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51566113623326e3a7d24d84bd14622c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-26-na-leak26-story.html | Focus of Prosecutor in CIA Leak Inquiry Appears to Shift to Rove | Focus of Prosecutor in CIA Leak Inquiry Appears to Shift to Rove
Prosecutors investigating the leak of a CIA officer’s identity returned their attention to White House advisor Karl Rove on Tuesday, questioning a former West Wing colleague about contacts Rove had with reporters in the days leading to the naming of the c... |
93ebb8bcb24c551e05d00565fec7d09e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-28-ed-campaign28-story.html | Real campaign reform | Real campaign reform
ONCE THEY WIN ELECTED OFFICE, politicians pretty much lose interest in campaign-finance reform. That’s part of the reason such laws are often badly written and listlessly enforced, as recent Times stories have illustrated. And that’s part of the reason California needs public financing of elections... |
e99ef744573298e6e7a7fbd80ef6836e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-28-na-leakitaly28-story.html | Italians Debate Role in Operative’s Saga | Italians Debate Role in Operative’s Saga
Secret meetings. Spies. Forged documents. Government denials. Burglary.
As Washington braces for the possible indictment of some of its most powerful officials, Italy is reliving its own small but significant role in “Niger-Gate,” the scandal that surfaced as the Bush administra... |
a57f97d59ecdee80bc678e3caf4bf0ce | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-29-fi-econ29-story.html | Economy Shrugs Off Hurricanes | Economy Shrugs Off Hurricanes
Shrugging off the one-two punch of hurricane damage and soaring energy prices, the U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.8% annual rate in the third quarter, the government reported Friday.
The improvement from a 3.3% clip in the previous quarter was propelled by a surge of consumer... |
16bdc797fddd832a6b7068d47f9f0284 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-30-tm-mcmartin44-story.html | I’m Sorry | I’m Sorry
INTRODUCTION
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Twenty-one years ago, a child then known as Kyle Sapp told police that he had been the victim of sexual abuse at the McMartin Pre-School in Manhattan Beach. Sapp, who attended the preschool from 1979 to 1980, was 8 when he first talked to authorities in 1984. He and hundreds of other South Bay ... |
d90a1795f1e18ca8a42b3476ad57f1e3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-oct-31-na-scotus31-story.html | Senators Get Ready for Next Court Choice | Senators Get Ready for Next Court Choice
Republican members of the Senate on Sunday braced for partisan controversy about President Bush’s next Supreme Court nominee, and at least one GOP senator urged the White House to bring in new advisors, given the problems with the previous nominee as well as the ongoing investig... |
9464be686162d4c83e7b51b43bb61edf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-02-fg-chimurder2-story.html | Hong Kong Murder Trial Ends | Hong Kong Murder Trial Ends
They seemed like an American family living a picture-perfect expatriate life in Hong Kong. He was a wealthy banker. She was an attractive homemaker, raising their three children in a luxury apartment with two maids.
But two years ago, the decomposing body of Robert Kissel was found wrapped i... |
5346ab08ecafcaf696f499e93c1d560a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-03-me-compton3-story.html | Compton Homicide Toll Keeps Growing | Compton Homicide Toll Keeps Growing
A 14-year-old boy walking home late Thursday has become the 48th person killed in Compton this year as the city struggles with a skyrocketing homicide rate blamed on local gangs, officials said Friday
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives have few clues to work ... |
308449d30184e08159721406c1a6447d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-04-ca-fallbooks4-story.html | It’s a pleasure to see you again | It’s a pleasure to see you again
NOT long ago, I visited the Andre Kertesz retrospective at LACMA, which spans six decades in the photographer’s life. What’s remarkable about Kertesz is not just his longevity, but the way that, throughout his career, his aesthetics continued to develop and change. There’s an enormous d... |
f395355c26958cac186f69dabc55cf2c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-04-na-convention4-story.html | ‘They Just Left Us Here to Die’ | ‘They Just Left Us Here to Die’
On Saturday afternoon, as the Louisiana Superdome was finally emptying out, a lesser-known humanitarian crisis was in its fifth day a few blocks east, at the wrecked, mile-long Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
There, up to 20,000 survivors of Hurricane Katrina, desperate and dehydrate... |
79e7ba7b9ec40823c2317de5e4c04179 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-05-fg-russia5-story.html | Putin Fires Navy Chief and Names His Successor | Putin Fires Navy Chief and Names His Successor
President Vladimir V. Putin fired the head of Russia’s navy on Sunday and called on the new commander to boost discipline in the flagging fleet after a pair of submarine disasters.
Putin did not give a specific reason for sacking Adm. Vladimir Kuroyedov and replacing him w... |
78e1a1dd5cef158dee81b2ccdcb6e0d6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-05-he-lean5-story.html | Breakfast choice affects learning for rest of the day | Breakfast choice affects learning for rest of the day
Want to give your children a head start in school this year? If you normally serve them cold cereal for breakfast, instead consider serving them oatmeal.
