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What happened on August 25, 2008
HEALTH
New life for aging cells? Pill boosts memory in mice By Chris Woolston, Special to The Times
Hunt for 'natural' no-calorie sweetness puts a spotlight on stevia By Elena Conis, Special to The Times
Road bikes relax a little By Roy M. Wallack
That sinking feeling By Devon Schuyler, Special to The Times
How to do Kegels By Devon Schuyler
On the bright side By Susan Brink, Times Staff Writer
Fewer boys are born in tough times By Susan Brink
Confused? So are the 'GH' docs By Marc Siegel, Special to The Times
Pelvic prevention By Devon Schuyler
What a head rush By Karen Voight
Guilt and more for layoff survivors By Susan Brink
BUSINESS
A tough Hollywood debut By Josh Friedman and Claudia Eller, Times Staff Writers
FBI saw threat of loan crisis By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer
IPhone app-makers can't talk By Michelle Quinn, Times Staff Writer
Middle still has buyout room By Walter Hamilton, Times Staff Writer
'Thunder' rolls over 'House Bunny' By Swati Pandey, Times Staff Writer
Moving a home firm to an office By Karen E. Klein, Special to The Times
Wall St. watching oil prices, housing data By Madlen Read, The Associated Press
Artists' representative needs to design a marketing strategy By Cyndia Zwahlen, Special to The Times
Bringing sales up in a down economy By Jamie Herzlich, Special to Newsday
NATIONAL
Calories come off and lights come on By Stuart Glascock, Times Staff Writer
Gala's big donors happen to have issues of their own By Tom Hamburger and Vimal Patel, Times Staff Writers
Even for D.C., Biden is a legendary talker By Peter Nicholas, Times Staff Writer
Fay forces more people to flee homes From Times Wire Reports
Clues sought in fatal plane crash From Times Wire Reports
Farmer's Almanac forecasts a chill From Times Wire Reports
Obama focuses on middle America By Michael Finnegan and Nicholas Riccardi, Times Staff Writers
'Part celebration and part anxiety' By Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer
Pelosi's star power gets party going By Robin Abcarian and Don Frederick, Times Staff Writers
New ethics rules won't spoil parties By Cynthia Dizikes, Times Staff Writer
Cross is dedicated near Flight 93 site From the Associated Press
Michelle Obama to turn on the charm By Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
When life came crashing down By Ralph Vartabedian, Times Staff Writer
Unpaving paradise By Susannah Rosenblatt, Times Staff Writer
Man held in '98 Baja massacre By Francisco Vara-orta and Stuart Pfeifer, Times Staff Writers
Immortality, the James Dean way By Al Martinez
Perris man charged in fatal fire By Victoria Kim, Times Staff Writer
Spotlight falls on lawyers' ties to PIs By Victoria Kim, Times Staff Writer
Kidnapped girl is found, dad arrested By Francisco Vara-orta
3 sentenced in 2005 shooting By Tony Perry
A Sense Of Place By Carla Hall
The week ahead
Brazilian composer enjoyed wide influence By Adam Bernstein, The Washington Post
Daughter arrested in elder abuse case By Victoria Kim, Times Staff Writer
Better to tax than to borrow, gov. says By George Skelton
WORLD
Conditions may be ripe for Al Qaeda to gain in Somalia By Edmund Sanders, Times Staff Writer
As the spotlight dims By Mark Magnier, Times Staff Writer
Russia is feeling on top of the world By Megan K. Stack, Times Staff Writer
'End of the West?' Maybe not, thanks to Moscow By Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writer
Karzai fires 2 army officers over deaths From Times Wire Reports
Troops target militants in Swat From Times Wire Reports
2 soldiers die in Chechnya blast From Times Wire Reports
Thousands flee tropical storm From Times Wire Reports
10 killed in eastern Guatemala plane crash From the Associated Press
China deports 8 American demonstrators By Mark Magnier and Greg Johnson, Times Staff Writers
