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9db03ba4b7cda37bb0de7a3c4c987686 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-na-levee17-story.html | Merger of Louisiana Levee Boards OKd | Merger of Louisiana Levee Boards OKd
The state’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a measure Thursday to merge southeast Louisiana’s levee boards -- a move that lawmakers said would boost residents’ safety and send a strong signal to the White House that they were serious about reform.
The bill calls for the ... |
c5e78b99bc72f6ab481d8e6356729318 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-oe-leitenberg17-story.html | Bioterrorism, hyped | Bioterrorism, hyped
THE UNITED STATES has spent at least $33 billion since 2002 to combat the threat of biological terrorism. The trouble is, the risk that terrorists will use biological agents is being systematically and deliberately exaggerated. And the U.S. government has been using most of its money to prepare for ... |
ff69c85226517f784988909d628f0e47 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-17-sp-olyadande17-story.html | It’s Not Right to Put Johnny on the Spot | It’s Not Right to Put Johnny on the Spot
Regardless of where you stand on figure skating’s legitimacy as a sport, perhaps we can agree on this: It’s enough of a sport that a competitor should not be asked about his choice of sexual partners right after messing up the biggest night of his career.
Stunningly, after Johnn... |
3398048d205a432132e446dd1288f710 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-18-fg-iranrising18-story.html | Iran Was on Edge; Now It’s on Top | Iran Was on Edge; Now It’s on Top
The Islamic government in neighboring Iran watched with trepidation in March 2003 when U.S.-led troops stormed Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime and start remaking the political map of the Mideast.
In retrospect, the Islamic Republic could have celebrated: The war has left Amer... |
b6125cf7fd5a645c6317479fb61347ad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-18-sp-olysnow18-story.html | A Hotdog, No Relish / U.S. athletes pay high prices for assumptions, as a snowboarder with a large lead makes a crucial error near the finish and the heavily favored women’s hockey team is upset | A Hotdog, No Relish / U.S. athletes pay high prices for assumptions, as a snowboarder with a large lead makes a crucial error near the finish and the heavily favored women’s hockey team is upset
Lindsey Jacobellis struggled through so many close calls to put herself in position to win the gold ... only to throw it away... |
f98dafd9595a240fd20d6b32bd43472e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-19-me-weather19-story.html | Brrrr! State Catches a Cold | Brrrr! State Catches a Cold
A winter storm dumped rain and snow across the state, offering skiers and snowboarders from Southern California some of the best conditions so far in an unusually dry season and raising the possibility of flash floods in areas burned by recent wildfires.
The snowfall coincided with President... |
652ada546b1d55dea77f37396ae1f9d7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-19-na-preempt19-story.html | Industries Get Quiet Protection From Lawsuits | Industries Get Quiet Protection From Lawsuits
Near sunrise on a summer morning in 2001, Patrick Parker of Childress, Texas, swerved to avoid a deer and rolled his pickup truck.
The roof of the Ford F-250 crumpled, and Parker didn’t stand a chance. His neck broke and, at 37, he was paralyzed from the chest down. He sued... |
c82ce22fd3e4d882d26afe8ac6d34894 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-19-sp-olyplaschke19-story.html | Breakthrough Win Tainted by Bitterness | Breakthrough Win Tainted by Bitterness
One of a handful of black faces in the crowd was screaming for only one on the ice.
“He’s gotta smoke it on that last lap!” shouted Reginald Shuck. “He’s gotta smoke it!”
Shani Davis rounded the corner in front of his father, head down, giant blue Lycra legs pumping, smoking it, s... |
d463a417a0a70ba4dfd3240d222340ad | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-20-he-trailrunning20-story.html | A run on the wild side | A run on the wild side
THE half a dozen or so trail runners push themselves up the single track trail, darting under a canopy of oak and eucalyptus trees, around burly sage bushes and over slippery stream rocks in Santa Ynez Canyon above Pacific Palisades.
It’s halfway into an 8.5-mile run and the sound of heavy breath... |
4b16ed592fc280132287dc1e45be964b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-20-na-liberties20-story.html | Privacy Guardian Is Still a Paper Tiger | Privacy Guardian Is Still a Paper Tiger
For Americans troubled by the prospect of federal agents eavesdropping on their phone conversations or combing through their Internet records, there is good news: A little-known board exists in the White House whose purpose is to ensure that privacy and civil liberties are protec... |
a62c5f19f318b9fb78ccdfb6539facc3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-21-me-animals21-story.html | Actress Named ‘Ambassador to the Animals’ | Actress Named ‘Ambassador to the Animals’
Actress Betty White has long been an unofficial animal ambassador, writing books about pets and working with welfare organizations.
On Monday, the Los Angeles Zoo made it official by naming the Emmy-winning TV star Ambassador to the Animals during a ceremony attended by about 5... |
8d17b19a73fef9255b8816f91b403f3f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-21-me-morales21-story.html | Execution of Killer-Rapist Is Delayed | Execution of Killer-Rapist Is Delayed
A court-ordered requirement that convicted murderer-rapist Michael Morales’ execution be monitored by an anesthesiologist caused an unexpected delay late Monday, only an hour before his scheduled death by lethal injection.
