Archive for Friday, May 30, 2008

• Stonehenge was a royal family’s burial site, researchers say By Thomas H. Maugh II

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

• Smoking in apartments could be out By Patrick Mcgreevy and Nancy Vogel

• Man believed to be graffiti tagger in YouTube video is charged By Andrew Blankstein

• Japan’s flamboyant gangsters By John M. Glionna and Charles Ornstein

• Japanese gang figures got new livers at UCLA By John M. Glionna and Charles Ornstein

• California Republicans block prison healthcare plan By Michael Rothfeld and Evan Halper

• Two Republicans wage vitriolic battle By Nancy Vogel

• L.A. councilman to lead six-country trip By David Zahniser

• Former Bell police officer arrested on sexual assault charges By Scott Glover

• Looking back on Whittier Blvd.

• L.A. controller finds no fault with key airport contracts By Dan Weikel

• Prosecutors try to undermine Metrolink crash defendant’s testimony By Ann M. Simmons

• Teacher cleared of gun, drug charges By H G. Reza

• No wedding delays urged By Maura Dolan

• Death of teen in 15-story fall is under investigation By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Student video tells of high school closing By Carla Rivera

• Balloting will test strength of Democrats By Catherine Saillant

• Off-duty cop is charged in threats

• Irvine high school shaken after death of football player, 15 By Susannah Rosenblatt and Nardine Saad

• Carona allegedly tried to hide files By Christine Hanley and Stuart Pfeifer

• Newcomer vs. veteran in O.C. supervisor race By Christian Berthelsen

• Marine, jailed for contempt, is released By Tony Perry and Scott Glover

• Wilmington church is hit by fire again By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Obit-Korman

• Tiny tributes to old home By Scott Gold

• Off-duty LAPD officer accused of restaurant tirade By Joel Rubin

• Lines are drawn on political cartooning By Bob Pool

• Orange County Calendar

• Japan’s flamboyant crime syndicates By John M. Glionna and Charles Ornstein

• White House report backs climate change warnings By Margot Roosevelt and Kenneth R. Weiss

• LAPD officer accidentally fires gun during sting By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Barricaded gunman surrenders after standoff By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Suspect arrested in police pursuit that ended in shooting By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Ex-Northern California doctor accused in sex assaults of men By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Hot Property: Phil McConkey sells, then buys in La Jolla By Ann Brenoff

• Hot Property: Christopher Masterson lists Los Feliz home for $2,990,000 By Ann Brenoff

Venus Williams charges into third round of French Open

• Sherman Oaks Notre Dame wins Division III title game at Dodger Stadium By Austin Knoblauch

• Steve Sax, Ken Landreaux thought they had it all figured out. By Larry Stewart

• Cubs defeat Rockies, 8-4

• San Antonio Spurs denied a repeat title again By Jonathan Abrams

• Toronto defeats Oakland, 12-0

• Graham convicted on only one count

• Kershaw gets thrill with jersey By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Struggling Mariners and Tigers to meet up By Lonnie White

• Hamilton questionable because of elbow injury

• Danny Espinosa keeps up high standards for Long Beach State shortstops By Gary Klein

• Jackson wants NBA to rewind further into Game 4 By Mike Bresnahan

• Lonnie White’s Xs and O’s

• Lake Forest El Toro wins first Southern Section-Toyota title By Eric Sondheimer

• Fit to sprint By Dan Arritt

• Giants finish sweep of Diamondbacks

• UCLA wants to match the hype By Peter Yoon

• Sparks lose in double overtime

• Torre is back in Big Apple By John Scheibe

• Our heroes should hear only positive thoughts By T J. Simers

• Trevor Graham found guilty of lying to Feds in steroid case

• Pittsburgh’s Lemieux is the strong, silent owner By Helene Elliott

• French Open

• League turns the non-call into an unnecessary issue By Mark Heisler

• Torre’s special night is dimmed by Penny By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Not getting good Wood By Mike Digiovanna

• NBA office makes bad call on that Lakers-Spurs non-call By Mark Heisler / On The Nba

• Royals lose 11th in a row

• O.J. Mayo is center of attention at NBA pre-draft camp

• Babcock knows what it takes By Helene Elliott

• GEARING UP

• Newhall Hart’s Johnny MacArthur lifts himself to Southern Section title By Jaime Cárdenas

