Archive for Wednesday, February 20, 2008

• If Anna Wintour were a superhero, what would she be?

• Legendary ballerina was a longtime Bolshoi star

• Mothers tout DWP lactation service; chief says it will stay

• ‘Sloophole’ for yacht buyers remains open

• Fighting to live, remain insured

• Death penalty survey spurned

• L.A. County to keep its clinics open

• Groups to fight plan for trading carbon emissions

• Heavier weekend rain expected in Southern California

• Executive built baseball’s ‘Big Red Machine’

• Nancy Reagan back home after hospital stay

• Arrest made in puppy abuse

• Lottery results

• Founder of L.A.’s Aman Folk Ensemble

• Contractor gets 12 years for bribing congressman

• GOP sails to rescue of yachts

• Action on plastic bag ban delayed

• Parents question officials about school shooting

• Cattle inspections thwarted

• Website shutdown draws fire

• L.A. lawyer Terry Christensen to be tried separately from Pellicano

• Man testifies about being wounded in barrage of gunfire from deputies

• Public health, labor groups decry harbor panel’s air plan

• Actor regularly appeared in playwright Mamet’s works

• Chino bus crash injures 9 preschool students

• 5 Southern Calif. salons cited for violating hygiene law

• Ontario man kidnapped after family held hostage

• After-school help program gets gift

• 19 arrested in Venice gang sweep

• Counties, railroads at odds over rail funds

• A wave of construction

• Sign that young city has arrived

• Solar is key to DWP’s green energy drive

• Brother of gunman who killed SWAT officer offers condolences

• Money request seen as suspect

• Calif. neighbors wage legal battle over redwoods

• Baseball above it in Cuba

• AP WOMEN’S TOP 25

• A call Indiana has to make

• Liverpool rebounds from upsetting weekend

• Farrar takes lead with speed

• NCAA tournament still could be in the balance

• Text messages from press row …

• Wie says injured wrists will never be fully healed

• Lakers home and spry

• Kidd finally rejoins Mavericks in trade

• Holiday, Lee and five others will play in McDonald’s games

• Open-wheel series are close to a merger

• He’s the rising favorite son of Japan

• Santa Margarita rides Thompson’s career-high 40 points to victory

• Wednesday’s TV highlights

• Gasol’s L.A. debut with Lakers a dandy

• Great-granddad knows best

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Shaq is back at it again

• Furcal opens camp healthy, optimistic

• The Times’ Top 25

• U.S. water polo team goes through tense time in Serbia

• Lasorda’s Cuban memories

• First this for Nos. 1 and 2

• Burke looks at potential acquisitions

• Asbury returning to coach at Pepperdine

• Shipp not dialed in from long distance

• TONIGHT

• Bynum hopes regimen goes swimmingly

• Steven’s Being looks to repeat

• They’re not willing to trade future

• Guerrero balks at DH role

• Garnett returns in Celtics’ loss to Nuggets

• Tejada: No drug talk

• Modry traded for a Flyers pick

• Harris impresses toughest

• Guerrero just says no to DH idea

• Arresting developments from Neuheisel’s past

• Chinese New Year revelry continues worldwide

• Ease in Cuban travel may hinge on election

• Dual sport has yet a third purpose

• 2008 Lexus IS-F

• Fast company

• Meat packer was honored in ‘05

• U.S. businesses are eager to jump in

• Treating death as a commodity

• Realtors group finds a silver lining

• MBIA brings back ex-CEO, looks at split

• Bay Area newspaper publisher cutting workers

• NBC cancels glitzy show unveiling

• Corporate Express rejects buyout offer from Staples

• Delta, Northwest on verge of a merger

• Health goods sold on Web raise concern

• Justices examine energy crunch

• Firms add unlimited call plans

• Mortgage delay rules approved by alliance

• Oil gushes past $100

• Safety of migratory creatures must be considered in adding communications towers, an appeals panel rules.

• Yahoo sets employee buyout plan

• Format war over! Blu-ray wins as Toshiba abandons HD DVD

• Plant in China under scrutiny

• Stocks can’t hold on to early gains

• Mexico’s growth outpaces forecasts

• Expect more Blu-ray features – and higher prices

• Our civil liberties lose this round

• China’s inflation surges 7.1%, highest in 11 years

• latimes.com/business

• Commodities markets boom

• Wal-Mart’s low-price focus boosts earnings

• HP earnings increase 38%

• Fresh shiso, homegrown

• Recipe: Italian tuna and shiso sandwich

• A matter of who’s got pop

• Caramel corn with pine nuts and piment d’espelette

• Farmer dinners at the Sidecar Restaurant

• A delicious step up

• Recipe: Quick khachapuri (Georgian cheese pie)

• El Caserio Silver Lake

• At El Caserio, pan-Latin charm

• An era of Russian opulence

• An inviting herbal accent

• Recipe: Angel hair pasta with fresh shiso-herb mix

• Changes coming to world wine map

• Recipe: Spinach pkhali (dip)

• 2004 Spencer & Roloson Syrah La Herradura Vineyard

• Recipe: Eggs stuffed with caviar

• Many ways to pop

• Recipe: Caramel corn

• Recipe: Salad Olivier

• Meltdown in your wineglass?

• Zakuski!

• Recipe: Smoked salmon and shiitakes on toast

• Melograno

• Recipe: Broiled citrus with shiso

• THE ENVELOPE

• Survival no mystery for CBS’ ‘48 Hours’

• Toy fair in New York

• Writers dig deep for portrayals

• Do you stay when job is No. 1?

• Calendar’s Calendar

• U.N.’s peace warrior

• Art from ‘the darkest of history’s hours’

• Man and his two worlds, twice the fun

• Collection of music of Lincoln’s time, war-torn yet hopeful

• In Calendar

• Behind the curtains of suburban myths

• Tiny Texas town in Oscar’s spotlight

• Horoscope: Feb. 20

• Woman should inform pen pal of her gender

• Getty makes two prime purchases

• Poetic justice

• Aeschylus gets remixed

• ‘Twice Upon a Time’

• Italy shows off seized artifacts

• PETA crowns Aretha queen of worst-dressed list

• Wisconsin: Beginning of the end for Clinton?

• Supreme Court rejects wiretap suit

• Clinton, Obama will watch Wisconsin from afar

• Michelle Obama criticized for remarks

• Abortion records subpoena blocked

• Pentagon might launch missile at satellite Wednesday

• Evidence rule to be reviewed

• WST–Scotus-Yellowsto

• ‘Frog from hell’ tells of ancient land link

• MINNESOTA

• 2 Air Force planes disappear over Gulf of Mexico

• Progress in Pakistan

• Our pandering mayor

• Blu and you

• Fidel’s slow fade

• Exurban blight

• AT LATIMES.COM/OPINION

• Musharraf backers concede

• Four possible successors to Fidel Castro

• Castro hints at a younger ruler in the coming Cuba

• 13 Iraqi police die in rocket incident

• Castro’s memoirs: No regrets

• Serbian militants attack border posts in Kosovo

• Slaving in the lap of luxury

• It’s all quiet on the Miami front

• A long wait for little change

• Mystery bomb seen as plot by cartel

• Silenced Pakistani lawyer is speaking out

• Myanmar finishes its new constitution

• JAPAN

• Bush points to lessons of Rwanda in Darfur crisis

• Presidential candidates hail Castro’s resignation