Daily Breeze back issues from July 2005:
Boeing gives CEO post to an outsider
Jul 01, 2005; ... CHICAGO -- Boeing Co. on Thursday named 3M Co. Chief Executive W.James McNerney Jr. as its CEO, turning to an outsider to help theaerospace company recover from recent ethical lapses and lead itshigh-stakes bid to regain the top spot in commercial airplane sales. McNerney, 55, will ...
SF Chronicle, 1,500 workers hope to avoid newspaper strike
Jul 01, 2005; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- With labor contracts covering 1,500 workers atthe San Francisco Chronicle expiring tonight, both management andunion leaders expect to keep publishing and avoid a strike as theyprepare for layoffs to address continued financial losses. "We have a business model ...
Rain record eludes L.A. by just a few drops
Jul 01, 2005; ... After an epic season of mudslides, floods and sinkholes, therainfall total in Los Angeles for the past year fell just short of arecord. The year that ended Thursday was the second-wettest on record indowntown Los Angeles. The city received 37 1/4 inches of rain, just0.93 inches ...
Armada find ace from the north as Thomas shines
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Long Beach Armada have found a new ace. Adam Thomas in his second start in an Armada uniform, struck out aseason-best 12 en route to a 7-2 victory over the visiting Surprise(Ariz.) Fightin' Falcons in the first game of a four-game GoldenBaseball League series at Blair ...
Helicopter crashes on way to scene of accident
Jul 01, 2005; ... A medical helicopter re-sponding to a logging accident crashedThursday afternoon near the small southwestern Colorado town ofMancos, killing all three aboard. The Tri-State CareFlight helicopter carrying a pilot, nurse andparamedic crashed about 2 p.m., shortly after leaving Mercy ...
Aruba says it could prosecute case without teen's body
Jul 01, 2005; ... ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Aruba's attorney general said Thursday shecould prosecute a case in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway evenif the Alabama teenager's body is not found. Caren Janssen also said investigators have found no evidence tosuggest that the 18-year-old Holloway, who ...
[ The AcesBy Bobby Wolff ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... The AcesBy Bobby WolffNORTH (Spades) J 10 8 4 (Hearts) Q 9 5 2 (Diamonds) A K 7 (Clubs) 9 6 WEST EAST (Spades) 9 5 (Spades) Q 7 6 2 (Hearts) K 10 3(Hearts) A 8 7 4 (Diamonds) J 10 4 3 (Diamonds) Q 9 8 6 ...
Nationals maintain June bloom
Jul 01, 2005; ... Chad Cordero got out of ninth-inning trouble, and the WashingtonNationals won another close game. Vinny Castilla and Brian Schneider homered as the host Nationalsbeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-5, Thursday for a three-game sweep. Washington has won 15 of its last 16 home games ...
Take precautions to reduce fireworks injuries
Jul 01, 2005 ... With the Fourth of July looming and safe-and-sane fireworks nowbeing sold in Gardena, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Carson and Inglewood,South Bay residents should take care to either avoid physical contactwith fireworks entirely or else take precautions to lower safetyrisks. In June, the ...
Defense rests early in San Diego councilmen's trial for corruption
Jul 01, 2005; ... SAN DIEGO -- The defense rested Thursday in the federal corruptiontrial of two city councilmen and a Las Vegas strip-club lobbyist. Closing arguments were expected to begin next week and the jurymay begin deliberations by July 11. The trial of Councilmen Ralph Inzunza and ...
[ WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer and Lleyton He... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt were theonly two former Wimbledon champions in the men's singles draw forthis year's tournament. Just one of them will get a chance to win another. The world's top two players, who have combined to win the lastthree ...
Ex-wife has him jumping through Mom's rings
Jul 01, 2005 ... TODAYDear Annie: Twenty years ago, I divorced my former wife. (I'll call her"Twisted.") For those same 20 years, I have been campaigning to getmy deceased mother's wedding rings back. Twisted has moved in with a new husband and has a new baby, andthey live eight hours away ....
