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817be2f04a6f5c04b535038b70dfdc66 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-17-fi-menu17-story.html | Social policy on the menu | Social policy on the menu
Diners in this food-obsessed city are used to exotic offerings such as chili squid salad, risotto Milanese with oxtail ragu and marinated noisettes of venison.
But this winter a controversial new item has been showing up in the fine print of menus at some of the hottest restaurants: a surcharg... |
7a79b4bfdc64926949616dd0430d519f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-17-he-generic17-story.html | Just as good? | Just as good?
In the contentious debate over insuring Americans’ health, the value of generic prescription drugs is a rare point of consensus. Patients, physicians, employers, politicians -- all hail generics as powerful treatment for a swelling healthcare tab. On average, these copycat medicines cost less than a third... |
360bb726eecaf964a1cd6e0b31e414ea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-17-he-genericside17-story.html | FDA standards are questioned | FDA standards are questioned
In carrying out its mission to ensure that generic drugs are “the same medicine” with “the same results” as the pioneer drugs they follow, the Food and Drug Administration rigidly applies a standard of what is called “bioequivalence.” Measured in laboratories and in simple, small-scale huma... |
781516edecf18c4a6a9a13d69de160ab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-17-he-sweetener17-story.html | Rats get fat, but we may get lucky | Rats get fat, but we may get lucky
Artificial sweeteners -- those diet-friendly ways to satisfy the sweet tooth -- recently got some bad press. In a study that has spurred discussion among scientists and on dieting blogs, researchers at Purdue University found that rats consuming saccharin-sweetened yogurt ate more foo... |
34c6c4d5225473e2a75aaa51287cae8a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-17-oe-rodriguez17-story.html | White suspicion, black ‘luck’ | White suspicion, black ‘luck’
For decades, critics of affirmative action on both sides of the aisle have argued that the policy calls into question the talents and qualifications of the minorities who benefit from it. They insisted that it generates a cloud of suspicion around the successful black or Latino student or ... |
3167ff2e42544acd52e5c8ae759cbad1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-18-fg-gripes18-story.html | Years of grievances erupt into rage | Years of grievances erupt into rage
Public schools Tibetans attend give short shrift to the Tibetan language, emphasizing Chinese instead. Ethnic Chinese hold most jobs, and Tibetan civil servants can be fired if their homes contain the traditional Buddhist shrine: a Buddha statue with incense sticks in front. Portrait... |
30a05841b7e2feb96eeba085d9186f98 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-18-na-campaign18-story.html | Obama to give ‘major address’ on race, as sermons ring on | Obama to give ‘major address’ on race, as sermons ring on
In an attempt to move beyond the controversy over inflammatory sermons given by his longtime pastor, Sen. Barack Obama said he would deliver a “major address” on race and politics in Philadelphia today.
The Illinois Democrat has struggled for several days to dea... |
97e275e5f1f8c021367e28ad5f8978cc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-19-et-color19-story.html | Exposing classical art’s true colors | Exposing classical art’s true colors
Contrary to popular belief, the sculpture of the ancient world was intensely colorful, with statues, friezes and decorative objects regularly covered in brilliant pigments intended to enhance their lifelike qualities.
But as curator Roberta Panzanelli explains in the fascinating cat... |
a71e937a8dcf5d63bd746722df1ecb78 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-19-me-minghella19-story.html | Director won an Oscar for ‘The English Patient’ | Director won an Oscar for ‘The English Patient’
Anthony Minghella, the Academy Award-winning director of “The English Patient” whose other acclaimed films include “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Cold Mountain,” died Tuesday in London. He was 54.
Minghella died in a London hospital from complications of surgery for tonsi... |
b55a66ec1d71859bc858fc9ae09be4a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-19-na-protest19-story.html | Protesters turn out for war’s anniversary | Protesters turn out for war’s anniversary
Thousands of people carried signs and chanted in the streets of Manhattan on Tuesday, calling for an end to the war in Iraq, which began five years ago today.
Demonstrators also converged in Washington; San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; and elsewhere to call on President Bush to h... |
ab13a725df0c47d1298f89585e7b75c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-19-na-scotus19-story.html | Justices debate gun rights | Justices debate gun rights
The 2nd Amendment right to “keep and bear arms” finally had its day in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the long-held view that it protected the rights of gun owners appeared poised to win a historic victory.
Five of the justices, a bare majority, signaled that they thought the amendment gav... |
c16249c6643a4c03443fb817ef4e78ed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-19-oe-kaplan19-story.html | It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world | It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world
I’m mad. Let me qualify that -- I’m black and mad.
The mad I’m talking about I inherited from generations of black people before me. I learned early in life that this mad is not curable (not yet) but that I could manage it. But sometimes I get flare-ups of anger that defy management.
