Daily Breeze back issues from October 2003:
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Oct 01, 2003; ... "Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity." _ FrankLloyd Wright.BITES Storing Herbs Herbs will last long if you remove any bands or ties from bunchesbefore storing. When stored in a tight bunch, herbs deteriorate fromthe inside out and along the tie. Store hardy ...
Study finds Nazis used hospitals to kill disabled
Oct 01, 2003; ... ARCHIVES: Records reveal extent of German effort to "euthanize" handicappedand mentally ill patients. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN _ Nazi Germany used hundreds of hospitals and clinics tokill at least 200,000 handicapped, mentally ill and otherinstitutional patients ...
Belgium convicts militants
Oct 01, 2003; ... COURTS: Eighteen Muslims get sentences of up to 10 years for involvementwith terrorist activities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS, Belgium _ A court Tuesday convicted 18 Muslims _including one planning to blow up a base believed to hold U.S.nuclear weapons _ for ...
Sharon envisions fence deep into West Bank
Oct 01, 2003; ... SETTLEMENTS: Barrier would include gaps in response to U.S. objections. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM _ Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to shield severalJewish settlements by extending Israel's security barrier deep intothe West Bank, but he would leave gaps in the ...
Gunbattle in Afghanistan kills 1 American, wounds 2
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan _ Insurgents killed an American soldier andwounded two others in a fierce gunbattle, the military said Tuesday,violence that underscored the stiffening resistance nearly two yearsafter a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban from ...
AUSTRIA
Oct 01, 2003 ... Nuke agency seeks Iran's 'full story' From news services VIENNA _ The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency revealedTuesday that Iran has done little to disprove suspicions that it ismaking nuclear weapons and pressed Tehran to immediately come forwardwith the "full ...
2nd translator at Guantanamo arrested
Oct 01, 2003; ... SECURITY: The civilian who worked at the prison is held after he is foundwith classified documents. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ The government on Tuesday announced the arrest of asecond translator at the U.S. prison for terror suspects atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, ...
Iraq measure is pushed through Senate panel
Oct 01, 2003; ... LEGISLATION: Loans may be proposed as a compromise for costs of reconstruction. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ Republicans muscled President Bush's $87 billion planfor Iraq and Afghanistan through a Senate committee Tuesday butsignaled that they may ultimately defy ...
Too much homework a myth?
Oct 01, 2003; ... EDUCATION: Brookings report finds most students have less than an hour anight. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ It's a troubling story: Public school students get soloaded with homework that they stress out and lose out on chances tobe playful kids. But that ...
NIH director wants to 'turbocharge' research
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ From creating drug-hunting databases to includingmore Main Street doctors in medical research, the National Institutesof Health pledged a series of changes Tuesday intended to help turnscientific discoveries into better health care, ...
Toddler alone for 19 days while mother is in jail
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. _ A 2-year-old girl survived on ketchup,mustard and dried pasta for nearly three weeks after she was lefthome alone while her mother served time in jail. The child was recovering from malnutrition Tuesday and was listedin good condition ...
ILLINOIS
Oct 01, 2003 ... Study: More bad news for hormones From news services CHICAGO _ Estrogen-progestin pills do not reduce the risk ofovarian cancer and might even increase it, according to a study thatraises more red flags about a once widely accepted treatment forwomen going through ...
Tribes respond to Schwarzenegger with TV spots supporting his top opponents
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO _ The state's newest political powerhouses are now inopen battle with Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose stance ontribal gambling is beginning to sound more like the man he wants toreplace in next week's recall election, Gov. Gray ...
Bustamante deflects talk his campaign is foundering
Oct 01, 2003; ... ELECTION: Gubernatorial hopeful's political adviser says Gov. Davis' camp isspreading rumors. COPLEY NEWS SERVICE SACRAMENTO _ After being distracted for weeks by a fund-raisingflap, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante was forced Tuesday to field questionsabout his recent ...
WHEEL BIG FUN
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Camejo addresses school where earlier speech was cut
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Peter Camejo, the Green party candidate for governor, returnedTuesday to Belmont High School where his talk to students two weeksago was abruptly ended by an assistant principal who mistakenly saidit violated policy. Camejo said teacher Jose Nunez had ...
State workers' comp reform bill signed
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gov. Gray Davis on Tuesday signed a workers' compensation reformpackage he pledged will reduce high premiums for businesses _ a keyissue in the recall campaign. Exactly one week before the election that could cost him his job,the Democratic governor ...
Survey: State HMOs earn high marks for heart care
Oct 01, 2003 ... By The Associated Press SACRAMENTO _ California's health maintenance organizations do agood job caring for heart patients and providing immunization forchildren, but don't do as well serving the needs of the mentally ill,according to a state survey released Tuesday. The ...
