He was describes 62. Ferre had interprets a massive brain hemorrhage Friday and was taken to San Raffaele Hospital, where he died Sunday night, according to a statement from his family reported by the Associated Press. Called "the Frank Lloyd Wright of Italian fashion" because of the strong influence of his architectural training on his fashion work, Ferre created structured and stylized clothes marked by simple geometric shapes, precise tailoring and clearly defined lines. He used pearl grays, creamy beiges and rich browns in shades of cocoa, cognac and tobacco to form the foundation of his collections. And this complexity makes it virtually impossible for most Americans to file accurate tax returns -- with or without help. More than two-thirds of taxpayers now rely on a paid preparer or software to file, even though fewer than one-third of taxpayers itemize deductions. But even tax professionals make mistakes on 65% of the returns they prepare, according to a recent study by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. What makes the tax code so mucky? Over the last 22 years, Washington has engaged in games that could be called Hide the Unpleasant Reality and Give Me Credit. For instance, welfare has a negative connotation, so we did away with some direct payments to the poor and created the earned income tax credit for the working poor. And the contrast underscored the political hurdle he now confronts: Voters may still admire him, but they don't agree with him on key issues. New Hampshire rewarded McCain when he crusaded for the popular principle of fighting big-money campaign donors. The Rockefeller Foundation contributed an additional $15 million to the effort. Smaller Gates Foundation grants will assist research on hardier rice strains, provide better irrigation methods to small farmers and help develop superior coffee beans for export. Grants totaling $48 million, to Little Rock, Ark. -based Heifer International and CARE, in Atlanta, are meant to help dairy farmers and landless peasants in East Africa and Bangladesh improve milk quality and build access to markets. "If we are serious about ending extreme hunger and poverty around the world, we must be serious about transforming agriculture for small farmers," Bill Gates, co-chairman of the foundation, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Last month a Los Angeles Times investigation described how hunger and food insecurity in Africa -- where many people live on less than $1 a day -- had often undermined Gates Foundation efforts to treat AIDS and other diseases. The foundation primarily has emphasized health research and the provision of medicines and vaccines in grants to developing nations. Of course, mountain unicycles still aren't likely to be on display at local bike shops; most are purchased online. Costs have come down too. The only higher average since then was a 5. 9/12 in 2005. In Los Angeles, the average this year is a 3. 0/8, down from a 3. 6/9 last year. The highest-rated game in L. A. It is topped by the Italian Ministry of the Interior, occupying a palazzo built around 1910. But its southwestern flank leads to the old Roman area known as the Subura, a fine place for wandering and eating pizza. .

Seeing all of the mock drafts this year, the real draft wasn't close to any of them . King, looters spilled into Tom's Liquor at Florence and Normandie avenues, yanking beer cartons off shelves and igniting the Los Angeles riots. Four days ago, George Graham, a Community Coalition employee, drove up to Tom's Liquor on one of his regular "liquor store patrols," intending to snap photos and take notes to give to Goldberg on Saturday. He encountered an overhead helicopter, ambulances, police cruisers and yellow "caution" tape -- a scene that he said felt like "a reincarnation" of the riots. Just minutes before, a shooting at the corner critically injured a man, who stumbled into the store and collapsed. "I was appalled," said Graham, 58, who has worked for the coalition since 1993 "This goes on and on . "Forty-some years later, we still don't speak English, but we sure have a lot of money," he said, pulling a wad of bills out of his pocket to punctuate the joke. Although his forensic work requires precise statements of facts, Lee's descriptions of himself verge on hyperbole . In the BALCO case, the leak came after the grand jury session had ended, and the testimony was given to prosecutors, defendants and defense attorneys to prepare for trial . It also said that oil supplies were 24. 4 million barrels higher than they were in 2007. And if OPEC was looking for big production cuts among non-OPEC members, it shouldn't have counted on Russia, which some experts likened to the guest who dresses to the nines for a big event, then spends the evening turning down every request to dance. Moscow sent what experts described as its most prominent OPEC delegation ever to the cartel's meeting. The team was led by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and included the heads of the nation's five biggest oil companies. It came amid talk that Russia might join OPEC or add to the 350,000-barrel-a-day cut that it announced in November. But Russia sidestepped such pledges. The UC Board of Regents on Thursday affirmed its decision to build a law school at UC Irvine despite objections from the California Post-Secondary Education Commission that the state doesn't need another public law school. The commission maintained that the state did not need more lawyers, that the cost was not justified and that the law school would duplicate other services. The regents, meeting at UC Santa Barbara, unanimously voted without debate to override the commission's objections and proceed with construction of the law school at UC Irvine. It will be the first public law school to open in the state since 1965 and will be only the second in Southern California. UC now operates law schools at UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and the Hastings Law School in San Francisco. . Reduced export incentives, particularly on products made by polluting industries, were also a factor. Although China's inflation cooled from an 11-year high of 6. 9% in November, the pace remains more than double the central bank's annual target.