Numerous studies already link the first meal of the day to better classroom performance. But recent findings sug... |
eb81fa69fe22d7122f51b251a01fff95 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-05-me-marriage5-story.html | Politics May Rule Who Says ‘I Do’ | Politics May Rule Who Says ‘I Do’
As the California Assembly prepares to take up gay marriage legislation as early as Tuesday, the measure’s fate may rest not with lofty arguments about the centuries-old institution but with the political futures of a handful of wavering lawmakers.
All four Democrats whom advocates hav... |
49c42dbaa687028a5cc6a932b7615c4c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-05-na-children5-story.html | He Held Their Lives in His Tiny Hands | He Held Their Lives in His Tiny Hands
In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.
They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 yea... |
87cfeb5ff2492fb6653c886444bbb5af | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-07-me-captive7-story.html | U.S. Resident Held in Iraq Is Freed | U.S. Resident Held in Iraq Is Freed
More than two months after authorities cleared him of suspicion in a mortar attack on a United States base in Baghdad, an Iraqi man was released Tuesday from military custody, just days before government lawyers were due in court to answer questions about his captivity.
Tuesday’s rel... |
6942123ae3957573ca9103959b3e4cf2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-07-me-gaymarriage7-story.html | Legislature OKs Gay Marriage | Legislature OKs Gay Marriage
The California Legislature made history Tuesday as the Assembly passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
With no votes to spare, California’s lawmakers became the first in the United States to act without a court order to sanction gay marriages. The measure was approved after three Demo... |
5254e67856a9aef4b7c65c9adf0c9fe2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-07-na-benelli7-story.html | A Home for the Brave | A Home for the Brave
In a deserted subdivision, past mobile homes blown inside out and power poles snapped in two, there is an unassuming home with a two-car garage, porcelain ducks on the dining table and a swing set in the backyard.
The 26 men and women inside sleep next to their guns, scrounge for food, rely on hand... |
39b318cf273ec7f70bf225c14e837744 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-07-na-photos7-story.html | FEMA Wants No Photos of Dead | FEMA Wants No Photos of Dead
The U.S. agency leading Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts said Tuesday that it does not want the news media to photograph the dead as they are recovered.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected jou... |
6da8f24b41922e4a8a5958b255513c9b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-07-oe-reynolds7-story.html | Even bad TV has to have writers | Even bad TV has to have writers
LAST MONTH, I attended a news conference in Hollywood at which the Writers Guild of America announced the filing of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 10 former writers for reality TV shows.
These writers were claiming numerous overtime violations, egregious working conditions, time-car... |
df56d1ef05a64bfa99f1c6ff969d0444 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-08-fg-rebuild8-story.html | Some Iraq Projects Running Out of Money, U.S. Says | Some Iraq Projects Running Out of Money, U.S. Says
The U.S. will halt construction work on some water and power plants in Iraq because it is running out of money for projects, officials said Wednesday.
Security costs have cut into the money available to complete some major infrastructure projects that were started unde... |
661640d8e886c03173fadaed11d16cec | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-08-me-marriage8-story.html | Citing Prop. 22, Gov. Rejects Gay Marriage Bill | Citing Prop. 22, Gov. Rejects Gay Marriage Bill
A day after California’s Legislature became the first in the nation to pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced through an aide Wednesday that he would veto the measure “out of respect for the will of the people.”
In a careful statem... |
bee713c7376f9d95c2e0b0a2783c24c7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-09-na-fema9-story.html | Top FEMA Jobs: No Experience Required | Top FEMA Jobs: No Experience Required
In the days since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown has come under withering attack, with critics charging that his lack of prior experience in dealing with natural disasters contributed to his agency’s poor perf... |
8626a6c34ebc2f27e858d4c5a9f98fc2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-11-na-posse11-story.html | Wider Powers for U.S. Forces in Disasters Are Under Review | Wider Powers for U.S. Forces in Disasters Are Under Review
A senior White House official said Saturday that in the wake of the hurricane that demolished part of the nation’s Gulf Coast, the Bush administration was studying whether to expand the president’s powers to deploy the U.S. military in natural disasters.
Dan Ba... |
9cfe35b47ac4b9f04459e3335db2edab | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-12-na-tape12_-story.html | L.A., Melbourne Targeted in Purported Al Qaeda Tape | L.A., Melbourne Targeted in Purported Al Qaeda Tape
A suspected new Al Qaeda videotape that singles out two cities -- including Los Angeles -- as likely targets for terrorist attacks surfaced over the weekend, a dose of chilling propaganda apparently timed to coincide with the fourth anniversary of Sept. 11.
The videot... |
58ad9703d17f034ad86c08b6fc1780c4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-14-fo-calcook14-story.html | Reinventing the cob | Reinventing the cob
THE taste of corn isn’t what it used to be, people complain. And you know what? They’re right. There’s one very good reason for that -- corn isn’t the same plant it used to be.
Modern corn, for all its faults, is the result of thousands of years of painstaking genetic selection. And therein lies a v... |
a94a868821dc6cf623611d8f8c813565 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-15-fi-nohouses15-story.html | Speculators Rushing In as the Water Recedes | Speculators Rushing In as the Water Recedes
Brandy Farris is house hunting in New Orleans.
The real estate agent has $10 million in the bank, wired by an investor who has instructed her to scoop up houses -- any houses. “Flooding no problem,” Farris’ newspaper ads advise.
