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a9c22ae99f4a4c63f21ea683ea304b0e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-07-na-farmworkers7-story.html | U.S. working to let in more immigrants | U.S. working to let in more immigrants
With a nationwide farmworker shortage threatening to leave unharvested fruits and vegetables rotting in fields, the Bush administration has begun quietly rewriting federal regulations to eliminate barriers that restrict how foreign laborers can legally be brought into the country.... |
708ab7b27bdb6bf4fb68755079fb5b25 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-10-me-kiefer10-story.html | Kiefer Sutherland pleads no contest to DUI charge; new judge could void plea deal | Kiefer Sutherland pleads no contest to DUI charge; new judge could void plea deal
Actor Kiefer Sutherland pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge stemming from his arrest two weeks ago in West Los Angeles.
Sutherland, who plays counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer on the popular Fox TV show “24,”... |
9fd4ca0c87b0b789ff28820c52cb665e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-10-na-scotus10-story.html | Secrecy trumps torture appeal | Secrecy trumps torture appeal
In a victory for the Bush administration and its use of the “state secrets” defense, the Supreme Court refused Tuesday to hear a lawsuit from a German car salesman who said he was wrongly abducted, imprisoned and tortured by the CIA in a case of mistaken identity.
The court’s action, taken... |
15f6316bc162cedd09d94a0039b7e314 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-11-fg-panama11-story.html | U.S.-Panama trade accord looks shaky | U.S.-Panama trade accord looks shaky
In June 1992, on the eve of a visit by President George H.W. Bush, U.S. Army Cpl. Zak Hernandez was shot to death by a group of assailants near the Panama Canal. One of the killers, according to the U.S. government, was the man recently elected president of this country’s National A... |
4ad713792a3f5c0bdbaa6ed289f0b137 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-11-me-diversity11-story.html | Lack of diversity marks L.A. law | Lack of diversity marks L.A. law
Large Los Angeles law firms have poor diversity records, with the numbers of female, black, Latino, Asian and gay partners and associates lagging significantly behind their representation in the city’s population, according to a study released Wednesday.
The 17 Los Angeles-area firms in... |
cf797e7307c4082f87c9e961a5b3a3e7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-11-na-genocide11-story.html | Genocide resolution clears hurdle amid fierce lobbying | Genocide resolution clears hurdle amid fierce lobbying
The long struggle over formal U.S. recognition that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was a genocide reached a turning point Wednesday, with a House committee calling on the president to “accurately characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation o... |
e331e20a99451d53f80149f1110b4c9d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-12-et-across12-story.html | Beatles mania strikes again | Beatles mania strikes again
“All You Need Is Love” may be an abiding principle in the gospel of the Beatles. But the Fab Four-inspired romantic musical “Across the Universe” -- in which winsome young actors and assorted rock stars sing 35 classic Beatles songs vividly re-imagined by acclaimed opera and theater director... |
38bc72ec80f9f17e3f25e0caf3e54a9a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-12-fg-iraq12-story.html | U.S. says 15 Iraqi civilians killed in raid against militants | U.S. says 15 Iraqi civilians killed in raid against militants
The U.S. military acknowledged that it killed 15 civilians and wounded four others in an operation Thursday targeting alleged senior leaders of the group Al Qaeda in Iraq in a region northwest of Baghdad. The statement said 19 suspected insurgents also were ... |
92b5ae95730105c84cc401f122163ee3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-12-me-jeff12-story.html | City considers payout to fired official | City considers payout to fired official
Los Angeles officials have quietly begun talks over paying a financial settlement to Gloria Jeff, the head of the Department of Transportation fired by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa two weeks ago, council members said Thursday.
Council members said they want to avoid an ugly public ... |
874dba7d76eb16dbe05ea4f2ed76721b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-13-fi-wine13-story.html | From Israel, a wine for Christians | From Israel, a wine for Christians
What would Jesus drink?
Pini Haroz, an Israeli-born Georgia-based wine importer, thinks the answer is the Grapes of Galilee, which he’s pitching to American Christians.
Haroz said the label -- two portraits of Jesus by Los Angeles artist Morgan Weistling above the slogan “Grown Beside... |
38dac6276a2f18b5eca5b02eb0d1d9bf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-14-ca-affleck14-story.html | Ben Affleck’s roller coaster takes a new turn | Ben Affleck’s roller coaster takes a new turn
Ben Affleck is musing about why Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty are such gods to a younger generation of actors, especially actors trying their hand at directing, as Affleck has just done with the new film “Gone Baby Gone,” when he gets to the nub of things. Of course East... |
25a55c538f94f5d8fdedd32e420bf202 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-15-ft-africa15-story.html | Using hang-up calls to send a message | Using hang-up calls to send a message
khartoum, sudan -- If you are in Sudan, it is a “missed call.” In Ethiopia, it is a “miskin” or a “pitiful” call. In other parts of Africa, it is a case of “flashing,” “beeping” or in French-speaking areas, “bipage.”