Memory boxes keep the past alive forthose with trouble remembering
Jul 01, 2005; ... Monday Mind & BodyTuesday Arts & StyleWednesday On theMenuThursday Home & FamilyFriday Adventure &DiscoverySaturday Faith & ValuesSunday Ideas & TrendsAnnie'sMailbox B2 Bridge B2 Comics B4 History B2 Horoscope B2 Random ...
Word on the street: Don't speed on Palos Verdes Drive
Jul 01, 2005; ... With the long holiday weekend looming, Rancho Palos Verdesofficials and sheriff's deputies are cautiously optimistic theircrackdown on speeders on the Palos Verdes Drive East switchbacks isworking. However, after two weekends of enforcement it's also becomingapparent that groups ...
[ AMERICAN LEAGUE ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... AMERICAN LEAGUE West Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr Angels 47 31 .603 -- 8-2 L-2 24-14 23-17 12-6 Texas 40 37 .519 6<!--2215(unknown)--> 3-7 W-2 23-16 17-21 9-9 Oakland 38 40 .487 9 9-1 W-7 25-15 13-25 10-8 Seattle 33 44 .429 ...
Police to target illegal fireworks
Jul 01, 2005; ... Ah, the Fourth of July. A day to honor those brave souls who stood up to tyranny andsparked a revolution. A day to somberly reflect on what the worldwould be like without the guiding example of American democracy. Well, that, but it's also a day of propane tank ...
[ Openings ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... Openings The Beat That My Heart Skipped French language drama about a young man who is torn betweenfollowing his father's life of crime and forging his own classicalmusic career. Stars Romain Duris and Niels Arestrup; directed byJacques Audiard. (Laemmle's Sunset 5, West ...
Crash victims pressure Metrolink
Jul 01, 2005; ... Victims of a January train wreck that killed 11 people calledThursday on Metrolink to begin operating commuter trains with theengines always at the front, a method they said is safer than thepush mode employed by one of the trains in the crash. Speaking at the site of the Glendale ...
[ LOCAL NEWS: South Bay task force plans to curb il... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... LOCAL NEWS: South Bay task force plans to curb illegal fireworks./A3111th year/Number 182 Torrance, California 2005 The Copley Press Inc.Comics B4 Crosswords C4,C9 Horoscope B2 LotteryA20 Opinion/Insight A18-19 Ship ...
IN CONCERT
Jul 01, 2005; ... Fall Out Boy is about the most fun a rock band can be. This Chicago quartet cranks out sugary punk-pop coated with catchychoruses. Its lyrics include, "I'm just a notch in your bedpost/Butyou're just a line in a song." But it's the song titles on itssophomore album, "From Under the ...
La Sosta Enoteca, Rae's among the best
Jul 01, 2005; ... The last time I ate at La Sosta Enoteca, I was surrounded bywomen. That may have been a coincidence. It may be a function of the candle-lit dcor, which though notoverly girly, is decidedly girl-friendly. It may have something to dowith the management, who look as if they were ...
[ HoroscopeForecast for today: The sun and Jupiter h... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... HoroscopeForecast for today: The sun and Jupiter have a terseexchange that could throw a wrench in the wheel of fortune. It's asif the universe is asking you, "How badly do you really want it?"Your outcome won't depend on your talent level or even your workethic. Success depends on one ...
[ RB trustees protecting 'snitch' ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... RB trustees protecting 'snitch' Last March while watching the Redondo Beach school board meetingon television, I was shocked when Todd Lowenstein (this was before hebecame a trustee) went before the board questioning the hiring of anew district employee. He said the other ...
[ ROCK ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... ROCK Avalon Hollywood The Eels, Thu., 1735 N. Vine St., Hollywood, 323-462-8900, 323-467-4571, www.avalonhollywood.com. El Rey Theatre Boy Trade, 11 tonight. 21/older. 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 323-936-4790 (recorded info), 323-936-6400 (live), ...
[ * The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing We... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... * The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing Web sites can beheld liable for illegal downloading by their customers -- if theyintend for those customers to use their software primarily for thatpurpose. The ruling ends the long-running case of MGM vs. Grokster. * In his first ...
Minnesota will be closed for holiday weekend
Jul 01, 2005; ... ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota headed toward its first-evergovernment shutdown late Thursday as lawmakers gave up on passage ofa temporary spending plan designed to avert as many as 9,000 layoffsand the closing of highway rest stops over the Fourth of Julyweekend. The Senate ...