I’v... |
0d47145c96337afe4770bafe0ec02fc5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-et-vampire20-story.html | No, they don’t vant to drink your buzz | No, they don’t vant to drink your buzz
Vampire Weekend is a band of the moment. The New York indie-pop quartet appeared on the cover of Spin this month, played on “Saturday Night Live” two weeks ago and will headline a sold-out show tonight at the El Rey. Yet the group is also a throwback to the ‘80s, in the players’ p... |
5de206bc7a3222125bf318905e59982f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-fi-fcc20-story.html | FCC ruling bans landlord phone deals | FCC ruling bans landlord phone deals
Landlords can no longer force tenants to subscribe to a particular phone service, regulators decided Wednesday.
The five-member Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to ban exclusive contracts between apartment owners and phone companies.
The ban, which applies to exis... |
818a97b6bc2104d5eac186fb1ca90380 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-hm-dougherty20-story.html | Branching in | Branching in
LOOKING like children’s building blocks tossed by giant hands, the assemblage of woven-willow cubes and rectangles conveys kinetic energy. Titled “Catawampus,” the installation by Patrick Dougherty beckons from the main path at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in Arcadia, sunlight slipping... |
506f9b45ad175cdb4c127beda2453e6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-me-laslomas20-story.html | L.A. stops 5,553-unit home plan | L.A. stops 5,553-unit home plan
A divided Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to halt its review of the 5,553-home Las Lomas project, dealing what could well be a fatal blow to the mega-development planned for north Los Angeles County.
“This project would have put 15,000 cars a day in an already heavily impacted a... |
fffa3466546c1dc2202663a76634b24b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-na-milassess20-story.html | It’s a Pentagon divided | It’s a Pentagon divided
By many important measures, the U.S. military has reason to feel better about Iraq. Violence has declined, casualties are down, the president is touting the current strategy and the public’s anguish has ebbed.
But inside the Pentagon, turmoil over the war has increased. Top levels of the militar... |
3662ae0525d90f328694ec812af9573b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-20-na-protest20-story.html | Protests mark Iraq war’s 5th anniversary | Protests mark Iraq war’s 5th anniversary
Entrances to the Internal Revenue Service were blocked by “war crime-scene” tape. Traffic couldn’t pass through parts of downtown. And families sightseeing near the White House shielded their children from a demonstration against torture.
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war... |
b121f3f819cb610417700a107693e8e4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-21-fg-colombia21-story.html | Colombia civilians caught in war against insurgents | Colombia civilians caught in war against insurgents
Street vendor Israel Rodriguez went fishing last month and never came back. Two days later, his family found his body buried in a plastic bag, classified by the Colombian army as a guerrilla fighter killed in battle.
Human rights activists say the Feb. 17 death is par... |
61342fef6b6b651b38fb43a40028d31d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-21-me-arnold21-story.html | Toll road foes off of parks panel | Toll road foes off of parks panel
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dropped his brother-in-law, Bobby Shriver, and fellow action hero Clint Eastwood from the state parks commission after their vigorous opposition helped derail a plan for a toll road through San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County.
The decision not to r... |
d3de6267cf40b90e452955a600a64067 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-22-fg-rage22-story.html | Tales of horror from Tibet | Tales of horror from Tibet
On a cloudless day near the top of the world, Swiss tourist Claude Balsiger had just finished a late-morning cup of tea and stepped out onto the streets of Tibet’s capital. Buddhist monks had been marching against Chinese rule all week, but today seemed calmer.
Suddenly, Tibetan youths starte... |
82b37a92c7239b67d52752052f33674f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-22-na-veep22-story.html | McCain’s No. 2: Who? | McCain’s No. 2: Who?
On the eve of Bob Dole’s announcement of his vice presidential running mate in 1996, John McCain knew he was under serious consideration. But he was on an ill-timed trip to Hawaii -- without a cellphone.
As he tells it, he spent most of the time worried about missing a call to his hotel room, which... |
d9b078f7446cbd6ce0d254bd65267ae2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-23-me-olson23-story.html | Ex-SLA fugitive sent back to prison for one more year | Ex-SLA fugitive sent back to prison for one more year
California authorities rearrested Sara Jane Olson at noon Saturday, just hours after she was prevented from flying home to Minnesota from Los Angeles, and said she must serve one more year in prison because they miscalculated her release date.
The former member of t... |
b73e146553e49994a6c83a12a132532b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-23-me-silverado23-story.html | Cuts could close books on O.C. school | Cuts could close books on O.C. school
Tucked away in a fold of Orange County’s canyons, Silverado Elementary is an anachronism, a small-town school in a big-city district. With just 93 students and four teachers, the school is small by Wyoming standards, let alone Southern California.
It’s been this way for generations... |
250270fe058799c08af6941d89952f5b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-23-na-mccainiraq23-story.html | McCain betting big on Iraq | McCain betting big on Iraq
As America’s war in Iraq enters its sixth year, Sen. John McCain is hoping that his long effort to send thousands more U.S. troops -- a “surge” that has helped lower casualties -- will propel him into the White House.