Clerk wins $8 million in lottery fraud suit
Oct 01, 2003 ... By The Associated Press A jury recommended Tuesday that a former La Verne conveniencestore clerk should receive $8 million because her boss allegedlycheated her out of a winning lottery ticket worth millions, attorneyssaid. Arwa Farraj was given about $3.98 million for the ...
POLICE LOG | THE BEACH CITIES
Oct 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE El Segundo 1. Residential burglary: 6 p.m. Sept. 27 to 7 p.m. Sept. 28, 1500 block of East Elm Avenue.Washing detergent, valued at $30, was taken. 2. Burglary: 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 26, 400 block of WhitingStreet. Two ...
Study finds gridlock getting worse, especially in L.A.
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lina Martinez tries to make the best of the three hours a day shespends riding buses to and from her job in downtown Los Angeles _ andof the hour or so she spends driving to the bus stop and finallyhome. Martinez, whose home in Chino Hills is 37 miles ...
Neighbors
Oct 01, 2003; ... Manhattan Beach City Councilwoman Joyce Fahey has been appointedto the Los Angeles County Commission for Children and Families for atwo-year term by county Supervisor Don Knabe. Fahey brings many years of experience to the commission, havingserved as a Los Angeles County ...
HARBOR CITY
Oct 01, 2003; ... Man gets 12 years in fatal stabbing From staff and news services A Harbor City man who stabbed his girlfriend to death during anargument has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison. Alapati Faumuina, 19, was sentenced Monday in Long Beach SuperiorCourt after a guilty ...
ASK US | Q: Children's clothing, used book store
Oct 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE Q: Children's clothing, used book store Recently there were two stories in your paper. One was of a womanwho makes clothes out of old materials (i.e. pillow cases with lace,etc.). The other was a man who had a bookstore with old books. Ithink both were local ....
County expected to seek restraining order
Oct 01, 2003 ... SICKOUTS: Sheriff's deputies assigned to the courts are the latest toprotest in labor dispute. By City News Service County supervisors Tuesday authorized their lawyers to ask a judgeto bar unionized sheriff's deputies from continuing to call in sickto protest stalled ...
Local community leader will be honored at memorial, reception
Oct 01, 2003; ... y By Jasmine Lee Friends and family members will remember Dick Fitzgerald onSaturday at a service as casual and cheerful as the man himself. Fitzgerald, a beloved community leader who founded theInternational Surf Festival in the South Bay, died Sunday at the ageof 79. The ...
Arraignment is delayed in killing of Williamses' sister
Oct 01, 2003 ... By City News Service The arraignment set for Tuesday in Compton for a man accused ofmurdering the half-sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williamswas rescheduled for Oct. 8 at the request of the defense. Aaron Michael Hammer, 24, of Compton, is being held without bailin ...
Spears to skip stalker hearing
Oct 01, 2003; ... From news services Britney Spears doesn't have to appear at a hearing next week inSanta Monica to seek a permanent order to keep an alleged stalkeraway, a judge ruled. Superior Court Judge Alan Haber also ruled that Spears can skip aquestion-and-answer with the lawyer for ...
10 Democratic hopefuls are out of touch on taxes
Oct 01, 2003 ... The Democratic Party has a newcomer in the race for thepresidency, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who brings the field ofcandidates to 10. For such a large field, diversity of thought isremarkably absent, and one searches in vain for a new idea other thanraising taxes and tariff ...
Musicians ready to do battle with music lovers
Oct 01, 2003 ... A battle is shaping up. The players are musicians and the industryretailing their wares, and the people (mostly young) who love musicbut don't want to pay for it. The musicians argue that music is,really, a form of property. Nobody would object to the police comingin to prevent the theft ...
Big picture politics by numbers
Oct 01, 2003 ... By Martin Schram More than any campaign time in recent memory, The Big Picture uponwhich candidates will focus their vision in 2004 cannot be paintedwith broad-brushed strokes of spin artists. This campaign's BigPicture is a simple paint-by-numbers portrait _ two ...
Davis should be removed . . .
Oct 01, 2003; ... At issue: Has Gov. Gray Davis exhbitied such a stunning lack ofintegrity that he should be removed from office and replaced? We have contended, from the beginning, that there should have beenno gubernatorial recall _ a drastic step that ought to be reservedfor officials guilty of ...
. . . Schwarzenegger in sync with voters
Oct 01, 2003; ... Arnold Schwarzenegger is no ordinary candidate. But this is farfrom a customary election. Californians have signaled a historic demand for change.Schwarzenegger offers the best hope for reforming California'sdysfunctional government. Among his leading opponents, Democrat Cruz ...