Her backer is a Miami businessman who specializ... |
245d10d6ea05c5151756601192fad635 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-18-oe-muravchik18-story.html | The U.N.'s terrorism gap | The U.N.'s terrorism gap
THE MOST SHOCKING outcome of last week’s U.N. summit was the failure, once again, of the world organization to take a definitive stand against terrorism. It was scarcely surprising that the 191 member-states could not come to agreement on adding members to the Security Council or on sweeping ma... |
70febd1df7ab8826e8135546443d1168 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-19-fi-tvbuzz19-story.html | TV Networks Pursue the ‘Super Fan’ | TV Networks Pursue the ‘Super Fan’
Maria Johnson, a bank teller from Memphis, N.Y., watches TV with a devotion that borders on the religious. On Sundays, pro football plays on her family’s 25-inch set from noon until night. Thursday evenings revolve around “Survivor” on CBS, so she has to tape Fox’s “The O.C.,” which a... |
d656ca2c8750c82c0c96642cba090d1c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-20-fi-preference20-story.html | Telling You What You Like | Telling You What You Like
Geoff Lester’s two iPods can hold 20,000 songs, so he turned to the iTunes Music Store, which stocks 1.5 million online selections. But how to choose?
After the 28-year-old Los Angeles resident picked a few tracks, the software algorithms powering iTunes took over, popping out song after song ... |
f677929f9501944b8d94be1be321cfa9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-21-ed-voter21-story.html | Voting for reform | Voting for reform
IF IT IS TRUE, as former President Jimmy Carter said, that Americans have lost faith in their voting system, then he and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III have lost a significant opportunity to help them restore it. A bipartisan commission led by Carter and Baker released a report Monday th... |
3fc5b43354fe2602da4bf1fbfa9f5c6f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-21-me-pollution21-story.html | Study Links Freeways to Asthma Risk | Study Links Freeways to Asthma Risk
The closer that children live to Southern California freeways, the greater their risk of being diagnosed with asthma, USC researchers have found in a study that bolsters growing evidence that air pollution can cause asthma.
Children who lived a quarter mile from a freeway, for exampl... |
39eef595b333a48b3ee698f7197e9de2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-22-me-jackson22-story.html | 2 Men Indicted in Alleged Bugging of Jackson Plane | 2 Men Indicted in Alleged Bugging of Jackson Plane
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted the owner of a charter jet company and an associate on charges stemming from the alleged bugging of a plane that carried pop singer Michael Jackson from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara in 2003 to surrender on child-molestation char... |
19240abb293a14b363e67aede1745e00 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-25-adfg-swedwine25-story.html | Grape Expectations Flourish Below the Arctic Circle at Swedish Winery | Grape Expectations Flourish Below the Arctic Circle at Swedish Winery
The pine and oak forests of Sweden are a world away from the sunny European river valleys known for their great wines.
Yet Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet and Vidal Blanc grapes are being cultivated just 500 miles south of the Arctic Circle, in a small ... |
581f6a4d91f134973e5532ac072cc67e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-25-fg-abuse25-story.html | Officer’s Road Led Him Outside Army | Officer’s Road Led Him Outside Army
When Army Capt. Ian Fishback told his company and battalion commanders that soldiers were abusing Iraqi prisoners in violation of the Geneva Convention, he says, they told him those rules were easily skirted.
When he wrote a memo saying Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was wrong ... |
04973909d715b52bf9e0eb228ff0aed3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-25-na-protest25-story.html | Big Antiwar Rallies Held in U.S., U.K. | Big Antiwar Rallies Held in U.S., U.K.
Capping a summer of rising discontent with the war in Iraq, tens of thousands of protesters marched through cities across the nation Saturday to demand the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Crowds shrugged off chilly rains and breakdowns in public transportation to greet Cindy ... |
c475108c23775341e7c2be5d86b33194 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-26-na-dover26-story.html | ‘Intelligent Design’ Trial Begins Today | ‘Intelligent Design’ Trial Begins Today
In the beginning, members of the Dover Area School District board wrangled over what should be required in their high school biology curriculum.
Some were adamant that science teachers should stick with the widely taught theory of evolution and random selection. Others said the t... |
2761a20859d2a254cda18690c7b3740f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-26-oe-erikson26-story.html | Free trade isn’t free of partisan politics | Free trade isn’t free of partisan politics
BITTER PARTISANSHIP is putting the United States’ trade agenda in the Americas in serious jeopardy. Faced with dim prospects for a hemisphere-wide free trade area, the Bush administration has focused on strengthening trade ties with Latin America through the creation of smalle... |
b70cf6814094c8876fc01d6c49d37a1b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-27-et-goldstein27-story.html | Funny choices | Funny choices
IN the days after the calamitous 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, there was a brief flurry of soul-searching in Hollywood, focusing in part on how much of a role our movies played in stirring Muslim rage against America. As innumerable cultural historians have discovered, many devout Muslims are horrified ... |
a4b1c9b7b1d18d536ebe329a97f02f59 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-27-fi-whistleblower27-story.html | A Skeptic Under Pressure | A Skeptic Under Pressure
Ever since the Mangans gave up their comfortable house in Kansas City, Kan., and moved here a year ago, the family has been living in a kind of suspended animation.
