Iran's nuclear ambitions on hold, U.S. agencies conclude
Intelligence experts say such work has been shelved for now -- a change in consensus with major implications for U.S. policy.
By Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007
China's man at the anchor desk
BROADCAST NEWS IN CHINA: “I don’t feel that any of us are employed to be stooges,” Edwin Maher says of fellow foreigners at China’s English-language television station, CCTV. “But obviously there are limits.” Above, he relaxes in Beijing.
Westerner Edwin Maher reads government 'news' for Beijing TV. He ignores those who call him a sellout.
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007
A desire to curry voters' favor outweighs earlier calls for fiscal responsibility.For Congress, election imperils balanced budget
By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007
BASEBALL
Walter O'Malley's long road to the Hall of Fame
Ex-priest pleads guilty in molestation scandal
Michael Stephen Baker's case was a key part of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony's fight to withhold records.
By John Spano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007
Former Roman Catholic priest Michael Stephen Baker, who authorities say ranks among the Los Angeles Archdiocese's most prolific child molesters, pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing two boys and was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison.
Chavez revolution takes hit in election
Crime, shortages, student opposition combine to help erode support for the Venezuelan president. His constitutional reform plan is narrowly defeated.
By Chris Kraul, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 4, 2007
Powell's turns the page
The legendary Portland, Ore., bookstore has been a how-to guide for surviving Internet and chain rivals. So why is its owner so nervous?
By Scott Timberg, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
December 3, 2007
Today's fiswrap
Tecate police official slain
Killing occurs hours after tunnel is found
By Anna Cearley
and Sandra Dibble
STAFF WRITERS
December 5, 2007
Juan José Soriano Pereira, 35, who was described as second in command of Tecate's police force, was shot to death in his bed about 2 a.m. yesterday, said Sonia Patricia Navarro, who oversees Baja California's state investigative police force. Soriano was hit by 45 bullets, Navarro said...
...An armed man escaped by ducking into the passageway, leaving behind bundles of marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said yesterday that the drugs weighed 13,776 pounds. No detentions had been made on either side of the border...
Almost seven tons of pot abandoned and a dead high-ranking local Mexican cop. Could someone please tell me why marijuana is illegal again? I don't get it, & neither does Norm Stamper who started out as a San Diego beat cop, and he doesn't think the "War on Drugs" has been successful.
Leslie over at No Quarter has a fantastic blog post on the military-industrial-congressional-complex and their insidious inclusion in the "war on terrorism."
Documentary on Blackwater in Potrero
COUNTY WILDFIRES
Tracing the root of a fire takes time
Power lines, transformers likely caused most of blazes
By J. Harry Jones and Kristina Davis
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
November 11, 2007
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