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66fbfe0bf6a69227bea228a14d2ad800 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-oe-block9-story.html | Babies, the old-fashioned way | Babies, the old-fashioned way
You’d think the healthcare establishment would have bigger fish to fry than Ricki Lake. (The 47 million uninsured, maybe?) But Lake’s recent documentary, “The Business of Being Born,” which includes footage of her own delivery of her second child at home, was on the agenda at the American ... |
d986d250adaca953655cf205f3888d69 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-09-sci-prostate9-story.html | Prostate technique questioned | Prostate technique questioned
Medical castration to treat localized prostate tumors does not prolong survival and its side effects far outweigh any potential benefit for most patients, researchers reported today.
The technique, which involves using drugs to block the body’s production of the male hormone androgen, is a... |
04ae2f3c5a51f544930ac8bfd82f59ac | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-10-fi-iphone10-story.html | Store aims to plug people into iPhones | Store aims to plug people into iPhones
When the new iPhone goes on sale Friday, Apple Inc. will also launch an online software store peddling a potpourri of programs such as games, pedometers, tip calculators and language translators for the device. The company hopes that by enabling buyers to transform the phone into ... |
2bc46ebc241d19fa901e469d28329984 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-10-me-algebra10-story.html | Calculating a new age for algebra | Calculating a new age for algebra
Every California eighth-grader will be tested in algebra -- ready or not -- under a policy approved Wednesday that could make the state the first in the nation to require an upper-level math class before high school.
The state Board of Education voted for the change under pressure from... |
0b6054b2a5a5e99786c74b4459128497 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-10-sci-moon10-story.html | Rock analysis turns up evidence of moon water | Rock analysis turns up evidence of moon water
A new analysis of volcanic glass recovered from the moon decades ago found the rocks contain traces of the constituents of water, challenging a long-held notion that the moon is perfectly dry.
Using a technique that was not available when Apollo astronauts collected the min... |
bf9a07ad6ea7c64c5c37d6ecb8411068 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-fg-sudan11-story.html | Sudan genocide case sought | Sudan genocide case sought
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor will ask judges to issue an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan next week on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, diplomats and an official close to the case said Thursday.
The prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, issued a state... |
fb22cf5473432135e99e44112038bff9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-fi-sag11-story.html | SAG rebuffs studios’ contract proposal | SAG rebuffs studios’ contract proposal
The major Hollywood studios called on the Screen Actors Guild on Thursday to put their final contract offer to a membership vote, a proposal the union rejected, continuing the stalemate in negotiations.
As expected, the largest actors union did not accept what the studios called t... |
4d66abd5dcf345146ea04bef4f33ecb3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-me-citizen11-story.html | Surge in new Latino citizens | Surge in new Latino citizens
The number of Mexican-born immigrants who became U.S. citizens swelled by nearly 50% last year amid a massive campaign by Spanish-language media and immigrant advocacy groups to help eligible residents apply for citizenship, according to a government report released Thursday.
Despite Mexica... |
b4dbc3364f74cc90318d8def0139b579 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-na-divorce11-story.html | McCain’s broken marriage fractured other ties as well | McCain’s broken marriage fractured other ties as well
Outside her Bel-Air home, Nancy Reagan stood arm in arm with John McCain and offered a significant -- but less than exuberant -- endorsement.
“Ronnie and I always waited until everything was decided, and then we endorsed,” the Republican matriarch said in March. “We... |
f66165226c4fcb0b1da3e24b8c0229c8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-na-gitmo11-story.html | 9/11 plotters tell judge of legal woes | 9/11 plotters tell judge of legal woes
Facing the death penalty for their roles in the Sept. 11 attacks, self-described mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and an alleged accomplice told a judge Thursday that the military commission process was so dysfunctional that they could not file legal motions in their defense or h... |
59bc1dc9475d4b8dce7fa53814b9eb33 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-na-reefs11-story.html | Coral species are in hot water | Coral species are in hot water
Nearly one-third of the small animals that make up the most massive and elaborate structures in coral reefs face an elevated risk of extinction from global warming and various local problems, an international group of scientists reported Thursday.
The worldwide assessment of more than 700... |
fcf90d5e2ba1267da913059ac24bcc53 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-oe-hedges11-story.html | Stop the new FISA | Stop the new FISA
If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday -- giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop on the phone calls and e-mails of innocent Americans -- is allowed to stand, we will have eroded one of the most important bulwarks to a free press and an open so... |
bbe681e462da7e65531306bd77c1d328 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-11-oe-stein11-story.html | The joy of $8 gas | The joy of $8 gas
I love $4 gas. It makes me appreciate freedom. I watch as the dollars spin and think, “You, Triceratops, did not get squished by an asteroid in vain. You got squished for a $60 drive to Vegas.”
So I didn’t go to Wednesday’s MoveOn.org protests against high gas prices, which included one at the most ex... |
029422d440640610fa0590055e001e51 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-12-ed-bikes12-story.html | Stop! Yield! | Stop! Yield!
