Archive for Sunday, February 24, 2008

• Accuracy of gender test kits in question

• Janez Drnovsek, 57; former president of Slovenia

• AIDS agency sues L.A. over action on former hospice

• For state GOP, November may be the cruelest month

• Part of Salton Sea’s desolate shore made into a lush oasis

• Chief justice drops bid to speed up death penalty appeals

• Small towns, big gang issues

• 5 found dead in Brea home

• 5 family members found dead in Yorba Linda

• Some loans allow payment to dip; others don’t

• Singles enclave harbors lofty ambitions

• New-home buyers are feature creatures

• Mortgage relief for service members

• Reverse mortgages provide more seniors with a safety net

• Taking a cut from consumers

• Is this the time to buy or stay safely on the sidelines?

• Liz’s Palm Springs place

• Average mortgage rates and indexes

• $50 for credit check: a bargain for two, a rip-off for one

• Quiet, among the old oaks

• GEO QUIZ

• City of Light at night

• Sedona International Film Festival & Workshop

• Honolulu hip

• Time to hit the Blossom Trail

• The ‘who’ behind the hotel review

• Setting up camp

• Wine, cake and a hearty heave-ho

• Mt. Waterman details

• Art Walk

• FILMS & PROGRAMS

• Palm Springs hotel not for the kids

• Banned, eh?

• Canada’s Butchart Gardens

• Party planners

• Helsinki, Finland’s Modern approach to design

• Planning your trip to San Felipe, Mexico

• San Felipe, Mexico lures with rustic and laidback ways

• At Puerto Penasco, Mexico, the vibe is up and coming

• How to become an American in Paris

• Planning your trip to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico

• ‘Jason’s Discovery’

• A studio set piece

• Life among the saints

• Hitting the right note at the Games

• Events

• Bound to be bleak

• It’s a slow build to the fast lane

• Top off that party with a few atonemints

• The ballot

• One breaks out

• Polk award is bittersweet for ‘Blackwater’ author

• Horoscope: Feb. 24

• Shock without value

• A killer let loose on network TV

• At 50, Achebe novel looks immortal

• It’s all dance, all the time

• That gaze

• A clear cry for some kind of attention

• Mum’s the word on ‘Beowulf’

• WATCH AND WIN

• Enough about me

• Best picture winners that make Oscar look good

• They share a grandchild but not a friendship

• SMALL-SCREEN DEBUT

• Struck by the power of a story well told

• ‘IDOL’ LEVERAGE

• A revival in the spotlight

• Prime choices for prime time

• FOR THE KIDS

• ‘Skies of L.A.’

• Arizona team wins West regional

• Music

• Regis Philbin called on the carpet

• Taking the heat for icebreakers

• Museums

• WHAT’S-UP DOC?

• He gives actors a sporting chance

• There’s no lectern like it

• Average Jane goes to prison

• Today’s Highlights

• ON THE WEB

• MAKEOVER MUSCLE

• The others you meet

• This is how he grew to be unclean

• Getting a late start, the show’s writers hope the jokes won’t be on them

• Radio

• Mood a la mode

• Galleries

• He’s still full of surprises

• A windfall of promise

• Brangelina brood growing?

• ‘Wrong,’ Clinton says of Obama’s campaign mailings

• White House backtracks on claims of lost intelligence

• Clinton backers at odds with her on Fla., Mich.

• How deep did Romney dig into his own pocket?

• Seniors weigh in on young McCain

• Turnout forces a halt to Nevada Democratic convention

• Angry Clinton criticizes Obama ads

• Hip-hop may save Bronx homes

• Ports clean-up plan threatened

• New York Philharmonic hopes to hit the right note in N. Korea

• Cuba tribute to Pope John Paul

• South Africa’s elite crime fighters endangered

• Israeli missile kills 3 in Gaza Strip

• New Australian leaders affirm alliance with U.S.

• Colombia rebels get foothold in Venezuela

• Iran wants apology from U.S.

• U.S. sailors in Iraq aim to stem flow of insurgents

• Raul Castro replaces brother Fidel to lead Cuba

• Sunnis, Shiites clash in Dora district