Archive for Saturday, April 19, 2008

• Jet stream creep in N. America

• Cars are a big threat to amphibians, study says By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Vast collection of Darwin documents goes online

• Dark matter is proved, Italian physicists say By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Doin’ honor to the blues By Louis Sahagun

• Hacienda Heights high school student arrested in online threats By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• 47 want to be sheriff By Stuart Pfeifer and Christian Berthelsen

• At Venice High, sealed lips make rumors fly By Sandy Banks

• Accomplished alumna gives a sizable donation By Larry Gordon

• Plant faces fines over dust By Janet Wilson

• Prison employees cleared in early release of Symbionese Liberation Front member Sara Jane Olson By Michael Rothfeld

• The action’s moving to a real playing field By Philip Garrett Panitz

• Sewage leak shuts Coast Highway in Laguna Beach By David Reyes and Susannah Rosenblatt

• Service truck catches fire in Red Line tunnel By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Leader out at MLK medical center By Jean-Paul Renaud and Garrett Therolf

• Fatal 210 Freeway crash in Glendora closes lanes By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• L.A. police union backs policy shift By Joel Rubin

• Orange County Calendar

• Three arrested in pot-growing case By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Runner-up 1 By Aimee Federkiewicz

• Perata reprimands senators By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Retired O.C. judge handled major cases By Dennis Mclellan

• Darrell ‘Guy’ Poncy, 53; retired O.C. sheriff’s lieutenant was an avid outdoorsman By Christine Hanley

• Runner-up 2 By Bhuvana Ch and Ra, Northridge

• Runner-up 5 By Joe Verwiel

• From gritty to glamorous By Cara Mia Dimassa

• Drew to get nursing, research facility By John L. Mitchell

• Newly freed widow of Marine may sue the D.A. in San Diego By Tony Perry

• Radio hosts defend their Carona skits By Stuart Pfeifer

• Ex-FBI agent takes the stand in Pellicano trial By Victoria Kim

• Runner-up 4 By Lewis Walker

• Hundreds join in song By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Runner-up 3 By Nick Boone, Agoura Hills and Jim Botting, Moorpark

• President oversaw 25 years of robust growth at Biola University By Valerie J. Nelson

• E Street Band’s keyboard player By Richard Cromelin

• Lottery results

• Needles ponders leaving California for Nevada By Ap

• Calling the shots on Lakers-Nuggets match By Jonathan Abrams

• Ride in question, Tracy still contends By Jim Peltz

• Couldn’t someone warm up? By Ben Bolch

• Serena Williams extends winning streak to four against Sharapova

• Walls can’t hold Bruins

• Will Andrew Bynum play in the playoffs? By Mike Bresnahan

• Landon Donovan’s remarks irk Dynamo fans By Grahame L. Jones

• UCLA offense is not sharp in scrimmage By Chris Foster

• Weekend Grade IIs close Santa Anita meet By Larry Stewart

• Demands of club soccer test ethics in high schools By Eric Sondheimer

• Braves’ Jones is still hitting By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Offensive Tigers get past Blue Jays, 8-4

• Planet Hollywood gets into the ring By Lance Pugmire

• Nuggets look to make their points on Lakers By Jonathan Abrams

• A Stoli Mate to compete in Kaweah Bar Handicap By Bob Mieszerski

• Slam by Ortiz leads Red Sox to 11-3 victory over Rangers

• UCLA’s Mbah a Moute to enter NBA draft By Diane Pucin

• It’s been a bit too close for comfort By Mike Digiovanna

• Selanne doesn’t want it to finish By Helene Elliott

• Hart defeats Valencia, 13-3 By Eric Sondheimer

• Tulowitzki, Atkins help Rockies rout Astros, 11-5

• Saturday’s TV highlights

• Deena Kastor heads women’s field in U.S. marathon trials By Philip Hersh

• Winning in mind, Hopkins aims for the head By Lance Pugmire

• Plan had one small defect By Grahame L. Jones and Jaime Cárdenas

• Lakers in tune in advance of Denvers match-up By Jonathan Abrams

• Avengers play host to Cleveland

• USC’s Gibson seeks family input on his future By Ben Bolch

• There’s no shortage of NBA proposition bets By Lonnie White

• Mia Farrow ties Darfur cause to Olympics By Philip Hersh

• Remembering the Dodgers’ long day’s night

• Knicks decide to fire Thomas

• Rangers take care of business in New Jersey

• Tired Padres can’t stop Diamondbacks

• Lexington has been a steppingstone to Churchill Downs By Bob Mieszerski

• Giguere lifts Ducks over Stars By Eric Stephens

• St-Pierre set to fight Serra By Lance Pugmire

• Braves turn Lowe into a target By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Colts will have to wait for first pick By Sam Farmer

