Daily Breeze back issues from September 2007:
China starts recall systems for food, toys
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Audra Ang THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING - China's first nationwide recall systems for unsafe foodand toys came into effect Friday in one of the strongest steps takenby Beijing to clean up the country's scandal-hit manufacturingindustry. China, a major global ...
Ruling: Security trumps whales
Sep 01, 2007 ... COURTS: A ban on the Navy's use of sonar is lifted despite itspotential to harm sealife. By Paul Elias THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO - The Navy can use high-power sonar during exercisesoff the Southern California coast despite the technology's threat towhales ...
Judge sides with man who sought job with Pitt
Sep 01, 2007 ... COURTS: Torrance resident was accused of impersonating an agentand trying to work as famous couple's bodyguard. The Associated Press A federal judge in Santa Ana dismissed the impersonation caseagainst a wannabe bodyguard who allegedly passed himself off as aHomeland ...
Top Democratic donor surrenders in California
Sep 01, 2007 ... FRAUD: Businessman who fled sentencing for felony has giventhousands to candidates.By Paul Elias THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REDWOOD CITY - A top Democratic fundraiser whose criminal pastroiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates turned himself inFriday in ...
Son's Remembrance
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Robert Barr THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - It was not the vision of Princess Diana gliding across aballroom nor that of the compassionate royal consoling AIDS victimsthat her son remembered. Rather, it was an image of Diana at her most intimate andunguarded - the ...
Gay couple beats the clock
Sep 01, 2007 ... MARRIAGE: Iowans take out license and have ceremony in spanbetween judge's rulings. By Henry C. Jackson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DES MOINES, Iowa - Two men sealed the state's first legal same-sex marriage with a kiss Friday morning, less than 24 hours after ajudge ...
Villegas drops career-best 63 in presence of 'Big 3'
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services They have combined for 121 victories and 19 majors. But when TigerWoods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh played together Friday for thefirst time on the PGA Tour, the only number that mattered was ontheir scorecards. The "Big Three" was a combined 3-over ...
Djokovic survives a marathon match
Sep 01, 2007 ... TENNIS: Third seed plays 4 hours, 44 minutes, 63 games, 356 pointsto beat Stepanek. By Howard Fendrich THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - They broke out odd little dances after hitting bigshots, swaying their hips and rocking their arms to music only intheir heads ....
Court won't bar Mexican cargo trucks from U.S. roads
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Jordan Robertson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO - The Bush administration can go ahead with a pilotprogram to allow as many as 100 Mexican trucking companies to freelyhaul their cargo anywhere within the U.S. for the next year, afederal appeals court ruled Friday ....
Violation will cost Harrison first 4 games
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services Rodney Harrison, the frequently fined strong safety who solidifiedthe New England Patriots' defense through back-to-back Super Bowlvictories, will miss the first four games of the NFL season forviolating the league's substance abuse policy. "Tomorrow, the ...
Fever put Detroit into playoff Shock
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services Tamika Catchings had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help the IndianaFever beat the defending WNBA champion Detroit Shock, 75-65, onFriday night in Indianapolis in Game 1 of the Eastern Conferencefinals. The win puts the Fever one win away from their first ...
Illegal-worker notices put on hold
Sep 01, 2007 ... COURTS: Judge grants unions an order barring the use of "no-match" letters to target employers who hire such workers. By Jordan Robertson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO - The Social Security Administration cannot startsending out letters to employers next week ...
Immunity sought for spy program
Sep 01, 2007 ... TELECOMS: The White House wants authority to shield companiesfrom suits. By Katherine Shrader THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - The Bush administration wants the power to grantlegal immunity to telecommunications companies that are slapped withprivacy suits for ...
Cuban wants his child returned
Sep 01, 2007 ... COURTS: Dad tries to show relationship that Florida says didn'texist. By Laura Wides-Munoz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI - A custody hearing over a 4-year-old Cuban girl in the U.S.focused Friday on whether letters purportedly written to her by herfather from the ...
GOP officials say Craig is set to resign
Sep 01, 2007 ... SEX SCANDAL: The Idaho senator faces growing pressure from membersof his party. By John Miller and Matthew Daly THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will resign fromthe Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a ...
Bush press secretary quits
Sep 01, 2007 ... WHITE HOUSE: Tony Snow cites financial problems as president nameshis replacement. By Terence Hunt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - President Bush named a new press secretary Friday,replacing the high-profile showman Tony Snow with his quieter,stickler-for-detail ...
State school API scores flatten
Sep 01, 2007 ... TESTING: Banning High climbs off watch list. Results improve, but higher targets mean most fail. By Paul Clinton STAFF WRITER Less than half of California schools met overall achievementtargets last year, continuing a downward trend, according to statedata ...
