Daily Breeze back issues from March 2006:
[ Spring Training ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Spring Training Today's games Pittsburgh vs. Manatee C.C. at Bradenton, Fla., 9:05 a.m. University of Georgia vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Florida Southern vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 10:05 a.m. Florida Atlantic vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, ...
[ San Pedro artist Carol Es has had her handmade boo... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... San Pedro artist Carol Es has had her handmade book 1-Selfpurchased by the bibliographer and curator of artists' books at theJ. Paul Getty Research Institute, where it will go into its permanentcollection. The book includes original art and reproductions of Es' past work,with ...
Roenick not talking about anything
Mar 01, 2006 ... Jeremy Roenick, wallflower? As inconceivable as it sounds for one of the NHL's biggestpersonalities, Roenick has turned reclusive since his name surfacedas part of an investigation into an alleged New Jersey gambling ring. Roenick is refusing all interview requests, even those ...
Little change in governor's standing with voters
Mar 01, 2006 ... A quick question: What percentage of Republicans, Democrats andindependents voted for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was firstelected in October 2003? Answer: About 77 percent of Republicans, 21 percent of Democratsand 46 percent of independents, according to an exit poll by ...
[ BASEBALL ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... BASEBALL American League ANGELS--Acquired RHP Jason Bulger from Arizona for INF AlbertoCallaspo. BOSTON RED SOX--Agreed to terms with RHP Manny Delcarmen, RHPEdgar Martinez, RHP Cla Meredith, RHP Jonathan Papelbon, RHP DavidPauley, RHP Jermaine Van Buren, RHP Jamie ...
'Bachelor' selects fellow Southerner
Mar 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK (AP) -- Vanderbilt emergency room physician Dr. TravisStork kept it close to home by picking Nashville kindergarten teacherSarah Stone in the season finale of ABC's "The Bachelor: Paris." Stork presented her with a diamond ring on a necklace Mondaynight. "You're so ...
China tells Taiwan to forget independence
Mar 01, 2006; ... BEIJING -- Chinese President Hu Jintao accused the Taiwaneseleader of taking a "dangerous step" toward independence, and warnedTuesday that Beijing will never let the self-ruled island break withthe communist mainland. A stern series of Chinese statements, however, refrained ...
Temporary hotel closure criticized
Mar 01, 2006; ... MEXICO CITY -- Business groups and the federal governmentcriticized a Mexico City official's decision to slap a temporaryclosure order on a major U.S.-owned hotel for alleged codeviolations, after the hotel expelled a delegation of Cuban governmentrepresentatives Feb. 2. The ...
3 Lions named to All-WCC first team
Mar 01, 2006; ... Three Loyola Marymount men's basketball players were named to theAll-West Coast Conference first team Tuesday. Senior guard Wes Wardrop, junior guard Brandon Worthy and juniorforward Matthew Knight were members of the 10-player first team. The Lions (11-17, 8-6) will be the ...
Olympics in 37 percent slide from 2002
Mar 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC's prime-time Olympics coverage from Turinended up averaging 20.2 million viewers per night, a 37 percentdecline from the Salt Lake City games four years ago, with a steeperdecline among young viewers. The closing ceremonies on Sunday had only 14.8 million ...
Winter Olympics came up short on thrills for NBC
Mar 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK -- Halfpipe star Shaun White showed up for an interviewwith NBC's Bob Costas as an Olympic champion, the pressure liftedfrom his shoulders and clearly juiced by his new jewelry. So "The Flying Tomato" decided to test the power of a gold medalby trolling for a date with ...
Islamic Army might have U.S. reporter
Mar 01, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq -- American reporter Jill Carroll is being held bythe Islamic Army in Iraq, the insurgent group that freed two Frenchjournalists in 2004 after four months in captivity, Iraq's InteriorMinister said Tuesday. Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, who is in charge of Iraq's ...
Man sentenced in gang-related bar fight, killing
Mar 01, 2006; ... SPOKANE, Wash. -- A man who fired the fatal shot in a bar fightblamed on tension between rival gangs based in California andArkansas has been sentenced to 18 years and a month in prison. The sentence ordered Monday for Demetrius Route, 19, takes intoaccount the year and two months ...
