Archive for Tuesday, May 27, 2008

• NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft gets ready to dig on Mars By John Johnson Jr.

• Phoenix lander’s work on Mars is stalled by radio glitch By John Johnson Jr.

Santa Ana urges Latinos to get in the swim

• 3 Los Angeles crashes leave 7 dead, 27 injured on Memorial Day By Anna Gorman and Ruben Vives

• Earle Hagen, 88; Emmy- winning TV music composer By Dennis Mclellan

• Jimmy McGriff, blues organist, dies By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Black political leaders face a new era in Los Angeles By Michael Finnegan

• More than 300 L.A.-area arrests made in crackdown on immigration violations By Anna Gorman

• In L.A., coping with the threat of deportation By Paloma Esquivel

• Handguns discovered at home where five were found dead in San Clemente By David Reyes

• Pedro Antonio Marin; Colombian leftist rebel built and led the FARC army By Chris Kraul

• Sydney Pollack, 73; Oscar-winning director and producer By Dennis Mclellan

• Santa Barbara industrialist funds major awards to spark scientific research By William Lobdell

• Los Angeles County braces for an influx of state prisoners By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Analyzing the ads: Propositions 98 and 99

• GOP congressional candidates scold their party and each other By Phil Willon

• SUV in Hollywood Hills runs off canyon road; 2 dead, 3 injured By Joel Rubin and Ruben Vives

• Police: Girl, 14, beats mom to death with hammer

• L.A.-area cities seek a handle on shopping cart blight By Jennifer Oldham

• A return to Greek Town By Teresa Watanabe

• 4 arrested after gunshots strike sheriff’s helicopter over Carson By Andrew Blankstein

• Senate Republicans block plan to improve medical care in California prisons By Jordan Rau

• Hot Property: Producer Danny Dimbort is selling Hancock Park house for $6 million By Ann Brenoff

• Hot Property: Grammy-winning producer lists Thousand Oaks home for $7,995,000 By Ann Brenoff

Rain delays Nadal, Sharapova matches at French Open

• Tiger Woods gearing up for the U.S. Open By Thomas Bonk

• Holland makes case for defense By Helene Elliott

• Big Brown’s problem doesn’t spark too much concern By Bob Mieszerski

• It’s a stretch for the defense By Lonnie White

• Orlando Cabrera’s fourth hit is the biggest for White Sox

• INSIDE

• Daytona is up to speed in Shoemaker Mile By Larry Stewart

• Blue-light special on white seabass off Catalina, San Clemente islands By Pete Thomas

• Figgins may go on DL By Bill Shaikin

• Los Osos quarterback commits to UCLA By Eric Sondheimer

• Jordan used political skills to help tennis By Bill Dwyre

• UCLA goes to No. 5 Cal State Fullerton’s regional By Peter Yoon

• Ragan darts way into top echelon By Jim Peltz

• U.S. men stand up on Paris clay By Chuck Culpepper

• French Open: Sam Querrey holds his own in loss to Roger Federer By Chuck Culpepper

• Pistons bounce back

• ANGELS TONIGHT

• Venus Williams is nearly eclipsed on French Open clay again By Chuck Culpepper

• Galaxy takes on Rapids

• So who looks old now? By Jonathan Abrams

• Big Brown gets repair of hoof

• Spurs’ Tim Duncan says ball movement was key to beating Lakers By Jonathan Abrams

• Red Wings give Penguins zero chance By Helene Elliott

• Tomjanovich loves the game and the long view By Jerry Crowe

• French Open overview: Venus Williams, Roger Federer win

• Dodgers lose patience, game By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Mike Bresnahan’s take on the Lakers

• To Jeff Foxworthy, golf played poorly is golf worth playing By Thomas Bonk

• Anderson takes Tigers up on it By Bill Shaikin

• Key for the Red Wings is their fast start By Chris Pronger

• Love works to lift his NBA stock By Diane Pucin

• Billingsley continues to show good form in loss By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Time for big men to step up to plate By Mike Bresnahan

• Playing for Kings would be ‘dream come true’ for No. 3 draft prospect By Helene Elliott

• FOOTLOOSE By Bill Plaschke

• Detroit defeats Celtics to even Eastern Conference series, 2-2 By Ap

• Phillies score 20 runs a day after scoring 15

• Willie Randolph’s job safe, but Mets lose again

• Scott Kazmir leads Rays

• Collin Robinson returning to USC, but not to play By Ben Bolch

• A life played by the book By Larry Stewart

• Lakers-Spurs, for now, is about basketball By Mark Heisler

Area HDTV owners with cable service have limited choices

• Gates Foundation increases stake in Vitec Group By Kari Lundgren

• Attorneys to do justice to Fine Arts Building By Roger Vincent

• China overhauls its telecom market By Joe Mcdonald

• Leniency sought for former Credit Suisse banker convicted of insider trading

• Rate increases sought for homeowners insurance By Marc Lifsher

• ‘Indiana Jones’ scores 2nd-best Memorial Day weekend By Alex Pham

• Long Beach port’s Middle Harbor plan aimed at clearing region’s air By Ronald D. White

• AFTRA, studios still negotiating By Claudia Eller and Richard Verrier

• Uber.com strategy shifts to publishing platform By Meg James

• Toyota revs up hybrid vehicle production

• Home prices tumble a record 14.1% in first quarter

• Verizon to offer Starz online video service By Dawn C. Chmielewski

Ex-employee reluctantly IDs R Kelly

• R. Kelly trial: ‘Braces’ defense could have some teeth By From The Chicago Tribune

• Looks like Shania Twain didn’t make it By Randy Lewis

• These ‘Square Pegs’ fit all along By Robert Lloyd

• When to go to the owner about the supervisor

• Often the watcher in want of life ‘Netherland’ is perceptive but alienating By Laurel Maury

• A talent confused by his ambitions

• Calendar’s Calendar

• ‘Netherland’

• El Chicano recaptures magic By Agustin Gurza

• How a house can be made art’s home By Christopher Hawthorne

• Otherworldly By Mark Swed

• Seeking solace in another world By Jessica Portner

• Horoscope: May 27 By Holiday Mathis

• ‘DREAM(land)’

• So is it ‘Sir Dr.’ or ‘Dr. Sir’ for McCartney?

• Sydney Pollack’s films exhibit a versatile, collaborative hand By Susan King

• To be banned in Burbank By Mike Boehm

Tornado twists fortunes of Iowa town

• Women’s combat roles are likely to be on next president’s agenda By Ralph Vartabedian

• Obama, McCain duel out West By Scott Martelle and Maeve Reston, Noam N. Levey

• What should UC be?

• Obama’s delusional foreign policy By Raoul Lowery Contreras

• When the government wants your property

• What should UC be?

• On latimes.com

• Michelle Obama is fair game

• Bernard Parks for the Board

• The anti-immigrant rebate

• Fabian Nunez vs. newspapers

• China town may become an earthquake memorial By Don Lee

• ‘Barrier lake’ in China threatens up to 1.2 million in earthquake zone By Don Lee

• Comfort food and complaints at a Cairo food stand By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Iraqis losing patience with militiamen By Tina Susman and Usama Redha

• Taiwan politician arrives in China for historic trip By Barbara Demick

• Blasts kill 2 U.S. soldiers in Iraq By Ned Parker

• Somalia on the verge of collapse, aid officials and residents say By Edmund Sanders and Abukar Albadri

• Release of radical cleric Abu Qatada puts Britain in a spot By Sebastian Rotella

• 100 from Pinochet regime ordered held

• Official: Suu Kyi’s detention extended

• China earthquake highlights dam-building policies By Barbara Demick