Archive for Thursday, April 24, 2008

• Early primary paid off for state, Clinton By George Skelton

• Runner-up 5 By Gia Paladino, Los Angeles

• Runner-up 2 By David Futch, Santa Monica

• State’s students improve on English fluency tests By Seema Mehta

• Californians to get a full year to claim Mega Millions wins By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Falsely convicted man to collect By H G. Reza

• By Susannah Rosenblatt

• U.S. offers funds for toll lanes By Steve Hymon

• Runner-up 3 By Dan Hennessy, Arcadia

• Runner-up 4 By Janice Ackles

• Pellicano vows not to take the stand in wiretapping case By Carla Hall

• Infant deaths prompt warning By Rong-Gong Lin II

• Riot at Mira Loma Detention Center under investigation By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Anna Gorman

• Orange County Calendar

• Dead deputy may have molested others By Christine Hanley

• Carmen strikes out but Charlie connects By Stacy Weinstein

• FBI agent, badminton champ made cover of Sports Illustrated By Valerie J. Nelson

• L.A. City Council plants seeds of urban wetlands By Jill Leovy

• FAA to fight airport’s ban on fastest jets By Dan Weikel

• Slaying linked to Gypsy feud By Hector Becerra and Richard Winton

• Runner-up 1 By Kris Kolker

• Man arrested in El Monte woman’s shooting death By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Trainers want bear spared By David Kelly

• In California

• Coast reopens after sewage spill By Susannah Rosenblatt

• San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy kills driver after pursuit By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Passengers duct-tape man during flight from Hong Kong

• Reds fire Krivsky and hire Jocketty

• STANDINGS

• By Eric Stephens

• 2010 championships may be spread over two weekends By Philip Hersh

• Wooden feels kinship with Kondos Field By Kurt Streeter

• RELATED STORIES

• State football bowl games return to Home Depot Center By Eric Sondheimer

• TODAY’S SCHEDULE

• Balanced Pistons get even with 76ers

• No. 88 is on the lookout for No. 1 By Jim Peltz

• Relay runners stripped of 2000 medals aren’t standing still By Philip Hersh

• An all-out effort befitting an all-around teammate By Bill Plaschke

• Nuggets haven’t been a sharing bunch By Jonathan Abrams

• TODAY’S SCHEDULE

• Tigers cruise, 19-6, after 11-run inning

• They must try to clear the air By Mike Bresnahan

• Flamingo Princess enjoying turf By Bob Mieszerski

• Guerrero adjusts swing slightly By Mike Digiovanna

• Mini Jean tries for two in a row at Los Alamitos By Bob Mieszerski

• Cowboys agree to acquire ‘Pacman’ Jones from Titans

• DODGERS TONIGHT

• Markakis comes through in the end for Orioles

• ANGELS TODAY

• Brewers defeat Phillies, 5-4

• Mercy rule is needed when the show gets going By T J. Simers

• Yankees aren’t so sweet By Chris Foster

• Dodgers thrive on the home front By Kevin Baxter

• Nothing doing for Barcelona-Manchester United By Grahame L. Jones

• Playoffs are off to a wild start

• 49er Kobe good as gold By Mike Bresnahan

• Angels go long to beat Red Sox, 6-4 By Mike Digiovanna

• Dodgers to add shops, a museum and garages By David Zahniser and Bill Shaikin

• Diamond Diva wins opening day feature at Hollywood Park. By Larry Stewart

• A look at the division

• In the end, Lakers again blew away the Nuggets By Mark Heisler / On The Nba

• SAG, studios extend talks 1 week By Richard Verrier

• Delta and Northwest report combined $10.5billion loss

• Starbucks warns of weak profit for quarter, year

• By Jim Puzzanghera and Jessica Guynn

• Boeing profits jump 38% to $1.2 billion as orders grow By Peter Pae

• Rice in short supply at Costco, Sam’s Club By Jerry Hirsch

• Davan Maharaj named managing editor of The Times By Thomas S. Mulligan

• A staple for half the world

• CalPERS’ top investment officer stepping down By Tom Petruno

• ‘Second Life’ operator Linden Lab gets new CEO By Alana Semuels

• Guatemala accused in CAFTA labor complaint By Marla Dickerson

• A federal cure for the U.S. housing crisis faces obstacles By Peter G. Gosselin