Wherever you are, it is one of the fastest-growing phenomena in t... |
11bdab5e8485f4578763ce50cd305ab1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-15-me-herndon15-story.html | Nolan A. ‘Sue’ Herndon, 88; one of Doolittle’s Raiders | Nolan A. ‘Sue’ Herndon, 88; one of Doolittle’s Raiders
Nolan A. “Sue” Herndon, a member of the Doolittle Raiders who was held captive in the Soviet Union after participating in the audacious bombing run on Japan that gave Americans a much-needed morale boost only four months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, ha... |
0bdb292ac8a427b1c4bce2aa827ecb7d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-16-et-rowling16-story.html | Potter’s creator is no illusion | Potter’s creator is no illusion
The Hollywood & Highland mall looked like Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station on Monday morning as 1,600 students, many clutching wands and dressed in witches’ hats and robes, descended on the Kodak Theatre for a rare reading by J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter novels have sold more t... |
e4dd3b64e6fdd046ffe4606c330ef7d4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-16-fi-msft16-story.html | Microsoft to offer voice-command mobile search engine | Microsoft to offer voice-command mobile search engine
Microsoft Corp., lagging behind Google Inc. in Internet search, introduced a new version of its search engine for Windows-based mobile phones that enables customers to find listings using their voice.
Live Search Mobile, which users have to download to their handset... |
7af268b97f331c773237c481a1e69391 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-16-fi-youtube16-story.html | YouTube anti-piracy plan: Give us videos you don’t want copied | YouTube anti-piracy plan: Give us videos you don’t want copied
To help keep their videos off YouTube, media companies may need to give their videos to YouTube.
YouTube parent Google Inc.'s long-promised method for reducing piracy, unveiled Monday, relies on TV networks, movie studios and other content owners to provide... |
f0e2cb57b4f9f6885ba1efb66c383e83 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-16-me-freeway16-story.html | At least nine I-5 crash survivors unaccounted for | At least nine I-5 crash survivors unaccounted for
Authorities were working Monday to learn the identities of a number of survivors who apparently walked away from this weekend’s fiery crash in an Interstate 5 truck tunnel, and, as far as officials are concerned, disappeared into thin air.
At least nine unaccounted-for ... |
901b6d27114c3abebe35b3a376992f30 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-16-me-uci16-story.html | UCI ends fee-based transfer program | UCI ends fee-based transfer program
The continuing education branch of UC Irvine is ending an agreement in which it receives $500 for every student it refers to an online for-profit university, citing the appearance of an ethical breach.
Several officials with higher education associations have criticized the arrangeme... |
45383173fc5401a653109e6707ec2e2b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-17-et-ojbook17-story.html | Despite objections, ‘If I Did It’ is doing it | Despite objections, ‘If I Did It’ is doing it
NEW YORK -- It was derided as a cheap publishing stunt, a book that major publishers wouldn’t touch and booksellers vowed to ignore. But four weeks after its release, “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer,” a book penned by O.J. Simpson and co-writer Pablo Fenjves, is a f... |
a66069fca160acf8f80aec22b2dc3e39 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-17-fi-disney17-story.html | Disney to fix a major misstep | Disney to fix a major misstep
California Adventure is getting a $1.1-billion makeover -- with Walt Disney Co. planning to spend more than it did to build the theme park just six years ago.
The struggling park, which sits in Disneyland’s shadow, was a disappointment from the start, failing to draw the crowds the company... |
d0c34d53414f3a53da851e86e9aaddb6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-18-a2-correx18.s2-story.html | For the Record | For the Record
KKJZ-FM: An article in Wednesday’s Calendar about KKJZ-FM (88.1) said that the station was created 26 years ago as KLON-FM. In fact, KLON went on the air in 1950; it has been programming jazz for 26 years.
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9c7535f2446d637db100cf09c322d06e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-18-fi-kiva18-story.html | Lending hope over the Web | Lending hope over the Web
Gabriela Villegas scrolled through the online profiles, searching for a photo and description that appealed to her.
She wasn’t surfing for a date or networking for new friends. She was on the Kiva website, reading through stories of impoverished entrepreneurs in developing countries, trying to... |
d55d11e431ca29c3d9dde735479f9a5e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-18-fi-mtv18-story.html | Viacom to offer all clips of ‘Daily Show’ online | Viacom to offer all clips of ‘Daily Show’ online
Media giant Viacom Inc. is suing YouTube Inc., but it’s also taking lessons from the online video service.
In the ongoing quest to make Internet popularity pay, Viacom’s Comedy Central channel today will unveil a website for “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” that’s desig... |
812cbe7b344fdee498db20690fe272c0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-18-me-disney18-story.html | Disney looks home for renewal | Disney looks home for renewal
Since California Adventure made its debut six years ago, billed as Disneyland’s hipper, edgier younger sibling, the entertainment colossus founded by Walt Disney has wandered far from the Orange County city where he launched his first park in 1955.
