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What happened on January 17, 2009
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
California controller suspends tax refunds, welfare checks By Evan Halper and Patrick Mcgreevy
Ex-O.C. Sheriff Carona guilty on 1 count, cleared on 5 By Christine Hanley, Stuart Pfeifer and Christopher Goffard
Obama's inauguration worth a trip to D.C. By Sandy Banks
Transportation project may heighten cancer risk in select areas By Louis Sahagun
Jurors in Michael Carona case put aside personal feelings By Tami Abdollah and Stuart Pfeifer
Parolee arrested in killing of 4-year-old L.A. boy near Angelino Heights By Richard Winton
L.A. County's chief land use planner is fired By Garrett Therolf
Search continues at Brea landfill in case of missing woman, 82 By Tony Barboza
Side Street Productions takes moves in stride By Bob Pool
British writer created Rumpole By Matt Schudel, Schudel writes for the Washington Post.
Scamming nanny ordered to pay parents ASSOCIATED PRESS
Body of missing Orange man is found in desert near Yermo By Susannah Rosenblatt
Tom O'Horgan dies at 84; director of 'Hair' on Broadway ASSOCIATED PRESS
Government's case against a flawed Michael Carona had too many flaws By Dana Parsons
Pelicans' health problems may be tied to Pacific Northwest storm of December By Louis Sahagun
Supervisors to discuss ousting San Bernardino County Assessor Bill Postmus By David Kelly
Quake vulnerability of 'soft-story' apartments in state still widespread By Jia-rui Chong
20 union protesters cited for occupying UC regent's office By Larry Gordon
U.S. Labor Department adopts tougher financial disclosure rules for unions By Paul Pringle
A look at the nine Christmas Eve shooting victims By Ari B. Bloomekatz and Hector Becerra
U.S. artist Andrew Wyeth dies at 91 By Valerie J. Nelson and Myrna Oliver
California Briefing / Camp Pendleton By Tony Perry
California Briefing / Los Angeles By Maeve Reston
California Briefing / Santa Ana By Susannah Rosenblatt
California Briefing / Los Angeles County By Richard Winton
California Briefing / Long Beach By Andrew Blankstein
California Briefing / Orange By Susannah Rosenblatt
Doo Dah day
Obituaries / Passings / Trammell Crow TIMES STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
PASSINGS / Jan Kaplicky TIMES STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Good Sports
BUSINESS
U.S. could be no-show at 2010 Shanghai World's Fair By Don Lee
Foreign maker of next Air Force One? That may not fly By Peter Pae
Circuit City to close remaining 567 stores in U.S. By Andrea Chang and Martin Zimmerman
Microsoft told to quit bundling IE in Europe Associated Press
Despite stock slide, few people shifted 401(k) assets in 2008 By Tom Petruno
Bank shares plunge on fresh losses By Walter Hamilton and E. Scott Reckard
Charter Communications may file for bankruptcy Bloomberg News
Consumer prices fall again in December Associated Press
Disney CEO Iger made $30.6 million last year Bloomberg News
JPMorgan Chase to widen mortgage-modification program Associated Press
Wall Street moves higher on Citi, BofA plans Associated Press
If Plan B to save banks fails, try Plan A again By Tom Petruno
With stimulus, there's more bang in each buck By Maura Reynolds
Chrysler Financial gets $1.5-billion TARP loan By Jim Puzzanghera
Venture capitalists abandon 'spend mentality' By Alana Semuels
Business Briefing / International Times Wire Reports
Business Briefing / Toys Times Wire Reports
SPORTS
USC-UCLA game won't close 2009 Pac-10 season By Chris Dufresne
NFL chooses its Super Bowl officiating crew By Lance Pugmire
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fire Coach Jon Gruden, hire Raheem Morris ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kareem helps Lakers' Andrew Bynum see big picture By Mike Bresnahan
James Harden is still Bruins main focus By David Wharton
Nick Scandone, Paralympic gold-medal sailor with ALS, leaves legacy at 42 By Bill Dwyre
Darren Oliver avoids arbitration with Angels STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
No Crosby, but Ducks still lose ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Magic isn't a Mickey Mouse team By Bill Dwyre
Vujacic, Walton might play for Lakers tonight against Magic By Mike Bresnahan
Joe Maddon is a Ray of hope for Arizona Cardinals By Bill Shaikin
Josh Grant off to fast start in supercross By Jim Peltz
Cavaliers still perfect at home ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tom Pernice shares Sony Open lead after eagle WIRE REPORTS
Cardinals get no respect, for good reason By Bill Shaikin
Steelers, Eagles picked to win conference championships By Sam Farmer
Ben Roethlisberger, Joe Flacco: The same, but different By Ken Murray
Westchester beats Fairfax, 78-73 By Eric Sondheimer
USC's Amy Rodriguez is top pick in women's soccer draft By Grahame L. Jones
Sonny Vaccaro laces 'em up for a new fight By Kurt Streeter
Long Beach is platform for Ryan Lochte now By Lisa Dillman
UCLA pushes for steals but with caution By David Wharton
Dwight Lewis keeps shooting By Chris Foster
Pete Carroll isn't backing down By Gary Klein
Ducks tonight By Billy Witz
Kings today By Helene Elliott
It's a bad breakup
Blue thunder
Powerful couple
No way for Wills?