TELL US | Question of the Week
Oct 01, 2003; ... Our Question of the Week is still open for your responses. Pleasecall (310-543-6691) or e-mail (tellus@dailybreeze.com) your thoughts.We'll publish your answers here in Tell Us later in the week. This week's question: "Which of the South Bay lobster festivalsdid you attend, San ...
Parents must accept responsibility
Oct 01, 2003; ... In reference to the article on Page A1 of Thursday's Daily Breezeconcerning the clearing of charges of criminal child endangerment onthe part of Chet and Melissa White, I agree that the negligence ontheir part, when their 3-year-old daughter, Gwen White, fell out ofthe window at Old ...
Other Views | Reagan revealed as man of letters
Oct 01, 2003; ... Reagan revealed as man of letters Critics who judged Ronald Reagan a regrettably ordinary man,disengaged even when he wasn't on stage as president of the UnitedStates, may be surprised to discover that he was dedicatedly dashingoff thousands of letters to a wide assortment of pen ...
Speak Up
Oct 01, 2003; ... We are so accustomed to being fatigued and tired . . . that wethink nothing of getting behind the wheel and driving despite ...
Romanian officials look into marriage of girl, 12
Oct 01, 2003; ... INVESTIGATION: The European Union asks police to explore charges of sex involvingthe Gypsy youth. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUCHAREST, Romania _ Responding to pressure from the EuropeanUnion, Romanian authorities opened an investigation Tuesday into therecent forced ...
Feds say they'll focus on hazardous cargo shipments
Oct 01, 2003; ... SECURITY: Government cracks down on those who knowingly ship materials thatcould lead to accidents or terrorist attacks. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ The government will more closely monitor air cargoshipments and seek to prosecute those who illegally ship ...
Teachers, students editing Hussein out of textbooks
Oct 01, 2003; ... IRAQ: With the aid of U.S. funds and the U.N., schools remove Baathistlessons favoring the deposed leader. THE NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD, Iraq _ When Iraqi children return to school thisSaturday, they will no longer see Saddam Hussein's portrait in theclassroom or start ...
Feds to crack down on hazardous cargo
Oct 01, 2003; ... SECURITY: Action targets those who knowingly ship materials that could leadto accidents or terrorist attacks. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ The government will more closely monitor air cargoshipments and seek to prosecute those who illegally ship ...
Romanians looking into marriage of 12-year-old
Oct 01, 2003; ... INVESTIGATION: The European Union asks police to explore charges of sex involvingthe Gypsy girl. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUCHAREST, Romania _ Responding to pressure from the EuropeanUnion, Romanian authorities opened an investigation Tuesday into therecent forced ...
Romanian officials look into marriage of girl, 12
Oct 01, 2003; ... INVESTIGATION: The European Union asks police to explore charges of sex involvingthe Gypsy youth. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUCHAREST, Romania _ Responding to pressure from the EuropeanUnion, Romanian authorities opened an investigation Tuesday into therecent forced ...
HARBOR CITY
Oct 01, 2003; ... Super Bowl tickets offered in raffle From staff reports The Boys and Girls Club of Harbor City is raffling a vacation fortwo to Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston. The winner will receive twotickets to the Feb. 1 game, transportation, lodging and $500 cash, aprize valued at ...
MANHATTAN BEACH
Oct 01, 2003; ... Church set to spiff up bicycles From staff reports The Manhattan Beach Community Church has launched its annualChristmas Bicycle Program, an effort to collect and reconditionbicycles so they can be given to the Richstone Center in Hawthorne asChristmas gifts. Since it ...
TORRANCE
Oct 01, 2003; ... School board forum is planned From staff reports A forum featuring candidates for the Torrance school board will beheld at 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Katy Geissert Main Library meeting room,3301 Torrance Blvd. The event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of ...
THE ROYAL TREATMENT
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Redondo seeks vision for development _ again
Oct 01, 2003; ... PLANNING: Facilitator aids discussion of ideas for area formerly known asHeart of the City. y By Eddie North-Hager Public meetings held in Redondo Beach this week on what to do witha deteriorating power plant and the surrounding area gave many thedistinct feeling of ...
Illegal dumping, drugs targeted
Oct 01, 2003; ... ORDINANCES: L.A. City Council members OK measures that would allow the seizureof offenders' vehicles. COPLEY NEWS SERVICE The Los Angeles City Council approved two ordinances Tuesday thatwould allow authorities to seize and sell the vehicles of motoristswho deal and ...
