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bda720a6694029b687f88d39d1722cb6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-04-fg-intel4-story.html | CIA Gave Iran Bomb Plans, Book Says | CIA Gave Iran Bomb Plans, Book Says
In a clumsy effort to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program, the CIA in 2004 intentionally handed Tehran some top-secret bomb designs laced with a hidden flaw that U.S. officials hoped would doom any weapon made from them, according to a new book about the U.S. intelligence agency.
But the... |
4029a88d4ac21a0b9d2026525f26903c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-04-fo-stout4-story.html | Dark, rich and creamy: California’s rising stars | Dark, rich and creamy: California’s rising stars
IT’S Daylight Losing Time. The days are overcast, the nights are long. It’s the season for a glass of a dark, comforting ale: stout or its gentler cousin, porter. Drinking one of these brews, with their mellow coffee- or chocolate-like roasted flavors, is like curling up... |
efa696e5eff1fe546d62bde0351127fc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-07-me-beliefs7-story.html | Cao Dai Fuses Great Faiths of the World | Cao Dai Fuses Great Faiths of the World
During the 1960s, historian and Vietnam watcher Bernard Fall described Cao Dai -- the eclectic Vietnamese religion whose saints include William Shakespeare and Victor Hugo -- as a “dinosaur,” headed for oblivion after peaking in the 1950s.
Not so, says Janet Hoskins, a USC anthro... |
920ea8158be08eb9493b2882b5597140 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-07-me-teacher7-story.html | Former Teacher Gets 6 Years for Sex With Students | Former Teacher Gets 6 Years for Sex With Students
A former Orange middle school teacher who had sex with three students was sentenced Friday to six years in prison as her attorney painted the boys as willing participants who looked at pornography and bought condoms to prepare for the encounters.
Sarah Bench-Salorio, 29... |
35524c0cca08b81a2628e53569316608 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-08-na-banker8-story.html | A Donor Who Had Big Allies | A Donor Who Had Big Allies
In a case that echoes the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, two Northern California Republican congressmen used their official positions to try to stop a federal investigation of a wealthy Texas businessman who provided them with political contributions.
Reps. John T. Doolittle and Ri... |
392b5579eb1c06428ae8b63f3420c2f9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-09-ed-alito09-story.html | Judging Judge Alito | Judging Judge Alito
ALTHOUGH SAMUEL A. ALITO JR.'s position on abortion rights garnered much of the attention in the aftermath of his nomination to the Supreme Court last fall, the top priority of senators at his confirmation hearing this week should be to ascertain whether the judge sufficiently appreciates the proper... |
d9addf799cffef391c0d94edbd5e1193 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-10-ed-guns10-story.html | Two mayors, one issue | Two mayors, one issue
EVEN AS CRIME rates continue to fall in Los Angeles and across the nation, a staggering number of homicides still occur each year, most involving a handgun. In Los Angeles, there were 487 killings in 2005, down from 518 in 2004, but twice the number of auto deaths.
In his inaugural address last we... |
cf292e9ddf7a3761ccf1d3b1e956ee8b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-10-me-scotus10-story.html | Suit Can Proceed Against LAPD | Suit Can Proceed Against LAPD
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Los Angeles Police Department can be sued under the federal racketeering law by a man who alleges that he was framed by officers as part of the Rampart scandal.
The high court, without comment, declined to review an August decisi... |
7da8733da08aabd20f1b1ba256fbe411 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-12-me-mail12-story.html | Inquiry Seeks to Stamp Out Mailbox Mishaps | Inquiry Seeks to Stamp Out Mailbox Mishaps
It was the ancient Greek historian Herodotus who, writing about the Persian Wars, lauded the Persian messengers with a compliment that many modern-day Postal Service employees have adopted as their mantra: “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couri... |
6547f9b3d926a93b1e3a517c7bf439ba | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-12-me-nilsson12-story.html | Birgit Nilsson, 87; Wagnerian Soprano Known for the Power of Her Voice and Personality | Birgit Nilsson, 87; Wagnerian Soprano Known for the Power of Her Voice and Personality
Birgit Nilsson, considered the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation, has died. She was 87.
Nilsson died Dec. 25, the Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported. The cause of death was not announced. It was her family’s wish... |
e5b46e2bba099f86458e4520d459de33 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-13-fg-abuse13-story.html | Charges Sought Against Officer at Abu Ghraib | Charges Sought Against Officer at Abu Ghraib
Army investigators have recommended that criminal charges be filed against a supervising military officer in the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, according to Pentagon officials and legal documents obtained Thursday.
Charges against Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, ... |
8f366fcc89711ae4127078eabdb02233 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-13-na-jazeera13-story.html | Former ‘Nightline’ Reporter Joins English-Language Al Jazeera | Former ‘Nightline’ Reporter Joins English-Language Al Jazeera
The Arab news network Al Jazeera announced Thursday that Dave Marash, an award-winning former correspondent for ABC News’ “Nightline,” is joining its 24-hour English-language network, to be launched this spring.
In an interview Thursday, Marash, 63, describe... |
6faa3f778b0fcd76d70c9d4f152c10f9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-14-na-briefs14.3-story.html | Former Priest Sentenced to 111 Years for Abuse | Former Priest Sentenced to 111 Years for Abuse
A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of child molestation was sentenced in Phoenix to 111 years in prison.