As frequent Los Angeles cyclists well know, there are three things you need if you want to ride a bike in this town: a good helmet, a stout lock and a very good life insurance policy.
If the street wars between drivers and bikers in L.A. are a lot less deadly than the gang wars, they are no less irrational... |
910240ce1c36289d6ed6537333c4fabc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-12-fg-guinness12-story.html | They’ve lowered the bar in Ireland | They’ve lowered the bar in Ireland
The two men drink standing near the back of the long bar at Davy Byrnes, one of the many watering holes in this city that, in the words of writer Samuel Beckett, who once lived upstairs, have been known to house “broken glass and indiscretion.”
In the back, because that’s well away fr... |
8216812da1da8aa4b92267df73addbac | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-12-fi-indymac12-story.html | Federal regulators seize crippled IndyMac Bank | Federal regulators seize crippled IndyMac Bank
The federal government took control of Pasadena-based IndyMac Bank on Friday in what regulators called the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history.
Citing a massive run on deposits, regulators shut its main branch three hours early, leaving customers stunned and upset.... |
ee4bc10d428f160b12487a91c652037c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-12-me-keyes12-story.html | Actress famous for a bit part in a classic movie | Actress famous for a bit part in a classic movie
In the oeuvre of actress Evelyn Keyes, the role of Suellen O’Hara was a “bit part,” nothing like the leading roles she played in later films, or her real-life role as wife of directors John Huston and Charles Vidor and jazz musician Artie Shaw.
But by playing Suellen, Sc... |
e8da73edf141fc8d8efa7c14da592ad8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-12-na-strip12-story.html | Strip-searched girl wins appeal | Strip-searched girl wins appeal
Schools may not strip-search students for drugs based on an unverified tip, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Overturning two other rulings, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said an assistant principal at an Arizona middle school violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-o... |
7a6c33cb497427e99f23c6ab086439e3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-13-me-oysters13-story.html | A warning from the sea | A warning from the sea
For decades, the unwritten motto at shellfish hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest was “Better oysters through science.”
Scientists mated the heartiest, fastest-growing stock to produce plumper, sweeter oysters for slurping raw on the half-shell or frying up to dip in tangy sauces.
They probed the... |
2ae53239bf0c13dfe82a2ccae665b992 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-13-na-centrists13-story.html | Some voters see it as win-win | Some voters see it as win-win
For Amy Rick, the 2008 presidential election is a win-win situation. Both Barack Obama and John McCain support an expansion of stem-cell research that she has battled for in vain under President Bush.
“Both are very solid,” said Rick, president of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medic... |
1a9084aaff77137abb6913010cfac4e4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-13-op-sides13-story.html | Who listens to blogging heads? | Who listens to blogging heads?
Daily Kos. Little Green Footballs. Talking Points Memo. Instapundit. Firedoglake. Captain’s Quarters. These are among the thousands of political blogs that are increasingly a factor in U.S. politics. Bloggers and their readers are courted by politicians, as occurred when seven Democratic ... |
ed93443847d77e25a1e85b15d4fd672d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-14-fi-fannie14-story.html | Mortgage giants draw aid package | Mortgage giants draw aid package
Acting to prevent a severe disruption of the mortgage market, the federal government stepped in Sunday with plans for a sweeping aid package designed to bolster confidence in battered home-loan giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The Bush administration said it would ask Congress to auth... |
328c28c275730cf4f4e4e35b0126702e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-14-me-cheat14-story.html | SAT, ACT cheats face no penalty | SAT, ACT cheats face no penalty
A group of students at a Los Angeles high school is suspected of cheating on the ACT college entrance exam by paying a former student, who used fraudulent identification, to take the tests. The testing agency recently began investigating the claims, which could result in cancellation of ... |
b905e97d21c41ffab50127bcc8be7367 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-14-me-speech14-story.html | That’s not a phone headset | That’s not a phone headset
The first time someone snatched the speech processor from behind her son’s ear, Hilda Giron got it back. She had been shopping for groceries and shouted to the cashier to watch 3-year-old Jose while she took off after the young thief and his accomplice.
The boys probably thought they had grab... |
cca79db03031fc5c63750c6c0e3fd79c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-14-sp-dodgers14-story.html | Billingsley continues strong run by pitchers | Billingsley continues strong run by pitchers
The Dodgers went into the All-Star break still in search of their identity.
They closed the first half of their season Sunday with a 9-1 victory over the Florida Marlins at Dodger Stadium to move to within a game of first-place Arizona in the National League West, but they r... |
2b1ad390d2e74a25aaaa298b739d96b5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-15-et-quick15.s2-story.html | Kate Hudson added to ‘Nine’ | Kate Hudson added to ‘Nine’
Kate Hudson is the latest addition to the star-studded cast of “Nine,” an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical. She joins Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Marion Cotillard and Penelope Cruz.