It almost looks as if they just moved into their two-bedroom apartment near Austria’s old Imperial Palace: Some boxes shipped from... |
ad58c87de517c65f7709e7734e53c482 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-28-na-beach28-story.html | ‘Beach Lady’ Triumphed Over Tide of Development | ‘Beach Lady’ Triumphed Over Tide of Development
On her answering machine, she was still greeting callers in the warm, sonorous voice that once was schooled to sing Strauss and Puccini, but which for years cajoled, hectored and scolded neighbors and others into saving an endangered piece of American and black history.
“... |
f5310a52e15b1f0b6efc82fd08abe44b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-29-fg-spain29-story.html | Spain Goes After U.S. Business Opportunities | Spain Goes After U.S. Business Opportunities
Struggling for more than a year to improve its troubled relations with Washington, Spain is investing big bucks in a new effort to expand Spanish business in the United States and enhance the Iberian country’s image before the American public.
For President Bush, the Spanish... |
fa0ed483864c62899427556201e2f4a0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-29-na-earle29-story.html | Prosecutor Takes Aim at Both Sides of Aisle | Prosecutor Takes Aim at Both Sides of Aisle
In the 1980s, Jim Mattox was the attorney general of Texas and one of the most powerful figures in the state -- mentioned as a future governor and, maybe, more. Today, he is a real estate lawyer.
A turning point came in 1983, when the district attorney in Austin, Ronnie Earle... |
7cff9583c80e1057ad57f3f0c56bea83 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-30-fg-cia30-story.html | Italy Seeks Former U.S. Diplomat in Kidnapping | Italy Seeks Former U.S. Diplomat in Kidnapping
Italian authorities have ordered the arrests of a former U.S. Embassy official here and two other people in connection with a “rendition” case in which CIA operatives allegedly kidnapped a radical Muslim cleric from Milan and flew him to Egypt, where, he has said, he was t... |
dfe97185a23188cadf2e8fb7ffb86ff9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-sep-30-fg-palvote30-story.html | West Bank Elects Councils | West Bank Elects Councils
The militant group Hamas captured up to one-third of the votes in Palestinian municipal elections held Thursday, according to preliminary unofficial results, a solid showing that could presage its performance in parliamentary balloting early next year.
The Palestinian commissioner for local el... |
caf3370971efd563f19ff2f9c38babea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-01-fi-execpay1-story.html | Upfront CEO Pay Growing, Study Says | Upfront CEO Pay Growing, Study Says
Executives don’t need golden parachutes when they arrive with golden hellos.
One reason executive pay has soared in recent years is that compensation deals are getting more lucrative at the front end, with fat signing bonuses and initial grants of stock, according to a study released... |
d7bea4d1933d7cba616bdc71999539e8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-01-na-hawaii1-story.html | Millions of Gallons of Raw Waste Spill Into Ocean Off Oahu After Sewer Line Ruptures | Millions of Gallons of Raw Waste Spill Into Ocean Off Oahu After Sewer Line Ruptures
About 48 million gallons of raw sewage has gushed into the ocean off Oahu since a major sewer line ruptured last week, and it could take a month before bacteria levels at Waikiki beaches return to normal, city officials said Friday.
Mo... |
42ba1ca1d092e66a76e4f369fab4a3e7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-01-sci-briefs1.2-story.html | Busy but Less Intense Hurricane Season Seen | Busy but Less Intense Hurricane Season Seen
Warm ocean temperatures foretell another active Atlantic hurricane season, but not as busy as the record-breaker that spawned Katrina last year.
“The Atlantic Ocean is warm right now, but it is not as warm as it was last year,” U.S. National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayf... |
336be3b3355e5cbfa53be7463fd9a235 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-01-sci-schizo1-story.html | Older Drug Is Best for Schizophrenia | Older Drug Is Best for Schizophrenia
Despite the development of numerous modern drugs to treat schizophrenia, the older, less expensive option, clozapine, is still the most effective treatment, according to a new study released today.
The study found that clozapine was able to control some of the symptoms of schizophre... |
e809d7065f443e822da75fd41e371799 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-02-ca-artic2-story.html | Welcome to the jungle | Welcome to the jungle
IT’S opening night of the Arctic Monkeys’ first formal U.S. tour and 20-year-old Alex Turner leans into the microphone to spit out the opening line to a song about how too much anticipation has a way of setting you up for disappointment.
Turner wrote that line months ago, one of the many wry obser... |
3744270ff144044541ac2c5439bc57ad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-02-tm-dreams14-story.html | A Mother’s Crime | A Mother’s Crime
On Thursday, Oct. 8, 1964, the day the police decided my mother killed my father, I woke up late, the kind of late that snaps you out of your favorite dream, the one where you’re wrapped in the arms of your favorite TV hunk--mine was Dr. Kildare--and he’s just about to . . . when bang your unconscious ... |
00cbf7a81530caa9e16d63b02091d30c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-03-he-fosamax3-story.html | Bone drugs’ reverse danger | Bone drugs’ reverse danger
Sue Piervin never suspected the pills she took to strengthen her bones could severely damage her jaw. Twelve years ago, a routine X-ray revealed her bones were thinning, so her doctor prescribed a drug to help stop the erosion of bone density. Then, in 1999, Piervin developed a painful bone s... |
0481e8bea934f5395120905ed9fca910 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-03-he-lean3-story.html | Paring down diet can cut need for statins | Paring down diet can cut need for statins
It’s called the portfolio diet. And you won’t find it in any bookstore.