The Rev. Paul LeBrun was found guilty in November of sexually abusing boys when he worked in the Phoenix diocese from 1986 to 1991. LeBrun, 49, has been jailed si... |
63093483edf091b5881a6c4af9c2a2f3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-14-na-king14-story.html | King Children Divided Over Fate of Center | King Children Divided Over Fate of Center
Every year since the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., his widow, Coretta Scott King, has marked his birthday at the church where he delivered his first and last sermon.
But this year, no one at Ebenezer Baptist Church is sure Coretta King -- or any of her four ... |
99fc2f071e56a4c5a9688f514ff28436 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-14-sp-hsreport14-story.html | Brea Girls’ 183-Game Streak Ends | Brea Girls’ 183-Game Streak Ends
The inevitable finally happened Friday when one of the state’s most venerable record streaks came to an end.
Brea Olinda, which had not lost to a league opponent in girls’ basketball since the 1986-87 season, was defeated in overtime by Placentia El Dorado, 52-47, behind the strong play... |
0932fb0fad03e44f7ee1a9f2d27465c6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-15-ed-alito15-story.html | All about Alito (or not) | All about Alito (or not)
WHO SAYS YOU DON’T LEARN much from judicial confirmation hearings? We learned an awful lot about Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) last week. He was among the senators who seemed to use more of their time lecturing instead of listening to the Supreme Court nominee, Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Ali... |
d4b004f02d40d800addab98441e67181 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-15-me-briefs15.1-story.html | Woman Struck by Train in Apparent Suicide Try | Woman Struck by Train in Apparent Suicide Try
A British woman was struck by a Metro Red Line train at the North Hollywood station Saturday afternoon when she stepped down onto the tracks in an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said.
The unidentified woman, in her 40s, suffered life-threatening injuries, officials s... |
2b7f857cd201d35a41905d9bf7b46dea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-15-re-hotprop15-story.html | Their long goodbye to Brentwood | Their long goodbye to Brentwood
For a year and a half it’s been on again, off again and back on, but actress Michelle Pfeiffer and her husband, writer-producer David E. Kelley, finally have sold their Brentwood estate for about $19 million.
The buyer is Robert Iger, 54, chief executive of the Walt Disney Co., who is ma... |
0603f52a12d54922789fef2e4ac0db11 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-15-tm-shanghai3-story.html | Return of a Shanghai Jew | Return of a Shanghai Jew
At the market, Gaoyang Road widens and hooks toward a set of encroaching Shanghai high-rises. Below, in their shadows, is a gray, run-down, two-story building that holds a tobacco shop, a beauty parlor and a noodle restaurant on its first floor. The top level is residential, and it juts over th... |
fc29e836b0a4c23ebcd1d0d66007d057 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-22-tm-neil04-story.html | The Big Bang | The Big Bang
Once upon a time, giants thundered across the land: Moon, Bonham, Baker, Palmer. These sweaty and indifferently groomed young men gave the world that curious and hard-to-love artifact of rock, the drum solo.
Won’t somebody please hold up a flaming lighter?
For a couple of decades--from, say, 1967, the rele... |
a3a63132889d085d8684df370c6608b1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-23-me-passings23.2-story.html | William ‘Bud’ Post III, 66; Lived to Regret Winning the Lottery | William ‘Bud’ Post III, 66; Lived to Regret Winning the Lottery
William “Bud” Post III, 66, who won a $16.2-million jackpot and bitterly called it the “lottery of death” after his life turned sour, died of respiratory failure Jan. 15 at a hospital in Seneca, Pa.
He won the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 after pawning a r... |
d832c5823493689c20b3d3a7a5fc3692 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-24-et-godwin24-story.html | A double dose of bestseller Gail Godwin | A double dose of bestseller Gail Godwin
Gail Godwin is having a career moment. Fifteen books and 45 years after she first committed to the writer’s life, Random House is publishing her new novel, “Queen of the Underworld,” simultaneously with the first volume of her edited journals, “The Making of a Writer: Journals, 1... |
cf1bf4964d28e25a8354eda1f4fb1964 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-24-sp-adande24-story.html | Where There’s Wilt ... | Where There’s Wilt ...
Thanks to Kobe Bryant you can add another item to the list of things that might happen in our lifetime, unlikely as they might be. All of a sudden another player scoring 100 points in an NBA game seems just inside the reality/fantasy border, like a female president, manned spaceflight to Mars or ... |
02c76b2d2396843d627d0b826107fc8a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-28-me-judge28-story.html | Judge Requests Clemency for a Killer He Condemned | Judge Requests Clemency for a Killer He Condemned
In a highly unusual development, a judge who condemned a killer to die has asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency.
Michael A. Morales is to be executed Feb. 21 for the 1981 killing of Terri Winchell, a Lodi high school student. Ventura County Superior Court ... |
b5bbe9d36cced3751e177537f4950b33 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-30-sp-anaheim30-story.html | Angels’ Domain Name Is for Sale | Angels’ Domain Name Is for Sale
For sale: The domain name www.losangelesangelsofanaheim.com.
