Archive for Wednesday, August 20, 2008

• Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells By Karen Kaplan

Chasing the news all night

• Transient who allegedly stabbed Villa Park girl could face three-strikes provision By Paloma Esquivel

• Saxophone player in Dave Matthews Band By M The Associated Press

• Man shot after police standoff at Baldwin Hills Wal-Mart By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• LAX service workers will hold strike authorization vote By Joanna Lin

• One cop, but a million stories By Steve Lopez

• Two-day-old fire near Lancaster is contained By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• California National Guard losing budget battle in Legislature By Nancy Vogel

• Police say suspect in sexual assaults may be linked to other crimes By Joanna Lin

• Gov. gets bills on guns, taxis By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Man posing as police detective robs Buena Park movie theater By Paloma Esquivel

• Zambian president denounced Mugabe By M The Associated Press

• Light at the tunnel’s end By Tony Perry

• Sales tax hike push riles GOP By Evan Halper

• Federal probe focuses on Delgadillo’s wife By Phil Willon and David Zahniser

• Aerospace exec started acclaimed Sonoma winery By Valerie J. Nelson

• 7 L.A. schools get new principals By Jason Song

• Long Beach port’s truck loans criticized By Louis Sahagun

• They can vote at 18, but drink? By Larry Gordon, Gale Holl, and

• O.C. supes wrangle over funds for doctors By Christian Berthelsen

• O.C. limits use of Tasers By Christine Hanley

• Day laborer suit is settled By M The Associated Press

• O.C. gives 1,200 acres to trust backed by developer By Christian Berthelsen

• Aid in other states for National Guard members

• Board approves anti-graffiti law that holds parents accountable for kids’ graffiti By Andrew Blankstein

• Los Angeles Animal Services unprepared on spay-neuter law, audit finds By Jean Merl

• 7 Southern California men arrested in child porn investigation By Andrew Blankstein

• Chick spoke to U.S. agents in Delgadillo probe By David Zahniser and Phil Willon

• Retired officer arrested in La Habra bank robbery By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Big expectations By Philip Hersh

• From humble beginnings, an American dream By Bill Plaschke

• Divided, American boxers fall By Kevin Baxter and Lance Pugmire

• Henry Cejudo captures gold and a piece of the American dream By Kevin Baxter

• Daisuke Matsuzaka not sharp, but he wins his 15th game for Red Sox

• Galaxy trades Ruiz and is expected to sign Lewis

• This guy smelled a possible payday By Grahame L. Jones

• Mets remain hot, and stay 11/2 games in front of Phillies

• American Shawn Johnson finally gets her gold medal By Diane Pucin

• In gymnastics, the real bias was in NBC broadcast booth By Steve Springer On Sports Media

• Kent tries to remove foot from his cheek By T J. Simers

• A sport-by-sport look at the Olympic events of the day

• Dalhausser and Rogers to play for gold medal By K C. Johnson

• Backup catcher gives up his number By Dylan Hern and Ez

• U.S. women’s volleyball sees a spike in its medal chances By Melissa Isaacson

• Finding her place by following path of Olympic champion By Helene Elliott

• Up first for the U.S. in medal round: a ‘smart’ Australia team By Mark Heisler

• Japanese prove there’s still competition for U.S. in sport By Melissa Isaacson

• Knight’s strong start helps U.S. reach medal round By Kevin Baxter

• Dunn helps Arizona take one-game lead

• From Lost Boy to Olympic flag bearer By Bill Dwyre

• Angels again are done in by base relief in loss to Rays By Mike Digiovanna

• No. 9 West Virginia: Chris Dufresne’s top 25 rankings countdown

• Mike Martz and the 49ers: This should be good By Sam Farmer

• Practicing on replica track pays off big for four American riders By Kevin Baxter

