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c6ff2b9ca50b7d4699e97be3e00e699d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-10-me-flournoy10-story.html | Legislator and 2-term state controller lost ’74 gov.'s race | Legislator and 2-term state controller lost ’74 gov.'s race
Houston I. Flournoy, a former political science professor who exchanged his college classroom for the rough-and-tumble of California government as a legislator, state controller and gubernatorial candidate, has died. He was 78.
Flournoy, a heavy smoker for yea... |
52f01cdd48688b3fa967c1282cf09083 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-11-et-persuasion11-story.html | Regret, hope and Austen | Regret, hope and Austen
There is perhaps no better friend to the movie, TV movie or miniseries than the 19th century British novel; with their colorful characters, speakable dialogue, temporally exotic set pieces, and reservoirs of deep feeling, these books are made to be enacted. As the first entry in its refitted “Ma... |
68f9ca7389936f109c723263bdd2432e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-11-fi-amazon11-story.html | Sony to sell digital music via Amazon | Sony to sell digital music via Amazon
Sony BMG Music Entertainment plans to sell digital music without copyright protection through Amazon.com Inc., stepping up competition between the Internet retailer and Apple Inc.'s iTunes.
Sony BMG is the last of the four major record companies to sell music without piracy protect... |
485ecb87ba620c3683e6806eff0a4a52 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-11-oe-stein11-story.html | Casting a black president | Casting a black president
A lot of liberals say they’re not supporting Barack Obama in the primaries because an African American can’t carry the South in the general election -- which is a liberal’s clever way of saying that he won’t vote for a black person. But, it seems, they’re wrong. Because while Iowa and New Hamp... |
4a345d81211d1aa78f5c9a46897c5617 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-12-fg-iraq12-story.html | Iraqi troops move into area | Iraqi troops move into area
Singing and cheering, Iraqi soldiers rolled through snow and sleet in open trucks Friday to set up a base on the outskirts of the reputed nerve center of Sunni militants who had forced the northern Diyala River valley into their self-styled Islamic caliphate.
The two companies from the 1st I... |
0a70ba4dc581768ee5cb8209b433ee96 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-12-me-clery12-story.html | Crusader for increased campus security after daughter’s murder | Crusader for increased campus security after daughter’s murder
Howard K. Clery Jr., who crusaded for increased campus security and a landmark federal law requiring colleges to disclose crime statistics after his daughter was raped and murdered in her dorm room, has died. He was 77.
Clery died of a heart attack Jan. 1 a... |
175155e77aea3a893effb327cedd7573 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-13-bk-lalami13-story.html | Bound by tragedy | Bound by tragedy
Yalo
A Novel
Elias Khoury
Translated from the Arabic by Peter Theroux
Archipelago Books: 318 pp., $25
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City Gates
A Novel
Elias Khoury
Translated from the Arabic by Paula Haydar
Picador: 128 pp., $13 paper
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Little Mountain
A Novel
Elias Khoury
Translated from the Arabic by Maia Tabet
Picador: 168 p... |
5a51a48f7879cd22b56945809843c341 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-13-ca-abigail13-story.html | A natural for the part | A natural for the part
Abigail Breslin explored her inner Robinson Crusoe in making the family film “Nim’s Island” in Australia.
“I got to wear all of these really cool clothes and have a telescope by my side,” says the 11-year-old, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role as a wannabe child beauty queen in 2006’s “... |
6137fde5ca56d02af989758508c7199d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-13-me-homeowner13-story.html | Owner locked out of historic home | Owner locked out of historic home
A woman whose historic Ontario home faces foreclosure was evicted after city officials said they caught her selling its period flooring, baseboards and other fixtures on the Internet.
A Superior Court judge granted the city a warrant last week to vacate and secure the classic Mediterra... |
6baeb3dc60d2b101b08169bfd8659c1a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-13-op-queenan13-story.html | Front man or side man? | Front man or side man?
Nothing better captures the oddball quality of Mike Huckabee’s campaign than the fact that he plays the bass guitar. When the folksy Arkansan first took the stage with his classic-rock band, Capitol Offense, the public and the press corps were amused by this refreshing zaniness. But now that his ... |
d175e367558c2be5ce90ef618bbfe621 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-14-he-closer14-story.html | A B12 deficiency - in data | A B12 deficiency - in data
New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens is feeling the heat. A former trainer has said he injected the seven-time Cy Young winner with steroids and human growth hormone, but Clemens says the only injections he received were of vitamin B12 and lidocaine, an analgesic. Lidocaine is sometimes inj... |
bc122482573b52adccc1d3227a79d068 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-15-fi-netflix15-story.html | Netflix lifts limits on seeing online movies | Netflix lifts limits on seeing online movies
Netflix, seeking not to be bypassed in the transition to digital distribution of movies, removed limits on how many films and TV shows subscribers can watch over the Internet. The move comes as Apple Inc. is set to unveil plans for users to rent major Hollywood movies online... |
10a518c38deb5552060ec6989373e3bb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-15-fi-strike15-story.html | Studios cancel TV writer contracts | Studios cancel TV writer contracts
Conceding that the current television season cannot be salvaged, four major studios canceled dozens of writer contracts Monday.