The execution was delayed because Warden Steven Ornoski dec... |
f40d3a3589211d059e516491c88ae679 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-22-et-mexdoc22-story.html | It’s movie night, in the starlight | It’s movie night, in the starlight
Racked by corruption, poverty, ethnic inequality and violent drug trafficking, Mexico certainly has no shortage of subject matter for documentary films. Nor does it lack a pool of talented young documentary filmmakers.
What it needs is more financial support for documentary production... |
36e7c554ac5a58ec07038750ca195917 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-22-fo-find22-story.html | A meat pie, a trailhead and thou | A meat pie, a trailhead and thou
IT’S just 6 months old, but it looks at first glance as if it’s been there forever: a friendly Griffith Park snack hut called the Trails. With its aged redwood exterior, a canvas sign advertising “pies” and “coffee” that could have been hand-lettered by Yogi Bear, and an endearingly war... |
e9c11afddcd2fec1c440fbc9199062db | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-22-fo-wine22-story.html | Swirl, sniff, sip, search and blog | Swirl, sniff, sip, search and blog
LET’S say that last night you had a fantastic Italian wine with your dinner at Il Grano, and you want to find out more about it. So you boot up the computer and open the Web portal and find the paper napkin you wrote the name on (never mind that Il Grano doesn’t use paper napkins -- t... |
08a73d22396e0d1e29750f85a7ee9cd3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-22-me-morales22-story.html | State Halts Execution to Review Procedure | State Halts Execution to Review Procedure
Capping a dramatic legal battle that raised questions of medical ethics and the future of lethal injection, California prison officials late Tuesday called off Michael Morales’ execution, saying they were unable to comply with a judge’s conditions for putting the convicted rapi... |
d61029d779b4b5c78fdb18db5294503b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-23-hm-hedges23-story.html | Hedges without edges | Hedges without edges
PRUNING trees and shrubs to form hedges is as old as gardening. In the great estates of the past, hedges framed views, defined borders and marked transitions to wilderness. In modern Los Angeles, an average lot is a sixth of an acre. A hedge allows homeowners to soften the transition to the street ... |
416ba6cab0f78553e0f4b23f38c74d1f | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-24-me-queens24-story.html | Down at the Harbor, There’s Something About Marys | Down at the Harbor, There’s Something About Marys
When two mighty ships named Queen Mary saluted each other Thursday in Long Beach harbor, the buzz was all about big numbers: two of the largest ocean liners ever built, more than 6,000 fans watching eagerly from shore, 800 sailboats and yachts hovering nearby, 14 media ... |
0fcd5bf8fdbb848dd3530533937aa6e0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-24-na-abuse24-story.html | E-Mails Show FBI Agents Fretted About Prisoner Abuse | E-Mails Show FBI Agents Fretted About Prisoner Abuse
Senior FBI officials in Iraq were reluctant to investigate allegations of prisoner abuse for fear that the bureau would lose access to high-value detainees and the stream of intelligence from interrogations, according to documents released Thursday by the American Ci... |
33eb4e4190aa26ac7c103933b9b9e2df | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-25-fg-iraqarmy25-story.html | Iraq Now Has No Units Able to Stand Alone | Iraq Now Has No Units Able to Stand Alone
The number of Iraqi army battalions judged capable of fighting the insurgency without U.S. help has slipped from one to zero since September, Pentagon officials said Friday.
But the number of Iraqi battalions capable of leading the battle, with U.S. troops in a support role, ha... |
75e70e6fe9d0f6fa717a7017360fb6d8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-25-oe-seipp25-story.html | The fascists of free speech | The fascists of free speech
A FRIEND OF MINE took his young daughter to visit the famous City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, explaining to her that the place is important because years ago it sold books no other store would -- even, perhaps especially, books whose ideas many people found offensive.
So, although my ... |
108a933e558a1e4d365397a0737d5c94 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-26-ca-kienholz26-story.html | L.A.'s so aujourd’hui | L.A.'s so aujourd’hui
LYN KIENHOLZ may be the most important macher in the Los Angeles art world you’ve never heard of. She can seem innocuous in her sensible sandals and faded pink Chateau Marmont sweatshirt. But the names on the 3-by-5 cards she keeps in old library file drawers will make your eyes spin.
Attend one o... |
6456accdcc3687b3194eba7e06147d81 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-27-fg-mexico27-story.html | New Details of Mexico’s ‘Dirty War’ | New Details of Mexico’s ‘Dirty War’
The Mexican government and military committed “crimes against humanity” through a “scorched-earth” campaign against rural guerrillas in the 1970s, according to a draft report released Sunday of the first official investigation into Mexico’s “dirty war” against leftist rebels and acti... |
d15670fd464523e7dd328ac46aff08e3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-27-me-derailed27-story.html | Fire Victims Feel Burned by Lawmakers Tied to Insurers | Fire Victims Feel Burned by Lawmakers Tied to Insurers
Karen Reimus’ San Diego house was obliterated by the 2003 wildfires, leaving nothing recognizable except a charred jogging stroller and her daughter’s burned bicycle.
