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656e991eaab1eca7e0d4f94603e58957 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-et-popup29-story.html | Scenes that unfold right before your very eyes | Scenes that unfold right before your very eyes
Were you to have popped into Bruce Foster’s workshop three years ago, you might have found the artist working on Charlie Brown -- cutting, folding, taping and gluing pieces of paper to depict, in three dimensions, Chuck’s ill-fated attempt to kick the football Lucy holds i... |
e621b1f03f1f3221ef2638175770ebe5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-et-tiger29-story.html | ‘Tiger’ loses its stripes with dumb antics | ‘Tiger’ loses its stripes with dumb antics
Roberto Benigni was an amusing delight in the 1986 Jim Jarmusch films “Down by Law” and “Coffee and Cigarettes” and a wonderfully wistful wayfarer in Fellini’s lovely allegorical valedictory, “The Voice of the Moon” (1989). But by 1997, “Life Is Beautiful,” his sugar-coated Ho... |
e5fd1f7888af086672bac158f42001e5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-fg-ramadi29-story.html | Marines deny airstrikes used against insurgents in Ramadi | Marines deny airstrikes used against insurgents in Ramadi
A large-scale U.S. military operation in Ramadi last month did not target suspected insurgents with airstrikes, U.S. military officials said.
Witness statements reported by The Times on Nov. 15 indicated that a U.S. airstrike might have killed at least 30 people... |
7424e7267f010d0cc119edaa180563ad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-fi-bizquiz29-story.html | Want to test your business IQ? Take our quiz | Want to test your business IQ? Take our quiz
Big takeovers, big paydays, corporate crimes, ethical blunders, product breakthroughs, surprising success stories and a booming stock market -- this year yielded a bumper crop of business news.
How closely were you paying attention? Take our 2006 business quiz and find out.
... |
c93cc83247f7c19201cc3ab10b095f5c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-fi-briefs29.6-story.html | Japanese manufacturing activity index declines | Japanese manufacturing activity index declines
Japanese manufacturing activity in December grew at the slowest pace in 21 months as demand for Japanese goods cooled at home and abroad, a survey showed.
The NTC Research/Nomura/JMMA purchasing managers index, which gives an early snapshot of the health of manufacturing, ... |
55b266e99e17d0062b20cc55a0668a71 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-fi-wrap29.1-story.html | Nasdaq to suspend trading Tuesday | Nasdaq to suspend trading Tuesday
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said Thursday that it would close Tuesday in honor of former President Ford. The New York Stock Exchange may shut down as well but had not announced plans as of late Thursday.
A full-day closure for the NYSE, the world’s largest stock exchange, would continue a... |
4e644cd66a3b7a4e68648e4f212effc8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-le-friday29.2-story.html | Looking back on Ford as president | Looking back on Ford as president
Re “Praise for ‘a legacy of honor,’ ” Dec. 28
President Ford is the only U.S. president from my lifetime whose death I will mourn. He was a man of unshakable honesty and loyalty.
As a Canadian, I have a special affection for him. It’s a little-known fact that Ford (against the advice o... |
acf382347f20d7fee7452ae1a788ed79 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-le-friday29.6-story.html | Reasons not to execute Hussein | Reasons not to execute Hussein
Re “Iraqi court upholds death for Hussein,” Dec. 27
Let’s not feed the flames of terrorism. Executing Saddam Hussein will immediately elevate him to martyrdom status in the eyes of extremists and bring renewed vigor to groups working to destabilize Iraq.
It should be crystal clear that a ... |
b15f740f6bf88a3f91ffab97d076ddba | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-me-bishop29-story.html | John Bishop, 77; playwright and screenwriter | John Bishop, 77; playwright and screenwriter
John Bishop, a playwright and screenwriter who was a longtime member of the acclaimed off-Broadway Circle Repertory Company in New York as both a writer and director and later founded the Circle West theater company in Los Angeles, has died. He was 77.
Bishop, an Encino resi... |
568fb736e85714eb3fbd2ea3a3121c1b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-me-chapman29-story.html | Sam Chapman, 90; halfback on last Cal team to win Rose Bowl | Sam Chapman, 90; halfback on last Cal team to win Rose Bowl
Sam Chapman, an All-American halfback on the last University of California football team to win the Rose Bowl -- in 1938 -- who went on to play baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics, has died. He was 90.
Chapman died Friday at an assisted-living facility in... |
c2cfa733575f4452bb67086f4dfb4604 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-me-desert29-story.html | Quiet desert burg gets ready to pay respects | Quiet desert burg gets ready to pay respects
As they prepared to act as hosts during the first official memorial for Gerald R. Ford, residents of Palm Desert took their cue Thursday from the unassuming style of the 38th president -- stepping aside as the military and Secret Service swept in to handle the funeral proces... |
fd436968c32b5f1e2f7ecdef3730bdff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-me-winterbreak29-story.html | Schools learning a lesson over vacation | Schools learning a lesson over vacation
Ana Morales, her husband and their three children packed their 2001 blue van last week and started a 30-hour drive to spend the holidays with Morales’ six siblings in Parral in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
With their oldest child in kindergarten, Morales feared they wouldn’t b... |
5d6dccf46bfff4d7108624b20e307ade | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-sp-duckrep29-story.html | Backups Wall, McKee in an unexpected place | Backups Wall, McKee in an unexpected place
Michael Wall and David McKee were part of the goalie contingent in the Ducks’ training camp in September, but the odds of either being on the roster this season were slim and none.