Road work will shut down Peninsula route for 3 days
Jul 01, 2005; ... An unanticipated source -- road work -- is expected to bolsterefforts to slow speeding motorcyclists and car drivers on PalosVerdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes officials said Thursday. "I would think so," said City Manager Les Evans when asked aboutthe side effects of the ...
Ad hoc regionalism may be California's only lifeline
Jul 01, 2005 ... Regionalism -- dealing with public policy issues on a level thatgoes beyond city or county boundaries but is smaller than the stateas a whole -- gained an official toehold in the 1960s and 1970s withthe reorganization of major state agencies along regional lines andthe creation of ...
Tri-leaders nearly set course record
Jul 01, 2005; ... Ben Curtis' game is starting to come around, just in time for theBritish Open. The 2003 British Open champion shot a bogey-free, 7-under-par 64Thursday in Lemont, Ill., giving him a share of the lead at theWestern Open with Jim Furyk and Todd Fischer. The score was one shyof the ...
Mowatt's 'lost' play debunking high society hits the boards
Jul 01, 2005; ... The name Anna Cora Mowatt has faded from public consciousness, afact that is as perplexing as it is regrettable. Born in 1819, Mowatt still is familiar to theatrical historians,who will tell you that she is considered the first successfulAmerican female playwright, as well as one ...
[ Angels first ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... Angels first Figgins doubled to right. Izturis doubled to right, Figgins tothird. Guerrero struck out. Anderson was intentionally walked. Riverasingled to left, Figgins scored, Izturis to third, Anderson tosecond. DaVanon grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Blalockto ...
[ PALOS VERDES ESTATES ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... PALOS VERDES ESTATES Benefit to be held for injured woman A benefit for former Palos Verdes Estates resident Dena BrehmGennerman, who was badly injured in a bus accident last month, willbe held at 3 p.m. Sunday. Gennerman, who also lived in Hermosa Beach and Redondo ...
[ A Shenere Velt Gallery ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... A Shenere Velt Gallery "Shades of Time," through today. 1525 S. Robertson Blvd., LosAngeles, 310-552-2007. Andrewshire Gallery "The Play Between," through July 30, 3850 Wilshire Blvd., Suite107, Los Angeles, 213-389-2601. Arena 1 "The Play Between," ...
Actors shine in slow 'Collected Stories'
Jul 01, 2005; ... Who owns memories? Do they belong solely to the person whoexperienced the events? Where does artistic inspiration end andplagiarism begin?These are questions raised in the two-character drama "CollectedStories," which opened to a full house at the Little Fish Theatre inSan ...
Bush says Kyoto posed an economic risk
Jul 01, 2005; ... COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- President Bush said in a Danish TVinterview aired Thursday that adhering to the Kyoto treaty on climatechange would have "wrecked" the U.S. economy, and he called U.S.dependence on Gulf oil a "national security problem." "I couldn't in good faith have signed ...
[ Thursday's races ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... Thursday's races 51st day of 64-day meeting 2005 by Equibase Company Track: Clear & Fast 7428 FIRST RACE. 7 1/2 furlongs Purse- $15,000. Maiden Claiming.Fillies & Mares, Three year olds and up. Value of Race $15,900Claiming Price- $25,000-22,500 ....
[ Lottery ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... Lottery Thursday DAILY 3 MIDDAY: 0 7 1 DAILY 3 EVENING: 2 4 2 FANTASY 5: 11 24 28 36 37 DAILY DERBY: 1st: 10, Solid Gold 2nd: 8, Gorgeous George 3rd: 4, Big Ben Time: 1:41.12 Wednesday 's results SUPER LOTTO ...
Buy something from your Web site to check your customer service
Jul 01, 2005 ... Question: I want my small business Web site to produce more sales.It seems simple, yet there are so many ways to mess it up. I have agood Web designer, but he doesn't seem to know much about creating asite that gets customers to push the "buy now" button. Give me someguidance, please ....
