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What happened on October 28, 2007
NEWS
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Taiwan aiming to turn fortified beach into resort By Peter Enav, Associated Press
Russia space facility takes on bigger role By Mansur Mirovalev, Associated Press
F-16 crashes are up; human error partly blamed By Scott Lindlaw, Associated Press
Train tickets that don't take you very far By Scott Sonner, Associated Press
Women adding a second (or third) job: farmer By Chris Parker, The Morning Call
Students shed light on a Holocaust hero By Kirsten Scharnberg, Chicago Tribune
BOOKS
Bestsellers
The utopian apocalypse By Michael Joseph Gross, Michael Joseph Gross is the author of "Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame."
One serious feller By Ben Ehrenreich, Ben Ehrenreich is the author of the novel "The Suitors."
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
The life of Mr. E = MC 2 By Sara Lippincott, Sara Lippincott is an assistant editor of Book Review.
Reality check By Jesse Cohen, Jesse Cohen is the series editor of "The Best American Science Writing."
His habit of mind By James Marcus, James Marcus is the author of "Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.Com Juggernaut," translator of several books from the Italian and proprietor of the blog House of Mirth.
Man of the people By Jon Meacham, Jon Meacham, the editor of Newsweek, is the author of "American Gospel" and "Franklin and Winston."
Extra-celestial By Nick Owchar
Paperbacks
A year in the life By Heller Mcalpin, Heller McAlpin is a critic whose reviews have appeared in Newsday, the San Francisco Chronicle and a variety of other publications.
Honky- tonk angel By Rj Smith, RJ Smith is the author of "The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African-American Renaissance." He is a senior editor at Los Angeles magazine.
This Week in Calendar
ENTERTAINMENT
Smooth operators By Mary Mcnamara
Saving Britney: To buy or not to buy By Stephanie Lysaght
Varied cultures, common chords By Elijah Wald, Special to The Times
Don't call it a comeback By Chris Lee, Times Staff Writer
Dr. Hahn, you are wanted in surgery By Choire Sicha, Special to The Times
On-screen and off, a melodrama By Susan King, Times Staff Writer
Thinking inside a box By Michael J. Ybarra, Special to The Times
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'Spider-Man 3' arrives just in time By Susan King
Tests of faith in 'Compass' By Gina Piccalo, Times Staff Writer
Grammy-worthy work By Ann Powers;richard Cromelin;randy Lewis;agustin Gurza;greg Burk;don Heckman
Reliving the many upsides of 'Life' By Kate Aurthur, Times Staff Writer
Mystery Solved By Christine N. Ziemba
Time to hear from the other half
A fond look back at Buck Owens
Sidney Lumet, modern master By Mark Olsen, Special to The Times
Bedeviled by lack of laughs By Jon Caramanica, Special to The Times
It's alive! By Josh Getlin, Times Staff Writer
Superflat World By Bruce Wallace, Times Staff Writer
Honoring the scare givers By Jenny Sundel
Politics, social issues and some hard knocks get the attention of Terence Blanchard By Lynell George
Sure bets in uncertain times By Ann Powers, Times Staff Writer
Radiohead -- not just music By Randy Lewis
Women's wit withheld
The background notes from the 20th century By Scott Timberg, Times Staff Writer
'Twin Peaks' gets its due at last By Dennis Lim, Special to The Times
Watch him grow up (a little) By Paul Brownfield, Times Staff Writer
'Guitar Hero' and those Backstreet Boys rock on By Deborah Netburn
The gift of growing pains By Robert Lloyd, Times Staff Writer
Vegoose finds its niche By Richard Abowitz, Special to The Times
The land of the short, cheap and sponsored By David Sarno, Times Staff Writer
Creativity Corner
Halloween thrill rides
Jokes & Riddles
'The Hunt for Halloween' By Lola Di Giulio De Maci, Special to The Times
OPINION
Make 'No Child' honest
Belief systems
A future with the Clintons
Bad sign for Iran's moderates
Water wars
Legislating clean
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The arsonist in us By Dave Gardetta, Dave Gardetta is a senior writer at Los Angeles magazine and the author of a cover story in the current issue about the May 8 fire in Griffith Park.
