Archive for Saturday, February 02, 2008

• Deep brain stimulation boosts memory

• Study finds happiness lowest at midlife

• FDA issues warning on epilepsy drugs

• TO NEW HEIGHTS

• Newport Beach fights over where to put a new City Hall

• Union decries tactics in term limits fight

• If Santa Ana residents were fire-breathing

• UCLA theater professor was acclaimed play translator

• Convicted cop hired as police chief

• Fatburger founder expanded South L.A. eatery into chain

• Pedestrian killed on 605 Freeway near Whittier

• Latimes.com

• Brace yourself: Wet L.A. weekend ahead

• TV director known for his musical specials

• Gift will boost China scholars

• Faiths take on the world’s woes together

• Italy lending Bernini art to the Getty

• Pilot tested WWII night fighter

• Spears’ 12-police escort prompts call for paparazzi limits

• Two arrested in Watts killing linked to feuding local gangs

• Regional airport network didn’t get off the ground

• 19 arrested in L.A. prostitution sting

• In California

• Ventura to charge a fee for 911

• After 20 years, L.A. Youth newspaper is keeping it real

• Driver arrested after deadly downtown L.A. crash

• In athletics and academics, they’re rivals – and boosters

• L.A. to require sterilized pets

• Lottery results

• Getting juiced at wine tastings

• Magic beats 76ers, 108-106, for league-leading 18th road win

• His survival story can leave you rooting for imperfection

• Santana, Mets agree to $137.5 million, six-year contract

• Imprecise language at heart of controversy

• Weight gets warm reception in return

• Saturday’s TV highlights

• Alemany cleared of any wrongdoing

• Readers say Tom’s terrific

• Dodgers, Beimel agree on 1-year deal

• Air Commander tries to double up

• Bruins get up for Wildcats

• Talent is on display all day at Mater Dei

• Hasek records 80th shutout in Red Wings’ 2-0 win over Avalanche

• A spirited run to qualify for Los Alamitos Winter Championship

• After their skate, the answer is yes

• A nice Spanish acquisition

• Goodell looks to add game incentives

• Ducks run into a wall in shootout loss

• Kobe makes up for short-handed roster

• Hackett is not expected to play

• Sickly Clippers stumble

• Senator sends NFL questions

• INSIDE

• Gurney built great career as an All-American racer

• Bruschi helps others get back in the flow

• Daaher goes for four in a row

• Memphis is just winning

• Woods remains in lead in Dubai

• Reed aims for Anaheim sweep

• It’s the lair of the Lear this year

• OK, but what if he’s a 7-foot square peg?

• Chief Yahoo Yang an atypical executive

• Actor Snipes acquitted of tax fraud, guilty of failing to file a return

• 17,000 U.S. jobs lost in January

• Merrill accused of fraud for risky sub-prime investments

• OPEC ignores pleas to increase oil supply, hinting at future cuts

• A surprising jump in manufacturing

• Stocks fall as unease over bond insurers overshadows enthusiasm over Microsoft bid for Yahoo

• Yahoo Inc. at a glance

• Exxon and Chevron both see profits soar

• Wal-Mart to fend off Tesco in Arizona

• Giving Bowl fans the ‘wow’ shot

• Boeing beefs up jetliner program

• Microsoft offers $45 billion for Yahoo

• Tribune to name president for TV

• January a drag for automakers

• China’s cold wave takes hefty toll

• Calpine exits bankruptcy; trading to restart

• A pivotal play for Hyundai

• Malone-Diller court battle set in dispute over IAC breakup

• A viable challenge to Google?

• Airbus jet first airliner to use alternative fuel

• Microsoft Corp. at a glance

• How Microsoft-Yahoo deal can get regulatory OK

• Alcoa, Chinese firm to buy stake in Rio Tinto

• Search engine smackdown!

• Disney’s Iger signs new deal

• Former Wal-Mart executive is resentenced, avoids prison

• N.Y. theater fears economic fallout

• Golden slumbers in a new hotel

• A gangster novel outguns the clichés

• Debate sets cable viewer record

• Horoscope: Feb. 2

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Arts budget boost dies in committee

• Flying by the seat of your glance

• L.A. gangs, through a lens

• Six Arabic authors are prize finalists

• A deeper brown

• Still heading the conga line at 86

• Obama picks up key Edwards supporter

• Candidates spent ad money early

• NEW YORK

• Guantanamo ruling is a setback for Bush

• CIA places controls on its inspector general

• January job losses stir fears of a recession

• Ron Paul makes push for Maine

• Clinton heads south, Obama east; both woo Latinos, lament job loss

• L.A. Times endorses Obama, McCain

• Midwesterners riding a weather roller coaster

• Trial is delayed a week for Illinois businessman who donated to Obama

• McCain surge puts Iraq in fore

• To Romney, it’s folly to be for Huckabee

• Mukasey’s confession

• We need a better deal with tribes

• News from the Dept. of Depression

• Mom, Obama and me

• It’s torture; it’s illegal

• Garbage in, garbage out

• Antimissile plan gets Poland’s initial OK

• Colombian drug lord killed

• Revenge begets rewards

• Hamas thwarts Egypt’s bid to block cars from Gaza

• U.S. won’t say who killed militant

• BOLIVIA

• Scores die in Iraq bombings

• Top military leaders differ on withdrawals