Archive for Thursday, March 20, 2008

• Hubble camera spots traces of life-forming gas

• A song in his heart and in his roots

• L.A. stops 5,553-unit home plan

• UC looks to Texas for new president

• Actor’s roles reflected life for blacks in America

• Son of junkyard owner called suspect in fatal shootings of 4 in Santa Maria

• Boyle Heights artwork sparks community outcry

• West Covina woman is fatally shot while on phone with 911

• Nurse to head UCI hospital

• 3rd Marine is accused of murder

• L.A. police union calls chief’s SWAT changes dangerous

• Addict found guilty of murder

• Clamping down on quaggas

• Gov.’s timing may be right for reform

• O.C. does a bland job of branding itself, period

• Shake-up roils federal prosecutors

• Witnesses say Pellicano threatened them

• Orange County Calendar

• ‘Strike Up the Band For UCLA’

• Richard Hecht, 77; key figure in L.A. County D.A. office

• 2 men convicted of kidnapping woman and son, 5, for ransom

• At 81, tune is a hit at Big Dance

• U. of Texas chancellor may get top post at UC

• Transplant surgeon faces trial on abuse charge

• British actor Paul Scofield dies at 86

• San Clemente pair held in child endangerment

• 3 men captured during DEA sting at Orange motel

• Schwarzenegger replaces Eastwood, Shriver on parks commission

• Cedars-Sinai fined for blood-thinner lapses

• Inmate is released after 25 years

• Three of the pick-six races to be on grass

• Ducks increase lead over Stars

• 76ers spoil Iverson’s return to Philadelphia

• Fired by LSU, Brady goes to Arkansas State

• Bruins try to show some respect

• Clippers don’t have enough

• Every dance has first step

• Clydette Mia seeks third win of year

• Anaheim regional at a glance

• Men lead revivals at Pacific Life Open

• Tsonga can’t climb over Nadal

• A Titanic challenge

• Heat loses, 96-54, with third-lowest score in shot-clock era

• Parker tries to catch up

• Bynum apparently got a lot better in one day

• Tiger Woods: still focused on majors

• USC’s matchup

• Tai and Randy’s bond is sure and steady off the ice

• Skater Kimmie Meissner doesn’t fall but doesn’t rate highly

• Cal State Fullerton’s matchup

• UCLA’s matchup

• Head games favor Stanford

• Dynamo reaches semifinals of CONCACAF Champions Cup

• Westlake’s Kroker has tournament on his mind

• Roof fell in, but their fears are grounded

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Long Beach Poly’s Jasmine Dixon is named player of the year

• Kings’ Johnson to miss rest of season

• Trojans hope to know their roles

• Prep quarterback Pryor chooses Ohio State

• Garciaparra has microfracture in right wrist

• Why this downturn doesn’t portend another Depression

• Rush for high-tech visas expected

• U.S. moves to free up funds for mortgages

• Fraud case invites mistaken identity

• Bargain air fares taking a summer holiday

• FCC bans landlord phone deals

• Law puts start-up investors to the test

• Intel’s low-cost laptops expand to US, Europe

• Business briefs

• Starbucks’ Schultz vows to stir cold stock

• Morgan’s profit tops estimates

• ‘Mr. Yen’ sees U.S. policy makers as behind the curve

• ‘Instamatic Karma’

• 999 Eyes: Where ‘freak’ isn’t pejorative

• The Glutton: Delis in the 818

• ‘Vampire’ at Bootleg Theater: transformations

• Lawry’s: Party like it’s 1938

• The Short Set: A deluge of fun

• ‘When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?’: Now

• Eno: Wine, cheese and chocolate put on the Ritz

• ‘Britz in Pieces’ stars Neil Dickens

• Wife and her personal critic need more to do

• Jurors deliberate on where to dine downtown

• Lily Tomlin at Riverside Municipal Auditorium

• The Black Crowes at the Wiltern

• What lurks beneath a picture-perfect O.C.

• FIRST Robotics: Building a better R2-D2

• Javier’s: Like he never left

• Villa Delle Stelle: pampered

• Foxtail: a supper club for the next generation

• Bring your pillow (and maybe some aspirin)

• L.A. Phil New Music Group: ‘Green Umbrella’

• DON’T MISS

• Fresh roots from the Felice Brothers

• Musical Theater for Kids: ‘Alice in Wonderland Jr.’

• A close-up of Lennon off the merry-go-round

• DON’T MISS

• Night Lines: Supperclub at the Vogue Theater

• Off he goes into the wild blue yonder

• 60 Seconds With Max Maven

• DON’T MISS

• Kathy May’s: Country cookin’ in Huntington Beach

• Finally, a grade-A brawl

• Seeing Seuss instead of the stars

• Pitch-perfect Gnarls Barkley

• Athletes: A transition game from playing field to the screen

• THE FIVE THIS WEEK: EASTER BRUNCH

• Vampire Weekend is drawing blood

• Chanticleer and Shanghai Quartet: Anniversary show

• The Enabler: Tango Room

• DON’T MISS

• Horoscope: March 20

• Tentation: Manufactured Superstars

• Vroman’s: Lisa See, ‘Peony in Love’

• Irvine Barclay Theatre: Backhausdance

• Buzz Bands

• Rick Ross takes top album chart spot

• NO SPINE AND FEELIN’ FINE

• THE BEST EATS ON THEIR BEATS

• Joshua Jackson rises from ‘sub-sub’ stardom

• Angela Bassett: Playing mother in ‘Meet the Browns’

• Owen Wilson sits out ‘Drillbit Taylor’ promotion

• Borders may be sold

• Hillary Clinton schedules shed little light on work as first lady

• Bush says ‘America can and must win’

• Clinton underscores her support for a Michigan primary revote

• Hillary Clinton’s schedule on key dates in Lewinsky scandal

• It’s a Pentagon divided

• Obama intensifies attacks on Clinton’s, McCain’s plans for Iraq

• Political stalemate grips Florida, Michigan

• Protests mark Iraq war’s 5th anniversary

• EPA seeks inquiry transcripts

• Obama pastor’s words ring familiar in Chicago

• Towns across Midwest brace for more flooding as rivers rise; at least 15 dead in storms’ wake

• X Prize Foundation offers $10 million for fuel-efficient vehicle

• Judge allows questions about how Clinton documents are released

• Giant ray kills woman in boat in Florida Keys

• Utah coal mine fined

• Obama blew it

• Buying American

• Tom LaBonge: Ready for his close-up?

• Where the votes are

• Bandaging No Child Left Behind

• Port clean-up bound for courts?

• Don’t automate the state budget

• The economics of crime

• They said it wouldn’t last …

• Midcentury tour

• Farmhouse draws praise, scorn

• Keep it under your hat

• Branching in

• In the city, a fairy-tale escape

• Who’s on first?

• Exotic, inspired: shopping for the look

• Cook and carry

• Sit back, dearie, and relax

• The look: nearly naked

• Crafting greener pastures

• WEB EXCLUSIVES

• When parking gets personal

• Yankee wares

• China steps up verbal attacks on Dalai Lama over Tibet

• Woman kills 5 in Iraq suicide blast

• Bank of Japan is without a chief

• Tibet unrest tests India

• McCain visits besieged Israeli town

• British papers apologize to McCanns, parents of missing girl

• Cheney in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai

• Bishop urges Filipinos against turning Holy Week into circus with crucifixion rites