What happened on November 17, 2009

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A race to the center : The three Republican candidates hoping to succeed Arnold all seem a lot like ... Arnold. Dan Schnur, Dan Schnur, the director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC, was communications director for then-Gov. Pete Wilson.
Will UC buy into the 'new' King? Marc B. Haefele, Marc B. Haefele has reported on Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center since 1985 for City News Service, the Metropolitan News Enterprise, LA Weekly and KPCC-FM. He currently comments on KPCC and writes for Nomada magazine of Buenos Aires.

What happened on November 17, 2009

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

OBITUARIES : BOBBY FRANKEL, 1941 - 2009 : Hall of Fame horse trainer Eric Sondheimer

Death and life downtown HECTOR TOBAR

USC leads in number of foreign students Larry Gordon

Counties diverge on plan to widen the 405 : O.C. wants more lanes, but L.A. County won't go down that road. Tami Abdollah

OUT THERE : Food vendors struggle to survive Maeve Reston

L.A. County starts using stroke centers Rong-Gong Lin II

CALIFORNIA : LAFD badge dug out of ashes : The early-1900s relic was prized by fireman's granddaughters, who passed it along to the department's museum. Esmeralda Bermudez

For now, there's plenty of room on Eastside trains : Only 13,000 riders daily are expected to use the new extension. Ari B. Bloomekatz

CALIFORNIA : Mayor, union vie for 4 schools : Jefferson High is among the campuses that Villaraigosa and teachers backed by the UTLA have bid to run. Howard Blume

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : LOS ANGELES : Judge upholds 8-year sentence Scott Glover

OBITUARIES : EDWARD WOODWARD, 1930 - 2009 : British actor starred in TV's 'Equalizer' Dennis McLellan

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : ORANGE COUNTY : Primary today to fill Duvall's Assembly seat Jean Merl

Chris Norby is first but faces runoff in 72nd Assembly District By Jean Merl

In rebuff to Trutanich, support for pot outlets : Rejecting advice to ban sales, L.A. City Council panels endorse patients' cash contributions. John Hoeffel

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : LOS ANGELES : Guilty verdict in LAX cop slaying Andrew Blankstein

710 Freeway tunnel would be feasible, Caltrans study finds By Ari B. Bloomekatz

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING : WESTMINSTER : Doctor sentenced for selling drugs Scott Glover

Killer's violent history disclosed : The man who fatally stabbed a single mother had previous arrests and twice had been deported. Baxter Holmes and Andrew Blankstein

Claremont's trolley experiment falls by the wayside By Corina Knoll

Toxins could kill wetlands proposal Louis Sahagun

OBITUARIES : KEN OBER, 1957 - 2009 : Host of game show on MTV Claire Noland

Cal Poly Pomona discloses online security breach By Ann M. Simmons

WORLD

THE WORLD : 6 slain Jesuits receive highest award : El Salvador honors the priests killed in 1989, and the defense chief says the army is ready to ask for forgiveness. Alex Renderos and Tracy Wilkinson

Under pressure, Afghanistan unveils anti-corruption plans : Ministers announce a new crime unit and other measures as Western envoys push Karzai for reforms. Laura King

WORLD BRIEFING : ITALY : You have a date with Islam, ladies Times Wire Reports

WORLD BRIEFING : BRITAIN : Suspect charged in serial rapes Times Wire Reports

WORLD BRIEFING : PERU : President points finger at Chile Times Wire Reports

Gunmen kidnap, kill 13 outside Baghdad Associated Press

WORLD BRIEFING : AFGHANISTAN : French general survives deadly rocket attack Times Wire Reports

WORLD BRIEFING : WEST BANK : Soldiers refuse to help oust settlers Times Wire Reports

THE WORLD : U.N. agency suspects Iran is lying : A report says satellite photos show a nuclear plant was underway five years earlier than Tehran claims it was. Borzou Daragahi

WORLD BRIEFING : TANZANIA : Judge orders Rwandan freed Times Wire Reports

U.S., China to work for stronger ties : Obama and Hu pledge cooperation on nuclear and climate issues. But signs of tension are evident. Peter Nicholas

MEXICO UNDER SIEGE : Marching the police off to jail : As Mexico's drug war rages, officials are making an unprecedented push to clean up the nation's notoriously corrupt law enforcement Ken Ellingwood

BUSINESS

SMALL BUSINESS : Firm is trying to turn wind power on its axis : Green Wave Energy and investors are banking on the unconventional design of its microturbines Tiffany Hsu