The Ducks were set with Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov in the net and the plan for Wa... |
0d1e4980c6886aced24b1a3d2f868d3c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-sp-nflrep29-story.html | Panthers’ Delhomme likely to start Sunday | Panthers’ Delhomme likely to start Sunday
Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme practiced again Thursday and was upgraded to a probable starter for the Panthers’ final regular-season game at New Orleans.
Delhomme has been sidelined since suffering ligament damage in his right thumb Dec. 4 against Philadelphia. The Panther... |
e8eb0bbabee41d99827fdd89b5b10cb5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-sp-outdoorscol29-story.html | Bird haven lives amid sprawl | Bird haven lives amid sprawl
David Moody is a serious birder. You could blindfold him, turn him loose in a field and he could tell you what kind of birds are around simply by listening.
His “patch,” which is how bird-watchers refer to areas they’re most familiar with, is a nearly 50-acre parcel of wilderness in Torranc... |
8269f35ed0e6fddcca04fb86dee8991f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-sp-southland29-story.html | 49ers get a big victory at Davis | 49ers get a big victory at Davis
Mark Dawson and Aaron Nixon each had 16 points Thursday night to lead Long Beach State to a 89-75 victory over UC Davis at Davis.
Kejuan Johnson and Kevin Houston added 14 apiece for the 49ers (8-4).
Thomas Juillerat had 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in 32 minu... |
4f35ef238145a4b415d1e7c1d2819359 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-sp-tonight29-story.html | TONIGHT | TONIGHT
MEN
Nonconference
Loyola Marymount (8-6) vs. Akron (7-3), 5 -- The Lions will be without their two leading scorers, Brandon Worthy and Matthew Knight. Worthy (averaging 18.5 points) is out for the season because of a torn knee ligament and Knight (17.2) is skipping this trip because of a strained knee. Adoyah M... |
408e3097d2ea4cc6bf069847b5857f85 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-29-sp-uscrep29-story.html | Williams is moved back to linebacker | Williams is moved back to linebacker
Thomas Williams received an unexpected early-morning wake-up call at USC’s team hotel Thursday, a circumstance that initially miffed the sleeping junior.
But Williams promptly awakened when he heard Coach Pete Carroll’s voice on the other end of the line.
“He told me a car was comin... |
cfb00753cae1fcf1437ff619daf05061 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-ed-condor30-story.html | Get the lead out | Get the lead out
BACK IN THE good old Pleistocene Epoch, California condors sailed over the heads of sloths and saber-toothed cats, keeping an eye out for the tasty carcass of a mastodon. Eating the prehistoric version of fast food, they survived to the present day while those other species went extinct.
Now, however, ... |
811fdf357c44dc2438f0d7fec6a09d5a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-ed-saddam30-story.html | A dictator’s death | A dictator’s death
ONCE UPON A TIME, the death of Saddam Hussein would have been an epochal event for Iraq, the Middle East and the world. Now there is some question whether it will even matter in Baghdad.
No one really expects Hussein’s execution, which took place today, to change much in Iraq. His hanging was carried... |
ecdef34427989044f9d90eaa91500f6b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-et-downloads30-story.html | Downloads | Downloads
“Olympia”
James Brown
youtube.com/watch?v=7K3KbzjT6Sc&mode;=related&search;
There’s a lot of Brown to be found on the Net. Some video or audio tracks emphasize his incom-
parable talent as an R&B; shouter; others showcase his abilities as a dancer, perfectly choreographing his moves in sync with the Flames’ r... |
a42999b70d77c48567fae7bf9da6ae06 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-et-lucas30-story.html | Fourth time’s a charm for new ‘Indiana Jones’ | Fourth time’s a charm for new ‘Indiana Jones’
Director George Lucas said Friday that filming for the much-anticipated “Indiana Jones” movie will begin next year, and he promised it will be “the best one yet.”
Lucas said he and director Steven Spielberg recently finalized the script, which stars Harrison Ford, who appea... |
0ae6fcc19a803492f3b732fbdd4e3d2b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-et-mozart30-story.html | Hits keep coming for Mozart’s birthday | Hits keep coming for Mozart’s birthday
Mozart is still generating hits: millions of them, in fact.
A jubilee year of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth ended Friday with a flourish: As a harpsichord player tapped out a posthumous premiere of a previously unknown tune, a new online databa... |
aa8ef555e6308565ad2156a70ac96176 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-et-quick30.1-story.html | Theft reported at McCartney estate | Theft reported at McCartney estate
British police were called to the country estate of former Beatle Paul McCartney after his estranged wife reported the theft of paintings, including a Picasso and a Renoir, from the lodge they once shared, police said Friday.
“We checked the premises and spoke to Heather Mills [McCart... |
b765fde45495907671ec91d7f47d7bfc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-et-quick30.3-story.html | Jolie and Pitt make a visit to Panama | Jolie and Pitt make a visit to Panama
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt surprised fans in Panama City on Friday, visiting a souvenir shop, a colonial neighborhood and the Panama Canal, where one resident yelled, “Are you Brad Pitt?” The actor smiled and said: “Sometimes.”
