Archive for Friday, May 23, 2008

Obama would take California in November, Times/KTLA poll finds

• Camp Pendleton Marine arrested in death of fellow Marine

• O.C. man is charged in skater’s drugging By Kim Christensen

• Late-season storm causes massive mudslides in Orange County foothills By David Reyes and My-Thuan Tran

• Word for older workers: retail By Maria L. La Ganga

• Sen. Feinstein seeks faster response for West Coast wildfires By Carla Rivera

• Police shooting victim is mourned By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• County-USC’s opening nears amid infighting By Garrett Therolf and Mary Engel

• Dump cops cite those who bring toxic trash By Marla Cone

• Man arrested for allegedly pointing laser at jetliners By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Officer payment program criticized By Joel Rubin

• Wildfire rages in Santa Cruz Mountains By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Second Phil Spector murder trial to start Sept. 29 By Francisco Vara-Orta

• O.C. can’t let inmates out early, judge rules By Stuart Pfeifer

• More than just numbers at stake for Los Angeles County-USC hospital By Mary Engel

• Orange County Calendar

• Jill Swift, 79; teacher had key role in creating the Santa Monica Mountains recreation area By Elaine Woo

• Magic Johnson endorses Parks in race for L.A. County supervisor By Jean-Paul Renaud

• 1 killed, 2 injured in South L.A. fire By Francisco Vara-Orta

• L.A. County reports first signs of West Nile this year By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Fire officials expect to get Santa Cruz Mountains blaze contained soon By Steve Chawkins and John M. Glionna

• ‘Neglect’ cited as part of problem at Locke High By Howard Blume

• Lynwood city manager’s aide arrested in gang probe By Andrew Blankstein and Stuart Pfeifer

• Profiling California’s war dead By Hector Becerra

• Californians barely reject gay marriage By Cathleen Decker

Readers sound off on David Beckham-Adrian Serioux incident

• Ultimate Fighting’s B.J. Penn pulls no punch about steroids By Lance Pugmire

• Busy weekend for race fans By Jim Peltz

• It was just one of those things By Mike Bresnahan

• Tendinitis sidelines Gagne

• Snatch The Cash shortens up at Los Alamitos By Bob Mieszerski

• Andrew Carpenter is finding his way at Reading By Bob Cuomo

• Lakers vs. Spurs: Score one for Phil Jackson By Lonnie White

• Collins is bullish on Jackson By Larry Stewart

• Blake DeWitt is in demand By Ez and Dylan Hern

• All-Star game coming to Anaheim in 2010 By Bill Shaikin

• Norco holds on to beat Newhall Hart, 1-0 By Martin Henderson

• Hamm takes charge By Diane Pucin

• Marlins complete sweep of Diamondbacks

• Mayo’s agent off job to avoid ‘distraction’ By Ben Bolch

• Popovich tells Spurs to be angry, but not obsessed By Jonathan Abrams

• Braves beat Santana in sweeping the Mets

• Woodland Hills Taft’s D.J. Morgan makes mark in individual events By Austin Knoblauch

• Johnson Wagner leads Colonial after first-round 63

• Angels not big hit in Canada By Mike Digiovanna

• NHL is ready for its close-up; is the public? By Helene Elliott

• Friday’s TV highlights

• Helio Castroneves forced to do damage control By Bill Dwyre

• INSIDE

• Random thoughts on recent events in soccer By Grahame L. Jones

• No home court in NBA Finals

• Excited Pistons win at Boston

• Mr. Chairman knows how to lead By Bob Mieszerski

• Keeping recruits becoming a tough task By Eric Sondheimer

• Kobe Bryant lives up to ‘Black Mamba’ nickname By Jerry Crowe

• Two grand slams lift Matsuzaka (8-0)

