Archive for Thursday, November 15, 2007

• Cloned monkey embryos a ‘giant step’ for stem cells By Thomas H. Maugh II and Karen Kaplan

Group envisions a downtown look for Little Saigon

• Treatment replaced by turmoil By Scott Gold and Lee Romney

• Panic strikes out at O.C. stadium terrorism drill

• Monty Westmore, 84; member of legendary family of makeup artists By Dennis Mclellan

• Volunteers make their mark on middle school

• Shades of gray in fiction By Maria L. La Ganga

• Nuns facing eviction get help By Rebecca Trounson

• Judy Arnold, 68; theatrical producer in L.A., N.Y., London

• Going nowhere

• Street-racing days are over

• Wanna be in pictures? Tag in Montebello By Tami Abdollah

• 3rd man sought in Inglewood slayings By Victoria Kim

• Suit accuses car rental firms of price-fixing By Patrick Mcgreevy and Jean-Paul Renaud

• Francine Carroll, 83; ran TV production firm with husband

• Getting specific in training

• Lawmakers told to fix budget now By Evan Halper

• Chris Gugas, 86; leading polygraph expert found that in 30,000 tests, 70% were truthful By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Carona’s corruption trial date set By H G. Reza

• Ex-Marine drill instructor convicted of mistreating recruits at boot camp By Tony Perry

• Six are held in bogus labels probe By Greg Krikorian

• Thief in car drags woman 300 yards By Jennifer Delson

• UCLA adopts new rules for dental school admissions By Larry Gordon and Richard C. Paddock

• Orange Freeway in Anaheim to close By Jennifer Delson

• Headless animals found on beaches By Jennifer Delson

• Plans will wither as money dries up By George Skelton

• Service is set for Laraine Day

• Is there room for 1 more at ex-Marines’ table? By Dana Parsons

• E-mail hints at big donor’s identity By Janet Wilson

• Richest city council to get richer By Steve Hymon

• LAPD’s Muslim mapping plan killed By Teresa Watanabe and Richard Winton

• Exec pleads against punitive damages By John Spano

• Love and loss

• INSIDE

• PASSINGS

• Reputed prison gangster killed By Sam Quinones

• INSIDE

• Injunction sought for L.A. gang

• Lottery results

• Bob Holbert, 84; early Porsche dealer raced the cars on pro circuits

• L.A. lawmakers getting 4% raises By Steve Hymon

Sitting Ducks

• Looking for success on road By Ben Bolch

• Lakers climb over Rockets By Mike Bresnahan

• Join in, you know the words By Thomas Bonk

• Text messages from press row … By Jerry Crowe

• Ducks try to find cure for Cup hangover By Helene Elliott

• Clippers own Knicks in L.A. By Jonathan Abrams

• A-Rod, Yankees get back together By Mike Digiovanna

• Bettors warm up to the Ducks By Lonnie White

• UCLA shows drawing power By Diane Pucin

• Staff scrambles to tweak offense for Rasshan By Chris Foster

• Here’s the deal: Boras is called out By Bill Shaikin

• Trip a family affair for Griffen By Gary Klein

• Bertuzzi takes steps toward returning By Eric Stephens and Lisa Dillman

• Missed day costs Marbury $180,000 By Jonathan Abrams

• D Pirates Marker returns to Hollywood Park By Bob Mieszerski

• Event will offer option to NIT By Robyn Norwood

• Roddick reaches semifinals, sets up match with Federer By Lisa Dillman and Bob Mieszerski

• {Celtics (7-0) earn their best start in 35 years} {Rondo, Allen comes to the rescue of Boston’s off-key big three in a 91-69 victory over New Jersey.}

• Jackson’s remark earns rebuke By Mike Bresnahan

• Pacific 10 suspends instant-replay crew

• UCLA women’s depth upends Northridge, 81-69 By Dan Arritt

• Why Czech Rumors is back for more By Bob Mieszerski

• Lasch proving to be a stalwart on skates By Jim Barrero

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Dolphins’ Williams is reinstated by NFL