The move signals that development of next season’s crop of new shows also could be in jeopardy because of the 2-month-old writers strike. Typically, January ... |
cf48a29d83d9b9e223da15183b6a64fe | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-16-et-beaufort16-story.html | An antiwar Oscar hopeful embattled | An antiwar Oscar hopeful embattled
A pained expression crosses director Joseph Cedar’s face when he is asked about the controversy that led to his wartime drama, “Beaufort,” being selected as Israel’s official entry in the Academy Awards’ best foreign language film category this year.
Rumors had swirled from Hollywood ... |
67c641a121f2af1f5b482a83a00f1cc7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-16-oe-handel16-story.html | DGA as peacemaker | DGA as peacemaker
The studios and the Directors Guild started talking Saturday -- the day before the Golden Globes’ televised implosion into a hurried news conference -- and some people think an agreement is imminent, if for no other reason than the hope that the Oscars can be saved from a similar fate. But a quick dea... |
6eb4d6154a9356300bd8eeb3d4c965ca | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-17-me-broad17-story.html | Charter schools get boost | Charter schools get boost
Arts and education philanthropist Eli Broad today will announce his largest investment to date in Los Angeles charter schools, $23.3 million to jump-start at least 17 new campuses run by two major charter-school organizations.
Broad’s gift is believed to be the largest by any private donor to ... |
6fc251cc4045ddcfe18632d214646c4b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-18-fg-tijuana18-story.html | Huge shootout rattles Tijuana neighborhood | Huge shootout rattles Tijuana neighborhood
Hundreds of police officers and soldiers waged a three-hour gun battle against heavily armed men here Thursday, as residents of a normally quiet neighborhood ran for their lives. One suspect was killed and six kidnapping victims were found dead after the shootout.
Four police ... |
4603696ee6a655e7d57c83a5515c884a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-20-bk-kirsch20-story.html | America’s core value | America’s core value
THE 14 most important words in American democracy, according to Anthony Lewis, are found in the 1st Amendment: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. . . .” Yet it was not until 1931, he points out in “Freedom for the Thought That We Hate,” that those wo... |
630f1b22f96ce765b26ec006f7cf2fa3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-20-bk-weingarten20-story.html | On the beaten track | On the beaten track
As one of our more intrepid cultural interpreters, William T. Vollmann has traveled with the mujahedin in Afghanistan, smoked crack with hookers and camped out at the North Pole. So it’s not surprising to find him riding the rails. In “Riding Toward Everywhere,” an account of his adventures as a slu... |
8ae0e4002e4b71c9cc6be3ed0dc2c083 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-20-me-downtown20-story.html | Plan seeks to make Santa Ana the heart of Orange County | Plan seeks to make Santa Ana the heart of Orange County
For years, Orange County civic boosters have argued over where its “downtown” might be: Santa Ana’s historic urban core? Costa Mesa’s leafy arts complex? Anaheim’s bustling Resort District?
Now Santa Ana city officials are promoting a massive redevelopment plan th... |
2251a88bf44dd5566b304256b427adb4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-20-me-lopez20-story.html | Good cop makes a bad decision | Good cop makes a bad decision
Remember the televised chase that ended with a Los Angeles police officer beating a suspected car thief with a flashlight?
John Hatfield, who was fired by LAPD Chief Bill Bratton for using unnecessary force in that Compton beating, is on a sofa next to me and we’re watching a video of the ... |
998342827ec8c1ababfcdb20867e1c67 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-21-ed-prop93-21-story.html | Change term limits | Change term limits
Like many political reform initiatives, Proposition 93 presents voters with a quandary. It would improve California’s political system by rationally reforming the legislative term-limits law. But it also would confer a temporary, unearned and undeserved benefit on a handful of elected officials who b... |
a4ebf663aada634e5cb5ff71e0d7cbd8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-21-et-idealist21-story.html | A breed of politician that is facing extinction | A breed of politician that is facing extinction
“American Idealist: The Story of Sargent Shriver” is not a title that prepares you for an hour and a half of heartbreak and indignation. But watching this Chicago Video Project biopic about the man who launched the Peace Corps and the War on Poverty, it is difficult not t... |
7a83efeed4b8001c0a96388ee2d6a764 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-21-he-eye21-story.html | Keep your eyes on those leafy greens | Keep your eyes on those leafy greens
Dismiss it as boring if you’d like, but “rabbit food” could be just what the doctor orders at your next ophthalmologist’s visit.
Eating the right vegetables, it now appears, may help to ward off some life-changing diseases such as cataracts and age-related macular degeneration, cond... |
fc17928253538afbe8d98f8bc2593a59 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-22-et-coachella22-story.html | Coachella has a ‘Dark Side’ | Coachella has a ‘Dark Side’
The indie-rock kids of Coachella are in store for a classic-rock moment this April: Roger Waters of Pink Floyd will re-create the band’s trippy 1973 masterpiece “Dark Side of the Moon” on the festival’s main stage, which also will feature the Raconteurs, the Verve, Jack Johnson, Kraftwerk an... |
085b0a6b35564f2f1357ced83943eea7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-22-fg-liberia22-story.html | Rebel returns to Liberia to confess to 20,000 deaths | Rebel returns to Liberia to confess to 20,000 deaths
One of this country’s most notorious rebel commanders, known as Gen. Butt Naked for charging into battle wearing only boots, has returned to confess his responsibility for 20,000 deaths.
