Archive for Friday, September 05, 2008

• Bobcats jump on vacancy By David Kelly

• Roots show at this salon By Marjorie Miller

• San Diego officer accused of helping drug traffickers By Tony Perry

• Broads give $400 million

• Point Loma Nazarene University dorm director fired over hazing By Tony Perry

• LAX tightens security measures after alleged smuggling By Dan Weikel

• 2 climbers badly injured in accident at Suicide Rock in Idyllwild By Christian Berthelsen

• 2 Orange County white supremacists to be arraigned in beating By Christian Berthelsen

• TV, movie comedy writer won Emmy By Dennis Mclellan

• Man charged in death of actor’s ex-girlfriend By Richard Winton

• Fatal crash shuts down part of California 126 in Ventura County By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Inglewood police break silence By Andrew Blankstein and Ari B. Bloomekatz

• Barack Obama supports LAX airline service workers By Dan Weikel

• Only 48% of California high schools meet federal standards, even with easier measure By Howard Blume and Ben Welsh

• A town where impunity lives By Steve Lopez

• California revives program to buy water from farmers By Nancy Vogel

• Hockey moms must be tough By Dana Parsons

• SEIU, beset by spending scandal, places a senior manager on leave By Paul Pringle

• Ex-internal affairs officer alleges retaliation, harassment from LAPD By Scott Glover

• Bernard Parks wants to paint target on taggers’ parents in Los Angeles By Am and A Covarrubias

• Police say driver in fatal crash led police pursuit because of open beer can By Jia-Rui Chong

• Vietnamese refugees still affected by war By My-Thuan Tran

• Reaction to park project

• Delay in releasing clergy files By , Duke Helf, and Victoria Kim

• Man shot by stun gun dies By H G. Reza

• Australian actor appeared in U.S. films, TV shows By M The Associated Press

• For L.A. man, 93, life is a walk in the park By Scott Gold

• Gun fight in Westminster parking lot injures 2

• 1 hurt, several cars hit in La Cañada Flintridge truck crash By Francisco Vara-Orta

• Toddler run over and killed by her father

• This week’s NFL fantasy outlook

• Ten reasons to be excited about the 2008 high school football season

• Fame name game By Ben Bolch

• A JOB WELL DONE By Ira Winderman

• Roger Federer advances at U.S. Open By Chuck Culpepper

• Rain wipes out start of BMW golf tournament in St. Louis By From The Associated Press

• Injured Ohio State tailback Chris Wells won’t play Saturday By From The Associated Press

• Culpepper retires at 31 By M The Associated Press

• He’s just not the same old Roger Federer By Kurt Streeter

• Eye on the semifinals

• Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2008

• It won’t be easy for Mater Dei’s Matt Barkley to live up to the hype By Lonnie White

• New York Giants make an opening statement By Jeff Jacobs

• Former Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper retires By From The Associated Press

• Diamondbacks play their aces again By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Proctor is glad to be back By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Already-thin Bruins have to plug holes caused by injuries By Chris Foster

• Rays push Yankees a little further back

• Today’s Featured Games By Ben Bolch

• Andrea Kremer gets more playing time By Steve Springer / On The Media

• His whiff should have been a walk

• In Fresno, there’s hope for a Chance By Thomas Bonk

• Giants start fast, 16-7 By Dom Amore

• Padres defeat the Brewers, 5-2

• Mark Teixeira has a scary fall. By Mike Digiovanna

• Trend is tough on Browns

• Ervin Santana and Angels dominate the Tigers By Mike Digiovanna

• Garfield High’s football team stuns Birmingham, 29-28 By Eric Sondheimer

• Confidence catches on for receiver Ronald Johnson By Gary Klein

• Will a pair of aces fold?

• Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland: Where black Labs are king By Susan Spano

• FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs By M The Associated Press

• Candidates’ Web ad tactics differ By Jim Puzzanghera

• Analysts: Vehicle prices falling at rapid pace By M The Associated Press

• ‘Bangkok Dangerous’ will battle 4-week-old ‘Tropic Thunder’ for No. 1 By Josh Friedman

• 99 Cents Only may turn into 99 cents mostly By Andrea Chang

• Projector predictions: Many hits, some misses By Josh Friedman

• Mervyns says its ex-owners set the stage for its bankruptcy By Roger Vincent

• Dow drops nearly 250 points on troubling sales, unemployment news By Walter Hamilton

• Software for supervising students

• Boeing union rejects union offer, delays strike for talks By M Bloomberg News

• Cellphone exec takes up a new calling By Frank Ahrens

• Luxury builder swings to a loss By M

• August retail sales

• El-Erian to be sole chief of Pimco By Tom Petruno

• Fewer IndyMac deposits uninsured By E. Scott Reckard

• An online peek into your child’s school day By Alana Semuels

• LA Live lights a tiki torch By Cara Mia Dimassa and Roger Vincent

• Services grow on increasing orders, less inflation By M The Associated Press

• August another disappointing month for retailers By Tiffany Hsu

Review: ‘DogTown’: ‘The Michael Vick Dogs’

• Cohesion is missing in ‘Bites’

• An open, long-distance relationship? Good luck!

• American Wife

• Lassoing the stars to support cancer research By John Horn

• Daughter not keen on mom’s boyfriend

• This ‘Wife’ seems familiar By Susan Salter Reynolds

• Girl power – with a samurai sword By Mary Mcnamara

• A master of the subtle ‘Cut’ By Kenneth Turan

• VMAs, Hollywood style By Charlie Amter

• ‘The world’s coolest movie star’ is back on screen By Susan King

• ‘DogTown’

• ADCB at Mondrian LA hotel

• Heaviness drains fun from ‘True Blood’ By Mary Mcnamara

• ‘Island’ offers a refreshing getaway By David Ng

• ‘Bangkok Dangerous’ review delayed

• Stars flock to GOP’s new celebrity By Tina Daunt

• The Army recovers its MIA Oscar By Bob Thomas

• She’s got the look that penetrates By Graham Fuller

• A definite upswing By Lynn Smith

• It’s no act of love By Greg Braxton

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• Bob Dylan brings a simplified, still-rich palette to Santa Monica By R and Y Lewis

• Like the strands of dreams By Christopher Knight

• 30ish son can’t end a visit home

• Carnage thrives in the open air By Mindy Farabee

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• Giant fundraiser at the Vanguard

• Video Music Awards parties

• Michael Moore’s offering a freebie By Jake Coyle

• Working across networks By Matea Gold

• They paled after Palin By Mary Mcnamara

• Petraeus advocates delay in troop cuts By Julian E. Barnes

• Before Palin, Republicans had Quayle By Cathleen Decker

• Taking the party to Main Street By Peter Wallsten and Doyle Mcmanus

• Book says U.S. spied on Maliki, other top Iraqis By M The Washington Post

• ‘What you fight for is the real test’

• Media on the defensive over Sarah Palin coverage By Matea Gold

• Governor hails the chief executive

• Let’s hear about healthcare, rival says By Noam N. Levey

• Officials say levees held up well to Gustav By Ralph Vartabedian

• Palin opens Limbaugh’s eyes to the real McCain By Top Of The Ticket Don Frederick And Andrew Malcolm

• Sarah Palin’s speech draws an audience of more than 37 million

• Atlantis is moved to launch pad

• Palin gives and saves amid big Alaska surplus By Kim Murphy

• Police clash with protesters, arrest ‘a couple of hundred’ By James Hohmann

• Obama chats with O’Reilly By James Rainey

• EBay plane sale hinted at by Palin didn’t happen By Jason George and Andrew Zajac

• Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick accepts plea deal, will resign By P J. Huffstutter

• Buoyed by Palin’s convention speech, McCain readies to accept GOP nomination tonight By Maeve Reston and Noam N. Levey

• Jack Abramoff sentenced to 48 months By Richard B. Schmitt

• At least 3 killed in Coast Guard helicopter crash

• Hot Property: Polaroid Beach House in Malibu on the market for $32 million By Ann Brenoff

• Click of the future

• The devil, you say By Joel Stein

• Shortchanged by pay to learn By Wendy Grolnick and Kathy Seal

• A promise unkept

• McCain’s reach

• Oil-rich and impoverished, Angola votes By Robyn Dixon

• Afghan President Karzai visits scene of deadly American-led raid By Laura King and M. Karim Faiez

• Dick Cheney, in visit to Georgia, assails Russia By Alex and Ra Jinjikhashvili

• Pentagon may step up raids in Pakistan By Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller

• Paralympics boon to China’s disabled By Barbara Demick

• Poverty-reduction aid lags, study finds By Richard Boudreaux