The goal is simple: to see if a “portfolio” of foods, each with some minor cholesterol-lowering benefits, could have a larger, additive effect when eaten together as part of a regular diet. The concept was ... |
f91d6d3730867c45045677b91351b3a6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-04-me-pellicano4-story.html | Pellicano Inquiry Expands to Snare Director of ‘Predator’ | Pellicano Inquiry Expands to Snare Director of ‘Predator’
Director John McTiernan was charged Monday with lying to the FBI, becoming the first entertainment industry figure accused in the unfolding federal investigation of wiretapping and other alleged wrongdoing by Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano.
In a two-pag... |
1dcf05798f5e3fbfa4e473738a65f468 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-05-fg-saddam5-story.html | Genocide Added to Hussein Charges | Genocide Added to Hussein Charges
Iraq’s special criminal court filed genocide charges against Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, accusing the deposed dictator of ordering a series of military attacks in 1988 that killed as many as 100,000 Kurds.
Six aides, including Hussein’s cousin Ali Hassan Majid, known as Chemical Ali, al... |
110b6454cb951780a91f01bd26e99aa5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-06-me-voced6-story.html | Struggling Students Want Vocational Education, Poll Shows | Struggling Students Want Vocational Education, Poll Shows
Most American high schools phased out vocational education years ago, motivated by complaints that it was used as a tool to “track” African American and Latino students into low-paying careers.
But the idea of combining traditional academics with career training... |
e426e27763ea270f80a5cd9ce8afe39e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-06-na-nuke6-story.html | U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan | U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan
The Bush administration Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for rebuilding the nation’s decrepit nuclear weapons complex, including restoration of a large-scale bomb manufacturing capacity.
The plan calls for the most sweeping realignment and modernization of the nation’s massive system of labora... |
a66b27f3eae1cc0ba88cdfddff6bd1a5 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-07-me-mayor7-story.html | If Race Focuses on NFL Stadium Fight, Councilman Will Be Game | If Race Focuses on NFL Stadium Fight, Councilman Will Be Game
Anaheim City Councilman Harry Sidhu hasn’t declared himself a candidate to challenge Mayor Curt Pringle in the November election, coyly saying, “I’m keeping my options open.”
But if he tosses his name and business fortune into a race against the seasoned Ora... |
0d26af4d5753b302dfbfff34b7003009 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-07-me-statue7-story.html | 2-Ton Cannon Is Fodder for Ongoing Rivalry Between Caltech and MIT | 2-Ton Cannon Is Fodder for Ongoing Rivalry Between Caltech and MIT
In the ongoing battle of the nerds between Caltech and MIT, the latest volley has been fired from a 130-year-old cannon.
Actually, the latest volley is a cannon.
Massachusetts pranksters, posing as professional movers, stole the beloved Fleming Cannon -... |
c60a5f6046e06761bb0736cae968c81c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-07-na-leak7-story.html | Libby Said Bush OKd Leaks | Libby Said Bush OKd Leaks
President Bush personally authorized leaking classified information to deflect Iraq war critics at a time when declining public support for the invasion threatened his reelection campaign, according to testimony from a former senior White House aide.
The assertion, which came in a filing late ... |
0390d4fe133d63a8c361b48d8a67ac53 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-08-fi-dizchina8-story.html | To Open China’s Market, Disney Faces Long March | To Open China’s Market, Disney Faces Long March
In little more than a year on the job, Stanley Cheung, Disney’s chief in China, can lay claim to this: “The Lion King” is coming to Shanghai this summer.
Cheung, 47, considered bringing the Broadway musical here such a feat that he made the announcement recently to 400 gu... |
3e9eef2c4d1638957409c2c10d145c3b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-08-la-et-paul-conrad-20060408-story.html | From the archives: Paul Conrad’s work with bronze caricatures | From the archives: Paul Conrad’s work with bronze caricatures
A song pops into Paul Conrad’s head, but he’s damned if he can remember what it’s called. His wife, Kay, doesn’t remember either, so Conrad unfolds himself from a kitchen chair and heads down to the baby grand piano on the main floor of his Rancho Palos Verd... |
3fcadcaa506cd0e91501ddb2e42e47a7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fg-warcrimes9-story.html | A ‘Chilling’ Examination of Genocide | A ‘Chilling’ Examination of Genocide
Attorney Barbara Mulvaney has spent three years prosecuting the accused mastermind of the Rwanda genocide. But her most personal contact with him came only recently, when he casually testified about how he would go about assassinating someone in the courtroom, his cold stare swiveli... |
baf3df549895ae6651064e6e5a7bf933 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micropiracy9-story.html | How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows | How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
Microsoft Corp. estimates it lost about $14 billion last year to software piracy -- and those may prove to be the most lucrative sales never made.
