Archive for Saturday, September 08, 2007

Collision in space may have doomed dinosaurs

• SCIENCE FILE | In Brief - Arctic ice melt speeding up

• SCIENCE FILE | In Brief - Russian rocket fails after launch

• SCIENCE FILE | In Brief - Ancient beehives are found in Israel

• Vitamin D shortage boosts preeclampsia risk, study finds By Thomas H. Maugh II

• SCIENCE FILE | In Brief - Mice gene may offer aid in obesity

• SCIENCE FILE | In Brief - Polar bears’ days in Alaska are numbered

• SCIENCE FILE | In Brief - Rare leech could be near extinction

L.A. fair reaches 85th year

• Medieval texts detail the evolution of music By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Abuse claims are settled for $198 million By Tony Perry

• THE GREAT BLUE WAY

• AIDS monument finally completed

• Step right in, but watch your head

• Charlotte Zucker, 86; mother of filmmakers had roles in their movies

• O.C. man accused of faking heroism By Tony Barboza

• State GOP is ‘dying at the box office,’ gov. says By Evan Halper and Scott Martelle

• Going which way the wind blows

• John D. Cooper, 68; Cal State Fullerton geologist curated Orange County fossils By Valerie J. Nelson

• Madeleine L’Engle, 88; author of ‘A Wrinkle in Time,’ which won a Newbery Award in ‘63 By Elaine Woo

• Ex-campus staffer pleads not guilty to bribery By Christine Hanley

• Spector trial ends, is set to go to the jury By Peter Y. Hong and John Spano

• Kenneth Cooke, 82; world-renowned mathematician By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Victim of pot theft dazed and confused? By Steve Chawkins

• Husband convicted of paying others to kill his wife By Greg Krikorian

• L.A. Triathlon is coming to town

• L.A. identity is a badge of honor By S and Y Banks

• In third trial, man convicted of Grove killing By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• Lottery results

• INSIDE

• Unveiled in a new guise: Law vs. religion By Dana Parsons

• Burkle-Riordan accord reported By Carla Hall

• INSIDE

• Fourth Marine faces abuse charges

• L.A. chief set to lift ban on towing cars By , Duke Helf, and Richard Winton

• IN BRIEF / PALM SPRINGS - GOP Reps. Mary Bono, Connie Mack will wed

• Bill to reform sentences rejected By Patrick Mcgreevy and Nancy Vogel

• IN BRIEF / SANTA ANA - Two teens under arrest in April robbery, slaying

• IN BRIEF / RIALTO - County attributes fifth death to heat wave

• IN BRIEF / LOS ANGELES - Panel’s opposition to VA site plan is restated

• IN BRIEF / SAN DIEGO - 4th Marine instructor faces abuse charges

• IN BRIEF / LOS ANGELES - FAA cites collision risk in LAX runway incident

• IN BRIEF / BIG BEAR - Hiker finds remains of missing O.C. student

• Eastbound 91 Freeway will be closed tonight By David Reyes

• IN BRIEF / SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Advisor suggests impact report for lane expansion

• PASSINGS - Robert Garlock, 41; New York publicist for movie stars and films

• 3 passengers jump off ferry into L.A. Harbor

• Sex offender is free – and reduced to a riverbed By Catherine Saillant

Reports link Glaus and Ankiel to drugs

• Henin stops Venus for sweep of Williamses By Lisa Dillman

• CHRISTINE DANIELS’ WEEK 1 PICKS By Christine Daniels

• Johnson has the floor, gold By Diane Pucin

• Defense leads Notre Dame win By Eric Sondheimer, Dan Arritt, Jaime Cárdenas, and Lauren Petersen

• Cal takes its show on the road By Lonnie White

• Giants get in the last shot in the ninth By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Page 2 / Morning Briefing - She wins award for blog rolling By Robyn Norwood

• NFL - Something special By David Wharton

• Djokovic’s comedy may be merely the appetizer By Bill Dwyre

• Early-morning session teaches some lessons By Gary Klein

• Angels continue walking the walk By Mike Digiovanna

• With one race to go, the Chase is off By Jim Peltz and Ed Hinton

• The truth about Lakers

• These two top-10 teams have a lot in common

• Rice runs for Rutgers record

• Sooners spread out the wrath By Chris Dufresne

• Bruins say they can go deeper By Chris Foster

• Wave of future By Pete Thomas

• Yang wins gold despite fall By Diane Pucin

• Little believes Saito could be Cy too By Ez and Dylan Hern

• London bouts to provide answers By Chuck Culpepper

• Chivas USA to bring Hunter aboard By Jaime Cárdenas

• Hall of Famer Jackson says luck was involved

• Retired NFL players’ suit is dismissed

• Figgins finds that he fits right in again By Mike Digiovanna

• A look at Group C

• Gorzelanny and Pirates, shut down Cubs, 6-1

• Prairie View is no joke By Lonnie White

• A look at Group D

• Granderson, Verlander lead Tigers past Mariners, 6-1 By From The Associated Press

• A look at Group A

• Baddeley, Byrd share lead; Woods one back

• UC Irvine’s Serrano will succeed Horton at Fullerton By Peter Yoon

• The truth about Lakers

• GAME OF THE DAY - Smoltz loses bid for first no-hitter in 8th

• GAME OF THE DAY - This White Sox win is one for the books

• A look at Group B

• BYU will try to pull rank

• GALAXY TONIGHT By Grahame L. Jones

• AROUND THE NATION - Rice helps Rutgers hold off Navy, 41-24

• Bruins face a team with something to prove By Chris Foster

• Mailing it in

• Don’t get upset

• Rounding the bases

• Class is out

The trap in the ‘achievement gap’

• Labor movement?