Yet her insurer insisted that she catalog each of her family’s destroyed personal items -- down to... |
784e05a67d4edb9182f9211af552462a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-28-me-weaver28-story.html | Dennis Weaver, 81; Star of ‘Gunsmoke,’ ‘McCloud’ Also Was Environmental Activist | Dennis Weaver, 81; Star of ‘Gunsmoke,’ ‘McCloud’ Also Was Environmental Activist
Dennis Weaver, the lanky actor with the gentle drawl who came to fame in the 1950s playing Marshal Matt Dillon’s limping deputy, Chester, on “Gunsmoke” and later starred as a contemporary western deputy marshal who battled crime in the Big... |
2be93b9ff123673ece010eea25dfb272 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-fi-predict1-story.html | Industry Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google | Industry Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google
Just five years ago, Microsoft Corp. was considered the Big Bad Wolf of the media business.
Armed with a stockpile of cash and the Windows operating system that dominates office computing, Bill Gates’ company was expected to huff and puff its way into America’s living r... |
6dbbe4362517aaed6288c5a2d4732535 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-oe-pearl01-story.html | Justice must be done | Justice must be done
WHEN STEVEN Spielberg talks about his film “Munich,” he uses words such as “violence,” “empathy,” “revenge” and “doubt.” But one word is missing from his comments, and from the film itself: “Justice.”
Nearly four years ago, when the world reacted with shock and indignation to the murder of our son,... |
f8cf1df4a5995d24924191ecc9bd35e7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-op-modest1-story.html | Information Age? More like the New Middle Ages | Information Age? More like the New Middle Ages
IT’S ONLY 2006, and people have already dubbed this new century the Information Age, the Digital Age or the Connectivity Age. I have a more accurate name for the 21st century, and I encourage us all to start using it today: The New Middle Ages.
With the resurgence of legal... |
bd5371837e59d26427817376e5a4286e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-01-op-starr1-story.html | The old Arnold’s returned, and now we can move again | The old Arnold’s returned, and now we can move again
Early last month, the official portrait of former Gov. Gray Davis was unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda in Sacramento. On Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will deliver the annual State of the State address to the Legislature. The two events have plenty in common.
T... |
3c15e7afe926a9bb27cb9ebe52b81e68 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-02-na-outlook2-story.html | Presidential History Lesson on the Value of Building Consensus | Presidential History Lesson on the Value of Building Consensus
The president whom George W. Bush may resemble most is not his biological father, George H.W. Bush, or even Ronald Reagan, who often seems his ideological father, but James K. Polk, a dynamic and willful leader few discuss anymore.
Polk, when elected presid... |
73f0f6be909455f506a9bf2a4815f508 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-03-me-cantonese3-story.html | Cantonese Is Losing Its Voice | Cantonese Is Losing Its Voice
Carson Hom’s family has run a thriving fortune cookie and almond cookie company in Los Angeles County for 35 years.
And for much of that time, it was a business that required two languages: Cantonese, to communicate with employees and the Chinese restaurants that bought the cookies, and En... |
678ed3a952184550e1778c3175cbfb07 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-03-oe-stein3-story.html | How to apologize to a feminist | How to apologize to a feminist
MAUREEN DOWD doesn’t like me. This is not unusual. But unlike a lot of people, the New York Times columnist has a good reason.
Despite her new book, “Are Men Necessary?” it’s not just because I’m male. And I have no argument with her book, either. The way I see it, perhaps men aren’t nece... |
09573723844145414a6d239d61d6047a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-04-fo-foodblogs4-story.html | Have we gone blog wild? | Have we gone blog wild?
WHEN food blogging was new (about 15 minutes ago), it was fun to pore over the gastronomic musings at the Accidental Hedonist or I Was Just Really Very Hungry. In those days, reading about what someone ate for dinner or which food magazine they liked best was kind of amusing. But quicker than yo... |
138183e1ae26dd72e6031b4ede4f2f37 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-04-na-lobbyist4-story.html | Abramoff Reached Beyond the Limits | Abramoff Reached Beyond the Limits
At Beverly Hills High School, Jack Abramoff’s weightlifting prowess was the stuff of legend.
As a senior, he became the first member of the school’s 2700 Club, lifting a combined total of 2,700 pounds in the power squat, dead lift, bench press, and clean and jerk.
His former football ... |
d7b4d99bfda81f08394b8772850a9482 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-07-fi-burgers7-story.html | In-N-Out Lawsuit Exposes Family Rift | In-N-Out Lawsuit Exposes Family Rift
In-N-Out Burger Inc., the Irvine company known for its Double-Double and its customers’ intense devotion, is embroiled in a family feud, according to a lawsuit.
Richard Boyd, In-N-Out’s vice president and a board member, has accused 23-year-old heir Lynsi Martinez and others of tryi... |
d8a3d9a2b8b059c56478902029618cff | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-07-oe-daum7-story.html | A breakthrough called ‘Brokeback’ | A breakthrough called ‘Brokeback’
FROM THE East Coast to the West Coast (though, admittedly, not yet a lot of places in between) everyone’s talking about “Brokeback Mountain.” I haven’t heard such constant and pervasive chatter about a pop cultural topic since Tom Cruise jumped on Oprah’s couch. Lord knows, the two phe... |
626eb607de052a53c302b16a1b3d63d1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-09-ed-zipcode9-story.html | Driven to excess | Driven to excess
SOME INSURANCE EXECUTIVES have short memories. Otherwise, why would George Joseph, head of Los Angeles-based Mercury Insurance, be pursuing a campaign to overturn important parts of Proposition 103? Almost two decades ago, the proposition spawned one of the most expensive and disingenuous campaigns eve... |
dea3eca8dd2acda74efa084d9630c907 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-09-sp-ducks9-story.html | Ducks Deal Sykora for a Defenseman | Ducks Deal Sykora for a Defenseman
Mighty Duck forward Petr Sykora, who had two of the franchise’s most important goals during a Stanley Cup run three years ago but who struggled to score this season, was traded to the New York Rangers on Sunday for young defenseman Maxim Kondratiev.
