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a8b44ccdf9d43627cdc8ac19eb82b503 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-fg-iraq24-story.html | Shiites resist isolating Sadr | Shiites resist isolating Sadr
One of Iraq’s most influential Shiite clerics rejected a U.S.-backed proposal to isolate Shiite extremists in the national government, saying the country should govern itself with the help of anti-U.S. firebrand Muqtada Sadr, according to politicians who spoke with the cleric Saturday.
Shi... |
8e906c62a5f406eb6023c635947a0ba6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-fg-iraqsanta24-story.html | Troops’ new Iraq mission: Secret Santa | Troops’ new Iraq mission: Secret Santa
In addition to mortar attacks, shootings and bombings, American troops had another pressing concern last week: what gifts to give when they play Secret Santa.
Across Iraq, soldiers have been ordering online and buying up greeting cards, wrapping paper and ribbons at the PX, or pos... |
3b52425eb0d0189967b71f8e03dc0bee | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-fi-books24-story.html | Approaching strategy on a case-by-case basis | Approaching strategy on a case-by-case basis
If a neoconservative, as Irving Kristol put it, is a liberal who has been mugged by reality, James Jasper is simply a sociologist who has been mugged.
“I had only lived in New York a week when I was mugged -- in Times Square no less, in the middle of the day, with crowds of ... |
6fd1554044019228261f99ee11c173ec | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-fi-letters24-story.html | China’s trade imbalance: a threat to U.S. security? | China’s trade imbalance: a threat to U.S. security?
Regarding all the complaints about America’s trade deficit with China (“Trade deficit drops sharply in October,” Dec. 13):
In plain language, America’s trade deficit with China means that we voluntarily buy more from the Chinese than the Chinese buy from us.
This situ... |
7881bf8cb117ad5f9387afd740fd20c1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-fi-letters24.2-story.html | ‘Gone Wild’ videos part of spring-break culture | ‘Gone Wild’ videos part of spring-break culture
Regarding “Maker of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ is sentenced,” Dec. 14:
Was this an opinion piece or a straight news story?
So Joe Francis “made a fortune persuading drunken women on spring break to bare their bodies.” Really?
None of the hundreds, if not thousands, of these women ... |
0cd174628f5fd7ec52cd83d90f80d361 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-briefs24.2-story.html | Train station shut after apparent mercury spill | Train station shut after apparent mercury spill
A downtown train station was closed for more than 12 hours Saturday after a small amount of what appeared to be mercury was found on a passenger platform, authorities said
The Pershing Square station, which serves the Metro Red Line, was closed about 7 a.m. after official... |
f27d59aaa8051b1ed47925d82b90d4ba | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-fleming24-story.html | Kate Fleming, 41; narrator was a star in the audio book world | Kate Fleming, 41; narrator was a star in the audio book world
Kate Fleming expected to be an actress but then discovered the world of book narration.
The pleasures of reading aloud and the ancient tradition of storytelling inspired her. She plunged into roles, researching the geography of a book’s setting, developing h... |
b41af677cfe915ab94cb1467140263af | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-olson24-story.html | A Christmas haven for Scandinavians | A Christmas haven for Scandinavians
Outside the white metal screen doors of Olson’s Delicatessen and Gift Shop, the world has transformed in the last half a century. Little Ethiopia is a short walk away, and the beginnings of an arts and shopping strip glimmer just down a gritty stretch of Pico Boulevard.
But go inside... |
b99fa45482b35f913fe3271879ec7ce9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-redwood24-story.html | One icon may doom another | One icon may doom another
A classic struggle is playing out here in the first capital of California, and it’s anyone’s guess who the victor will be: God or nature.
On one side stands San Carlos Borromeo de Monterey, believed to be the oldest continuously functioning church in California, completed in 1794. On the other... |
63fecdcd148cb27bdda1f31a15713866 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-stafford24-story.html | Robert Stafford, 93; ex-senator’s name tied to college loan program | Robert Stafford, 93; ex-senator’s name tied to college loan program
Former Vermont Sen. Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, has died. He was 93.
Stafford died Saturday at a nursing home in Rutlan... |
ac53b3216fd2673e7539575c11668a23 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-then24-story.html | A Christmas wonderland melts away | A Christmas wonderland melts away
In its heyday, Santa’s Village was one of Southern California’s biggest tourist attractions -- a place to catch the holiday spirit even in July. It opened on Memorial Day weekend 1955, more than a month before Disneyland.
But after 43 years of delighting young and old in the San Bernar... |
91b0536a6cd69d3eb68beee8836c01b2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-me-wardead24-story.html | Military deaths | Military deaths
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or who died in the United States of their injuries:
Joe L. Baines, 19, of Newark, N.J.; private first class, Army. Baines was killed Dec. 16 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee ... |
48f25c49f251488c104d33187263baed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-na-briefs24.1-story.html | Thousands seek flights after storm | Thousands seek flights after storm
Denver’s airport was operating at close to capacity but for many travelers jammed in its terminals it was not expected to be enough to rescue their hopes of joining families for Christmas.