But McCain’s record on Iraq is decidedly mixed. If the Arizona Republican p... |
09826109cd483fc45e12a4434e665bf7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-23-op-skinner23-story.html | Slavery’s staying power | Slavery’s staying power
One hot june day in 2006, I saw what slavery really meant. In a rundown mansion in a slum of Bucharest, Romania, a pimp offered to sell me a young woman he described as “a blond.” She had bleached hair, hastily applied makeup, and she apparently suffered from Down syndrome. On her right arm were... |
be12c897850f03c53251af80a37b3315 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-24-et-batmanviral24-story.html | Bat infiltration | Bat infiltration
The billboards arrived without fanfare or explanation in more than a dozen major cities last May. Bearing two simple catch phrases, “Harvey Dent for district attorney” and “I believe in Harvey Dent,” they featured a photo of a stately Dent (imagine Eliot Spitzer with a shock of blond hair) against an A... |
93dd6e6334c14702b36fea5872dbd383 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-25-et-goldstein25-story.html | John Hughes, candle-lighter | John Hughes, candle-lighter
John HUGHES hasn’t set foot in Hollywood for years, but his influence has never been more potent. The king of 1980s comedy, Hughes now qualifies as something of a Howard Hughes-style recluse -- he doesn’t have an agent, doesn’t give interviews and lives far away, somewhere in Chicago’s spraw... |
bb8f5d4d75be915822d84e25e25c3647 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-25-fg-food25-story.html | World food aid falls short | World food aid falls short
With food and fuel prices soaring, the United Nations agency charged with feeding the world’s hungry has launched an “extraordinary emergency appeal” to cover costs and avoid having to cut aid, a senior official said Monday.
The World Food Program called on donor nations for urgent help in cl... |
bcd7b48ada41d8d43986bc929523de91 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-25-fi-nbc25-story.html | NBC Universal is dividing TV studio | NBC Universal is dividing TV studio
NBC Universal, in a bid to retain a key executive, has split its television production studio into two separate operations.
Bonnie Hammer, who has been president of both NBC Universal’s USA Network and Sci Fi Channel, on Monday was named president of cable entertainment and the cable... |
d81bacada41f4dd1eb2898a2274f0f33 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-25-na-kevorkian25-story.html | Kevorkian announces a run for Congress | Kevorkian announces a run for Congress
Jack Kevorkian, the assisted-suicide advocate who served eight years in prison for second-degree murder, announced Monday he’s running for Congress as an independent.
Kevorkian, 79, is jumping into a competitive House race, challenging incumbent Republican Joe Knollenberg for a di... |
bf40d50e4fbfc210b928df67a73471be | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-26-et-rutten26-story.html | Owner of the LAPD | Owner of the LAPD
Joseph WAMBAUGH is one of those Los Angeles authors whose popular success always has overshadowed his importance as a writer.
His fans will find “Hollywood Crows” -- the second novel in two years set in that surreal neighborhood’s police station -- as entertaining as ever, while readers who have follo... |
987869dd1064ba4b5cf5e6c92b2d684d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-26-fg-cheney26-story.html | Cheney disputes Iran nuclear goal | Cheney disputes Iran nuclear goal
Vice President Dick Cheney charged in an interview released Tuesday that Iran is trying to develop weapons-grade uranium, though international inspectors and U.S. intelligence services have not found evidence of such an effort.
“Obviously, they’re also heavily involved in trying to dev... |
a15b795193c9dc11d95da5a6eb2081b7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-26-na-mccain26-story.html | McCain talks economics in Southland | McCain talks economics in Southland
John McCain said Tuesday that he understood Americans’ anger about the mortgage foreclosure crisis and was open to ideas for addressing the problem, but he rejected the sort of activist approaches proposed by his Democratic rivals for the presidency.
In a speech at a small printing b... |
b4a15ca538cead1e3b02876800d0f06d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-26-na-obamataxes26-story.html | Obamas’ tax returns show a sharp rise in pay | Obamas’ tax returns show a sharp rise in pay
Barack Obama released seven years of tax returns Tuesday, providing a financial profile of a public official whose family income soared eightfold after he signed lucrative book contracts in 2004, following his election to the Senate.
The Obama family’s newfound wealth -- the... |
4176c3299d6039769990141499e6e566 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-26-sci-adapt26-story.html | Climate change: Just deal with it? | Climate change: Just deal with it?
The disastrous hurricanes of recent years have become the poster children of global warming.
But Roger A. Pielke Jr., an environmental policy expert at the University of Colorado at Boulder, wondered whether the billions of dollars of damage was caused by more intense storms or more c... |
063fb2c4ab0c90bfbac6b5362ba9135e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-fi-american27-story.html | U.S. airline fleets showing their age | U.S. airline fleets showing their age
The nation’s aging airline fleets, already struggling with high fuel costs and growing passenger demand, delivered another blow to travelers Wednesday as American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds of flights while planes were reinspected for compliance with federal mai... |
b4025631b7abea1dc5e68de0c9a0e31c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-fi-paulson27-story.html | Paulson warns Wall Street of new oversight | Paulson warns Wall Street of new oversight
Signaling a willingness by the Bush administration to expand its oversight of Wall Street, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said Wednesday that investment banks should submit to greater supervision if they want regular access to Federal Reserve loans.