• Wade doesn’t help as Seattle wins first

• Wedge, Melvin win awards By Dylan Hernandez;

• THE TIMES’ TOP 25

• Sitting DUCKS

• Mission Viejo to forfeit two games for ineligible player

• Dodgers to play host to Red Sox in March By Ez and Dylan Hern

• FOUR GAMES TO WATCH - NO. 18 BOSTON COLLEGE (8-2) AT NO. 15 CLEMSON (8-2) By Peter Yoon

• NO. 22 KENTUCKY (7-3) AT NO. 8 GEORGIA (8-2) By Peter Yoon

• TONIGHT / MEN / NONCONFERENCE By Peter Yoon

• FOUR GAMES TO WATCH - NO. 5 WEST VIRGINIA (8-1) AT NO. 21 CINCINNATI (8-2) By Peter Yoon

• FOUR GAMES TO WATCH - NO. 7 OHIO STATE (10-1) AT NO. 23 MICHIGAN (8-3) By Peter Yoon

The back story of the writers strike

• For the Record

• So George, still good on Pakistan? By Rosa Brooks

• Blackwater’s loopholes By Jeremy Scahill

• Freeze the fees By John Garamendi and John Oakley

• For the Record

• For the record

• Getting teachers to give back

• For the Record

• When the CIA comes calling By R. James Woolsey

• Corporations over people

• For the Record

• The many sides of Harold Hay

• For the Record

• Divvy up funds or divide the state?

• For the Record

• For the Record

• For the Record

Strike’s effects ripple beyond studio gates

• NYSE chief Thain to lead Merrill Lynch By Walter Hamilton

• DeGeneres won’t tape in N.Y. By Matea Gold

• SBA does more with less in L.A. By Cyndia Zwahlen

• Blue Collar comics get a home on Web By Joseph Menn

• RARE GEM

• Vioxx deal may cause pain By Daniel Costello

• Gas-free cars will soon hit streets By Ken Bensinger

• Delta, United deny merger talks By Peter Pae

• Macy’s swings to profit; sales forecast sinks shares

• VeriSign, following IAC, to sell off units

• List of safest new cars almost triples

• Chevron to pay $30 million to settle Iraq oil-for-food charges

• Uncertainly pulls down markets

• Radiating pain

• Fed chief to shed light on the process

• IRS says more than 115,000 people due $110 million in refund checks By From The Associated Press

• Prices of homes at 2005 levels By Peter Y. Hong and Annette Haddad

• LAX Hilton flagged on labor rules By Molly Selvin

• Lawsuit against Apple rejected

• Split views on Poizner pick By Marc Lifsher

• Ford giving plug-in hybrids to California power company By From The Associated Press

• Modest hike in retail sales

• A 2nd union weighs its talks By Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier

• Inland Empire warehouse deals By Roger Vincent

• Wall Street Roundup - Och-Ziff offering raises $1.15 billion

• Clear vision and plan help lure top execs By Karen E. Klein

• In Brief | EARNINGS - Quarterly profit plunges at Vivendi

• In Brief | FAST FOOD - A lower offer for Wendy’s

• In Brief | TELECOM - Qualcomm invests in mobile banking

• In Brief | LABOR - UAW members approve Ford pact

• In Brief | ENTERTAINMENT - DreamWorks to buy back some shares

• In Brief | REAL ESTATE - Sperry Van Ness buys JBM Realty

• In Brief | FOOD PRODUCTS - McCormick to get Lawry’s Line

• In Brief | INTERNET - Google deal in EU privacy debate

• Wall Street Roundup - Fed chief to shed light on the process

Take a little trip and see

• SCENESTEALER By Ron Magid

• Unusual suspect By Chris Lee

• Surf’s up for Wayne Thiebaud By Christopher Knight

• go By Pauline Oconnor

• ‘Kite Runner’: If they loved the book … By Robert W. Welkos

• QUICK TAKES - Who’s waiting for a script? Daltrey By Geoff Boucher

• Bringing out the artists behind the art By Mike Boehm

• A sight to behold, but not to love By Pete Metzger

• Thanks to restoration, a children’s classic rises again By Susan King

• AT THE MOVIES - Philip Bosco: The actor has logged five decades in film, TV and theater. For his role in ‘The Savages,’ he keeps sentiment at bay. By Paul Brownfield

