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What happened on October 24, 2008
BUSINESS
FTC targets credit repair firms By David Colker, Colker is a Times staff writer.
AT&T to raise fee for basic service By Marc Lifsher, Lifsher is a Times staff writer.
Firms still spending heavily to sway votes By Tom Hamburger and Jim Puzzanghera, Hamburger and Puzzanghera are Times staff writers.
Starving for customers By Ronald D. White and Jerry Hirsch, White and Hirsch are Times staff writers.
Former Fed chief 'shocked' by crisis By Jim Puzzanghera, Puzzanghera is a Times staff writer.
Mortgage plan may cut costs for 395,000 By E. Scott Reckard, Reckard is a Times staff writer.
Defaults slide as state puts on the brakes By William Heisel, Marc Lifsher and Maura Reynolds, Heisel, Lifsher and Reynolds are Times staff writers.
AIG has tapped most of U.S. bailout credit line Bloomberg News
30-year mortgage rates fall TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Initial jobless claims up 15,000 TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Teen behind false report about Jobs TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Toyota sales drop 4.3% in quarter TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Letters warn of 'payback time' TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Target to tighten credit card terms TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Russia bars Google bid for ad unit the associated press
Dow ends turbulent day with gain of 172 points By Martin Zimmerman, Zimmerman is a Times staff writer.
The buck gets a boost amid global turmoil By Tom Petruno, Petruno is a Times staff writer.
Profit edges higher; 3,000 more jobs will be slashed TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Sales climb but net income falls TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Profit triples as revenue jumps TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Sales of portable items lift results TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Cinema firm sees profit drop 46% TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Net income drops on softer demand TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Oil prices lead to $865-million loss TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Fuel costs result in $4-million loss TIMES WIRE SERVICES
Studios give tepid OK for mediator By Richard Verrier, Verrier is a Times staff writer.
Scion earns top spot for reliability, Ford gains ground in auto survey the associated press
The Maxima's good, but Infiniti's the front-runner By Dan Neil
Ticketmaster gets into managing artists By Swati Pandey, Pandey is a Times staff writer.
Microsoft lowers forecasts By Michelle Quinn, Quinn is a Times staff writer.
GM is suspending some worker-benefit programs By Kendra Marr, Marr writes for the Washington Post.
Wall St. layoffs may top 200,000 The Associated Press
Upbeat musical vs. blood and horror By Josh Friedman, Friedman is a Times staff writer
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Copter crews fight darkness and fire By Joe Mozingo, Mozingo is a Times staff writer.
A crackling controversy By Scott Gold, Scott Gold is a Times staff writer.
Fixture in L.A. art world By Suzanne Muchnic, Muchnic is a Times staff writer.
Metrolink sues engineer's employer By Rich Connell, Connell is a Times staff writer.
At UCLA, he's forever Young By Larry Gordon, Gordon is a Times staff writer.
Making their dreams pan out By Anna Gorman, Gorman is a Times staff writer.
A wildly successful return By Steve Chawkins, Chawkins is a Times staff writer.
New rules for nurses By Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, Ornstein and Weber are senior reporters for ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative newsroom.
SAT scores of students who saw test earlier are tossed By Mitchell Landsberg
Deputies won't collect car fees By Richard Winton
Gala boosts foes of Proposition 8 By Dan Morain
Obama backers head for Nevada By Evelyn Larrubia
Sister arrested in teenager's death By Stuart Pfeifer
Jazz pianist preferred show tunes By Jon Thurber, Thurber is a Times staff writer.
Carona's case sure resembles Stevens' By Dana Parsons
32 are ill, 15 hospitalized with salmonella By Rong-gong Lin Ii, Lin is a Times staff writer
Molina, Yaroslavsky in spat at MTA meeting By Steve Hymon, Hymon is a Times staff writer.
Measure J is seen as a sure bet By Christian Berthelsen, Berthelsen is a Times staff writer.
Corral Canyon fire victims sue By Victoria Kim
Sepulveda Pass brush fire closes freeway for hours By Andrew Blankstein, Ari Bloomekatz and Jia-rui Chong, Blankstein, Bloomekatz and Chong are Times staff writers.