The Hollywood couple flew to Panama on Thursday, tak... |
6d91e5c16016f47bcaa4de673f665311 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-fg-briefs30.4-story.html | Muslim pilgrims continue ritual | Muslim pilgrims continue ritual
More than 2 million Muslim pilgrims, mostly on foot, streamed down to Muzdalifah near Mecca, where hajj tradition says they should spend the night.
Many carried their belongings on their backs, and some pushed relatives in wheelchairs.
Earlier, pilgrims spent the day at Mt. Arafat, a sac... |
e7c68d3ed541012aa9398dde161d0f9f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-fi-apple30-story.html | APPLE REPORT FAILS TO END CONTROVERSY | APPLE REPORT FAILS TO END CONTROVERSY
Apple Computer Inc. on Friday cleared Chief Executive Steve Jobs of wrongdoing regarding its improper handling of stock options, but new details from an internal investigation only fueled controversy.
The company revealed that Jobs “was aware or recommended” the selection of favora... |
8d8b1a96a95683aae6c7148b4a91b1e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-fi-palmas30-story.html | Framework of a major city is rising in Brazil’s interior | Framework of a major city is rising in Brazil’s interior
This planned city boasts stately boulevards, universities, a gleaming airport and beaches -- no small feat for a place deep in Brazil’s interior.
Never mind that only 208,000 people currently reside in a space designed to accommodate 3 million residents, giving P... |
ae8a41c3deb374bf78a926838aa3c959 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-aryan30-story.html | Prison gang trial reveals a treacherous world | Prison gang trial reveals a treacherous world
Thick neck twitching, eyes drifting out of sync, Clifford Eugene Smith is not the most credible of witnesses: He says he is a “drug fiend,” estimates having murdered “about” 20 inmates over the years and lies on the stand so often that he recently committed perjury about co... |
b6de542d80d99352b7767d9de98eac48 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-ford30-story.html | A quiet, personal farewell | A quiet, personal farewell
The first tribute to Gerald R. Ford was as quiet and simple as his life beyond the White House -- a private family prayer service Friday in an austere desert church, followed by a somber line of friends, dignitaries and just plain Californians paying their final respects in the shadow of the ... |
5374a271c1f00117a1d75a6d40323d3a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-kidney30-story.html | A test of faith in strangers | A test of faith in strangers
THERE are a billion people on the Internet, and perhaps someone, somewhere, had a kidney to spare.
“19 yr. old daughter needs O kidney,” Karol Franks typed, specifying the proper blood type.
Her eldest child, Jenna, had a rare defect that destroyed her kidneys. She had been undergoing dialy... |
738f9b905ef005d5834ee196344c685b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-lapd30-story.html | 4 LAPD officers claim race-based discrimination | 4 LAPD officers claim race-based discrimination
Four Los Angeles police officers on Friday accused top department officials -- including the former head of the internal affairs bureau -- of discrimination for failing to include them in a new unit to investigate use-of-force incidents.
The investigators -- two African A... |
8f09be39120cd297bef1ccdb762b86f8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-passings30.2-story.html | Jared Nathan, 21; ex-actor on children’s television show ‘Zoom’ | Jared Nathan, 21; ex-actor on children’s television show ‘Zoom’
Jared Nathan, 21, a former actor on the children’s television show “Zoom,” died early Thursday morning at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, N.H., after a car crash in nearby Hollins.
Nathan, who lived in Nashua, was a third-year acting student at the Juilliar... |
55f735720cc8d1d9d849206ab9b07678 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-pinkberry30-story.html | Neighbors get fired up over frozen dessert shop | Neighbors get fired up over frozen dessert shop
The driver of the Dodge pickup honked angrily at the double-parked Lexus SUV that blocked his way.
He yelled an obscenity, gunned the truck and swerved into the oncoming lane, only to have to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting two women who were jaywalking in front of hi... |
6824a967242233d22caafcddfec8a26f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-shootout30-story.html | Shootout with police in Fullerton leaves one man dead, one injured | Shootout with police in Fullerton leaves one man dead, one injured
Fullerton police used a bullhorn to awaken two men in a car early Friday morning, and at least one opened fire, unleashing a volley of shots at officers, who shot back, killing one man and wounding the other.
Authorities said they did not know what led ... |
07f0b51b204cb41ca27118f78f707ca5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-me-worth30-story.html | Joan Worth, 72; helped keep Lenny Bruce’s comedy alive | Joan Worth, 72; helped keep Lenny Bruce’s comedy alive
Joan Worth, an artist who became a theatrical writer-producer in her later years to carry on her late husband’s work in furthering the legacies of comedian Lenny Bruce and black nationalist leader Malcolm X, has died. She was 72.
Worth, the widow of writer-producer... |
0b17c03840397c03bbe719fe41b857a6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-na-children30-story.html | Suit blocking deportations of parents advances | Suit blocking deportations of parents advances
A lawsuit that seeks to temporarily block deportations of immigrants with children who are U.S. citizens was allowed to go forward Friday.
