Archive for Friday, February 29, 2008

• Vietnamese voters go left

• A life divided by borders

• Gov. wants to cut back tax breaks

• Man, 27, dies rescuing cat from tree

• Irvine’s balloon ride is grounded

• Stoic little town faces tomorrow

• Suspect’s blog was the net that snared him

• Lottery results

• Transplant surgeon acted properly, lawyer says

• PETA seeking its own Hollywood sign

• Alleged smuggling ring raided

• Mayor’s schools hires are loaners

• Memories of El Porto

• Elder abuse is suspected at putrid Villa Park home

• Ficus are on the chopping block

• Driver injured when car crashes into oil field

• Pilot in crash is called a hero

• Custom car designer starred in TV’s ‘American Hot Rod’

• Attack fuels community fears

• In 1969, singer recorded the first Christian rock album

• Man is fatally shot after car chase

• Bass elected Assembly speaker

• State sues U.S. Forest Service

• Editor’s note

• Singer was face of Dave Clark Five

• Outspoken scientist dismissed from panel on chemical safety

• State rebukes O.C. sheriff

• Debts pushed Vallejo to the brink

• Schwarzenegger wants to close some ‘tax loopholes’

• First black woman will lead Assembly

• Vietnamese voters go left

• Deportee torn between two countries

• O.C. gas prices up nearly 18 cents as crude oil tops $103 a barrel

• FBI looks into Clemens issue

• Slow-starting Bruins find some direction

• Stanford edges Washington

• Championship game previews

• Text messages from press row …

• USC frustrates Arizona, 70-58

• Cassell finally gets his contract buyout

• Bonds’ attorneys will ask judge to drop case

• Kearse, Bruce and Neal among cuts by NFL teams

• Patriot edges Jurupa Valley to win Division IV-AA crown

• Teams, and fans, in it for long haul

• He runs to get past terrifying experience

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Still no date for Bynum’s return

• Stumbling Kings fall for fourth time in five games

• Lakers’ leap continues

• AFL brings back real favorite

• Hunter off to fast start with Angels

• Avengers like their chances

• Angler Jones reels in the opportunity of a lifetime

• Manager gets his golfer’s cut

• Bowa says he will ignore helmet rule for coaches

• AP women’s top 25

• San Jose’s offense gets a boost

• Open enrollment is a magnet for Taft success

• Saturday’s championship game previews

• San Jose SaberCats considered the team to beat

• Championship game previews

• Zada Belle is back in second race at Santa Anita

• INSIDE

• Forgotten leader

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Black colleges facing pivotal time

• MMA gets network TV deal

• Kahne looks to recapture the magic

• Northridge stops Fullerton

• Vintner tries for repeat at Los Alamitos

• Veterans sense urgency

• Dodgers repeat old mistake

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• New Line, old story: A small studio falls

• Muni market turns cold

• Bean counters note: coffee at 10-year high

• Economic warnings put chill on stocks

• Baxter widens heparin recall

• Ferrell drives for another slam-dunk

• EBay settles patent fight

• Ford issues safety recall for 4.6 million vehicles

• Sales – and costs – soar for Bidz.com

• FTC chief to take post in private sector

• Reopening the energy market

• Job cuts at papers shrink coverage

• SAG’s N.Y. board pushes for early contract talks

• Tiffany will try out smaller-store concept

• Universal to buy Univision music division

• Salud: Vintners raise a glass to the weaker dollar

• Nation nowhere near stagflation of 1970s, Bernanke tells Congress

• AIG loses $5 billion on bad credit

• Diamond dogs living it up

• Dell results fall short of expectations

• All-female night soft on power

• The torment of forbidden love

• ‘Taxi’s’ difficult route to an Oscar

• Tell parents about hazing

• A ‘Palace’ in revolt

• Villainous Iago steals the show

• Luminous father-son tale transcends the dark times

• Royal high jinks fizzle in ‘Other Boleyn Girl’

• Calendar’s Calendar

• ‘Vivere’s’ moody look at three lives

• Caught in the Octopus’ tentacles

• A history lesson in ‘Chicago 10’

• Psychopath’s tale evokes dread, fear

• Horoscope: Feb. 29

• ‘Semi-Pro’ scores for fans of formula

• Derring-do & critters too

• ‘Idol’ girls may have a new model: the guys

• THEIR 30-MINUTE APPOINTMENT

• A journey back into the light

• Greed is native to every country

• Try to get past his bravado and your wishful thinking

• Rough draft of a charming fairy tale

• She was haunted by Hemingway

• Vermeer plans a local visit

• ‘Amerykah’ the beautiful

• L.A. Times Book Prize nominees announced

• Whiplash from the Cyrus seat belt flap

• Salonen sets his 17th and final L.A. Philharmonic season

• Pairing the quiet and the chaotic

• ‘City of Men’

• Amy Winehouse cleared of witness tampering

• Economy is on candidates’ agenda

• Bill and Hillary Clinton woo Texas with mariachi

• NAFTA both political symbol and economic reality

• Record numbers in prison

• Bush hits Obama on foreign policy

• Arizona can impose employer sanctions

• Just seeing if you’re awake

• Obama raps an adoring crowd’s knuckles

• $4-a-gallon gas? It’s news to Bush

• Nader, Bloomberg give their reasons

• WASHINGTON, D.C.

• Official defends meat inspections

• Be ready for Iraq shift, military told

• We’re going to miss the drama

• Clinton, Boxer contributor pleads guilty

• Ricin possibly found in Las Vegas motel, police investigating

• Northrop and Paris plane maker beat out Boeing for Air Force contract

• EPA to state: It’s global warming, not California

• Safe from searches

• Not ‘other,’ just black

• A little something for the ladies

• Prisoner of a symbol

• Ships keep polluting, for now

• California’s new Assembly speaker

• 15 Palestinians die as Hamas, Israel continue aerial attacks

• Turks offer Gates no timetable on Iraq incursion

• Power-sharing agreement reached in Kenya

• BRITAIN

• Execution of ‘Chemical Ali’ approved

• Airport opens massive gateway to new China

• Iraq braces for Ahmadinejad

• U.S. warns Europeans of Iran missile threat

• Video highlights racial tensions

• Nairobi accord: Key points of the Kenyan power-sharing deal

• Body of Katoucha Niane, former top model, found in the River Seine