Archive for Saturday, May 03, 2008

• High-fat, low-carb diet shown to curb epileptic seizures By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Made in Mexico: domesticated sunflowers By Thomas H. Maugh II

• Shipwreck treasure found off Namibia

• Judge in Carona cases upholds use of taped conversations By Christine Hanley and Stuart Pfeifer

• Unions’ deep pockets bode ill for Parks By Jean-Paul Renaud

• Suspicious bag evacuates ER By David Haldane

• Debut of Rick Caruso’s new mall gets Hollywood treatment in Glendale By Cara Mia Dimassa

• This musical enterprise bows out By Steve Harvey

• Medical marijuana as a ‘wonder drug’ By Sandy Banks

• The little school that could in L.A. seeks another win By Carla Rivera

• Assembly bill could substitute for an exoneration By Dana Parsons

• Manners on their minds By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• New job for an old gang

• Long Beach robber sought By Louis Sahagun

• Mountain lion hunted in Eagle Rock By Francisco Vara-Orta

• L.A. city unions push retirement incentives over layoffs By David Zahniser

• Sierra Madre wildfire is fully contained By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Diagnosis: irony By Richard Marosi

• Taxing buyers’ patience By Tami Abdollah and Evan Halper

• Girl bitten by coyote in Chino Hills

• Mexico’s consul general aims for harmony amid conflict By Anna Gorman

• O.C. treasurer can’t afford his legal defense, court motion says By Christian Berthelsen

• Bell Gardens councilman pleads not guilty By Jack Leonard

• Orange County Calendar

• Fund helps Holocaust survivors from Eastern Europe By Paloma Esquivel

• Humphrey Lyttelton, 86; jazz trumpeter, host of popular BBC radio game show

• Rolling 11 gets them seven By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Sharks stay alive

• Boxing’s full-court press By Bill Dwyre

• A pitch, a warning, and then the umpire is out. By Bill Shaikin

• Conference Semifinals

• Do they relate to Mitch?

• First look at Lakers-Jazz series

• Martin ‘treated’ to start at third By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Big Brown By Larry Stewart

• Dutrow has reason to talk up Big Brown By Bob Mieszerski

• Hystericalady goes on the defense at Churchill Downs By Bob Mieszerski

• Tres Passes gets a trial run at Los Alamitos By Bob Mieszerski

• Arrive early to bet often on Kentucky Derby Day at Hollywood Park By Bob Mieszerski

• By Mike Bresnahan

• Hernandez shuts down Tigers, 11-1

• Jazz oust Rockets with 113-91 victory in Game 6

• Saturday’s TV highlights

• Going inside numbers, and beyond, for Lakers and Jazz By Jonathan Abrams

• West Torrance beats Palos Verdes again By Anthony Stitt

• Police interview receiver Harrison about shooting

• Wang stays perfect by stopping Seattle

• Waves’ NCAA title bid faces major blockage By Jim Peltz

• By Grahame L. Jones

• Bynum doubts he’ll play for Lakers in playoffs By Mike Bresnahan

• By Lance Pugmire

• Hudson makes his pitch for Braves

• Reggie Bush developments could spell trouble for USC

• Slumping Guerrero is no help to Angels By Mike Digiovanna

• Reggie Bush trial date set By David Wharton

• Burrell’s homer gives Phillies 6-5 win over Giants

• Escobedo too much for Arrieta By Kevin Baxter

• Angels’ Matthews to stay in second spot By Mike Digiovanna

• Sun may speed Kentucky Derby By Larry Stewart

• Game 2 of Lakers-Utah series changed to Wednesday By Mike Bresnahan

• Lakers’ Bryant plays it coy about MVP award By Jonathan Abrams

• SAG, studios extend contract talks again By Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier

• Lender’s debt gets junk rating

• Linens ‘n Things files for bankruptcy protection

• Statements on the actors’ contract talks

• Yahoo meets with Microsoft to avert hostile takeover By Jessica Guynn and Joseph Menn

• Take-charge Fed acts to ease lending By Peter G. Gosselin

• Yahoo and Microsoft at a glance

• Valeant to cut nearly half its workers By Daniel Costello

• American Funds’ spotless reputation at risk

• Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway not immune to economic woes

• Chevron posts profit of $5.2 billion By Ronald D. White

• Protesters again confront Occidental By Tiffany Hsu

• O.C. man charged in investment fraud By E. Scott Reckard

• Stocks end mixed as investors take profits By Tim Paradis

• Speculators are betting on dollar’s gain against euro

• More Americans will travel abroad this summer, AAA says By Peter Pae

• Lyrical protests in Malibu By Geoff Boucher

• By Steve Appleford

• A Web vote for Cliburn pianists By Diane Haithman

• ‘Bridge: Choreographic Dialogues’

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Techno happy from Tijuana By Agustin Gurza

• But do we really want classics to be casual?

• Long-lost Vivaldi gets a premiere

• Classicist versus sensualist By Mark Swed

• ‘Xin Lu’ at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival will get you moving By Shana Ting Lipton

• Vampire sequel missing its teeth By Edward Champion

• ‘Iron Man’s’ music man By Jeff Weiss

• Nortec Collective’s Bostich and Fussible

• New movements from Israeli dancers By Susan Josephs

• ‘The Year of Disappearances’ by Susan Hubbard

• Geo takes magazine honors

• Horoscope: May 3 By Holiday Mathis

• Avril Lavigne

• El Chicano’s Ersi Arvizu finds her voice again By Agustin Gurza

• Reports: Mariah Carey marries actor Nick Cannon By Ap

• He’s the man to fear – unless he’s on your side By Robin Abcarian

• Tuesday’s primaries are ‘game changers,’ Clinton says By Johanna Neuman

• Bush defends his advocacy of ethanol as an energy source By James Gerstenzang

• Death in a bloody Southern prison By Miguel Bustillo

• Black pastors reaffirm their support for Obama By Margaret Ramirez

• Aide to Jane Harman gets reduced sentence

• ‘91 war, not Iraq war, was over oil, McCain clarifies

• Fugitive financier Robert Vesco is reported to be dead

• A sneak peek at 2050

• Let’s do lunch

• For the record

• Highway toll lanes: the way to go By Roger Snoble and Doug Failing

• Long, strange trip to Ecstasy

• Workers of our world, legal or not

• THE FUTURE IS NOW Trolling for answers

• Doing good is more perilous than ever By Anna Husarska

• Caught in middle of mutual distrust By Mark Magnier

• China and Tibetan envoys to hold emergency talks By Barbara Demick

• Zimbabwe election results call for presidential runoff By Robyn Dixon

• Deal reached on Pakistan judges

• Patience wears thin at Baghdad checkpoint By Tina Susman

• An ancient sport bows, but doesn t bend in Bhutan By From The Chicago Tribune

• Massive chili market in southern India catches fire, chili smoke chokes area By Ap