The film, about an Italian film director, will be directed by Rob M... |
216eabb7c569cea9ac5fa1c1f1be3569 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-15-fi-hiller15-story.html | Publisher of Times resigns amid cuts | Publisher of Times resigns amid cuts
Los Angeles Times Publisher David D. Hiller resigned Monday after a 21-month tenure that encompassed the departures of two Times editors and plans for the sharpest staff and production cuts in the newspaper’s history amid a continuing slide in advertising revenue.
Tribune Co. -- whi... |
56cbee9b97d0c24b68afbd358c6eb726 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-15-me-landslide15-story.html | Mud, boulders destroy hatchery | Mud, boulders destroy hatchery
A massive weekend debris flow in the Eastern Sierra, triggered by a monsoon-like storm, destroyed 25 homes and wiped out the entire stock of one of California’s oldest fish hatcheries along U.S. 395, authorities said Monday.
Emergency response crews were clearing boulders and mud from the... |
e030f5d448f6daecc1b7091a00b9735c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-15-na-onthemedia15-story.html | Has it gotten so difficult to recognize satire? | Has it gotten so difficult to recognize satire?
We’ve already scratched thrift, candor and brevity off the list of virtues in this presidential cycle, so why not eliminate humor too?
That seems to be the fondest wish of a few commentators and legions of Internet blatherers, who spent much of Monday vilifying New Yorker... |
f82d3df2424448d6e80450872880096e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-16-et-hume16-story.html | Fox’s Hume reportedly leaving ‘Special Report’ | Fox’s Hume reportedly leaving ‘Special Report’
Brit Hume, one of Fox News’ leading on-air figures, plans to leave his political news program, “Special Report,” at the end of the year and serve as a senior political analyst at the cable channel, according to sources close to the situation.
Hume, who joined Fox News shor... |
06c61f5648cbd713555f9e2ca4c9c74f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-16-fg-briefs16.s2-story.html | 3 Iraqis convicted in Allawi plot | 3 Iraqis convicted in Allawi plot
Three Iraqis were convicted and sentenced to prison for plotting to kill then-Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi during his visit to Germany in 2004.
The Stuttgart state court convicted the three of attempted participation in murder and membership in the terrorist organization Ansar al I... |
a69f2c72cfa53b86e8f32eb43e29973f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-16-fi-indymac16-story.html | Confusion at IndyMac fuels customers’ anger | Confusion at IndyMac fuels customers’ anger
Depositors of failed IndyMac Bank endured long waits in the summer heat for a second day Tuesday, with crowds becoming irate at several branches and customers with large accounts complaining of serious problems in getting their money.
Banking experts said the chaotic scenes r... |
bb4b1137e98ca727081cc23cb739b2a7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-16-me-bluebird16-story.html | A hole lotta love for the Western bluebird | A hole lotta love for the Western bluebird
Dick Purvis knew that if he was going to bring bluebirds to Orange County, the county would need more holes.
Bluebirds, he explained, require them for nesting, and there aren’t many trees with holes in the county’s developed recreational areas. If you find one, he said, “the r... |
b5e84bccd67863123075edc21fee18a6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-16-me-metrolink16-story.html | Jury spares killer’s life in rail crash | Jury spares killer’s life in rail crash
Ending a legal saga surrounding the deadliest train crash in Metrolink history, a Los Angeles jury decided Tuesday to spare the life of a former Compton laborer convicted of triggering the 2005 wreck that killed 11 people and injured at least 180 others.
Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, ... |
1b49f4f0aa091ef9fb40a318680e6adc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-16-na-losingfaith16-story.html | Learning the limits of supply, demand | Learning the limits of supply, demand
For a generation, most people accepted the idea that the core of what makes America tick was an economy governed by free markets. And whatever combination of goods, services and jobs the market cooked up was presumed to be fine for the nation and for its citizens -- certainly bette... |
f59ca0e85dad3e9fddd7c79533a688b3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-et-knight17-story.html | A bat never out of hell | A bat never out of hell
Given THE success of “Batman Begins” three years ago, adventurous, eclectic director Christopher Nolan could have gone anywhere and done anything with his next film. So why did he elect to return to the mythical city of Gotham, to the confines of a superhero movie and the narrow world of a caped... |
f599fe367686ec1024528957fe113854 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-fi-citrus17-story.html | Bug in Baja a risk to California citrus trade | Bug in Baja a risk to California citrus trade
A tiny insect that can carry a disease that kills citrus trees has been discovered just blocks south of the border in Tijuana, sending shock waves through the California citrus industry.
The disease, known as citrus greening, has already killed tens of thousands of acres of... |
fc37b1171fe94f6039ce40310f616747 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-fi-reality17-story.html | Writers Guild tries to get real | Writers Guild tries to get real
Continuing its attempt to organize scribes who work in reality TV, the Writers Guild of America, West, has launched a campaign targeting the hit Fox TV show “American Idol.”