• Justin Speier trying to find himself with Angels By Mike Digiovanna

• Kyle Busch wins pole for the Coca-Cola 600 By Jim Peltz

• Lakers succeed but fail to cover By Lonnie White

• Banner year for Jim Furyk By Chris Foster

• White Sox win eighth straight

• Silver Spurs By Mark Heisler

Hybrid sales are zooming

• Mexico prospering despite U.S. slowdown By Marla Dickerson

• Wells Fargo tightens home loan policies

• Business in brief

• California’s average gas price tops $4 a gallon By Nancy Rivera Brooks

• Moving companies hit some bumps in the road By Ronald D. White

• Firms finding text messaging is gr8 way to reach teens By Alana Semuels

• Gap profit up despite sales slump

• ‘Hot fuel’ study fires up anger By Elizabeth Douglass

• A nation of young mobile phone users

• Alleged rescue scam busted By E. Scott Reckard

• 8 charged in alleged Wall Street fraud

• Another buck on the barbie

• Disney recalls sleeping bag, wand over lead paint

• Ford abandons 2009 profitability goal

• Stock market’s steep slide halted By Tim Paradis

• For CEOs, a reversal of fortunes By Kathy M. Kristof

• Wall Street is down after home sales report

• Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data

• Microsoft ends web search program for digitized books

R. Kelly team seeks to subpoena Sun-Times critic

• John Cusack goes to war By Tina Daunt

• Review: ‘War, Inc.’ By Carina Chocano

• Rescuing the kids, with dispatch By Carina Chocano

• She’s fuming over neighbor’s cigar smoke

• Action hero but no archaeologist By David Germain

• The ‘Postal’ carrier By Paul Brownfield

• ‘Austerity Britain: 1945-1951’

• Revisiting teen jeers and tears

• Did America get it right?

• Fog of war long enveloped Britain By Martin Rubin

• Stars publicize Myanmar issues By Richard C. Paddock

• The evergreen ‘Anne of Green Gables’ By Julia Keller

• Horoscope: May 23 By Holiday Mathis

• ‘American Idol’s’ Davids battle, Fox wins By Scott Collins

• Deep into a white period By Holly Myers

• L.A. Greek Film Festival kicks off June 25

• A board-certified vagabond clan By Kenneth Turan

• ‘Sangre de Mi Sangre’ is a sweet story about immigrants

• Los Campesinos! not a flamenco band, sorry By Greg Kot

• Talking about what ails America By Utku Cakirozer

Obama woos Jewish voters in Florida

• House aims at Pentagon ‘propaganda’ on Iraq war By James Rainey

• Progress in Iraq is ‘undeniable,’ Bush tells troops By James Gerstenzang

• Court rules against removal of polygamists’ children By Miguel Bustillo

• Fall troop cuts likely, Petraeus says By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel

• McCain to limit reporters’ access to his medical records By Maeve Reston and Johanna Neuman

• After delays, McCain is releasing medical records, to a few By Maeve Reston

• FDA, Medicare to form early-warning drug network By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar

• Potential running mates for Obama

• WST–SalmonTreaty

• Obama makes moves for fall election By Peter Nicholas

• War-funding bill with new GI benefits clears Senate with bipartisan support By Richard Simon

• NOAA issues cautious hurricane forecast By Ken Kaye

• American’s baggage fee folly By William Ernst

• How to be a classic snob

• Tax credits for renewables

• Schwarzenegger’s budget gamble By Michelle Steel

• The best tanker won By Ronald D. Sugar

• Polygamists presumed evil?

• Profit from film clips

U.N. chief says Myanmar will let in all aid workers

• Israeli police question PM Olmert again By Ap

• Cuba demands U.S. answer charges that top diplomat carried funds to Havana dissidents By Ap

• Rwanda puts hopes in methane power plant By Edmund S and Ers

• Regime said to relent on aid workers

• Holding on with a fist of iron By Maggie Farley

• China saw new freedoms with TV quake coverage By Ching-Ching Ni

• Rebel’s computer data lead to Colombian inquiries By Chris Kraul

• The Iraqi who wasn’t there By Raheem Salman and Tina Susman

• The not-so-diplomatic ambassador By Robyn Dixon

• 5 Palestinian militants killed in strikes By Ap

• Myanmar, where suspicion trumps aid

• Pakistani militant chief pledges to keep fighting foreign forces in Afghanistan By Ap

• Italy arrests mafia boss linked to German killings By From Reuters

• Smuggler strapped drugs to two children, UK court By From Reuters

• Indonesia hikes fuel prices nearly 30 percent to avert economic crisis By Ap

• China, Russia criticize US missile defense plan By Ap