Joshua Milton Blahyi, who now lives in Ghana, returned last week to face his hom... |
f88f29df0fa9ded7ccafd6769f713518 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-22-fi-yahoo22-story.html | Yahoo may lay off hundreds | Yahoo may lay off hundreds
Yahoo Inc. plans to lay off hundreds of employees in business areas not central to its new priorities as it faces rising competitive pressures, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company, which has seen its share of online advertising decline despite it... |
8952215c404add2cd46263d0c4c9f120 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-22-me-calarts22-story.html | CalArts forges partnership in Africa | CalArts forges partnership in Africa
Kathy Carbone remembers the twinge of trepidation she felt when she was asked to help create a library in the tiny, east-central African nation of Rwanda.
“Oh my God, what have I just signed up for?” she recently said, recalling her initial reaction. “I felt overwhelmed. I had never... |
59a72ebaec39be84213537482507940f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-23-fi-merck23-story.html | Schering, Merck halt TV ads for two drugs | Schering, Merck halt TV ads for two drugs
Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. suspended television ads Tuesday for the cholesterol pills Vytorin and Zetia after a study questioned the benefit of the medicines.
The Vytorin commercials were among the most widely aired drug ads, featuring people dressed as food items to... |
5844ca95c919f348c5c0b9ce9e3e57e9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-24-ed-feebate24-story.html | A healthy discount | A healthy discount
If California lawmakers could dramatically cut greenhouse gases without costing taxpayers a cent or hurting consumers or businesses, and also reduce reliance on imported oil, wouldn’t they be crazy not to? The obvious answer to that question eludes the Assembly, where a cowardly performance by a grou... |
b1b6d095fbc5be488a609218b4919ad3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-24-fg-febres24-story.html | Secrets died with slain Argentine | Secrets died with slain Argentine
Hector Febres was the man who knew too much.
And, like a character in a spy novel damned with an excess of secrets, Febres met an untimely and grisly end: He was poisoned last month in his cell.
That is the conclusion of Argentine officials investigating the death of the former coast g... |
a8d791a3cfd45d303f0956bd6d408fa1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-24-fg-generals24-story.html | Ex-officers ask Musharraf to resign | Ex-officers ask Musharraf to resign
President Pervez Musharraf should immediately step down as a way to promote democracy, combat religious militancy and restore the reputation of Pakistan’s military, according to an influential group of retired officers.
The Pakistan Ex-Servicemen’s Society made its demands late Tuesd... |
10048a9caa7a2192588d879a9d8f481e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-24-fi-smallbiz24-story.html | SBA makes more, smaller loans | SBA makes more, smaller loans
As a credit crunch squeezed borrowers during the last three months of 2007, Los Angeles bucked the national downward slide in loans backed by the Small Business Administration. Driven by a higher number of smaller deals, loan volume here increased 3.5% to 1,319 from 1,275 in the year-earli... |
3a35024edffb2f811fc95071ab1bbc72 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-24-fi-tofu24-story.html | Korean immigrant reigns over an empire of tofu stew | Korean immigrant reigns over an empire of tofu stew
When Hee-sook Lee opened a restaurant at the edge of Los Angeles’ Koreatown more than a decade ago, there seemed to be nothing remarkable about the tofu stew she served.
But with a “secret recipe” for the common Korean dish and an entrepreneurial side that family and ... |
255f9548cac25f4b0b82ca3662215b53 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-24-na-rudynineelev24-story.html | The chinks in his 9/11 armor | The chinks in his 9/11 armor
On Sept. 11, 2001, Rudolph W. Giuliani emerged from the ash plumes of the ruined World Trade Center as much an icon as the fallen towers. His drawn face was coated in concrete dust. His painstaking words were freighted with the unimaginable.
“There were so many people around, so many proble... |
4d9f4763bd33c1a0f2c90c3c32b617b4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-25-et-book25-story.html | The economics of man’s nature | The economics of man’s nature
Back in the 17th and 18th centuries, philosophers typically began political treatises with an exploration into the “state of nature,” the premise being that the ideal form of governance should follow logically from mankind’s true condition. But what is mankind’s true nature? Good or bad? T... |
a337e1b8e49c5dd982dadbaa844edcf7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-25-me-museums25-story.html | Raids suggest a deeper network of looted art | Raids suggest a deeper network of looted art
Coordinated raids on four Southern California museums early Thursday suggest that the involvement of art institutions in the purchase of looted objects is far more extensive than recent high-profile scandals have indicated.
