WAR IRAQ
On the ground:
No Security Changes Yet in Wake of Suspected Suicide Bombing +
Clashes
disrupt return to Falluja
+
Four US military personnel killed in Iraq as base bombing probed +
Three US marines die in Falluja fighting +
US forces clash with fighters in Falluja +
US families to assist Falluja refugees +
More signs of Syria turn up in Iraq +
U.S. Bases on Alert for 'Copycat' Iraq Bomber +
Mosul Bomber Wore Iraqi Military Uniform +
Investigation raises questions about security for military +
Iraq Bombing Represents Security Breach +
Soldiers in Sunni Town Run Into Wall of Silence +Orders of battle
+ Juan Cole reports
Occupation:
Spate of parties crowds ballot despite violence. Behind closed doors, contenders gear up for public campaigns
+
Foreign Team Will Watch Vote in Iraq From Jordan
AFGHANISTAN:
Afghan president names Cabinet +
Karzai
replaces warlord minister
IRAN:
Iran's Military on Standby to Defend Nuclear Sites
MIDDLE EAST:
Palestinians
vote in landmark municipal elections, row over Blair conference
RUSSIA:
Putin Defends Yukos Deal as 'Perfectly Normal' +
Putin claims the right to re-nationalize Yukos +
Putin: Is U.S trying to isolate Russia?
UKRAINE:
How Did the Blogosphere Get
Fooled on Ukraine? +
Interpreting Ukraine: Beyond
'Good' and 'Evil' +
Report from Kiev:
Yushchenko's Not Quite Ready for Sainthood +
Vote monitors deploy in Ukraine, Putin sees 'double standards'
ASIA PACIFIC:
Nepal Army Kills 22 Maoists, Rebel Blockade Begins
INTELLIGENCE
AGENTS AT WORK AND AT PLAY....
Insurgents Have Better Intel on US Forces
FCC amends Nextel deal to clear reception
Stanford lab
safety studied
DARPA Funds Dozens Of New Urban Warfare Tools
A grisly Christmas tale
Dutch Intelligence Agency Warns That Radical Islam Spreading
Counterterror Officials Say There's Little Specific 'chatter' About Any New Plot
Where Osama bin Laden went wrong
North Korea's nukes: advanced, but
hidden
HOW
LOW
THE
LAW
GOES....
Suspect who killed mother, took baby, ‘burned some bridges’
Connecticut's Rowland Faces Prison in Corruption Case (Update2)
Social workers
'ignored' child's abuse before 2003 murder, panel rules
Miami Police Use Taser to
Subdue Wheelchair-Bound Man
Police Use Taser on 14-Year-Old Boy
Police Officer Tasers 12-Year-Old Special-Needs Student
Israeli Prosecutors to Indict Antiquities Collector Next Week
Prosecutor Says Man With Pyrotechnics Expertise Was Ringleader in Md. Arson Spree CALIFORNIA BREAKING LAW NEWS....