Although the world’s largest software maker spends millions of dollars annually to combat illegal copying and distribution of its products... |
58220fc7f38cbc90c9c1856f5bcecd44 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-me-garvey9-story.html | Former Dodger Great Facing a Mound of Debt | Former Dodger Great Facing a Mound of Debt
On a June day in 2003, Paige Bilbrey was on the phone frantically trying to reach her boss, former Los Angeles Dodger great Steve Garvey, at Le Parc Hotel in Paris, where he was attending the French Open tennis tournament.
The matter couldn’t wait: Standing in the lobby of Gar... |
ef568667e67082f62fe270dda6efdf74 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-me-rescue9-story.html | 2 Girls Rescued in Pacoima Wash | 2 Girls Rescued in Pacoima Wash
Firefighters rescued two girls who fell into a flood-control channel Saturday in Sylmar and were carried more than two miles by a 20 mph current.
The girls, who are cousins ages 16 and 11, were playing near the Pacoima Wash when they fell into the channel and were swept away, said Brian ... |
2b7554f389bb89a8cad85cc9760f984b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-op-gitlin9-story.html | The urge to purge | The urge to purge
SECTS ARE ALWAYS in need of heretics to blame, expel and punish. First, fervor takes hold, then rigidity. Righteousness dictates uniformity. Dissent seems dangerous, even treasonous. The spirit hardens: You’re either with us or with the evildoers.
This is nowhere more true than on the left. I’ve been ... |
0f11845e676db8ff32543f1b09e084f4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-10-he-esophageal10-story.html | When antacids aren’t enough | When antacids aren’t enough
Heartburn, that almost quintessential American medical malady, now appears to be driving the nation’s fastest-increasing type of cancer. And the antacids used to ease the symptoms could, in some cases, do more harm than good.
The cancer, a type of esophageal disease called adenocarcinoma, is... |
4d48bc54683543b036e1189abf364868 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-10-na-christians10-story.html | Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies | Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies
Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.
Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she’s a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sex... |
603a4422970de6a862dd1962d4c4bd04 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-11-et-minikiss11-story.html | Rival bands clash over little-person KISS tribute | Rival bands clash over little-person KISS tribute
They might be pint-sized performers onstage, but offstage they’re in a giant-sized dispute.
Joey Fatale, the 4-foot, 4-inch New Yorker who heads the all-dwarf KISS tribute band MiniKiss, is denying published reports that he tried to sneak past security last month at the... |
56ea93210f132bc5e320f72fca0621ea | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-11-me-cannon11-story.html | Caltech Goes Low Tech to Get Its Cannon Back | Caltech Goes Low Tech to Get Its Cannon Back
Cannon retrieval may not be rocket science, but a group of intrepid, cross-country-trekking Caltech students has learned it isn’t much easier.
On Monday, two dozen of the Pasadena-based scholars used more brawn than brains here to recover a 111-year-old cannon that Massachus... |
805682791bfb4b3a63402fb0f5488548 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-11-me-ocgop11-story.html | GOP Gives Carona Another Chance | GOP Gives Carona Another Chance
A committee of Orange County Republican leaders voted Monday to give Sheriff Michael S. Carona one more chance to win the party’s endorsement.
Carona barely missed being endorsed by the local GOP last month after his reelection was opposed by several party members. They argued in favor o... |
5bec524c5fc5f53863c5d9ddb97684e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-12-sp-nbarep12-story.html | Lakers Look to Own Team in D-League | Lakers Look to Own Team in D-League
The Lakers are on the verge of becoming the first NBA franchise to own a team in the NBA Development League, with the possibility that minor league games could precede some Laker home games next season at Staples Center.
Ownership would let the Lakers control who coaches and who play... |
9e281b5dab430a86f8d54c2776de4358 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-13-hm-water13-story.html | Channeling the raindrops | Channeling the raindrops
MY frontyard looked like a storybook American home -- a lavender-lined front walk, two oaks, grass paths, a driveway to the side -- but it was a textbook polluter. The gutter fed directly to the concrete driveway. This swept rain straight from the gutter, onto the driveway, into the street.
Rai... |
315cbf1f47b7677e4f9fc031b5fe9851 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-13-na-poll13-story.html | Most Back Tighter Border and a Guest-Worker Plan | Most Back Tighter Border and a Guest-Worker Plan
Most Americans say the United States should confront the challenge of illegal immigration by both toughening border enforcement and creating a new guest-worker program rather than stiffening enforcement alone, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
By a solid 2-1 ... |
f3e9e2d13b536343c363f853156cad84 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-13-sp-mcdonald13-story.html | Small Center Comes Up Big | Small Center Comes Up Big
It was only training camp, but to Andy McDonald it looked more like the great unknown.
Here he was, in his fourth full season, needing to prove himself again with the Mighty Ducks -- the only NHL team he has known but far different from the one he played for before the league staged its 310-da... |
5c3b8a800bea02cdc43d59ecc2bf2386 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-fi-aol14-story.html | AOL Blocks Critics’ E-Mails | AOL Blocks Critics’ E-Mails
It’s never been easy to win a fight against people who buy ink by the barrel. The same may be true about those who buy bandwidth by the terabit -- as a coalition fighting Internet giant AOL discovered Thursday.