• El Modena-Glendora to face off By Martin Henderson

• Get It Reb to run his first in California By Bob Mieszerski

• When shot is off, Gasol is on boards By Mike Bresnahan

• Runforthemoneybaby debuts as a 3-year-old on grass By Bob Mieszerski

• Lakers’ ‘dream come true’ await fairy-tale ending By Bill Plaschke

• Lonnie White’s Xs and O’s for the Lakers-Spurs series

Berkeley event to honor missing scientist Jim Gray

• Southwest Airlines reaps benefits of fuel hedging strategy By Peter Pae

• Sallie Hofmeister named Los Angeles Times’ Business editor By Kimi Yoshino

• U.S. regulators unveil probe of oil market By Maura Reynolds

• Dunkin’ Donuts pulls Rachael Ray ad after complaints

• U.S. logs better – but still weak – growth

• LVMH drops Sharon Stone from Chinese Dior ads on quake remark

• Anti-piracy efforts blamed for crash of popular Internet TV network By Joseph Menn

• Consumers will soon know the (credit) score By Kathy M. Kristof

• Stocks trade mixed after GDP, jobless claims data By From The Associated Press

• GM says 19,000 US hourly workers taking its buyout offers

• Dell profit, sales jump

• ‘Sex and the City’ expected to open at No. 2 to ‘Indiana Jones’ By Josh Friedman

• Bear Stearns shareholders approve buyout by JPMorgan

• Dead in the water By Leslie Earnest

Oh, get past the garnish

R. Kelly trial: Sun-Times music critic ordered to testify

• Report: Angelina Jolie’s twins born in France By Ap

• The Fiery Furnaces rearrange things By John Payne

• Live: Kenny Chesney By Randy Lewis

• A pleasant ride on a familiar road By Kevin Thomas

• Performers pair up for benefit

• Ferris wheel, then a play By Tara Burghart

• Coming together in trying times By Carina Chocano

• ‘Bigger, Stronger, Faster’: Words to live by? By Carina Chocano

• Museum curators laud ‘Cool,’ ‘WACK!’ By Diane Haithman

• ‘Conscientious Projector: Photographs by Maria Teresa Fernandez’

• ‘Foot Fist’ strikes the funny bone By Mark Olsen

• Tackling a site unseen By Kenneth Turan

• Publishers open up their digital portals

• Whitford goes ‘Boeing-Boeing’ By Colleen Long

• Comedy is spotted right ‘In Plain Sight’ By Robert Lloyd

• ‘Vanities’ hits Pasadena before N.Y.

• CCF art fellowships announced By Diane Haithman

• A case of type casting By Kenneth Turan

• Commedia troupe revived

• A radiant state of mind in orbit By Leah Ollman

• Museum just can’t forget ‘Bourne’ By Jennifer Peltz

• ‘Stuck’ in a selfish and grim world

• Heavy lifting that someone’s got to do By Mark Olsen

• ‘In Plain Sight’

• They want to toot Jack’s horn By Gary Goldstein

• Horoscope: May 30 By Holiday Mathis

• Review: ‘Sex and the City’ By Carina Chocano

• A thriller that’s (gasp!) actually a thrill By Jessica Reaves

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Trumpeting a ‘Good’ musician By Gary Goldstein

• It’s a harsh dividing line By David Pagel

McCain’s Web gap is showing

• Polygamist families win high-court ruling By Miguel Bustillo

• Rezko wanted in Vegas over debts By Jeff Coen, Ray Gibson and Bob Secter

• Obama disavows priest’s comments

• Sorting the Michigan-Florida mess By Mark Z. Barabak

• Barack Obama ‘in excellent health,’ his doctor says By Scott Martelle

• Arizona was his land of opportunity By Richard A. Serrano

• The Democrats’ Michigan-Florida mess By Mark Z. Barabak

• Clinton faces new pressure on 2 fronts By Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook

• A mixed healthcare mandate By Roger A. Forsyth

• Looking to November

• McClellan and McCain

• McCain’s attack on vets By Edward Humes

• Make it a gay-old time

• For the record

• The U.N. on U.S. racism

• Gay marriage gaining ground

China plans for possible evacuation of 1.3 million

• 11 killed in Panamanian copter crash

• Tropical Storm Alma pounds Nicaragua

• Colombia paramilitary bosses’ laptops cause stir By Chris Kraul

• USC, UCLA professors work on Israeli-Palestinian archaeological pact By Ashraf Khalil

• Chemical fire in China quake zone forces 800 to evacuate

• Attack kills 16 in region disputed by Kurds, Arabs By Ned Parker and Saif Hameed

• UN: Myanmar forcing cyclone survivors out of camps By Ap

• Opposition mounts to US-Iraq security deal By Ap