Archive for Wednesday, June 28, 2006

NASA Reassigns Engineer Before Shuttle Launch

• Secondhand Smoke: It’s All Bad By Thomas H. Maugh II and Erin Cline

Mother and Daughter, 4, Killed in Fire as Rescue Attempts Fail

• Crowding Stifles Inmate Successes By Amanda Covarrubias

• Animal Services Benefit a Bust By Steve Hymon

• Buyout Means More Fish, Fewer Boats in the Sea By Steve Chawkins

• Anaheim Killing, in Full View of Kids, Makes Them Witnesses By Garrett Therolf and Kelly-Anne Suarez

• Taiwanese in Irvine Miffed About Pact By Jean O. Pasco

• Lyle Stuart, 83; Published `Jackie Oh!,’ `Inside the FBI’ and Other Sensational Books By Dennis Mclellan

• $131-Billion State Budget Approved By Evan Halper and Jordan Rau

• Patricia Gail Price, 54; Helped Win $54-Million Settlement in Denny’s Discrimination Case By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• Suicide Measure Fails in Key Test By Nancy Vogel

• Knabe Again Votes for a Client of Lobbyist Son By Noam N. Levey

• Agents Close Three Southland Meth Labs By H G. Reza

• Lakewood Woman Describes Knife Attack That Killed Sister By Ashley Surdin

• Jury Convicts Man of 4 Serial Killings By Maeve Reston

• Robert L. Flannes, 85; Times Personnel Chief Urged Good Working Conditions By Jocelyn Y. Stewart

• L.A. County’s Chief Manager to Retire By Noam N. Levey

• Marine Pilot Killed in Crash Is Identified

• Clute Bests Oden by 89 Votes in Primary Race

• UCI Radiologist to Quit in Wake of Probe By Roy Rivenburg

• LAPD and Airport Police Reach Accord By Patrick Mcgreevy

• Bratton Names New Police Operations Head

• 2 Pit Bulls Killed After Biting People

• O.C. Votes to Retain Firm That Runs Traffic Schools, Despite Lower Bidder By Christian Berthelsen

• FBI Was Slow to Check Pellicano’s Audio Lab By Greg Krikorian And Andrew Blankstein