The lawsuit argues that U.S.-born children are deprived of their civil rights when authorities send their illegal-immigrant parents to... |
463ab990763babf18187672e0dc51a8b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-na-stones30-story.html | Kidney stones a pediatric puzzle | Kidney stones a pediatric puzzle
Doctors at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore and other facilities are finding a curious increase in children with kidney stones -- another possible consequence of America’s dependence on processed foods.
Bad eating habits have already fueled twin epidemics of childhood obe... |
572ec2d4987b368fea5613c53cbe8c67 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-oe-cockburn30-story.html | So long to ‘our’ tyrant | So long to ‘our’ tyrant
AMONG THE MANY ironies of Saddam Hussein’s execution is that, although his death seems certain to boost sectarian bloodletting between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, he always posed as an Iraqi and Arab nationalist who could unite the rivalrous sects in his country -- an attribute that initially re... |
4b0afcf0ce9844b39de8fde71e49d423 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sci-briefs30.1-story.html | Weight loss cuts prostate cancer risk | Weight loss cuts prostate cancer risk
Losing just 11 pounds can decrease the risk of the most aggressive form of prostate cancer by about 40% in overweight men, researchers reported this week in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Previous studies had shown obese men were more likely to develop th... |
9783355bc14d6dc108dd627692bbcb52 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-bowls30-story.html | Two-point conversion lifts Oregon State | Two-point conversion lifts Oregon State
Yvenson Bernard barely pushed into the end zone on a gutsy two-point conversion run after Joe Newton caught a 14-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to give No. 24 Oregon State a dramatic 39-38 victory over Missouri in the Sun Bowl at El Paso.
The Beavers (10-4) trailed by 1... |
dc9a4ac08913260dca13635f7d2cda76 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-lakerep30-story.html | Loss of Odom is taking its toll | Loss of Odom is taking its toll
These are the times when Lamar Odom’s multidimensional game is missed by the Lakers.
A five-point road loss to Chicago. An embarrassing 16-point loss to Miami in front of a national TV audience. A stinging triple-overtime loss to one of the league’s worst teams.
Odom is out until at leas... |
aa1c8b42d1d55bee527b3a715d0b26f2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-letters30.5-story.html | Is this heaven? No, it’s the Angels | Is this heaven? No, it’s the Angels
So let me get this straight: Juan Rivera’s absence needed to be addressed, so Shea Hillenbrand is a solution? $6.5 million for a first baseman who’s never slugged .500 or hit 20 homers, doesn’t draw walks, is eight years older than Casey Kotchman and Kendry Morales, and has a problem... |
a83cd29c48125fcd5baf566e5f05fef2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-nbardp30-story.html | High-scoring Wizards edge Magic, 112-111 | High-scoring Wizards edge Magic, 112-111
Caron Butler made the go-ahead basket, a 16-footer from the baseline with 46 seconds left, Gilbert Arenas scored 14 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, and Washington took sole possession of the Southeast Division lead with a 112-111 home victory over Orlando.
The Wizards ha... |
192e4060a386cb1498209291faa0c9bb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-southland30-story.html | Pepperdine falls to New Mexico | Pepperdine falls to New Mexico
J.R. Giddens scored a career-high 26 points, Jamaal Smith made eight free throws in the final two minutes and New Mexico held off Pepperdine, 101-96, in the championship game of the Lobo Invitational on Friday night at Albuquerque.
New Mexico (11-3) used the three-point shooting of Gidden... |
79289fdb29bf22139320ffb4c0259c74 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-textech30-story.html | Texas Tech rallies to stun Minnesota | Texas Tech rallies to stun Minnesota
After spotting Minnesota a 31-point lead, Texas Tech rallied for a stunning 44-41 overtime victory in the Insight Bowl on Friday night, the biggest comeback in Division I-A bowl history.
Joel Monroe kicked a 32-yard field goal to put Minnesota up 41-38 in overtime, but Shannon Woods... |
cfde080fe064fcfe2882fa689bba3313 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-30-sp-uscrep30-story.html | Gable to start again at tailback | Gable to start again at tailback
Tailback C.J. Gable struggled to rush the ball effectively in the regular-season finale against UCLA, but the freshman from Sylmar will start in the Rose Bowl against Michigan, Coach Pete Carroll said Friday.
It will be the fourth consecutive start for Gable, who ran for a career-best 1... |
ab8fab64075d6a9e5861959f0d7305a8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-adna-waikiki31-story.html | Giving Waikiki back its beach | Giving Waikiki back its beach
Along the sandy sliver that is Hawaii’s world-famous Waikiki beach, waves sometimes reach all the way across the sand to touch solid land.
At some points, the sparkling beach is only wide enough for two or three beachgoers to lay on the narrow swath between land and ocean.
After years of c... |
813b80a134f857e76f5f578683c81aed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-bk-barton31-story.html | Simplicity savored | Simplicity savored
WRITERS of historical fiction agonize over the extent to which the past should seem foreign. Details of period dress and habits can lend a novel authenticity or gum up its works with esoterica. Moment by moment and page by page, the writer must decide how familiar her characters ought to be and how s... |
a1c8d860d8484c0bba66d671a81bc2e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-bk-poem31-story.html | Creed By Stanley Moss | Creed By Stanley Moss
I salute a word, I stand up and give it my chair,
because this one Zulu word, ubuntu,
holds what English takes seven to say:
“the essential dignity of every human being.”