State will continue to fry over holiday
Sep 01, 2007 ... HEAT WAVE: Residents are urged to conserve electricity amid recordusage. By Robert Jablon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Utilities urged customers to ease up on electricity use andofficials opened cool shelters as California continued to swelterunder a heat wave Friday ....
Milestone Moment
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Larry Altman STAFF WRITER Temple Shalom of the South Bay opened three years ago with sixfamilies looking to start something different. Since then, the synagogue that rents space at a Hermosa Beachchurch has grown to 60 families, watched 20 boys and girls ...
PC viruses began as a prank 25 years ago
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Anick Jesdanun THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trickalready-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practicaljokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever tolet loose a personal computer virus ....
Cell ban for teen drivers revs up
Sep 01, 2007 ... SAFETY: Governor hasn't said if he'll sign bill prohibiting use ofphones and electronics. By Jim Sanders SACRAMENTO BEE SACRAMENTO - California's youngest drivers would be separated fromsome of their most popular possessions - cellular phones and textmessaging ...
Shaolin monks deny Ninja tale
Sep 01, 2007 ... INTERNET: Martial arts masters say they weren't bested in fight. By The Associated Press BEIJING - China's Shaolin Temple has demanded a public apologyfrom an Internet user who claimed a Japanese ninja beat its kung fu-practicing monks in a showdown, a lawyer said Friday ....
Upbeat television show grew out of soccer player-coach's background
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Nick Green STAFF WRITER When Antonio Soave was a teenager growing up in Detroit, he playedsoccer with a guy from Iran, a kid from India and another friend fromBosnia. "We were brothers when we were playing together," he said. "Youcan immediately make friends ...
Relief gives way to anger in S. Korea
Sep 01, 2007 ... HOSTAGES: Group that was kidnapped by Taliban is rebuked forignoring travel warnings. By Jae-Soon Chang THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's relief at the release of 19countrymen held hostage by the Taliban gave way Friday to anger atthe victims ...
Crash kills family of 6 flying from area airport
Sep 01, 2007 ... By The Associated Press KERNVILLE - A single-engine plane crashed near a remote KernCounty airport Friday afternoon and exploded into flames, killing afamily of six, authorities said. The family had flown from Santa Monica Airport to Kern ValleyAirport, where the plane ...
2 area temples merge congregations
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Larry Altman STAFF WRITER The membership of Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Westchester hasmerged with Congregation Tifereth Jacob in Manhattan Beach, creatinga larger South Bay synagogue with a new name. The new affiliation is now called Congregation Tikvat Jacob, ...
Search for Utah miners is off
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Jennifer Dobner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY - Federal officials have indefinitely suspendedefforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeks inside a coalmine after a robotic camera failed to provide any useful information,an attorney for the men's families ...
Family buries 2nd son killed in Iraq
Sep 01, 2007 ... CLOVIS - Army Cpl. Nathan Hubbard's parents laid their youngestson to rest Friday, praying his death in Iraq last week might offerhim a heavenly reunion with his older brother, who died in combatnearly three years ago. Hundreds of close friends, relatives and people simply touched ...
Torrance overwhelming
Sep 01, 2007 ... PREP FOOTBALL: Tartars run down Hawthorne both offensively anddefensively. By John Klima STAFF WRITER By the time Hawthorne quarterback De'Andre Hinton finally escapedfrom the pocket and successfully ran for the sideline late in thefourth quarter, he already had ...
Radar banned on stretch of RPV road
Sep 01, 2007 ... TRAFFIC: After woman's successful fight against speeding ticket,sheriff's deputies are told to change practice. By Larry Altman STAFF WRITER The city of Rancho Palos Verdes has ordered sheriff's deputies tostop using radar to ticket speeders on a stretch of Palos ...
Ruling cuts water flow to save fish
Sep 01, 2007 ... ECOLOGY: Pumps are said to kill endangered smelt. Water agencychief fears shortages. By Juliana Barbassa THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRESNO - A federal judge Friday imposed limits on water flowscaused by huge pumps sending water from the San Joaquin-SacramentoRiver delta ...
Lung cancer plans get more aggressive
Sep 01, 2007 ... HEALTH: Treatable tumors ratings change, allowing more to havesurgery and chemo. By Marilynn Marchione THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thousands more lung cancer patients each year could be offeredsurgery or other aggressive therapy under a new system thatclassifies many ...
ATVs open up open spaces to Lomita deputies
Sep 01, 2007 ... PATROLS: Units provided by Peninsula cities will allow sheriff'sofficials new access to provide help, fight crime. By Megan Bagdonas STAFF WRITER They look like golf carts on steroids. The new pair of Polaris Rangers delivered this week to the ...
2 men, ranch are charged in Zaca Fire
Sep 01, 2007 ... SANTA BARBARA (AP) - Two men and a cattle ranch were chargedFriday with felony crimes for allegedly starting a fire that hasburned 375 square miles of wilderness in Central California andinjured 44 firefighters. The Zaca Fire was ignited July 4 by sparks from grinding ...