The 29-year-old native of the Czech... |
cc169811614ec583d85b63e43fc52ee9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-10-fi-toys10-story.html | Toys R Us Will Close 87 Stores | Toys R Us Will Close 87 Stores
Toys R Us Inc. said Monday that it would shutter 87 locations in the coming months as part of its reorganization after being taken private last year, but will spare 12 of them by converting the locations into Babies R Us stores.
The closures will cause the company to record $155 million o... |
52051c8ffd811e4cc8264378c411dc3d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-10-oe-dantonio10-story.html | Hershey’s legend, without the sugarcoating | Hershey’s legend, without the sugarcoating
THE LEGEND of chocolate baron Milton S. Hershey has always depended on the idea that he was as pure of spirit and heart as the milk that went into his chocolate bars.
To this day, although he is not quite as ubiquitous as Mickey Mouse in Disney World, Hershey still looms large... |
524a410ba2da70ffbf623e03453a54e2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-11-na-assess11-story.html | Democrats Cast Wide Net Seeking Alito Flaw | Democrats Cast Wide Net Seeking Alito Flaw
Democrats resembled a guerrilla army searching for a weak point in a heavily guarded fortress Tuesday as they challenged Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.
The array of issues Democrats raised reflected the breadth... |
f79ce5de07e99415b61f47e43520178b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-11-oe-gitlin11-story.html | The right divide | The right divide
RECENT DEFEATS suffered by President Bush -- in Congress and in the courts -- indicate more than his overreach and underachievement. His languishing fortunes suggest something more consequential: deep rifts in the conservative movement.
With binocular vision, people tend to see only two sides in politi... |
ac8662b44bda75e225f16637b96e197d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-12-ed-memoir12-story.html | Truisms of publishing | Truisms of publishing
‘KNOW THE TRUTH, and the truth shall make you free.” Those timeless words, from the Bible, now have a timely meaning for Doubleday, publisher of a memoir by James Frey called “A Million Little Pieces.” Both publisher and author take too flexible a view of the truth.
“A Million Little Pieces” becam... |
8b1c6652f9a464232788d1d18193a572 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-12-fg-germany12-story.html | German Spies Aided U.S. Attempt to Kill Hussein in Aerial Attack | German Spies Aided U.S. Attempt to Kill Hussein in Aerial Attack
With the battle of Baghdad raging on April 7, 2003, an intelligence tip was rushed to a special Pentagon targeting team: Saddam Hussein and his two sons had been spotted near a chicken restaurant in the city’s wealthy Mansour district.
Less than 45 minute... |
7b5e4ade5de4b7335ddbdd647d574b02 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-12-fg-hamza12-story.html | Radical Cleric Preached Hatred and Murder, Prosecution Argues | Radical Cleric Preached Hatred and Murder, Prosecution Argues
A prosecutor Wednesday accused Abu Hamza al Masri, an Egyptian-born Muslim cleric, of preaching hatred, telling followers that the world should be run by a Muslim caliph “sitting in the White House” and that it was legitimate to kill foes of Islamic law.
The... |
0d21c647b84fad13fc433ae99c4e29b3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-12-fi-burgers12-story.html | A New In-N-Out Lawsuit Alleges Fraud, Embezzlement by a Company Executive | A New In-N-Out Lawsuit Alleges Fraud, Embezzlement by a Company Executive
In-N-Out Burgers’ in-house power struggle took another turn this week when the popular fast-food restaurant operator accused a top executive of fraud and embezzlement.
Richard Boyd, who was in charge of building In-N-Out restaurants and is still ... |
1c5d77070bde946979e311965206d808 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-13-me-donner13-story.html | No Proof Donner Clan Were Cannibals | No Proof Donner Clan Were Cannibals
Nudging the history books, archeologists studying one of two campsites used by the ill-fated Donner Party during a snowbound Sierra winter 160 years ago announced Thursday that a study had unearthed no physical evidence of cannibalism.
The stranded emigrants settled into two camps du... |
643d6ac4dde5b1ff393e04a7ef9091ee | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-13-oe-semel13-story.html | The death penalty doesn’t pay | The death penalty doesn’t pay
IF THE SCHEDULED execution of Clarence Ray Allen goes forward on Jan. 16 -- the day after his 76th birthday -- he will be the oldest person executed in California since the death penalty was reinstated. But he will not be the first elderly, seriously ill inmate executed, nor will he be the... |
8e7836937ec46335ea0e05bb224e3235 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-16-he-csection16-story.html | When ‘natural’ seems too risky | When ‘natural’ seems too risky
THROUGHOUT her pregnancy, Susana Hellmuth, 35, felt as if she were walking on eggshells. The Culver City woman had had two previous miscarriages, one heartbreakingly late, just as she entered her third trimester. This time, as a precaution, she spent the final six months in bed. Finally, ... |
d6551a2ed4616cb5ed870748675cf47c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-17-me-allen17-story.html | California Executes Death Row Inmate, 76 | California Executes Death Row Inmate, 76
California prison officials executed 76-year-old murderer Clarence Ray Allen at the state prison here early today after his final appeal was turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
His death was announced at 12:38 a.m. by Elaine Jennings of the Department of Corrections and Rehab... |
8b57fad3ca59a8d8b5403146f9ad6111 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-18-ed-burger18-story.html | Double-Double trouble | Double-Double trouble
THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE: Mere mention of it, for a devotee of In-N-Out Burger, can water the mouth and spur the feet toward the nearest available restaurant with that trademark yellow arrow. In-N-Out devotees are many, and if they seem fanatical at times, well, they have their reasons.