With Congress incr... |
c2ad1fa3a71f928e75b183f8ab1b4ef3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-fi-solar27-story.html | Projects to amp up solar power | Projects to amp up solar power
Solar energy is getting a big boost in Southern California with the unveiling of two projects that will be capable of generating a total of 500 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve more than 300,000 homes.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Southern California Edison plan to announce tod... |
d9c89e2020ba929cbe3366045fcca04e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-me-lynch27-story.html | An L.A. goal just beyond his grasp | An L.A. goal just beyond his grasp
Patrick Lynch has racked up one of the worst losing streaks in the world of sports. He’s 0 for 13 years.
That’s how long Lynch has tried -- and failed -- to lure an NFL franchise back to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the beloved but benighted venue that he runs as general manager... |
040a187350833ea9bad2bb788a8f807e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-me-widmark27-story.html | Actor played both heavies, heroes | Actor played both heavies, heroes
Richard Widmark, who made an indelible screen debut in 1947 as a giggling sadistic killer and later brought a sense of urban cynicism and unpredictability to his roles as a leading man, has died. He was 93.
Widmark died Monday at his home in Roxbury, Conn., after a long illness, his wi... |
8a92afd3f5eaa6c1cbdca918540079c9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-na-mccain27-story.html | McCain tempers his war message | McCain tempers his war message
Sen. John McCain, carefully distancing himself from President Bush and seeking to sound a moderate tone, called Wednesday for stronger ties with allies and cautioned that American power “does not mean we can do whatever we want, whenever we want.”
In his first major foreign policy speech ... |
e6c5162c334c02256e246664da2bd249 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-oe-brooks27-story.html | Resist the princesses | Resist the princesses
Mothers of America, Disney wants to destroy you.
You hoped your little girl’s Disney princess obsession was harmless, didn’t you? You chuckled over the picture of Sleeping Beauty on your toddler’s pull-ups, and you told yourself it was “just a phase” when your 5-year-old insisted that she needed a... |
8d4851f837e31408cb51116d55d1b258 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-27-sp-swim27-story.html | As swim records fall, high-tech suit faces scrutiny | As swim records fall, high-tech suit faces scrutiny
Never mind that backstroker Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe barely had time to wedge her body into the new, ultra-tightfitting swimsuit or to test the suit in warmups, let alone race conditions.
Coventry, a gold medalist in the 2004 Olympic Games, hit the water that day a... |
d826373fd6b2f318b10ff2df44d45ff5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-28-et-barney28-story.html | Barney is far from extinct | Barney is far from extinct
Barney the Purple Dinosaur is routinely held up as the epitome of sappy children’s entertainment. Thousands of anti-Barney websites haunt the Internet.
But the children’s TV and music icon must be doing something right.
This year, the giggly T. rex is celebrating 20 years in the biz with a “B... |
91cf5df5cf5bd608e806acbcd70c737a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-28-me-mann28-story.html | Oscar-winning writer, producer and director of issue-oriented projects | Oscar-winning writer, producer and director of issue-oriented projects
Abby Mann, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 1961’s “Judgment at Nuremberg” and such acclaimed TV movies as 1973’s “The Marcus-Nelson Murders” and 1989’s “Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story,” died Tuesday of heart failure in Beverly Hill... |
77863c6010f5b0e1006d48531e59f6f0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-28-me-oceanside28-story.html | Oceanside police deny favoritism | Oceanside police deny favoritism
The Oceanside Police Department on Thursday defended its investigation into an incident in which an off-duty San Diego police officer shot a woman and her 8-year-old son after a traffic altercation.
Oceanside Police Capt. Tom Aguigui said investigators are still trying to figure out wha... |
f920fa9b2c1d7938622289a8a35e23fa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-28-na-campaign28-story.html | Economy has new political capital | Economy has new political capital
The deteriorating economy took center stage in the presidential election Thursday as Democrat Barack Obama called for tighter regulation of financial markets and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed more retraining for displaced workers, creating a sharp contrast with Republican John ... |
06ef488c917173c8b25a48109f098f47 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-29-fg-film29-story.html | Dutch film draws quiet response from Muslims | Dutch film draws quiet response from Muslims
A young Muslim girl in a head scarf calls Jews “apes and pigs.” A nonbeliever is beheaded and another is shot. Verses of the Koran are juxtaposed with horrific images, implying that one begets the other.
The new film by right-wing Dutch legislator Geert Wilders, first posted... |
ddc9e9f293954925c3e8ef6dc7a4e788 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-29-fi-treasury29-story.html | Expanded Fed power proposed | Expanded Fed power proposed
The Bush administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system, combining what is now an alphabet soup of government agencies into three streamlined regulators.
The proposal is the result of a year of study by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and ... |
8fe0aa028e1c41c7350d50273620aac2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-29-me-beliefs29-story.html | Psalms offer source of inspiration for prayer | Psalms offer source of inspiration for prayer
The Psalms, says theologian Eugene H. Peterson, are God’s gift to those who want to learn how to pray.
