Archive for Friday, November 09, 2007

• Cervical cancer risk tracks pill usage By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Black holes spit high-energy rays By John Johnson Jr.

• Number of U.S. smokers stays steady By Jia-Rui Chong

• Italian musician uncovers hidden music in Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’

Artists are sharply divided over project near L.A. River

• She had her wits about her and she wasn’t afraid to show it By Steve Harvey

• The talk of the Reagan library By Steve Chawkins and Catherine Saillant

• UCI gave Bren say in dean selection UCI gave Orange County billionaire input in selection of dean By Garrett Therolf and Tony Barboza, Henry Weinstein

• Puppies worth $20,000 stolen By Tami Abdollah

• Authorities seek arsonist in Riverside County fires By Maeve Reston

• Oil oozes in S.F. Bay after ship hits bridge By Eric Bailey

• Marilyn Martinez, 52; comic performed with Latina comedy groups By Mary Rourke

• Is Carona stained by paintball lease? By Christine Hanley and Garrett Therolf

• Pair charged in string of robberies

• Experts seek clues to raging firestorms By Scott Gold and Hector Becerra

• An unsmiling James K. Hahn has returned to L.A. City Hall By Bob Pool

• Fred W. McDarrah, 81; photographer for the Village Voice

• A canvas for a comet

• INSIDE

• INSIDE

• INSIDE

• USC probes grant breach By Walter F. Roche Jr.

• D.A. reviewing results of child welfare audit By Jack Leonard

• Man killed by wood chipper identified By David Haldane

• Lottery results

• Marine tells of abusive treatment By Tony Perry

• Amid shaky finances, LAPD hiring quarrel escalates By , Duke Helf, and Steve Hymon

• Jurors rule for Caruso in suit By Stuart Silverstein

• PASSINGS

• Police and FBI downplay L.A. terrorist threat By Greg Krikorian

• Deadly Harris fire incident detailed in report By Richard Marosi

• Search for Great Park chief falters By William Heisel

• LAPD to build data on Muslim areas By Paul Pringle and Richard Winton, Jean-Paul Renaud

• Angeles National Forest pot farms raided By Andrew Blankstein

• Judges weighing Navy’s sonar use vs. safety of sea life By Kenneth R. Weiss

• Critics see state Senate candidate’s footprint in nonprofit’s ‘green’ mailer By Patrick Mcgreevy

This week in motor racing - GEARING UP

• UCLA’s Rasshan back where he started By Chris Foster

• Ward, Jakubiec are serving big-time apprenticeships By Eric Sondheimer

• Clippers haven’t been torn apart By Bill Plaschke

• It may be as easy as one, two, three By Thomas Bonk

• Gordon looks to heat up in desert By Jim Peltz

• Arizona State’s Carpenter forgets about the past By David Wharton

• Year of the upsets continues By Robyn Norwood

• Love’s debut should be of more than passing interest By Diane Pucin

• Online poll

• Underdog Irish keep their label By Lonnie White

• Can Chargers bring numbers? By Christine Daniels

• Former Dutch star Gullit to coach Galaxy By Grahame L. Jones

• Handzus helps the Kings jump ahead By Lonnie White

• Angels’ Kendrick a priority for Marlins By Bill Shaikin

• Wiping the slate clean By Lance Pugmire

• Garcia gets wave of support for return to elite tour By Pete Thomas

• Lakers’ Walton is first to put everyone else first By Bill Dwyre

• Time for Coliseum to step aside By Sam Farmer

• Defense, goaltending are tops on to-do list By Lonnie White

• Mattingly: bridesmaid to groomed? By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Hernych says he was asked to throw matches By Lisa Dillman

• Late score lifts No. 6 West Virginia

• La Serna’s Lopez wins Southern Section girls’ golf title

• WEEK 10 MATCHUPS

• A reinvigorated Kaman gives Clippers an edge By Lonnie White

• Shula backs off his asterisk comment

• Lindros is calling it quits

• NASCAR champion is in the eye of the beholder By Ed Hinton

• Roles have flip-flopped for centers By Mike Bresnahan

• AP TOP 25

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Cassell excels at getting defenders pumped up By Jonathan Abrams