• Man Who Sought Gold Fills Hole in Frontyard

• Suit in Fatal ‘98 Copter Crash Settled By Tanya Caldwell

• 3 Unions, MTA Reach Rare Accord By Jean Guccione and Jeffrey L. Rabin

• O.C. Supervisors Pass $5.56-Billion Budget By Christian Berthelsen

• Man Fortunate He Didn’t Lose a Fortune to Fraud By Gregory W. Griggs

• Firefighters Didn’t Dally, Agency Decides By Hemmy So

• Panel Rejects Ban on Pushing Trains By Dan Weikel

• Chief Daryl Gates hangs up his badge

Uneasy Pickings

• Ronaldo, Brazil Roll to a Victory By Grahame L. Jones

• Federer Stylishly Surpasses Borg By Diane Pucin

• Dodgers Not in a League With Twins By Bill Shaikin

• France Relives Good Old Days

• A Giant Call Does In the Rangers, 5-3

• Ghana Won’t Soon Be Forgotten Here By Chuck Culpepper

• Another Bad Outing by Weaver in Defeat By Mike Digiovanna

• Arena’s Comments Draw Some Criticism

• Oceanside El Camino’s Acosta to Try for a Sub-Four-Minute Mile

• McEnroe Says Roddick Doesn’t Look Confident By Diane Pucin

• Dodgers Trade for a Ray of Hope By Bill Shaikin

• SPARKS TONIGHT By Mike Terry

• CHIVAS USA TONIGHT By Jim Barrero

• Curtis Finally Finishes Big Victory in Maryland By Eric Stephens

• Stojakovic Decides to Become a Free Agent

• Germans Have a Good Luck Charm By Bob Rohwer

• Galaxy Sends Off Dunivant, Saragosa By Jonathan Abrams

• Troubled Boxing Panel Nears Expiration Date By Greg Johnson

• Hingis Still Has a Way With Words By Diane Pucin

• Clippers Are Not in Dire Need of Help By Jason Reid

• Scioscia Meets With Escobar, Catchers By Mike Digiovanna

• Perez Hopes to Make Impression By Bill Shaikin

• Phillies’ Myers to Take Leave of Absence

• Fish Report

• NOW YOU KNOW

• Amphetamines Now Banned

The sport’s gone from this wagon

• Trying to save kids in hot cars By Ralph Vartabedian

Walk This Weight, Inventor Says

• Data Point to More Rate Hikes

• Nike’s Earnings Decline 5% After Charge in License Case

• How Televisa Lost Univision Bid By Meg James

• Regulators Raid EADS in Probe of Stock Sales

• Knight Ridder Sale Completed

• Cities May Lose Hold on Cable By Marc Lifsher and James S. Granelli

• Mind Your Commercial Credit Score By Cyndia Zwahlen

• Tribune Gets 45 Million Shares in Buyback By Thomas S. Mulligan

• Ford Loses Appeal in Windstar Seat Belt Suit

• Amgen to Add Jobs at Colorado Site

• Self-Directed Health Plans Grow

• BP to Fund Solar Project at Caltech By Elizabeth Douglass

• Intel to Sell Chip Unit to Marvell

• Comcast to Keep Web Address Records Longer

• Dow Industrials Tumble 120

• Wells Fargo to Split Stock, Boost Dividend

• Rambus Audit Finds Errors in Options Data

• AUTOS

• Daimler to Sell Smart Car in U.S. Next Year

• GM Seeks to Boost Sales With Incentives By John O'Dell

• CKE Fattens Itself Up as It Defies Healthy Trend

• Also

• Genentech’s Avastin Fails in Pancreatic Test

• New Windows Feature Dropped

• Merck Knew of Vioxx Dangers, Lawyer Asserts

• Resources to Help You Get Started By Karen E. Klein

• 3 British Bankers May Face U.S. Trial

• Ellison Cancels $115-Million Harvard Gift

• Net Fund Inflows Lowest in Two Years

• Western Digital Settlement Approved

• Google Expected to Unveil Payment System

• Judge Faults U.S. in Tax Case By Kathy M. Kristof and Walter Hamilton

SUMMER AND SMOKE

• Where chefs tease the most from the fire By S. Irene Virbila

• Some real scorchers By Jenn Garbee

• The moment for brilliant plums and sweet ears By Russ Parsons

• A breezy window at the pier By Leslie Brenner

• Back ribs basted in L.A. sensibility By Jenn Garbee

• 2003 Pesquera Tinto Ribera del Duero Crianza By S. Irene Virbila

• Cookstuff By Jack Silberstein

• That Texas twang By Susan Latempa

• C’mon, smoked lager? By Charles Perry

• OK, what are they smoking? By Leslee Komaiko

Look! Up in the hair! It’s Super-mane!

• A little skewering music, please By Christopher Knight

• Thom Yorke, free agent By Ann Powers

• They feel the heat By Mary Mcnamara; John Horn

• `The Ugly Wizard’ By E G. Walker

• The evolution of a town and its art By David Pagel

• James Levine’s weighty decision By Ronald Blum

• `The View’ is losing its Star player

• Clouds on `Sunny’s’ horizon By Paul Brownfield

• CSUN stands by donated artifacts By Lynne Heffley

• `Blade’ keeps mowing ‘em down for viewers By Robert Lloyd

• Remembering the late, great electric car By Michael Wilmington

• `Broken Trail’ leads AMC to top spot By Scott Collins

• Ben Franklin and a helping paw By Jo Perry

• James Ellroy’s chat is anything but genteel By Kevin Crust

• A Fourth of July bash for the Brits

• `Desis’ chasing the bling By Tim Rutten

• Jokes & Riddles

• Book to capture `Microtrends’

• NBC scores with `Talent,’ ABC doesn’t mind Heat

• An upswing in L.A. arts grants By Mike Boehm

• Michael Jackson restructures life

• ‘Grinch’ heading to Broadway

• Axl Rose jailed in Sweden

• Oprah entices Harper Lee

Navy Sonar Use Stirs Up Waves of Worry for Marine Life Watchdogs

• Medical Lab Oversight Criticized By Walter F. Roche Jr.

• Congressman Wins Utah’s GOP Primary By Nicholas Riccardi

• He Came a Long Way for That White House Jog By Heather Gehlert

• Tax Cuts, Trade Head Up Nominee’s Hearing By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

• Inquiry Sought Into News Reports By Richard B. Schmitt

• Flag Measure Fails by 1 Vote By Johanna Neuman and Faye Fiore

• Police Shoot Man Who Grabbed Boy at Airport

• Guantanamo Officials Say They Can’t Stop All Suicides By Carol J. Williams

• Senate May Budge on Immigration By Nicole Gaouette

• Duke Athlete Convicted of Noise Complaint

• Governor Declares Fire Emergency in Nevada

• Library Restores Funds for Books in Spanish

• Lawmaker Softens on Fluff Legislation

• U.S. Emits Half of Car-Caused Greenhouse Gas, Study Says By Janet Wilson

• Federal Judge Orders Missouri to Stop All Executions By Henry Weinstein

Art lust

• Dead-ends and no sidewalks By Erin Aubry Kaplan

• Free and clean

• Staying the wrong course in Iraq By Max Boot

• Prisons: going nowhere

• School daze

Israeli Troops and Armor Surge Into Gaza

• Iran Sending Envoys to Make Its Case By Alissa J. Rubin

• Fear and Posing in Baghdad By Megan K. Stack

• Pakistan Defends Its Efforts to Find Militants By James Gerstenzang

• Hussein to Face Genocide Charges in Anfal Trial By J. Michael Kennedy

• Some See Iran’s Faculty Exodus as a New Purge By Kasra Naji

• Rebels Have Contacted Officials, Maliki Says By Solomon Moore

• Fischer Closes Door on His Political Career

• 5 Suspected Rebels, 2 Britons Die in Attack

• Hussein Paid South Korean $2.5 Million, U.S. Says

• Anglican Plan Could Lead to 2-Tier System

• Vietnam Looks to Commercial South in Picking New Leaders

• Relatives Convicted of Killing Young Bride

• Sri Lankan Apologizes for 1991 Assassination

• Group Wants Nations to Protect Bank Data

• Ex-Lawmaker Can Keep Her Dutch Citizenship

• U.S. Tells of Hunt for Kidnapped GIs By Solomon Moore