“If we wish to develop our entire heart, mind, soul and strength, the Psalms are necessary,” the author of the bestselling “Message Bible” writes in “Answering God: The Ps... |
64f8b6db595ceec9d028c1dd785edcc5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-29-na-campaign29-story.html | Clinton dismisses appeal to step aside | Clinton dismisses appeal to step aside
In a sign of growing anxiety over the Democrats’ bitter nominating fight, a senior senator urged Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday to abandon her presidential bid and cede the race to rival Barack Obama. Clinton rejected the notion.
The recommendation from Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of ... |
aa4e92300f781b933ced914865d6164a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-29-na-manatees29-story.html | Cheering’s expansion team | Cheering’s expansion team
Robert Ramos bumps when he should grind. If he’s supposed to walk like an Egyptian, he gets down in a low swagger. With Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way” blaring, Ramos isn’t sure which way that is.
Even when telling a joke about his lack of dancing prowess, his timing is off.
“My girlfriend says th... |
dffdeaf7841cd10052f1460fc3e54fe1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-fg-shiites30-story.html | U.S. is entangled in Shiite rivalry | U.S. is entangled in Shiite rivalry
The biggest surprise about the raging battles that erupted last week in southern Iraq was not that the combatants were fellow Shiites, but that it took this long.
Enmity has long festered between the two sides: one a ruling party that has struggled against the widespread perception t... |
83c6443126e20e0759ca19022280bbbe | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-fi-sunprofile30-story.html | Family tradition lends stability to bank | Family tradition lends stability to bank
When he was a boy and his father would return home after another long day at the family’s bank, Henry Walker would ask, “Did you make any loans today?”
After that topic was exhausted, Walker recalled, it might be time for a fatherly quiz on percentages.
Some, perhaps, are born b... |
68487103d168f1757ea297c9a93e2097 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-na-health30-story.html | McCain’s health plan fails her test | McCain’s health plan fails her test
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, said she and John McCain have one thing in common: “Neither one of us would be covered by his health policy.”
Edwards lodged her criticism of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s propos... |
46e53535bc329c96748ba70699179691 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-op-greene30-story.html | Snooze alarm | Snooze alarm
When a star dies from an overdose, there’s a tendency to write it off as “drug abuse.” That amazing combination of drugs in Heath Ledger’s body, for instance -- what was he thinking? Blame the celebrity, chalk it up to reckless living, a self-destructive lifestyle, a pursuit of pleasure through recreationa... |
802b7114bcaea38bbbe08ea9164b016f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-op-klein30-story.html | Prison rape isn’t a punch line | Prison rape isn’t a punch line
‘From the studio that brought you ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ ” intones the preview for the light comedy “Let’s Go To Prison,” “comes a penetrating look at the American penal system.” In case that was too subtle for you, the DVD box features a dropped bar of soap, just waiting for some poor inm... |
6dd0b12aad979e997151aa20c0866a3e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-sp-coliseum30-story.html | Baseball from another dimension | Baseball from another dimension
They closed left field.
Not officially, of course. But, for all the giddy delight and choreographed ceremony in the Dodgers’ return to their ancestral home Saturday, the left fielders themselves demonstrated the oddity of baseball in the Coliseum -- by vacating their position in favor of... |
af22e651d45360d21ab97f1c30ac7c77 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-30-sp-dodside30-story.html | Fun for all inside the crazy confines | Fun for all inside the crazy confines
World Series MVP Mike Lowell took one look at the 201-foot left-field line and smiled.
“I could do some damage here,” he said.
The Coliseum’s cozy confines were also to the liking of Boston teammate David Ortiz.
“I wish all big league ballparks were like this,” he said in Spanish a... |
b9722f24486507b91e32395594b1316a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-31-fg-hayden31-story.html | CIA chief says Iran still pursuing nuclear bomb | CIA chief says Iran still pursuing nuclear bomb
CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said Sunday that he believes Iran is still pursuing a nuclear bomb, even though the U.S. intelligence community, including his own agency, reached a consensus judgment last year that the Islamic Republic had halted its nuclear weapons work i... |
4bcec330f2cb7f447324660566ae1809 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-31-fi-nolaptops31-story.html | Meetings going ‘topless’ | Meetings going ‘topless’
As the capital of information technology, Silicon Valley may have more gadgets per capita than any other place on the planet. Yet, even here, “always on” can be a real turnoff.
Frustrated by workers so plugged in that they tuned out in the middle of business meetings, a growing number of compan... |
1d7912321280431b365fbb9a53e39eb2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-31-me-duttons31-story.html | Dutton’s bids loyal customers farewell | Dutton’s bids loyal customers farewell
There was an Irish wake Sunday with white wine instead of whiskey and an open microphone in lieu of a coffin at Dutton’s bookstore in Brentwood.