Now, with Disney executives planning a ma... |
f3a36ed717b204e1786af14700b239d1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-18-oe-long18-story.html | To noodle or not to noodle | To noodle or not to noodle
As a professional writer, I’ve always been pretty good at not writing. Not writing, in fact, is one of my chief skills. I can not write anywhere -- on a plane, in a coffee shop, in my office -- and I often feel that a day spent without not writing is a day wasted. I even keep a notebook by th... |
720875c17a6731dc13ff0041f3f56c3a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-19-et-simon19-story.html | Norton Simon to keep pair of paintings | Norton Simon to keep pair of paintings
A Los Angeles federal judge has dismissed a case that jeopardized the Norton Simon Museum’s ownership of a nearly 500-year-old pair of paintings of Adam and Eve by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The action halts dueling lawsuits filed by the museum and Marei von Saher of C... |
b2a83b2ce918248f9b0cc342d859564c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-19-fg-bigbrother19-story.html | Britain’s long lens of the law | Britain’s long lens of the law
It used to be that troublemakers could lounge on the planters outside the McDonald’s here and pick apart the geraniums to their hearts’ content.
A Polish immigrant hamburger salesman might complain -- as if! -- or someone’s grandma would tell the offending group of hoodlums to knock it of... |
33c1adc4beb1accda93346c54846dd8f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-19-fi-hmo19-story.html | HMOs rate poorly on prevention | HMOs rate poorly on prevention
Many Californians enrolled in healthcare plans are receiving inadequate preventive care, a government report said Thursday.
The eight largest plans in the state fail to ensure that their 12 million members are sufficiently tested and treated to prevent and detect major diseases and reduce... |
88d0c2f1b5ec8a11e48b1b1fe64e5575 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-19-me-kerr19-story.html | Deborah Kerr, 86; ‘Eternity’ star | Deborah Kerr, 86; ‘Eternity’ star
Deborah Kerr, the acclaimed British actress whose versatile talent and refined screen persona made her one of Hollywood’s top leading ladies in the 1950s in films such as “From Here to Eternity,” “The King and I” and “An Affair to Remember,” has died. She was 86.
Kerr, who in recent ye... |
c2515a61320f52e01886d45c8f69eeca | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-20-na-martinez20-story.html | Upset over party views, Latino quits RNC post | Upset over party views, Latino quits RNC post
The Republican Party’s highest-ranking Latino official abruptly resigned Friday, marking the latest casualty in the GOP’s bitter internal fight over immigration and dealing another setback to President Bush’s years-long effort to court Latino voters.
The announcement by Sen... |
71e0c8df731e67f9d415488aa8b5a154 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-bk-roane21-story.html | The mother of all cons | The mother of all cons
Who’s to blame for America’s ill-advised invasion of Iraq? A few well-known public officials likely come to mind. But in “Curveball,” Bob Drogin points to another culprit, a man one wouldn’t think could merit a footnote in such an expansive policy but who became a crucial linchpin for all that fo... |
65631883df79fb0ddb415f5984305c6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-fi-onshore21-story.html | Some firms move jobs ‘onshore’ | Some firms move jobs ‘onshore’
Gary Richardson left this boomtown-gone-bust in 1996 for a computer job in Dallas, the big city 60 miles north.
“I didn’t think I would ever come back,” Richardson recalled recently, “because there were no jobs like mine here.”
Not until this year, when Northrop Grumman Corp. opened an in... |
4e92b238871b91bc14d9c6960d6650d8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-me-winds21-story.html | Santa Ana winds are sweeping the region | Santa Ana winds are sweeping the region
Powerful Santa Ana winds began to sweep across Southern California late Saturday, with gusts of up to 80 mph expected in places as extremely blustery weather continues through Tuesday afternoon, increasing road and fire hazards.
The strongest winds are expected in eastern Ventura... |
e96c447cba4d3bc31d02e64ff78e2785 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-na-gopwar21-story.html | Republicans opposed to the war face uphill races | Republicans opposed to the war face uphill races
The Crystal Coast Republican Men’s Club faithful were all smiles as they gathered at a restaurant to listen to their candidate for North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District.
But the warm reception wasn’t for the Republican who since 1995 has represented this stretch of... |
3f58b8c492d0ce66252a396ef9f1dbce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-21-na-terror21-story.html | FBI works to bolster cases on Al Qaeda | FBI works to bolster cases on Al Qaeda
The FBI is quietly reconstructing the cases against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and 14 other accused Al Qaeda leaders being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, spurred in part by U.S. concerns that years of CIA interrogation have yielded evidence that is inadmissible or too controversial to ... |
7925551968f0bf32b272e8684c3cb1a8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-23-et-casting23-story.html | Accent on talent | Accent on talent
Since moving here from Miami 18 months ago, Barbie Perez has suffered the indignities that befall many a struggling actor. She’s gone out on auditions for leg cream commercials and worked without pay in an off-Broadway show.
But as she waited inside a crowded dressing room of a midtown theater on a rec... |
5ff2184e78ddc506ae9982d49db68af8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-23-me-initiative23-story.html | Initiative would fund crackdown on gangs | Initiative would fund crackdown on gangs
SACRAMENTO -- A year after bringing to California Jessica’s Law, the crackdown on sex offenders, the husband-and-wife team of state Sen. George Runner and Assemblywoman Sharon Runner announced Monday a new initiative that would target gang members for tougher prosecution and ded... |
a5f4e101637c777bdbe7c6e6de3a0047 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-23-na-electoral23-story.html | GOP revives electoral initiative | GOP revives electoral initiative
Veteran GOP consultants said Monday that they were relaunching a drive to change the way California allocates its electoral college votes, aimed at helping the 2008 Republican presidential nominee capture the White House.