• Soggy plot hinders ‘Brutus’ By F. Kathleen Foley

• Feeling adventurous? Let your taste buds do some exploring with LudoBites By S. Irene Virbila

• With Tiger Army, commitment runs deep By Giselle Zado Wasfie

• When the sun sets, Breed Street becomes a roadside cafeteria By and Cynthia Dea

• French house DJ David Guetta likely to feel at home in the U.S. By Charlie Amter

• THE FIVE THIS WEEK SUSHI SPRAWL By Mindy Farabee

• Bruce McCulloch By Vicky Jo Radovsky

• Night Lines: Hopscotch at the Custom Hotel opens Saturday By and Charlie Amter

• AT THE MOVIES | CRITICS’ PICKS - “Control” By Carina Chocano

• How a pulp novel became a film classic By David L. Ulin

• Getting from here – oof! – to there By Liam Gowing

• WITH THE KIDS - THE SHORT SET: FREE-TAIL

• The glamour of the grub By Deborah Netburn

• These Tamales don’t intend to be the blue woman group By Melinda Newman

• ‘Beowulf’ is in a fight with itself By John Horn

• The body language of the female form By Alex Chun

• Paola Turbay By Mark Sachs

• WITH THE KIDS - They use child labor at LACMA’s Boone Gallery By Donnell Alexander

• AT THE MOVIES - BOOK IT - The book “The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness and Civil Rights” By Prentice Earl Sanders and Bennett Cohen The buyer DreamWorks By Josh Getlin

• MUSIC - BUZZ BANDS By Kevin Bronson

• MUSIC - 60 Seconds With … The B-52’s Fred Schneider By Steve Baltin

• Screening Room By and Susan King

• DON’T MISS

• Ich bin ein Angeleno

• Tim Minchin: Getting laughs in the right key

• 60 Seconds With … The B-52’s Fred Schneider By Steve Baltin

• ‘A Unicorn Is Born!’ plus cupcakes

• The Reel Less Traveled By Kevin Crust

• Hawkins House of Burgers: Food gone wild

• DON’T MISS

• EIGHT THINGS

• Kirstine Roepstorff: Taking a collage road trip

• Whirling Dervishes of Turkey: Go for a whirl

• Anaheim White House: Let it snow

• DON’T MISS

• Sushi Girl: Keep rolling

• DON’T MISS

• Hey, kids, let’s put on a show

• Battle Royale (with cheese)

• Back Door Slam lays it down without turning it up By Mikael Wood

• The future is practically written By Peter Tolan

• Listen up

• Farewell, Nickel Creek

• Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal: Fully modern

• Tallyho, Ballyhoo

• The Five Crowns: Release the Beaujolais!

• PXL THIS 17: GET PIXELATED IN VENICE

• A Sampler of Events Featuring Lowriders

• Say Anything

• Madame Chocolat: Curbside sweets

• Girlfriend should be benched

• Ecstasy: Yes, this kind is legal

• DON’T MISS

• Beaujolais Nouveau 2007: Raise a glass

• Keeping secret makes for one close shave By Wendy Jaffe

• ‘The Snow Dragon’: Santa has wings?

• The Point in Culver City

• ‘American Gangster’ is Jay-Z’s 10th No. 1 album By Todd Martens

• Buzz Bands: Eulogies By

• El Capitan’s Enchanted Experience

• Calendar’s Calendar

• America, This Is You

• Owners Eat

• UNDERRATED OVERRATED

• Horoscope: Nov. 15 By Holiday Mathis

• Slow dancing with Fred Claus

• USA Fellows for 2007

• Sawdust Art Festival’s Winter Fantasy: A flurry of art

• LAST CALL

• Feast and the Field Trip

• You should be dancing, yeah!