Reno man, self-described leader of Aryan Nations in S.F. and Nevada, admits he sent threatening e-mail
Governor pardons 3 ex-cons. He breaks 6-year moratorium on forgiving criminals
Judge: Condit Foe's Videotaped Deposition Can Go Public
Click. R.J. Reynolds Settles Lawsuit with Attorney General, Setting Teen Ad Limits
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Report Critical of CYA
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Divorce Cases raises questions on records laws
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Teens accused in Aspen beating of California runaway, arrested on East Coast
Sacramento & north:
Ex-Amador church volunteer gets jail for molesting teenager +
Alleged tagger 'Crooks' taken into custody +
Police: Plasma TVs popular among burglars this season +
Nursing home fined $80,000 in death +
Two held in pot bust after robbery
San Francisco, San Mateo:
Heading off homicide. S.F. police say a surge in killings has slowed because
they're jailing 'the baddest of the bad' +
Police
tackle San Bruno robberies +
New judge
in San Mateo -- Cliff Cretan
Alameda:
Dublin: Camp Parks stops suspicious vehicle +
Berkeley: Methadone blamed in Cal student's death +
Hayward: Boy allegedly taken by dad is found safe +
Oakland: Second man charged in mail carrier attack +
Livermore bank robber gets away +
Oakland: Mean streets claim a dad, son +
Call to 'Riders' witness by union blasted +
Boy found safe in Oakland; hunt for dad goes on +
City cops, CHP nab 19 sought in DUIs +
Shooter fires into home, killing 5-year-old +
Union City cops
seek public help in homicide +
Suspected kidnapper nabbed at Raiders DUI crackdown
Santa Clara:
Repairing lives torn by domestic abuse +
In chase, CHP car hits two vehicles
Contra Costa:
Judge dismisses suit aimed at San Ramon school district +
Richmond: Victim
pleaded with killers, police say +
Molestation suspect Gallo caught
Marin:
Murder mystery has Marin link +
Sausalito suspect accused of stealing 6,660 bottles of wine
Sonoma:
Fisherman may not avoid jail time +
Three arrested in SR stabbing +
17-yr-old boy faces life in prison for murder prompted by sexual
advances of former evangelist preacher
Solano:
Vallejo's Police Calls
Monterey:
Salinas: Father charged with felony child endangerment for buying alcohol for 17-yr-old after her DUI
+
Details emerge around shooting
Central Valley:
Cops say site isn't a license to harass +
Condit foe can't avoid spotlight +
State goes after stores for unpaid fees +
Day care center seen as casualty of school closure +
Doubts emerge on Soquel Creek-Pajaro Valley water project
Southern California:
Orange County man pleads guilty in credit card scam +
Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband sues for breach of contract for losing job +
Man arrested in East Los Angeles bicycle shooting of two brothers + Car Window Shootings Prompt CHP Hunt
Click.
Blake trial:
Doctor: Blake's cries for help seemed feigned
Jackson trial:
Jackson case to debut Santa Barbara's new jury selection process
Scott Peterson:
Geragos hit with contract lawsuit +
Laci Peterson's mother: 'Closure will only occur...when I die' |
ONLY IN
CALIFORNIA....
The Governor:
Tantalizing peek at Gov.'s calendars. Budget meetings vie with interviews with Access Hollywood
+ Gov.'s employees total just fewer than 185
Click. +
Gov.'s calendar shows lots of fund-raising, media events
+ Gov. will pursue lunch change through channels
Click. + Gov. Leaves State for Vacation
Click. + Stolen laptop of Gov.'s press secretary hunted
Click. +
Gov. makes time for contributors
Feinstein raps Fed plan to cut $9 million from wildfire prevention efforts
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A wise pause on nurse ratios +
Access to data leading to better convalescent care
Click.
Second-guessing Prop. 71
Legislature: FBI
took senator's records on same day son's house was raided + Perata Served with FBI Warrant
Click. +
Partner law survives activists' challenge
LOCAL NEWS:
Audit rips Caltrans on bridge costs. Agency concealed the soaring price tag for Bay Bridge span
+
State auditor's report at a glance
Santa Rosa woman, Maureen Middlebrook, heads Golden Gate Bridge district
Sacramento & north:
Marysville: Bok Kai Temple to be saved by grant +
Donations are drying up for surplus bookstore
San Francisco, San Mateo:
SFO's $2 billion transit maze. Some visitors puzzled by links to trains +