• Offensive line still is taking some hits By Chris Foster

• Sanya Richards looks to shine in the spotlight By Philip Hersh

• U.S. team is ready, willing, but will it be able to win? By Bill Plaschke

• The pressure’s on Landon Donovan after missing Olympics By Grahame L. Jones

• Sheila Taormina fights through terrorizing experience By Mike Downey

• Virginia has its own questions at quarterback By David Wharton

• Maddux glad to be back in a race By Dylan Hern and Ez

• Maddon gets, and stays, mad By Mike Digiovanna

• Dodgers stopped by the start By Dylan Hern and Ez

• U.S. women roll past South Korea, 104-60 By K C. Johnson

• Kobe Bryant rules China By Mark Heisler

• Birmingham-Crespi football season opener to be televised By Eric Sondheimer

• Chivas USA faces defending MLS champion Houston

• U.S. women win semifinal, lose Wenger By Lisa Dillman

• Boxing may be winning the fight at Beijing

• Taking a chance works for Horton By Diane Pucin

• Umpires have issues with replay setup

• Stocks open lower on inflation report

• Chevron revives oil project off Canada’s East Coast By M Bloomberg News

• Regulators restrict prerecorded calls by telemarketers

• Home Depot’s profit drops 24%

• O.C. man ordered to pay $22 million By Kim Christensen

• Given a sporting chance By Leslie Earnest

• Home prices in San Francisco Bay area plunge

• Goodyear to close 92 tire stores by year-end

• Business briefing

• On Rodeo Drive, the economy’s booming By David Lazarus

• Inflation rise puts Fed on the spot By Maura Reynolds

• Apple says battery problem caused iPod overheating

• Fears bloom of new crisis in financials By Tom Petruno

• Purchase plan may shut doors By William Heisel

• Superior to cut 29% of U.S. workforce, close plant

• News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s compensation for fiscal 2008 drops 14% to $27.5 million By M Bloomberg News

• Venezuela seizes Mexican-owned cement plants By Marla Dickerson

• ICM to settle writers’ suit By Richard Verrier

• HP profit rises 14% on computer sales By Michelle Quinn

‘Architecture School’ on the Sundance Channel

• Prominent artists, city divided by an alley By Elina Shatkin

• Horoscope: Aug. 20 By Holiday Mathis

• Out of a walker and onto a horse By Nicky Loomis

• Being seen and heard By Christy Grosz

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• ‘Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar’ by Paul Theroux

• TiVo relay team nears the finish line By Phil Goldberg

• Outside but looking in on roads once traveled By Tim Rutten

• Out of the haze

• Favreau, Schwarzenegger team up on tax breaks for Hollywood By Geoff Boucher

• Vegan teen can use an ally

• Brother-in-law’s secret shocks the family

• ‘Gemini’ pioneers, comic strip-style By Robert Lloyd

• LACMA adds Kienholz but not the furor By Suzanne Muchnic

• SUNNY SADNESS

• RESIDENCE PROJECTS

• Women for Obama group toasts to unity By Tina Daunt

• A festival for Oscar hopefuls works the docs By Susan King

• WHAT WILL HE SAY?

• Drummed out By Sam Adams

• Jonas Brothers notch third-biggest debut of 2008 By Ap

• Recipe: Hungarian pepper salad

• Best breakfast spots in Los Angeles

• 2006 Source Napa Gamble Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

• Set out to explore Asia – for breakfast By C. Thi Nguyen

• Recipe: Vegetable-stuffed Hungarian peppers

• Sweet spice of Hungarian peppers By Donna Deane and Jenn Garbee

• Recipe: BLD’s blueberry ricotta pancakes

• L.A.’s breakfast club By S. Irene Virbila

• Maple bacon biscuits

• Top coffee tasters mind their beans and brews By Joshua Lurie

• Recipe: Hungarian tomato and pepper stew

• For the carnivores By S. Irene Virbila

• Dining details: Animal

• Barack Obama’s image suffers under John McCain attacks, poll finds By Michael Finnegan

• Rising medical costs pinch more Americans, study finds By M The Washington Post

• Receding floodwaters reveal damage in Texas By M The Associated Press

• Not just whom, but where, when By Mark Z. Barabak

• Two titans of Alaska politics may be toppled By Kim Murphy

• Missing Grand Canyon hikers found safe By M The Associated Press

• Barack Obama defends patriotism to vets By Johanna Neuman and Seema Mehta

• The storm that keeps trying to be a hurricane By M The Associated Press

• Obama ratchets up negative advertising By Noam N. Levey

• Speculation says Biden is the pick By Peter Nicholas

• Researcher: Frozen ‘Bigfoot’ just a rubber gorilla suit By M The Associated Press

• Hot Property: Composer Jonathan Elias sells Santa Monica home for $4,395,000 By Ann Brenoff

• Is the FBI investigating Delgadillo? By Tim Rutten

• All too familiar

• Patience in Pakistan

• Culture warriors and the Anglican Church By Drew Downs

• Housing’s good news

• Come back, GOP

• How to twist Russia’s arm: Let it join NATO By Andrew Meier

• Nukes to the rescue?

• Anger focused on West

• Turkey urges Sudan to resolve Darfur By M The Associated Press

• In Indonesia, Bali bombers seek beheading instead of firing squad By Paul Watson

• Bolivia opposition calls strike in five states By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• 10 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan ambush By M. Karim Faiez and Laura King

• Tibet bullied by China? Oh, contralto By Mark Magnier

• Raid on governor’s office in Iraq’s Diyala province sparks outrage By Ned Parker and Usama Redha

• NATO criticizes Russia’s military action in Georgia By Paul Richter and Borzou Daragahi

• Suicide attack at Pakistan hospital kills at least 25 By Laura King

• Suicide attack at Algerian police academy kills 43 By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Georgian displays his media savvy By Matea Gold, Tracy Wilkinson and Megan Stack

• 12-year term for British terrorist By M Reuters