Archive for Thursday, September 11, 2008

• Knee surgery for arthritis not effective, study finds By Denise Gellene

• Physicists get particles, and parties, started By Wire Reports and M

• Smiling inside, hoping you’ll see By Denise Gellene

Area’s dual citizens on the increase

• San Diego teacher can sue to restore classroom banners

• Los Angeles council votes to ban smoking at farmers markets By David Zahniser

• Suspect booked in four deaths in Lancaster house By Ann M. Simmons and Ruben Vives

• Thubten Jigme Norbu dies at 86; symbol of Tibetan independence struggle By Elaine Woo

• California’s top Episcopal bishops oppose gay marriage ban By and Duke Helf

• UC professor studies Bin Laden recordings By Eric Bailey

• Boy, 13, is fatally shot near Santa Ana High School By Tony Barboza and Christopher Goffard

• Plane nearly lands with wheels up at Ontario By Dan Weikel

• Raid at bakery leads to 53 arrests By Anna Gorman

• UCLA investigates 2 reported sexual assaults on campus By and Gale Holl

• A passion for art, a perilous pursuit By Jason Felch

• Prosecutors: Capistrano school board violated state law By Stuart Pfeifer

• Fontana-area clown pleads guilty to molesting children By David Kelly

• L.A. Council sees signs for convention center By Phil Willon

• Focused on a movie theater for Watts By Ari B. Bloomekatz

• Overtaxed? Check numbers By George Skelton

• Dancer choreographed scenes for movies, TV shows By Mary Rourke

• 2 children elude kidnap attempts in Long Beach By Am and A Covarrubias

• Deep-rooted conflict By Richard C. Paddock

• Leader of first expedition to indisputably reach North Pole By M The Associated Press

• Cabbie killed when car runs red light in Hollywood

• Apparent human remains found near L.A. fire scene By Amanda Covarrubias

Angels win, 4-2, and clinch AL West title

• Ohio State-USC is big, but Fresno State-Wisconsin is football life altering By Chris Dufresne

• Griese to start for Tampa Bay By M The Associated Press

• The Bottom Ten by Steve Harvey By Steve Harvey

• Lowe has to leave, but Dodgers win and increase lead in West By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Kahlil Bell’s injury may open door for UCLA freshmen By Chris Foster

• Teixeira, Angels plan to keep the pedal to the metal By Helene Elliott

• U.S. and Mexico get wins By Grahame L. Jones

• Phillips played the break just right By Jim Peltz

• Sparks play host to Atlanta

• THE START OF A LIFETIME By Sam Farmer

• From pool to fishbowl By Steve Springer

• Chivas USA to play at New England

• Theo Walcott dazzles in England’s 4-1 win over Croatia By Grahame L. Jones

• Cycling team leader looks to reunite with Lance Armstrong

• Winning the West wasn’t as easy as it looked By Mike Digiovanna

• Angels’ bullpen has a familiar ring By Mike Digiovanna

• Pena’s homer leads Rays past Red Sox

• Sideline pass to USC football game is the hottest ticket in town By Gary Klein

• He may make Giant difference By Thomas Bonk

• Affliction postpones Las Vegas mixed martial arts show By Dan Arritt

• City of Anaheim gets last chance at changing Angels’ team name By Bill Shaikin

• White Sox end Blue Jays’ winning streak

• Angels’ Torii Hunter, Yankees’ Ivan Rodriguez suspended two games By Bill Shaikin

• Dodgers are spooked by bold prediction By T J. Simers

• UCLA recruit Tyler Lamb set to enroll at Mater Dei By M

• Penny wants to be starter again By Ez and Dylan Hern

• Mets stay hot by beating Nationals

• Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel takes lead in Heisman poll

• USC’s ‘going crazy’ was a shocker for Ohio State’s Small By David Wharton

• Slater soars at Lower Trestles By Pete Thomas

• Angels just keep pouring it on

• Manny creates some space

• Moala ready to get physical

• Which way to tzee beach? By Christopher Reynolds

• U.S. oil agency scandal unfolds By Richard Simon and Elizabeth Douglass

• As mortgage rates fall, the bar is raised By E. Scott Reckard

• Controversial competition to build Air Force tankers is canceled By Peter Spiegel