It’s not just the... |
b0479daaa73650adfc3a19b66e262bd3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-18-me-ucla18-story.html | Tracking ‘Radical’ UCLA Faculty | Tracking ‘Radical’ UCLA Faculty
A fledgling alumni group headed by a former campus Republican leader is offering students payments of up to $100 per class to provide information on instructors who are “abusive, one-sided or off-topic” in advocating political ideologies.
The year-old Bruin Alumni Assn. says its “Exposin... |
0d41db055c99fcc5f9c9d17b33982b89 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-20-fi-briefs20.3-story.html | Federated Stores to Close Five Distribution Centers | Federated Stores to Close Five Distribution Centers
Federated Department Stores Inc. said it would close five distribution centers, affecting as many as 750 jobs, as it strove to cut costs and realign its Macy’s division after the acquisition of May Department Stores Co. last year.
The department store operator, aiming... |
c74ae6d9f232e4cdef9f1d4aefb5ab02 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-21-na-briefs21.2-story.html | Transit Workers Reject New Contract by 7 Votes | Transit Workers Reject New Contract by 7 Votes
New York City’s 33,000 transit workers rejected a new contract by seven votes, raising fears of another crippling strike like the one that brought subways and buses to a standstill a month ago.
The Transport Workers Union voted down the contract, despite the urging of unio... |
9147162f983ac4307d75ed7be79ac115 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-22-me-biber22-story.html | Dr. Stanley Biber, 82; World Renowned Sex-Change Surgeon | Dr. Stanley Biber, 82; World Renowned Sex-Change Surgeon
As a physician and general surgeon in the remote southern Colorado town of Trinidad, Dr. Stanley Biber treated the usual sore throats and broken arms and did his share of delivering babies, removing appendixes and replacing hips and knees.
But that’s not what mad... |
cf175a213a77e5a892f4b0775104ec4b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-23-fi-markets23-story.html | Uncertainty Returns to the Street | Uncertainty Returns to the Street
Wall Street, which was running out of things to worry about just three weeks ago, starts this week with its anxiety meter back in the red zone.
Blue-chip stock indexes Friday suffered their biggest declines in more than two years as oil prices neared record highs and as fourth-quarter ... |
2262f78b33cc2b388e366056b7b13af3 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-23-me-cap23-story.html | Time to Get Private Money Out of Public Policy | Time to Get Private Money Out of Public Policy
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger already was a poster boy for why we need real campaign finance reform in California. And now he has created a poster girl: Susan Kennedy.
In fact, Schwarzenegger shows us why we need the ultimate reform: public financing of campaigns. That would ... |
541b674876606099c27949e68b913dcd | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-24-oe-stein24-story.html | Warriors and wusses | Warriors and wusses
I DON’T SUPPORT our troops. This is a particularly difficult opinion to have, especially if you are the kind of person who likes to put bumper stickers on his car. Supporting the troops is a position that even Calvin is unwilling to urinate on.
I’m sure I’d like the troops. They seem gutsy, young an... |
28df953f9f526bd8cc61b55a2cc8414d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-25-fi-lasseter25-story.html | Fabled Film Company May Get a Reanimator | Fabled Film Company May Get a Reanimator
Suddenly, John Lasseter is Walt Disney Co.'s $7.4-billion man.
Returning to the company where he worked more than 20 years ago as a low-level artist, computer animation’s master storyteller faces a daunting task: how to merge his community of hit-making mavericks at Pixar Animat... |
614920a632039a53df6c91659c959bf6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-26-fi-pixarent26-story.html | Deal Ends Quarrel Over Pixar Sequels | Deal Ends Quarrel Over Pixar Sequels
Walt Disney Co. may soon own Pixar Animation Studios, but in at least one key area -- sequels -- the media giant has already ceded control to the company it is buying.
Last year, when Bob Iger took the reins at Disney, he inherited a small animation unit that his studio had created ... |
0873dae214c68f75950f1c74516312d7 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-26-me-govrace26-story.html | Westly to Start Airing Ads for Primary | Westly to Start Airing Ads for Primary
State Controller Steve Westly plans to launch the first television advertising of the Democratic primary for governor today, tapping his dot-com fortune in an effort to gain an early edge over rival Phil Angelides, the state treasurer.
Westly’s ad, a biographical spot that plays u... |
5481fec0862b3225a1e002d10fcb876c | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-26-me-nicholas26-story.html | Fayard Nicholas, 91; He Was Elder Half of Tap-Dancing Nicholas Brothers | Fayard Nicholas, 91; He Was Elder Half of Tap-Dancing Nicholas Brothers
Fayard Nicholas, the elder half of the show-stopping Nicholas Brothers tap-dancing duo that thrilled audiences during the 1930s and beyond with their elegance and daring athleticism, has died. He was 91.