Holdups in beach cities similar
Sep 01, 2007 ... CRIME: For the second straight day, two men rob a restaurant and tie up an employee. By Larry Altman STAFF WRITER Detectives are investigating whether a commercial robbery inRedondo Beach is linked to a similar crime in Manhattan Beach. In both crimes ...
Angels grind out a victory with barrage of clutch hits
Sep 01, 2007 ... BASEBALL: Kendrick's RBI single in 10th inning leads L.A. overTexas. By Doug Padilla STAFF WRITER Just days after taking control of the American League West, theAngels found out the final month will likely be the hardest. They needed 10 innings to beat the ...
USC gets tuneup but no answers
Sep 01, 2007 ... COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Idaho doesn't figure to be a test worthy ofproviding Trojans any insight. By Scott Wolf STAFF WRITER Despite the stampede to anoint USC the nation's top-rankedfootball team, several questions remained before training campstarted. And, the Trojans ...
Busch on track to ride in Chase
Sep 01, 2007 ... MOTORSPORTS: The hottest driver in Nextel Cup earns the pole forSharp Aquos 500.By Louis Brewster STAFF WRITER FONTANA - On a Friday afternoon when the air tempature reached 107degrees, and heat radiated off the California Speedway at 140, KurtBusch kept his cool ...
Alexander sticks it out, becomes better man
Sep 01, 2007 ... COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Ex-Leuzinger star matures, earns respect atIdaho.By Phil Collin STAFF WRITER Ben Alexander holds no illusions about his trip to the Coliseumtonight. "We know what we're up against," he said firmly. As much as the challenge might ...
Dodgers pay price when inside job goes wrong
Sep 01, 2007 ... BASEBALL: Seanez hits batter, setting off Padres' winning rally. By Tony Jackson STAFF WRITER SAN DIEGO - Rudy Seanez is from the old school, and it is aneducation that has served the Dodgers reliever well through almosttwo decades in the major leagues. Part of that ...
Rankin, Locker look good in Washington's opening win
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services Louis Rankin ran for a career-high 147 yards and three touchdowns,and Jake Locker scored twice and didn't commit a turnover in animpressive debut to help Washington beat Syracuse, 42-12, Fridaynight in the Carrier Dome. In a game featuring two ...
LB Wilson turns back Inglewood
Sep 01, 2007 ... From staff reports Long Beach Wilson held off a resurgent Inglewood High to claim a39-26 victory in both teams' season-opening football game Friday inLong Beach. Wilson held a secure lead much of the game, but needed a latescore to put away Inglewood, which was without the ...
Napoli coming back slowly from leg injury
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Doug Padilla STAFF WRITER Mike Napoli's struggles continue as he tries to return from astrained right hamstring. While running the bases Friday afternoon, Napoli felt some"tightness" toward the bottom of the right hamstring. He immediatelystopped the workout ...
Cool Hamlin grabs pole late in day
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services Denny Hamlin, the last of 42 drivers to make a qualifying attempt,knocked Kasey Kahne off the pole for tonight's Camping World 300NASCAR Busch Series race at California Speedway. Hamlin's fast lap of 180.316 mph on Friday, came with the sunsetting on a ...
Irish outlast the Bruins in opener
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services Alex Yoshinaga scored just three minutes into overtime to give No.10-ranked Notre Dame men's soccer team a 2-1 upset of No. 2 UCLA inBloomington, Ind., on Friday. Bruins sophomore Chance Myers had tied the game with just 38seconds left in regulation ....
Wolf is officially out for the year
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Tony Jackson STAFF WRITER SAN DIEGO - Dodgers pitcher Randy Wolf's last-ditch effort toreturn from the disabled list before the end of the season has beensnuffed out by another setback. The left-hander felt more discomfortin his shoulder this week and will undergo ...
Trachsel traded back to Chicago
Sep 01, 2007 ... From news services The Chicago Cubs turned to their past to bolster their currentpush for the playoffs, acquiring right-hander Steve Trachsel from theBaltimore Orioles on Friday. The 36-year-old Trachsel, who was drafted by the Cubs in 1991 outof Long Beach State and ...
A Scrappy Battle
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Donna Littlejohn STAFF WRITER The announcement last month that the city of Los Angeles hadreached an agreement to move Westway storage tanks off San Pedro'swaterfront was a long time coming. Storage tanks have existed on that spot since the 1920s. But timesare ...
Idaho's Craig bows to pressure, resigns
Sep 01, 2007 ... By John Miller THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOISE, Idaho - After a week filled with scandalous headlines andribald late-night TV humor at the expense of one of their own,Republican leaders got what they wanted Saturday: the resignation ofIdaho Sen. Larry Craig. "Sen. Craig ...
