Archive for Saturday, May 31, 2008

• 2 common bacteria may play a role in SIDS

• Caltech’s Maarten Schmidt, on the universe and more By Alan Zarembo

• Computer appears to read minds

After livers, cash to UCLA

• Bond would ease school crowding By Tony Barboza

• Video leads to arrest of Valley bus tagger By Richard Winton

• Opening of children’s museum put off until summer of 2010 By Jennifer Oldham

• Backlash against pot growing in Mendocino County prompts an item on Tuesday’s ballot By Eric Bailey

• Farewell, my lovely old hotels By Jessica Garrison

• Voting for public officials shouldn’t be hit-or-miss By Dana Parsons

• Putting limits on height of homes By Susannah Rosenblatt

• Skid row dumping suit settled By Richard Winton

• 2 killed when plane crashes in Murrieta field By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Democrats wage a bare-knuckle primary By Am and A Covarrubias

• Riverside County sheriff’s union says stay away from Soboba Indian casino By David Kelly

• Where Mary Jane is the girl next door By Eric Bailey and Tim Reiterman

• Parks, Ridley-Thomas lash out in attack mailers By Jean-Paul Renaud

• Lawmaker in a financial rut By Jeff Gottlieb

• Fire forces evacuation of Pasadena apartment building By Monte Morin

• Teenager admits making online threats By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• College just the pregame By Sandy Banks

• Sex offender deal an issue in campaign By Jack Leonard

• Judges may set trial date in prison crowding case By Michael Rothfeld

• Audit says fire department is making headway against harassment, discrimination By Robert J. Lopez

• Stunning view from Long Beach high-rise

• Orange County Calendar

• Churches induct men into the priesthood By Steve Padilla and Duke Helfand

• Lorenzo Odone, 30; inspiration for movie ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ By Ap

Trainer: Shane Mosley knew about steroids

• On the upswing, Chivas, Crew meet again By Grahame L. Jones

• Red Wings need their front man, Tomas Holmstrom By Helene Elliott

• Thousand Oaks teenager’s around-the-world departure delayed

• Simi Valley takes on defending champion Valencia in Division I By Martin Henderson

• State investigating possible payments to O.J. Mayo By Lance Pugmire

• Zenyatta, Tiago try for a repeat By Bob Mieszerski

• Celtics apply the finishing move

• Cliff Floyd powers Rays to victory

• READY FOR PRIME TIME By Dan Arritt

• O’Bryan has right pedigree for a long run By Bill Dwyre

• ANGELS TONIGHT

• Greenlighting a dream Finals By Mike Bresnahan

• Team is having double trouble By Ez and Dylan Hern

• 49ers lose their edge, 7-3 By Gary Klein

• Angels score, just not enough By Kevin Baxter

• First look: Lakers vs. Celtics

• Simi Valley shows heart By Eric Sondheimer

• Waves hold on for win

• El Modena defeats Glendora, 12-4, for Division II title By Martin Henderson

• Covina Northview wins Division IV title By Anthony Stitt

• Landon Donovan’s ‘dive’ draws plenty of reaction By Grahame L. Jones

• DODGERS TODAY

• Serena and Venus Williams knocked out of French Open By Chuck Culpepper

• Penguins’ Kristopher Letang mourns death of Canucks’ Luc Bourdon By Elliott

• Mathew Goggin, Kenny Perry tied for lead at the Memorial

• Smooth Air could find smoother sailing in Ohio By Bob Mieszerski

• Kyle Busch plays role of NASCAR’s new villain By Jim Peltz

• Hopeful golfers try for final spots in U.S. Open qualifying Monday By Thomas Bonk