The business, long considered the ground floor of the city’s literary scene, is scheduled to close April 30, but owner Doug Dutton held ... |
481237dcf36e8c6d75a943eb669c900d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-mar-31-oe-schiff31-story.html | Let the housing chips fall | Let the housing chips fall
The economic crisis enters a new and more dangerous phase daily, and Americans of all levels of economic sophistication are scrambling to make sense of the myriad remedies and proposals that are springing from Washington.
The Fed has slashed interest rates -- even in the face of inflation and... |
3baed938fb60a8de1ed0f432e2966196 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-01-fg-russhate1-story.html | Ethnic violence surges in Russia | Ethnic violence surges in Russia
Throats slashed and bodies dumped, three slain Uzbek immigrants were discovered in the Moscow region, police announced Wednesday as racial violence continued to climb starkly in Russia’s streets.
This year has seen a dramatic increase in skinhead and neo-Nazi attacks, human rights group... |
db46e818899c24eda8cc7fc46376e5da | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-01-fi-starbucks1-story.html | Starbucks’ net income drops 28% | Starbucks’ net income drops 28%
Starbucks Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 28% as U.S. consumers responded to rising food and gasoline prices by making fewer latte runs.
For the quarter ended March 30, Starbucks’ net income sank to $108.7 million, or 15 cents a share, from $150.8 million,... |
cfbe2926f6fd9ece1fda2277a079db45 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-02-me-ports2-story.html | Ports idled by workers’ war protest | Ports idled by workers’ war protest
Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports took the day off Thursday, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes in what the union called a protest of the war in Iraq but employers worried might be a prelude to labor unrest.
The stand-down at ports including Los ... |
a6812925734a26da02c5172d8f5c7c79 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-02-me-snowpack2-story.html | Water rationing is possible this summer | Water rationing is possible this summer
California communities face a strong possibility of water shortages and even mandatory rationing this summer because of record dry weather in March and April, a fast-shrinking snowpack and below-normal reservoir levels, state officials said Thursday.
The bleak news, contained in ... |
9f2d4e8851c9572d3d5439170fc65b62 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-03-fi-microsoft3-story.html | No date, but Yahoo, Microsoft are flirting | No date, but Yahoo, Microsoft are flirting
After months of posturing by both sides, technology titans Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have suspended their tough talk and have entered serious negotiations on a deal to unite against Internet search king Google Inc., people briefed on the talks said Friday.
Microsoft, whic... |
d4425bd222b84eb6935368a184178f1f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-04-ca-hancock4-story.html | He was troubled before it was trendy | He was troubled before it was trendy
Will SMITH looked desperate. Not Smith specifically, of course: the alcoholic, deeply depressed superhero he was playing on the “Hancock” set last summer.
In a squalid Hollywood Boulevard liquor mart well past midnight, Smith’s John Hancock was thisclose to falling off the wagon. As... |
0576027de874ee299b342224180c4aed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-04-fg-hezbollah4-story.html | Hezbollah’s stockpile bigger, deadlier | Hezbollah’s stockpile bigger, deadlier
Almost two years after its war with Israel, Hezbollah has rearmed and is stronger than before the conflict, according to Israeli and Western officials and the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim group itself.
But assessments diverge on the source of Hezbollah’s arms. Western and Israeli o... |
a8614c8f2bb63aeee106c090a52dd023 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-04-op-cohen4-story.html | Cloak and stagger | Cloak and stagger
Last month’s unclassified congressional briefing on Syria’s clandestine nuclear reactor, which was destroyed by Israel on Sept. 6, 2007, was yet another reminder of the challenges confronting the U.S. intelligence community. Still smarting from its gross overestimation of Iraq’s weapons of mass destru... |
2d024713dfbd4ddca3918592462f8652 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-04-op-orourke4-story.html | Fairness, idealism and other atrocities | Fairness, idealism and other atrocities
Well, here you are at your college graduation. And I know what you’re thinking: “Gimme the sheepskin and get me outta here!” But not so fast. First you have to listen to a commencement speech.
Don’t moan. I’m not going to “pass the wisdom of one generation down to the next.” I’m ... |
aa536d26a655b06d7c650e0c9467b3ac | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-04-tm-space4-story.html | Faux New World At Glendale’s new mega-project, is a park really a park? Maybe not. | Faux New World At Glendale’s new mega-project, is a park really a park? Maybe not.
The Americana at Brand, the new mega-project by mega-developer Rick Caruso, was set to open two days ago. Maybe you’ve already twirled some spaghetti at its branch of the Cheesecake Factory or taken your kids for a ride on its trolley, w... |
5ab6764b1ace7e3ee5ad9de042293ff0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-05-na-bush5-story.html | Bush visits a town torn, then reborn | Bush visits a town torn, then reborn
Alvin Hewitt was the first baby born at Kiowa County Memorial Hospital after it opened in 1950.
Today, the hospital is gone. So are the red brick high school, the single-screen movie theater, the soda shop, City Hall, the county courthouse. Like 95% of this little town on the prairi... |
d8317240d19fbcc93c5070b8ccb803b4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-06-fg-serbs6-story.html | Inquiry sought on fate of Serbs | Inquiry sought on fate of Serbs
A leading human rights group on Monday urged the governments of Albania and the self-declared state of Kosovo to investigate horrific allegations about the kidnapping and abuse of Serb civilians after the NATO-led war that drove Serbian forces from Kosovo.