Thousands of travelers whose flights were canceled by a blizzard that backed up air traffic nati... |
b8789a80a1883803570bd9f7bdf4ef27 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-op-devoss24-story.html | Beijing’s unlikely pal | Beijing’s unlikely pal
MUNICIPAL elections in Taiwan this month indicate that the Chinese Nationalist Party -- better known as the Kuomintang -- has a stronger than ever chance to return to power after the presidential elections in 2008. Ironically, the political revival of the Kuomintang, which was once the bitter ene... |
17b78d30e8d07abc14ddb7f4502eb4d3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-op-ulin24-story.html | Regan’s ouster is L.A.'s loss | Regan’s ouster is L.A.'s loss
FOR MANY PEOPLE in publishing, the firing of Judith Regan this month represented a bit of instant karma, cosmic comeuppance at its most profound. Regan, most recently in the news for her part in the aborted O.J. Simpson book fiasco over “If I Did It,” is the kind of publisher book people l... |
e032d48173473718c334479061a2895a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-re-rates24-story.html | Average mortgage rates and indexes | Average mortgage rates and indexes
Weekly survey of 60 Southland lenders as of Dec. 20, 2006
Compiled by National Financial News Services
*--* Latest week One week Six months previous previous Rates for loans up to $416,999 30-year fixed 5.76%/1.35 pt. 5.68%/1.42 pt. 6.43%/1.43 pt. 30-year ARM start rate 3.42%/0.75 pt.... |
ecc8cff307192e87678e95cd3e3e7754 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-clippers24-story.html | Clippers deep-six their skid | Clippers deep-six their skid
Despite their problems, the Clippers on Saturday night were better than the Houston Rockets minus Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming.
The Clippers held off the short-handed Rockets and ended a six-game losing streak in a 98-93 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 18,246 at the Toyota Center.
McGr... |
0e5547627cb85fd82339bf34a5baa36e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-ducks24-story.html | Ducks play as if in a fog and lose to Coyotes, 2-0 | Ducks play as if in a fog and lose to Coyotes, 2-0
The Ducks awoke Saturday morning in a fog-shrouded Phoenix -- yes, Phoenix -- and they spent much of the evening playing as if they were trapped in it.
Out of sync all night and out of luck when they needed it, the Ducks were done in by late third-period goals from Sha... |
6423f6c2320ee2185dd6d3f19164025a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-knight24-story.html | Knight ties Smith with win over Bucknell | Knight ties Smith with win over Bucknell
Add this to the list of things you can say about Bob Knight: Nobody has ever won more Division I men’s basketball games.
Knight matched Dean Smith’s record of 879 victories when Texas Tech beat Bucknell, 72-60, on Saturday.
Knight’s first chance to own the top spot all by his sw... |
dbea72d11ac499bf96d5af3518892892 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-knowyouknow24-story.html | Now You Know | Now You Know
Final 2006 payrolls for the 30 major league teams, as determined by the commissioner’s office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include salaries, prorated shares of signing bonuses and earned incentive bonuses and other compensation. In some cases, parts of salaries that are deferred are discounted to re... |
f9d1be74e942d45db5031d2a66f0a3e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-nfl24-story.html | Chiefs are still breathing | Chiefs are still breathing
A trip to Oakland was just what the Kansas City Chiefs needed to end their three-game losing streak and keep their faint playoff hopes alive.
Larry Johnson rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown to help the Chiefs become the first team to beat the Raiders eight straight times with a 20-9 victor... |
672e8318de89a248ae7ac51edfa3c4a9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-oates24-story.html | Tomlinson’s vision unmatched | Tomlinson’s vision unmatched
Something of a national consensus is building on the proposition that LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers is the finest and most effective ballcarrier in the NFL. A straight-ahead runner, he doesn’t bob and weave like others do.
Rather, Tomlinson’s vision seems to be the quality t... |
9756ff113ef9daef2ec76028680064ba | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-sp-plaschke24-story.html | One for the home team | One for the home team
Four days before Christmas, and the bare fir sits in the middle of the cluttered living room, undecorated, unlighted, no presents, the only music coming from sirens that rattle the thin walls.
On one couch sits a housewife, lips pursed, one leg elevated and swollen, a woman battling various debili... |
1527b655519f9dae1a1c6dd54724ace1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tm-dorr52-story.html | Agenting for God | Agenting for God
In this company town there are power restaurants and power gyms, power high schools and power yoga studios. There are also power churches, and Bel Air Presbyterian, high up on Mulholland Drive, is one of them. Ronald and Nancy Reagan were members, and Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly prayed here after 9/11... |
6d3af7e650916359fc148ed7fdd9f194 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tm-eternalchristmas52-story.html | The Eternal Christmas Meets the Bottomless Pond | The Eternal Christmas Meets the Bottomless Pond
The important thing was to be invisible. Not that they couldn’t see you but that they didn’t know what you were up to. You and they lived in the same place, 4945 Woodley Avenue, and talked often. “Did you brush your teeth?” they asked you, and you said yes. “Did you chang... |
01cdef8061e6ee35d5028348c0ff5748 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tr-letters24.3-story.html | Whetting his appetite for Paris | Whetting his appetite for Paris
WHAT a great article on Julia Child and food in Paris [“France Was Her Entree, Then the World Was Her Oyster,” Her World, Dec. 10]. It just made me want to jump up and make reservations at the restaurants writer Susan Spano mentioned, to shop in the cooking supplies store and to sign up ... |
3d9e769bf3b4b744f8fcad7bfacab53e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tr-letters24.4-story.html | A traveler’s sincere regrets | A traveler’s sincere regrets
SOON the snow and ice at the world’s poles and on its mountains will be gone.