Political strategist David Gilliard said he was taking over the b... |
41f85e9cc481899c9ca36342b550f768 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-24-et-eggers24-story.html | Eggers’ work in words rewarded | Eggers’ work in words rewarded
If literary lions still exist, Dave Eggers is one. His debut, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” hit bestseller lists in early 2000, creating a dedicated fan base. Since then, he’s helped shepherd McSweeney’s, the literary quarterly he founded, led its quirky yet ever-growing pu... |
1d8bc451c9fbc9fe410731c6223a2279 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-24-et-leonardo24-story.html | Scientific tools hunt for lost Da Vinci art | Scientific tools hunt for lost Da Vinci art
ROME -- Analyzing 500-year-old bricks, engineers in California are searching for a lost Leonardo da Vinci fresco that some researchers believe is behind a wall in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio.
The hunt for the “Battle of Anghiari,” an unfinished mural by Da Vinci, has captivate... |
fd4571ba7a34a84ae4e36fdbba4a05cd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-24-me-howtohelp24-story.html | How to help | How to help
Charitable groups responding to the Southern California wildfires are seeking donations to assist residents affected by the fires.
American Red Cross: Cash donations can be made through www.redcross.org or through a local Red Cross chapter. Volunteers also are needed. Information on shelter locations can be... |
e8b522b074c215f19813981f1705d5d0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-24-sp-briefing24-story.html | At 0-7, he might want anonymity | At 0-7, he might want anonymity
Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins looks as if he has put on some weight. Like more than a ton.
Plus, he’s 26 feet tall -- about the height of two double-deck buses stacked on top of each other. Or at least that’s the size of the towering replica of Taylor that was unveiled this week in ... |
4d8b324e03c3749763d44e2724a1046f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-25-me-howtohelp25-story.html | How to help fire victims | How to help fire victims
Charitable groups responding to the Southern California wildfires are seeking donations to assist residents affected by the disaster.
American Red Cross: Cash donations can be made through www.redcross.org or through a local Red Cross chapter. Information on shelter locations can be found on lo... |
9789e0e671dac99aa5f6f4c1a9a6b483 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-25-oe-brooks24-story.html | One flew over the White House | One flew over the White House
Forget impeachment.
Liberals, put it behind you. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney shouldn’t be treated like criminals who deserve punishment. They should be treated like psychotics who need treatment.
Because they’ve clearly gone mad. Exhibit A: We’re in the middle of a disastrous war in Ira... |
921fe60eb675b704edd87c12f31a99a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-25-sp-elliott25-story.html | Blake, Johnson bond through Kings | Blake, Johnson bond through Kings
Rob Blake, two months from his 38th birthday and still regaining his timing and touch after hip surgery last spring, won’t be part of the Kings’ future.
But he can see it every day across his breakfast table and know that his influence will resonate long after he delivers his last teet... |
28cffc9debe89094daef0ba96c2d624c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-26-fg-syria26-story.html | GOP asks about N. Korean role in Syria | GOP asks about N. Korean role in Syria
House Republicans pressed the Bush administration’s top North Korea negotiator Thursday to explain a reported Israeli airstrike last month on a Syrian nuclear facility under construction, indicating growing congressional concern over the incident.
At a Capitol Hill hearing, Republ... |
6ca0313579cf48bbd4d78084fdf2f9b8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-26-fg-usiran26-story.html | U.S. move on Iran alienating for Europe | U.S. move on Iran alienating for Europe
The Bush administration’s new package of sanctions against Iran widens the gap between the United States and its European allies over how to confront Tehran.
For two years, the administration has sought to work closely with Europeans and other world powers, convinced that collect... |
c3540391ff63579052c4332fdcad95e8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-26-fi-micro26-story.html | Microsoft shoots its way to a record with ‘Halo 3' | Microsoft shoots its way to a record with ‘Halo 3'
It can take a lot of time to master video games: Microsoft Corp. needed seven years.
The world’s biggest software company on Thursday reported its largest-ever quarterly profit for its division that makes the Xbox console and such games as the smash hit “Halo 3.” Stron... |
f8f945833ea013880f9579b5bfda17da | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-26-me-mazel26-story.html | Judy Mazel, 63; wrote controversial bestseller ‘The Beverly Hills Diet’ | Judy Mazel, 63; wrote controversial bestseller ‘The Beverly Hills Diet’
Judy Mazel, author of “The Beverly Hills Diet,” a 1981 bestseller that helped jump-start the age of the diet book even though its pineapple-heavy regimen was dismissed as nonsense by mainstream nutritionists, has died. She was 63.
Mazel, a longtime... |
b6b2b974e2d8de63f83c95c73c09fbd0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-27-me-banks27-story.html | Great pumpkin tradition rises from the ashes | Great pumpkin tradition rises from the ashes
The air smelled like ash instead of roasted corn.
