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Today's Headlines | Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Today's Headlines
Investigators find the station's red signal was not as clear as the yellow and green ones, and continue probing whether the engineer and conductor followed communication rules.
'There is no Plan B,' an executive says. The Big Three automakers now seek as much as $34 billion in U.S. aid.
Scores of grand-scale facilities are proposed for California. Their possible effect worries environmentalists and others.
Thirty years after he became a fugitive to avoid a prison sentence for having sex with a teenager, Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss the case.
Crop failure and economic collapse have left the nation without food. Millions survive on nothing but wild fruit. 'Children are dying out in the bush,' one foreign doctor says.
California/Local
Expectations for the high-end entertainment complex have been high since work began three years ago, but the downturn is putting more pressure on it to be a success.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
8 barred from national forests"I got a call this morning from one of my spies," Dennis Hathaway was telling me Monday at his dining room table in Venice. "Looks like there's a digital conversion up near the airport."
The panel met in closed session on the schools chief, who is facing increasing pressure to resign. The absence of board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte complicated the deliberations.
Arts and Entertainment
A veteran media journalist takes readers inside the private dealings of Rupert Murdoch.
The massive development beside Staples Center has no sense of place.
Snubbed at a Hollywood event, women hold own reunion to share memories of film shoot.
National
The Defense secretary says the new U.S.-Iraq security agreement changes the conversation from debating a timeline for withdrawal to figuring out how to reduce troops responsibly.
Doctors in training should work no longer than 16 hours in a row without a five-hour nap to reduce risk to patients, according to the Institute of Medicine.
President-elect tells a gathering of 48 state chief executives that he wants their input on a national economic recovery plan.
World
As pair who ran a Chabad center are buried in Israel and details of the assault that killed them and four others emerge, questions still swirl.
The rivals emphasize their right to defend themselves as tension over the Mumbai terrorist attacks grows and leads trickle in.
The new gangs, like rebels and drug traffickers, force people from their homes and farms, taking an enormous human toll. Displacement is accelerating in the southwest state of Nariño.
Business
In expectation of a future online bonanza, the Screen Actors Guild stands firm on pay for Internet shows even as hard times prompt the studios that produce them cut back.
Many Chinese believe it's just a matter of weeks, if not days, before a deal is announced for a theme park in the Asian nation's largest city. But a Disney spokeswoman says there's no deal.
Libraries are seeing a rise in traffic as frugal book and movie fans look to borrow rather than buy.
Kevin Martin, the agency's chief, wants to provide free wireless access, but he wants it filtered for porn and other objectionable material. That's not the job of the government.
Sports
The trainer's brothers, all boxers, will be rooting for Freddie, who has been training Manny Pacquiao for the big fight against Oscar De La Hoya in Las Vegas.
Trojans' Pete Carroll and Bruins' Rick Neuheisel figure out a way for both teams to wear home uniforms in Saturday's game, and that can't be anything but great for the intracity rivalry.
After a 17-0 run gives them a 15-point lead heading into the fourth, Lakers stop playing defense and watch as Troy Murphy tips in the winning basket as time expires. Kobe Bryant leads L.A. with 28 points.
Features
Restaurants can be great places to explore vintages, thanks to proprietors' expertise, passion and respect for customers' budgets.
Sure, nutmeg and cinnamon are Christmas staples, but try adding Hungarian moula, Madagascar vanilla beans and sumac to the mix.
Bacon has a place at the table morning, noon and night. And venture beyond its natural pairings to the unusual yet sublime -- in an apple coffeecake or as a martini garnish. Enjoy.
Opinion
There's something deeply satisfying about searching for what civilization casts about.
Westside pique fails to consider the needs of Koreatown and the West Valley.
The Kissinger-era counterbalancing won't do the trick. Investing in global institutions will.
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