I feel sad when I realize that my travels have contributed to global warming.
ROGER NEWELL
San Diego
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ce7e14ae4ba7d2c75081a6674bd21f6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tr-ntb24-story.html | Rental car taxes pump up price | Rental car taxes pump up price
The taxman taketh, especially if you’re renting a car. In a recent study of 100 U.S. airports, online travel agency Travelocity found that taxes and facility fees on car rentals have increased more than 8% since March 2005, and now average more than 28%. You’re more likely to save at off-... |
af934f17f46152da7a9387999151313c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tr-qa24-story.html | Relax, a lost photo ID doesn’t mean you’re grounded | Relax, a lost photo ID doesn’t mean you’re grounded
YOU’VE made a travel list, checked it twice. But at the airport, you discover something not so nice: Your photo ID is missing.
Can you still fly?
Much to my surprise, I recently boarded a flight to New York while my driver’s license stayed home.
Checking in with an Am... |
64be4a5a0eec31fdf7050577d4064f96 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-24-tr-tc24-story.html | Wildlife along the Amazon | Wildlife along the Amazon
PERU
CRUISE the Amazon River on a nature tour with the Santa Ana Zoo.
The eight-night adventure, which begins April 27, includes two nights in Lima and six nights aboard the 22-passenger La Turmalina riverboat, exploring the Amazon basin with local guides and zoo director Ron Glazier.
The regi... |
26b36a3566a03ba5f7851c87b0df9c0a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-et-paperdolls25-story.html | Cutting across black history | Cutting across black history
A slip of the scissors and off comes a foot.
A nick and there goes a finger.
A wrong snip and a tab that would have held up her dress disappears.
Paper dolls, fragile though they were, they enticed us.
Thin, frail, delicate, temporary with permanent effects.
But you sat for hours, cutting o... |
6b65e6eff69a572ac4fe6e3c42bc2e8d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-et-weektv25-story.html | Christmas parade on march with stars | Christmas parade on march with stars
The frantic month ends now. For those who waited in lines for the elusive Elmo doll or who discovered new curses as they assembled a bicycle that required an engineering degree, it’s over.
The acres of wrapping paper and ribbon that artfully tied together the presents are a jumble o... |
76f0fb366cbe9274dd1da7ad99c55816 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-fg-evo25-story.html | Bolivia’s Morales faces biggest test | Bolivia’s Morales faces biggest test
Not yet a year in office, President Evo Morales can boast of some major accomplishments. He has nationalized the country’s oil and gas industry, overseen sweeping agrarian reform and convened an assembly to rewrite the constitution.
Polls show the former llama herder and coca-leaf f... |
cacd48cee2fe0be93cc538db59dde5d0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-fg-vatican25-story.html | Children in jeopardy are focus of pope’s homily | Children in jeopardy are focus of pope’s homily
Pope Benedict XVI ushered in Christmas at midnight Mass, saying this morning that the image of the baby Jesus born in a manger should remind everyone of the plight of poor, abused and neglected children.
Benedict celebrated the Mass for more than 10,000 people in St. Pete... |
dc2fe75b6f06c5ce63c1cacf6e295057 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-fi-batteries25-story.html | Rechargeable battery upgrades powered by consumer demand | Rechargeable battery upgrades powered by consumer demand
Batteries that can be recharged rather than tossed when the juice runs out are supposed to be more convenient for consumers. But for Wren Wright, they lose their power too quickly and unpredictably, sometimes leaving the shutterbug with no power for his digital c... |
57677c05d8ea839e9cbe28c120b67440 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-he-letters25.1-story.html | ADD meds don’t benefit the kids | ADD meds don’t benefit the kids
Regarding your article on attention-deficit disorder [“On Their Terms,” Dec. 18], I’m a bit confused about the quote from a 31-year-old claiming he is part of the “first generation” of Ritalin kids. I just celebrated my 47th birthday and my strongest childhood memory is of a child psychi... |
a8931b33b99ce4c64cb7effd43df5c74 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-le-monday25.2-story.html | Death penalty takes a painful turn | Death penalty takes a painful turn
Re “Dead wrong,” editorial, Dec. 20
A determination has been made that perpetrators of violent crimes should die painlessly for the acts they have been found guilty of committing. Could someone please tell me why a defenseless senior citizen dying in excruciating pain does not have a ... |
ec1362c7a4b3ca11fd2ef00d0c6eb998 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-me-library25-story.html | College libraries: the condensed version | College libraries: the condensed version
For a first-time visitor to the back closet of the UC system’s libraries, the experience is like a dizzying optical illusion. Within its thick concrete walls and bunker-like interior, the partly underground building tucked into a quiet gully on UCLA’s campus contains row after r... |
a98fa4a17f4f5844233389c19c22ee09 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-na-mcveigh25-story.html | FBI is rebuked on Okla. bombing case | FBI is rebuked on Okla. bombing case
The FBI failed to fully investigate information suggesting other suspects might have helped Timothy J. McVeigh and Terry L. Nichols with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, allowing questions to linger more than a decade after the deadly attack, a congressional inquiry concludes.
