What happened on July 25, 2009

ENTERTAINMENT

CNN chief addresses Obama birth controversy By Matea Gold
'Rain Gods' by James Lee Burke By Dick Lochte, Lochte is the author of 10 novels, including the comedy-thriller "Croaked!"
'Being Human' on BBC America By Mary Mcnamara, TELEVISION CRITIC
'Doctor Who's' David Tennant will save the day (again) before exiting By Mary Mcnamara, TELEVISION CRITIC
Fantastic and empowered By John Horn
Whitney Houston enjoys a coming-out party By Greg Braxton
Theater Review By F. Kathleen Foley
Music Review By Mark Swed, MUSIC CRITIC
Quick Takes Associated Press
Quick Takes By David Ng
Quick Takes By Todd Martens
Quick Takes Bloomberg News
Quick Takes Associated Press
Quick Takes By Associated Press
'Avatar' peek thrills crowd By Denise Martin; Scott Collins; Alex Pham

BUSINESS

NATIONAL

HOME & GARDEN

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

SPORTS

SCIENCE

WORLD

OPINION

NEWS

What happened on July 25, 2009

ENTERTAINMENT

CNN chief addresses Obama birth controversy By Matea Gold

'Rain Gods' by James Lee Burke By Dick Lochte, Lochte is the author of 10 novels, including the comedy-thriller "Croaked!"

'Being Human' on BBC America By Mary Mcnamara, TELEVISION CRITIC

'Doctor Who's' David Tennant will save the day (again) before exiting By Mary Mcnamara, TELEVISION CRITIC

Fantastic and empowered By John Horn

Whitney Houston enjoys a coming-out party By Greg Braxton

Theater Review By F. Kathleen Foley

Music Review By Mark Swed, MUSIC CRITIC

Quick Takes Associated Press

Quick Takes By David Ng

Quick Takes By Todd Martens

Quick Takes Bloomberg News

Quick Takes Associated Press

Quick Takes By Associated Press

'Avatar' peek thrills crowd By Denise Martin; Scott Collins; Alex Pham

BUSINESS

Ukuleles have gone viral By Dan Fost

Last chance for digital TV converter box coupons By David Colker

'Cash for clunkers' rules are released, sparking a rush By Martin Zimmerman

Airlines seemingly all over the map on revenue strategy By Hugo Martin

Guaranty Bank warns that it's on the verge of failure Times Staff And Wire Reports

Stocks open lower after prior day's big jump Associated Press

Loan worries hit City National stock after earnings report By Tom Petruno

Surprise rally is far from illogical By Tom Petruno

Embrace financial reforms now or suffer later, Geithner warns By Jim Puzzanghera

NATIONAL

Obama calls comments on Cambridge police poor choice of words By Peter Nicholas

Black males' fear of racial profiling very real, regardless of class By P.j. Huffstutter and Richard Fausset

Obama announces $4.35-billion school-funding competition By Jason Song and Jason Felch

Arrest of Gates also shines a light on 'disorderly conduct' laws By David G. Savage

National Briefing / Washington, D.c. Times Wire Reports

National Briefing / Maryland Times Wire Reports

National Briefing / Michigan Times Wire Reports

National Briefing / Washington, D.c. Times Wire Reports

National Briefing / Tennessee Times Wire Reports

National Briefing / And Finally . . . Times Wire Reports

HOME & GARDEN

When 'Dog Whisperer' can't help By Diane R. Krieger

Pet insurance: Companies growl at certain dog breeds By Dawn Bonker

Medical treatment for pets: How much money is too much? By Emily Green

Turning what the pet sheds into yarn By Deborah Netburn

Vintage pottery at Silver Lake's Ten 10 By David A. Keeps

Trash for Teaching idea turns plastic bottles into vases By David A. Keeps

Ex-Laker Kwame Brown lists Playa del Rey home By Lauren Beale

Kelly Lamb's new Geo series of planters By Lisa Boone

The color turqoise is in By Barbara Thornburg

Witty plant arrangements from Velvet Spade Designs By David A. Keeps

The web of summer: charred hot dogs, water balloons, beer and those ubiquitous eight-legged friends By Chris Erskine

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Loose reins on nurses in drug abuse program By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein

18th Street Gang tied to illegal after-hours bars By Richard Winton

Bodysurfer killed at the Wedge in Newport Beach By Mike Anton and Gerrick D. Kennedy

South L.A. boy died after previous reports of abuse By Hector Becerra and Garrett Therolf

Shortwave radio is finding a receptive young audience By Bob Pool

E. Lynn Harris dies at 54; bestselling author broke barriers writing about gay black characters By Dennis Mclellan

A power play, not prejudice By Sandy Banks

Howard Engle dies at 89; lifelong smoker filed landmark suit against tobacco companies Times Staff And Wire Reports

Sheriff probes leaks by coroner's employees in Jackson case By Molly Hennessy-fiske

Giraffe at Los Angeles Zoo dies from birthing complications By Jean Merl

Killing of Border Patrol agent prompts multi-agency manhunt By Richard Marosi

Pomona schools chief appointed to federal post From A Times Staff Writer

California Briefing / Los Angeles By Gale Holland

California Briefing / San Diego By Tony Perry

California Briefing / Santa Barbara By Steve Chawkins

Man charged in Long Beach shooting of 4-year-old boy By Ann M. Simmons

California Legislature finally approves budget deal By Michael Rothfeld and Patrick Mcgreevy

SPORTS

Woodland Hills' Spencer Dinwiddie on the basketball radar By Eric Sondheimer

FINA bans bodysuits that have led to spate of world records By Lisa Dillman

Mark Cavendish wins 19th stage of Tour de France By Reuters, Associated Press

Rangers edge Royals for fifth win in a row Associated Press

Tigers sweep double-header from White Sox Associated Press

Power surge carries Angels past Twins By Ben Bolch

Dodgers 'pen falls on its sword in defeat By Kevin Baxter

Up next for Galaxy: Saturday at Kansas City By Grahame L. Jones

Kyle Busch's temper becomes a hindrance By Tania Ganguli

Matt Holliday makes splashy debut with Cardinals Associated Press

Aramis Ramirez powers Cubs past Reds, 8-5 Associated Press