• Hunter is a driving force By Mike Digiovanna

• USC’s depth chart comes into focus By Gary Klein

• Stocks signal relief, hope By Thomas S. Mulligan and Michael A. Hiltzik

• Sizing up fuels for the future By Elizabeth Douglass

• Legal battle stalls firm’s bid to sell Chinese cars in U.S. By Martin Zimmerman

• Xerox swings to loss on litigation charge

• Nicholas enters rehab for alcohol By Kim Christensen

• Bigger doesn’t mean better pay for Redstone’s CEOs By Meg James

• Appetite for risk rises as investors’ worst fears recede By Tom Petruno

• Facebook asks users to translate new versions for free By Tomoko A. Hosaka

• Tech sector hit hardest in venture slump By Alana Semuels

• Heartening results spark Wall St. rally

• Canada may restrict use of chemical

• U-Haul told to pay $84 million

• Tough cookies for Web surfers’ trying to protect privacy By Jim Puzzanghera

• AT&T-Jobs

• TAKETWO-ELECTRONICART

• BofA declines to renew Sears letter of credit

• California unemployment hits 6.2%; worse than Ohio, Pennsylvania By Marc Lifsher

• Former Fannie chief agrees to $24.7 million settlement

• Business briefs

• Japan seeks design change for Crocs because of injuries

• Citigroup reports $5.1 billion loss on hefty write-downs

• The final exhibition

• Staying in Vegas? Not the Guggenheim By Paul Lieberman

• The 85-year-old Virgin By Geoff Boucher

• When his light comes on … By Chris Lee

• In Calendar

• Philharmonic with French flair By Chris Pasles

• Los Angeles Philharmonic

• QUINCY JONES STAYS FOR CHANGE By Tina Daunt

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Avoid Cinco fatigue By Agustin Gurza

• Sympathy for the doubles By Dan Epstein

• In the fight of his young life By Susan King

• Cattrall trades high heels for high collars By Frazier Moore

• Debate sours ABC viewers By Matea Gold

• ‘Like a Rolling Stone’

• HBO as underdog By Mary Mcnamara

• Yale says ‘abortion art’ a hoax

• Quality, not the anchors, is real story

• Horoscope: April 19 By Holiday Mathis

• Merritt intimate and bolder By Steve Appleford

• Live: Beaux Arts Trio at the Ace Gallery By Mark Swed

• Foxy Brown gets out of NYC jail By Ap

• Sandra Bullock unhurt after car accident By Ap

• 5.2 quake shakes up Midwest By P J. Huffstutter

• Bush administration challenges healthcare disclosure bid By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Polygamous sect’s 416 children to remain in state custody By Deedee Correll and Jenny Jarvie

• Tower blueprints turn up in trash

• McCain releases tax returns By Michael Muskal

• FLORIDA

• McCain shares tax returns but withholds his wife’s By Ralph Vartabedian and Maeve Reston

• Bush nominates new housing secretary By James Gerstenzang

• Chertoff’s border ambitions By Nicole Gaouette

• Oklahomans pause to remember victims of 1995 bombing By Ap

• Objection, Your Honors

• Promises, promises

• Still with stupid? By Meghan Daum

• Toll road’s toll

• The false hope of embracing Hamas By Robert Satloff

• For the record

• $50-million collection basket By Tim Rutten

• A recipe for Passover By Daphne Miller

• Victims of 1983 attack on U.S. Embassy in Beirut recalled By Borzou Daragahi

• SYRIA

• Mugabe lashes out at whites, Britain over Zimbabwe crisis

• Dialing back Chinese anger By Mark Magnier

• S. Koreans on edge of burnout By Bruce Wallace

• Taliban commander blamed in 2005 helicopter attack is killed

• A papal visit calls for a litany of planning By Maggie Farley

• Women’s basketball tries to rebound By Kimi Yoshino

• Pope urges ‘multilateral consensus’ at U.N. By Tracy Wilkinson and Michael Muskal

• Bush, Lee to focus on N. Korea By Paul Richter

• Cost of graft is rising in Mexico By Deborah Bonello

• Officials begin recounting ballots in Zimbabwe By Ap

• Retired navy officers indicted in Chile for killing, torture of priest By Ap

• Ukraine’s legendary wooden churches: Faith, tradition and cheap plastic siding By Alex Rodriguez

• Wildlife groups see hope for saving rare bird in Cambodia By Ap

• After 50 years, he finally tastes freedom and justice in Sri Lanka By Ap

• Girls disappearing as India advances By Ap

• Israel begins commemorating Passover holiday By Ap