Archive for Friday, February 15, 2008

• Toll in ‘choking game’ at least 82

• Banana Republic will face stiff competition in Britain

• O.C.’s acting sheriff calls for jail shake-up

• Dead zones off Oregon likely tied to global warming, study says

• Probe sought of school meat supply

• Consultant’s e-mails raise ethics issue

• Lottery results

• Burke endorses Parks as her successor

• New campaign-spending disclosure rules imposed on California politicians

• Editor’s note

• Senior judge on U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, former law school professor

• 2 women hurt after car hits power pole

• Pico-Olympic plan revived

• Josh Booty is Tasered in DUI arrest

• Berkeley student involved in Halberstam crash sentenced

• ‘Superbug’ staph reports required

• L.A. clinic closure plan is criticized

• DWP bid to hire lactation specialist draws howls

• Boy, 17, fatally shot in Hollywood

• Joy is permitted on Fridays

• A stop on the road to romance

• Civil rights groups allege immigrant workers were denied rights

• Criminal investigation sought over housing project

• Shooting involving off-duty deputy investigated

• 241’s park route still sought

• Comic-book writer created Howard the Duck and worked on TV series

• Oxnard school shooting called a hate crime

• Former national reporter for the L.A. Times

• San Bernardino County charges men with bribery

• Arizona State surprises Stanford

• Santa Anita feels great after a shower

• INSIDE

• Livingston may run out of time

• Communicated tries to make it two for two

• Kim out of biggest matchup

• Defense takes a downturn

• It’s not America’s sport, but it’s top notch in L.A.

• Great holes? No. 10 at Riviera is on the short list

• U.S. buyers beware, and bring cash

• Things are looking up for Dale Earnhardt Jr.

• Friday’s TV highlights

• Willits is ready to take his cuts

• Walk The Line tries to cash in

• There’s Korean flavor to opening-day menu

• Nash-led Suns down Mavericks

• Text messages from press row …

• Lakers’ Gasol is a quick study, an instant hero – and homeless

• Cloutier’s goal is to secure playing time

• Olympic tickets are hard to come by

• Taylor knows about knockout blows

• Injured Mayo says he’ll be OK

• Douglass sets record with win

• Goal could be turning point

• Stojakovic is no longshot in this contest

• Florida State puts all its teams on probation

• She wasn’t allowed to call shots

• Malibu Creek loop takes hikers off beaten path

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Bryant tears a ligament, will pass on surgery

• Kidd’s trade to Mavericks still on hold

• NBA goes all out for All-Stars

• LSU topples Tennessee women

• Jason Schmidt still a question mark for opener

• Daly (69) still out there hacking

• Clemens steroids issue is surprisingly partisan

• Stanton named Times’ 14th editor

• Times editor biography

• Industry awakes, plays catch-up

• Stocks skid as mortgage crisis takes toll on bonds

• Possible heparin problems detected

• Home sales fall across nation

• Top policymakers say U.S. should avoid recession

• Bill targets insurer refusals

• Microsoft shakes executive ranks

• Editor Russ Stanton’s speech to the newsroom

• A toast to liquid assets

• Starbucks to serve up a costlier cup

• Somehow he stayed on top

• US Air drops frequent fliers’ minimum

• Sharper Image names CEO

• China sensors delay U.S. film

• California, U.S. regulators drop American Funds probes

• Trade gap narrows for 2007

• latimes.com/business

• Media firms in Web ad sales alliance

• Survey says CEOs not bullish on economy

• Juggling roles of father, Igor isn’t a monster task

• Another Cyrus, another career

• Ask her what she thinks of the future

• Eastern tradition, western influence

• Online dating companies quarrel over background checks

• Don’t go expecting rats or penguins

• Grandiose dreams of one twisted guy

• His dream hits the big screen

• Horoscope: Feb. 15

• Complex love in a modern Irish myth

• LACMA’s other new addition

• 24 chosen in ‘Idol’ nail-biter

• An island caught between U.S., Japan

• Boyhood in Brazil: Pelé, leftists and Jewish angels

• A new take on 1492

• Di Suvero blends basics, elegance

• From classroom to the dance floor

• Too much, not enough

• Writers burning midnight oil again

• Embracing the future

• Calendar’s Calendar

• The Soaps

• Norman Lear endorses young voters

• A rarely told history of a shrine

• Witness the true randomness

• Thrown into ‘Brig’ with no hope

• High-tech center for Pasadena

• ‘Diana Vishneva: Beauty in Motion’

• Keeping boys on their toes

• Pianist Viktoria Postnikova ill

• The zombies are just cleaning up

• A fragile world, a critical eye

• ‘The Great Debaters’ tops NAACP Image Awards

• Clinton picks up a belated delegate

• Romney will endorse McCain

• Food workers union endorses Obama

• FDA chief is urged to resign

• FEMA trailers toxic, tests show

• Fighter dispute hits stratosphere

• An award Al Gore hasn’t won

• Democrats sound populist themes

• GEORGIA

• House holds 2 Bush aides in contempt

• Gunman opens fire at Illinois school

• U.S. will try to shoot down spy satellite gone bad

• Gingrich on Obama’s chances: Yes he can

• Romney endorses McCain, ending fierce campaign feud

• Bill Clinton in the wilderness

• The man behind the message

• He keeps going and going and …

• On message

• For Israel, Gaza’s a trap

• Demonizing Marion Jones

• Every contestant had a prayer

• ‘Sick man’ checkup

• Good deal, sports fans

• For the record

• New life for African AIDS patients

• Georgia dissident’s death not homicide, police say

• Hezbollah vows revenge over militant’s slaying

• Rice to visit strife-torn Kenya

• Serbia to act against Kosovo

• Marines transfer control of river town to Iraqi forces

• Myanmar separatist leader is killed

• As Pakistan vote nears, all eyes on army

• Animal rescue group moves soldiers’ best friend to U.S.

• On a bus but going nowhere in Cairo

• Iran postpones talks with U.S. on Iraq

• 12 sought in attacks in East Timor

• PHILIPPINES

• Exiting Putin sounds incoming