Archive for Tuesday, April 22, 2008

• Slayings of 2 Compton men being probed By Francisco Vara-Orta and Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Runner-up 4 By David Futch, Santa Monica

• Runner-up 3 By Kimberly Kaplan, La Crescenta

• L.A. and San Francisco vie for title of ‘greenest city’ By Margot Roosevelt

• In L.A. schools, death by 1,000 cuts By Sandy Banks

• Brawl leads to lockdown at O.C. jail By Andrew Blankstein

• L.A. county, city budgets call for austerity By David Zahniser and Garrett Therolf

• Class-action suit against VA opens By Jia-Rui Chong

• Runner-up 2 By Gordon Davis, Rancho Mirage

• Carmen’s route has a few twists and turns By Thair Peterson

• Chinese engineer gets 10 years for violating export-control laws By H G. Reza

• Lynwood teacher pleads guilty in child pornography case By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Runner-up 1 By James Retana, San Gabriel

• Woman convicted of second murder By Victoria Kim and Paul Pringle

• Husband is arrested in ‘94 death of CIA analyst By Scott Glover

• Mexican American journalist to be honored with U.S. postage stamp By Louis Sahagun

• Lottery results

• Oil facility’s leaking pipes raise fear of hillside collapse

• Berkeley professor led low-carbon research By Ken Bensinger

• Friend of Joseph Heller co-wrote author’s memoir

• Orange County Calendar

• 2 plead guilty to bilking Pentagon

• Treading lighter with low-carbon diets By Kenneth R. Weiss

• L.A. family seeks China’s mercy By Mark Magnier and David Pierson

• Treading lighter with low-carbon diets By Kenneth R. Weiss

• Suspect held in slaying of Compton wheelchair user, friend By Francisco Vara-Orta and Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Campaign to save accused Chinese spy stretches to Pasadena By Mark Magnier and David Pierson

• Green cred

• O.C. sheriff: Olympic skater Pasha Grishuk drugged with GHB

• Orange County reserve now state landmark

• For Earth Day, Los Angeles approves plan to make developers go green By Margot Roosevelt

• Red Sox, Tigers win

• Talking tuna as trout fishing season nears

• INSIDE

• Toronto interested in Burke By Eric Stephens

• TODAY’S SCHEDULE

• Healthier, deeper Angels test the Red Sox again By Ben Bolch

• The Dodgers’ worst, and best, trades

• Softball is the victim of a bad call by the IOC

• They’re still dealing with the fallout

• UFC’s Liddell is sidelined by a torn hamstring By Lance Pugmire

• Santa Anita review offers highlights, to-do list By Bob Mieszerski

• Mitchell Report ends up buried on the bench By Bill Dwyre

• Price is right for UCLA’s defense By Chris Foster

• Dodgers’ shuffled lineup is a big hit By Ez and Dylan Hern

• It’s same old song for Jazz, McGrady

• U.S. Olympic soccer candidates hit, miss By Grahame L. Jones

• DODGERS TONIGHT

• One athlete who didn’t just talk about giving back By Jerry Crowe

• Cheruiyot wins his fourth Boston Marathon title

• STANDINGS

• Lost Highway By Mark Heisler

• Lakers await Denver’s next move By Jonathan Abrams

• Bucks hire Skiles; Ginobili earns award

• Hu tries to make the best of role By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Vote on public-private playoff proposal could be tabled By Eric Sondheimer