1 million planes kept safe at LAX
Oct 01, 2003; ... MILESTONE: Air traffic controllers' accomplishment is called rare for such abusy and complex airport. y By Ian Gregor About 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, air traffic controllers at Los AngelesInternational Airport handled their one-millionth consecutive planewithout making a ...
Men who tried to rob council member's store get 4 years
Oct 01, 2003; ... y By Denise Nix Gardena City Councilman Oscar Medrano could have lost it all _ hislivelihood, family and his life _ when armed men came to rob thejewelry store his family has owned for 30 years. That's why he expressed disappointment that three of the four menwere sentenced ...
OUT & ABOUT IN THE SOUTH BAY
Oct 01, 2003; ... DAILY BREEZE Today STEPFAMILY SUPPORT What: Support group for adults in stepfamilies. Where: Hermosa Beach Community Center, 710 Pier Ave., Room 15. When: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. today. Information: Call ...
Adopted baby from China lands in a sea of welcoming hearts
Oct 01, 2003; ... San Francisco International Airport may seem a strange place tomeet your new granddaughter, but that's where I first saw Angelina. My son, Lawrence, and his wife, Ruth, had just returned fromGuangzhou, China, where they and 13 other couples had received theiradopted little ...
Reunions
Oct 01, 2003; ... ,11 Banning High School Class of 1953, 50-year reunion, Saturday,Hilton Hotel, Costa Mesa. Call Reunions with Class, 888-962-5277 orvisit the Web site at www.reunionswithclassinc.com. Banning High School Class of 1983, 20-year reunion, Oct. 11, HyattRegency, Long Beach. Call ...
CIA leak inquiry opens
Oct 01, 2003; ... ESPIONAGE: White House orders cooperation as formal probe begins into namingof undercover agent. THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON _ The Justice Department said Tuesday that it had beguna full investigation into whether Bush administration officialsillegally disclosed the ...
Huffington drops bid with jab at foe
Oct 01, 2003; ... POLITICS: Davis critic now urges voters to reject the recall and avert aSchwarzenegger win. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Independent candidate Arianna Huffington, whose politicaltransformation from Republican wife to fiery populist helped fuel herentry into California's ...
JUST KICKIN' IT
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Study gives OK to golf course
Oct 01, 2003; ... PENINSULA: Activists say questions about project at old landfill remainunanswered. y By Nick Green Environmental problems related to the tons of hazardous wastedumped in the now closed Palos Verdes Landfill are not significantenough to stop the construction of a ...
Davis' survival skills have helped him beat the odds
Oct 01, 2003; ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Most of the world knows Gray Davis as the unpopular governor ofCalifornia who could be replaced next week by one of 135 candidates,including one of Hollywood's biggest superstars. Missing from today's headlines, however, are details of Davis' 30-year ...
Car tax increase drives buyers into showrooms
Oct 01, 2003; ... SOUTH BAY: Auto dealers note a jump in sales as customers act to save moneybefore today's fee boost. y By Josh Grossberg Business has been booming at South Bay car dealerships. Thanks to a tax increase set to kick in today, car lots have beendoing bang-up ...
Mobile homes searched for PCBs
Oct 01, 2003; ... GARDENA: Toxic control officials collect samples from a park found to havehigh pollution concentrations. y By Traci Jai Isaacs The pollution investigation at a Gardena mobile home park widenedTuesday as workers entered homes to search for traces of a ...
(A1 rail teasers) | D@ily Link
Oct 01, 2003; ... D@ily link Legend says you can predict a baby's gender based on the parents'age at time of conception. Click on www. americanbaby. com/birthchart to see if you agree. Flower power Fragrant lavender isn't just for soaps at the spa. Hawaiianlavender farmers ...
VERIZON
Oct 01, 2003; ... Buyout offered to 74,000 managers From news services NEW YORK _ Verizon Communications has offered a voluntaryseverance package to all of its 74,000 non-union managementemployees, part of a bid to slash costs as rivals and rivaltechnologies nibble away at the company's core ...
Farmer Bros.' profit drops
Oct 01, 2003; ... y By Muhammed El-Hasan Torrance-based Farmer Bros. Co. reported Tuesday a drop in profitfor its fiscal fourth quarter on lower sales and increased expenses. The coffee roaster and distributor earned $5.78 million, or $3.23a share, in the quarter ended June 30. For its fourth ...
TOP LOCAL
Oct 01, 2003 ... Court approves Wherehouse sale From news services WILMINGTON, Del. _ The bankruptcy court overseeing the Chapter 11case of Wherehouse Entertainment Inc. has approved the $41 millionsale of the music retailer's stores to a joint venture led by TransWorld Entertainment Corp., ...