Stickers help Hunters Point kids +
Mayoral
mansion mired +
Neighborhood
Business: Solar power to the people
Alameda:
RIP: Francis
Pierce Lathrop -- developer +
Fox Theater rehab plan +
Indian a first for Fremont council +
Oakland council
authorizes settlements in cop misconduct cases +
Niles key district in mayor's race
Santa Clara:
Toll plan puts solo drivers in carpool lane +
Liquor sales raise residents' alarm +
Seniors see red over remodel +
Consider buyout for councilman
Contra Costa:
Lafayette: Couple remembered fondly by friends. Killed by avalanche on Austrian vacation
+
Call home saves soldier's life +
San
Ramon: 'Secret
ballot' policy examined +
Coast Guard cutter returns home +
Duncan Canyon now twice rejected by Pinole
Marin:
County votes deeper shade of blue than rest of state +
Sausalito firm sells its first cloned pet +
Retirement delay boosted former Novato police chief's pay +
Greenbrae doctor Wm Silverman, pioneer in neonatal disease
Sonoma:
Drug rehab program heavily in debt +
SR plans fire station in southwest business park +
New rules aim at oak killer +
$760,000 at stake in Healdsburg billing error +
Fur protests threaten to split Guerneville
Napa:
Facts and figures about Constellation Brands and Mondavi
Solano:
Textile worker injured on job +
Dixon racetrack plan progresses +
Coffey barred from Wal-Mart meetings +
High-paid Solano officials get big bonuses +
Grocers sponsor food bank
Monterey:
Shark hits 100th day at grateful aquarium. Adds to survival record -- and to gross receipts
+
GREAT WHITE LEARNING EXPERIENCE +
Caddie hopes to get back on fairway +
Heater sparks house fire in Seaside
Central Valley:
3 killed in 108 crash +
Daniloo St. was almost on the map +
Loophole bigger than broadside of a barn +
Warmhearted Firefighters +
Neighbors' generosity brightens holidays +
Turlock again proves it works well Together +
Son giving gift of life to mother +
Nonprofit sets sights on Capitol Hill
Central Coast:
Santa Cruz family disputes wacky TV portrayal +
Gov. pardons local man: Retired UCSC technician’s bust for drugs forgiven
+
Watsonville company buys Israeli security firm
Southern California:
Mass desert cleanup continues month after gas pipeline burst + San Diego:
Media's Role In Mayoral Recount Prompts Charges of Partisanship
Click. + Attacks on L. A. Mayoral hopefuls get nasty
Click. + L.A. Planning Director Says He Will Retire
Click. + Massive overhaul of aging King/Drew hospital urged
Click. + Eastside L.A. Hospital In Trouble
Click. +
Brea: Hundreds
evacuated after arson fires at store
School days:
Students to Bear More of the Cost of College +
Education crisis looms in California's future + L.A. Unified Selects
Special Counsel
Click. +
Grant's trustees OK merger +
Rombeck: S.J. revamps community classes +
SFSU gets $1M donation to boost scholarship program +
Vallejo: Teams formed to address school recovery +
Colleges trying to fill up classes
CONNECT THE DOTS....
Martha Stewart's Christmas message. Inmate lobbies for prison reform
Some Latino churches are using the story of the Holy Family's search for shelter
to address issues of discrimination
Click.
As More of Life Gets Digitized, Questions Raised About What Happens in Death
Cancer Research Yields Clues to Gray Hair
FDA Urges Caution Using Cox-2 Inhibitors, Other Anti-Inflammatory drugs +
FDA asks for Crestor ad to be stopped
Exercise helps, but losing weight essential.
Scientists Solve The Mystery Of How Botox Attacks Nerves And Eliminates Wrinkles
Neural Crest Stem Cells In Skin Could Provide Alternative To Embryonic Stem Cell Use
Sandia To Begin Testing Innovative Arsenic-removal Technologies In Socorro, N.M.
Hypertension: On The Pill? Tell Your Dentist
FDA Approves Drug For Use In Cataract Surgery
Aging Universe May Still Be Spawning Massive Galaxies
Gene Therapy Reduces Skin Cancer To Sunburn In Mouse Model
Engineers Aim To Mend Broken Hearts
Acupuncture Relieves Pain And Improves Knee Osteoarthritis
'Purple Berries' Rank High In Antioxidants, USDA Study Says
'Signal' That Enables Malarial Parasites To Target Blood Cells
Melatonin Supplements Offer Little Or No Benefit For The Sleep Deprived
Safety Of Childbirth After C-section Examined
Fleeting Images Of Fearful Faces Reveal Neurocircuitry Of Unconscious Anxiety
Researchers Find Circulating Tumor Cells In Long-term Cancer Survivors
Can The Standard Course Of Radiation Therapy Following Lumpectomy Be Shortened?