• Draft is past snore stage By David Wharton

• TODAY’S SCHEDULE

• A LONG-TERM TRADE DEFICIT By Ross Newhan

• Rookie Galarraga leads the Tigers

• SUMMARIES

• Canadiens oust the Bruins

• ‘Pacman’ Jones is victim of alleged extortion

• A wide-open approach to U.S. Open By Thomas Bonk

• Figure skating needs a trip to Spokane By Philip Hersh

• ANGELS TONIGHT

• Diamondbacks beat Giants

• NFC West draft preview

• Gas price hikes ahead By Ronald D. White

• An editor at the Journal said to quit

• F-117 leaving the way it arrived – stealthily By Peter Pae

• Electric car for the masses made here By Ken Bensinger

• Samsung chief resigns under cloud of scandal

• Bank of America net down 77% on credit losses By From Reuters

• By Jessica Guynn

• Business, in brief

• California companies on the Fortune 500 list

• Netflix first-quarter profit rises

• Weekend box office

• Disney launching nature-film unit By Claudia Eller and Dawn Chmielewski

• Air Force, CEOs meet over tanker

• Wall Street roundup

• Wal-Mart beats Exxon Mobil to remain atop Fortune 500 list

• Lenders derail home relief plan By Michael A. Hiltzik

• Mattel cites costs for quarterly loss; Hasbro earns rise

• Markets mixed on earnings By Tim Paradis

• Insurance rate rule changes proposed By David Colker

• latimes.com/business

• This ‘Glass’ is too gritty By Charles Mcnulty

• Boogie-woogie bugle boys fall in By F. Kathleen Foley

• Her flirty crush might not be such a good catch

• Andrew Lloyd Webber tunes up Idols By Richard Rushfield

• Horoscope: April 22 By Holiday Mathis

• The Earth moved under Carole King By Robert Hilburn

• Guns N’ Roses surprise By R and Y Lewis

• Shakira becomes an education advocate

• A bit of refurbishing By Paul Brownfield

• Meat Loaf rocks out in a family way By Ann Powers

• An Oscar in your rearview mirror doesn’t mean you’ve got taste By Susan King

• In Calendar

• HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN By Patrick Goldstein

• Calendar’s Calendar

• A comatose son in a comic book world By Regina Marler

• Some R&R? Not for celebrity endorsers Campaign trail hits a hometown By Tina Daunt

• KCET will air withheld healthcare documentary By Martin Miller

• Timbaland is just what Ashlee needs

• Gospel channel reaping praise By David Bauder

• Beyonce, Jay-Z filed marriage license By Ap

• Miley Cyrus to write her memoirs By Ap

• Richie Sambora charged with DUI By Ap

• The wrong stuff?

• Traveling off the beaten trail By Maeve Reston and Michael Finnegan

• ILLINOIS

• By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• More recruits have felony convictions

• Shorter lives for many U.S. women

• What to look for in Pennsylvania By Peter Wallsten

• Military doesn’t back soldiers enough, Gates says By Peter Spiegel

• Bush opens summit with leaders of Canada and Mexico By James Gerstenzang

• In the money race, Obama far outpaces Clinton By Dan Morain

• McCain’s disability pension may renew questions about his fitness By Ralph Vartabedian

• Clinton, Obama dash toward finish line By Michael Muskal,, Dan Morain and Noam Levey

• Tribune agrees to sell Newsday to Murdoch company, source says

• Ex-Justice official charged in corruption inquiry By Richard B. Schmitt

• Parents reportedly sought mental help for teen accused of school bomb plot

• Shine a light in Mexico By Zachary Bookman

• State vs. church

• An unfinished story

• How neo are the neocons? By Jonah Goldberg

• Truth and tax cuts By Bruce Bartlett

• The pope’s message

• AT LATIMES.COM/OPINION

• The bitter bloc By Shawn Hubler

• Raiding states’ rights?

• Female suicide bomber kills four in Iraq By Ned Parker

• Carter-Hamas talks yield little By Joel Greenberg

• HAITI

• Pakistan frees militant who fought U.S. in Aghanistan By Laura King and Zulfiqar Ali

• Paraguay takes a step to the left By Patrick J. Mcdonnell and Paul Richter

• By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Syrians tune in the West By Borzou Daragahi

• California to sign on Earth Day a compact to help China cut emissions By Ap

• China: Ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe may head home By Ap