A vote for fairness By Alexander Keyssar, Alexander Keyssar is a professor of history and social policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Hot topic By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
The Red album By Peter Radetsky, Peter Radetsky is the author of "The Soviet Image: A Hundred Years of Photographs from Inside the Tass Archives," which includes the photos seen here. It was published this month by Chronicle Books.
Stark, raving By Swati Pandey
Accompanying history By Alex Ross, Alex Ross, the music critic of the New Yorker, is the author of "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century."
Don't look to the Gipper By William Voegeli, William Voegeli is a visiting scholar at Claremont McKenna College's Henry Salvatori Center.
WORLD
Argentina's first lady looks set to win presidential race By Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Times Staff Writer
Bhutto travels to ancestral village From the Associated Press
80 Taliban reported dead in clashes From Times Wire Reports
Khartoum declares Darfur cease-fire From Times Wire Reports
Lake cleanup price set at $14.5 billion From Times Wire Reports
Ex-minister guilty in corruption case From Times Wire Reports
Their protest has high hopes From Times Wire Reports
Spain's church-state battle goes to class By Tracy Wilkinson, Times Staff Writer
U.S. forces to shift security of Karbala to Iraqis By Christian Berthelsen, Times Staff Writer
In a mountain haven, Kurdish rebels wait By Asso Ahmed, Special to The Times
Russian beach warms to Winter Olympics By David Holley, Times Staff Writer
BUSINESS
Claims of insurers' bad faith
Keep commerce out of colleges
Gen X no slaves to the corporation
A private apartment at Disneyland From Times Wire Services
USDA to step up ground beef tests From Times Wire Services
Coupons from your cellphone From Times Wire Services
More products pulled over lead From Times Wire Services
Plan your own funeral and go out with a bang -- or a bargain By David Colker, Times Staff Writer
Going naturally into the hereafter By David Colker, Times Staff Writer
I knew you were going to read this By David Lazarus
Trouble in Tinseltown By Richard Verrier;claudia Eller
Product Watch By David Colker
Strike could leave cast of thousands without a role By Richard Verrier and Claudia Eller, Times Staff Writers
Wine industry patriarch still in full stride By Jerry Hirsch, Times Staff Writer
Estate planning can help you rest easier By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer
IMAGE
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Monumental By Dawn C. Chmielewski, Times Staff Writer
The Bride Wore Black By Caroline Ryder, Special to The Times
The Guestbook
Costume drama By Melissa Magsaysay and Ronit Nabi, Times Staff Writers
To Be A Legend By Emili Vesilind, Times Staff Writer
Don't eat the exfoliant! By Elizabeth Khuri, Times Staff Writer
Show stealers By Booth Moore
Conjuring paradise By Lanie Goodman, Special to The Times
Brought to you by . . . By Monica Corcoran, Times Staff Writer
Dressed In Eco-chic By Adam Tschorn, Times Staff Writer
Tux, Fit To A 'T' By Adam Tschorn, Times Staff Writer
On The Web
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
A bad air day beats cabin fever By Tracy Weber and Ari B. Bloomekatz, Andrea Chang, Times Staff Writers
Few signs of Halloween in Bixby Knolls By Louis Sahagun, Times Staff Writer
Migrants avoid fire centers By Ari B. Bloomekatz and Richard Marosi, Times Staff Writers
Cab driver shot dead; police unsure of motive From Times Staff Writers
Van Nuys man arrested in hit-and-run death From Times Staff Writers
CHP to investigate bus that hit, killed mother From Times Staff Writers
Army Spc. Frank L. Cady III, 20, Sacramento; dies after vehicle overturns By Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writer