McCain has edge in Little Saigon By My-thuan Tran, Tran is a Times staff writer.
Bratton records Obama endorsement By Joel Rubin, Rubin is a Times staff writer
Dentist charged with assault By Stuart Pfeifer
Former city manager cleared of conflict of interest in OnTrac case By Dan Weikel, Weikel is a Times staff writer.
Chihuahuas go from being coddled to cast-offs By Catherine Saillant, Saillant is a Times staff writer.
Key Prop. 11 donors have GOP ties By Nancy Vogel, Vogel is a Times staff writer.
ENTERTAINMENT
Their senior class act By Mark Olsen, Olsen is a freelance writer and critic.
It's beauty that buoys in a sea of sadness By Carina Chocano, MOVIE CRITIC
Mom versus world By Kenneth Turan Movie Critic
A confinement without bars By Kenneth Turan, MOVIE CRITIC
Hot under the collar on 'View' By Matea Gold and Maria Elena Fernandez, Gold and Fernandez are Times staff writers.
Monster with a human touch By Carina Chocano, MOVIE CRITIC
Guns N' Roses gets prickly By Ann Powers, POP MUSIC CRITIC
Tonga Hut carries tiki torch By Elina Shatkin, Shatkin is a Times staff writer.
'Tree of Life' isn't sturdy By Robert Abele, Gary Goldstein, Kevin Thomas
In the thick of things alongside RFK and LBJ By David J. Garrow, Garrow, a senior fellow at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, is the author of "Bearing the Cross," a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Syzygy delights with a sweet refrain of Saroyan's old 'Song' By David C. Nichols, Nichols is a freelance writer.
Films with a black focus
Party's on, just plug in the prez By Tina Daunt
'Cissy' warmly delivers By Charlotte Stoudt, F. Kathleen Foley, Charlotte Stoudt, David Ng
Autism benefit at the Geffen
Ebert's blunder spells trouble for all critics By Patrick Goldstein
It's still all about how they look on TV By Mary Mcnamara, TELEVISION CRITIC
A career turns in the write direction By Ben Nuckols, Nuckols writes for the Associated Press.
Palin lifts 'SNL' poll numbers By Lee Margulies
Inarritu writes for Bardem associated press
A look at what he's collected associated press
U.N. poverty films premiere associated press
Cronenberg pens a novel associated press
Reality at the idyllic Yaddo associated press
Dr Pepper to make good on GNR offer By Randy Lewis, Lewis is a Times staff writer.
Earth's patterns are seen By Leah Ollman, Ollman is a freelance writer.
Like its musical genre, 'Strut' revue can swing By F. Kathleen Foley, F. Kathleen Foley is a freelance writer.
Which is a friend to the arts? By Kate Linthicum, Linthicum is a Times staff writer.
A heritage with a new impetus By Lynn Smith, Smith is a Times staff writer.
'Blithe' Coward revival has the right spirit By David C. Nichols, Nichols is a freelance writer.
A good cop-bad cop dilemma in 'Pride' By Carina Chocano, MOVIE CRITIC
Buffo but not boffo By Richard S. Ginell, Ginell is a freelance writer.
Brian Wilson has fun, fun, fun By Mark Sachs, Sachs is a Times staff writer.
SPORTS
Dr. Andrews says Brady getting better By Sam Farmer, Farmer is a Times staff writer.
Favre should have quit long ago By Bill Plaschke
Gazing at the future By Mike Bresnahan, Bresnahan is a Times staff writer.
Sam Farmer's Nfl Picks: Week 8 By Sam Farmer, Farmer is a Times staff writer.
It's like the World Series for fillies By Pete Thomas
Understudies appear to be needed for opening night By Lisa Dillman, Dillman is a Times staff writer.
Maddon has the magic touch By Phil Rogers
Ducks tonight By Dan Arritt
West Virginia scores 31 in a row to stun Auburn associated press
Odom either plays better or is traded By Mark Heisler
Don't cry for Vegas if the Rays win By Greg Johnson
Nuggets won't be nearly as good this season By The Kamenetzkys
Kings tonight By Dan Arritt
ESPN takes another shot at Breeders' Cup By Steve Springer, Springer is a Times staff writer
Ballesteros' brain tumor is malignant; surgery set staff and wire reports
Fantasy Forecast
Olson quits at Arizona By Chris Dufresne, Dufresne is a Times staff writer.
