Archive for Thursday, October 02, 2008

• HIV dates back to circa 1900, researchers say By Mary Engel

Train engineer sent text message just before crash

• Mr. Clean actor, House Peters Jr., dead at 92

• L.A. sheriff’s deputy charged in sexual torture of his wife, 2nd man By Scott Glover and Richard Winton

• A strong voice for planned parroting By Carla Hall

• L.A., Long Beach ports inaugurate new anti-smog plan By Ronald D. White and Louis Sahagun

• A closer look at Proposition 5

• Sheriff’s deputies fatally shoot man in Rosemead By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Prop. 5 would reform sentencing of drug offenders By Michael Rothfeld

• YouTube a platform for debate By Jessica Garrison

• Marines accused in Iraqi slayings refuse to testify against each other By Tony Perry

• L.A. council president seeks new limits on digital billboards By David Zahniser

• Bills’ supporters criticize vetoes By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Cartoonist lampooned Soviet Union’s enemies

• Steve Fossett’s ID papers reported found By Steve Chawkins, Am, and A Covarrubias

• Advocate for elderly founded Grandparents Day By Mary Rourke

• Fire contained along Interstate 5 in Castaic By Jean Merl

• Caution urged after UC Irvine attack By Tony Barboza

• Security guard shot dead at Mid-Wilshire pot clinic By Jean Merl and Corina Knoll, And

• Four-month nationwide gang sweep nets 1,700 arrests By Cynthia Dizikes

• Couple ordered deported after 10-year battle to remain in U.S. By Anna Gorman

• Inglewood man breaks into apartment, stabs three By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Governor portrayed as a villain By Patrick Mcgreevy and Nancy Vogel

• Monk helped found St. Andrew’s Abbey By Dennis Mclellan

• Ballot items come with hefty prices By George Skelton

• Magnitude-4.0 quake shakes San Bernardino County

• L.A. parks department to lay off nearly 140 workers By Phil Willon

• Suspect in Southland crime spree arrested at Disneyland

• Bay is in some uncharted waters By Kevin Baxter

• Lakers’ Trevor Ariza is staying out of the storm By Broderick Turner

• Phillies shut down the Brewers, 3-1

• Lane Kiffin won’t talk back … yet By Sam Farmer

• Boise State routs Louisiana Tech

• Henry arrested in alleged drug deal The chase is on

• Lakewood forced to forfeit four wins over ineligible player

• Fired Raiders Coach Lane Kiffin to talk to commissioner

• Manchester United looks strong By Grahame L. Jones

• China’s gymnasts cleared in probe By Diane Pucin

• Chinese gymnasts are cleared in age-falsification investigation By Diane Pucin

• Rested Rays are ready for debut

• Billingsley is hoping to be razor sharp today By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Lowe’s playoff win is monumental By T J. Simers

• Dodgers slam Cubs in opener By Jim Peltz

• MORE DODGERS COVERAGE

• It was a bleacher bummer By Jim Peltz

• Questions come back in one game By Bill Shaikin

• UCLA-Washington State look evenly matched By Chris Foster

• Fukudome gets vote of confidence as a starter By Paul Sullivan

• Odom gets to the point By Mike Bresnahan

• Clippers’ Eric Gordon suffers ankle injury By Lisa Dillman

• Moreno is willing to open his wallet By Mike Digiovanna

• USC and BYU have rooting interests in Oregon State-Utah

• System has taken some shocks By Chris Dufresne / On College Football

• Red Sox beat Angels in Game 1 By Mike Digiovanna

• Ducks’ settled lineup brings measure of calm By Dan Arritt

• USC football players have to learn losers’ role By David Wharton

• Raiders toe the line on head coaches By Thomas Bonk

• The Dodgers are an October surprise By Bill Plaschke

Bush implores House to pass amended bailout plan

• Cross-border tech park gets boost from solar By Marla Dickerson

• Ambitions grow overseas to become finance capital By Ariana Eunjung Cha

• Auto sales slump in September By Ken Bensinger

• Yum Brands to add calorie info to menu boards

• Tight credit puts state in a corner By Marc Lifsher

• More find college costs out of reach

• Voices pro and con

• Buffett girds GE with $3-billion investment By Walter Hamilton

• Apple allows iPhone developers to talk

• Farmer Mac shares up on funding news

• Manufacturing sector contracted in September

• Candy with chemical in Chinese milk found in Connecticut

• New SAG board to make call on strike vote By Richard Verrier

• Major studios agree to back switch to digital projection By Dawn C. Chmielewski

• Getting a cut of the bailout? By Richard Verrier

• Stocks open lower after big rebound

• ImClone confirms it is being courted

• MortgageAid

• Neighbors sour on proliferation of tasting rooms By Jacob Adelman

• Federal agency to rule today on song royalty rates

• Tax breaks with the bailout

• Credit freeze puts businesses on thin ice By Marla Dickerson, Tiffany Hsu, and Jerry Hirsch

• Passage expected as Senate debates revised bailout plan By Maura Reynolds, Richard Simon, and Nicole Gaouette

• Asian stocks fall despite Senate’s approval of rescue plan vote

• Borders fails to find buyer, issues warrants to financier

Bouncing with Rancid

• Paris Hilton’s My New BFF

• Detour Fest

• Elevate Film Festival

• Salonen piano pieces frame Cheng recital By Josef Woodard

• Malibu Pie Festival at Malibu Country Mart

• Fifth annual Etnies GvR Skateboard Contest

• News balance bails out entirely By Scott Collins

• Cast your vote for ‘43 Plays’ By David C. Nichols

• Screen teen angel By Lisa Rosen

• Kenneth Turan: ‘Focus on Female Directors’

• Rosemarie DeWitt By Michael Ordoña

• Pete Seeger is still hammering away at 89

• Weinstein Co.’s latest misfire? By John Horn

• Eagle Rock Music Festival

• This weekend

• Invited to dinner, they end up sitting ringside

• North Hollywood arts scene

• Scare yourself silly at Universal Studios.

• The life and times of an alpha male By David Cotner

• ‘Mr. Playboy’

• McCain and Obama optimistic about solving financial crisis By Michael Muskal And Maeve Reston

• Yellowstone is speeding up action on snowmobile use By Julie Cart

• Clinton comes through By Faye Fiore

• Why the vice presidential candidates should rein in their inner Chatty Cathy By James Rainey

• He opposes regulation – until he supports it By Noam N. Levey

• Supreme Court won’t reconsider death penalty for child rape By David G. Savage

• VP debate could be politically pivotal By Cathleen Decker

• Witness says he never billed Ted Stevens for renovations By Richard B. Schmitt

• Less-popular Palin heads to debate By Maeve Reston

• Friend says O.J. Simpson associates made threats after alleged robbery By Ashley Powers

• Yes on state bonds

• Death row realism By Jeanne Woodford

• 2008’s ‘Bradley effect’ By Patt Morrison

• Bailout handouts

• Abolish the vice presidency By Bruce Ackerman

• Time for an FDR moment By Rosa Brooks

• What comes after the bailout?

• India nuclear pact is OKd By Paul Richter

• Israel seeks to purchase F-35 fighter jets By Ashraf Khalil

• Less money going to Mexico as U.S. economy falters By Tracy Wilkinson

• Iran interior minister admits using fake credentials By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim

• More U.S. troops needed in Afghanistan ‘quickly,’ general says By Julian E. Barnes

• Iraq takes control of U.S.-backed Sunni fighters By Jeffrey Fleishman

• Sudan’s ruling coalition may face a test By Edmund S and Ers

• S. Korean actress Choi Jin-sil found dead in apparent suicide