What happened on April 30, 2010

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What happened on April 30, 2010

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Dorothy Provine dies at 75; actress in 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' and 'The Roaring Twenties'TV series By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times

Mexican teen who killed border agent gets 40 years By Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times

'Cadillac of steam' to ride the rails again By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times

Report cites poor communications, flawed decisions in two Station fire deaths By Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times

Family of doctors volunteers at L.A. free clinic By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times

Broad museum plan for downtown L.A. gets mixed reviews By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times

Schwarzenegger embraces federal healthcare legislation By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times

California revises execution guidelines By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times

Villaraigosa backs boycott of Arizona By Teresa Watanabe and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

A room with a view to one big mystery By Andrew Blankstein and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers act to repeal early-release law By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times

Luke McKissack dies at 72; L.A. criminal and civil rights lawyer By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times

California high-speed rail plan troubled, official warns By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times

A journey into fear and racism Hector Tobar

Hearing set on how California can help cities fight oil projects By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times

BUSINESS

For BP, oil spill is a public relations catastrophe By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times

What if you’d bought Apple stock instead of the product? Mark Milian

A real-world battle over virtual-property rights David Lazarus

New charges filed against California tomato mogul By P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times

Tax credit's end fuels home sales Alejandro Lazo

House bill takes aim at auto safety defects By Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times

Occidental's profit nearly triples; BP's more than doubles By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times

Nation's GDP grows at 3.2% rate in first quarter By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times

Movie Projector: New ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ likely to top domestic weekend box office By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times

Nation's GDP grows at 3.2% rate in first quarter Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times

Goldman Sachs in cross hairs of financial reform debate By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times

BofA's influence on U.S. history, as seen on TV By Meg James, Los Angeles Times

Anthem Blue Cross withdraws request for rate hikes By Duke Helfand, Times Staff Writer

'99ers' exhaust jobless benefits Alana Semuels

Activision Blizzard signs deal with developer of Halo video games By Alex Pham and Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times

ENTERTAINMENT

Movie review: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ By Robert Abele, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Movie Review: ‘The Good Heart’ By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Book Review: ‘If You Knew Suzy’ by Katherine Rosman By Dinah Lenney, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Tony’s Darts Away tempts Burbank vegans By Charlie Amter, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Michael Caine says to look past the violence in ‘Harry Brown’ By Mark Olsen, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Movie review: ‘Please Give’ By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

CalArts program creates opportunity for kids By Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times

Horoscope: April 30 Holiday Mathis

‘From Nitrate to Digital’ By Susan King, Los Angeles Times

My Favorite Weekend: Shane Mosley By Mark Sachs

Movie review: ‘Furry Vengeance’ By Glenn Whipp, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Deftones have a new member, a new album and a new perspective By Steve Appleford, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Movie review: ‘Harry Brown’ By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Nicole Holofcener says ‘Please Give,’ and Catherine Keener does, happily By Ari Karpel, Special to the Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

First lawsuits filed to challenge Arizona illegal-immigrant law By Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court waits for Kagan By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau

BP's containment problem is unprecedented By Jill Leovy

Obama administration plans to reduce mercury emissions By Clement Tan, Tribune Washington Bureau

The Lusty Lady lures its last By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times

SPORTS

Spurs, Suns clinch series Associated Press

Brain teasers Diane Pucin

Thunder's Russell Westbrook comes up short By Broderick Turner

Dodgers’ offensive struggles could be related to absence of Manny Ramirez By Jim Peltz

Lakers vs. Jazz: First look at series By Lisa Dillman

UCLA-USC dual track meet to be held Saturday By Melissa Rohlin

Experience kicks in for the Lakers Mark Heisler

Xavier Paul sparks a power surge for Dodgers By Jim Peltz

A’s put Kurt Suzuki on 15-day disabled list Wire reports

Brett Favre will need surgery Staff and wire reports

Kentucky Derby braces for rain Bill Dwyre

Lakers eliminate the Thunder on last-second basket From Times staff reports

Dodgers' start has been a real heartbreaker for him, and for Ned Colletti T.J. Simers

Raising the bar with a scholarly touch Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times

Tigers sink Angels, Joel Pineiro, 10-6 By Mike DiGiovanna

Johnny Ruettiger leads Sun Devils past Bruins By Ben Bolch

Tiger Woods fails to make cut at Quail Hollow By Jeff Shain

WORLD

Afghans protest deadly raid Aimal Yaqubi

SCIENCE

Analysis: Gulf leak may be harsher type of oil By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times

Soviet lunar rover can still help scientists By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times

OPINION

What Arizona's immigration law really says Dan Stein

Life has never been so good for our species Michael Shermer