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What happened on March 09, 2008

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  • Bestsellers

  • Young and in love  By Susan Carpenter, Susan Carpenter writes the weekly Throttle Jockey column in The Times' Highway 1 section.

  • The last few chapters  By Veronique De Turenne, Veronique de Turenne blogs at latimes.com/LAnow and at www.laobserved.com/malibu/.

  • Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds

  • Days of infamy 'Smoke' and mirrors  By Mark Kurlansky, Mark Kurlansky is a journalist and the author, most recently, of "Nonviolence: 25 Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea."

  • Reality bites back By Ruben Martinez, Ruben Martinez, an English professor at Loyola Marymount University, is the author of a completely verifiable work of nonfiction, "Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail."

  • Plains people  By Thomas Mcgonigle, Thomas McGonigle is the author of "Going to Patchogue" and "The Corpse Dream of N. Petkov."

  • Blessed serenity By Nick Owchar

  • The rubber jungle  By Richard Rayner, Richard Rayner is the author, most recently, of "The Associates." He also writes the monthly Paperback Writers column at latimes.com/books.

  • The word geek  By Christine Smallwood, Christine Smallwood is associate literary editor at the Nation and co-editor of the Crier.

  • This Week in Calendar

  • Mountain mayhem  By Antoine Wilson, Antoine Wilson is the author of the novel "The Interloper."

ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

  • 'Stuck on stupid'

  • A right to safe food

  • Several kernels of truth

  • Turn off the northern tap

  • Placing the blame for gridlock

  • Pigeonholing

  • Go away? Why should she?  By Leslie Bennetts, Leslie Bennetts, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, is the author of "The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much?"

  • The Israel litmus test  By Aaron David Miller, Aaron David Miller, who served at the State Department as an advisor to six secretaries of State, is a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center and the author of the forthcoming "The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab/Israeli Peace."

  • Battle lines drawn By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.

  • Instant nostalgia By Swati Pandey

  • Don't be cruel  By Joe Queenan, Joe Queenan writes frequently for Barron's, the New York Times Book Review and the Guardian.

  • Cash in, Mr. Chips By Swati Pandey

  • Break out the shock and awe  By Michael Scheuer, Michael Scheuer worked at the CIA for 22 years. He was the first chief of its Osama bin Laden unit, and he helped create its rendition program, which he ran for 40 months. His newest book is "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam after Iraq."

  • Teach climate change  By Tom Wagner and Kathleen Gorski, Tom Wagner is the program director for Earth sciences for the U.S. Antarctic Program at the National Science Foundation. Kathleen Gorski is a science teacher and Einstein Fellow at the National Science Foundation. Their views are their own and do not reflect official views of the National Science Foundation.

  • The Nunez legacy  By Anthony York, Anthony York is the editor of Capitol Weekly, a newspaper of California government and politics.

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