Terry Notko, a Laguna Hills businessman, spent $8.95 to register the name in November 2004. The Angels changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim two months later, and Notko hoped he could cash in. But the Angels h... |
299f641bd5f16064846768f08f243350 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-ed-g801-story.html | Empty promises | Empty promises
IS A PROMISE WORTH ANYTHING if there are no consequences to breaking it? That’s a question worth pondering as we near the one-year anniversary of the Group of 8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.
Gleneagles was not an ordinary powwow for the club of industrialized nations. It came amid an unprecedented inte... |
931e6d498262a0153ca773c10771a512 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-letters1.3-story.html | Museum woes | Museum woes
RE “Southwest Museum’s Future at Heart of Tussle,” by Christopher Reynolds, June 26: Many things have been said about the financial cost of running the Southwest Museum, but with its closure there are other costs to the community that have not been communicated. Many people are not aware that Los Angeles ha... |
ee49614a56e91a097219832bdc6f15be | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-letters1.4-story.html | A woman’s role | A woman’s role
RE “She’s the Woman All the Other Women Love or Hate,” by Suzy Hansen, June 27: It’s interesting when people proclaim that they have the market cornered on happiness and then feel they need to dictate those standards to the rest of us. I think Linda R. Hirshman has missed the point, considerably. It does... |
5417e4c89b36ee4ec53343093ea93130 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-letters1.5-story.html | Crushes go deeper | Crushes go deeper
RE “The Truth? It’s a Point of View,” by Robin Abcarian, June 30: I find it a great stretch to claim that Rosie O’Donnell lied about a “deep crush” on Tom Cruise, simply because of her sexual orientation.
As a gay man myself, I have had many crushes over the years on people of both sexes. Crushes are ... |
97ed298a1062db7d23f3dd3af7fa4323 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-letters1.6-story.html | Values at risk? | Values at risk?
RE “Researchers: It’s All Stewart’s Fault,” by Scott Collins, June 27: It’s sad to see Washington Post columnist Richard Morin saying that Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart “may be poisoning democracy.” In fact, a strong dose has already been administered by Tom DeLay, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove and their ilk.... |
ee87aa386f0e1b1a10c4914f88b09c68 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-pixar1-story.html | Long and short of Pixar’s success | Long and short of Pixar’s success
Twenty-two years ago, computer animation was just a byte in Pixar guru John Lasseter’s eye. Now, he’s the director of “Cars,” “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” not to mention the new animation chieftain of the Walt Disney Co. But back then, he was just a young animator who’d been canned f... |
de056703fc1f5c429c3510dccd1ab0ed | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-quick1.1-story.html | Kimmel Center winds up in black | Kimmel Center winds up in black
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts announced Friday that it has ended the fiscal year with an operating surplus, a first for the Philadelphia facility since its opening five years ago.
The center, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, said that it ended the 2006 fiscal year Friday w... |
74eeda343c54f266fea956896172d0b1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-et-surfacing1-story.html | Surfacing | Surfacing
Turning the spotlight on musicians making a commercial breakthrough.
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-- CASEY DOLAN
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“Define the Great Line”
Underoath
Artist info: Word of mouth, and not radio play, has given this passionate Florida sextet one of the top-selling albums in the country this last week. A touch of the melodic sensibility of ... |
29c2cc171eadc98f9e409778a49b8de2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fg-maliki1-story.html | Maliki Seeks Support From Sunni States in the Gulf | Maliki Seeks Support From Sunni States in the Gulf
Iraq’s new prime minister, Nouri Maliki, was to leave today to visit Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states to solicit support for a reconciliation initiative that has drawn mixed reviews since it was announced Sunday.
Maliki plans to discuss bridging the widening ... |
67d1bc1692a93502e7e18ddf53f2201d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fg-mideast1-story.html | Israel Accused of Plan to Topple Hamas | Israel Accused of Plan to Topple Hamas
As Israeli forces pounded the Gaza Strip with artillery fire and airstrikes, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday accused Israel of deliberately trying to topple his government.
“This total war is proof of a premeditated plan,” said Haniyeh, who is also a ... |
17952e8745b4e0c3869d37d9884a93a9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-briefs1.1-story.html | Private Equity Firms to Buy Michaels Stores | Private Equity Firms to Buy Michaels Stores
Arts-and-crafts chain Michaels Stores Inc. agreed to a $6-billion buyout by Bain Capital and Blackstone Group in the largest retail acquisition in more than a year.
Irving, Texas-based Michaels has about 900 Michaels stores and 165 Aaron Brothers outlets. The retailer posted ... |
a32acc0b08c9c7b8614a689af0cb75c1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-briefs1.3-story.html | Tribune Buys Back 45 Million Shares | Tribune Buys Back 45 Million Shares
Tribune Co., confirming initial figures, said it accepted for purchase 45 million shares tendered by investors at $32.50 each.
An additional 10 million shares will be bought back from major shareholder McCormick Tribune Foundation. The Chicago-based media concern, which owns the Los ... |
189c957bcf8313a505440e64e7d6b9bc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-briefs1.4-story.html | FDA Approves Generic Versions of Zoloft | FDA Approves Generic Versions of Zoloft
The first generic versions of Zoloft received federal approval.
Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said it would make generic versions of the antidepressant in 25-, 50- and 100-milligram tablets. Roxane Laboratories Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio, would make a liquid con... |
dfefb449e8f0572e3b283cc7dc974c78 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-ralphs1-story.html | Ralphs to Pay $70 Million for Illegal Hiring Scheme | Ralphs to Pay $70 Million for Illegal Hiring Scheme
The Ralphs grocery chain said Friday that it had agreed to pay $70 million in fines and restitution to settle criminal charges that it illegally rehired locked-out workers during the supermarket labor dispute in Southern California more than two years ago.
Under a pro... |
8969100318c1640fc48dc12035db87eb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-recycle1-story.html | Laws to Give New Life to Used Cellphones | Laws to Give New Life to Used Cellphones
Wireless customers typically swap out new cellphones about every 18 months and, starting today, new state laws require retailers to help keep all those used handsets and accessories out of landfills.
Sure, the phones are small, but put a million of them in a dump and you’ll have... |
c2f89da6a0f285660ef2ee8e10664281 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-russe1-story.html | Charlotte Russe’s Shares Surge 7.9% | Charlotte Russe’s Shares Surge 7.9%
Shares of Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. tapped a 52-week high Friday, a day after the women’s apparel retailer announced that it was selling most of the assets of its struggling Rampage chain to competitor Forever 21 Inc. for $14 million.
The move allows the San Diego-based retailer, ... |
c4c6b6fc2864d2447bd3886ffe6686e3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-fi-treadway1-story.html | SEC Wins in Case of Pimco Stock Chief | SEC Wins in Case of Pimco Stock Chief
A federal jury in New York on Friday found that the former head of Pimco stock funds violated securities laws, handing the Securities and Exchange Commission a major victory in its pursuit of mutual-fund trading abuses.
The civil verdict came against Stephen Treadway, the former ch... |
bf1be18ec22021eabc05c8573b2e007c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-le-saturday1.1-story.html | Scalia was correct in his citation of writer’s work | Scalia was correct in his citation of writer’s work
Re “Thanks for nothing, Nino,” Opinion, June 25
Samuel Walker charges that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrongly cited one of Walker’s publications in his recent opinion in Hudson vs. Michigan (which held that violation of the knock-and-announce rule does not r... |
5f0e82d19d5ee2d49447cd6492369502 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-le-saturday1.5-story.html | Now is the time to act to curb global warming | Now is the time to act to curb global warming
Re “Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is SlipSliding Away,” June 25
Change begins with information. Widespread education about the problem coupled with ways in which we, as concerned citizens, can begin to reduce our own carbon dioxide emissions is a vital beginning. But this global cr... |
dc5ba9e22c96c9ce0127734171be141a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-crash1-story.html | Girl’s Death Is ‘Nobody’s Fault’ | Girl’s Death Is ‘Nobody’s Fault’
A 4-year-old girl who was struck and killed late Thursday by an MTA bus as she rode her tricycle has been identified as Rita Foster, officials said Friday.
An initial investigation into the accident on North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena suggested that no one was at fault and no one woul... |
8c7aeefd0ca9fe1c23ea44a8b390eadb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-fines1-story.html | Gov.'s Team to Pay Fine | Gov.'s Team to Pay Fine
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign has agreed to pay a $202,200 penalty for failing to properly report more than $25 million in campaign donations during the special election last year, the state Fair Political Practices Commission said Friday.
The penalty probably is the final chapter of Sch... |
cfd4cce2747e82546efdaea6d065fd53 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-gita1-story.html | Help Delayed for Elephant in Distress | Help Delayed for Elephant in Distress
Los Angeles Zoo officials acknowledged Friday that an employee noticed that a beloved elephant was in possible distress the evening before she died but didn’t take immediate action to help.
Gita, the zoo’s female Asian elephant, was seen by a staff member on the evening of June 9 s... |
fcfed9d4233561394e512b0bd2bc0f8f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-oclist1-story.html | The week ahead in Orange County | The week ahead in Orange County
Today
Book sale: Friends of the Santa Ana Public Library end their annual book sale. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Library, 26 Civic Center Plaza. (714) 647-5250.
Concert: The Band of the California Battalion and the 40th Infantry Division Band perform. Free. 7 p.m. Liberty Theatre, Joint Fo... |
5f453d4f853184ed9fa54c7ef47169d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-passings1.2.2-story.html | Jeffrey M. Harbers, 54; Developed Early Software for Microsoft | Jeffrey M. Harbers, 54; Developed Early Software for Microsoft
Jeffrey M. Harbers, 54, who was instrumental in developing early versions of Microsoft Corp.'s successful Office business software, died June 24 in a single-engine plane crash near his ranch in Big Timber, Mont.
Saturday’s flight was instructional, said Jam... |
d13c4aed46cf55517f3ae66812ee3b38 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-routes1-story.html | Added Buses Go to the Beach | Added Buses Go to the Beach
Going to the beach this summer just got a little easier.
Local bus operators have announced two new services to let residents of the San Fernando Valley and the city of Santa Clarita get to the beach without the hassle of driving.