The miniature train hauling families around Lombardi Ranch on Friday passed singed scarecrows and the scorched carcass of its popular antique firetruck.
There was no cornfield maze, no petting zoo, no snack stand, no stage fo... |
dcbc52376e87e18a7ec941091084fc22 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-27-me-rabbi27-story.html | Orthodox rabbi breaks with norm | Orthodox rabbi breaks with norm
Breaking a long-standing taboo, a leading Orthodox rabbi in Los Angeles said this week that Israel, and American Jews, must be open to the possibility of dividing Jerusalem to achieve a lasting peace with the Palestinians.
In a thoughtful, often anguished opinion piece in Friday’s Jewish... |
97e4cbc79c71308f579da916faa8065c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-28-ca-mullally28-story.html | It’s alive! | It’s alive!
On a warm fall afternoon, hordes of pedestrians are pushing their way down a busy street in Times Square. Few, if any, notice the petite, auburn-haired woman speaking quietly on a cellphone and leaning against a delicatessen window. But if anyone had bothered to give her a second glance, they might have rec... |
606e9c069ecf8c755cc34d904e476286 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-28-fi-wills28-story.html | Estate planning can help you rest easier | Estate planning can help you rest easier
It wasn’t until after Eleanor Barkelew got married a second time that she grappled with estate planning. She and her husband each had a child from a previous marriage, and the couple didn’t want to create hassles for the family after they died.
“If the parents involved don’t mak... |
1f8a4cba4dabb523c67df7f399b908ce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-28-ig-goth28-story.html | THE BRIDE WORE BLACK | THE BRIDE WORE BLACK
A pink-haired drag queen scattered rose petals before the bride as she glided toward the altar, looking every inch the goth princess -- vampy eyes, raven bouffant, black lace gown and black Dutch rose nosegay. She swooshed with funereal drama past her guests -- burlesque diva Dita Von Teese, pop su... |
04a7fce0961fc67152b5965486d6ee15 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-28-na-thomas28-story.html | In rulings, little hint of his meager start | In rulings, little hint of his meager start
In his new, bestselling memoir, “My Grandfather’s Son,” Justice Clarence Thomas tells the story of his personal struggle to overcome poverty and racism.
Raised by his grandparents in Savannah, Ga., he credits his success to his grandfather’s strict work ethic and to those who... |
2fb26ee86b3ad67b54febbe5c2ee407e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-28-na-water28-story.html | Fate of Great Lakes’ water looking fluid | Fate of Great Lakes’ water looking fluid
While the West burns and the Southeast bakes, there is little to suggest a large-scale, climatological catastrophe playing out any time soon in the Midwest. In fact, farmers in Iowa and Minnesota had trouble last week harvesting their corn and soybean crops because there had bee... |
f5b1338936dbb8134c793d3f849ecfb9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-29-me-arnold29-story.html | Governor says marijuana is not a drug, ‘it’s a leaf’ | Governor says marijuana is not a drug, ‘it’s a leaf’
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported Monday. But his spokesman said the governor was joking.
Schwarzenegger told the British edition of GQ magazine that he had not taken drugs, even though the former bodybuilder and Hol... |
1885f964a24fd5ef80c7dfc5d6c1d6a5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-29-na-districts29-story.html | Easy GOP pickings in . . . San Francisco? | Easy GOP pickings in . . . San Francisco?
Stephanie Burns and Ben Parkinson strolled down sun-drenched Fillmore Street with political thievery on their minds.
Both are grass-roots volunteers for Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, a Texas congressman whose libertarian views might seem to make him a tough sell i... |
5818335a8e4e1bece855853c3243daa0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-30-me-animal30-story.html | Animal rights group says it flooded home | Animal rights group says it flooded home
An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for flooding the Westside home of a UCLA professor who uses lab monkeys in research on nicotine addiction.
An FBI spokeswoman said Monday that the agency is investigating the claim that the Animal Liberation Front used a garden h... |
df6de0a8f11c2c3c7600a88d352fd1e4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-30-sp-arod30-story.html | Don’t count on L.A.-Rod or Big A-Rod | Don’t count on L.A.-Rod or Big A-Rod
The Christmas shopping season starts earlier every year. It started three days before Halloween this year, when Scott Boras stuck a big red bow and “For Sale” sign on Alex Rodriguez.
And, on the first day of the A-Rod shopping season, an executive with one American League team inter... |
71a7f293ba700c00cad0fc48e91698c9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-31-me-king31-story.html | Still pleading for a revival of South L.A. hospital | Still pleading for a revival of South L.A. hospital
South Los Angeles activist Virginia Franklin wept before Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday, recalling how her mother, a psychiatric nursing professor, would bring her students to Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center to train.
Holding her 5-month-old nephew ... |
8f42fdbf545733bc5c809e5f106c23a8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-31-sp-dodgers31-story.html | Dodgers may get more than manager | Dodgers may get more than manager
In the Los Angeles Dodgers’ most recent glory days, Tom Lasorda was the face of the team, the manager as celebrity. After a decade of entrusting their team to men without star quality, the Dodgers hope to revive the glory days of manager as celebrity.