Iraq suicide bomber hits party; 25 die By Tina Susman and Saif Hameed, Times Staff Writers
Dozens killed as airplane crashes in Kyrgyzstan By Sergei L. Loiko and Megan K. Stack, Times Staff Writers
ENTERTAINMENT
The lost art of glamour By Scarlet Cheng, Special to The Times
It was once no sweat to win a medal By David Colker, Times Staff Writer
Watching TV, a job with regrets By Mary Mcnamara, Times Television Critic
'Rita' adds laughs to the class divide By F. Kathleen Foley, Special to The Times
Dig in and save the chat for later By S. Irene Virbila, Times Restaurant Critic
Mixing it up at the junction By Mindy Farabee, Times Staff Writer
'Vanities' has a date set with Broadway By Diane Haithman, Times Staff Writer
Ellis Island focuses on today By Stevenson Swanson, Chicago Tribune
A training counselor helps out a youngster By Nicky Loomis, Times Staff Writer
Manny Farber: prescient, pungent By Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun
Spying for Stalin: An American's deadly game By Richard Schickel, Special to The Times
One-upping the autograph From Reuters
SPORTS
Hunter knows about replacing a legend By Jerry Crowe, Times Staff Writer
Brehaut's quarterback stock is rising By Eric Sondheimer, Times Staff Writer
Men's volleyball coach McCutcheon knows his players are the real story By Bill Dwyre
China, having delivered a successful Olympics, lets its guard down for a night By Bill Plaschke
Jones tries hand at first base By Bill Shaikin, Times Staff Writer
They left others in their wake By Mark Heisler, Times Staff Writer
Remembering Beijing By Philip Hersh, Special to The Times
A side spin on Nadal's dirty laundry By Grahame L. Jones, Times Staff Writer
Castroneves ends dry spell By Jim Peltz, Times Staff Writer
Results From the Associated Press
Weird, wild win for Chicago, Pierzynski From the Associated Press
Angels tap into latent resource By Mike Digiovanna, Times Staff Writer
Umpires make the right call By Mike Digiovanna, Times Staff Writer
Dodgers obey the law of average By Bill Shaikin, Times Staff Writer
Top 25 countdown By Chris Dufresne
Singh gets by Garcia in playoff From the Associated Press
Patrick likes momentum of top-five finish By Jim Peltz, Times Staff Writer
Ferrari's Massa wins race in Spain From the Associated Press
Giants lose defensive end Umenyiora for season From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Results From the Associated Press
Nolasco pitches Marlins to 5-2 win From the Associated Press
Sport by sport By John Cherwa, Orlando Sentinel
Cover-by-cover coverage
2012 London Summer Games By Bill Dwyre
They made a Games of it
Hungary gets gold in water polo By Lisa Dillman, Times Staff Writer
What do they expect? By Chris Foster, Times Staff Writer
Brains, yes, but where's brawn? By Chris Foster, Times Staff Writer
Gomez wins big on Go Between By Eric Sondheimer, Times Staff Writer
Letting the 'mamba loose,' Bryant takes over game on a stage that was unfamiliar By Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Bahamas takes the crown in medals per capita By Chuck Culpepper, Special to The Times
Moala won't look too far into future By Gary Klein, Times Staff Writer
As the Games fade, questions linger By Steve Springer
Related developments at Open? By Chuck Culpepper, Special to The Times
Short on Cavalier attitude By David Wharton, Times Staff Writer
2010 Vancouver Winter Games By Lisa Dillman
OPINION
NEWS
A drop in confidence By Dan Ariely, Dan Ariely is a professor of behavioral economics at Duke University and the author of "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions."
'Want to go for a ride?' By Barbara Demarco-barrett, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is host of "Writers on Writing" on KUCI-FM (88.9) and teaches at UC Irvine Extension. She's a contributor to the anthology "Knitting Through It: Inspiring Stories for Troubled Times."
Big Mac politics on stage By Gregory Rodriguez
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