Makeshift camp? It's like family By David Haldane, Times Staff Writer
A weather 'blessing' aids battle By Tony Perry, Ashley Powers and Steve Chawkins, Times Staff Writers
Spread of the flames By Graphic By Thomas Suh Lauder and Steve Cavendish,, Los Angeles Times
State finishes its cleanup of fish poisoned to rid Lake Davis of pike From the Associated Press
Marine Cpl. Erik T. Garoutte, 22, Santee; collapses, dies in Iraq By Jason Song, Times Staff Writer
Arthur Kornberg, 89; DNA pioneer By Thomas H. Maugh Ii, Times Staff Writer
Clinging to a culture By Teresa Watanabe, Times Staff Writer
A family's resilience withstands the flames By Steve Lopez
Replica good enough to dupe the cops By Steve Harvey
Marine Cpl. Carlos E. Gil Orozco, 23, San Jose; killed when Humvee runs over a roadside bomb By Stuart Silverstein, Times Staff Writer
Where the flames and the fear started By Scott Glover and Joe Mozingo, Jack Leonard, Times Staff Writers
Southland blazes kindle an interest in careers as L.A. firefighters By Sam Quinones, Times Staff Writer
Shortages added fuel to O.C. fire By Dan Weikel and William Heisel, Times Staff Writers
Road closures, evacuations
Their wedding site reopens in the nick of time By Tony Perry, Times Staff Writer
Portraits Etched By A Disaster
A landscape born to burn By Bettina Boxall, Times Staff Writer
A nightmare rekindled By Sonia Nazario
Some saved, some lost By Christopher Reynolds
A thin cloak of survival By Janet Wilson
There's no time for fear By Martin Miller
Overwhelmed by the loss
Then the pros arrived By Christopher Reynolds
Couple held after shooting death of boy near Stockton From a Times Staff Writer
With each fire, hamlet loses pieces of history By Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer
She wants a higher power at City Hall By Steve Chawkins, Times Staff Writer
Other deaths
NATIONAL
Astronauts inspect lab's new room From Times Wire Reports
New Orleans may lose its D.A. office From Times Wire Reports
Chertoff chides FEMA employees From Times Wire Reports
Woodstock center will proceed From Times Wire Reports
Treasure found in the wall of a house From Times Wire Reports
Chrysler workers approve union deal From the Associated Press
Huckabee: Republican rock star By Louise Roug, Times Staff Writer
A deal on N.Y. driver's licenses By Carol Eisenberg, Newsday
Antiwar protests hit nation's streets From the Associated Press
In rulings, little hint of his meager start By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer
Thompson vs. the moonshine scofflaws By Joe Mathews, Times Staff Writer
Thompson fought the lawman, won By Joe Mathews
Osama, Obama -- Romney trips over his tongue By Don Frederick and Andrew Malcolm
Rockies aren't playing so well with neighbors By Nicholas Riccardi, Times Staff Writer
Fate of Great Lakes' water looking fluid By Tim Jones, Chicago Tribune
Ohio city leaders say politics isn't kid stuff By P.J. Huffstutter, Times Staff Writer
REAL ESTATE
This may fit in a tool belt By Kathy Price-robinson, Special to The Times
Housing request for fire victims By Ann Brenoff
Distinguished by foothills, French fries By Diane Wedner, Times Staff Writer
Chiseled good looks By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
When a foreclosed home burns, what happens next? By Joshua Sandoval, Times Staff Writer
A platinum link to add to his chain By Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
Disabled tenant has a legal right to receive friend's assistance By Project Sentinel
They mean business By Ann Brenoff, Times Staff Writer
Average mortgage rates and indexes
SPORTS
Eat your heart out, Peter Pan
Atlantic Coast From the Associated Press
Arizona State remains unbeaten From the Associated Press
Best Of The Rest From the Associated Press
Big 12 From the Associated Press
Big Ten From the Associated Press
Big East From the Associated Press