The Dodgers announced the resignat... |
6403392a7126cff571a8b048a01f457f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-01-fi-ameriquest1-story.html | Citi to buy remains of Ameriquest | Citi to buy remains of Ameriquest
Ameriquest Mortgage Co., once the “Proud Sponsor of the American Dream,” is closing.
Citigroup Inc. said Friday that it would buy the remnants of the Ameriquest empire from ACC Capital Holdings in Orange, and ACC said it was “preparing for an orderly wind-down of its retail mortgage bu... |
b705b6adc643a13ecf6423a744de4c5c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-02-bk-ehrenreich2-story.html | Discomfort zone | Discomfort zone
In the three collections of stories and one novella that he has published over the last 11 years, George Saunders has evinced little interest in his characters’ motivations. His protagonists are generally passive and self-pitying. They display as little complexity as those with whom they interact, who t... |
4375d85d057e08e43683c924000775e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-02-bk-reyn2-story.html | Boyhood lost | Boyhood lost
“IF peace ever comes, I hope it makes us wiser,” thinks the voiceless teenage soldier at the heart of Chris Abani’s wrenching new novella, “Song for Night.” What makes this book a luminous addition to the burgeoning literature on boy soldiers is the way the Nigerian author both undercuts and reinforces suc... |
e855a556bf4cc5977a9611d1e27dd66b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-02-bk-terzian2-story.html | Very fine lines | Very fine lines
There’s nothing frenzied or fanciful about the comics that Adrian Tomine has created over his 16-year career. Most of them first appeared in “Optic Nerve,” his yearly-or-so pamphlet series published by Drawn & Quarterly. A restrained draftsman, Tomine renders in meticulous detail the apartment interiors... |
dfccb3a1e656f1bbe69cd2f2d0a0fb8a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-02-sci-offsets2-story.html | Trying to buy a greener conscience | Trying to buy a greener conscience
The Oscar-winning film “An Inconvenient Truth” touted itself as the world’s first carbon-neutral documentary.
The producers said that every ounce of carbon emitted during production -- from jet travel, electricity for filming and gasoline for cars and trucks -- was counterbalanced by ... |
638df225dc75512aaa60e2b02036cd13 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-06-me-pavarotti6-story.html | Opera’s greatest star brought classical music to the masses | Opera’s greatest star brought classical music to the masses
Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian tenor with a glorious voice that made him the opera world’s greatest star as he brought classical singing to the masses on a scale never before imagined, died today. He was 71.
The singer, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic c... |
3ae1406100f44cc315c1df22f545821b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-06-na-hsu6-story.html | Political donor skips day in court | Political donor skips day in court
The event unfolded like the judicial equivalent of a bride left at the altar.
The mysterious political donor and fundraiser Norman Hsu was scheduled to appear in San Mateo County Superior Court on Wednesday to begin dealing with the fact that 15 years ago, he pleaded no contest to fel... |
7d0d60dc303ab9730b6e237873a686f6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-06-na-interim6-story.html | Crime victims to get U.S. visas | Crime victims to get U.S. visas
Nearly seven years after Congress passed a law authorizing visas for illegal immigrant crime victims, authorities announced Wednesday that the visas would finally be made available.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued guidelines for the new visas, which are designated for ce... |
4b96c5cf13f0036b982b3ae20e279bfa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-06-wk-books6-story.html | Not your typical Corman production | Not your typical Corman production
How’s this for a surrealist collage: B-movie godfather Roger Corman, reclusive sculptor Joseph Cornell, and ‘90s slowcore pioneers Damon & Naomi.
It’s not just a strange thought experiment, but a recent literary project: The daughter of the first has put together a curious book by the... |
886278366be1d1cac2b7098676065567 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-07-et-hall7-story.html | The hits are on his lips | The hits are on his lips
The crosswinds of pop culture are curious and fickle, and right now they are giving Hall & Oates, of all people, a rare cool breeze at their backs.
The venerable blue-eyed soul duo begins a two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl tonight with the Spinners, kindred spirits from the era of Philadel... |
e77debfac8da24eef565af5d3f8185dc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-07-et-tellme7-story.html | ‘Love’ gone sour | ‘Love’ gone sour
If St. Theresa is to be believed, more tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones. Which puts HBO’s new dramatic series “Tell Me You Love Me” smack in the Answered Prayers category. I am, I admit, one of those wearisome people who, after watching some perfectly nice romantic drama, will ... |
6ffdeae28a8aad0f13ace9831ea67ced | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-07-oe-brooks7-story.html | Bursting Bush’s bubble | Bursting Bush’s bubble
The president is a lonely man. Once, he was surrounded by admirers and acolytes. There was Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell and Alberto Gonzales and Condi Rice and Karl Rove -- many of them better known inside the White House by the affectionate but often unprintable nicknames ass... |
ab43548976e2788013a3c1eea4d1494b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-08-et-made8-story.html | A garment wage fight that’s close to home | A garment wage fight that’s close to home
“Made in L.A.,” a “P.O.V.” documentary that airs Sunday night on KCET, tells the story of a three-year boycott and lawsuit by criminally underpaid and overworked garment workers from a host of Los Angeles sweatshops -- many, it remains easy to forget, operating within walking d... |
94eec25dae04f876fbf9d85293372fc1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-08-me-passings8-story.html | Charlotte Zucker, 86; mother of filmmakers had roles in their movies | Charlotte Zucker, 86; mother of filmmakers had roles in their movies
Charlotte Zucker, 86, whose filmmaker sons, Jerry and David, cast her in bit parts in 17 movies, including “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad,” died Wednesday at her home in Shorewood, Wis., after being diagnosed with advan... |
e7d2e6d5563fde741a34cc8722c61201 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-09-fg-barzan9-story.html | Lives of some Kurdish widows frozen in time | Lives of some Kurdish widows frozen in time
Patience, the mothers begged their children. Saddam Hussein will fall. Liberty will come. Your father will return.