Iranians deny leader had hostage role
Jul 01, 2005; ... TEHRAN, Iran -- Two Iranian leaders of the 1979 seizure of theAmerican Embassy in Tehran dismissed allegations on Thursday byformer American hostages that Iran's president-elect had been one oftheir captors. The Bush administration, however, said it took thecharge seriously and vowed to ...
Restaurant closures
Jul 01, 2005 ... Here is a list of restaurants and food vendors closed or allowedto reopen by the county Department of Health Services for the weekending June 26: Norm's 18705 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance Close date: 6/21 Reopen date: 6/22 Reasons for ...
[ * Your typical television or home computer contain... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... * Your typical television or home computer contains up to eightpounds of lead. * Ten thousand trips to the emergency room. According to theConsumer Products Safety Commission, that's the one-year toll fromthose motorized scooters. Of those, two-thirds of the victims wereunder ...
[ BY ROGER EBERT ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... BY ROGER EBERT SPECIAL TO RAVE! Here are minireviews of upcoming and recent video releases.Ratings are on a four-star scale, four being best. NEW RELEASES Bride and Prejudice <!--e048(unknown)--><!--e048(unknown)--> (Musical comedy, ...
LANCE'S LAST DANCE
Jul 01, 2005; ... CHALLANS, France -- Lance Armstrong was not looking too goodearlier this week: He had a black eye, a cut over his right eyebrowand abrasions on his hands and knees. The six-time defending Tour de France champion crashed at lowspeed during the start of a training ride last week. He ...
Deputy remembered as father, fighter, friend
Jul 01, 2005; ... Colleagues mourned sheriff's deputy Jerry Ortiz on Thursday as adiligent street cop and punishing boxer with a memorable smile madebrighter by the woman he married just weeks before he was gunned downduring anti-gang work. Sparring partners and fellow Los Angeles County deputies at ...
[ Question of theWeek answers ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... Question of theWeek answers Today we publish answers to our Question of the Week. We'll askanother question on Sunday and await your answers. This week's question: "Has California's participation in the MegaMillions lottery piqued your interest in buying a ticket for a ...
Ying Yang Twins stay gritty ... with love
Jul 01, 2005 ... HIP-HOP Ying Yang Twins, "United State of Atlanta" Rating: <!--e048(unknown)--><!--e048(unknown)--><!--e048(unknown)--> 1/2 TVT Crunk style pros D-Roc and Kaine keep it gritty with lurid talesabout women struggling to quit the strip club and fellows waiting inthe ...
[ PERSONAL INCOME ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... PERSONAL INCOME Slowdown blamed on low job figures Personal income growth slowed sharply in May and people's spendingdidn't increase at all, but analysts viewed the weakness as temporaryand not signs of an economic slowdown. The Commerce Department said that personal ...
in translation
Jul 01, 2005; ... The revolution is already being televised -- by Telemundo. More than a decade after the American music industry began waitingfor its next grunge, Rock en Espaol (Spanish-language rock) hasquietly and organically grown into rock's most exciting new movement.Bands such as Chile's La ...
'Rebound' is just 'Coach Carter' lite
Jul 01, 2005; ... "Rebound" leads us patiently once more through the well-chartedformulas of sports movies. We have the team of losers lacking allself-confidence, combined with the hotshot coach who has problemswith anger management. Will the team pull itself together and becomechampions? Will the coach ...
Foreigners behind most suicide attacks
Jul 01, 2005; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The vast majority of suicide attackers in Iraqare thought to be foreigners -- mostly Saudis and other Gulf Arabs --and the trend has become more pronounced this year with NorthAfricans also streaming in to carry out deadly missions, U.S. andIraqi officials ...
'War of the Worlds' movie for uneasy times
Jul 01, 2005; ... The otherworldly visitors are either tentacled and wild-eyed orstreamlined and robotlike. But what's uniform about major adaptationsof H.G. Wells' 1898 book The War of the Worlds -- the latest directedby Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise -- is that they are madein uncertain ...
[ Event TV/Radio Time ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... Event TV/Radio Time Baseball Arizona at Dodgers Ch. 11, KFWB (980), 1 p.m. KWKW (1330) Washington at Chicago Cubs WGN 1 p.m. Angels at Kansas City FSN, KSPN (710), 4 p.m. KTNQ (1020) Chicago White Sox at Oakland WGN 6 ...
