Archive for Friday, March 21, 2008

• Orbiter spies new Mars site to visit

• Investigation continues in West Covina killing

• Foes of tollway lose seats on panel

• Panel urges chancellor of Texas for UC post

• Villaraigosa picks up business baton

• Port shifts plan’s cost to shippers

• Chief backs Parks’ rival

• Ex-SLA member leaves prison

• Salesman testifies in slayings

• Mustang is corralled after 38 years

• Client says she listened to wiretaps

• Trouble on mane street

• A new twist in O.C. Jail inquiry

• Second homicide in four days in Santa Monica

• Associate producer behind ‘Easy Rider’ is found dead

• Housing slump is cutting tax bills

• 3 men captured during DEA sting at Orange motel

• Freed inmate rejoices

• As Southland counties reassess home values, tax bills fall

• Orange County Calendar

• New Ventura County ordinance restricts mobile home park ‘condo’ conversions

• Study highlights language barriers faced in healthcare

• Hospital fined for Quaid babies drug mix-up

• Inspectors find dirt on books at Southern Calif. carwashes

• Potential rival to mayor’s cousin gets city appointment

• O.C. ‘Scar Face’ bandit strikes again

• INSIDE

• Thornton continues to grow on court

• RESULTS

• Bruins rest Mbah a Moute

• She gives the place a new look

• Jackson sees no easy schedule

• Spurs end losing streak

• Drake doesn’t forget … now

• Dodgers’ Garciaparra doubtful for opening day, Torre says

• STAT OF THE WEEK

• Lakers win a grudge match

• Love, not Mayo, leaves us wanting more

• UCLA makes sure it’s not sweet for 16

• Friday’s TV highlights

• Burton wants to cry foul after Titans’ loss

• RESULTS

• Celtics finish sweep of trip through Texas

• Patterson is cut by Nationals

• Arizona ousted in the first round for the 10th time

• Raiders, Hall agree to terms

• First and end for USC

• RESULTS, SCHEDULE

• Be A Bono is retired

• Travels of a young great white

• Jackson has huge game for the Soul

• Injured Lindsay Davenport defaults against Jelena Jankovic

• Duke escapes, 71-70, over tiny Belmont

• It reads like a final chapter

• Not so clubby in the clubhouse

• Fullerton is ushered aside

• Bertuzzi has rare moment to enjoy

• Kings get shootout win over Coyotes

• Round 1: Well, that was fast

• Newhall Hart’s Bauer keeps his head in the game

• Bruins got exactly what they needed

• Some Sprint Cup drivers will take part in Pepsi 300

• Mayo, Gibson are noncommittal on returning

• Michigan State ousts Temple again

• Mixed martial arts has a first date with prime time

• Evans out as USF coach

• California’s deserts ablaze with wildflowers

• Aloha airlines files for bankruptcy

• Factory and other data adds evidence of recession

• Cook up a plan for expansion

• Winners of airwaves auction announced

• Bain ends 3Com deal, cites US security panel

• Rates on 30-year mortgages drop below 6%

• Tribune Co. posts quarterly loss

• Tips ruling is made to order for baristas

• Borders may be sold

• A tart, tangy ‘Marmalade’

• For Bollywood, a rewritten script

• Apostrophes and computers don’t mix

• ‘Fafalo!’ information

• Indian author finds the timeless language

• Gibson disputes ‘Christ’ suit

• Museum pieces are sure to be well read

• Cash, not cool, gets you a Studio 54 seat

• Horoscope: March 21

• ‘Rocky’ meets ‘Honeymooners’

• French flock to simple film

• ‘Drillbit’ bores into tired, put-upon-teen formula

• Mortgage crisis hits cultural institutions

• 2 moms, 2 daughters and the difference of approval

• Heroes meet villains, fun ensues

• The world was at his feet

• ‘Idol’: It’s all about song choice

• Poker takes its turn in mockumentary

• Obama heartens his base

• Breaking doc has cool moves

• Brevity is the soul of these series of books

• Calendar’s Calendar

• They’re too hard on a difficult co-worker

• ‘Meet the Browns,’ ‘Shutter’ reviews delayed

• Blackface, once made taboo, has returned

• The talented Mr. Minghella

• ‘The Shadow Year’

• Listen to the doctor

• Evil lurks but suspense is lacking on trip to the past

• Now it’s the usual pop smorgasbord

• It’s politics galore for publications

• Jamie Lee Curtis shows some skin

• After a foot of rain falls, Midwest flees rising rivers

• McCain aide suspended for publicizing anti-Obama video

• Democrats are darlings of Wall St.

• Ray leaps from water, kills boater in Florida

• Obama, Clinton stress economic issues during stops in West Virginia, Indiana

• Failures upset AIDS scientists

• Obama passport file breached

• Candidates pull in $790 million

• Richardson endorses Obama

• Judge orders Starbucks to pay more than $100 million in back tips

• State Department fires 2, disciplines 1 for looking at Barack Obama’s passport file

• Denver short on funds for Democratic National Convention

• New York governor denies using campaign money for tryst

• Another Republican lawmaker is retiring

• Inspector arrested in crane collapse case

• Pentagon battle breaks out over a spy plane

• Tribune hits one out of Wrigley Field

• NY’s political sex scandals provoke discussion within couples

• How to get ahead in webcasting

• Fighting governments and guerrillas

• Someone give Ben Bernanke a hug

• Starting small to help homeowners

• Noah’s Ark for salmon

• Farm bill feeds greed

• ‘Old Hickory’s’ slaves

• Iraq guards asked to trade guns for brooms

• Suicide bomber kills 5 Pakistani soldiers near Afghan border

• A royal rush for reluctant electorate

• China’s Tibet action could backfire in Taiwan

• Chinese troops pour into Tibet

• McCain, Brown discuss Iraq war

• Extrajudicial slayings on rise in Colombia