Beginning today, beachgoers can take Metro bus Line 161 from ... |
01d979fc3f2bfe139a3edb641bdf23f5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-me-walker1-story.html | Randy Walker, 52; Head Football Coach at Northwestern University | Randy Walker, 52; Head Football Coach at Northwestern University
Randy Walker, the Northwestern University football coach whose training methods were scrutinized after the practice-field death of defensive back Rashidi Wheeler nearly five years ago, has died. He was 52.
The cause was an apparent heart attack. Walker ex... |
f8a770e79c9329d0e9eeab04f922524c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-na-bush1-story.html | Japan’s Koizumi Shakes Up Graceland | Japan’s Koizumi Shakes Up Graceland
President Bush doesn’t get a lot of tender love these days on the world stage. But Friday, taking his Japanese counterpart on a private tour of Graceland, Bush received a hunk of burning love.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi -- calling it a “dream” to see the home of his longtime id... |
6411e5eb4829c2590525dd58c5097182 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-na-military1-story.html | Tribunal Ruling’s Wider Impact Still Unclear | Tribunal Ruling’s Wider Impact Still Unclear
For Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the Yemeni who was at the center of Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, the future is a bit clearer: He must receive a trial with new, congressionally approved procedures.
But the landmark 5-3 decision may also hav... |
3c232efc7027213b378f80edf43f485d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-oe-baquet1-story.html | When do we publish a secret? | When do we publish a secret?
SINCE SEPT. 11, 2001, newspaper editors have faced excruciating choices in covering the government’s efforts to protect the country from terrorist agents. Each of us has, on a number of occasions, withheld information because we were convinced that publishing it could put lives at risk. On ... |
c55568edaf9bec75d2b79fcafecdd22d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sci-ants1-story.html | They Know the Way? Must Not Be Male Ants | They Know the Way? Must Not Be Male Ants
Solved: the mystery of how the ants go marching home.
With nothing but a featureless expanse of sand around them, Saharan desert ants can still calculate the distance to their nest. Now German scientists have figured out that they use a sophisticated internal pedometer.
The ants... |
6638f47812ae0133b9ca0e4e6b041a03 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sci-briefs1.2-story.html | Amazon Rock Grouping May Be Old Observatory | Amazon Rock Grouping May Be Old Observatory
A grouping of granite blocks on a grassy Amazon hilltop may be the vestiges of a centuries-old astronomical observatory.
The 127 blocks, some as tall as 9 feet, are spaced at regular intervals around the hill, like a crown 100 feet across. On the shortest day of the year -- D... |
c4248f3be0d7ce90c11fcf1ace90fe86 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sp-england1-story.html | English Go on Ledge Together | English Go on Ledge Together
If you’re an American like me, you might notice that our country sometimes seems to lack a certain, I don’t know, cohesion.
Maybe it’s just too big. Maybe it’s just filled with little nations, like West and East or red and blue or USC and UCLA.
Maybe it just has too much talkradio.
It’s tru... |
4bb098c0e6b81bdcc2e1f5ce149ed1f2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sp-kings1-story.html | Kings to Raise Ticket Prices | Kings to Raise Ticket Prices
The Kings announced they would hike their season-ticket prices by an average of 7.5% with renewal rates on some seats rising at a lower percentage and others at a higher rate.
They joined a number of other NHL teams that have hiked their ticket prices a year after many teams cut their price... |
ffb95a47d22e1914b5a4037b0829c6ad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sp-letters1.2-story.html | The Future is ... When? | The Future is ... When?
I guess the Kings are going on the cheap again. Trade your best player, Pavol Demitra, for the 17th pick in the draft. Sounds great. We get to be good in three years. Where do I buy tickets? I can’t believe I miss Dave Taylor. Go Ducks.
LANCE OEDEKERK
Chino Hills
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1ccdf551dca8cc7c74fb26e8aaa7c3ff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sp-letters1.3-story.html | Players Dive, and the Refs Don’t Thrive | Players Dive, and the Refs Don’t Thrive
Sepp Blatter says the World Cup has the best and most qualified referees. I’d hate to see the ones who didn’t make the cut.
ETHAN FINGEROTE
Spring Valley Lake
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I read with astonishment Grahame L. Jones’ view that the referee was to blame for the Portugal-Netherlands fiasco.
Funn... |
8eee32ada82bf7b161b4b61cccd63e5f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sp-letters1.6-story.html | Give Shrine More Time | Give Shrine More Time
The media are responsible for the decline in attendance at the Shrine Football Classic. When the game was in its heyday, there were feature stories for the week leading up to the game. Now readers don’t even know about the game until game day.
RAY DESBROW
Alhambra
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8ed6a11111cafd8843621eb4b7dcd274 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-sp-motors1-story.html | Lone American Bides Time in Formula One | Lone American Bides Time in Formula One
The good news for Scott Speed is that his rookie year as a Formula One driver is playing out as he expected. That’s also the bad news.
The Manteca, Calif., native became the first American driver in Formula One in more than a decade, fulfilling his childhood goal of competing in ... |
b567acbd14add1d1c0dd151e663a23a5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-adme-recruit2-story.html | LAPD Takes Aim at Recruitment | LAPD Takes Aim at Recruitment
Decked out in his new uniform blues, David Gamero represents one important victory for the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s a successful LAPD recruit.
