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What happened on March 17, 2009
BUSINESS
Hybrid car sales go from 60 to 0 at breakneck speed By Ken Bensinger
Start-ups are racing to get electric motorbikes to market By Susan Carpenter
Blockbuster shares rise after Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles acquires stake Bloomberg News
Promoters line up to sue Rain By Chris Lee
Jack in the Box feeds the social media beast By Dan Neil
California Assembly defeats bill to extend unemployment benefits By Marc Lifsher
Mexico to raise tariffs on U.S. goods in NAFTA dispute Associated Press
Mortgage fraud reports up 26 percent By William Heisel
Lawyers for ex-Bear Stearns managers complain of paper storm Associated Press
Charter Communications posts wider loss Associated Press
Cisco plans to sell computer servers Associated Press
Lego Universe online game built for everyone By Alex Pham
Writers Guild to cut workers amid shortfall By Richard Verrier
Accounting body moves toward giving banks more flexibility on fair-value Bloomberg News
Cheaper gas can't last, analysts warn By Ronald D. White
Hire a pro to ensure food labeling is done properly By Karen E. Klein
Prosecutors want Madoff and wife to forfeit more than $100 million in assets Associated Press
Wall Street opens higher, building on 4-day rally Associated Press
Obama pushes for return of AIG bonuses By Jim Puzzanghera and Tom Hamburger
Obama plans small-business lending boost By Maura Reynolds
Broadcom's patent suit against Qualcomm dismissed Bloomberg News
Law would require California rule makers to weigh cost to small firms By Cyndia Zwahlen
Target directors may face proxy battle Bloomberg News
Business Briefing / Aluminum Times Wire Reports
Business Briefing / Banking Times Wire Reports
Business Briefing / The Economy Times Wire Reports
Business Briefing / Oil Times Wire Reports
Business Briefing / Technology Times Wire Reports
Business Briefing / Retail Times Wire Reports
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CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
California wants to retake control of prison health system By Maura Dolan
Bob Dylan's neighbors sing outhouse blues By Bob Pool
Third trial of ex-security guard charged with murder can proceed, judge rules By Jack Leonard
Los Angeles discontinues spay-neuter vouchers By Carla Hall
Coy Watson Jr. dies at 96; one of nine silent-era sibling actors By Valerie J. Nelson
Repeat sex offender gets 390 years in state prison By My-thuan Tran
Claude S. Brinegar dies at 82; former oil executive and transportation secretary By Elaine Woo
Moorpark wins California Academic Decathlon By Mitchell Landsberg
Cities and counties rely on U.S. immigrant detention fees By Anna Gorman
Orange County won't charge officer who killed man By Paloma Esquivel
Cardinal Mahony is expected to testify in a clergy abuse lawsuit in Fresno By Victoria Kim and Duke Helfand
Millard Kaufman, 92, dies; Oscar-nominated screenwriter By Dennis Mclellan
Economy trips up municipal parades By Bob Pool
Romer becomes senior advisor of College Board By Howard Blume
San Mateo County to pay $6.8-million settlement over hospital billing By Rong-gong Lin Ii
Police union asks to keep ex-SLA member in California By Andrew Blankstein
Judge's ruling is a setback to L.A.'s efforts to combat supergraphics By Phil Willon
California Democrats hesitate to honor Dalai Lama By Eric Bailey
Tijuana's troubled crossroads By Hector Tobar
Lawyers group targets ex-Bush administration official By Carol J. Williams
Student-run free clinic helps fill a healthcare void By Paloma Esquivel
California Briefing / Los Angeles By Andrew Blankstein
California Briefing / Vista By Tony Perry
California Briefing / Pasadena By Andrew Blankstein
California Briefing / Koreatown By Ari B. Bloomekatz
California Briefing / Los Angeles By Ari B. Bloomekatz
California Briefing / Brea By Mike Anton
California Briefing / Highland By Ari B. Bloomekatz
Taking a job and shoveling with it
WORLD
Killing of Tijuana pizzeria owner leaves family, Mexican authorities at odds By Richard Marosi