Even as the country’s most prominent museums were e... |
da1c51e76f4b3a8a962b7f1e4ff3fd13 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-25-sci-synthetic25-story.html | Moving a step closer to creating life | Moving a step closer to creating life
Using off-the-shelf chemical compounds, scientists for the first time have constructed the entire genome of a bacterium, a key step toward their ultimate goal of creating synthetic life forms, researchers reported today.
The man-made DNA was nearly identical to the natural version ... |
592e8b29bd8f921755d1f29d8c4645ef | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-26-fi-briefs26.s3-story.html | KB Home awards bonuses to execs | KB Home awards bonuses to execs
KB Home Chief Executive Jeffrey T. Mezger has been awarded a $6-million bonus for his job performance in fiscal 2007, the company said in a filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Los Angeles home builder also designated bonuses ranging from $350,000 to $450,000 for three o... |
4599a6269df43129358c1e9db84ab7b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-26-fi-detective26-story.html | Keeping girls safe by pretending to be one | Keeping girls safe by pretending to be one
No one will ever confuse Jim Murray with a teenager. His tall frame, broad shoulders and clipped, gray hair give him away for the grandfather he is.
But the 69-year-old retired police chief of this small Missouri farm town cuts a credible figure as a 13-year-old girl surfing t... |
5f500609ef85919c1c1a6878d783a54b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-26-me-haidl26-story.html | Gregory Haidl is released from prison | Gregory Haidl is released from prison
Gregory Haidl, whose arrest and conviction in a high-profile sexual assault case has proved pivotal in the undoing of former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona and the unraveling of his inner circle, will be set free from prison today.
His homecoming will be bittersweet, tempe... |
51932528d481c12a606ceb1d9226e042 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-26-oe-chait26-story.html | Is the right right on the Clintons? | Is the right right on the Clintons?
Something strange happened the other day. All these different people -- friends, co-workers, relatives, people on a liberal e-mail list I read -- kept saying the same thing: They’ve suddenly developed a disdain for Bill and Hillary Clinton. Maybe this is just a coincidence, but I thi... |
7254bab865c63e2809af986b3de39c05 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-ca-knize27-story.html | The piano keys a mature devotion | The piano keys a mature devotion
The moment Perri Knize first played her piano, she knew it had to be named Marlene.
Hearing the piano’s uniquely tuned sound, Knize, whose book “Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey” has just been published, remembered the star of “The Blue Angel” and her throaty rendition of “Falling in Lo... |
48f4d34a0d486c5392aeb94c5ebfa3cf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-ed-literacy27-story.html | How to spell ‘solvency’ | How to spell ‘solvency’
In the not-so-distant past, redlining -- the practice of denying financial services to people based solely on their race, sex, surname or address -- deprived many Americans of the opportunity to build a prosperous life. Today many of us still suffer financially. But this time around, we’re limit... |
aaf52b58cf5c35a30413183def27c439 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-27-re-hotprop27-story.html | Unlimited court time: $25 million | Unlimited court time: $25 million
Pete Sampras and his wife, actress Bridgette Wilson, have put their Beverly Hills home on the market for $25 million.
Before the 36-year-old tennis ace retired in 2003, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men’s singles titles.
Sampras’ 11,000-square-foot, English Tudor-style house, built in ... |
108475d2e1f5b535fb82823ad1e387f2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-28-et-filmtobooks28-story.html | Cut to writers and . . . fade to book | Cut to writers and . . . fade to book
As the writers strike drags on, there’s at least one small corner of the industry that hasn’t been grinding to a halt over the last months: literary departments at the major talent agencies, which are getting inundated with book proposals and story ideas for novels from out-of-work... |
73ff526352c3d8ba6e0665cab0524ec7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-28-et-treatment28-story.html | ‘Treatment’ cures the rerun blues | ‘Treatment’ cures the rerun blues
In these strike-plagued days of endless reruns and empty, aching TiVo queues, just about anything new from HBO would be cause for rejoicing. But “In Treatment,” a half-hour drama that debuts tonight, is the proverbial manna in the desert. And not just because it’s based on a popular Is... |
f2c3b7c2a3d4c3e864ef75800599a33d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-28-fi-virtualdisney28-story.html | Disney adds fantasy lands | Disney adds fantasy lands
Walt Disney Co. is no stranger to fantasy worlds, transporting audiences -- whether to a cottage in the woods with a young princess in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” or to the Great Barrier Reef aboard the Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage ride at Disneyland.
Now, Disney is spinning its tales i... |
102f0b41ef1b4f7e88a209319a824d5e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-28-he-errors28-story.html | ‘It’s never just one thing’ that leads to serious harm | ‘It’s never just one thing’ that leads to serious harm
A technician mistakes an “a” for an “o” in a drug name. A doctor misplaces a decimal point in a prescription order. A nurse reaches for a vial in a cabinet as she’s done hundreds of times before, only this time the light is dim and she fails to notice that the powd... |
b6d14d7890c34d95291faf8e8f48805d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-28-oe-rodriguez28-story.html | Clinton’s Latino spin | Clinton’s Latino spin
If a Hillary Clinton campaign official told a reporter that white voters never support black candidates, would the media have swallowed the message whole? What if a campaign pollster began whispering that Jews don’t have an “affinity” for African American politicians? Would the pundits have accept... |
f0bfc2d5007faa22e763486b56854697 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-28-sp-crowe28-story.html | It turned out to be the biggest snap of his career | It turned out to be the biggest snap of his career
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The photograph is iconic, among the most enduring images in sports history. But to see it hanging here, in the offices of Y.A. Tittle Insurance & Financial Services, is a bit of a surprise.
