’: No doubt about it

• BREAKING THE SILENCE

• Robbie Rivera

• QUICK TAKES - Brit PM won’t go on ‘The Simpsons’

• ‘The Full Monty’ in Costa Mesa

• QUICK TAKES - Elfman writes score for Tharp ballet By Chris Pasles

• QUICK TAKES - FINALLY

• NOT SO SEXY AFTER ALL

• HIGHLAND PARK KUDOS

Is there truthiness to his ‘08 bid?

• Bush insider Hughes quits administration By Paul Richter

• Tide may be turning on Mukasey nomination By Richard B. Schmitt

• The Nation - STILL PRESSING THEIR CASE

• Bush picks new agriculture secretary By James Gerstenzang

• Clinton’s rivals see an opening By Peter Nicholas and Michael Finnegan

• Hawaii’s lawmakers vote to relaunch grounded Superferry

• ‘Broker to the Stars’ found dead in her N.Y. penthouse By Andrew Strickler

• Court hears enemy combatant case

• Illegal immigrant licenses drive debate By Nicole Gaouette and Joe Mathews

• ILLINOIS

• Rumsfeld memos reveal musings

• A side trip to Roswell on the road to the White House By Robin Abcarian

• In jail, Jeffs renounced church role

• Nation in Brief / WASHINGTON STATE - Chimp who knew sign language dies

• Nation in Brief / VIRGINIA - GOP Sen. Warner hospitalized again

• Unlikely healthcare alliance forming By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Nation in Brief / PENNSYLVANIA - Officer critically injured in holdup

• Nation in Brief / ARIZONA - Woman held after son dies in car

• Nation in Brief / NEW JERSEY - Man pleads guilty in Ft. Dix case

• Nation in Brief / ILLINOIS - Ex-Gov. Ryan is step closer to prison

• Enemies, on the same page By Amos Oz

• AT LATIMES.COM/OPINION

• Testing Clinton

• Pump up safety

• Turn in the badge

• A candidate for our time By Patt Morrison

CASA CALIFORNIA

• Salvaged memories

• The art of the living roof By Debra Prinzing

• Bisazza’s gold standard By David A. Keeps

• When pets must evacuate By Bettijane Levine and Nancy Yoshihara

• It’s time to sow what you’ll reap

• After the fire, how are they?

• Gallerie gets in on Z fun By David A. Keeps

• Period pieces that lean toward hip By David A. Keeps

• Now is the time to plant just about anything – bulbs, vegetables, trees, California natives By Robert Smaus

• Differing views of a transformed Venice bungalow

• Tips for greening any rooftop

• Call her Daddy’s little Leno By Chris Erskine

• Crafts at center stage

• When a fire hits, sense may flee

• When words pull our heartstrings

• For the record

• Differing views of a transformed Venice bungalow

Indonesian president turns on the schmaltz

• 21 convicted in Madrid train blasts By Tracy Wilkinson

• Olmert’s frankness about cancer breaks new ground By Richard Boudreaux

• Britain to hand over control in Basra By Said Rifai and Doug Smith

• Circling the black taxicabs By Kim Murphy

• Measure aiding Franco’s victims advances By Tracy Wilkinson

• Iraqi civilian deaths plunge in last 60 days By Ned Parker

• His fluent Arabic was a handicap By Raed Rafei

• Timeline

• Flooding in wake of storm raises toll

• RUSSIA

• Compelled Iraq duty angers U.S. envoys

• World in Brief / FRANCE - Sarkozy pay jump draws criticism

• World in Brief / MEXICO - Flooding victims seek shelter

• World in Brief / MYANMAR - Monks defy junta, resume protests

• World in Brief / VATICAN CITY - Pontiff to meet with Saudi king

• World in Brief / RUSSIA - Bus bombing leaves 8 dead, 60 injured