• AT THE MOVIES | CRITICS’ PICKS - “War/Dance” By Kenneth Turan

• Achingly uplifting

• RESTAURANTS - THE GLUTTON

• A SAN PEDRO INSTITUTION

• ‘Lost Highway’

• Thanks, Pascal

• QUICK TAKES - Age is no object for Medal of Arts By Mike Boehm

• QUICK TAKES - Paul: Web Beatles ‘ready to go’ By Randy Lewis

• QUICK TAKES - Broadway negotiations to resume

• IT REALLY DOES RATE

• … AND SOME DISMAY

• NIGHT LIFE - THE ENABLER

• ART - UNTITLED By Paul Young

• Poetry of Peace Culture Jam

• A SCATTERED LIFE By Geoff Boucher

• DON’T MISS

• SOME PRAISE …

• A wild cry

• Ellen Degeneres cancels New York taping after writers vow to picket By Matea Gold

Simpson will stand trial again

• The Nation - A PLEDGE AND A VOW

• The Nation - 50 ARRESTED IN PORT PROTEST

• Nation in Brief / WASHINGTON D.C. - Fund set up for Gonzales’ legal bills

• Religious right is altering course By Mark Z. Barabak and Stephanie Simon

• U.S. House committee approves San Joaquin River settlement By Erica Werner

• Bishops take stand on faith and politics By Theo Milonopoulos

• WASHINGTON D.C.

• Official’s brother has Blackwater ties By Paul Richter

• Antiwar bill passes the House By Noam N. Levey

• Driver’s license plan dropped By Erika Hayasaki

• Hawaii’s Superferry service OKd

• Doctor barred by state helps in U.S. executions By Henry Weinstein

• TSA denies tipping airport screeners to tests By Nicole Gaouette

• New attorney general sworn in By Richard B. Schmitt and Johanna Neuman

• Vietnam-era novel wins National Book Award

• Nevada not feeling the 2008 campaign love By Scott Martelle

• Charges faced by Simpson

• Nation in Brief / PENNSYLVANIA - Teen is charged in officers’ shootings

• Nation in Brief / TEXAS - Priest pleads guilty in inmate sex case

• Bush’s Latin America drug plan criticized By Tina Marie Macias

• Nation in Brief / WASHINGTON D.C. - 35.5 million report going hungry

• AT LATIMES.COM/OPINION

• Repression rubies

• Test of tolerance

• Who you gonna call?

The air in there: It’s not pretty

• Building by the numbers By Jeff Spurrier

• Worms, our waste warriors By Joe Robinson

• How fat is my home? By Craig Nakano

• Hottest seat in town By Jeff Spurrier

• Where rubber meets the room By Lisa Boone

• Better, cleaner burn By Nancy Yoshihara

• More than just succulents

• It’s a small world – still By Chris Erskine

• Going to green on the Web

• higher

• Chasing away the impurities By Jeff Spurrier

• More than just succulents

• DATEBOOK

• Why not living roofs for DIYers?

• You see inspired, but it’s just plain

• Guerra Estate restoration

• For more information

Despite outcry, Chavez plan likely to pass

• Hurdles remain in forging a united anti-Musharraf front By Henry Chu

• Their pre-winter of discontent By John M. Glionna

• World in Brief / CHILE - 7.7 temblor rocks coastal area; 2 dead

• Quitting army a risky proposition for Musharraf By Laura King

• Brown unveils anti-terrorism strategy By Kim Murphy

• Pakistan military’s No. 2 seen as poker-faced, apolitical figure By Laura King

• Russia oil wealth blackens mood By Megan K. Stack and Sergei L. Loiko

• U.N. nuclear report will likely note Iran cooperation By Maggie Farley

• Hard-line Iraqi clerics group shut down By Ned Parker

• Ex-Khmer Rouge figure is hospitalized By Charles Mcdermid and Heng Reaksmey

• CHILE

• World in Brief / CHINA - 6 workers killed in elevator accident

• World in Brief / POLAND - 6 troops charged in Afghan deaths

• World in Brief / FRANCE - Transit strike over benefits overhaul

• World in Brief / GEORGIA - Emergency rule to end Friday