Calling it “The American Idol Truth Tour,” the guild is aiming squarely at Burbank-based Fremantle Media North Ame... |
9d2acfb92e9559258282ce2cd097301b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-gd-rest17-story.html | A taste of Mexico at the beach | A taste of Mexico at the beach
Mexican cooking doesn’t get as much respect as it should in Southern California, at least in terms of formal restaurants. Taco trucks are generally where you find the best Mexican nosh. But now Thomas Ortega -- a veteran of the kitchens of Water Grill, Lucques and Patina -- and his friend... |
1906bb34b89f6443111f690d74699f2b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-le-thursday17.s3-story.html | Hearing, yes; circus, no | Hearing, yes; circus, no
Re “Let the public speak,” editorial, July 15
Thank you for your editorial pointing out the strangeness of the Commerce Department’s most recent actions regarding the hearing on the Foothill South toll road.
The public’s opinions need to be heard. Some will be vociferous, but there’s good reaso... |
6553f0c56f32a3dfb2d564b9b1c7f492 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-me-gaymarriage17-story.html | Gay rights groups lose a round | Gay rights groups lose a round
A voter initiative to reinstate a ban on same-sex marriage will remain on the November ballot, the California Supreme Court decided unanimously Wednesday.
The court issued a brief order rejecting arguments that the initiative, Proposition 8, was an illegal constitutional revision and that... |
76b1ef427cf647c4f222cca0fdbc8850 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-me-ucadmit17-story.html | Action delayed on SAT subject exams | Action delayed on SAT subject exams
University of California regents on Wednesday debated a proposed overhaul of freshman admission standards that would drop the requirement for SAT subject exams and make more students eligible based on class rankings in their high schools.
The proposed changes, which would take effect... |
f7b9934988af7e2f1a87ad59e2b491ed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-me-walk17-story.html | Walk of Fame fix won’t be easy stroll | Walk of Fame fix won’t be easy stroll
It took a year’s study and installation of a “test strip” on Hollywood’s busiest corner to figure out how best to stabilize the buckling bronze stars and pink-and-black terrazzo that line Hollywood’s aging Walk of Fame.
Now, officials of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ar... |
f5a0d7b6b0c48e4a7417e5906293a67f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-17-oe-matsusaka17-story.html | Where does it all go? | Where does it all go?
California state government spent $145 billion last fiscal year, $41 billion more than four years ago when Gov. Gray Davis got recalled by voters. With all that new spending -- a whopping 40% increase -- we ought to be in a golden age of government with abundant public services for all.
So why doe... |
97799f3373a9aec719c0fdddd0f324fc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-18-et-cause18-story.html | It’s true: Firth likes ABBA | It’s true: Firth likes ABBA
LONDON -- There was a time in Colin Firth’s youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same sort of disdain he saved for, say, reading a Jane Austen novel.
Austen?
“Wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole,” he said. “It seemed girl stuff.”
And ABBA, the musical inspiration for his latest ... |
0d5f3edadbff2ce672f13bc441ffdf67 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-18-fi-bratz18-story.html | Bratz falls to its rival in court | Bratz falls to its rival in court
In the battle of the doll makers, the house that Barbie built won a sweeping court victory Thursday, accessories and all.
A federal jury found that a Mattel Inc. designer created the lucrative Bratz doll concept while he worked at Mattel under an exclusivity contract.
It was a scathing... |
97590fc92bc99dcecf228fcbd04627d3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-18-me-endangered18-story.html | Endangered species get new aid | Endangered species get new aid
The California Supreme Court gave new protection to the state’s endangered species Thursday, ruling unanimously that developers, loggers and other commercial interests may be required to compensate for unforeseen wildlife losses.
The ruling, which affects both public works and private dev... |
3b6d03c9084b90ef42fc0d931ffe90c3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-18-me-stafford18-story.html | Singer a favorite of World War II GIs | Singer a favorite of World War II GIs
Jo Stafford, a singer who was a favorite of GIs during World War II and whose recordings made the pop music charts dozens of times in the 1950s, died Sunday of congestive heart failure at her home in Century City. She was 90.
According to her son, Tim Weston, she had been in ill he... |
aca1dac00e3951ff3644562f00f6a749 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-19-et-skarsgard19-story.html | He’s armed and ready for success | He’s armed and ready for success
Waiting in the lobby of the Beverly Hilton, the lanky, laid-back Alexander Skarsgard bears little resemblance to the stoic, super-efficient U.S. Marine he plays in HBO’s miniseries “Generation Kill,” airing on Sundays. In his loose-fitting clothes, sandy blond pageboy and one-day stubbl... |
63b808c623d640dbad2285a82b0fab9b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-19-le-saturday19-story.html | Governor, listen to Maria | Governor, listen to Maria
Re “Governor’s cuts stymie first lady’s idea,” July 14
Since 1954, the San Fernando Valley Assn. for the Retarded Inc. (New Horizons) has been serving people with developmental disabilities. We are heartened that the first lady of California realizes the importance of agencies, such as New Hor... |
4a5a3a74ff363bc1bb0b57092be646b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-19-me-foot19-story.html | It’s the heavy heel of the law | It’s the heavy heel of the law
About a half dozen employees waited for customers to trickle in on a searing weekday afternoon at Ching Lau’s foot massage spa -- a long, open room lined with armchairs and stools from which masseuses knead pressure points across people’s soles.