ADVERTISING / COMPANY TOWN : A foolish fatwa in 'War on Christmas' DAN NEIL

Gas prices drop despite oil futures' climb Ronald D. White

BUSINESS BRIEFING / LENDING : GMAC chief De Molina is leaving Times Wire Reports

BUSINESS BRIEFING / THE ECONOMY : Retail sales rise 1.4% in October Times Wire Reports

Stock indexes reach 13-month highs on October retail sales : The Dow jumps 136 points and the S&P 500 surpasses 1,100. Treasury yields sink on Fed chief's comments. Associated Press

BUSINESS BRIEFING / EARNINGS : Lowe's sales and net income drop Times Wire Reports

CalPERS vote tightens rules for middlemen : New policy would require disclosure of payments and gifts by 'placement agents.' Marc Lifsher

Bernanke sees need for further stimulus : The Federal Reserve chairman also says the central bank will help keep the dollar strong. Neil Irwin and Ylan Q. Mui, Irwin and Mui write for the Washington Post.

U.S. going after just big Swiss accounts By David S. Hilzenrath

Boeing shareholders sue over 787 jet Bloomberg News

REAL ESTATE : BofA set to seize Maguire property : Irvine tower is among the first losses of what may be a wave as the office market bottoms. Roger Vincent

Magic Johnson teams with TCW in lending venture Tom Petruno

THE NATION : Taxpayers could get a surprise bill : More than 15.4 million may have to repay part of a stimulus-related credit, a government watchdog report says. Jim Puzzanghera and Tiffany Hsu

Fed targets fine print on gift cards : It proposes rules that would limit fees and prohibit early expiration dates. Andrea Chang

FINANCIAL CRISIS : GM TO PAY OFF LOANS EARLY : The automaker says it could be out of debt to the U.S. and Canadian governments by June. Ken Bensinger

SHIPPING : Tide may be changing at Port of L.A. : Exports in October rise, and glimmers of hope are seen up and down the West Coast. Ronald D. White

COLUMN ONE : U.S. warplane fell into obscurity : Its crash site in China, neglected nearly 60 years, gets a look David Pierson

HOME & GARDEN

Tuscan-style mansion in Tarzana up for auction By Lauren Beale

NATIONAL

THE NATION : CIA spy missions will be reviewed Greg Miller

Whom to tax for health reform? : The Senate majority leader considers whether to target rich workers or 'Cadillac' insurance policies. Janet Hook

Breast cancer testing uproar : A panel's view that mammograms aren't needed for women under 50 is attacked. Judith Graham and Thomas H. Maugh II

NATIONAL BRIEFING : UTAH : One guilty plea in Smart abduction Times Wire Reports

NATIONAL BRIEFING : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Postal Service down $3.8 billion Times Wire Reports

NATIONAL BRIEFING : NATIONWIDE : Immigrants won't need HPV shot Times Wire Reports

Senate blocks effort to halt facility upgrades in U.S. for Guantanamo detainees By Richard Simon

Drug firms' deal is in play : Congressional moves challenge the pact that pharmaceutical companies reached with the White House. Noam N. Levey and Tom Hamburger

Illinois prison could host detainees' military trials : Thomson Correctional Center is an option for Guantanamo transfers and military trials of terrorism suspects. Christi Parsons and Julian Barnes

Fraud alleged over troop food : A Kuwaiti company is indicted on charges that it overcharged for meals provided to the military overseas. Richard Fausset

Top court again restores a Calif. death sentence : For the third time the U.S. Supreme Court rules against Fernando Belmontes, who beat a woman to death in '81. David G. Savage

ENTERTAINMENT

BOOK REVIEW : Politics of resentment : The Sarah Palin autobiography assigns plenty of blame but doesn't give much credit where it's due. / Going Rogue; An American Life; Sarah Palin; HarperCollins: 413 pages; $28.99 Tim Rutten

'The Vintage Caper' by Peter Mayle By Bernadette Murphy

A tour of L.A.'s rich rail history By Elina Shatkin

QUICK TAKES : The Pratts seek to show more Associated Press

QUICK TAKES : From 'Melrose' to 'Chicago' Associated Press

Horoscope: Nov. 17 By Holiday Mathis

RECORD RACK : Mayer's mood shifts Randy Lewis; Mikael Wood; Greg Kot; Todd Martens; August Brown; Jeff Weiss

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK : In control on the guest seat : Sarah Palin stays on message during 'Oprah' interview and the gracious interplay is fascinating to behold. MARY McNAMARA, TELEVISION CRITIC

QUICK TAKES : YouTube in deal with Univision Meg James