ABC pulls the welcome sign from 'Neighborhood' series
Jul 01, 2005; ... "Welcome to the Neighborhood," an ABC reality series that pusheshot buttons of racism and anti-homosexuality, was pulled by thenetwork before its debut. The program had drawn criticism from groups claiming it riskedfostering prejudice. In a statement Wednesday, ABC ...
Babcock offered 1-year extension
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Mighty Ducks offered Coach Mike Babcock a one-year contractextension Thursday and then waited for his answer. "He has asked for time to think about it, which I understand," newDucks general manager Brian Burke said. Babcock's original deal, a two-year contract with a ...
Bodies recovered from Afghanistan helicopter crash
Jul 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON -- Three days after a Chinook helicopter went down inheavy combat in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. troops were able to reachthe crash site and recover the bodies of all 16 servicemen who wereaboard, military officials said. But Pentagon officials said Thursday that combat in ...
PUNK
Jul 01, 2005; ... Punk's not dead. And Angels Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro has the multimediaexhibit to prove it. "History of San Pedro Punk," which opened this week, explores thepast and present of the punk-rock movement through photos, fliers,paintings, videos and ...
'Lila Says' proves mostly a verbal exercise
Jul 01, 2005; ... In the French film "Lila Says," Lila begins by saying, "See? Ihave an angel's face. Everybody says so." Lila, about 16, quite blond and very pretty, has just moved into apoor, mostly North African quarter of Marseilles. She has decided tohit on 19-year-old Chimo, so next she asks ...
Heat's Jones takes routeto free agency
Jul 01, 2005 ... Damon Jones decided not to exercise the option year of hiscontract with the Miami Heat on Thursday and was to become a freeagent. Jones, the Heat's starting point guard this past season, had untilmidnight Thursday to invoke a $2.75 million option for 2005-06. Hecan negotiate with ...
CAFTA passes Senate by slim vote
Jul 01, 2005; ... WASHINGTON -- The Senate narrowly approved a free trade agreementThursday between the United States and five Central Americancountries plus the Dominican Republic. The House Ways and Means Committee, voting largely along partylines, also approved the agreement known as CAFTA, ...
[ NTRA ThoroughbredFacts & Figures ... ]
Jul 01, 2005 ... NTRA ThoroughbredFacts & Figures RACING TO HISTORY July 1, 1966 -- Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. won with his first mountin the United States, at Arlington Park, aboard two-year-old fillyTeachers Art, owned and bred by Fred W. Hooper. July 1, 1998 -- Hall of Fame jockey ...
Lakers' Bynum has great expectations
Jul 01, 2005; ... Long before the Lakers took Andrew Bynum with the No. 10 pick inTuesday's NBA draft, Larry Marshall saw the potential in a middle-school student brought to his Kids Plus youth development program inCliffwood Beach, N.J. "I told his mother, when I first saw him, that he was an ...
Israeli police evict Jewish protesters from hotel
Jul 01, 2005; ... KISSUFIM CROSSING, Gaza Strip -- Israeli soldiers and policeofficers raided a seaside hotel in the southern Gaza Strip onThursday, evicting about 150 right-wing protesters who were part ofan increasingly confrontational campaign against the plannedevacuation of Jewish ...
Gays rejoice as Spain OKs legalization of same-sex marriage
Jul 01, 2005; ... MADRID, Spain -- At the historic Congress of Deputies, pandemoniumerupted. Conservatives shouted in fury. Gay activists collapsed intears. Some began making wedding plans -- or at least deciding who'dpop the question, now that they could. "Today is a dream come true," graphic ...
Haren, Athletics keep their streaks alive
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Oakland Athletics have been beating up on bad teams for weeks.They know their weekend series against the White Sox will provide atrue barometer of just how well things are going. Former Pepperdine standout Dan Haren won his career-best sixthstraight decision, and Dan Johnson ...
'War' like an Erector set run amok
Jul 01, 2005; ... "War of the Worlds" is a big, clunky movie containing somesensational sights but lacking the zest and joyous energy we expectfrom Steven Spielberg. It proceeds with the lead-footed deliberation of its 1950spredecessors to give us an alien invasion that is malevolent,destructive ...