The second-floor storefront near an Asian g... |
b6c85c407b1c25f890e493333e4054fa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-19-na-cruelty19-story.html | Animal cruelty law is rejected | Animal cruelty law is rejected
In a setback for the animal rights movement, a U.S. appeals court Friday struck down on free-speech grounds a federal law that made it a crime to sell videos of dogfighting and other acts of animal cruelty.
All 50 states have laws against the abuse of animals, the appeals court said, but ... |
2d59247469fc5f1ddd85a76b7a844060 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-20-ca-lindsaylohan20-story.html | It’s bigger than both of them | It’s bigger than both of them
During HER 10 years as a famous person, Lindsay Lohan has worn a dizzying number of public masks.
She began as a beloved Disney tween queen and a much-praised box-office lure. That unraveled soon enough, as she became another wounded, doomed celebrity girl careening through the tabloid wor... |
a3c1c7efdc7e92a0d88b74cf7adc60a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-20-op-lotke20-story.html | Downsized to death | Downsized to death
Last week, consumers were worried about salmonella in their fresh tomatoes. Before that, it was E. coli in their spinach. Something is wrong. Eating a salad is not supposed to be a high-risk activity
But the problem isn’t so much farmers. It’s ideology. Historian Rick Perlstein, author of “Nixonland,... |
5378fd9a4ce9332ad57414e78dd74f84 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-20-sp-mma20-story.html | Emelianenko shows he’s the real deal | Emelianenko shows he’s the real deal
Red and white lights created a rose-colored glow inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, a fog machine sent wafts of vapor through the arena and a distinctly Orange County crowd filled every available seat.
There was nothing artificial about Affliction’s first fight card, however.
The a... |
b9d325e77324f0e76aeb195943d5b926 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-21-et-book21-story.html | Villain’s savory; sleuth needs spice | Villain’s savory; sleuth needs spice
Mysteries and thrillers are two distinct forms of the crime fiction genre. The former revolve around the investigation of a crime by a professional or amateur sleuth; thrillers usually pit a hero against a villain whose diabolical plot is uncovered as the story progresses. Thrillers... |
8e3dcdb60338f40266901801efed30b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-21-fi-nielsen21-story.html | Tracking embedded ads | Tracking embedded ads
On the fourth floor of an office building in this green Connecticut town, Sarah Martin goes to work every day as a television watcher.
She doesn’t mind watching “Ellen” and “Lost.” She hates the days she has to sit through “American Chopper.”
Unfortunately, she can’t fast-forward.
Martin’s job is ... |
8a79aea325d0aceb9014825a27355267 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-21-he-tommyjohn21-story.html | Youthful fling with surgery | Youthful fling with surgery
There’s good news and bad news about “Tommy John surgery,” a technique used to replace a damaged elbow ligament often suffered by athletes, mostly baseball players. The surgery has a high success rate -- 83% -- with most people going back to previous levels of activity, a new study has found... |
9a958ae031db30b735ebf997664688fe | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-21-me-bikes21-story.html | Seeking a road to peace | Seeking a road to peace
It was big news when prosecutors filed criminal charges against a motorist who allegedly slammed on his brakes in front of two experienced cyclists July 4 on Mandeville Canyon Road, sending both to the hospital with serious injuries.
What didn’t make headlines was another Mandeville Canyon incid... |
de293781287e39749555183ca80b1acf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-21-na-highway21-story.html | U.S. highway trust fund veers toward crisis | U.S. highway trust fund veers toward crisis
Soaring gasoline prices are hurting Uncle Sam in the wallet too.
As motorists cut back on their driving and buy more fuel-efficient cars, the government is taking in less money from the federal gasoline tax.
The result: The principal source of funding for highway projects wil... |
a13ce42c45cdbfb9d8d7fccac356845d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-fi-breast22-story.html | Court tosses FCC fine | Court tosses FCC fine
Janet Jackson’s brief, provocative dance during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show lasted long enough to trigger more than half a million formal complaints to regulators, tougher indecency rules, dramatically higher maximum fines and video delays on many live programs.
But an appeals court panel ru... |
14546716de8f8dacc76b5bd72db89053 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-fi-condoprice22-story.html | Condo sells for $2,848 (per foot) | Condo sells for $2,848 (per foot)
The top two floors of a Century City residential tower still under construction have been sold for a record $47 million to Candy Spelling, the widow of TV mogul Aaron Spelling.
A $47-million price tag may seem like an enormous sum, but this is all about downshifting in the fast lane.
A... |
5270d463f99e46e5a73d06f03fbeb83d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-me-sponsor22-story.html | Hollywood, brought to you by ... | Hollywood, brought to you by ...