Gamero, 34, was recently persuaded to leave the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to join the LAPD, and he was part of a graduatin... |
d321ff333f2d0ed06039bc23d4713b34 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-bk-eschickel2-story.html | The play’s the thing | The play’s the thing
I am a rejuvenile. A dodge-ball-playing, Hula-Hooping, SpongeBob-watching, Lucky Charms-eating adult. So is Christopher Noxon. In fact, he’s textbook: male, Caucasian, affluent (or at least, in possession of some discretionary scratch). He’d be easy to spot on the playground, chasing his kids in hi... |
6b43f6534834ca494a20847b94879fa3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-bk-roth2-story.html | Timothy, bleary | Timothy, bleary
“TURN on, tune in, drop out.” With these words, Timothy Leary confirmed his place in the hall of fame of snake-oil salesmen, carnival barkers, cult leaders and good ol’ American hustlers. His hustle was to convince a significant number of Americans that getting off on drugs was a spiritual experience. A... |
43b431d86939087e3f5989aa5bf688fc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-ca-climesb2-story.html | Composing a fitting celebration | Composing a fitting celebration
A concert and gala further the cause of the Henry Mancini Institute, whose mission is music education and whose namesake is the late film composer.
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4f6d97168b829f26214a03df3980c7f1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-ca-personalfile2-story.html | Kurosawa got lost in the kids-show mix | Kurosawa got lost in the kids-show mix
Greg Kinnear has been very busy. He has three films out during the second half of this year -- “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Fast Food Nation” and “Invincible” -- and his wife just had a second girl. So sleep is taking precedence over pop culture in the Kinnear house. Still, he offered... |
fd3df7057efadfa94a46542246e28ab4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-ca-rather2-story.html | Booted from a chair that never really fit | Booted from a chair that never really fit
I‘VE never quite understood all the fuss over Dan Rather, who was always a solid reporter but an embarrassing anchorman who never should have been. After almost 25 years in the anchor chair at CBS News, he still looked every night as though he had just taken over the job the da... |
28837d65cc222fdd5b56578362fd9962 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-ca-warvoices2-story.html | In their own words | In their own words
BARRY McGUIRE’S 1965 hit protest song “Eve of Destruction” -- written by P.F. Sloan -- became an early rallying cry for antiwar sentiment. But today’s fragmented pop music scene presents a less unified front in its wartime stance. From an old-school punk rocker to a Texan folksinger, contemporary mus... |
f9fab1d24acce9ed89f565aa72e388c0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-fg-bennett2-story.html | Humbled by the Generosity of Fellow Inmates | Humbled by the Generosity of Fellow Inmates
Hard labor in a Zimbabwean prison might have broken Roy Bennett if not for the other prisoners, who took over his work hauling jugs the size of water coolers from a sewage-infested river and muttered quiet words of encouragement.
For a white farmer, the generosity of the blac... |
988ce8b14b2b035a80800344d97374bf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-fg-briefs2.1-story.html | Possible ‘Friendly Fire’ Death Is Investigated | Possible ‘Friendly Fire’ Death Is Investigated
The U.S. military said it was investigating the death of a soldier in eastern Afghanistan as a possible “friendly fire incident.”
The Defense Department said Pfc. Justin R. Davis, 19, of Gaithersburg, Md., died June 25 in Kunar province while on patrol during combat operat... |
6fd1b8d337c41c42807340dd87af36a3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-fg-briefs2.3-story.html | Pontiff Will Declare 4 New Saints This Fall | Pontiff Will Declare 4 New Saints This Fall
Four people, including a Mexican bishop and a 19th century woman who founded a religious community in Indiana, will be elevated to sainthood this fall, the Vatican said.
Pope Benedict XVI announced the Oct. 15 canonization of Mother Theodore Guerin, Bishop Rafael Guizar Valen... |
b93ffd95a568b49a5b8aac6eaa135d98 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-me-minorities2-story.html | LAPD Bolsters Outreach to Blacks | LAPD Bolsters Outreach to Blacks
As the Los Angeles Police Department seeks to hire 1,000 additional officers over five years, recruiters are facing a particularly difficult challenge: attracting African American candidates.
That was clear last week when a team of African American officers working as recruiters attende... |
584201cc0e41eb35758f07f721611f4c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-me-ocbriefs2.1-story.html | Car Flips on Santa Ana Freeway Killing Driver | Car Flips on Santa Ana Freeway Killing Driver
A driver was killed Saturday when his car rolled several times on the Santa Ana Freeway, finally landing upside down.
Authorities did not disclose the identity of the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man’s car veered left into the center divider about 11:40 a.... |
136a52bee695473f14c3973c91b92983 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-me-occlosures2-story.html | Holiday closures | Holiday closures
Tuesday is Independence Day. The following schedule will be in effect in observance of the holiday:
Offices: All city, county and federal offices and courts will be closed.
Mail: No delivery. Post offices will be closed.
Libraries: Most will be closed.
Banks: Most will be closed.
Schools: Public school... |
bb23c8e8ee50d37f8f0b1a148f8e3599 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-me-twins2-story.html | Who Pays for Twins’ Dramatic Operation? | Who Pays for Twins’ Dramatic Operation?