The allegations involve about 4... |
aab7cfaf64e4f883979e0620d5f1790d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-06-fi-hollyangst6-story.html | Neighborhood face-lift gives Hollywood pause | Neighborhood face-lift gives Hollywood pause
Construction cranes hover over Hollywood as the movie industry’s historic home undergoes another sweeping -- and sometimes wrenching -- transformation. ¶ More than a dozen multimillion-dollar projects have been announced, launched or just completed that promise new shopping ... |
bc6deb9bfa9f128ac950b10c993167fd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-06-me-eggs6-story.html | Group uses undercover video to ask for poultry firm probe | Group uses undercover video to ask for poultry firm probe
An animal protection organization is throwing back the curtains on the West Coast’s largest distributor of eggs, releasing a hidden-camera video that shows chickens being mistreated by handlers and locked in cages so small the birds can’t spread their wings.
The... |
ac97181877642a92596d5d03cbae7be5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-07-na-mccain7-story.html | What McCain expects from judges | What McCain expects from judges
John McCain has long rankled social conservatives with his stance on issues such as campaign finance reform and support for some embryonic stem cell research. On Tuesday, he sought to reassure those voters of his conservative credentials as he outlined his philosophy for appointing judge... |
00402db97a11e9eb75ce8a7660fe769a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-07-na-perchlorate7-story.html | EPA may decide not to limit toxin | EPA may decide not to limit toxin
A top Environmental Protection Agency official told a Senate committee Tuesday that there was “a distinct possibility” that the agency would not limit the amount of perchlorate, a toxic ingredient of solid rocket fuel, that is allowable in drinking water.
State officials and water supp... |
775a5e4255c2673aff1b4202d468a6ce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-07-sp-ncaa7-story.html | USC basketball gets penalty | USC basketball gets penalty
The USC men’s basketball team was the only major athletic program in the Southland penalized with scholarship losses as the result of a poor performance in the NCAA’s academic progress rate, according to information released Tuesday.
The Trojans lost two scholarships and were issued a formal... |
d3e6e21ab564ed018ef3e0691f4fa1ed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-08-oe-feingold8-story.html | Government in secret | Government in secret
The Bush administration recently announced it will allow select members of Congress to read Justice Department legal opinions about the CIA’s controversial detainee interrogation program that have been hidden from Congress until now. But as the administration allows a glimpse of this secret law -- ... |
bc52b45b9f7d717d1998cf01c157e930 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-09-fi-apple9-story.html | Apple agrees to refunds to settle power adapter lawsuit | Apple agrees to refunds to settle power adapter lawsuit
Apple Inc. agreed to pay refunds of $25 to $79 to as many as 2.3 million Macintosh computer owners to resolve claims that some of its power adapters were prone to spark.
Customers who bought certain replacement adapters for PowerBook and iBook computers are eligib... |
a61c0905a7479c0a0e717002794da6db | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-09-me-birds9-story.html | A new toxic threat to bird of prey | A new toxic threat to bird of prey
California’s peregrine falcons, once driven to the edge of extinction by the pesticide DDT, now are contaminated with record-high levels of other toxic chemicals that may threaten them again.
State scientists have found that peregrines in Long Beach, Los Angeles and San Francisco cont... |
7b2eeee9cbeaa1daee749becc5313529 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-10-et-pollack10-story.html | Indiana Jones & the lost hat | Indiana Jones & the lost hat
When audiences flock to see the fourth “Indiana Jones” installment in less than two weeks, chances are slim that the first sight of Indy’s weathered fedora and leather jacket back on the big screen will elicit anything more than a quick smile of recognition. No one will ponder how tough it ... |
c477b776be275feb59b39776707558c1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-10-fg-lebanon10-story.html | In show of might, Hezbollah takes control of West Beirut | In show of might, Hezbollah takes control of West Beirut
In one swoop, the Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah took over a large section of Lebanon’s capital Friday, altering the country’s political balance and demonstrating a level of military discipline and efficiency that left the pro-Western government struggling to ex... |
303076d631e8cb77ef96764d7a069947 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-10-fi-facebook10-story.html | Facebook users’ profile data to be portable | Facebook users’ profile data to be portable
The popular online social hangout Facebook Inc. says it is setting up a new system that will allow its 70 million users to take their personal profiles with them as they surf other websites.
Users will be able to automatically copy pictures, personal information and other cus... |
34c73b98581966bb4ec85627a384ff62 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-10-fi-garage10-story.html | As sales dwindle, Mercury may come to end of the road | As sales dwindle, Mercury may come to end of the road
Is Mercury headed for the junkyard?
Speculation is mounting that Ford Motor Co., preoccupied with reviving its Ford and Lincoln brands, might decide to retire the Mercury nameplate rather than spend scarce resources trying to restore its former luster.