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Report: Mitchell probe may name 11 free agents By Thomas Bonk

• TONIGHT

• Stern: NBA won’t return to Seattle if team leaves

• Booty says the rust will be history against Cal By Gary Klein

• De La Hoya wants his next bout to be at Dodger Stadium By Lance Pugmire

• INSIDE

• Plenty of roadwork ahead By Ben Bolch

• UCLA defense to get stern test with Carpenter By Chris Foster

• AP WOMEN’S TOP 25

• Another stern test for defense

• MIXED SIGNALS

• Bay Area oil spill closes parks, beaches By Jane Engle

• Grand Canyon National Park issues warning after biologist dies from plague By Jane Engle

The gender card

• Support for more deportations

• Letters to the editor

• For the record

• For the Record

• For the Record

• Supermarkets are a business

• For the Record

• Hospital addition is sorely needed

• For the Record

• Solidarity, sort of By Joel Stein

• Jihad museum glorifies violence

• For the Record

• For the Record

• Trust in traditions

• For the Record

• For the Record

• Neighborhood councils

• For the Record

• Other views on TV news

British food it’s not Shoppers find Fresh & Easy a blend of Trader Joe’s and Ralphs

• Gov. sues U.S. over clean-air standards By Marc Lifsher

• Retailers post weak October gains By Leslie Earnest

• STRIKE REPORT - Pressure on both camps grows - Five top talent agencies, pushed by their worried clients, try to persuade Hollywood writers and studios to resume talks. By Andrea Chang and Claudia Eller, Richard Verrier

• Health insurer tied bonuses to dropping sick policyholders By Lisa Girion

• A sinking feeling on ‘Small World’ ride By Kimi Yoshino

• Central banks in Europe, Britain hold rates steady

• Ohio to issue subpoenas to lenders

• Cost cutting narrows loss at Ford By Ken Bensinger

• McClatchy charge at $1.37 billion

• Stocks pull back further

• Women turn tables on men in boardroom

• Fed chief fails to calm jittery stock markets By Maura Reynolds and Walter Hamilton

• Battle for Rio Tinto is possible

• Restoration Hardware to be acquired

• Sotheby’s shares drop after auction

• Fed chief sees resilient economy By Maura Reynolds

• S&P slashes State Street CDO rating

• Countrywide critics slam board’s pay By E. Scott Reckard and Kathy M. Kristof

• Lackluster sales

• Qualcomm’s profit soars on chip sales

• TiVo to sell data to advertisers

• Parks fuel 12% gain in profit at Disney By Thomas S. Mulligan

• Earnings Roundup - Fremont sees net income fall 38%

• Earnings Roundup - Loss at Charter widens; sales rise

• In Brief / HOUSING - Toll Bros. gives revenue warning

• In Brief / THE ECONOMY - Data on jobless claims are mixed

• Wall Street Roundup - Investors demand higher bond yields

• Earnings Roundup - Vonage loss grows to $161.8 million

• Earnings Roundup - Clear Channel’s profit rises 51%

• Anemia drug labels rewritten with stronger risk warnings

• In Brief / THE ECONOMY - Regulator faults Cuomo in N.Y.

• In Brief / AUTOS - Ford wins reversal in suit over SUV

• Earnings Roundup - Expenses at CPK drag down profit

• In Brief / THE ECONOMY - Mortgage rates down across board

• In Brief / AIRLINES - United to add fare surcharge

• Wall Street Roundup - S&P slashes State Street CDO rating

• Earnings Roundup - More results

Monster task is a struggle

• Bengston frames his retirement By Holly Myers

• As a matter of policy, ‘Lions’ doesn’t play By Carina Chocano

• Put the picket line to good use, folks By Mary Mcnamara

• They, and their love, survived the Holocaust By Kevin Crust

• Here comes trouble By Kenneth Turan

• De-scribing the scene By Nicole Laporte

• ‘Piano’ played at full volume By Charlotte Stoudt, David Ng, David C. Nichols, and Daryl H. Miller