Sectarian clashes continue
Mar 01, 2006; ... BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunnis and Shiites traded bombings and mortarfire against mainly religious targets in Baghdad well into the nightTuesday, killing at least 68 people a day after authorities lifted acurfew that had briefly calmed a series of sectarian reprisalattacks. At least six ...
[ BOYS BASKETBALL ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... BOYS BASKETBALL Calvary Chapel/Downey 61,Mary Star 58 CIF DIVISION IV-A PLAYOFFS Semifinals At Bellflower Mary Star 10 11 18 19 -- 58 Calvary 20 17 11 13 -- 61 MARY STAR -- Saavedra 17, Skale 18, Evans 11, Covarrubias 12. 3-point goals: ...
Plan to clean up Del Amo waste pits under way
Mar 01, 2006; ... Toxic vapors seeping from a Harbor Gateway sludge pit will bemostly eaten by beneficial bacteria in the soil with the help of anew environmental cleansing system that workers will beginconstructing this week. The soil vapor cleanup project aims to eliminate or treat ground-water ...
Racial violence resumes in jail
Mar 01, 2006; ... Black and Latino inmates brawled Tuesday in a new round of racialviolence in the Los Angeles County jail system, sheriff's authoritiessaid. Fighting involving 94 inmates erupted about 7:30 a.m. at the NorthCounty Correctional Facility in Castaic, just hours after a Mondaynight ...
[ Q: Hawthorne filming and update on Web site answer... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Q: Hawthorne filming and update on Web site answer I was wondering what they were filming at the Hawthorne HighSchool swimming pool early the morning of Feb. 26. -- TIM GUDATH Hawthorne "CSI: Miami" filmed scenes for an upcoming episode at theHawthorne High ...
[ Today ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Today ONE-WOMAN SHOW What: Marymount College presents actress and playwright StephanieSatie in a one-woman show, "Coming to America: Transformations." Theplay is the story of eight women whose lives have been transformed --first by extraordinary events in the countries of ...
[ GOOGLE ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... GOOGLE Stock drop linked to official's comments Google Inc.'s shares plummeted by up to 13 percent Tuesday afterthe company's chief financial officer raised the specter of slowerearnings growth -- a remark that soured recent investor enthusiasmthat had been building for the ...
[ DOW 10,993.41 -104.14NASDAQ 2,281.39 -25.79 ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... DOW 10,993.41 -104.14NASDAQ 2,281.39 -25.79S&P 5001,280.66 -13.46RUSSELL 2000 730.64 -9.99 TOPLOCAL Lexus' sports hybrid basic price $54,900 Toyota Motor Corp., which has its U.S. sales and marketing unitbased in Torrance, said Tuesday it will make its ...
[ World Ranking ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... World Ranking Through Sunday 1. Tiger Woods USA 16.89 2. Vijay Singh Fij 8.93 3. Retief Goosen SAf 7.79 4. Ernie Els SAf 7.32 5. Phil Mickelson USA 7.13 6. Sergio Garcia Spn 6.89 7. Jim Furyk USA 5.57 8. Adam Scott Aus ...
[ Avalanche 4, Wild 2 ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Avalanche 4, Wild 2 Minnesota 1 0 1 -- 2 Colorado 2 1 1 -- 4 First Period--1, Minnesota, Bouchard 13 (Rolston, White), 15:12(pp). 2, Colorado, Blake 11 (Hejduk, Sakic), 16:37. 3, Colorado, May3 (Hinote, Richardson), 17:30. Second Period--4, Colorado, Hejduk 17 ...
Junk-fax ban is unconstitutional
Mar 01, 2006; ... SACRAMENTO -- A federal judge has declared much of California'sban on junk faxes unconstitutional, leaving business and home phonelines at the mercy of most unwanted sales pitches. While expressing sympathy with Californians deluged by faxes,Judge Morrison England Jr. ruled that ...
Pentagon places C17s on wish list
Mar 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON -- Officially, the Pentagon has decided to endproduction of Boeing's C-17 transport aircraft. Unofficially, it wants $1.6 billion to buy seven more of theplanes, which are built in Long Beach. An Air Force wish list released to members of Congress this weekranks ...
Former Trojans lineman Claridge dies in Las Vegas
Mar 01, 2006; ... Former USC offensive lineman Travis Claridge, who played forHamilton of the Canadian Football League last year, died Tuesdayafter being found unconscious at his home in Las Vegas, according tothe CFL team. The 27-year-old Claridge died after being taken to a hospital, theteam ...
