Archive for Thursday, May 29, 2008

• Preterm births – most via C-sections – on the rise in U.S. By Thomas H. Maugh II

5th suspect still sought in slaying of Covina Hills woman

• Bear paws found at Riverside home spark state investigation By David Kelly

• EPA’s air tests to be challenged By Janet Wilson and Louis Sahagun

• State high court may give gays another victory By Maura Dolan

• Sacred pots tie up taxes By George Skelton

• District opposes teacher protest By Jason Song

• ‘Legal Weed’ is just beer, but Feds want to cap sales By Eric Bailey

• O.C.’s 1st District is a 1st: All Vietnamese contenders By My-Thuan Tran

• California: No licenses for gay marriages until June 17 By Andrew Blankstein and J P. Renaud

• Los Angeles Unified teacher arrested on suspicion of having sex with a student By Andrew Blankstein and Jason Song

• Man in train case portrayed as violent By Ann M. Simmons

• New fears in Muslim community follow reports of U.S. monitoring By H G. Reza

• Irvine student, 15, dies after football practice By David Haldane

• L.A.’s carbon footprint called lighter than most By Margot Roosevelt

• Federal judge upholds Wendy McCaw’s free press argument

• Side issues in focus for Dymally, Wright By John L. Mitchell

• Disabled allege poor care in jails By Richard Winton

• Candidates talk about financial issues

• Rocket scientist was a key figure in U.S. space program

• Orange County Calendar

• Los Angeles police officers awarded the department’s Medal of Valor By Joel Rubin

• L.A. police looking for 2 gunmen who robbed market By Francisco Vara-Orta

• 5 bodies at house were dressed in black By David Reyes

• Villaraigosa wants to use gun restrictions, databases to take on gangs By Andrew Blankstein and David Zahniser

• ‘Star Trek’ composer Alexander Courage, 88, dies By Dennis Mclellan

• Hot Property: Robert Olodort’s Brentwood house is on the market for $3,195,000 By Ann Brenoff

• Hot Property: Danny Bramson lists Topanga horse ranch at $4,195,000 By Ann Brenoff

Busy Phil Mickelson stays on course

• A frustrated Federer advances in French Open despite dropping set By Chuck Culpepper

• Sparks play at Indiana

• Display by Angels, City Hall is All-Star caliber By Bill Shaikin

• Was it a foul? Yes.

• Lakers’ nice little effort puts them closer to Finals By Mark Heisler

• Guillen is irate after Royals lose again

• Jockey Rafael Bejarano is well ahead at Hollywood Park By Bob Mieszerski

• Spurs hope to break their cycle, for repeat’s sake By Jonathan Abrams

• Scott, Hornets agree to extension

• Carroll feels trapped by new rules By Gary Klein

• Team in line to play host to the WBC finals By Bill Shaikin, Ez, and Dylan Hern

• Angels can’t find offense By Mike Digiovanna

• Penguins are energized by home crowd and it pays off By Chris Pronger

• Gamblers throwing support behind Spurs By Lonnie White

• Celtics close in on Finals

• Kristen Park excels as a girl among boys at Fullerton Sunny Hills By Jaime Cárdenas

• Defining moment for ref By Larry Stewart

• England beats U.S. 2-0 in friendly match, marking Beckham’s 101st cap By Chuck Culpepper

• Dodgers fall to Cubs, 2-1, in 10 By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Nashoba’s Key euthanized after breaking a leg

• INSIDE

• Did Fisher foul Barry at the end of Game 4? Readers respond.

• Thursday’s TV highlights

• Captain Crosby carries through By Helene Elliott

• Cardinals defeat Astros

• NHL finals bring Kings memories to Darryl Sydor By Helene Elliott

• Call is in: It’s a foul By Steve Springer

• Penguins come home, slow down Red Wings By Helene Elliott

• Sharapova survives tough first-round match

• Slumping Guerrero sits again By Mike Digiovanna

• Yankees edge Orioles

• Fan cries foul over non-call against Lakers

• Brian McBride is returning to MLS By Grahame L. Jones

• Narbonne defeats Cleveland, 7-4 By Anthony Stitt

• San Pedro takes title on Perelini Koria’s huge home run

• For Kobe Bryant, a little image building goes a long way By Tim Dahlberg

• Lds Little Redcorvet takes on five in claimer By Bob Mieszerski

• Strategic decisions propel Chatsworth over Kennedy By High School Baseball

• Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Davon Jefferson get mixed reviews By Diane Pucin

• As a team, Lakers are winning it on the rebound By Lonnie White

• Tennis player Ashley Harkleroad bares it all By Jerry Crowe

• Irvine University beats Santa Barbara in a recount

• Mets rally to defeat the Marlins, 7-6

• European soccer powers go shopping By Grahame L. Jones

Hospital’s cuts sow anxiety in South L.A.