It depicts the company’s founder, Pro Football Hall of... |
9d3ce75fe86f19b2db8a4271c1c5e437 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-29-me-homeless29-story.html | Seeking out the most vulnerable | Seeking out the most vulnerable
With its storefront tributes to Southern California’s surfing culture and L.A.'s hipster elite, the leafy dinosaur topiary and gleaming signs that promise multiple movies, Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade is a popular destination for tens of thousands each week.
In the middle of the... |
20320196476e6c15d622196dea156f98 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-30-et-quick30.s1-story.html | It’s alcohol rehab for Sean Young | It’s alcohol rehab for Sean Young
Sean Young has entered rehabilitation for alcohol abuse following a weekend outburst in which she was heckling from the audience at the Directors Guild of America awards.
The 48-year-old actress was escorted from the ballroom at the Hyatt Regency in Century City on Saturday night after... |
8fede822e97a8d0f41bc40be85eed551 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-30-me-daniel30-story.html | President Truman’s only child was successful writer | President Truman’s only child was successful writer
Margaret Truman Daniel, who was the only child of President Truman and his wife, Bess, and who forged successive careers as a concert singer, an actress, a high-profile wife and mother, and a prolific biographer and mystery novelist, died Tuesday. She was 83.
Daniel, ... |
51ac8f4b8522d89be0b3758dc19aaf5e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-30-na-briefs30.s2-story.html | Detroit mayor names new aide | Detroit mayor names new aide
Detroit Democratic Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick named a new chief of staff a day after the woman who previously held the post resigned amid allegations that she and the mayor had lied under oath about an affair.
Kandia Milton, who has served as deputy chief of staff, was appointed to Christine... |
151eced5471a9f3a40b7759e98051309 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-31-sp-collison31-story.html | Collison is back in step again | Collison is back in step again
June Collison grabbed the arm of her husband, Dennis, early in last Thursday’s UCLA game at Oregon. She had just watched her son, Darren, the Bruins point guard, do a joyful, instinctive cross-over dribble, an insouciant moment of playing basketball by feel.
Collison’s sleight of hand ear... |
64458bc308aabcad8d6a3bd528f0c6f4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-01-fi-techblog1.s1-story.html | Would Bill Gates be No. 2? | Would Bill Gates be No. 2?
Now that Bill Gates no longer has to worry about running Microsoft, why not help run the country?
The Microsoft Corp. co-founder is mentioned by some in political circles as the “dream running mate” for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, according to Politico.c... |
de85812f5d53dd3ed7295bd1d0902fad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-01-na-energy1-story.html | McCain energy record is on/off | McCain energy record is on/off
Crisscrossing the country over the last two weeks to promote his energy plans, Sen. John McCain promised a forceful national strategy to combat global warming and end U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
“We must steer far clear of the errors and false assumptions that have marked the energy p... |
d1092d5c801c4007cb13e0a5f52f98a3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-01-na-pinball1-story.html | Keeping the ball in play | Keeping the ball in play
Tim Quintana hunches over a pinball machine and stares down Spider-Man’s archenemies: Kingpin, Lizard and Scorpion. He pulls the plunger and a silver ball shoots onto the playfield, a maze of brightly lit bumpers and targets.
The ball darts over a comic-book-style drawing of Spider-Man reaching... |
0be56bd2cec29f4e0bbcd4909805d653 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-02-et-brief2-story.html | A ring of mire | A ring of mire
SO “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” made no money.
Let me amend that. The film trilogy, which grossed $2.96 billion worldwide at the box office and $3 billion or so more in DVD and ancillary markets, has not made any money for the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the famous books.
Tolkien obviously isn’t Peter ... |
79b2c547bad35aa769b228819d95b99b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-02-fi-projector2-story.html | ‘Hancock’ to battle weak reviews, strong competition | ‘Hancock’ to battle weak reviews, strong competition
Last weekend, one of the most popular brand names in the movie business, Pixar, helped keep summer ticket sales humming. This holiday week, Hollywood is banking on another top box-office draw, Will Smith.
Sony Pictures’ “Hancock,” an action comedy starring Smith as a... |
771edad9f4e9ff9928c1fe2c50ab30a5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-02-me-fireball2-story.html | Mystery fireball seen across the Southland | Mystery fireball seen across the Southland
From the Hollywood Hills to the Nevada state line, people reported seeing a fireball streaking across the sky and appearing to fall toward the San Bernardino Mountains on Tuesday morning. But explanations of the mysterious object were scarce.