Nicholas, who had been in failing health sin... |
bab71057eabe8960bcefaaeb5846e6bc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-27-na-fornpoll27-story.html | 57% Back a Hit on Iran if Defiance Persists | 57% Back a Hit on Iran if Defiance Persists
Despite persistent disillusionment with the war in Iraq, a majority of Americans supports taking military action against Iran if that country continues to produce material that can be used to develop nuclear weapons, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
The poll, con... |
f2bce39a482c8e4738b6ef8e7871bada | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-27-oe-brooks27-story.html | Naomi Wolf gets religion | Naomi Wolf gets religion
NAOMI WOLF has found Jesus!
Wolf first made a name for herself with “The Beauty Myth,” a 1991 feminist critique of feminine stereotypes. Admired by some and ridiculed by others, Wolf has since written on everything from motherhood to promiscuity. During the 2000 election campaign, she famously ... |
e5b2c8aab18215ffa3eed47e0b32de97 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-28-ed-teflon28-story.html | Sticking up for health | Sticking up for health
WHEN IT COMES TO TEFLON, the Environmental Protection Agency is living up to its name. By calling this week for the reduction and eventual elimination of a potentially dangerous chemical used to make Teflon, the agency has shown it is willing to protect global wildlife and human health.
Unlike Te... |
e60ed46196695df7254a4df9c91a3887 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-28-ed-toxic28-story.html | Good, clean information | Good, clean information
SOMETIMES AN INFORMED PUBLIC is the best weapon. Such has been the case with something called the Toxics Release Inventory, which exists because of a 20-year-old law that requires companies to report the amount of toxins they release into the air and water each year.
Since the law has been in ef... |
757fffc140e39e511c864f075c82b6e6 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-28-ed-warm28-story.html | A wrong-way agency | A wrong-way agency
FOR TOO LONG, THE EPA HAS BEEN AWOL. Once a proud protector of public well-being, the Environmental Protection Agency has become an agency that too often ignores science and must be dragged into taking even the smallest steps. Even worse, it prevents other public agencies from moving forward with pla... |
209d7a83836791bc222b7508ea44ded8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-29-bk-eder29-story.html | Nanny dearest | Nanny dearest
THE east wind blew in Mary Poppins to work her assorted spells upon the staid Banks family of London.
Seventy years and an entire English civilization later, a cheap car breezes Amber into the trendy Smart family in Ali Smith’s “The Accidental.” Michael Smart professes “the energy of the new” to his conte... |
b5553eea0034d3c08ef9dc092396da1d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-29-fg-mideast29-story.html | Israel Assesses a New Reality | Israel Assesses a New Reality
The triumph of the militant Islamist group Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary elections is forcing Israel to reevaluate virtually every aspect of its complex and highly fraught relationship with the Palestinians.
At issue are the prospects for side-by-side statehood, Israel’s economic and ... |
ed342e68bee377bc7eed26bd24b8b953 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-29-op-kotkin29-story.html | The third California | The third California
THE LAST GREAT FRONTIER for upward mobility in California extends from the far eastern suburbs of greater Los Angeles to the Sierra foothills in Northern California. It is there that the “California dream” -- a place to create a new life and raise a family -- is still possible. Call it the “Third C... |
16ebe46a8f51b3ee6243ee9c6f1bbc34 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-30-me-granny30-story.html | Motive for Shooting Is Unclear as Man Dies | Motive for Shooting Is Unclear as Man Dies
A Brea man who sheriff’s deputies said was gunned down by his former wife’s grandmother died early Sunday, as investigators worked to piece together a possible motive.
Jeane E. Allen, 81, was booked on suspicion of murder Sunday after Alex L. Reyes, 26, died about 1 a.m. at Mi... |
e380a64d4abf4723f21e3cbba296f8e1 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-30-me-gypsy30-story.html | Gypsies: the Usual Suspects | Gypsies: the Usual Suspects
Fortified by muffins and coffee, the detectives gathered under the chandeliers in the hotel’s Grand Ballroom.
San Francisco Police Inspector Greg Ovanessian prepared to start his presentation. “Before I begin,” he said. “Not all Gypsies or Rom are criminals.”
“Bull...!” yelled someone in the... |
9bfb29d18260e395b660bb17e89113f0 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-30-oe-aaron30-story.html | A healthcare prescription that’s hard to swallow | A healthcare prescription that’s hard to swallow
SEVEN U.S. WORKERS in 10 still get health insurance coverage as a fringe benefit of employment. But perhaps not for long. Healthcare spending gobbled up nearly $2 trillion in 2004, and it has grown about 2 1/2 percentage points a year faster than income for decades. Yet ... |
b1c99b7149820eaa2bcf39d7fc195f1e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-31-me-lapd31-story.html | Chief Says Officer Who Killed Driver, 13, Acted Within Rules | Chief Says Officer Who Killed Driver, 13, Acted Within Rules
Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton has concluded that the officer who shot 13-year-old Devin Brown last year acted appropriately -- a decision that sets up a potential high-profile conflict with the city’s civilian Police Commission, which plans to d... |
1857ec4a4056fbc66aed6ea8377d1907 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-01-ed-grokster01-story.html | Filed away | Filed away
A YEAR AGO, THE ENTERTAINMENT industry hailed the Supreme Court’s decision in the Grokster case as a milestone in its battle against online piracy. Maybe so -- but if it was, the industry has little to show for it. If only the major labels and studios cared as much about serving customers as protecting copyr... |
ce2e8e83eaad88ae87fbab51bd7347e9 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-me-bullough2-story.html | Vern Bullough, 77; Prolific Author Was Scholar of Sex History | Vern Bullough, 77; Prolific Author Was Scholar of Sex History
When Vern Bullough was asked what launched him into the field of sexual history 50 years ago, he quipped, “I blame it all on my mother-in-law.”