Despite denia... |
e62f44ff0090cc8e5aaae5b724e4e254 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-10-fi-pink10-story.html | Serbian media tycoon is chasing big-screen dreams | Serbian media tycoon is chasing big-screen dreams
During the darkest, most stifling years of the Balkan wars, one Serbian television broadcaster was able to shine through, if only by dint of its mindless programming.
Pink TV blithely ignored the wars of the day, the politics and anything else smacking of news.
It was h... |
8c10fe479a3d489791057877db4a4584 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-10-sp-wnba10-story.html | WNBA’s TV spots reach out to men | WNBA’s TV spots reach out to men
The WNBA has borrowed a corner of the NBA playoffs stage in a bid to win new fans -- men, to be exact.
In a TV marketing campaign launched during Thursday’s NBA telecasts, the WNBA shows three of its top players acting the role of what might be called a typical male sports fan.
“Sorry, ... |
208a5f1a420d5a2214a43e535a9c038e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-11-na-detainees11-story.html | Pentagon advisor is barred from trial | Pentagon advisor is barred from trial
A Navy judge has barred a Pentagon legal advisor from participating in the war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, saying the advisor lacks independence.
Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, legal advisor to the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must be r... |
4893d0405a1e05d0fbf17aa7e707d2c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-12-fg-security12-story.html | Private force no match for Hezbollah | Private force no match for Hezbollah
For a year, the main Lebanese political faction backed by the United States built a Sunni Muslim militia here under the guise of private security companies, Lebanese security experts and officials said.
The fighters, aligned with Saad Hariri’s Future movement, were trained and armed... |
40426aa102b4ae5cd58845b257a53341 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-13-et-book13-story.html | ‘Morning’ shouldn’t see daylight | ‘Morning’ shouldn’t see daylight
Bright Shiny Morning
A Novel
James Frey
Harper: 512 pp., $26.95
--
“Bright Shiny Morning” is a terrible book. One of the worst I’ve ever read. But you have to give James Frey credit for one thing: He’s got chutzpah. Two and a half years after he was eviscerated by Oprah Winfrey for exag... |
ef94c61e73a4dafcfd6cede36fc81f47 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-13-me-octa13-story.html | $12 million approved for transit studies | $12 million approved for transit studies
In Anaheim, planners are mulling a monorail to move passengers from the city’s train station to its resort district.
In Santa Ana, the idea is a bit more old school -- trolleys.
In an effort to get such wide-ranging projects off the ground, Orange County transportation leaders M... |
125bf72205802dd6051755731532309d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-13-me-quakereact13-story.html | Chinese in U.S. try to reach family, send aid | Chinese in U.S. try to reach family, send aid
Xiao Xuemei received a phone call at 2 a.m. Monday from a friend in her home city of Chengdu telling her that a massive earthquake had struck Sichuan province, killing thousands.
Xiao, a waitress at a Sichuanese restaurant in Alhambra, panicked and immediately started calli... |
3e7f52239a0838e16200ddbfd8af4cd9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-13-na-barr13-story.html | Former GOP lawmaker joins presidential race | Former GOP lawmaker joins presidential race
Bob Barr, a onetime Republican congressman from Georgia, on Monday announced his plan to run for president as a Libertarian, promising to rein in federal spending and limit military involvement abroad.
“The government has run amok fiscally,” Barr said at a news conference. Du... |
863a91c2f3024068d4e2e04ea68229be | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-13-oe-kolesnikova13-story.html | OMG, KMN before my head asplodes | OMG, KMN before my head asplodes
Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between a person LOLing and crying -- but I am definitely weeping. The cause for my earth-shattering depression is an April 25 Pew Research Center study that polled 12- to 17-year-olds on their attitudes about writing. A heart-stopping 38% sai... |
484403c4b6c69732bb68302a6f327a3d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-13-sp-mayo13-story.html | NCAA, Pac-10 open Mayo investigation | NCAA, Pac-10 open Mayo investigation
The NCAA and Pacific 10 Conference on Monday opened an investigation into whether former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo received benefits in violation of college rules before and during the one season he played for the Trojans.
Allegations that the top NBA prospect received gifts t... |
93568471f6c2de4ba13ccfcecef99ac8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-14-fg-briefs14.s1-story.html | Iraq charges against GIs dropped | Iraq charges against GIs dropped
Spain’s National Court said it had dropped charges against three U.S. soldiers who opened fire on a Baghdad hotel in 2003, killing a Spanish journalist.
The soldiers had been charged with homicide and a crime against the international community -- defined under Spanish law as an indiscr... |
9d3d3bb55db90bba076970acbf0a36de | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-may-14-fg-image14-story.html | Amid the tragedy lies opportunity | Amid the tragedy lies opportunity
On television screens around the world, images of protesting Tibetan monks and an Olympic torch doused by protesters have been replaced by footage of Chinese rescuers pulling children out of the wreckage of this week’s massive earthquake.
The country is in pain and mourning.
But the tr... |
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