Relishing the light and heat as it melts away once again
Sep 01, 2007 ... For all intents and purposes it's over, ended, done, finished. Not officially, of course. Officially, summer begins on June 21 and ends Sept.23.Unofficially, in the United States anyway, it starts on Memorial Dayand winds up tomorrow, on Labor Day, in dry heat and ...
Cargo fee key to cleaner air
Sep 01, 2007 ... The California Air Resources Board said in a 2006 report that,"The Californians who live near ports, rail yards and along trafficcorridors are subsidizing the goods movement sector with theirhealth." That geographic reference, of course, perfectly fits those in theHarbor Area ...
Post-Katrina recovery efforts fall short
Sep 01, 2007 ... Two years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed cities and shatteredlives along the Gulf Coast, large swaths of Mississippi andLouisiana, including New Orleans, are still struggling to get ontheir feet.When the images of thousands of people stranded without food orwater - and ...
The Mexican Rosa Parks? Oh, please
Sep 01, 2007 ... Is Elvira Arellano - the recently deported Mexican illegal alien -the new Rosa Parks? Some of her supporters describe her this way. But Arellano'scredentials as a "role model," to say the least, fall short. Indeed,even some "immigrant rights activists" find the ...
A plot to change chocolate? Is FDA nuts?
Sep 01, 2007 ... Is there a sinister plot afoot to despoil the purity of chocolate?Some chocophiles suspect there is. They're alarmed that a bunch ofculinary industry groups, including a grocers' association and thechocolate lobby, are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration toallow a change in the ...
Back to school - minus me
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Dale McFeatters My dad had the bad judgment to graduate from high school in 1929,so many decades later, with the Great Depression, World War II andassorted family obligations out of the way, he took early retirementfrom his job as a corporate executive and rented a studio on ...
Remembering and forgetting at Omaha Beach
Sep 01, 2007 ... OMAHA BEACH, Normandy - On a bluff above the sand and a half amile from the ocean's edge at low tide, which was the condition whenthe first allied soldiers left their landing craft, a round circle ofconcrete 5 feet in diameter provides a collar for a hole in theground. On the morning of ...
Staying afloat after a layoff
Sep 01, 2007 ... Capital One's ubiquitous advertising campaign - "What's in yourwallet?" - has taken on a different and jarring meaning for hundredsof workers in its mortgage banking unit. That's because in the coming months, many employees may have muchless going into their wallets from Capital ...
An HHR Panel can wrap it all up for you
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Gregory J. Wilcox STAFF WRITER Chevrolet executives spotted a grand marketing opportunity in theHHR Panel and wrapped it up. The results are obvious. The HHR Panel is not the fastest nor prettiest vehicle I've road-tested so far. But it certainly is one ...
Some say the housing market is returning to normal, but others see a 'death spiral'
Sep 01, 2007 ... By Martin Romjue STAFF WRITER Whether the South Bay housing market has turned into a slumberingbear or a lumbering bull depends on how you look at the market. The Multiple Listing Service of properties for sale shows morehomes with reduced prices, and more cumulative ...
TURBULENT TIMES
Sep 01, 2007 ... When Southern California's residential real estate market began toslow down, it forced developer John Young to make some toughdecisions. In the past year, he's laid off about 40percent of hisworkers at Rancho Cucamonga-based Young Homes. "Unfortunately, in our whole division we've ...
Smallpox vaccine wins OK from FDA
Sep 02, 2007 ... By John Heilprin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - The approval of a new vaccine against smallpox wasannounced Saturday by the Food and Drug Administration, which saysthe shots could be made quickly if the virtually extinct virusreappears. The vaccine, ACAM2000, is ...
WITH A TWIST
Sep 02, 2007 ... By Raphael Satter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - One contestant had a mustache twisted into the shape ofLondon's Tower Bridge; others sported bushy beards that would makeGrizzly Adams envious. In the end, Beard Team USA nabbed four of thetop honors - by a whisker - at the ...
Civilian deaths are climbing again in Iraq
Sep 02, 2007 ... SECURITY: As reports to Congress near, the strategy begun thisyear is coming into question. By Robert H. Reid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD - Civilian deaths rose in August to their second- highest monthly level this year, according to figures ...
The taming of names in Venezuela
Sep 02, 2007 ... By The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelans have a penchant for creativenaming, with some parents giving their children unusual names likeHersony, Nohemar - or even Superman. But such odd names might be turned down if Venezuela approves abill barring parents ...
Leuzinger too much for nearby Lawndale
Sep 01, 2007 ... PREP FOOTBALL: Toliver throws for 217 yards, three TDs. Olympianslead, 50-3, at halftime. By Tony Ciniglio STAFF WRITER This Leuzinger-Lawndale game was 27 years in the making, but itwas over almost from the start. Leuzinger scored in the game's opening ...