• Try branching out, viewers By Robert Lloyd

• Burkle’s pals turn out for fire victims By Tina Daunt

• One man’s losing battle against racism By Lewis Segal

• The Brothers Claus By Carina Chocano

• Actors not at a loss for words By Andrea Chang, Greg Braxton, Christopher Reynolds, and Maria Elena Fernandez

• Seeger proves it’s the singer, not the song By Rafer Guzman

• Zonked out of her mind By Dennis Lim

• Humor gets lost in strike’s shuffle By Peter Tolan

• Intrigued by shyness in ‘Choking Man’ By Kevin Crust

• ‘Life of Reilly’ does Charles Nelson well By Robert Abele and Gary Goldstein

• Security, liberties clash in ‘Culture’ By Carina Chocano

• Can’t hold them back By Serena Kim

• QUICK TAKES - O’Brien was priest’s prey, police say

• ‘Yankees’ shows heart and soul By Charles Mcnulty

• Kids find joy despite nightmarish setting By Kenneth Turan

• Kid gloves, or is he just adolescent?

• Horoscope: Nov. 9 By Holiday Mathis

• The new sport of gifting

• Duo brings drama to sonatas By Mark Swed

• Cooking with vibes at the Jazz Bakery By Don Heckman

• Peter Tolan’s diary

• Judds to reunite at Stagecoach By Geoff Boucher

• Swift is the word at the CMA awards show By R and Y Lewis

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Michelin ratings

• Michelin stars unofficially align for L.A. By Betty Hallock

• The overlooked war scenes in Italy By Tony Perry

• QUICK TAKES - FINALLY

• QUICK TAKES - La Scala strike derails concert

• QUICK TAKES - Polanski tapped to direct ‘Ghost’

• QUICK TAKES - Publisher plans green initiative

• QUICK TAKES - Painting sets Chinese record

Free-trade deal divides Democrats

• Mukasey confirmed as attorney general By Richard B. Schmitt

• Case could turn on eyewitness By Carol J. Williams

• Iowa crowds give an amen to Huckabee By Stephanie Simon

• Unwinding vets’ red tape By James Gerstenzang

• Guerra wins 5 Latin Grammys with ‘Llave de Mi Corazon’

• Simpson accused in testimony By Ashley Powers

• If it is the economy, GOP hopefuls may be in trouble By Peter Nicholas

• Senate hands Bush his first veto override By Richard Simon

• Kerik may be thorn anew for Giuliani By Katie Thomas

• Simpson stole memorabilia, sports dealer testifies By Michael Muskal and Ashley Powers

• Settling Vioxx claims may cost Merck $5 billion

• Bill Clinton taps discontent and nostalgia in Iowa By Louise Roug

• How California representatives voted

• MARYLAND

• A GOP stalemate on states’ calendars

• Nation in Brief / COLORADO - Savings may delay need for water

• MARYLAND - Nation in Brief / WYOMING - Ground is swelling under Yellowstone

• Nation in Brief / VIRGINIA - Ship run aground to prevent sinking

• Nation in Brief / VIRGINIA - Breeder to give up nearly 1,000 dogs

• Nation in Brief / MARYLAND - Man who shot Wallace to be released

• The Blackwater ‘hole’

• Red-ink realism

• A mixed blessing

• RONALD BROWNSTEIN - Idealism, with results By Ronald Brownstein

Peaceful memorial to Arafat rises in chaotic land he ruled

• Panel acquits GI of murder By Ned Parker

• In peace bid, Karzai opens up to Taliban By Henry Chu

• Anti-drug chief cites rising prices as sign of success By Chris Kraul

• Police ring Bhutto home in crackdown By Henry Chu

• Georgian vote shifted to January By Kim Murphy

• Angry about crime, Italy zeroes in on foreigners By Tracy Wilkinson

• Japan’s police see no evil By Bruce Wallace

• Defense chief Gates tells Japan to take on a larger global role By Julian E. Barnes

• Myanmar will let Suu Kyi meet followers By Maggie Farley

• IRELAND

• World in Brief / SOMALIA - Ethiopian soldier’s corpse is stoned

• World in Brief / ITALY - U.S. Army copter crashes; 5 dead

• World in Brief / IRAQ - U.S. frees nine seized Iranians

• World in Brief / IRELAND - Reputed chief of IRA held in tax evasion