The Ho... |
beb6b344731a73668c07c4d803abff04 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-oe-duane25-story.html | Going to the snow | Going to the snow
Peter and I were co-conspirators, high school buddies just home from college and drinking our fill of everything California. Being outdoorsy types, or at least aspiring outdoorsy types, that meant we wanted to savor the ocean and the mountains and everything we hadn’t savored enough as kids.
All summe... |
bff6e806221d2fe934cb4736270fba50 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-sp-briefing25-story.html | That 1971 dinner had a late kick | That 1971 dinner had a late kick
Thirty-five years ago today, the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs delayed, interrupted and/or ruined Christmas dinners across the country by taking their AFC divisional playoff game into one overtime period ... and then a second, eventually setting the record for the longest NFL ga... |
336b349fc91cf5e039aa58e37531be3a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-sp-crowe25-story.html | He uncovers a rare gem and shares it with the artist | He uncovers a rare gem and shares it with the artist
Not everything was for sale this holiday season.
A Claremont man, for instance, discovered in an old box a rare, vintage recording of an immensely popular and critically acclaimed artist, spent hours digitizing it to improve the sound quality and transfer it to CD, i... |
18ee9c6dd28841c878b6d2035dcff2b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-sp-hawaii25-story.html | Brennan sets mark for Hawaii | Brennan sets mark for Hawaii
Colt Brennan broke the NCAA single-season record for touchdown passes, throwing five in the second half to lead Hawaii to a 41-24 victory over Arizona State on Sunday in the Hawaii Bowl.
Brennan, who completed 33 of 42 passes for 559 yards, threw a seven-yard scoring pass to Ryan Grice-Mull... |
307cf52a83224759c25b9428c28f6f8f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-sp-penner25-story.html | NFC West is hardly at its best | NFC West is hardly at its best
And in the 2006 NFC West race, with 100% of the precincts reporting to be bored out of their skulls when they’re not laughing to keep from crying, a champion has finally been declared.
And the winner is . . .
(Cue sound clip of football being punctured and deflating.). . . a loser!
Displa... |
6eebc58baa13ec84a3c8721e14273884 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-25-sp-rams25-story.html | Jackson keeps Rams in running | Jackson keeps Rams in running
Steven Jackson capped an impressive day with a 21-yard touchdown run in overtime, Marc Bulger tied his career best with four touchdown passes and the beleaguered St. Louis Rams defense made a big play in regulation to beat the Washington Redskins, 37-31, Sunday at the Edward Jones Dome.
St... |
e22dd72ae73eb507a630394895078e6d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-ed-recess26-story.html | Bakersfield follies | Bakersfield follies
DON’T THE BAKERSFIELD schools have something better to do than foment public debate about whether this couple of weeks should be called “winter recess” or “Christmas recess?” Why yes, they do. Rather than pushing a religious agenda, the school board should be worrying about the district’s lackluster... |
36c12f03e68833683bedd7236746b384 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-et-black26-story.html | Slay bells ring, but don’t listen | Slay bells ring, but don’t listen
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, one creature was stirring, and boy, what a louse! Replacing St. Nick with St. Gouge, “Black Christmas” sics an escaped lunatic on a houseful of snowbound sorority girls. Remaking Bob Clark’s brutally efficient 1974 original, ... |
cd5f9b042778324ca0f2bc290fbd6c73 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-fg-briefs26.2-story.html | Police kill suspect after 10-hour siege | Police kill suspect after 10-hour siege
Russian security forces ended a 10-hour siege by killing a suspected militant holed up in an apartment building in a troubled southern province.
The incident in the southern province of Karachayevo-Cherkessia was the latest in a string of police operations in the violence-plagued... |
e72b138ef8124f912b93a54beb7b5300 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-fi-articoil26-story.html | Oil means revival for town in Norway’s northern reaches | Oil means revival for town in Norway’s northern reaches
The sprawling fish processing plant that once dominated the downtown waterfront of this Arctic town is gone, with workers racing in the polar darkness to build its replacement, a sparkling cultural center.
It’s a sign of new prosperity since the arrival of “The Oi... |
235dc3ba150bf08b4c741f45414c4e49 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-fi-iran26-story.html | Analysis says Iran’s oil revenue is plummeting | Analysis says Iran’s oil revenue is plummeting
Iran is suffering a staggering decline in revenue from its oil exports, and if the trend continues income could virtually disappear by 2015, according to an analysis published Monday in a journal of the National Academy of Sciences.