Rays hang loose, Phillies can't get out of tight spots By Bill Shaikin, Shaikin is a Times staff writer.
Rollins wants Sabathia, but Phillies' GM isn't buying it By Bill Shaikin, Shaikin is a Times staff writer
Torre couldn't help Dodgers' kids, but can help these kids By T.j. Simers
Los Alamitos takes big step By Eric Sondheimer, Sondheimer is a Times staff writer.
Neuheisel's pep talk scares them straight By Chris Foster, Foster is a Times staff writer.
Tailback McKnight is back at practice By Gary Klein, Klein is a Times staff writer.
Grigsby is out to prove himself By David Wharton, Wharton is a Times staff writer.
Smith has chance to go four for four By Pete Thomas, Thomas is a Times staff writer.
Swelling in injured knee keeps Bryant sidelined By Broderick Turner, Turner is a Times staff writer.
Lost in thought By Chris Foster, Foster is a Times staff writer.
Goaltender LaBarbera will get the start By Dan Arritt, Arritt is a Times staff writer.
Linemen key in Trinity League game By Ben Bolch
Horse racing must avoid pulling up lame By Bill Dwyre
Figure skaters are ready for another season By Helene Elliott
These two are switch hits By Ben Bolch, Bolch is a Times staff writer.
NATIONAL
Gov. Palin put donors and friends in key posts By Charles Piller, Piller is a Times staff writer.
Obama raises $36 million in the first half of October By Dan Morain, Morain is a Times staff writer.
Bloomberg gets chance at third stretch as N.Y. mayor By Erika Hayasaki, Hayasaki is a Times staff writer.
A liberal use of the word? By Janet Hook, Hook is a Times staff writer.
Clinics may be to blame in 114 cases of hepatitis C TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Teen seeks haven for self, baby son TIMES WIRE REPORTS
All fingers point at President Bush By Mark Z. Barabak and Bob Drogin, Barabak and Drogin are Times staff writers.
Chertoff to renew push on workers By Nicole Gaouette, Gaouette is a Times staff writer.
Judge asks Stevens jurors to get along associated press
Wisconsin attorney general's Voter ID lawsuit is thrown out Associated Press
Homeless attack draws life term TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Placebos don't make ethicists feel better By Maria Cheng, Cheng writes for the Associated Press.
Fishing boat sent an e-mail before sinking; 2 still sought Associated Press
Pig farm manager fired over abuse TIMES WIRE REPORTS
U.S. dropout picture grim, report says Associated Press
SCIENCE
Is that a hot cup of coffee or are you just glad to see me? By Denise Gellene, Gellene is a Times staff writer.
Hubble set to resume work By John Johnson Jr., Johnson is a Times staff writer.
WORLD
A Pakistani diplomat's delicate mission By Paul Richter, Richter is a Times staff writer.
China joins American development bank By Chris Kraul, Kraul is a Times staff writer.
Iranian American woman is detained in Tehran By Larry Gordon and Borzou Daragahi, Daragahi and Gordon are Times staff writers.
9 killed in suicide bombing targeting Iraq labor minister the associated press
U.S. halts trade pact with Bolivia The Associated Press
Nine linked to Islamic terror group convicted TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Woman jailed in online 'killing' TIMES WIRE REPORTS
U.S. space tourist is back safely Times Wire Services
Mexico Senate passes oil bill By Ken Ellingwood, Ellingwood is a Times staff writer.
Mercury spill called accidental TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Chinese dissident wins rights award By Mark Magnier, Magnier is a Times staff writer.
OPINION
Get it on tape By Jim Trainum, Jim Trainum is a detective in Washington's Metropolitan Police Department.
Which is the true LAPD?
'No Child's' call to arms
Preemptive comments
Prop. 8 sows marital discord
Presidential odds
Woman's view
Home invasion
Scot-free Britney
A real race in District 19
Death was preventable
Voters, not slackers By Joel Stein
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