I give my hand to ubuntu --
the simple, everyday South African word
for the English mouthful.
I do not know the black Jerusalem... |
ef8a49c24108d84fc344a6f200fac389 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-bk-wagman31-story.html | Wolf on the prowl | Wolf on the prowl
IN 1953, Richard Wright wrote the existential novel “The Outsider,” about one man’s search for freedom within a world of violence and alienation. It owes not a little to Albert Camus’ 1942 novel of the same name, more often translated from the French as “The Stranger.” Camus continued his existential ... |
93615e90e8f59f21159c37d3cc57865d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ca-dudamel31-story.html | Class leader | Class leader
WAVES of talent from Japan, Korea and China have brought new blood to classical music since the 1980s. A vigorous second wave arrived from Finland and other Scandinavian countries starting in the 1990s. Now, get set for a third wave, from an unexpected source -- Venezuela. It might turn out to be the bigge... |
ba677da8e779bebd492309d6145dd9dc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ca-letters31-story.html | ‘Children’ just needs some caring parents | ‘Children’ just needs some caring parents
WITH all due respect to executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers, the majority of “backlash” against the Zarf/Zoe story line in “All My Children” will likely come from poor execution, not subject matter [“Zarf Becomes Zoe, and a Soap Evolves,” Dec. 24]. Likewise, ABC Daytime P... |
99a611e280bd5d46151e947e1994d22d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ca-pollack31-story.html | Daddy coolest | Daddy coolest
FATHERHOOD, for humorist Neal Pollack, didn’t hasten an end to his boozy nights out at crowded rock shows or mute his inner cynic or prompt a move away from the crime-ridden urban enclaves he called home. That’s because Pollack was determined -- for reasons he still can’t quite articulate -- to be a “cool... |
7a151d7d6fa03be81e552b965ef7a952 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ca-quiz31-story.html | The Southland’s year in the arts | The Southland’s year in the arts
1 What body part did Steve Wynn plunge into Picasso’s “Le Reve”?
His finger
His elbow
His knee
His foot
**
2 “Jersey Boys,” the winner of the 2006 Tony for best musical, had its world premiere at what Southern California theater?
Ahmanson Theatre in L.A.
Old Globe Theatre in San Diego
P... |
358eadbf58c33efee5d7062163b6803b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ca-streetlevel31-story.html | The look: First-grade fabulous | The look: First-grade fabulous
HEADBANDS aren’t comfortable. Some sport plastic teeth as sharp as toothpicks. Others are so tight they could make your eyeballs bulge.
But women have never let a little torture get in the way of a great trend. So every morning, the cheap-chic fashionistas at Forever 21 at the Grove fill ... |
e42512ffaaab86e3edbb4227b08f759a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ca-today31-story.html | New ‘Today’ team isn’t taking tomorrow lightly | New ‘Today’ team isn’t taking tomorrow lightly
IT was holiday time on “Today,” and Meredith Vieira was quizzing Martha Stewart about picking a Christmas tree.
“Do you get the real thing, or do you like to fake it?” Vieira asked the domestic doyenne, her face fixed in an innocent expression.
“I do both,” Stewart said, g... |
be67377e6cc93449a2120d753e3f5eb6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-ed-villaraigosa31-story.html | The mayor | The mayor
ALL IN ALL, it was a mixed year for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who showed an impressive grasp of the issues and an even better sense -- too fine a sense, really -- of the politics. His performance evaluation reflects both his promise and a few of his problems.
Knowledge of job: Exceeds expectations. Employee... |
d320afab98cf0ee94945bf0d9fdae788 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-fg-briefs31.4-story.html | Outgoing general expects more strife | Outgoing general expects more strife
The outgoing U.S. commander in Afghanistan predicted increased fighting this spring and summer and said Taliban militants would try to overrun towns to “unhinge the Afghan people’s morale.”
Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry, who is to rotate out of Afghanistan in late January, said he e... |
ea29f9b08cebe65dce8666ce069ac59f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-fg-scene31-story.html | Hussein death video is aired | Hussein death video is aired
In a grainy video of Saddam Hussein’s execution shown on television here early today, new details emerged about the deposed Iraqi president’s final moments.
In the video, which seems to have been shot with a cellphone, Hussein is led into a small, darkened concrete room, a red metal gallows... |
fbb38eca1cb755d5d4b487c66e9efd97 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-fi-letters31.1-story.html | Misfortunes happen; you don’t have to sue | Misfortunes happen; you don’t have to sue
Regarding “Taco Bell feels fallout from E. coli outbreak,” Dec. 9:
Living life involves risk. Anytime something bad happens, many people look for someone to sue.
It is unfortunate that people got sick from food that apparently came from Taco Bell.
If it’s established that the c... |
e3d5ad1cd9ad1ee2d01a5de750078d4a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-fi-letters31.2-story.html | CEO’s pay surpassed his performance | CEO’s pay surpassed his performance
Regarding “How KB Home CEO’s pay went through the roof,” Dec. 17:
Apparently some on Wall Street and in the industry see nothing disturbing in former KB Home Chief Executive Bruce Karatz’s making more in a few days than someone working full time for minimum wage can hope to make in a... |
63bcc7fa8f40fce14c7c2ea0059ba882 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-fi-letters31.4-story.html | A one-sided use of political labels | A one-sided use of political labels
“As earnings sizzle, a chill for workers” (Dec. 18) was informative and, on balance, well written.