San Bernardino County Fire Dispatc... |
47a3605986b4e8d98e5916ada115063b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-03-fi-times3-story.html | Times to cut jobs, reduce pages | Times to cut jobs, reduce pages
The Los Angeles Times on Wednesday announced plans to cut 250 positions across the company, including 150 positions in editorial, in a new effort to bring expenses into line with declining revenue. In a further cost-cutting step, the newspaper will reduce the number of pages it publishes... |
834ad242ba68937c46fd5689a8dc5d88 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-03-me-abortion3-story.html | Federal court upholds abortion foes’ 1st Amendment rights | Federal court upholds abortion foes’ 1st Amendment rights
The 1st Amendment rights of two anti-abortion activists were violated when they were ordered to stop circling a Rancho Palos Verdes middle school in a truck displaying graphic photos of aborted fetuses, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.
Overturning an e... |
abbc143c74300ce173d9844f5baed2cf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-03-oe-brooks3-story.html | The founders’ rights stuff | The founders’ rights stuff
‘The Constitution is not a suicide pact.” After 9/11, that old saw -- originally coined by Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson -- was dusted off. Lately, it’s been getting a heavy workout.
On June 12, for instance, the U.S. Supreme Court released a decision authored by Justice Anthony Kenned... |
bce0f0809dc7a97d54977cf2cf86b293 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-03-oe-jillette3-story.html | ‘I don’t know’ -- and that’s no act | ‘I don’t know’ -- and that’s no act
My partner, Teller, and I are professional skeptics. We do magic tricks in our live show in Las Vegas, and we have a passion for trying to use what we’ve learned about fooling people to possibly get a little closer to the truth. Our series on Showtime tries to question everything -- ... |
778cc4d38337a6ebdae5bf2ee4401d20 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-03-sci-george3-story.html | Washington slept here | Washington slept here
After years of searching, archaeologists have identified and excavated the boyhood home of George Washington, site of such legendary -- if perhaps apocryphal -- events as chopping down the cherry tree and throwing a coin across the Rappahannock River.
The find indicates that the Washington family ... |
6a06123eca33d0478cbc56813d3028b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-04-fi-coke4-story.html | Coca-Cola in a race to get people to try Coke Zero | Coca-Cola in a race to get people to try Coke Zero
What do the Mir spacecraft, Axl Rose and NASCAR have in common?
They’re all part of publicity stunts that could bring you some free junk food -- and help companies develop relationships with you, Mr. or Ms. Potential Customer.
This weekend, if any of Coca-Cola Co.'s 13... |
d962d242c4f6759370c31de6384fd776 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-04-sp-kaman4-story.html | Kaman will represent Germany | Kaman will represent Germany
Clippers center Chris Kaman could be headed to Beijing to compete in this summer’s Olympics -- as a German.
The 26-year-old Michigan native obtained German citizenship and will play for Germany’s national basketball team alongside Dallas Mavericks forward and German native Dirk Nowitzki in ... |
b4bd93332eda3adcfe26603454bda609 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-et-doris5-story.html | Shadows of Day | Shadows of Day
HER LIFE on screen played like an American fairy tale.
Blond, bouncy and beautiful, Doris Day captivated mid-20th century moviegoers in a series of rollicking romantic comedies with her favorite leading man, Rock Hudson, including “Pillow Talk” and “Lover Come Back,” as well as the western musical “Calam... |
14f98abd8f79752e0d5591c79ce0c9bf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-fg-briefs5.s3-story.html | Ex-nuclear chief alleges army role | Ex-nuclear chief alleges army role
The army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the disgraced architect of Pakistan’s atomic weapons program said.
The claim is the most controversial leveled by Abdul Qadeer Khan, who has been agitating for an end to hous... |
6be3fce5097e282b7842d1cb626ccad3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-fi-sick5-story.html | Feeling ill over sick leave | Feeling ill over sick leave
For maybe five times in the last 15 years, Manuela Mendez has had to drag herself to work at a fast-food restaurant in La Mirada, coughing and congested.
“I go to work because we need the money,” she said in Spanish. “It’s difficult to work. I carry microbes that contaminate my work mates, a... |
99746a72704abccf3c6fede136b0070b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-me-lieber5-story.html | TV producer created ‘Love Connection’ | TV producer created ‘Love Connection’
Eric Lieber, a veteran television producer who created and executive-produced TV’s long-running dating show “Love Connection,” has died. He was 71.
Lieber died of leukemia Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his wife, Peggy, who worked as co- producer with her husband fo... |
88948fadc835dd5c3568abdb2adbda26 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-na-traildecor5-story.html | Obama says Lincoln, TV don’t mix | Obama says Lincoln, TV don’t mix
He’s not president yet, but Barack Obama has already given some thought to White House decor.
Asked at a town hall-style meeting in Fargo, N.D., about any decorating plans for the Lincoln Bedroom, Obama described a visit to the White House after he became a U.S. senator.