His future wife’s mother had abandoned her family to live in a committed relationship with another woman -- a scan... |
feaec7712c06adf65d6b793fac28e022 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-na-cheney2-story.html | Cheney Revs Up Schedule in Florida | Cheney Revs Up Schedule in Florida
Playing off the patriotic themes that dominated the Daytona International Speedway this weekend, Vice President Dick Cheney spent his time at the Pepsi 400 praising the military and hailing its ties to NASCAR.
“On Independence Day weekend, we’re reminded how fortunate we are to live i... |
8329ea413029e21bf399b3f23e085409 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-na-scotus2-story.html | Kennedy Moves Front and Center on Court | Kennedy Moves Front and Center on Court
John G. Roberts Jr. may be the new chief justice, but the Supreme Court is not truly the Roberts court, at least not yet.
In the most divisive cases before the court in the term that just ended, it was Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who determined the outcome every time. In unpredict... |
ba403190b4b05fc85133c8c2fd5614b2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-op-gilbert2-story.html | If only gay sex caused global warming | If only gay sex caused global warming
NO ONE seems to care about the upcoming attack on the World Trade Center site. Why? Because it won’t involve villains with box cutters. Instead, it will involve melting ice sheets that swell the oceans and turn that particular block of lower Manhattan into an aquarium.
The odds of ... |
31211099ae4f5236072346b0c50e444d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-02-sp-galaxy2-story.html | Donovan Returns to Lift Galaxy to Victory | Donovan Returns to Lift Galaxy to Victory
His World Cup experience may not have gone as planned, but Landon Donovan showed again why he is one of Major League Soccer’s best players.
Donovan, playing his first MLS game since May 10, scored two goals to lead the Galaxy to a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Wizards that p... |
02dc9ced5b8fe325d2d785be44665b7a | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-04-et-tightclothes4-story.html | Letting it all hang out | Letting it all hang out
THE Sausage Casing Girls are everywhere this summer, their muffin tops hanging over their hip-skimming jeans, clothes shrink-wrapped around fleshy bodies that look as if they’ve been stuffed -- like forcemeat -- into teensy tops and skintight pants.
Visit the local mall, any beach boardwalk or t... |
cf9eb0cfa6516cf3ffbdec0f652d55d8 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-05-me-sbriefs5-story.html | Court Upholds Blocking of Wal-Mart Store | Court Upholds Blocking of Wal-Mart Store
A federal appeals court has ruled that the city of Turlock’s ordinance barring big-box retailer Wal-Mart doesn’t infringe on the company’s constitutional rights.
The ruling is the third time the courts have sided with the city against Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
“I’m ext... |
23897177dbd834adf99b8c514e83855d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-05-na-lieberman5-story.html | Sen. Clinton Won’t Support an Independent Lieberman | Sen. Clinton Won’t Support an Independent Lieberman
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a longtime supporter of Sen. Joseph Lieberman, said Tuesday that she would not back the Connecticut Democrat’s bid for reelection if he lost their party’s primary and ran as an independent.
“I’ve known Joe Lieberman for more than 30 years.... |
b7da7183e7afc8839fb082e764867dee | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-05-sp-galaxy5-story.html | Galaxy Turns to Donovan Again | Galaxy Turns to Donovan Again
Relying heavily on a single player can be part of a recipe for disaster in any sport that stresses team play.
For the Galaxy, it seems to be the ingredient for shaking out of a season-long funk.
Landon Donovan, making his first appearance at home after a disappointing performance at the Wo... |
bde1d74754a4b26bd9aab84b1ab24daa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-07-fi-google7-story.html | Google Goes From Web to Webster’s | Google Goes From Web to Webster’s
Google is officially a verb.
Google Inc.'s eponymous search engine became a sanctioned part of the English language Thursday, when “google” -- with a small “g” -- earned an entry among the 165,000 or so terms in the 11th edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary.
The definit... |
2afefb91328c148ba7a9e8784161da9b | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-07-sci-wildfire7-story.html | Wildfire Increase Linked to Climate | Wildfire Increase Linked to Climate
Rising temperatures throughout the West have stoked an increase in large wildfires over the past 34 years as spring comes earlier, mountain snows melt sooner and forests dry to tinder, scientists reported Thursday.
More than land-use changes or forest management practices, the changi... |
78c6e10eb0177deaee30a0deacd193ae | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-09-me-bigboats9-story.html | Feeling the Big Squeeze | Feeling the Big Squeeze
Chris Herman’s clients want luxury and space in their coastal getaways. They want expansive kitchens with granite countertops and bathrooms bathed in marble. Giant flat-screen televisions are standard, as are fine custom woodwork in the master suite and Italian-leather sofas in the salon.