• For the Record

• For the Record

• Misdiagnosing homesickness

• For the Record

• All aboard

• Defending Jerry Lewis By Meghan Daum

• For the Record

• Spector case now heads to jury By Michael Muskal

• For the Record

• Straighten up

• For the Record

• SATURDAY BRIEFING

• For the Record

• Sanctuary: shelter or sham?

• For the Record

• Infected with incompetence

Housing woes cross border

• Independent carmakers lead the way on plug-in hybrids By Martin Zimmerman

• Jailed Skilling assails case, seeks new trial

• Nuts & Bolts - Chrysler could drop weak sellers

• Officials declare passport backlog over By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• AT&T changes cell ad mantra By Alana Semuels

• Text of Countrywide letter to employees By From Reuters

• U.S. may restrict anemia drug dose

• Role of credit-rating firms in mortgage crash scrutinized

• Countrywide cuts heighten loan crisis By E. Scott Reckard

• Jobs decline rattles economists By Peter G. Gosselin

• Lender IndyMac plans to lay off 1,000 By . Scott Reckard

• Chrysler could drop weak sellers

• Wednesday in Highway 1

• Lennox to shut Lynwood factory

• Job data spur rush to lock in yields By Tom Petruno

• Boston Scientific’s response to deaths faulted

• UnitedHealth to pay $12 million to states

• Mattel’s troubles spur downgrade By Abigail Goldman

• AOL dropping ‘social news’ section from Netscape.com

• Mortgage lender Countrywide to cut as many as 12,000 jobs as loan originations slow

• Self-serve airport idea could take off in future By Peter Pae

• How the changes affect borrowers By Kathy M. Kristof

• In Brief / COURTS - ‘Lord of the Rings’ in royalty suit

• In Brief / HOTELS - Major investors back sale of Hilton

• In Brief / PHARMACEUTICALS - Alnylam, Isis form research venture

• In Brief / RETAIL - Wal-Mart tests women’s apparel

• Patent changes pick up steam By Jim Puzzanghera

• In Brief / AIRLINES - Delta’s $10 fare hike may not stick

• In Brief / AUTOS - Chrysler hires a former key GM manager

• Q&A - How the changes affect borrowers By Kathy M. Kristof

Just call ‘Torchwood’ indescribably delicious

• A garment wage fight that’s close to home By Robert Lloyd

• The Getty’s funniest treasure By F. Kathleen Foley

• He’s not alone in his love for Latin jazz By Agustin Gurza

• What gifted fools these mortals be By David C. Nichols

• Sound and fury By Chris Lee

• Lucinda, track by giddy track By Richard Cromelin

• Here, God really is in the details By Chris Pasles

• Kids say, ‘Let’s put on our own show’ By Mary Mcnamara

• QUICK TAKES - Pleshette still handles the punch lines

• In ‘Boris,’ an uneasy alliance By Mark Swed

• A politically aware ‘Coyolxauhqui’ By Lewis Segal

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Clinton’s book gives too little By Joe Conason

• Christian Scott makes the trumpet articulate By Don Heckman

• Horoscope: Sept. 8 By Holiday Mathis

• QUICK TAKES - Music mogul facing charges

• QUICK TAKES - Mourners view Pavarotti in Italy

• QUICK TAKES - GOP debate draws 3.14 million By Matea Gold

• QUICK TAKES - FINALLY

• In Calendar

Fresh face or old-school player?

• Congress boosts financial aid to students, takes from lenders By Nicole Gaouette

• It feels ‘like Sept. 10,’ CIA director says By Greg Miller

• Clinton cites her take on retirement By Peter Nicholas

• Hsu is held under guard in Colorado hospital By Dan Morain

• Thompson elaborates on key issues By Michael Finnegan

• LOUISIANA

• N.Y. is denied on health program By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Party tries to outflank general’s Iraq report By Noam N. Levey

• Democratic debate

• Nation in Brief | LOUISIANA - Jury acquits owners of nursing home

• Nation in Brief | WASHINGTON, D.C. - First lady will undergo surgery

• Nation in Brief | NEVADA - Search for Fossett is expanded

• Nation in Brief | NORTH CAROLINA - Watch issued for subtropical storm

• Nothing succeeds like success By Max Boot

• Amid civil war, reports mean little By Ray Takeyh and Steven Simon

• Another Reagan?

• A lot of hot air

• Throw away the script

Parents suspects in child’s disappearance

• Pope visits Holocaust memorial By Tracy Wilkinson

• Hamas targets Fatah prayer rallies in Gaza By Ken Ellingwood and Rushdi Abu Alouf

• Taps in German case allegedly an earful By Sebastian Rotella and Dirk Laabs

• World in Brief | NICARAGUA - Hurricane’s toll rises to at least 130

• N. Korea to allow nuclear inspection - A U.S. diplomat says that experts from three nations will begin visits to the Yongbyon facility next week. By Maura Reynolds

• Bin Laden takes on capitalism - In a new video, he blames corporations for wars, global warming and debts and tells Americans they must embrace Islam to end the Iraq war. By Josh Meyer

• Noriega loses 2nd appeal of extradition By Carol J. Williams

• A refuge without welcome By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Hamas targets Fatah prayer rallies in Gaza Strip By Ken Ellingwood and Rushdi Abu Alouf

• NICARAGUA

• First Bin Laden video in three years By Josh Meyer

• World in Brief | AND FINALLY… - Robber no match for martial law

• World in Brief | CONGO - Clashes disrupt food aid deliveries

• Pakistan urges Sharif not to return

• World in Brief | AZERBAIJAN - Breakaway region swears in president

• World in Brief | MOROCCO - Vote expected to boost Islamists

• Cleric’s remarks stoke rivalry between Shiites By Sam Enriquez

• North Korea says it will open nuclear plant to inspection By Maura Reynolds