Iran’s economic woes could make the coun... |
a7f1658eeab53e7eb12524805a13d45b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-le-tuesday26.3-story.html | Judging the Japanese | Judging the Japanese
Re “Japan’s war with its past,” editorial, Dec. 20
Isn’t The Times again measuring with two unequal yardsticks? You unabashedly favor more Japanese military engagement by encouraging a rewriting of their heavily American-influenced constitution. The reason: America needs cannon fodder under the dir... |
67c6fe6cab34a74e34bf87223c3c8d4f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-me-gov26-story.html | Governor in hospital for leg surgery | Governor in hospital for leg surgery
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital Sunday in preparation for surgery early this morning on his right leg -- broken in a skiing accident in Sun Valley, Idaho, the governor’s office announced.
Schwarzenegger’s orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Kevin Ehrhart, said ... |
77053c75c7379e8daf511855655183ca | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-me-ocbrief26-story.html | Military helicopter lands on golf course | Military helicopter lands on golf course
A National Guard helicopter made an emergency landing on the San Clemente Municipal Golf Course early Monday morning.
The copter landed at 9:30 a.m. near the 15th hole, closing the course for about 30 minutes, said Vinny Poncino, assistant pro.
Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Hans S... |
250d653cda7ff90c829d249b6f276bb5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-me-passings26.1-story.html | Bertram A. Powers, 84; led strike against eight New York papers | Bertram A. Powers, 84; led strike against eight New York papers
Bertram A. Powers, 84, the former head of New York’s newspaper printers’ union who led a 16-week strike in the 1960s that paralyzed the city’s dailies, died of pneumonia Saturday in Washington, D.C., said his son, Brian A. Powers.
Bertram Powers led New Yo... |
e98037e85727ee1cc652a5d7058652a1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-sp-baker26-story.html | Baker is a humble leader for USC | Baker is a humble leader for USC
The big man fidgets after practice, swinging a football helmet at his side, not entirely comfortable with being the subject of a newspaper story.
“Why me?” he said.
Because Sam Baker is a two-time All-American at offensive tackle. Because he anchors a USC line that will be scrutinized i... |
cc1ec0c5a240b6733c593b1975a70d84 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-26-sp-bowlcap26-story.html | TONIGHT | TONIGHT
MOTOR CITY BOWL
MIDDLE TENNESSEE (6-5) VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (9-4)
at Ford Field, Detroit, 4:30 p.m., ESPN
Line: Central Michigan by 8 1/2.
Story line: Central Michigan is playing its first bowl game since 1994, but will do so without the coach who guided the Chippewas to their first conference title in 12 years... |
ead6bc35c76ef173e8c63ff380461dec | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-ed-basra27-story.html | Message in Basra | Message in Basra
IN RAIDING AND DESTROYING an Iraqi police station where crimes were said to be committed, not solved, British forces sent an important message to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki: Torturers and murderers must be rooted out even when they act under color of the law, and even when reining them in offend... |
5b995e8c0ad69470539f0f52a27e950a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-et-brown27-story.html | Brown’s partner is barred from home | Brown’s partner is barred from home
James Brown’s lawyer said Tuesday that the late singer and his partner were not legally married and that she was locked out of his South Carolina home for estate legal reasons.
“It’s not a reflection on her as an individual,” lawyer Buddy Dallas said in an interview. “I have not even... |
1df177540ca78864138cd2daf63f2508 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-fi-gas27-story.html | Pinch at the pump worst in 25 years | Pinch at the pump worst in 25 years
The state’s motorists paid an average of nearly $2.81 a gallon for gasoline this year, eclipsing a 25-year inflation-adjusted record, the California Energy Commission said Tuesday. And experts predicted more price pressures at the pump in 2007.
The state’s refineries face a heavier m... |
141838665883bc4877edc17173925203 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-fi-gm27-story.html | Mileage proposal unfair, GM exec says | Mileage proposal unfair, GM exec says
A proposal to increase the U.S. fuel economy standards would force Detroit-based automakers to “hand over” the market for trucks and sport utility vehicles to Japanese manufacturers, a senior General Motors Corp. executive said.
Bob Lutz, GM’s vice chairman and the head of the comp... |
e6c8ccec9a6e221d100d9f4136b07635 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-fi-markets27-story.html | Stocks rebound as crude oil prices slide | Stocks rebound as crude oil prices slide
The stock market rebounded in light post-holiday trading Tuesday as lower oil prices encouraged investors to add to their portfolios in the final days of the year.
The major indexes advanced after recording three straight down sessions last week. Volume, however, was low Tuesday... |
29bdc3fca1b4188e21574470c3da1a38 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-fi-wrap27.2-story.html | Tyson slices salaries of chairman and CEO | Tyson slices salaries of chairman and CEO
Tyson Foods Inc. slashed the pay of Chairman John Tyson and Chief Executive Richard Bond by withholding bonuses after the meat company suffered its first full-year loss in 12 years.
John Tyson, 53, who stepped down as CEO in May after serving in that position since 2001, was pa... |
c2b5677d762b42cfd46651bc922bb786 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-fo-clubby27-story.html | Make a night of it! | Make a night of it!
THE lights are low, it’s three deep at the bar and DJ Sami Rayman is spinning Kanye West’s “Touch the Sky” for a good-lifer crowd that’s tucking into filet mignon au poivre and roasted prawns on a Sunday night at Citizen Smith in Hollywood. By the time the desserts come out, so has the cheesecake --... |
e35c858bbaffa58da87e0434b9e8dab6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-hy-wheels27-story.html | Teens in the trunk? Get out | Teens in the trunk? Get out
If you plan to challenge the skinhead in the next lane to a street race, apply for a disabled driver placard or put a pal in the trunk, there are a few things from the California Legislature that you may want to consider.