However, I found it curious that Tom Petruno felt compelled to instruct the reader that the Economic Policy Institute and the Center for Economic and Policy Research were liberal while ... |
55dba1f20319d522d9b00611a269b753 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-le-sunday31.1-story.html | Afghanistan and illegal drug trade | Afghanistan and illegal drug trade
Re “Heroin from Afghanistan is cutting a deadly path,” Dec. 26
How should we deal with this growing menace? More cops? More busts? More prison time? That hasn’t worked before, and there is no reason to believe it will now. How about dealing with the problem at the source, in Afghanist... |
9eae40b1b51686d629466f3c159e0bc0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-me-bands31-story.html | The game’s other score | The game’s other score
Out stepped the USC Trojan Marching Band onto Cromwell Field, a flood of musicians wearing their trademark sunglasses and short sleeves under the Southern California sun. Standouts in Trojan cardinal and gold, they swung trombones and trumpets in unison as the drum line rumbled with all the flash... |
d07ae714fada31764785213302b8041f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-na-storm31-story.html | Winter storm cuts long swath | Winter storm cuts long swath
A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the Rockies on Saturday, sparing Denver another round of heavy snow but trapping drivers farther east in 10-foot drifts.
Denver had expected at least a foot of additional snow through today, but the storm trudged northeast... |
e3698fc6dafd0f45c917f1560bc2ef03 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-op-greene31-story.html | Calendar guy | Calendar guy
HOW DO YOU know a new year is beginning? You get a calendar. A new one. Preferably free and, for many years among L.A. residents of a certain age and outlook, preferably from Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
The calendars would lay by the register in a stack -- single sheets of thick pa... |
fa0565632b76f1ec1f4adc8440d9abea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-op-hitchens31-story.html | Keeping faith with a bloody tradition | Keeping faith with a bloody tradition
I WAS SITTING with President Jalal Talabani of Iraq earlier this month when Iraqi television was broadcasting the trial of Saddam Hussein. The hearings had shifted into their second phase, concerning the mass murder of Iraq’s Kurdish minority in the 1980s, and video footage of gass... |
62930c5a2e09639de8728d82d071ee81 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-op-richardson31-story.html | Why Arnold invited Willie Brown | Why Arnold invited Willie Brown
IF YOU ARE NEW to California, or missed a few chapters of the long-running Sacramento political melodrama, you may be excused if you are somewhat bewildered by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s choice of Democratic kingpin Willie Brown as master of ceremonies at the governor’s Jan.... |
f9d42727c4520be1551863f6a25a7dfa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-op-skube31-story.html | Duke attempts damage control | Duke attempts damage control
NINE MONTHS later, the vigilante posters have come down, the candlelight vigils have gone dark and little has been heard from the New Black Panther Party or the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Even among the aspiring activists who banged pots and pans last spring in solidarity with the alleged victim, ... |
45b98f7b9cf5321c1de4b3d9ad2c3c3a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-re-associations31-story.html | Big bucks or no, board’s duty is the same | Big bucks or no, board’s duty is the same
Question: I live in a Los Angeles area building with units priced at $2 million and up. The board of directors assessed all owners for installing a freight elevator. But my son learned that the Department of Building and Safety denied the building a permit for this because our ... |
43133a7d749519116b8bab091d1e4208 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-re-endofyr31-story.html | A year in realty time | A year in realty time
The Real Estate section tracked trends near and far in 2006. Where in the country were there bargains still to be had? Was it the year to walk away from the Las Vegas table and perhaps say “Hola!” to Mexico’s real estate market?
And closer to home, we watched the city deal with the McMansionizatio... |
2c1e1f9cf91030336fe1e80b99eb2448 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-sp-newswire31-story.html | U.S. loses to France in first Hopman Cup match | U.S. loses to France in first Hopman Cup match
France upset the defending champion U.S. team and Australia defeated top-seeded Russia on Saturday in the opening matches of the Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis tournament at Perth, Australia.
Tatiana Golovin defeated Ashley Harkleroad, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, and 213th-ranked Jerome... |
774e26fab9390f07cf8aea791cb2f48f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-sp-nhl31-story.html | Roenick’s hat trick helps Coyotes defeat Sharks, 8-0 | Roenick’s hat trick helps Coyotes defeat Sharks, 8-0
Curtis Joseph stopped 40 shots Saturday night for his 437th career victory and the Phoenix Coyotes defeated the San Jose Sharks, 8-0, at Glendale, Ariz.
Jeremy Roenick, who had only one goal in his previous 31 games, scored three goals for the Coyotes, 8-2-1 in their... |
881afe04a74d27a1926562ae85ee2bda | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-sp-oates31-story.html | Noise that annoys can be unfair | Noise that annoys can be unfair
Good sportsmanship is a value that seems to be in short supply these days at football games, where, on occasion, a calculated crescendo of crowd noise can interfere with the visiting team’s snap count. It happened again the other day in Seattle -- where some sports fans, albeit not many,... |
f551b4fe61ebe21c04ecad99294b28c9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-sp-oldballdog31-story.html | What’s next after old ball returns? | What’s next after old ball returns?