A group of 600 organizations that includes the AFL-CIO and the Gun Owners of Amer... |
6827cfece2a9ba0ceef196514545130c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-fi-olive14-story.html | State’s Olive Oil Tasters Flunk Test of Distinction | State’s Olive Oil Tasters Flunk Test of Distinction
California’s olive oil police have been pulled over.
An industry panel that for five years has certified the quality of California’s olive oil -- discerning virgin from extra virgin oil -- has flunked an international taste test.
The failure comes as the U.S. Departme... |
5428d2b1742c42ce399e5f3a1543cd1e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-fi-tivo14-story.html | TiVo Wins EchoStar Patent Suit | TiVo Wins EchoStar Patent Suit
TiVo Inc. on Thursday won a pivotal patent infringement lawsuit that might allow it to pause and rewind the marketplace the way its pioneering digital video recorders do with live TV.
A federal jury in Texas awarded TiVo $73.9 million after finding that satellite dish provider EchoStar Co... |
69a6677374c031e19df615827b59a746 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-me-taxes14-story.html | Angelides Dares to Say the T-Word | Angelides Dares to Say the T-Word
In an election in which the Democratic candidates for governor have more in common than in conflict, state Treasurer Phil Angelides has isolated himself with a politically hazardous, if nervy, plan: raise taxes.
No major candidate has been more public than Angelides about increasing ta... |
5b89e3b16192436025e7a37bad8e42b9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-14-me-witness14-story.html | Commission Urges Changes in Use of Eyewitness Identifications | Commission Urges Changes in Use of Eyewitness Identifications
A state commission on reforming the criminal justice system proposed significant changes Thursday in the use of eyewitness identification in California courts, citing problems, particularly with cross-racial identifications, that have led to exonerations of ... |
39cf6fc6fea56c5307966e8c23a927cb | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-16-fg-iraq16-story.html | Secular Iraqis Propose Emergency Government | Secular Iraqis Propose Emergency Government
Iraqi leaders worked Saturday to resolve their impasse over who will rule the country, with a secular coalition proposing an emergency government that would supersede election results and Shiite clerics conferring on how best to preserve their sect’s newfound power.
Politicia... |
4fe8c7a30fcc4f3b24aad555a5c9bc73 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-17-me-taxes17-story.html | Here Illegally, but Choosing to Pay Taxes | Here Illegally, but Choosing to Pay Taxes
They may be here illegally, but tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants are expected to abide by Uncle Sam’s rules by filing tax returns -- with the hope of someday becoming U.S. citizens.
Though there is no way of knowing how many people are filing taxes in response to th... |
53d6e0f46596602d2fc432f2066e1f3e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-17-na-taxday17-story.html | Taxes Flatten but Deep Pockets Still Bulge | Taxes Flatten but Deep Pockets Still Bulge
A decade ago, when publishing magnate Steve Forbes ran for president, he vowed to deliver a new era of prosperity with a simple change in the federal income tax: Instead of people with more money paying higher rates, all would pay the same “flat” tax rate -- unleashing “the fa... |
1501fcbca5ed542ab1c6d615e79d05bd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-18-oe-stein18-story.html | And you can tell everybody: I own Elton’s clothes | And you can tell everybody: I own Elton’s clothes
I HAVEN’T GONE shopping for a piece of non-underwear clothing in nearly two years. If it weren’t for gifts from my parents, I’d still be wearing clothes from the 1980s. This is why when men get old, they wear Members Only jackets.
Men have no use for shopping. A guy’s i... |
47d060602eec805db2ebdee86572ddfc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-19-fg-oil19-story.html | Iraq’s Kurds Aim for Own Oil Ministry | Iraq’s Kurds Aim for Own Oil Ministry
Leaders of Iraq’s Kurdish north have unveiled a controversial plan to consolidate their hold on the region’s future petroleum resources, raising concerns about how the ethnically divided nation will share its oil revenue.
The Kurdish parliament will be asked to vote on the creation... |
8339c6e0ac64c28528dc6a8ca5087f67 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-19-fg-surrogate19-story.html | Wombs for Rent, Cheap | Wombs for Rent, Cheap
As temp jobs go, Saroj Mehli has landed what she feels is a pretty sweet deal. It’s a nine-month gig, no special skills needed, and the only real labor comes at the end -- when she gives birth.
If everything goes according to plan, Mehli, 32, will deliver a healthy baby early next year. But rather... |
73649b68270d3a68cc0082a9c986add2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-19-fi-porn19-story.html | Porn Industry Again at the Tech Forefront | Porn Industry Again at the Tech Forefront
A top producer of hard-core porn will start selling downloadable movies that customers can burn to DVD and watch on their TVs, illustrating how Southern California’s multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry may again set the technological pace for Hollywood.
Letting peo... |
e1d38bbb09f1ffa234ce0f8d931b3a4a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-19-me-westly19-story.html | With New Confidence, Westly Lays Out His Plan for Victory | With New Confidence, Westly Lays Out His Plan for Victory
Once considered a longshot in the governor’s race, state Controller Steve Westly looked every bit the Democratic front-runner Tuesday as he laid out his approach for challenging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the November election.