Cool stove
Heavenly
Don't lock him up
Let's ask Phil
Brain freeze
WORLD
Israel TV news broadcasts a Gaza father's heartbreak By Jeffrey Fleishman and Batsheva Sobelman
Osama bin Laden's son may be in Pakistan too By Greg Miller
Protests spread in Europe amid economic crisis By Megan K. Stack
Obama team faces trial by fire in Israel-Hamas conflict By Paul Richter
Hamas official balks at truce with Israel By Rushdi Abu Alouf and Jeffrey Fleishman
Parents' quest helps identify remains in barrel By Evelyn Larrubia
World Briefing / Cuba Times Wire Reports
World Briefing / Haiti Times Wire Reports
World Briefing / Afghanistan Times Wire Reports
NATIONAL
Supreme Court to hear school strip-search case By David G. Savage
A narrative of racism and hope By Peter H. King
Feinstein rises -- but faces a tough choice By Mark Z. Barabak and Richard Simon
Guantanamo defense calls for charges to be dropped By Carol J. Williams
Witnesses praise, criticize Eric Holder By Josh Meyer
NASA chief Michael Griffin praises post-Columbia effort in farewell By John Johnson Jr.
Obama pitches nuts, bolts of stimulus By John Mccormick
Hudson ferry rescuers hailed as heroes By Richard Fausset and Geraldine Baum
National Briefing / Washington, D.c. Times Wire Reports
National Briefing / Iowa Times Wire Reports
National Briefing / Washington, D.c. Times Wire Reports
National Briefing / Michigan Times Wire Reports
National Briefing / Mississippi Times Wire Reports
Ohio House Fire
ENTERTAINMENT
'Battlestar Galactica': Kate Vernon reveals a Cylonic secret By Geoff Boucher
'My Natural History: The Evolution of a Gardener' by Liz Primeau By Erika Schickel
Inauguration revelers have plenty of events to choose from By Tina Daunt
'Flight of the Conchords' on HBO By Robert Lloyd, TELEVISION CRITIC
'My Bloody Valentine 3-D' By Mark Olsen
Greg Barker's 'Sergio' By Kenneth Turan, TIMES FILM CRITIC
'Wuthering Heights' By Robert Lloyd, TELEVISION CRITIC
Trying to fly above storms By Mike Boehm
Music Review By Mark Swed, Music Critic
Tv Press Tour
Quick Takes associated press
Quick Takes By Lisa Fung
Quick Takes By Mike Boehm
Quick Takes associated press
Quick Takes By Randy Lewis
NEWS
OPINION
Obama on foreign affairs
A Texas challenge to the Voting Rights Act
Obama's poet By Meghan Daum
'Deliberate calm' guided US Airways crew By Jonah Lehrer, Jonah Lehrer is the author of "Proust Was a Neuroscientist" and "How We Decide."
Oakland murder mystery By Tim Rutten
Linked by a Bible By Ronald C. White Jr., Ronald C. White Jr., a Huntington Library fellow and a visiting professor at UCLA, is the author of the just-published "A. Lincoln: A Biography."
Defining a martyr
Steeped in hate
Water system delivers
A heroic pilot and crew
Who's hiring
HOME & GARDEN
For the record
A burning desire for turkey wings By Chris Erskine
With Malibu sale, Olivia Newton-John can get mellow By Ann Brenoff
Small Hollywood Hills backyard becomes an India-inspired 'jewel box' By Debra Prinzing
Obama memorabilia displayed in homes By Deborah Netburn
Georgescu's midcentury Pasinetti house renovated By Jeffery Head
Innovations By David A. Keeps
Sale By David A. Keeps
Santa Monica designer Michael S. Smith to decorate Obama's White House living area By David A. Keeps
SCIENCE
Killing cats to restore island backfires as rabbits take over By Thomas H. Maugh Ii
Fighting a cold? Every bit of sleep counts By Mary Engel
Science File
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