Why is a Scandinavian vodka being enshrined on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
It’s not a tasteless homage to stars who drink too much. It’s just the latest corporate attempt to buy some good buzz.
Today, Absolut Vodka becomes a “Friend” of the walk, shelling out hundreds of thousands of do... |
a66fc246683c83c2c31c4f34c0ea20d8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-me-walk22-story.html | Walk of Fame going to have a little work done | Walk of Fame going to have a little work done
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve is about to get another shot at Hollywood stardom.
That was the name of the lead character played by actor Willard Waterman in the hit 1950s radio comedy “The Great Gildersleeve.”
The show went off the air in 1957 and Waterman died in 1995. Sinc... |
ebd1e298243507f299788c88ff64a06e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-22-na-hamdan22-story.html | Evidence on terror suspect barred | Evidence on terror suspect barred
The military judge overseeing the first war crimes trial against a terrorism suspect at Guantanamo Bay agreed Monday to bar some evidence against Osama bin Laden’s former driver because it was obtained in “highly coercive environments and conditions.”
On the trial’s opening day, Navy C... |
5c894501095839d12db31091977985d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fg-warcrime23-story.html | Dr. David, war crimes case fugitive | Dr. David, war crimes case fugitive
He grew a bushy white beard and called himself Doctor David. He peddled meditation and alternative healing, sold amulets on a website and made the rounds on the lecture circuit.
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader regarded as one of the world’s most notorious fugitive wa... |
34ffc2424bf88af3f08dcd55ba215b57 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fi-bankearns23-story.html | 2 banks post billions in losses | 2 banks post billions in losses
Wachovia Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. posted billions of dollars in mortgage losses Tuesday, far more than analysts had forecast, but their stocks rose as investors apparently concluded that the home-lending sector could work through its deep troubles.
Despite a staggering $8.9-billi... |
5bcf6e3777e3f5687bfebebe34d89a48 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-fo-calcook23-story.html | Pickle paradise | Pickle paradise
WHERE have all the pickles gone?
It wasn’t so long ago that every well-dressed American dinner table was bejeweled with an assortment of them -- emerald green tomatoes, ruby red beets and opalescent pearl onions, as well as less glamorous (though certainly no less delicious) okra, mushrooms and watermel... |
83901423ee5e85cf071d1325f35f0856 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-me-plastic23-story.html | City Council will ban plastic bags if the state doesn’t act | City Council will ban plastic bags if the state doesn’t act
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic carryout bags in the city’s supermarkets and stores by July 2010 -- but only if the state fails to impose a 25-cent fee on every shopper who requests them.
Council members said they hope an impending ba... |
fbb68081b88f651d965f9aada43c440e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-23-sci-prostate23-story.html | Prostate cancer drug seen as possible breakthrough | Prostate cancer drug seen as possible breakthrough
An experimental cancer drug shrank prostate tumors dramatically and more than doubled survival in 70% to 80% of patients with aggressive cancers, British researchers reported Tuesday.
Although the study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology covered only 21 pati... |
9bbd1f9abccb9f0c157cb4bf8079300f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-24-et-quick24.s2-story.html | A symphonic Dead concert | A symphonic Dead concert
When the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra warms up a week from Friday, the musicians will be clad in their usual summer attire: white dinner jackets and bow ties for the men, white tops and black skirts or slacks for the women.
Tie-dye might be more appropriate.
On the day Jerry Garcia would have t... |
ef03dcb4d59862915cd83e611d64eb6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-24-fi-highwayangel24-story.html | Really, he won’t send you a bill | Really, he won’t send you a bill
Christin Ernst was in a fix. An errant screwdriver punctured her tire on a San Diego freeway, leaving her stranded.
That’s when Thomas Weller -- a.k.a. the San Diego Highwayman -- arrived in his monstrous white search-and-rescue vehicle, complete with emergency lights flashing. A surpri... |
3dc24cfaa89b44e43c96be6e696032d1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-24-me-brown24-story.html | Sex assault probe widens | Sex assault probe widens
A South Los Angeles doctor charged with sexually abusing eight patients, including a 15-year-old girl, is also under investigation for molesting seven other people who went to him for medical care, prosecutors said Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
In a preliminary hearing, Court ... |
3f7931f13404c6edba51cf94dcca61cf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-24-me-budget24-story.html | State worker wages may be slashed | State worker wages may be slashed
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has prepared an order to cut the pay of about 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until a budget is signed.
Administration officials said Schwarzenegger was expected to sign the order, a draft of which was obtained Wednesday by ... |
b06e4ea965542c54aea6691a34c69c13 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-24-na-obamatrip24-story.html | Obama assures Israel of support | Obama assures Israel of support
Despite months of warnings by John McCain that Barack Obama’s stance toward Iran threatens Israel, political leaders in the Jewish state welcomed the Democrat’s assurances Wednesday that he would work to block Iran from acquiring nuclear arms.