Elements work against owners from California By Larry Stewart, Times Staff Writer
Maybe Abe Vigoda will show By Thomas Bonk, Times Staff Writer
Triumph, tragedy in Classic By Larry Stewart, Times Staff Writer
Miller has a special cause By Eric Stephens, Times Staff Writer
Chivas falls into a hole By Jaime Cardenas, Times Staff Writer
Loss exposes Trojans as team in transition By Chris Dufresne, ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Star Material
Analyze this one, Dorrell-watchers By Bill Dwyre
Frosty conditions By Lisa Dillman, Times Staff Writer
Georgia runs past Florida From the Associated Press
Jones-Drew questionable today From the Associated Press
Kansas rolls past Texas A&M, 19-11 From the Associated Press
Kentucky comes up short again From the Associated Press
Kings experience another victory By Lisa Dillman, Times Staff Writer
Jackson takes Bryant to task By Steve Springer, Times Staff Writer
A Dolphins victory would make for jolly good payoff By Lonnie White, Times Staff Writer
Not so friendly: NFL sends real deal to Europe By Chuck Culpepper, Special to The Times
Dallas gets jump on Houston From the Associated Press
Reutimann gets first Busch Series win From the Associated Press
Karbon, Mancuso 1-2 in giant slalom opener From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Harrison's injury will keep him on bench From Times Wire Reports
Atlanta is special for Gordon By Ed Hinton, Special to The Times
Results, Schedule From the Associated Press
Get Funky wins again on Santa Anita hillside By Bob Mieszerski
Ohio State dominates Penn State From the Associated Press
Arizona scores a stunning victory From the Associated Press
Southeastern From the Associated Press
BACK on the BENCH From the Associated Press
Rockies fail to make the best of a good situation By Bill Plaschke
Selig awaits Mitchell report By Bill Shaikin, Times Staff Writer
Red Sox push air out of Rockies By Bill Shaikin, Times Staff Writer
Quick Snaps By Sam Farmer
Pac-10 cellar-dwellers put on show By Peter Yoon, Times Staff Writer
Texas' Charles runs all over Nebraska By Peter Yoon
Take heart, USC fans, the sun will still come up By T.J. Simers
What A Great Idea By Kurt Streeter
Titans ready for some home cooking From the Associated Press
Bruins lose two important players early By Chris Foster and Diane Pucin, Times Staff Writers
Tardy comes through right on time against Bruins By Diane Pucin, Times Staff Writer
Neither one will take back seat By David Wharton, Times Staff Writer
Dixon lifts Connecticut From the Associated Press
A low blow for Bruins By Chris Foster, Times Staff Writer
Hope takes holiday By Gary Klein, Times Staff Writer
Sanchez's performance sure to be picked apart By Gary Klein and David Wharton, Times Staff Writers
Injuries may affect scrimmage efficiency By Ben Bolch, Times Staff Writer
Dixon plays big enough for Ducks By David Wharton, Times Staff Writer
West From the Associated Press
TRAVEL
Ghostly goings-on
For the record
Fa-la-la is oo-la-la in the Big Easy By Rosemary Mcclure, Times Staff Writer
New terminal, faster service By Janet Stobart, Reuters Associated Press
Spirits of the West By Hugo Martin, Times Staff Writer
Colorado's metal menagerie By Stephanie Simon
Forget the wine (good luck) By Janis Cooke Newman, Special to The Times
A rare snapshot of trips gone wrong By Christopher Reynolds, Times Staff Writer
October? Feels like spring break here By Valli Herman, Times Staff Writer
Give Molokai its due respect
Go for Oahu's doughnuts
Ritz lives up to its luxe name
Taking off in California By Jane Engle
Sweet dreams By Rosemary Mcclure
Desert 101 By Rosemary Mcclure
In regal style By Jane Engle
Do you mind? By Vani Rangachar
Cliffhanger By Susan Spano, Times Staff Writer
Stay far from the jagged edge: The canyon's dangers By Susan Spano
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