Poison Digs Its Own Grave
Global Pattern Of Blindness Changes With Success In Tackling Infectious
Disease And As Population Ages |
Parachute system aims to save planes
Stardom: Blame it on RIO
GM recalling more than 700,000 minivans
Build your own Apollo rocket!
Scientists Find Atomic Clues To Tougher Ceramics
Glass Gives Up Secrets Under Pressure
Research Demystifies Quantum Properties Of Exotic Materials
THE BUSHWORLD...
Bush to Re-nominate Controversial Court Picks
Tough Questions on U.S. Prisoner Abuse Still to Come
Governors ask Bush not to cut Medicaid
Rumsfeld tells media he feels grief 'to my core' +
Rumsfeld: Iraq Election Won't Quell Violence +
Rumsfeld Is Already on His Way Out
New pat-down procedures at airports. Feds say screeners won't touch women
between their breasts
New rule for forest planning. Environmentalists fear jump in logging +
Administration Overhauls Rules for U.S. Forests
U.S. to release $100M in heating aid
Nursing home quality-improvement program to expand, White House says
Apologetic Kerik quits Giuliani's firm
Congress:
Feinstein wants end to Electoral College and will seek constitutional amendment
Democrats: Democratic party leadership rethinking
abortion
Click. +
An Encounter with Sen.
Schumer: a Very Dangerous Democrat
Vote fraud:
Dem grabs lead in wild Washington race. GOP won't concede in back-forth tally of vote for governor
+
King County tallying disputed ballots +
Third time
may be charm for Gregoire +
Voters glad
their ballots finally will count +
Cannonfire reports
OPINIONS:
Social Security Pump
and Dump
Torture at the Top: Ari Berman
Merck's Merry X-mas
Gene Lyons: Bush backers made a sucker's bet
Click.
Jason Vest: Merry Christmas, Mr. Rumsfeld
Click.
Bush as Time magazine's "2004 Person of the Year": why him?
The power struggle in Ukraine and America's strategy for global supremacy
First we vote, then we kick you out
The soul of a machine
Letter to Bush from Santa
Whose war is it now?
MILITARY
Suicide Rate Among Marines Highest in Five Years
Air Force further reprimands top lawyer
Ft. Bliss Training Was Poor, Members of Guard Unit Say
'L.A. Times' Uncovers Another Guard Unit That Went to War Unprepared
Personal misconduct cited for spike in Navy firings
Korean-Americans in LA protest China's human rights policy
US Seeks to Silence Arab Democracy Activists
Pirate radio broadcast calls for inauguration protests
Click.
Adoption
reality show 'Who's Your Daddy?' sparks furor
UPDATE: Massive response after USATODAY founder calls for U.S. pullout in Iraq
Stars sign letter in support of playwright in hiding
Coming next from Michael Moore: Sicko, the film
MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK....
Livermore collection firm in the running for IRS work
Wall Street workers reap bonus bonanza
Report: Regulator focuses on Fannie Mae pay
Upward mobility
100-Year-Old Mexican Leads Coffee Growers to Success
Disney Revamps Executive Pay Policies, Favoring Restricted Stock Units Over Options Grants
San Francisco gay marriage
and beyond:
Tradition vs. equality argued in S.F. court
The Pen Is Mightier....
Freed journalists return as French policy is questioned. Fear of U.S. attack part of their ordeal
Indecency on the Air, Evolution Atop the F.C.C.
Radio station owner faces $220,000 fine
Galloway brings Zapatista to book
Today's papers
Gauguin, Van Gogh Painting Sunflowers
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Daily picture from the Metropolitan
Cat has 10 lives, thanks to $50,000 cloning. In a first, Texas woman pays
Sausalito firm to duplicate her recently deceased pet
Signs that
your party is serious
George Eliot: 'The Sage of Unbelief'
Grammatron
NY Play 'Fat Pig' Tackles What May Be the Last Taboo
Emirate's Falconer's Club
Dam is threat to Iran's heritage
Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: We'll never have Paris again
Rush & Molloy: Playmate still baring teeth at heiress
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