It was a bold rescue effort, offering tiny conjoined twin sisters, only 10 months old, hope for a normal life. Eighty doctors and nurses worked in a 22-hour surgery to separate Regina and Renata Salinas Fierros, fused from the lower chest to the pelvis, locked in an awkward embra... |
53eea18451acc9ab243484933b8c0400 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-me-wardead2-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 at a U.S. hospital of their injuries:
Ryan J. Buckley, 21, of Nokomis, Ill.; corporal, Army. Buckley was killed June 23 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghda... |
a5e3fa4add4eb80ddc1e62a2da7aecc1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-na-briefs2.2-story.html | Many Waiting to Return After Northeast Flooding | Many Waiting to Return After Northeast Flooding
Some residents of towns flooded by the Delaware River struggled to clean up debris and waterlogged possessions, but many others in Trenton and elsewhere were still waiting to return to their homes.
At least 20 deaths in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and Virginia were b... |
1aee10b860391623d1ae7e2981af8480 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-oe-chait2-story.html | Why give $31 billion to a few poor kids? | Why give $31 billion to a few poor kids?
I THINK IT’S really, really great that Warren Buffett decided to give away most of his fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will use it to fight Third World disease and help promote better schools, among other things. So don’t get me wrong when I say that instead of lavishing ... |
ccd75c24cfdeb784a3fdfcff061d38a3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-sp-england2-story.html | St. George’s Cross Is Hard to Bear | St. George’s Cross Is Hard to Bear
You latch yourself onto a national saga for three weeks and it might surprise you how it seeps into your system.
So Saturday, haunted Saturday, when Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty shot dented the net, when all of Portugal erupted into an enviable bacchanal, when England exited a World Cu... |
03206116f8b270de49b0cbb1e2db0dac | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-sp-horse2-story.html | Dance In The Mood Gets a Win and a Trip Home | Dance In The Mood Gets a Win and a Trip Home
The yen for a win at Hollywood Park two years after a second-place finish in the American Oaks helped Japanese mare Dance In The Mood to an impressive victory Saturday in the CashCall Mile.
“She’s now a mare, and she knows everything,” trainer Kazuo Fujisawa said after the 5... |
4fdf0652cd3d0ac49ffe326c62b8d498 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-sp-know2-story.html | NOW YOU KNOW | NOW YOU KNOW
Fewest home runs in 200-hit seasons, 1930-2005:
Source: World Features Syndicate
*--* Player Year Hits Home runs Juan Pierre 2003 204 1 Cesar Tovar 1971 204 1 Matty Alou 1970 201 1 Matty Alou 1969 231 1 Doc Cramer 1940 200 1 Chick Fullis 1933 200 1 Billy Herman 1932 206 1 Sam Rice 1930 207 1
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0a29ae325826976b8c1a127e9ff4bc0b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-sp-nbarep2-story.html | Hornets to Sign Stojakovic | Hornets to Sign Stojakovic
The New Orleans Hornets made the first splash of the NBA’s free-agent signing period, agreeing to terms Saturday with three-time All-Star Peja Stojakovic.
Stojakovic, who last week opted to become a free agent instead of continuing his deal with Indiana, will sign a five-year deal worth about... |
8562fe702752518286bf04351b076467 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tm-letters27.1-story.html | Another Cultural Landmark | Another Cultural Landmark
Thanks for including the fun note from Marisela Norte (“The Happiest Hour,” Style, June 4). Norte should be designated a cultural landmark. In addition to her expertise in the cheeseburger and cocktail realms, she is a forceful and moving spoken-word artist who deserves far greater recognition... |
8b9d761436458bf9573c634609a2c8ae | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tm-letters27.3-story.html | Freeway Free Association | Freeway Free Association
“The Atlas” item on the Sunday Punches page for May 28 (“Where in the World?”) reminded me of a gridlock afternoon on the freeway after hearing of a restaurant named Oodles of Noodles. My bored mind thought:
Oodles of Boodles--liquor store
Oodles of Cooo-dles--baby store
Oodles of Doodles--art ... |
132bf9636ea9c866698cb764aed0bebc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tm-photosynthesis27-story.html | 4th of July Parade, Pleasanton, California | 4th of July Parade, Pleasanton, California
1971
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Pausing before a print of this photograph, collector Paul Sack told me he’d always wondered whether Bill Owens was celebrating his suburban subjects or poking fun at them. Sack and I were walking through an exhibition of his photography collection at the San Francisco M... |
83daeb55f82b0ce491fe6adf7d907cb2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tm-sptheblotter27-story.html | Considering the Turf, They Should’ve Worn Tie-Dye | Considering the Turf, They Should’ve Worn Tie-Dye
From the Berkeley Daily Planet:
Four females, two in fur-lined black jackets, were arrested within minutes of stealing a woman’s wallet and cell phone in the 2400 block of Haste Street before 2 a.m. A police spokesman said the suspects were easy to spot. “You shouldn’t ... |
4d42628ad8a1e1c0f55a4e194edfe1d3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tr-letters2.1-story.html | Confusion and chaos at LAX terminal | Confusion and chaos at LAX terminal
RICK TAN’S letter regarding the chaos at Tom Bradley terminal at LAX was right on [“Hey, LAX, How About a Few Signs?” Letters, June 25]. On a recent evening, I accompanied relatives to the terminal and unfortunately witnessed the zoo-like situation the passengers were put through.