“You have all t... |
1293ca456a23056221f056feadcb0062 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-oe-fleming5-story.html | This is the U.S. on drugs | This is the U.S. on drugs
The United States’ so-called war on drugs brings to mind the old saying that if you find yourself trapped in a deep hole, stop digging. Yet, last week, the Senate approved an aid package to combat drug trafficking in Mexico and Central America, with a record $400 million going to Mexico and $6... |
a65f47f0de482b3d1370ec08a5de55f7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-05-sp-nascar5-story.html | Martin to drive full season for Hendrick in ’09 | Martin to drive full season for Hendrick in ’09
Veteran driver Mark Martin, taking one more stab at his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, said Friday he would drive a full season next year in the No. 5 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.
Martin, who has finished second in the championship standings four times in hi... |
76bf7941d1c3c393b3d09982466d5579 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-bk-namle6-story.html | Across seven seas | Across seven seas
At THE risk of being accused of judging a book by its cover, I would like to begin this review of Nam Le’s astounding collection, “The Boat,” with a simple observation. The word “stories” does not appear on the cover. Pulling the book off the shelf, you could reasonably assume you were holding a novel... |
a9dc584a2cd260955da7c90075c6835c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-ca-conversation6-story.html | Dating? Don’t ask | Dating? Don’t ask
Selma BLAIR costars in “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army,” which opens Friday. She’s also in Lori Petty’s autobiographical drama “Poker House,” which just played at the Los Angeles Film Festival. This fall, she and Molly Shannon star in NBC’s American version of “Kath and Kim.”
Do you generally enjoy being ... |
ac50330a62d85eff46a1cd10253c4fb4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-ca-flowers6-story.html | How their roots intertwine | How their roots intertwine
A special energy was crackling among the ladies refreshing their ikebana arrangements in the strikingly unusual exhibition “Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art” at the Japanese American National Museum. In two days, the crown prince of Japan was expected to tour the museum. They woul... |
de268a48fe9a0e519fef7e618ae37400 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-ca-freedomriders6-story.html | A ride into a lasting legacy | A ride into a lasting legacy
THE STORY was already written: Vividly rendered on those young faces -- excited, angry, naive, fearful, idealistic. But it was only the first leg of their journey. That’s what first struck Eric Etheridge when he first laid eyes on a trove of old mug shots -- men and women, black and white -... |
116d5868232f9a07039c0f3c47e4f111 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-fg-summit6-story.html | Relevance of G-8 is unclear | Relevance of G-8 is unclear
As leaders of the world’s major developed nations meet this week in a tranquil mountain resort in Japan, their gathering probably will be overshadowed by the turbulent global economy and deepening unrest over soaring oil and food prices.
And the question on many minds is whether the Group of... |
49dc31749c4016cd28fbfa31a5e2c11b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-me-charity6-story.html | Charities find gifts aren’t a given | Charities find gifts aren’t a given
For 24 years, Citizens Against Government Waste has exposed pork-barrel spenders and rallied tax critics.
Its “Pig Book” and “porker” awards, meant to shame congressional leaders who exploit the public purse, have made the group a media darling and a political force.
But when it come... |
be93ba980cd29cc8cf8278fa1d452c41 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-me-lopez6-story.html | A role model for L.A.? Chicago | A role model for L.A.? Chicago
The sun cast golden light across the metropolis, flowers overflowed baskets hanging from every post, people by the thousands strolled through massive parks or sunbathed on sandy beaches, enjoying public spaces with little or no trash, graffiti or homeless encampments.
This city’s got prid... |
a1997264a5f245a58aa446e91f14d5b3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-op-domanick6-story.html | Miles to go for L.A. justice | Miles to go for L.A. justice
Over the last few decades, it’s been easy to blame the leadership of the Los Angeles Police Department, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department and the district attorney’s office for the catastrophic failures of L.A.'s criminal justice system. These failures, as most Angelenos know, have led t... |
2442b0d817c6939d2f76c6fc7ab2af76 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-06-op-kotkin6-story.html | Suburbia’s not dead yet | Suburbia’s not dead yet
While millions of American families struggle with falling house prices, soaring gasoline costs and tightening credit, some environmentalists, urban planners and urban real estate speculators are welcoming the bad news as signaling what they have long dreamed of -- the demise of suburbia.
In a Ma... |
38b3d6512f3c0ccfd5939ef7743ac820 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-07-fg-colombia7-story.html | Colombia says it paid no ransom | Colombia says it paid no ransom
Colombian authorities sought over the weekend to discredit a Swiss academic and former intermediary in talks with a left-wing rebel group who has been linked to a disputed report that officials paid $20 million for last week’s release of 15 high-profile hostages.
A Colombian government o... |
6d39d14a174f85d3f525842be63f4dfc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-07-fi-boxoffice7-story.html | Another signature opening for Smith | Another signature opening for Smith
“Hancock,” a film about a petulant, perpetually drunken superhero, proved to be review-proof as well as bulletproof this weekend, overwhelming competitors and giving star Will Smith his fifth top-selling film on a Fourth of July weekend.
Audiences came in droves to see Smith play cri... |
e6383ca939d1f936d2990c99366e01a8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-07-me-backfire7-story.html | Backfire is right and wrong | Backfire is right and wrong
As flames swirled toward their family homestead, the Curtis brothers figured they’d get no help and had no choice: The only way to hold on to their 55-acre compound would be to fight fire with fire.