• Wall Street worries come home to roost in Greenwich By Walter Hamilton

• Sapphire Energy turns algae into ‘green crude’ for fuel By Elizabeth Douglass

• Industry’s woes trickle down to regional banks By Walter Hamilton

• Media moguls weigh in on Yahoo, Microsoft talks By Joseph Menn

• Stocks fluctuate following durable goods data

• Exxon Mobil boss gets to keep 2 titles

• DHL seeks deal with rival UPS to ship its air packages

• Azteca shifts production of U.S. newscasts to Mexico By Meg James

• How state senators voted on bill to end unlisted number fee

• Fee for unlisted phone number unlikely to end By Marc Lifsher

• Northeast India is poised to tap economic potential By Shankhadeep Choudhury

• Where SoCal techies let loose By Alana Semuels

• Texas court scraps $26-million verdict in Vioxx case

• Which part of Octopart don’t you understand? By Jessica Guynn

‘What Happened’ by Scott McClellan

• OK Go plays UCLA’s Ackerman Ballroom to aid Darfur By August Brown

• CalArts show comes to Chinatown By Shana Ting Lipton

• R. Kelly trial: Prosecution’s star witness will not testify Thursday, judge says

• ‘Foot Fist Way’ gives it the old college try By Stephen Saito

• Is Danny McBride the next comedy superstar? By Chris Lee

• Aguilera rocks the vote, gently, with her new son By Geoff Boucher

• THE FIVE THIS WEEK: TENTACL-ICIOUS By

• REAWAKENING By Mindy Farabee

• SCENESTEALER

• Poll: Most buy books at chains or online By Josh Getlin

• Pacific Symphony and Gabriela Montero: Night at the improv

• ‘I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History’

• Brazil’s berry best drink: Bar Nineteen 12’s Batidas

• Please, guys: A beach is not a bar By Cindy Bertram

• LAST CALL

• Crispy Crust and Mr. Pizza Factory

• The Retreat in Costa Mesa

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Phantoms and other visions out yonder

• Ask friends why trip doesn’t include her

• Fade in: a Hollywood good guy By Kevin Thomas

• THE LIST

• Agape Children’s Choir performs at Skirball

• Vegan potluck Thursdays at the Short Stop in Echo Park

• Beverly Hills steak smackdown: Wolfgang’s vs. Cut in a taste test By Jessica Gelt

• Mom teaches kids a vital lesson: Rock on By Mary Mcnamara

• Long Beach Opera’s ‘Diary of Anne Frank’: Art imitating life

• Charlie Palmer opens restaurant in South Coast Plaza

• Critic’s Choice: Kenneth Turan, ‘Surfwise’

• THE LIST

• Long, strange, trippy activism By Mindy Farabee

• Harold Lloyd gets a ‘Speedy’ new score By Susan King

• Night Lines By

• The dog days of summer in Miami By Devon Glenn

• A Spielberg Blox-buster By Pete Metzger

• Breadworks at Farmers Market

• The Enabler: Blackie’s by the Sea in Newport Beach

• Ojai Valley Century Bike Ride

• EDITORS’ PICKS

• Mena Suvari: ‘I never had my jaw hit the floor so many times reading a script,’ the actress says about ‘Stuck.’ But she’s in it for the challenge, not the bikinis. By Matthew Debord

• Live: Thomas Adès and the L.A. Philharmonic By Mark Swed

• Neighborhoods: Ojai By Pauline Oconnor

• Screening Room By

• Outdoors listings

• A chaplain’s lonely journey By Robert Lloyd

• THE LIST THE LIST

• Good Nite in North Hollywood By Liam Gowing

• World Series of Poker By Steve Friess

• Gabbi’s Mexican Kitchen in Orange

• Carina Chocano: ‘Noise’

• Generator fails woman in iron lung By Jenny Jarvie

• NEW YORK

• Political world abuzz over McClellan’s book By Richard B. Schmitt and James Gerstenzang

• McCain challenges Obama to visit Iraq By Louise Roug and Maeve Reston, Scott Martelle

• 30 Democrats hold key to end a heated race By Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook

• Ex-White House spokesman Scott McClellan says senior Bush officials misled him By James Gerstenzang

• A federal judge says a Dallas suburb’s prohibition on renting apartments to noncitizens is unconstitutional.

• Brain’s role in autism probed By Delthia Ricks

• Coverage of Democratic Rules Committee Meeting

• McClellan blames Bush, not aides, for disillusionment By Johanna Neuman

• The brain on autopilot By Russell Beckley

• How to judge the judges

• Five we like

• After AFTRA

• Chevron should pay By Larry Bowoto

• Assessing Prop. 13 By Bill Stall

• Who’s sexist now?

• The smog of academic consensus By Crispin Sartwell

• Guerrilla gardeners dig in By Joe Robinson

• L.A. Mart’s anniversary indulgence

• Hidden charms

• ON THE WEB

• Dreamin’ of Baja

• The same old wicker?

• Split-level surprise By Craig Nakano

• Greg Lynn lightens up bricks in Southern California Institute of Architecture exhibit

• Green on 19

• New leather coats By David A. Keeps

• Modern riffs on old wicker

• ON THE WEB

• The art of seed bombing

• Going less heavy on the metal By Jeff Spurrier

• The elves come out to play By Chris Erskine

China eager to show it can handle Olympics and crisis

• Ahmadinejad rival Ali Larijani wins key Iran post By Borzou Daragahi

• Lawmakers abolish Nepal’s monarchy, declare a republic By Henry Chu

• Shaken to his foundations By Mark Magnier

• Israel’s defense minister says Olmert must step down By Richard Boudreaux

• Italy officer tells of spying on spies in cleric’s kidnapping By Tracy Wilkinson

• 2 held on suspicion of buying babies to sell

• British turnabout key to cluster bomb ban By Kim Murphy

• In China, county protests over earthquake aid By Don Lee

• Myanmar cyclone victims die waiting for help

• Saudi law may lead to Turk’s beheading By Jeffrey Fleishman