Obama navigated a thicket of regional tensio... |
42b33bc0b498157b6e1b02a8c731579d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-25-fi-microsoft25-story.html | Microsoft execs say they’ve given up on Yahoo | Microsoft execs say they’ve given up on Yahoo
Microsoft Corp. executives ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc. on Thursday, even as they acknowledged that the Internet company would have provided a needed boost in online search, where the software giant trails leader Google Inc.
Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell t... |
b1367e5ca9086a9263403b65f6d89a0d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-25-fi-newspaper25-story.html | San Diego paper may be sold | San Diego paper may be sold
Pressed by newspaper industry woes and plummeting real estate advertising, the parent company of the San Diego Union-Tribune said Thursday that it may put itself up for sale.
Copley Press Inc., which also owns the biweekly Borrego Sun in Borrego Springs, Calif., said it hired New York’s Ever... |
84f485106ba4875beb49f986737bb302 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-25-me-workers25-story.html | Wage-cut plan angers state workers | Wage-cut plan angers state workers
No one likes to wake up to the news that the boss may slash salaries to the minimum wage.
California’s state workers on Thursday were digesting the news that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may cut their pay to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until legislators send him a budget h... |
d62ef28601abce739f262ad7d1a43c8f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-25-na-challenges25-story.html | Obstacles linger for Obama | Obstacles linger for Obama
Even as his turn on the global stage hit an emotional peak Thursday with a speech before a cheering crowd of more than 200,000 in Germany, Barack Obama faced new evidence of stubborn election challenges back home.
Fresh polls show that he has been unable to convert weeks of extensive media co... |
262aa51152ad4bd1f9eef56b84665288 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-25-sp-cotto25-story.html | Two sides of Miguel Cotto | Two sides of Miguel Cotto
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico -- The sun is still fighting to rise over the lush green hills of Puerto Rico’s fertile midsection as five men meet in a park near the city center for their regular morning workout.
Less than a block into the run, when an SUV pulls up behind the group and honks, the man at ... |
016c910a96206d7cd4174f2243a89a39 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-26-et-kroffts26-story.html | It’s the Sid and Marty show | It’s the Sid and Marty show
Hollywood is often described as a dream factory, but really it’s just as often a salvage yard. Anxious studio executives would rather bet their $100-million budgets on nostalgia than on new ideas, which is why, against all odds, Sid and Marty Krofft are back in business.
The Krofft brothers,... |
33b51ebd3e2033fd5a95a2182852aa26 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-26-me-airport26-story.html | Plane got too close to two jets | Plane got too close to two jets
Authorities are investigating an incident in which a charter aircraft from Hawthorne Municipal Airport made a wrong turn and violated safety requirements by flying near two jetliners preparing to land at nearby LAX.
Federal Aviation Administration officials said the incident occurred Jun... |
035cc0a87cbef624597ec5e3ad2bcce4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-26-me-trucking26-story.html | National trucking group to sue ports over cleanup plan | National trucking group to sue ports over cleanup plan
The American Trucking Assn. plans to file a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court on Monday in an effort to block a plan by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to clean up the air by replacing an aging fleet of 16,000 trucks that spew deadly levels of toxic dies... |
55efd3bcfac5dab019026c01109d1c8b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-27-ca-elite27-story.html | Elitism: It’s an equal opportunity affliction | Elitism: It’s an equal opportunity affliction
Every NOW and then, writers at The Times lose a word. Mainly these are adjectives subject to misuse. Some years ago we were advised to let go of legendary. Similarly, don’t expect to see iconic, which has become equally cheapened, in the paper much anymore.
The adjectival c... |
261f71debe26ab5ee496f97b92389e70 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-27-ca-shame27-story.html | Highbrow. Lowbrow. No brow. Now what? | Highbrow. Lowbrow. No brow. Now what?
It was only 50 or so years ago that critics and intellectuals were busy constructing -- and redrawing, and shoring up -- hierarchies about what kinds of culture were good for us and which ones were bad. ¶ Literary man Dwight Macdonald wrote a famous essay about “Masscult and Midcul... |
c2a5842e0573ef85cf39aa6d32d3f9e8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-27-na-cyclists27-story.html | Cyclists vs. motorists: a showdown in Colorado | Cyclists vs. motorists: a showdown in Colorado
In the feud between motorists and cyclists, the hour was high noon.
A lawman stopped two visitors on a quiet county road and warned them that their behavior wouldn’t be tolerated in these parts.
Their transgression: riding their two-wheeled steeds side-by-side instead of f... |
65a0aecbcf773a2296f2e1442b579308 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-27-na-housing27-story.html | Congress tosses a life preserver to housing market | Congress tosses a life preserver to housing market
Congress sent President Bush legislation Saturday designed to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, spur home buying and prop up struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The president intends to sign the bill as soon as he receives it.
It is the government’s... |
4c170ab2f5525594c5e1dd748f8c8193 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-27-na-onthemedia27-story.html | In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias | In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias
Haters of the mainstream media reheated a bit of conventional wisdom last week.