In the end, the controlled burn they set helped save the homes on their beloved Apple Pie Rid... |
4cf611f0bf38c3be0b0f5e070e36ff5a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-07-na-armyfilms7-story.html | Calling the shots on war movies | Calling the shots on war movies
There’s a war going on, and Army Lt. Col. J. Todd Breasseale has a mission.
But it’s far removed from the captured Iraqi palace where he was once stationed. He fights his war now from an office on Wilshire Boulevard lined with movie posters chronicling conflicts real and imagined, from “... |
9b5d8c93ea79f5eb5709e55d54ee3bdc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-07-oe-rodriguez7-story.html | Gay marriage: the key to happiness? | Gay marriage: the key to happiness?
Who knew? The legalization of gay marriage might make Californians happier. At least that’s what a new study based on surveys of 350,000 people in nearly 100 countries suggests.
No, the authors aren’t gay activists, nor do they seem to be peddling any particular political agenda. But... |
9d9713cd50bdb6605b2ee6a7504fa19d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-07-sp-sparks7-story.html | Parker’s 31 points help Sparks hold on | Parker’s 31 points help Sparks hold on
The Sparks drew a line in the sand Sunday night against the Phoenix Mercury, bending but not breaking in the final quarter.
Their 20-point lead was whittled to seven with just under four minutes remaining, causing many in the crowd of 10,004 to fidget in their seats at Staples Cen... |
6309142d10a3f5071f16961540c2f2c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-08-fg-iraq8-story.html | Maliki advocates timetable for troop withdrawal | Maliki advocates timetable for troop withdrawal
Bolstered by recent Iraqi military successes, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki proposed Monday that negotiators include a timetable for the departure of U.S. troops in any agreement to continue the American presence in Iraq beyond the end of the year.
The suggestion, made duri... |
f20fadc95fab62f698766c048e735b5b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-08-me-disch8-story.html | Prolific sci-fi writer mixed whimsy with dark horror | Prolific sci-fi writer mixed whimsy with dark horror
Even in the genre of science fiction, writer Thomas M. Disch was considered unconventional.
The strange new worlds he created were an odd mix: dark and horror-filled, humorous and playful. His work outfoxed readers’ expectations, one critic said, and made labeling a ... |
ad929e8b83b0d3db8e98694178b96439 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-08-me-health8-story.html | Bridging healthcare culture gap in O.C. | Bridging healthcare culture gap in O.C.
When Planned Parenthood representatives began handing out free condoms during an initial information session with recent Vietnamese immigrants in Orange County last year, a hush fell over the room.
Those who took one quietly whispered, in Vietnamese, that they were for friends. S... |
4e27c1b8a7e62c3183f125c30adfb166 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-08-na-climate8-story.html | A climate threat from TVs, chips | A climate threat from TVs, chips
A synthetic chemical widely used in the manufacture of computers and flat-screen televisions is a potent greenhouse gas, with 17,000 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide, but its measure in the atmosphere has never been taken, nor is it regulated by international treaty.
Th... |
01f705117ff1de05a9b2e682ccaaade1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-fi-lazarus9-story.html | Don’t dismiss Pickens’ plan yet | Don’t dismiss Pickens’ plan yet
When a guy heavily invested in natural gas and wind power says the answer to our energy woes is natural gas and wind power, it’s hard not to smirk at his Texas-size gumption.
But let’s not be hasty.
Energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens unveiled a plan Tuesday to wean the United States from its... |
18e542bffe3c2804dc70da9d6642b4ba | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-me-bike9-story.html | Narrow road is a zone of conflict | Narrow road is a zone of conflict
Bicyclists who crave a steady uphill climb flock to Mandeville Canyon Road and its 5-mile, straight-shot ascent with no traffic lights.
But the route’s rising popularity has turned the narrow road into a zone of conflict for Brentwood residents and the hundreds of cyclists who, every w... |
c7290e72f5938f839d6c4507749151a0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-me-newport9-story.html | Photographer faces charges | Photographer faces charges
A photographer whose clients include celebrities and fitness models was charged Tuesday with having unlawful sex with a teenage girl, authorities said.
Jason Ellis, 33, of Newport Beach lured a girl, 14, by promising to help her with a modeling career, prosecutors said.
According to a stateme... |
41a10d8344d01c9254317f8cca176387 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-na-campaign9-story.html | McCain shifts his message toward Latino immigrants | McCain shifts his message toward Latino immigrants
John McCain, angling to win a bigger share of the fast-growing Latino vote, is taking the risky step of placing an immigration overhaul at the center of his appeal.
The presumed Republican presidential nominee, who trails Barack Obama among Latinos, had been focused on... |
a7d18139efe134ebb411543e80de0bdb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-na-cheney9-story.html | Cheney accused of EPA interference | Cheney accused of EPA interference
Vice President Dick Cheney’s office worked to alter sworn congressional testimony provided by a federal official in order to play down the threat of global warming and head off regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, a former government official said in a new accusation Tuesday.
Jason... |
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