• Coping with the growing cost of coffee By Alana Semuels

• LendingTree sues over data breach By Joseph Menn

• Stocks gain as oil tussles with earnings By Tim Paradis

• China’s stock market roars back to life By Don Lee

• Alone onstage, the harp shatters clichés By Josef Woodard

• THE LIST the list

• Ann Powers’ must-see Coachella

• ‘Home: A Memoir of My Early Years’

• LAST CALL

• ONTHEWEB

• Maggie Q in ‘Deception’ By Jodie Burke

• Luggatti’s wine dinners: Uncork and relax

• Ultima Vez’s ‘Spiegel’ at UC San Diego’s Mandeville Auditorium

• ‘Dido and Aeneas’

• LAST CALL

• ‘Rising Water’: Hurricane Katrina gets personal

• Santa Fe Importers: Food gone fresh

• Electro’s alternative current plugs in By August Brown

• No more waiting; time to get single life in gear By Cindy Bertram

• Three U.S. film surprises in lineup By Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte

• M.I.A. By Josh Gajewski

• THE LIST

• Horoscope: April 24 By Holiday Mathis

• Chris Gaffney benefit and memorial celebration scheduled By R and Y Lewis

• Benita Bike’s DanceArt Company: A closer look

• Carey lives up to her idol status By R and Y Lewis

• Where you’ve seen Maggie Q

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Kenneth Turan: ‘Note by Note’

• Life before ‘The Sound of Music’ By Susan King

• Race this one to the console – fast! By Pete Metzger

• Cupcake corner in O.C.

• THE LIST

• Carm’s Coneys: small in size, big on N.Y. tradition By Andrea Adleman

• Tobias Wolff hits Word Theatre, Festival of Books, Central Library

• THE LIST

• THE FIVE THIS WEEK: CHAI CHAI AGAIN By , , , , , and

• Mellencamp’s Hoosier hello By Tina Daunt

• Well-meaning landlord invading their privacy

• THE LIST

• Need to write? Get out on the town. By Sari Heifetz Sarah Heifetz

• Carina Chocano: ‘Smart People’

• My Favorite Weekend: Kelly Ann Sloan, Los Angeles Ballet dancer By Vicki Jo

• ‘The Night of the Iguana’ coming to A Noise Within By Mindy Farabee

• McCain denounces TV ad calling Obama ‘too extreme’ By Maeve Reston

• By Sarah D. Wire

• N.Y. prepares for verdict in 50-shot killing By Rocco Parasc and Ola

• Woman linked to phone number in polygamy abuse report

• Clinton, Obama dash to Washington after Indiana stumping By Johanna Neuman and Peter Nicholas

• Petraeus move ensures future for Bush war policy By Julian E. Barnes

• Keeping abusers in place By Rocco Parasc and Ola

• Democrats divided over lengthy race By James Hohmann and Janet Hook, Mark Z. Barabak

• Outside report cites political interference at EPA By Judy Pasternak

• Democrats fall short on pay discrimination bill By Ben Dubose

• Ex-radical William Ayers keeps low profile By Steve Schmadeke

• McCain talks poverty in Appalachia By Maeve Reston

• Once up a time there was an addict … By Chris Erskine

• These dogs get around By Bettijane Levine

• L.A. sites on a smaller scale

• Ideas to steal: odds and ends

• Taylor’s casual legacy

• A haven, properly aged By Debra Prinzing

• Beyond paper works

• Water-saving landscapes

• Wright is cool, but so’s the Getty

• Milan’s furniture show got back to the basics this year By David A. Keeps

• Not just genocide By Garin Hovannisian

• Blood weed

• The people’s budget

• The Democrats’ war of attrition

• Curing L.A. County’s ailing health department By Robert E. Tranquada

• Sleeping with the enemy By Arianna Huffington

• My winning strategy

• Re-reading ‘A Nation at Risk’

• Stopping the weapons flow

• On his weekends, lone Chinese Samaritan saves lives By Ching-Ching Ni

• Australia hosts torch relay

• Food prices reflect the high cost of violence By Usama Redha

• Walkout at U.N. over Gaza comparison to Nazi death camps

• Iraq’s ‘King of Clubs’ Ibrahim reportedly arrested By Ned Parker and Saif Hameed

• South Korea to use cloned dogs to sniff for drugs, explosives By Ap

• U.S. says opposition won Zimbabwe presidential vote By Ap