Lawmakers have been busy this year with a bunch of new laws that addre... |
71949f2109fa136cf0a6988c8da52050 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-le-wednesday28.1-story.html | Money can’t buy spirit of Christmas | Money can’t buy spirit of Christmas
Re “Save Christmas: Send money,” Dec. 23
The Times points out how much money conservative religious groups are raking in from the so-called war on Christmas. Why should they target retail stores? Why not publicize lists of charities that support the homeless, poor or our wounded vete... |
2d6806a06126a41eb16c2dc59971c229 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-me-arnold27-story.html | Bad break for gov.'s privacy | Bad break for gov.'s privacy
Three days after he tripped and fell on an Idaho ski slope, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent surgery Tuesday morning for a broken leg -- a 90-minute procedure that his doctors termed successful.
While the governor was under anesthesia, he relinquished the powers of office to Lt. Gov. Cr... |
21d333333617de049001404d95abe0ab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-me-crime27-story.html | L.A. crime decreases for 5th year | L.A. crime decreases for 5th year
Crime in Los Angeles dropped for the fifth consecutive year in 2006, bucking trends both for the nation and in other regions of Southern California, where violent offenses are increasing.
Crime numbers reviewed Tuesday show that as of late December, total crime across Los Angeles was d... |
6643e722cc559463dbd17953447ffe0f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-me-hail27-story.html | What the hail? Farmers aim sonic cannons at storm clouds | What the hail? Farmers aim sonic cannons at storm clouds
A thunderous boom from a 20-foot cannon echoes over John Diepersloot’s apricot and peach orchards, a weapon the farmer hopes can save his trees from storms by breaking up hailstones before they can form.
Hail cannons, which switch on when storms are approaching, ... |
e90f72b0615e128725a6e93a68b1cbb7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-me-lopez27-story.html | Some grace notes amid a potpourri of peeves | Some grace notes amid a potpourri of peeves
Too much news; too little space.
And so today I’m offering up several mini-columns.
That’s why they call it Internal Affairs
LAPD Chief William Bratton is investigating claims that former deputy chief and I.A. boss Michael Berkow gave preferential treatment to female officers... |
9aca07f3c860be346d69f4a1ea735b48 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-me-strauss27-story.html | Karl Strauss, 94; master brewer for Pabst helped pioneer microbrew trend | Karl Strauss, 94; master brewer for Pabst helped pioneer microbrew trend
Karl Strauss, a German brew master who worked for Milwaukee beer giant Pabst Brewing Co. for 44 years before helping craft microbrews for his six namesake brew pubs in Southern California, has died. He was 94.
Strauss died Thursday at his Milwauke... |
04e484d916d784f7175d3c706cacc99b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-na-briefs27.3-story.html | 1 dead, 2 hurt in building collapse | 1 dead, 2 hurt in building collapse
One worker was killed and two were injured when a building collapsed in Upper Manhattan.
The three men were renovating the five-story building on West 113th Street when the top three floors collapsed.
Of the two injured workers, one managed to free himself from the rubble; the other ... |
eacbaf09111475d618816c49b460658e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-sp-clippers27-story.html | Clippers can’t touch the elite | Clippers can’t touch the elite
There was a familiar theme for the Clippers on Tuesday night in a 102-92 loss to the Utah Jazz in front of a sellout crowd of 19,911 at EnergySolutions Arena.
The Clippers were again outplayed on the road, suffering another double-digit loss to a team among the elite in the Western Confer... |
8d9016a666b871737c74c2a822e424b0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-sp-horse27-story.html | Latent Heat enjoys big opener | Latent Heat enjoys big opener
In terms of the winning jockeys in the stakes races, opening day at Santa Anita could easily have been a weekend afternoon in June at Belmont Park.
Garrett Gomez, who took New York by storm in the summer and fall, and veteran New Yorkers Richard Migliore and Edgar Prado were the riding sta... |
e836432b73b29d6f9aaa4b2ed2046dbf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-27-sp-motorcity27-story.html | Central Michigan has no problem beating Middle Tennessee State | Central Michigan has no problem beating Middle Tennessee State
Central Michigan did enough at the start of each half to win its first Division I-A bowl.
Ontario Sneed scored twice early and Doug Kress returned an interception for a touchdown on the opening possession of the second half Tuesday night, helping the Chippe... |
a6fc4475cd72d91ccbb8f59a57a2cc34 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fg-climb28-story.html | Body in China could be a U.S. climber’s | Body in China could be a U.S. climber’s
Searchers in a mountainous region of southwestern China found a snow-covered body Wednesday that might be that of one of two prominent American climbers missing for more than a month.