U.S. shot Iranian drone aircraft over Iraq in February By Ned Parker
El Salvador's president strikes conciliatory note By Tracy Wilkinson
U.S. troops' finest foe in Afghanistan By Laura King
World Briefing Times Wire Reports
Camps in Darfur struggle with aid groups' exit By Edmund Sanders
Iranian moderate drops bid for presidency By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim
A note of suffering, and hope By Jeffrey Fleishman
Israeli coalition government takes shape By Richard Boudreaux
Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari may become a figurehead By Laura King
World Briefing / Syria Times Wire Reports
World Briefing / Taiwan Times Wire Reports
World Briefing / Iraq Times Wire Reports
World Briefing / Austria Times Wire Reports
World Briefing / Spain Times Wire Reports
SPORTS
Lakers' Adam Morrison is thinking forward By Broderick Turner
Japan's Yu Darvish keeps U.S. teams wishing and hoping By Kevin Baxter
Marcus Simmons is the good kind of tired By Chris Foster
Have some extra cash? Angels want to keep you in the picture By Bill Shaikin
Phillies' Cole Hamels to have left elbow examined Associated Press
Hamstring to keep Manny Ramirez out of games for a week By Jim Peltz
Midwest regional -- the bottom line By Chris Dufresne
West regional -- the bottom line By Chris Dufresne
James Blake's loss recalls sting of Olympic tennis By Bill Dwyre
Kings head for road on wrong foot By Billy Witz
Lakers players brush off Phil Jackson's 'killer instinct' remark By Mike Bresnahan
Thunder stops the Spurs Associated Press
Ron Artest steps up for Yao-less Rockets Associated Press
Stanford women don't get No. 1 seeding from NCAA By Gary Klein
Jay Cutler misses meeting, asks Broncos to trade him Staff and Wire Reports
Cal State Northridge's Bobby Braswell feels highs and lows By Robyn Norwood
Omar Vizquel's great anaconda adventure By Mike Penner
He's investigated Tark's picks, and there's just no fixing them By T.J. Simers
Eric Maynor is an uncommon talent, and a threat to UCLA By David Wharton
Venezuela shuts out Puerto Rico Associated Press
NATIONAL
Louisiana shooting puzzles witnesses By Howard Witt
Obama backs off pledge to declare Armenian genocide By Paul Richter
Salazar says he would consider tapping oil in Alaska refuge Associated Press
Obama goes on the offensive By Peter Nicholas and Janet Hook
Warren Rudman to advise CIA on Senate investigation By Greg Miller
Obama to sit down with Leno on 'The Tonight Show' By Christi Parsons and Mark Z. Barabak
Seattle paper says goodbye to print By Kim Murphy
National Briefing / Vermont Times Wire Reports
National Briefing / Florida Times Wire Reports
OPINION
AIG and the cost of the bonuses
Food and the FDA
A new El Salvador
Letters
For the record
Madoff's sorry excuses By Joe Queenan, Joe Queenan is the author of many books, including "Closing Time," out next month from Viking.
Making credit good again By Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky, Nicolas P. Retsinas is director and Eric S. Belsky is executive director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.
Rising seas may sink us all
El Salvador vote
Economic lessons
ENTERTAINMENT
Who watches the 'Watchmen'? Not enough people By Patrick Goldstein
'The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan' by James Mann By Glenn Speer, Speer is a freelance writer.
Nat King Cole is reinterpreted on 'Re: Generations' By Geoff Boucher
$20 million donation to Dance at the Music Center By Diane Haithman
Lizz Winstead brings 'Wake Up World' to Steve Allen Theater By Charlotte Stoudt
NEIGHBORHOODS: Santa Monica
Matthew Rushing was moved By Susan Reiter
Emerging bands scrounge up cash, flock to Texas music festival By Todd Martens
Signs of a media spring despite wintry atmosphere at SXSW By David Sarno
Music Review By Mark Swed, MUSIC CRITIC
Quick Takes By Matea Gold
Quick Takes Associated Press
Quick Takes Associated Press
Quick Takes Associated Press
Quick Takes
Record Rack By Randy Lewis; Mikael Wood; August Brown
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