What happened on June 11, 2010

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Market Watch: Spring porcini now in season By David Karp, Special to the Los Angeles Times

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What happened on June 11, 2010

BUSINESS

Luxury on call: a $70,000 cellphone By Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times

Bel-Air mansion fetches highest price this year for a U.S. residence By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times

McDonald's recall of 'Shrek' glasses raises disturbing questions David Lazarus

California exports rise 21.8% in April By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times

Retail sales plummet in May By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times

Millionaires make a comeback By Nathaniel Popper, Los Angeles Times

CalPERS to resume seeking another $700 million in tax money By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times

Work begins on merger of financial regulatory overhaul bills By Jim Puzzanghera

British leader gives BP a boost Walter Hamilton, Ronald D. White and Janet Stobart

'80s properties 'The Karate Kid' and 'The A-Team' to battle at the box office By Ben Fritz, Los Angeles Times

Agoura Hills firm accused of making illegal telemarketing calls is shut down, FTC says By Kristena Hansen, Los Angeles Times

AIG bailout is 'poisonous'; taxpayers risk 'severe losses,' panel says By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times

CalPERS to resume seeking an additional $700 million in tax money By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times

Nevada launches ad campaign to get firms to leave California By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times

Mark Cuban likely to tender Lions Gate shares to Icahn By Ben Fritz and Claudia Eller, Los Angeles Times

Strike over, Boeing workers return to Long Beach assembly line By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

U.S. cracks down on Southwest drug trafficking By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau

Arlington National Cemetery's top supervisors ousted in mismanagement case By Julian E. Barnes, Tribune Washington Bureau

'Prince of Pot' is at a low By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times

Oil-threatened estuary is key to life in the gulf By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times

ENTERTAINMENT

Movie review: 'The Karate Kid' By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Movie review: 'Winter's Bone' By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Movie Critic

Tom Petty's got his 'Mojo' working By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times

Movie review: A little romance among the porn in 'Finding Bliss' By Gary Goldstein

Movie review: 'Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema,' a 'Goodfellas' for South Africa By Robert Abele

Movie review: 'The A-Team' By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Summer camp: A week away from family worries By Daina Beth Solomon, Los Angeles Times

Movie Review: 'Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work' By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

'Superclogger': Puppet shows for the congested freeways of L.A. By Sharon Mizota, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Horoscope: June 11 Holiday Mathis

Movie review: 'Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger' By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic

Wine tasting in Barnsdall Park By Margaret Wappler

Capsule movie reviews: 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky' By Michael Ordoña

Movie review: Let's hear it for the 'Whiz Kids' By Gary Goldstein

Book Review: 'The Starlet' by Mary McNamara By Susan Kandel, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Artist's unique bill proposal for New Orleans restoration By Sharon Mizota, Special to the Los Angeles Times

Movie review: 'Harlan — In the Shadow of 'Jew Suss' ' By Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times Movie Critic

FOOD

Market Watch: Spring porcini now in season By David Karp, Special to the Los Angeles Times

HOME & GARDEN

When is it OK to let kids be quitters? By Lisa Boone, Times Staff Writer

Gene Autry estate is for sale Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times

WORLD

Pope Benedict rejects calls to end celibacy rule By Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times

Young Afghan suicide bomber approached wedding guests By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times

19 killed in attack on Mexico drug clinic By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times

White House works to ease Iran proposal in Congress By Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times

New British leader shows support for war effort in trip to Afghanistan By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times

OPINION

Rooting for America Ivor Davis

City Atty. Trutanich's ill-advised power play Raphael J. Sonenshein

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

One died and 18 were hospitalized after taking Ecstasy at an L.A. rave New Year's Eve By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times

UCLA hospital fined over privacy breaches that sources say involve Michael Jackson's records By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times

L.A. libraries are cut to 5 days a week By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times

Controller finds DWP misled the public when it threatened to withhold funds from city By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times

Outreach program to encourage citizenship for immigrants By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times

Teen sailor Abby Sunderland is found alive by spotter aircraft By Catherine Saillant,, Los Angeles Times

Shawn Johnson testifies against alleged stalker By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times

Illicit drug users may be targeting trash in search of discarded medication vials By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times

Trial begins in 2009 BART killing By Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times

Addressing UC labor issues by speaking, not boycotting By Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times

One died and 18 were hospitalized after taking Ecstasy at an L.A. rave New Year's Eve By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times

Brown, Whitman come out slugging By Seema Mehta and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times

Cal State considers fee hike to counter state funding cuts By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times

On USC campus, a will to fight on through the gloom By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times

Addressing UC labor issues by speaking, not boycotting Hector Tobar

O.C. prosecutors will seek death penalty in slaying of Army veteran and friend By Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times

Benjamin Lees dies at 86; Grammy-nominated classical composer By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times

Brown compared Whitman to Nazi propagandist By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times

Green oasis in downtown's urban core proves fleeting By Rich Connell, Los Angeles Times

SCIENCE

To save the dogwood, try burning the forest By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times

How sharks sniff out their prey By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times

Some prehistoric reptiles may have been warm-blooded By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times

Comets may be 'aliens' from way outer space, study finds By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times