Barack Obama, they said, was getting a free ride from those insufferable liberals.
Such pronouncements, sorry to say, tend to be wrong since they describe a monolithic media that no longer exists. Inf... |
0375c5ffaa9209c105b9be866f89926f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-27-sp-dodgers27-story.html | Lowe shows staying power | Lowe shows staying power
When the possibility of dealing free-agent-to-be Derek Lowe was raised Saturday, Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti replied with a single word: “No.”
Lowe added an exclamation point to Colletti’s response later in the evening at Dodger Stadium, as he held the Washington Nationals to a single ... |
d2f313d2532b6ac4af9336c95866b57f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-fg-monument28-story.html | An incomplete monument in El Salvador | An incomplete monument in El Salvador
It looms solemnly over the shady corner of a city park, an incongruous emblem of pain amid a happy clamor of picnicking families and children chasing scuffed soccer balls.
A granite echo of the Vietnam memorial in Washington, the 300-foot-long lead-colored monument serves as a kind... |
b4c683d500dfe4cbb3365c919ce058dd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-le-letters28.s5-story.html | Hands on deck | Hands on deck
Re “Shaping up -- no thanks to LAUSD,” Column, July 23
It is easy to stand on the sidelines and pass judgment on what you see, like an armchair quarterback. Steve Lopez throws verbal stones at those of us in the Los Angeles Unified School District who show up for work every day with the intention of chang... |
091979c0b636274d07706afd8b253abc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-me-bus28-story.html | Budgets idle school buses, raising concern for safety | Budgets idle school buses, raising concern for safety
Thousands more California students will have to find their own way to school this fall, as districts slash bus routes to cope with budget shortfalls and high fuel costs.
Critics worry that the cuts will increase traffic around schools, shift costs to parents already... |
6bf59827c99ac71af980ada6d98b816f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-me-valecon28-story.html | Appetite grows for food aid | Appetite grows for food aid
Food pantry operators throughout the Los Angeles region report that demand for free groceries has surged to the highest level in recent memory this summer as the sagging economy has hit not only the poor, but also middle- and upper-class families.
“This is probably the most people we’ve ever... |
051392d01387e3cd53c51ae236635ff0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-na-apology28-story.html | Apology came just in time | Apology came just in time
Samuel Snow, an 83-year-old black World War II veteran who had traveled across the country to receive an apology from the Army for being unfairly convicted on rioting charges, died early Sunday just hours after the ceremony honoring him and 27 of his fellow soldiers.
Snow had been admitted to ... |
4d563fbddece72acdb9a246d644be5f8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-na-candidate28-story.html | Kansan sticks it to election system | Kansan sticks it to election system
When Sean Tevis decided to run for a seat in the Kansas Legislature, he faced a serious problem: money. Local political advisors warned the campaign novice that he would need a war chest of at least $26,000 to compete against his entrenched Republican rival.
It seemed like a fortune ... |
8a101062ffedbc7919ee095ab57d1ba6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-28-oe-rushdie28-story.html | Giving birth to ‘Midnight’s Children’ | Giving birth to ‘Midnight’s Children’
One day in 1976 -- I’m no longer certain of the date -- a young, unsuccessful writer wrestling with an enormous and still intractable story decided to start again, this time using a first-person narrator. On that day, much of what is now the beginning of “Midnight’s Children” was w... |
5dd088e7ff1b3dabf11b1b049dd49e47 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-29-et-darkknight29-story.html | One foe eludes Batman: ‘Titanic’ | One foe eludes Batman: ‘Titanic’
It’s as hallowed a statistic to Hollywood as Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak is to baseball: “Titanic’s” record box-office gross of $600.8 million. All of a sudden, that mark might be within “The Dark Knight’s” reach.
Distribution executives have started debating in earnest the po... |
6da70341555fc60073de574992007af7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-29-fi-gas29-story.html | Motorists help gas costs slide | Motorists help gas costs slide
Gasoline prices skidded sharply lower during the last week partly because motorists have been curbing their driving -- cutting back so much that Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters warned Monday of a looming shortfall in the fund that pays for highway and bridge construction and repai... |
cc515aae7762b22013415f7e8f615c90 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-29-fi-spaceship29-story.html | One giant leap for private spaceflight | One giant leap for private spaceflight
A souped-up aircraft that would help boost well-heeled thrill seekers into the outer atmosphere was unveiled Monday, lifting the prospects for travelers to one day fly in a commercial spaceliner.
After keeping the project shrouded in secrecy for more than three years, project deve... |
db8a42d83e25dec3c69e827e4c7749f5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jul-29-me-banks29-story.html | A level playing board for all | A level playing board for all
Andrew Becker hovered near the chess tables in Santa Monica for hours, itching to play, but uncertain of the protocol.
The 16-year-old -- visiting from suburban Philadelphia -- was hard to beat at home, at the ornate chess table in the Beckers’ family room, where he plays his father, Steve... |
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