A ... |
d3863ff3c4a15d373da833ecde78a5dd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tr-letters2.2-story.html | Emergencies at 30,000 feet | Emergencies at 30,000 feet
I enjoyed your article “Is There a Doctor on Board? No? Odds Are Still in Your Favor,” Travel Insider, June 11]. I think it did a fairly accurate job of describing what happens when there is a serious medical issue on board a commercial flight.
However, you neglected to mention the key role o... |
5e347cafe95440d7ba771c06f168a47f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tr-letters2.3-story.html | Serbia writer is a joy named Sue | Serbia writer is a joy named Sue
THANKS for the great story about Serbia and vicinity [So ... This Is Serbia?” June 11].
I love every word Susan Spano writes.
ELEANOR VAN NATTA
Rancho Dominguez
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c04493aa1cce5e6f3511dd279ae0575e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tr-norway2-story.html | A place of jagged beauty | A place of jagged beauty
SHAKING my shoulders to dislodge the ice cube that was slithering down my back, I stepped forward to claim the certificate verifying that I had crossed the Arctic Circle into the land of the midnight sun.
This was a rite of passage on Day 5 of a six-night Norwegian fiord cruise. “King Neptune,”... |
8208cad7cb30aa3f5435fd0ee6c7b7bd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-tr-shot2-story.html | Smile and say ‘steam’ | Smile and say ‘steam’
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK is certainly scenic -- but it’s also a little stinky. Ryan and Nicole Yamashiro had their hands to their faces to block the sulfur smell when their dad, Michael, took this picture with his Sony CyberShot. “It’s one of those things where a little backlight and underexposur... |
0f16bf3f474139500b1cca4a4ff56a27 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-ed-srilanka03-story.html | Taming the Tigers | Taming the Tigers
SINCE APRIL, SRI LANKA has experienced rising violence between the government and the Tamil Tigers rebel group, effectively gutting a 4-year-old cease-fire. But amid the carnage, leaders of both sides have been making unexpected conciliatory gestures, spurring hope that with the help of international ... |
6c18449a62b1537748762be50ef404e7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-et-book3-story.html | The rhetoric and the research all target Bush -- the jokes too | The rhetoric and the research all target Bush -- the jokes too
GREG PALAST begins, “ ‘So Osama walks into this bar, see? ... and Bush says, “Whad’l’ya have, pardner?” and Osama says....’ ”
With that, and a tongue-firmly-in-cheek aside that “security is no joking matter,” Palast is off and running into the world of “Arm... |
62459442fdf1bb4062b52e81075aa5f4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-et-critics3-story.html | Jonesy, plus a little ‘Filth’ | Jonesy, plus a little ‘Filth’
Saturday night, we braved the fearsome parking cluster at the Ford Amphitheatre to watch former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones present Julien Temple’s documentary “The Filth and the Fury.”
For anyone who hasn’t heard it, Jones has a radio show on Indie 103.1 called “Jonesy’s Jukebox.” I... |
e1fddc7e75d21e1b3b65dbc1e0d40eb0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-et-weekmusic3-story.html | From a solo virtuoso, a riot of percussion | From a solo virtuoso, a riot of percussion
“You can’t take your eyes off of him because you can’t really believe what he’s doing.”
Noreen Green, conductor and founder of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, was describing percussionist Chen Zimbalista, the Israeli virtuoso who will make his West Coast debut with the sympho... |
031a2cab3b13ac022bfd7f41d2ec4b4f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-fg-bolivia3-story.html | Apparent Double Blow for Morales | Apparent Double Blow for Morales
A slate of candidates allied with President Evo Morales failed to win control of a new constitutional assembly Sunday, and voters in four of Bolivia’s nine provinces chose autonomy in an apparent double blow to Morales’ bid to consolidate power, unofficial results showed.
Morales and hi... |
e07455dedcb4830a9c2b79912b70f7b3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-fg-briefs3.5-story.html | Bombing Iranian Sites Might Fail, Report Says | Bombing Iranian Sites Might Fail, Report Says
Top Pentagon officers have told the Bush administration that bombing Iranian nuclear facilities would probably fail to destroy that country’s nuclear program, a published report said
The New Yorker magazine article cited unidentified senior U.S. military officials.
“A cruci... |
22815c22ecf23c884377d216dc74ac7a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-fg-vacation3-story.html | Iraqis Go to Great Lengths to Get Away | Iraqis Go to Great Lengths to Get Away
Americans may grumble about gas prices and long lines at the airport as they head out on summer vacation, but consider the holiday plans of Layla Mizhir and her 24-year-old son, Mohammed.
Over the weekend, the Mizhirs and another family arranged to pay $400 for the long, dangerous... |
7ccc4461194963bbd3d2761fef362de0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-03-fi-superman3-story.html | ‘Superman’ Returns to Rescue the Franchise | ‘Superman’ Returns to Rescue the Franchise
“Superman Returns” brought a film franchise back to life for Warner Bros. with an opening weekend gross of $52.2 million in the U.S. and Canada, the studio estimated.
Director Bryan Singer’s costly retelling of the comic book classic -- the first big-screen version of the Man ... |
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