The body was spotted by a Chinese member of an international search team in a region called Geny... |
a01de5343a0ed6a3a84a1f59f00ca1ac | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fg-poison28-story.html | Russia suggests suspect in poisoning | Russia suggests suspect in poisoning
Russian prosecutors said Wednesday that Leonid Nevzlin, a former top manager of the Yukos business empire, may have ordered the poisoning of former Russian KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
“A version is being looked at that those who ordered these crimes could be the same people who ... |
636d19a9bafb388b853aa481848c5cd1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fi-apple28-story.html | Option risk hits Apple stock | Option risk hits Apple stock
Shares of Apple Computer Inc. went haywire Wednesday amid fresh reports that the company’s stock options backdating problems could be worse than previously disclosed and possibly ensnare charismatic co-founder Steve Jobs.
News accounts that Apple falsified documents to cover up the backdati... |
c60cc18c68f151514f80f99a63ac290d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fi-briefs28.2-story.html | Mortgage demand hits lowest level since August | Mortgage demand hits lowest level since August
The Mortgage Bankers Assn. said its index of U.S. mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and purchasing loans, for the week ended Dec. 22 fell 14.2% to 555.8, its lowest level since early August. The index stood at 647.6 in the previous week.
The as... |
a8322c0dbf96ffa87db0a5be66d309d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fi-sempra28-story.html | Sempra to sell gas stakes | Sempra to sell gas stakes
Sempra Energy said Wednesday that it would shed holdings in two natural gas distributors in Argentina and take a loss of about $200 million on an investment that soured when the country went into an economic tailspin five years ago.
The San Diego-based company is seeking buyers for its 37% sta... |
4a349915c2d489655b59643566bf7e52 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-fi-wrap28.1-story.html | Ameriprise unit is ordered to pay up to $9.3 million to 3 investors | Ameriprise unit is ordered to pay up to $9.3 million to 3 investors
An Ameriprise Financial Inc. subsidiary must pay as much as $9.3 million to three retired American Airlines pilots who claimed a broker squandered their retirement savings on mutual funds with high fees and trading costs, an NASD arbitration panel said... |
b7627c7bd82fcb3aba411e3a78445e9d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-hm-scoutsanlucia28-story.html | It’s 17th century mod | It’s 17th century mod
REX HOLLOWAY and Katie Hurley go together like skin and bone. Holloway, the 29-year-old apparel designer for the street-cool Rogue Status label, and Hurley, a 38-year-old architect and industrial designer, began their furniture collaboration with a simple notion: “Hey, let’s tattoo some chairs,” t... |
8da7c927d6595b199902cee4b1bc0538 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-le-thursday28.6-story.html | Where is Obama on the issues? | Where is Obama on the issues?
Re “What is it about Obama?” Dec. 24
Your long front-page story on Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) fails to mention his position on any of the issues, probably because he doesn’t have many. If the Democrats are foolish enough to nominate him for president solely on the basis of his personal cha... |
cafe6782666de2b77813aaa8a611df46 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-me-gibson28-story.html | Deputy says he’s focus of leak inquiry | Deputy says he’s focus of leak inquiry
Six months after he arrested Mel Gibson on suspicion of drunk driving in Malibu, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy alleges he is being harassed for his action by officials who question whether he leaked a report detailing the actor’s anti-Semitic rant to the news media.
Deputy... |
e0ea38545bb0fb2c00fc1fefd78a9647 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-me-lbhate28-story.html | D.A. rests hate case | D.A. rests hate case
The prosecution in the trial of 10 black youths accused of beating three white women in Long Beach on Halloween night rested its case Wednesday with testimony from a physician that two victims had been drinking on the night of the melee.
The statement by Dr. George Patrick Bozeman, the emergency ro... |
5027c760fd43cdceb183108c05b4f53f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-me-recipes28-story.html | Pinch of luck saves cookbook project | Pinch of luck saves cookbook project
It was a recipe for disaster for Malibu writer Monika Guttman.
The two boxes stuffed with a lifetime’s work that she hoped to turn into a book had disappeared. Making matters worse, the contents were family heirlooms that had been entrusted to Guttman by a longtime friend.
Gone were... |
409072165eb44d05ac88f0b1fb823089 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-me-roofs28-story.html | Rooftop oases find growing enthusiasm | Rooftop oases find growing enthusiasm
As you lie in the tall Pacific dune grass, amid grasshoppers and butterflies, it’s all blue sky and San Gabriel mountains as far as the eye can see. The sounds of the city are a distant murmur.
Here, in an industrial section of Pasadena, it is hard to imagine a more unlikely oasis:... |
09d44a348d1bfaf1d15159238bdb0d14 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-me-salaries28-story.html | Donations going to gov.'s staff | Donations going to gov.'s staff
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger paid two of his most trusted aides a total of $33,000 in reelection campaign money in addition to their state salaries -- meaning insurers, HMOs and other special interests that depend on government action were boosting the pay of his senior employees.
Adam Men... |
a093e5297b4ffa1c519e79876d6d9449 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-me-welmas28-story.html | Arthur Welmas, 77; tribal leader paved way for Indian casinos | Arthur Welmas, 77; tribal leader paved way for Indian casinos
Arthur James Welmas, who chaired the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians when the small tribe won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987 that laid the foundation for the Indian gaming movement, has died. He was 77.