[ WESTERN CONFERENCE ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Phoenix 38 17 .691 -- 9-1 W-7 22-8 16-9 20-12 Clippers 32 23 .582 6 4-6 W-2 19-9 13-14 16-13 Lakers 29 28 .509 10 5-5 W-1 16-11 13-17 14-18 Sacramento 26 30 .464 ...
[ AMERICAN CONFERENCE ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... AMERICAN CONFERENCE Western Division W L T Pct PF PA Utah 2 3 0 .400 288 286 Arizona 1 4 0 .200 186 231 Las Vegas 1 4 0 .200 234 286 Avengers 1 4 0 .200 226 277 San Jose 1 4 0 .200 241 269 Central Division W L T Pct PF ...
PAYING THE PRICE?
Mar 01, 2006; ... NEW YORK -- Jonathan Drill is paying more for steel and concretefor the offices and warehouses he builds, and his clients -- andtheir tenants and customers -- are facing higher bills as well. Prices for construction materials, which also include lumber andplastics, have been ...
Chadwick punches ticket to title game
Mar 01, 2006; ... Chadwick made sure its run as defending CIF Division IV championdidn't end in the semifinals Tuesday afternoon as the Dolphinsdefeated visiting Paloma Valley, 4-0. On Saturday, Chadwick will next Monrovia, which defeated SantaYnez, 1-0, at a time and site to be determined for the ...
[ * The last time we checked (last Wednesday), the n... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... * The last time we checked (last Wednesday), the national debt wasup to a record $8,200,762,367,139.59. Your personal share of that is$27,487. Of course, that was last Wednesday -- it's been increasingby an average of $2.28 billion a day, so it's more by now. * Can you name the ...
[ NCAA Basketball ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Virginia Tech 2 1/2 Clemson George Washington 13 1/2 at St. Bonaventure Duke 7 1/2 at Florida St. at Louisville 4 1/2 Marquette at Marshall 4 UCF Connecticut 18 at South Florida at Florida 15 ...
[ Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, March 1, the 6... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Today in HistoryToday is Wednesday, March 1, the 60th day of 2006.There are 305 days left in the year. This is Ash Wednesday. Highlights in history: On March 1, 1945, President Roosevelt, back from the YaltaConference, proclaimed the meeting a success as he addressed a ...
[ Canadiens 5, Islanders 3 ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Canadiens 5, Islanders 3 Montreal 1 2 2 -- 5 N.Y. Islanders 0 0 3 -- 3 First Period--1, Montreal, Perezhogin 7 (Kovalev, Souray), 11:48(pp). Second Period--2, Montreal, Rivet 5 (Kovalev, Koivu), 15:55 (pp).3, Montreal, Higgins 8 (Koivu), 19:18. Third ...
[ 1 ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... 1 TODAY2 THURSDAY3 FRIDAY4 SATURDAY5 SUNDAYMARCHDetroit 7:30 p.m. FSNGolden State 7:30 p.m. Ch. 9Portland 7 p.m. Ch. 9Memphis 6 p.m. FSN2Utah 7 p.m. ESPNNew Orleans 7:30 ...
Skin patch given OK for treating depression
Mar 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON -- The first skin patch to treat depression won federalapproval Tuesday, providing a novel way to administer a drug alreadyused by Parkinson's disease patients but that belongs to a class ofmedicines that is rarely a first or second choice antidepressant. The Food and ...
West is done in by early deficit
Mar 01, 2006; ... It wasn't the end of the world. Sure, Temecula Valley had scored six minutes into the CIF DivisionII semifinal against West Torrance, but Warriors coach Mike Shimizupreferred to look at the positive. ''I was kind of hoping it would take their energy out,'' ...
[ NATIONAL CONFERENCE ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... NATIONAL CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L T Pts GF GA x-Fresno 31 11 10 72 171 155 Ice Dogs 30 18 6 66 159 150 Bakersfield 24 20 5 53 142 165 San Diego 24 23 5 53 160 156 Stockton 8 33 11 27 122 197 West Division W L T Pts GF ...