New Year’s celebrations might be louder than usual in NBA locker rooms today.
When the curtain closes on 2006, so does the brief run of the league’s new basketball. The new year brings the return of the old ball, the leather one players said never should have been replaced.
“Halleluj... |
39448e37adfbd336ea051be9020af7f7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-tr-ntb31-story.html | Aloha, construction zone | Aloha, construction zone
THE heart of Waikiki has long been a hodgepodge of high-end boutiques and crummy shops, luxury resorts and low-rent hotels, its main drag dominated by a boxy stone shopping mall with the aesthetic appeal of a medieval keep.
But now the tourist zone is undergoing changes that local tourism boost... |
890fce6181e2d3bd615b4fd56e9afcc3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-31-tr-tc31-story.html | Drop anchor for a taste of local brew | Drop anchor for a taste of local brew
HOIST a jug of ale while your host hoists the sails on a five-day tall ship tour of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands.
The Canadian cruise, which departs March 29, is aboard the 92-foot schooner Maple Leaf. The group visits microbreweries, wildlife habitats and historical sites, such... |
079503631b78f52e8fe3bf9f9032ee6c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-01-me-arnold1-story.html | Big Tent to Be Tested When Gov. Attends Carona Bash | Big Tent to Be Tested When Gov. Attends Carona Bash
The reelection campaign of Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona is hoping for a major boost Thursday when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger headlines a gala fundraiser for the sheriff in Dana Point.
The event is also likely to provide another indicator of the governor’s s... |
845e61239fcbca517d406a869dea905d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-02-me-labonge2-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3sDb9vzijj0dyiErYN62XdY_BfSz3Ov0yaSRqV05yqzywZj1kKAo-Q53Y | Custodian of His District | Custodian of His District
On a bright autumn morning in the great city of Los Angeles, a well-traveled Ford Crown Victoria bangs up against a curb on Normandie Avenue near the border of Koreatown and Wilshire Center.
The driver’s door blows open and out explodes Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge, who straightens ... |
26011a04ad18cb58aa64fc16314268ec | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-04-oe-klein4-story.html | X = Karin (Johnny) > 95% | X = Karin (Johnny) > 95%
JOHNNY PATRELLO was a greaser. I was a dork. And yet, despite our rigidly stratified school culture, we came together in the spring of 1968 at Walt Whitman Junior High School, where I tutored Johnny in algebra.
I thought about Johnny again as I read The Times’ series this week on L.A.'s dropout... |
4c5b4ee8892aea431313b535a789d14c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-05-ed-nsa5-story.html | Tapping into AT | Tapping into AT
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION has spent much of the last few weeks trying to explain that to protect American democracy, it must sometimes spy on American citizens. Now the debate over its warrantless domestic spying program has reached out to touch one of the iconic names of American capitalism: Ma Bell.
The... |
f1dc975cfd0aaf45e74aa34f5c0b227e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-05-op-debattista5-story.html | Can movies change our minds? | Can movies change our minds?
NEAR THE end of “Brokeback Mountain,” the film widely touted as a breakthrough gay romance for straight audiences, the wife of one of the lovers tells her husband as he is leaving for one of his “fishing trips” that Brokeback Mountain is his pretend place. Movies specialize in such private ... |
911386727debd5e936b255a43a259627 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-06-me-mammoth6-story.html | Deaths of 5 Skiers Stun Mammoth | Deaths of 5 Skiers Stun Mammoth
The deaths of five skiers over a recent seven-day period on or near Mammoth Mountain appear to have been tragic accidents but have shaken this hamlet of outdoor enthusiasts.
One victim was a Los Angeles dentist and avid outdoorsman, another a retired water deliveryman from Garden Grove, ... |
e071ab7300f26549b0c3df9877aac3a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-08-fi-chinaparty8-story.html | People’s Party Animals | People’s Party Animals
It’s past midnight on a cold, wet Tuesday and the MGM club is hopping. Scantily dressed women stand behind a large circular bar, playing dice with customers to see who will take the next drink. Disco balls twirl from the mushroom-shaped ceiling. Cigarette girls peddle roses and Havana cigars.
Dav... |
bb4ca18c93d0304ebdd42ee359ce0dbb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-12-oe-barash12-story.html | Great emancipators | Great emancipators
CHARLES DARWIN and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day: Feb. 12, 1809. It’s a nice coincidence.
Both were great emancipators. Lincoln, as every schoolchild knows, freed the slaves. Darwin, as every creationist resists, freed our minds.
Both were motivated by multiple agendas, and both were genu... |
6747778ad0d3976a2b3b5e67f3b46cb2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-14-fi-moviebeam14-story.html | Disney to Revive Video on Demand | Disney to Revive Video on Demand
Buoyed by its success selling ABC television shows online, Walt Disney Co. plans to revive an experimental service today that beams movies into customers’ homes.
MovieBeam was designed as the couch potato’s alternative to driving to the video store, but the service was suspended in Apri... |
81afbd8946486ec48ee4c9613ff1ef6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-14-me-penn14-story.html | Chris Penn Died of Heart Disease | Chris Penn Died of Heart Disease
Actor Chris Penn’s sudden death at age 40 last month was caused by a deadly heart condition, though a commonly prescribed cough syrup probably was a contributing factor, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office said Monday.