• Wireless innovators try to stand out in a crowd By Alana Semuels

• Study links oil prices to investor speculation By M The Associated Press

• 20th Century Fox opens Asian studio By M The Associated Press

• Santa Monica Place will gain ocean view in major makeover By Roger Vincent

• Flight attendants concerned about porn surfing aloft By Jim Puzzanghera

• California probing Google-Yahoo ad deal

• Tribune blames UAL mixup on Google By Bloomberg News and M

• Stocks rise after Lehman announces plan By M The Associated Press

• Car-crash list missing crucial data By Ken Bensinger

• Former UnitedHealth CEO William McGuire to pay $30 million to end CalPERS suit By Marc Lifsher

• Almond growers sue USDA By M The Associated Press

• O.C. man indicted in investment scam By Kim Christensen

• Din grows over execs’ severance By Maura Reynolds

• Vishay ups bid for chip firm By M The Associated Press

• Bad times brewing? Not for beer By Ylan Q. Mui

• Lehman plans asset sales, reports huge 3Q loss By M The Associated Press

• ImClone ponders bid, rejects Bristol’s By M The Associated Press

• Businessman who dated Anne Hathaway pleads guilty By M The Associated Press

• Freezer sales climb as food prices rise By Ashley M. Heher

The race for TV viewers

• Sugarland enjoys the ride By R and Y Lewis

• Tricky at the Music Box

• The erratic saga of a maverick filmmaker By Steve Appleford

• Horoscope: Sept. 11, 2008 By Holiday Mathis

• Kenny Chesney, Sugarland members score big in CMA Award nominations By R and Y Lewis

• Chinatown Moon Festival

• Raymond Pettibon’s ‘Seminal Early Works 1978-88’ at Regen Projects

• Alfre Woodard: ‘Have acting; will travel’ By Michael Ordoña

• Brian Wilson at Hollywood Bowl

• Tim Finn at El Rey

• No child left behind in this election By Lea Lion

• ‘Happy and serene’ By Rachel Abramowitz

• New movie releases this weekend

• Filling a void by buying

• Ximena disarms listeners By Agustin Gurza

• ‘Emphasis Santa Monica’

• Paris Hilton’s in the room By Mark Olsen

• Rourke is back in the ring By Patrick Goldstein

• ‘X Films’ info

• Veruschka signs at Book Soup

• Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Plays Itself

• Latin Grammys eye the pioneers By Agustin Gurza

• Kori Newkirk show at Pasadena Museum of California Art

• Festival de Indepencia de México

• Dr. Ernest Drake at the Central Library

• Massive Mahler with a strong pull By Mark Swed

• Candidates’ anti-terror views are largely similar By Josh Meyer

• Simpson jury to be set by Friday, judge says By M The Associated Press

• Palin gets a warm welcome back home By Stephen Braun

• Evacuations are ordered as Ike strengthens in gulf By David Zucchino

• U.S. ‘running out of time’ on Afghanistan, Joint Chiefs leader says By Julian Barnes

• Nixon officials talked of stopping Allende’s rise By M The Associated Press

• Plant lays off Muslims who staged walkout By Nicholas Riccardi

• Obama fires back at McCain camp for seizing on his ‘lipstick on a pig’ comment By Michael Muskal and Peter Nicholas

• Ron Paul urges supporters to vote for a third-party candidate By Janet Hook

• Bill Clinton to join Obama By M The Associated Press

• Bringing Katie Couric into the lipstick debate

• Pentagon Memorial to 9/11 victims to be dedicated Thursday By Cynthia Dizikes

• She’s not helping Obama’s cause

• Hot Property: Newton T. ‘Tom’ Sigel lists Malibu beach home By Ann Brenoff

• Retiring the rabbit ears

• Chile’s 9/11 – and the legacy of Gen. Pinochet By Heraldo Muñoz

• Adjusting to 9/11

• The new world disorder By Timothy Garton Ash

• Education and the arts

• Saving the economy, one face-lift at a time By Rosa Brooks

• Defense chiefs call for wider war on militants By Julian E. Barnes

• Retrials will be sought in alleged Al Qaeda plot By Sebastian Rotella and Janet Stobart

• Bolivia orders U.S. envoy’s expulsion By Patrick J. Mcdonnell

• Mexico’s police agencies

• Mexico safety chief’s tough job: policing the police By Ken Ellingwood

• Al Qaeda weaker, but alive By Sebastian Rotella

• Flawed vote further entrenches Angola’s ruling party, critics warn By Robyn Dixon

• Powerful earthquake rattles northeastern Indonesia By Ap

• Magnitude 7 earthquake hits northern Japan By Ap