Welmas, who led the Riverside County trib... |
578631ddcf84ab13cb4deb2d7e9574cd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-na-ford28-story.html | Praise for ‘a legacy of honor’ | Praise for ‘a legacy of honor’
The nation’s capital prepared Wednesday to honor former President Gerald R. Ford with the pomp and solemnity of a state funeral, as tributes poured in for the self-effacing leader who in the mid-1970s steered the country through a particularly troubled period.
Memorials for the 38th presi... |
fa7d9a05d0f322642372df0dd63cf474 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-na-team28-story.html | He led by listening | He led by listening
After Gerald R. Ford became president in 1974, he assembled a staff of strong, brilliant and highly opinionated personalities. Ford’s most enduring legacy, some have argued, is the people he brought into power, including Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Brent Scowcroft and James A. Baker III.
Under ... |
9232778f300072ca16473375eac0a3d3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-oe-goldberg28-story.html | Jerry Ford’s magic | Jerry Ford’s magic
ONE OF MY favorite scenes from “Stripes” is when Bill Murray’s girlfriend complains about how he constantly plays Tito Puente albums. Murray responds that, one of these days, “Tito Puente’s gonna be dead, and you’re gonna say, ‘Oh, I’ve been listening to him for years, and I think he’s fabulous.’ ”
I... |
891b6d776e98a6324d97cbbf0176d9f0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-oe-tech28-story.html | What will they think of next? | What will they think of next?
You’ll be back in control
STEVE BALLMER
Steve Ballmer is the chief executive of Microsoft Corp.
RIGHT NOW, I AM as excited by the prospects for technology-driven change as I’ve ever been. The impact of the Internet, e-mail and mobile phones has been so dramatic that people tend to think th... |
6db0ef59928d6ef681bc7d28f6c5d1db | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-sp-brown28-story.html | A baseball star’s death is shrouded in mystery | A baseball star’s death is shrouded in mystery
A life marked by unfulfilled promise on the baseball field and three dangerous tours as a truck driver in Iraq ended in mystery this week when Chris Brown, a former Crenshaw High star whose major league career was cut short by injuries, died from burns suffered nearly a mo... |
9ca8899303f2b35f75412611237b93b6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-sp-ucla28-story.html | A real fourth downer | A real fourth downer
Just when it looked as if UCLA was ready to prove that it was ready to end its inconsistency, the Bruins ran into a determined Florida State team to make them think otherwise.
The underdog Seminoles used several big plays to dominate the fourth quarter and defeated UCLA, 44-27, in the Emerald Bowl ... |
5ca6664c81cf2b9f4fac51eeb1c3c775 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-wk-forecast28-story.html | WEEKEND FORECAST | WEEKEND FORECAST
TODAY
THEATER
What the body can do
The acrobats of the New Shanghai Circus will perform their eye-popping array of magic, juggling, archery, trick cycling and more at the Cerritos Center.
New Shanghai Circus, Cerritos Center, 12700 Center Court Drive, Cerritos. Opens today at 2 and 8 p.m. $31 and $42. ... |
e4b4fa5910d701c8564129f791c2746d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-wk-movies28-story.html | He’s a Lon Chaney for today | He’s a Lon Chaney for today
ACTOR Doug Jones never sought to specialize in playing creatures. When he came to L.A. in 1985 from his home in Indiana, he envisioned himself playing the goofy next-door-neighbor types.
His career changed when he landed the crescent-moon Mac Tonight character in the popular McDonald’s spots... |
acd2f039df00470480d0638fa9db5cf3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-wk-pop28-story.html | Flaming Lips: They don’t think small | Flaming Lips: They don’t think small
SINGER Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips is apologetic. “We’ll see if people will forgive us, and try again,” he says.
Unlike other high-profile apologies (see Michael Richards, Mel Gibson, etc.), Coyne has done nothing to offend -- his psychedelic pop band, after all, makes songs abo... |
0bf448fc999774a7c60a6ade41cd9fc4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-28-wk-screen28-story.html | ‘Screwball Holidays’ ends year with a laugh | ‘Screwball Holidays’ ends year with a laugh
THE American Cinematheque’s fourth annual “Screwball Holidays” series continues at the Egyptian Theatre tonight with one of Bob Hope’s best films, the 1940 comedy-chiller “The Ghost Breakers.”
Hope and his co-star Paulette Goddard had scored a big success the year before in t... |
f72adb1c2537f07790baf80dfdc0def7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-ed-virgin29-story.html | Unfairly grounded | Unfairly grounded
RICHARD BRANSON may have to ditch his accent, renounce his loyalty to the British crown and drape himself in a U.S. flag. Driving a Mustang may help too. That’s apparently what it will take for U.S. authorities to allow Virgin America, the nascent U.S. airline that bears his popular brand name, to get... |
0659ab4b6f9edd4aade8d66a20e2c116 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-et-opera29-story.html | Too many notes? Not in abbreviated Mozart opera | Too many notes? Not in abbreviated Mozart opera
The overture will be missing, and some familiar music will be omitted. Giggling children are likely to be in the audience.
When the Metropolitan Opera says it is trying to lower the age of its audience, it really means it.
Starting today, the company presents six performa... |
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