Years went by. The regime fell. Prison doors were opened. Mass graves were unearthed.
Still, the women wait.
“We still have not given up hope. We expect our husb... |
c382fee67596093e296d42a86082a81b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-09-fi-aid9-story.html | A host of factors determine how much aid you can get | A host of factors determine how much aid you can get
Will your child qualify for financial aid at college? Most parents haven’t a clue.
That’s because families with seemingly similar incomes can meet vastly different fates in the financial aid sweepstakes.
“Two sets of parents with similar incomes will get very differe... |
62efbcb12bf0a1723a919bc3e408ac9d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-09-fi-collegetrek9-story.html | A hard test in college finances | A hard test in college finances
I boarded JetBlue’s flight to Los Angeles with a bag full of mixed feelings. My daughter, Samantha, and I were returning from Boston after a week of college tours. Seven colleges in five cities in seven days, it made a whirlwind European trip seem lazy.
But what was bothering me was my p... |
3332f647cbd06c24cc53c0de820b7583 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-09-fi-sportsscholar9-story.html | Playbook for athletes seeking scholarships | Playbook for athletes seeking scholarships
Paying for college can feel like a high-wire act as a family tries to keep its budget balanced.
Katelyn Scholte, 15, could have an edge in that acrobatic endeavor. In classes at a YMCA, the Redlands teen has learned a host of circus performing skills, including how to walk a h... |
60f3a90d98e5e6c392123ad41c2ad232 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-09-me-terror9-story.html | LAPD gets tools to fight terrorism | LAPD gets tools to fight terrorism
As part of an anti-terrorism effort, the Los Angeles Police Department is now equipping a helicopter and officers on the ground with devices capable of detecting potential radiological weapons or materials used in so-called dirty bombs.
Police Chief William J. Bratton said a new suitc... |
bbb684543ff05844cbea6ceb4cad6a47 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-10-me-fastfood10-story.html | A strict order for fast food | A strict order for fast food
As America gets fatter, policymakers are seeking creative approaches to legislating health. They may have entered the school cafeteria -- and now they’re eyeing your neighborhood.
Amid worries of an obesity epidemic and its related illnesses, including high blood pressure, diabetes and hear... |
f60843bd81ca37231c2b5bb133e948ac | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-11-me-simpson11-story.html | Gang-life author is guilty of robbery | Gang-life author is guilty of robbery
A Riverside County jury Monday found former Crips gang member Colton Simpson, who wrote a tell-all book about his life on the streets of Los Angeles, guilty of robbing a jewelry store, which could send him to prison for life.
The jury convicted Simpson of planning the March 17, 200... |
1b618531f98414e4efbbb752e1546e36 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-11-me-wyman11-story.html | Jane Wyman, 90; Oscar winner, first wife of Reagan | Jane Wyman, 90; Oscar winner, first wife of Reagan
Jane Wyman, the Academy Award-winning actress whose long and distinguished film and television career was nearly overshadowed by her real-life role as the first wife of actor-turned-politician Ronald Reagan, died Monday. She was 90.
Wyman, who had been in failing healt... |
1c94973db2478677d98638082e6af46a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-11-na-hsu11-story.html | Clinton team plans to return all Hsu money | Clinton team plans to return all Hsu money
Confronted with the possibility that disgraced fundraiser Norman Hsu might be running an illicit investment scheme, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign announced late Monday that it was returning $850,000 from 260 donors associated with Hsu.
The amount is one o... |
8da2644475ecb709404848bfe16e4da7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-11-na-iraqpolicy11-story.html | A way out, at least for Bush | A way out, at least for Bush
The talk in Washington on Monday was all about troop reductions, yet it also brought into sharp focus President Bush’s plans to end his term with a strong U.S. military presence in Iraq, and to leave tough decisions about ending the unpopular war to his successor.
The plans outlined by the ... |
bb50f1d271b6e6efe570251d69e833be | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-11-na-iraqreport11-story.html | Petraeus urges gradual drawdown of troops | Petraeus urges gradual drawdown of troops
Delivering a much-anticipated assessment of the military buildup in Iraq, America’s top commander there, citing improvements in security, recommended Monday that the U.S. start withdrawing some troops later this month but not return to pre-"surge” levels until next summer at th... |
386b33dfc79f6434b9baa4bf8615cb96 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-12-et-eliasson12-story.html | The spectacle subverted | The spectacle subverted
SAN FRANCISCO -- Who wouldn’t want to burrow inside a kaleidoscope, surrounded by captivating shards of abstract patterning in a shifting blaze of chromatic splendor?