Herman... |
9e426be0435ea62e3d6439e50662f968 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-09-me-boxes9-story.html | Unsightly Evidence of U.S. Trade Gap Piles Up | Unsightly Evidence of U.S. Trade Gap Piles Up
To understand the trade deficit, residents of Sandison Street do not need the help of world-class economists.
They can just glance across the street at the mountain of faded brown cargo containers blocking the Wilmington sky.
The equation is simple. As the deficit grows, th... |
da8b74b92f8b35e06804d6397f1c4697 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-09-me-fire9-story.html | Westlake Village Fire Burns 25 Acres | Westlake Village Fire Burns 25 Acres
A 25-acre brush fire in Westlake Village briefly threatened homes early Saturday evening, triggering voluntary evacuations from nearby buildings before firefighters brought the blaze under control, Los Angeles County fire officials said.
A passerby notified authorities about 5:20 p.... |
6b8c83bce6ccfe02ef40f0cf8969f7dc | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-09-op-allen9-story.html | Liberal Christianity is paying for its sins | Liberal Christianity is paying for its sins
The accelerating fragmentation of the strife-torn Episcopal Church USA, in which several parishes and even a few dioceses are opting out of the church, isn’t simply about gay bishops, the blessing of same-sex unions or the election of a woman as presiding bishop. It also is a... |
2af2f6888563237b24150495338af017 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-10-fi-sony10-story.html | Furor Over Sony Patent | Furor Over Sony Patent
Sony Corp. has patented technology that would prevent its PlayStation consoles from playing used, rented or borrowed video games -- raising questions about whether the electronics and entertainment giant may attempt to redefine what it means to own something in the digital age.
Sony has said litt... |
b4b3e7e2d45d2b3f5baf6fcff34b41aa | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-10-he-contraceptive10-story.html | Now, a birth control bonanza | Now, a birth control bonanza
This is turning out to be a pivotal year in birth control.
In the last six months, the Food and Drug Administration has approved an oral contraceptive that eliminates a monthly menstrual period, and can prevent mood swings and other side effects. It also has approved two others that feature... |
083cdef4e4b0812f1924def347f403a4 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-11-fi-kbhome11-story.html | KB Home Warns of Slower Sales as Inventory Grows | KB Home Warns of Slower Sales as Inventory Grows
Home builder KB Home said negative trends in the U.S. housing market could persist in 2007, as inventory accumulates amid higher interest rates, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
“Conditions in many of the markets we serve acros... |
a5c5bbea87b82cb799a5709e8758e590 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-11-me-leroy11-story.html | Catherine Leroy, 60; War Photographer | Catherine Leroy, 60; War Photographer
Catherine Leroy arrived in Saigon at 21, armed with a Leica camera and a resolve to capture the human side of the Vietnam War. She crawled through rice paddies while hiding from the fighting, jumped into a combat zone with American paratroopers and was briefly held captive by the N... |
4046ed168f759ab9657ff590baa103d2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-11-na-budget11-story.html | Deficit’s Good News Less Than Meets the Eye | Deficit’s Good News Less Than Meets the Eye
When President Bush releases the traditional midsummer update on the budget today, he is expected to announce that federal revenue has soared above predicted levels and that the deficit is headed for a welcome decline from earlier estimates -- as much as 30%, or $125 billion,... |
551f32f9670b1d9213dd273ca541de2e | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-11-sci-mystical11-story.html | Counterculture Drug Provides Spiritual Boost | Counterculture Drug Provides Spiritual Boost
Using the active ingredient in illegal hallucinogenic mushrooms, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have induced a lingering sense of spirituality that they believe has the potential to help patients struggling with addiction or terminal cancer.
Researchers said that th... |
d1f578f682f8b72aaa83cf6188ebd97d | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-12-me-barrett12-story.html | Syd Barrett, 60; Seminal Rocker Fell Far | Syd Barrett, 60; Seminal Rocker Fell Far
Syd Barrett, an enigmatic figure in rock history as the founding frontman of Pink Floyd and a young drug casualty who was exiled from the band on the brink of its staggering stardom, died Friday after years in seclusion. He was 60.
Barrett died of complications from diabetes, ac... |
5ec8758ade950f981abe322d378e4767 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-12-na-consult12-story.html | Political Website With No Party Lines | Political Website With No Party Lines
A group of prominent political consultants from opposite sides of the fiercely fought presidential elections in 2000 and 2004 joined forces Tuesday to launch a website aimed at bridging the divisions those campaigns helped to widen.
The site, called Hotsoup.com, intends to provide ... |
836f661579e74d9b648f28f053abc121 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-13-fg-hezbollah13-story.html | The Nation of Hezbollah | The Nation of Hezbollah
As Lebanon’s largest political party and most potent armed force, Hezbollah has long been described as a “state within a state” -- a Shiite Muslim minigovernment boasting close ties to Iran and Syria.
But Wednesday’s move across the border to capture two Israeli soldiers went a step further: Hez... |
582ea6daa6e6bcdc39424fa6ccaffea2 | https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jul-13-fi-homes13-story.html | Home-Price Leader Sees Slight Drop | Home-Price Leader Sees Slight Drop
San Diego County kicked off California’s housing boom six years ago with dramatic price rises and became one of the nation’s hottest real estate markets.
Now it has attained a more dubious distinction: It’s the first major California real estate market to see its median home price fal... |
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