Charles in business class? Positively appalling
Mar 01, 2006 ... The heir to the British crown is going through another bad patch,poor chap. It seems that Prince Charles, as a result of some unexplained andinexcusable breach of protocol, found himself sitting in businessclass on a flight to Hong Kong in 1997, something he realized ...
[ WESTERN CONFERENCE ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 38 17 3 79 192 156 Kings 32 23 5 69 203 200 Ducks 27 19 11 65 168 159 San Jose 28 21 8 64 179 173 Phoenix 27 28 4 58 171 192 Central Division W L OT Pts GF ...
LAX rental cars go green
Mar 01, 2006; ... The same oil used to cook french fries can also end America'saddiction to foreign oil. Sound silly? It's no joke to Shaun Stenshol, founder and president of Bio-Beetle Eco Rental Cars, which opened its LAX office Tuesday. "Our goal is a sustainable society, and Bio-Beetle is a ...
The comeback Kings
Mar 01, 2006; ... Giving up the first goal only minutes into the game somehow seemedto be the best thing that could have happened for Palos Verdes. Entering the CIF Division IV semifinals against undefeated Animoon Tuesday at Lawndale High, the Sea Kings nurtured a string of 16consecutive ...
Protests expected for Bush in India
Mar 01, 2006; ... BOMBAY, India -- Demonstrators in India shouted "Death toAmerica!" and burned effigies of President Bush on Tuesday, demandingthat he be barred from visiting the country this week. Bush arrives in India today for a three-day visit focused onstrengthening the emerging strategic ...
Harman targets port deal
Mar 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON -- South Bay Rep. Jane Harman introduced a resolutionTuesday to sidetrack the controversial takeover of some operations atseveral U.S. ports by a Middle Eastern company. Harman, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, saidthe pending deal by Dubai Ports ...
Half bad is all bad for Mary Star
Mar 01, 2006; ... Ask Mary Star if it would like to have Tuesday's game back and theStars would settle for just a half. They'd probably even take a single quarter. After spotting Calvary Chapel of Downey a 22-point first-halflead, Mary Star finally found its fire, turning a first-half ...
[ HoroscopeForecast for today: The Aries moon is an ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... HoroscopeForecast for today: The Aries moon is an energetic push,somewhat like the one that momma birds give baby birds when theynudge them out of the nest. Even if you don't feel ready for aventure, it's probably too late to go back, so you may as well goforward. Don't forget to stick ...
[ Panthers 8, Lightning 2 ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Panthers 8, Lightning 2 Florida 2 5 1 -- 8 Tampa Bay 0 0 2 -- 2 First Period--1, Florida, Jokinen 26 (Bouwmeester, Gelinas), :26(pp). 2, Florida, Gratton 12 (Van Ryn, Stumpel), 13:47 (pp). Second Period--3, Florida, Gelinas 11 (Nieuwendyk, Kolnik), 3:17.4, ...
[ By Jack Karlik ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... By Jack Karlik Day 47 of an 86-day meet First post 1 p.m. 3397 FIRST RACE 6 Furlongs Purse: $24,000 Claiming. Four year oldsand up. Claiming Price: $20,000-18,000. Index Horse, Jockey Wt. PP Comment Odds 3311 Western Drouilly, P Valenzuela 121 2 Carava ...
THE FIRST AMENDMENT? DOH!
Mar 01, 2006; ... Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they doabout the First Amendment. Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the fivefreedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech,religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of ...
Al-Qaida leader slain, Saudis say
Mar 01, 2006; ... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The leader of al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia andtwo men who helped attack the world's largest oil-processing complexwere among five militants killed during police raids in the capital,authorities said Tuesday. The announcement was the first acknowledgment by Saudi ...
Health department will remain unsplit for now
Mar 01, 2006; ... Nearly a year after Supervisor Don Knabe suggested that the countyconsider splitting its health department in two, the board ofsupervisors decided Tuesday not to divide the department -- yet. The supervisors voted to take up the issue again in May, when theyexpect to hear a report ...
[ Capitals 5, Maple Leafs 3 ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Capitals 5, Maple Leafs 3 Washington 2 3 0 -- 5 Toronto 2 0 1 -- 3 First Period--1, Washington, Willsie 12 (Yonkman, Halpern), :37.2, Washington, Pettinger 13 (Friesen), 4:46 (pp). 3, Toronto,Antropov 7 (Tucker, Allison), 15:47. 4, Toronto, Tucker 24 (Sundin,McCabe), ...