Westly, addressing the Sacramen... |
7c28efc13756cd6798cb8acf9e44e984 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-21-fi-music21-story.html | Two Music Industry Giants Post Sales Gains | Two Music Industry Giants Post Sales Gains
Two of the nation’s largest recording companies reported sales gains Thursday, suggesting the music industry’s longtime malaise might be easing.
Revenue at Universal Music Group, the nation’s largest music company, climbed to $1.36 billion in the first quarter, up 8.4% from a ... |
3ce0c4be5678479a2cfa6f066066aa7a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-21-oe-brooks21-story.html | A 4-star defense of the republic | A 4-star defense of the republic
WHEN SIX recently retired generals criticized Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s handling of the Iraq war and urged his resignation, the Bush administration reacted as if the generals had announced an impending military coup. Within days, administration loyalists were suggesting that t... |
4d8b1b778f2caaea110feaada773af95 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-22-na-aipac22-story.html | Lobbyists’ Lawyers Say Rice Leaked Information | Lobbyists’ Lawyers Say Rice Leaked Information
Lawyers for two lobbyists accused of conspiring to obtain secret defense information said Friday that they intended to prove that senior administration officials, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, provided the lobbyists with some of the sensitive information.
... |
9334e47c44d88668fc60e67c224fd5cd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-23-ed-bush23-story.html | Bush’s third term | Bush’s third term
IF PRESIDENT BUSH HOPES the “shake-up” of his administration initiated last week will re-energize his listless presidency, he’s bound to be disappointed. A far more audacious makeover is needed -- one that sends Vice President Dick Cheney into early retirement.
Second terms are notoriously difficult f... |
de5c8f5c5dbf5dd07c19fe1bf6070c87 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-23-fi-monsterman23-story.html | Fulfilling a Boyhood Dream of Making Gore for Fun and Profit | Fulfilling a Boyhood Dream of Making Gore for Fun and Profit
Inside his shop of horrors, not far from three naked, bloated bodies propped against the wall, Todd Masters proudly displays his latest creation: an impaled head.
For a scene in the upcoming horror flick “Snakes on a Plane,” Masters and his colleagues have ri... |
137481ee3b58bd303de30ebe066e8916 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-23-me-azusa23-story.html | Pentecostals Praise God in Many Tongues | Pentecostals Praise God in Many Tongues
Carrying banners and making music, about 3,000 exuberant Christians on Saturday kicked off a weeklong centennial celebration of the birthplace of modern Pentecostalism in Little Tokyo with a “Holy Spirit Procession” through downtown Los Angeles.
Thousands of Christians worldwide ... |
a7df70b664bc9200b0816df0b26f90fa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-24-me-holocaust24-story.html | 600 Gather to Recall Lessons of the Holocaust | 600 Gather to Recall Lessons of the Holocaust
For Jona Goldrich, even the most painful moments in human events have much to teach future generations. And so this survivor of the Holocaust has become a chronicler of the past, to ensure that the suffering of his family and his people are never forgotten.
“I’m obsessed wi... |
e3690cbc4c5f5d6584202124692f1caf | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-24-oe-basbanes24-story.html | Bibliophiles inside the wire | Bibliophiles inside the wire
AMERICAN TROOPS assigned to Camp Anaconda, 42 miles north of Baghdad in the Iraqi desert, call the sprawling encampment Mortaritaville -- a place, they wryly say, where every hour is happy hour.
On the evening I arrived aboard an Air Force C-17, a smattering of shells lobbed from “outside t... |
25f0027c6baf6eb6aae51cdf65392a11 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-25-fg-drives25-story.html | Leaks of Military Files Resume | Leaks of Military Files Resume
Just ays after U.S. troops were ordered to plug a security breach at their base here, the black market trade in computer memory drives containing military documents was thriving again Monday.
Documents on flash drives for sale at a bazaar across from the American military base over the we... |
36dee3046444783d91b4fabeb9a1df6a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-26-fo-watch26-story.html | Meeting up in Paris | Meeting up in Paris
IMAGINE yourself in Paris, hungry, sans reservations, but with a serious hankering for veal blanquette. If such a happy fate befalls you -- and you can’t rustle up a Left Bank native for a bistro crawl -- you’d do well to have Daniel Young’s new book “The Bistros, Brasseries and Wine Bars of Paris” ... |
f815bc74a726e3bf53448c5baa7c0774 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-26-me-ferrari26-story.html | Deputy’s Gun Is Latest Twist in Ferrari Crash | Deputy’s Gun Is Latest Twist in Ferrari Crash
Detectives are trying to figure out why a handgun belonging to a reserve deputy for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department was found at the Bel-Air mansion of the former European video game executive accused of crashing a rare Ferrari Enzo in Malibu in February.
Los Angeles... |
b1646c8f6fda50320ef2476376cefc00 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-26-oe-boot26-story.html | Loose lips win Pulitzers | Loose lips win Pulitzers
ON JUNE 7, 1942, shortly after the Battle of Midway, the Chicago Tribune carried a scoop: “Navy Had Word of Jap Plan to Strike at Sea.” The story, written by a correspondent who had seen intelligence reports left in an officer’s cabin, reported that the U.S. knew in advance the composition of t... |
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