• Red Sox cash in on Orioles’ errors

• Williams sisters far from grand By Chuck Culpepper

• Park helps pick up rookie By Ez and Dylan Hern

• UCLA up to old tricks in win over Virginia By Peter Yoon

• Eckstein receives warm welcome By Kevin Baxter

• Sasha Vujacic’s basket at buzzer far from meaningless By Lonnie White

• Horses compete for spots in Vessels Maturity By Bob Mieszerski

• USC’s Pete Carroll feels trapped by new recruiting rules By Gary Klein

• Spurs look to future after losing strange series to Lakers

• Nadal advances with easy victory over Nieminen By Chuck Culpepper

• Previews of Saturday’s championship games

• Cubs rally from eight-run deficit

• Sparks today at Washington

• For CBS, Saturday night is all right for fighting By Dan Arritt

• Galaxy today at Toronto

• The year of Kobe Bryant’s discontent … and contentment

• French Open at a glance

• Giants turn triple play against Padres

• Maywood finds a championship in the gap By Sean Ceglinsky

• Sharapova advances to 4th round in the French Open By Ap

• Dodgers waste another good effort by Billingsley By Dylan Hernandez

• Getting down to the basics By Larry Stewart

A four-cylinder solution to the mid-size crisis

• Challenge of Nintendo’s Wii Fit is finding it By Alex Pham

• Sale of Little Tokyo mall stirs apprehension By Roger Vincent

• United, US Airways CEOs say no deal for now

• Globalization is keeping U.S. economy from sinking

• Tiffany sales outshine Wall Street estimates

• Stocks waver after personal spending data

• Incomes and spending both slow in April

• Dear Dad, I’m sorry, but I’m cutting back this Father’s Day By Ylan Q. Mui

• A Q & A with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz By Jerry Hirsch

• Telemundo pulls plug on ‘Cada Dia’ By Meg James

• Twitter inspires extra-short short stories By Jessica Guynn

‘Sex’ too hot for Indiana Jones at box office

• At the West Coast Salsa Congress, the rhythm can’t be stopped By Agustin Gurza

• Wedding no. 3 for actor Charlie Sheen By Ap

• Bronfman plays Salonen’s Piano Concerto By Mark Swed

• Live: R.E.M. at Hollywood Bowl By Richard Cromelin

• Horoscope: May 31 By Holiday Mathis

• G-rated version of an R-rated life By Charlotte Stoudt

• ‘The Kings Gold’

• Sidekick, not second fiddle By Robert Lloyd

• It’s the same old argument about Iraq By Daryl H. Miller

• Calendar’s Calendar

• Los Angeles Philharmonic

• The ‘Sex and the City’ movie becomes a girls’ night out By Lisa Rosen

• Guns guard BCAM’s lamb By Anne-Marie O'Connor

• ‘Over There/Over Here’

• Chuck Berry to play fest for blues By R and Y Lewis

• Cue TV theme as it fades into sunset By Paul Farhi

• A clever sleuth seeks Aztec gold By Nicholas A. Basbanes

• Into a land of Slavic melancholy By Rick Schultz

• ‘Love, Janis’

• Cusack’s absurdity with ‘war profiteers’

McCain and Obama spar over Iraq

• Spies resist plan to shift power By Greg Miller

• Texas vows new tack against sect By Nicholas Riccardi and Miguel Bustillo

• Zoos work to aid staff at Chinese panda base

• Four stone visages, plus one?

• FLORIDA

• New York halts all use of cranes By Rocco Parasc, Ola, and Michael Frazier

• Voter to McCain: Give California to Mexico

• Success? It’s spelled ‘guerdon’

• 2 die in New York crane collapse By Michael Muskal

• Activist priest reignites debate By Manya A. Brachear and John Mccormick

• Ricky Martin endorses Hillary Clinton

• Judge critical of war crimes case is ousted By Carol J. Williams

• Obama’s Las Vegas luck

• McCain is mum about his veep powwow

• No swans in this sewer

• For the record

• In the context of no-context

• The price of lead pollution

• Jockeys dying to ride

• About this story

• Colorblind adoptions test children

• ‘A desperate cry for an answer’ By Aiko Enriquez Nishikawa

Chinese authorities prepare to drain swelling lake

• In Berlin, residents battle boorish boars By Ap

• Basra breathes a little easier but can’t relax By Ned Parker and Usama Redha

• 4 killed in Honduras in jet crash at airport

• ECUADOR

• Treaty backers predict no U.S. cluster bomb use

• Italian Pippa Bacca’s fatal journey By Laura King

• Israel blocks Gaza students from studying abroad By Richard Boudreaux

• The great walk into China’s past By From The Chicago Tribune

• A Ugandan boy’s tough, grinding life By Ap

• Al Qaeda stance on women sparks extremist debate By Ap

• Gates warns Asia of arms risk By Peter Spiegel

• Pakistan adopting daylight saving time By Henry Chu

• China defends military buildup By Peter Spiegel