[ Spears gives kids a Mardi Gras surprise ... ]
Mar 01, 2006 ... Spears gives kids a Mardi Gras surprise NEW ORLEANS -- Britney Spears spent part of Mardi Gras with agroup of students whose lives were upended when Hurricane Katrinadevastated the area six months ago. Standing in the French Quarter surrounded by St. Catherine ofSiena School ...
Disproportionate number of shooting victims are foster kids
Mar 01, 2006; ... Nearly three dozen children who were in foster care or had contactwith the child protective system in Los Angeles County over the pasttwo years were killed in drive-by or random shootings, according tonew county data. Twenty-three children were killed last year alone, up from 10 ...
Official: Por<!--200a(unknown)-->t security in 'bad shape'
Mar 01, 2006; ... Significant gaps remain in the nation's port security, a HarborArea longshore official told U.S. senators Tuesday in testimony at ahearing on the Dubai ports deal and related issues. Michael Mitre, port security director for the InternationalLongshore and Warehouse Union on the ...
Tracking trends in 'New American Cooking'
Mar 01, 2006; ... Reachus Today Editor Leo Smith 310-540-5511, Ext. 417 leo.smith@dailybreeze.com Fax 310-540-7581 E-mail features@dailybreeze.com Internet www.dailybreeze.com Mail 5215 Torrance Blvd.Torrance, CA 90503-4077 THURSDAY There's not ...
Sonics swat down Hornets
Mar 01, 2006; ... Ray Allen scored 33 points, and the host Seattle SuperSonics heldoff a major fourth-quarter rally for a 114-104 win over New Orleanson Tuesday night. Playing its first home game in 16 days, Seattle won for just thethird time in the last 13 games. But what looked like a rout ...
Patriot Act near Senate passage
Mar 01, 2006; ... WASHINGTON -- Months overdue in a midterm election year, the USAPatriot Act renewal cleared a final hurdle in the Senate on Tuesdayon its way to President Bush's desk. But the bill's sponsor said heis unsatisfied with the measure's privacy protections and far fromdone tinkering with the ...
Inaugural bike race put positive spin on South Bay
Mar 01, 2006 ... There is nothing like a tragedy or catastrophe -- be it natural orman-made -- to bring out passionate opinions. But success stories,too, deserve their share of recognition, and so we tip our ridinghelmet to the Tour of California bike race that concluded over theweekend in Redondo ...
FAA forecast calls for crowded skies
Mar 01, 2006; ... More than 112 million travelers a year may want to fly through LosAngeles International Airport by 2025, according to a federalforecast that largely ignores the region's political realities. The forecast, released Tuesday by the Federal AviationAdministration, attempts to measure ...
Contracts up in air as talks break off
Mar 01, 2006 ... NFL labor talks broke off Tuesday three days before the start offree agency, leaving teams and players in a quandary aboutnegotiating new contracts. Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association,spent the last three days meeting in New York and Washington ...
Sunshine landfill contract is OK'd
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Los Angeles City Council tentatively approved another five-year contract with Sunshine Canyon Landfill on Tuesday, but left openan 18-day window to negotiate a deal with its operator to divert sometrash from the Granada Hills dump without paying extra. Despite the failure of ...
After a heated hearing, judge tosses dog-bite lawsuit against El Segundo
Mar 01, 2006; ... A judge on Tuesday threw out a dog-bite lawsuit by a state paroleagent who alleged that El Segundo police were negligent when adepartment canine named Kai bit his arm during a 2002 search for asuspect. The decision by U.S. District Judge Manuel Real came during aheated hearing on ...
UC administrators need to pay by the rules
Mar 01, 2006 ... How is it that top executives at a top public institution ofhigher learning did not learn from a pay scandal 13 years ago toavoid another one? Responding to outrage about pay in 1993, the Board of Regents ofthe University of California established rules to limit somecompensation ...
UCI Muslims protest panel's cartoon unveiling
Mar 01, 2006; ... IRVINE -- Dozens of Muslim students and supporters protestedTuesday at the University of California, Irvine against plans byorganizers of a panel discussion on Islamic extremism to showcartoons of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-laden turban. Members of the Muslim Student Union ...