Investigators found that Penn died of “nonspecific cardiomyopath... |
7e816c0e3ae8108ea0cf399c6165365a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-et-galleries17-story.html | On a scavenger hunt | On a scavenger hunt
NINE years ago, Chris Finley exhibited several paintings by hiding two in a corridor that was too narrow to enter and placing another behind a high wall. To see it, viewers had to bounce on a trampoline.
The 34-year-old Northern Californian is up to similar antics in a new installation at ACME Galle... |
ef7033f88df8a420691179add117590b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-fg-abuse17-story.html | In Iraq, a Subdued Response to New Detainee Abuse Photos | In Iraq, a Subdued Response to New Detainee Abuse Photos
Newly released photos of detainee abuse by American soldiers and intelligence officers at the Abu Ghraib prison sparked condemnation by U.S. and Iraqi officials Thursday, but little of the populist outrage and street violence that followed release of the first su... |
38c79d9e1a92a02acee1c4f994591aa1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-fg-gitmo17-story.html | U.S. Rejects Guantanamo Report | U.S. Rejects Guantanamo Report
The White House on Thursday rejected a United Nations report that says the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center should be closed and that U.S. treatment of detainees in some cases amounted to torture, calling it a “rehash” of old allegations.
The report concludes that combinations of in... |
074592a048288d8fda282515b6ed3056 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-fg-iraqflu17-story.html | Iraqis Cull Fowl After Possible New Bird Flu Cases | Iraqis Cull Fowl After Possible New Bird Flu Cases
Responding to fears of a second avian influenza outbreak this year, health officials in the southern Iraqi city of Amarah said Thursday that they had ordered hundreds of chickens slaughtered, cordoned off the town and begun disinfecting vehicles leaving the area.
A hos... |
44589ff419585c0121522a0cc69016e4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-18-me-lax18-story.html | 3rd Risk Warning for LAX in 3 Years | 3rd Risk Warning for LAX in 3 Years
Security experts released their third warning in as many years Friday that passengers in line in lobbies and on sidewalks at Los Angeles International Airport are vulnerable to luggage or car bomb attacks.
They also recommended, for the second time, that airlines add ticket agents an... |
294e23b826e31ae63ac4766ac2c5548f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-18-oe-ijaz18-story.html | Islamic truths | Islamic truths
ANOTHER WEEK, another Muslim country burns in rage over months-old Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in an unflattering light. On Friday it was Libya, and earlier in the week it was my father’s homeland, Pakistan, where violent protests were scattered across the nation. S... |
b0844703d5be639e1731af175e1328b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-20-na-radio20-story.html | Student Journalists Seek Out the Voices of Ordinary Iraqis | Student Journalists Seek Out the Voices of Ordinary Iraqis
A U.S. soldier returns home from Iraq, pregnant. Her husband is outraged.
“But you should be happy,” she tells him. “I came back with an Iraqi prisoner.”
This nugget of humor is brought to you by War News Radio, an innovative and sometimes irreverent form of jo... |
32e6339b81c9031d4b03b09a75217863 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-20-oe-morton20-story.html | On Thelemanngasse | On Thelemanngasse
LAST MONTH, I boarded the No. 43 tram again, right after unpacking in my hotel. At the eighth stop I got off, walked one block south and one block west, came to a halt, and then just stood there. Stood there for minutes on end to look at a plain spot in an otherwise flamboyant city, a backwater street... |
18ea75fd1b7c24a5e82ce7acb620f01e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-22-fg-musical22-story.html | ‘Les Miserables’ of North Korea | ‘Les Miserables’ of North Korea
Perhaps not since Mel Brooks conceived “Springtime for Hitler” in the comedy “The Producers” has there been such an unlikely premise for a musical.
Chorus lines of goose-stepping soldiers and emaciated political prisoners will prance across the stage when “Yoduk Story,” a tear-jerker abo... |
4e14105c801cf79a43ed5f09953b7a53 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-22-me-diebold22-story.html | Man Pleads Not Guilty in Voting Device Case | Man Pleads Not Guilty in Voting Device Case
A word processor accused of stealing damaging documents about electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold Election Systems was arraigned Tuesday on three felony counts.
Stephen Heller was charged in Los Angeles Superior Court with felony access to computer data, commercial... |
27144c337efaf0799cdabda613de0362 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-oe-rodriguez1-story.html | The false god of ideology | The false god of ideology
I’M A BAD CATHOLIC, even though I’m a convert. I only register Democrat so that I won’t be excluded from voting in California’s closed presidential primaries. I guess you could say that I have a version of the Groucho Marx disease: I don’t want to be part of any club that’ll have me as a membe... |
93d0cebc029f3e2c79482d8558f1b6e6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-03-me-barr3-story.html | Candy Barr, 70; 1950s Stripper and Stag Film Star Personified the Joy and Danger of Sex | Candy Barr, 70; 1950s Stripper and Stag Film Star Personified the Joy and Danger of Sex
Candy Barr, infamous 1950s stripper and stag film star once romantically linked to mobster Mickey Cohen and associated with Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby, has died. She was 70.
Barr died Friday of pneumonia in an Abilene, Texas, ... |
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