That’s what Berlin-based artist Olafur Eliasson offers visitors who climb the stairs to the fifth-floor bridge at the San Francis... |
4c44b88e88bf83f8cef70e57e1d83da9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-12-et-rutten12-story.html | Israel’s lobby as scapegoat | Israel’s lobby as scapegoat
About a year ago, two distinguished scholars of American foreign policy ignited a rhetorical firestorm with a long article published in, of all places, the London Review of Books.
Stephen M. Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Joh... |
822c23a0179275a6f7b49bc39a250428 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-12-fg-abe12-story.html | Japan’s Shinzo Abe announces resignation as prime minister | Japan’s Shinzo Abe announces resignation as prime minister
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced today that he would quit his office, saying he lacked the necessary support to pursue the agenda that drove his political career.
Abe, 52, had vowed as recently as Monday to carry on as prime minister, despite the crushing de... |
34993905364bdca9a9fe02402582b9a0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-12-me-newhall12-story.html | A Hart-felt commitment to racial peace | A Hart-felt commitment to racial peace
Determined that their school not be branded as racially intolerant, students and faculty at Newhall’s Hart High School dedicated a symbolic “peace pole” Tuesday aimed at affirming their respect for cultural diversity and their commitment to ethnic harmony.
The dedication of the 10... |
276d11b012351ab6b06ffdee48a1dea2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-me-church13-story.html | State high court to review ruling on churches | State high court to review ruling on churches
The California Supreme Court has voted unanimously to review a recent appeals court ruling that the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is the owner of the buildings, prayer books and other property of several conservative congregations that broke away from the diocese in 2004... |
2657ca78272bd6671ecbaa2e2fa99d5c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-me-parsons13-story.html | Excuse for UCI’s fumble isn’t good enough | Excuse for UCI’s fumble isn’t good enough
It’s dicey business when mere mortals try to figure out why smart people in high places do dumb things. Or when they do things that just don’t add up.
Dicey, because we have the sneaking suspicion that there’s always more to the story than we know. And because people in those h... |
8eb18e1c81788ff75ddef24814b9110a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-me-safety13-story.html | L.A. officials target crime near 20 schools | L.A. officials target crime near 20 schools
Los Angeles leaders unveiled several initiatives Wednesday to reduce crime at and around 20 public schools, including a computerized tracking system that authorities have already used to tailor violence-fighting strategies to the specific conditions in hot spots around the ci... |
d4edecbe9296e86829aa00667c207598 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-me-uci13-story.html | UC Irvine post is taken from liberal legal scholar | UC Irvine post is taken from liberal legal scholar
In a showdown over academic freedom, a prominent legal scholar said Wednesday that UC Irvine’s chancellor had succumbed to conservative political pressure in rescinding his contract to head the university’s new law school, a charge the chancellor vehemently denied.
Erw... |
5bb0fb13658f35ad34213de46ce708ce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-na-clinton13-story.html | Doves view relatively hawkish Clinton as best able to end war Voters see strengths in Clinton | Doves view relatively hawkish Clinton as best able to end war Voters see strengths in Clinton
Gayle Moore, an Iowa nurse, wants U.S. troops “out, out, out” of Iraq as soon as possible. Darleen McCarthy of South Carolina fears that Iraq is turning into “another Vietnam.”
But when these two Democrats vote in January to h... |
905cc3b304f680a09fc0c4fe91ab4760 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-na-giuliani13-story.html | Giuliani’s poor school marks | Giuliani’s poor school marks
Rudolph W. Giuliani made New Yorkers three promises when he campaigned for mayor in the early 1990s: He would fix troubled schools, cut crime and boost the economy.
Today, the city is safer and has more jobs. But as Giuliani campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, he says litt... |
a3af30e4efaadcc6103aafc15f1c19a5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-sep-13-na-hsu13-story.html | Hsu’s letter seemed to be a suicide note, some recipients say | Hsu’s letter seemed to be a suicide note, some recipients say
On the day he disappeared, Norman Hsu, the disgraced fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, sent letters to friends that recipients viewed as a suicide note, people familiar with the letter have said.
In his letter, Hsu apologize... |
69efbb685c965ba67b727014f0721fe7 | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cacheu-Guinea-Bissau | Cacheu | Cacheu
Cacheu, town located in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. It lies along the south bank of the Cacheu River, near its mouth. Cacheu was made an official Portuguese captaincy in 1588, and it gained economic importance as a centre for the slave trade in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its importance declined in the early 1... |
2048338343e0aab9ff065bd601412a1e | https://www.britannica.com/place/Cacheu-region-Guinea-Bissau | Cacheu | Cacheu
Cacheu, region located in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. The Cacheu River flows east-west through the region, and the Mansôa River, which also flows east-west, forms Cacheu’s border with the neighbouring region of Biombo; both rivers empty into the Atlantic Ocean. The area around the mouth of the Cacheu River is m... |
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