Archive for Friday, January 25, 2008

• Salmonella strain carried by pet turtles sickens 100

• A step closer to creating life out of chemical soup

• NASA’s Stardust upends comet theory

• Collecting L.A.’s life stories, one person at a time

• Bosses may fire workers for using medical pot off duty, California’s high court says

• Driver arrested after fatal crash on 101 Freeway

• Mark of a great deli and man

• Future direction of L.A. jewel is open for debate

• Rehab program for doctors out

• 2 high schools join LAUSD reform effort

• 4 Southland museums raided in looting probe

• Teen held in alleged plot to hijack plane

• Phone tax gets heavy backing from L.A. unions

• Ventura County growers brace for strict pesticide rules

• Carona lawyers tip their strategy

• PASSINGS

• EBay’s retiring chief executive may be considering a run for California governor

• Banner maker sparked festive flags’ popularity

• Charney suit sent to arbitrator

• Snow shuts I-5 in Grapevine area

• Solar power efforts struggle

• Last Eyak worked to preserve native language

• Man is accused in deaths 11 years apart

• Lottery results

• A snowed-in Southland

• A kernel of good news at Smogdance

• Workers, visitors see an unusual exhibit: agents at the door

• Change checks in at a skid row hotel

• Court reaffirms investigators’ rights to drug tests

• First a glitch, then an apology

• Kings surprise the Ducks, 3-1

• It’s no Pit of despair for UCLA

• For once, youthful Kings can feel like big winners

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Lakers failing without Bynum

• USC holds on to lead Oregon State at the half

• Olympic spots could require more work

• Older sometimes means better on the slopes

• Kicker gets some giant laughs now

• Woods’ start right on course

• A loss that turned into something super

• Purcell has been a real find so far

• Text messages from press row …

• No lack of winners in Arabian race

• Tsonga takes a giant leap by overwhelming Nadal

• Dolphins hire Dorrell as wide receivers coach

• AP women’s top 25

• Friday’s TV highlights

• Sharapova, Ivanovic rise above it all

• McAnena lets his feet do the talking

• Casey, Telemaque, Shanks are honored

• Figure skating trying to make it work

• Spurs send Heat to 15th straight loss

• Attorney: Bush must give deposition

• AP men’s top 25

• Bryant gets the All-Star start

• Arizona is back on track

• Baseball seeks the Yao factor

• More chaos for the Clippers

• Nagasu dazzles as Zhang fizzles

• Card canceled again at Santa Anita

• UCLA women rally to defeat Oregon, 63-59

• Stormin Story could fit right in

• Iverson’s late surge earns All-Star start

• SUMMARIES

• Elite club teams not for everyone

• A history of U.S. hotel fires

• Fire breaks out at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino

• Tips on what to do if you’re hotel catches fire

• Trader blamed for lost billions

• Deal on stimulus reached

• How a human body becomes an exhibit

• Fear can’t rattle its Windows

• latimes.com/business

• Ford plans to offer more buyouts after cutting loss in half

• IAC, Liberty sue each other over spinoff

• Jobless claims decline for fourth straight week

• Mexican inflation under control

• Charter deletes customer e-mail in error

• Downturn prompts job cuts at Morgan Stanley, Lehman

• Stocks score big a 2nd day

• Relief package

• Public service ads tilt to insomniacs

• Ryland’s CEO sees no end to the slump

• Airwaves draw high initial bids

• Amgen’s profit rises less than 1%

• Broadcom founders named in case

• Serving new ideas at CPK

• Congressional leaders reach deal on economic rescue plan

• Ross said to be trying to buy Ambac

• Big loans could get cheaper

• Cadaver shows raise consent concerns

• Making shopping a virtual social experience

• Already planning their spending

• ‘Rambo’ is stalking a box-office monster

• Bikers, don’t slip up in the rain

• Again cut off at the knees

• Putting Judas on trial

• Taking writers for a swell ride

• Exhibit links chemistry, art

• Santa Barbara draws stars to its festival

• The truth hurts, but it pays well

• Horoscope: Jan. 25

• Arm’s length is still too close

• The economics of man’s nature

• Renewed interest in some Old Masters

• HBO gives viewers a choice of ‘Treatment’ schedules

• Underworld tale is familiar but passionate

• Oscar nod for Kazakhstan

• ‘Treatment’ goes deep into therapy

• Calendar’s Calendar

• It’s alive! With wit, diversity

• Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt’s electric ‘Shock’ venture

• Allegory just hot air with a few laughs

• For ‘24’ fans, the hours drag on

• A rocky ‘Rambo’ return

• Enabling a society that loves its cars

• Still making persuasive sense

• ‘Magic Flute’ on a high note

• Quiet drama in ‘Alice’s House’

• ‘Untraceable’ plays cat and mouse with hypocrisy

• Either pets go or hubby will

• Time travel for teens

• Television looks to Israel for ideas

• Tough view of addiction in Iran

• ‘Reese’ doubles the fun from one

• ‘The Magic Flute’

• Old story, new moves

• Films intersect, dissect cultures

• Obama backers work female vote

• Obama’s words, Clinton’s interpretation

• A GOP debate with a difference

• FINAL SHOT

• Some fear the other Clinton’s behavior may hurt the party

• Senate spy bill still shields telecoms

• Bill Clinton defends his attacks on Obama

• Earning, learning curve

• Decisions under a microscope

• WASHINGTON, D.C.

• Mukasey sees risk in early release

• McCain’s words could be a disaster

• Democrats may vote by race in S. Carolina

• Judge demands to know why CIA tapes trashed

• Federal rule to allow more hunting of gray wolves

• Democrat Kucinich to drop presidential bid

• Voting’s a family affair for Obama

• Clinton’s campaign speech gets an impassioned reading

• EPA chief grilled over California rejection

• Americans expect a recession, but also survival

• Apocalyptic politics

• NATO wear and tear

• My Super Bowl highlight

• Foreclosure fixes

• Good for guards, and us

• Best performance by an accountant

• BRAZIL

• Gates offers troops for joint combat efforts with Pakistan

• Italy’s government collapses as coalition comes unraveled

• Iraqi police chief killed in ambush

• Hopes rise in Kenya as rivals meet

• Dispute before Iran elections

• British official quits amid inquiry

• Palestinians continue streaming into Egypt

• U.S. defends proposed Iraq pact