Among the 198 Republicans, 49 were new registrants. Dave Reinders, an independent for years, recently moved into Precinct 7 and on Thursday decided to cast his lot with the Democrats, caucusing for Illinois Sen . And some party strategists say they fear another disclosure that could cripple the Palin candidacy. Also, although Republicans at first predicted that Palin would draw many former backers of Sen . *"NO girl was ever ruined by a book. " Or, we may safely propose, by a movie . The show's always been good and funny, but I started to feel in the beginning of the second season we got away from Betty and her point of view . The season is young, and things could change -- but right now this team is one of the most exciting to watch in the NBA. Who could have expected this? When the season began, we heard daily about how Kobe Bryant wanted out, and how Mitch Kupchak had no clue, and how 7-foot Andrew Bynum would look splendid in another team's uniform. So I used this platform to offer a remedy. I suggested we consider the Lakers a family -- twisted, tortured, dysfunctional and in dire need of therapy. But officials in Baghdad are growing impatient and have threatened to send in troops to evict squatters. The returning families need more than a place to live; they need a means to support themselves. Google Inc.

Community health clinics throughout California will begin giving away environmentally friendly asthma inhalers this week to uninsured and low-income patients facing a federal ban on older inhalers that use an ozone-depleting propellent. After next year, pharmacies will no longer dispense inhalers that use chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs . Until recently, you could picnic in its half-acre plaza, or walk up to the obelisk that marks the first point in the 1849 survey . Enough already, he says. We talk about a big bat, and he talks about a franchise with the fourth-highest payroll and the 18th-highest average ticket price, about fans filling Angel Stadium almost to capacity, about a minor league system regularly replenishing the major league club and about a team on the verge of an unprecedented fourth consecutive winning season. "It's amazing to me we have to continue to defend ourselves when we're in first place," he said . Temperatures inside a car can top 120 degrees, even with the windows slightly open, officials said. Goldberg was arrested about an hour after the dog was found dead, and has been charged with felony animal cruelty, officials said . Spread half the zest on a sheet of wax or parchment paper to dry Reserve the remaining fresh one-fourth teaspoon zest Juice the limes to get approximately one-fourth cup juice. 2. An ex-producer says he heard about an agent who stoked a fire with a rival agent's down parka. In short, a house needs to decide unanimously on its status as a work bunker or a destination for blowouts. We need you to engage. "Republicans too are warning Schwarzenegger that his legacy is at stake. "He clearly has a case of wanderlust," said Bill Whalen, a Republican political consultant.

It's all about getting to the beach. The art of the waveMy weekend includes lots of art . Take the case of Haiti, which used to grow all the rice its people consumed . times that I didn't play well, this is absolutely the most meaningful," Lowery said. Lowery's ranking looks like a misprint -- No 305 . The San Antonio Spurs were the most popular choice to win the NBA title. *Devean George is adjusting to a new city, a new contract and a new life. Not to mention a new offense. The former Lakers forward is enjoying his new surroundings as a member of the Dallas Mavericks, but their wide-open offense is vastly different from the hemmed-in sides of the triangle. "I like my role here, like it a lot," George told the Dallas Morning News "But I'm still struggling in breaking some of my old habits . He also has been a major campaign donor, generally to Republican candidates and causes, though in past years, abortion foes have protested campaigns that accepted Allred's money. Schubert responded by e-mail to an inquiry about the donation from The Times, saying he was previously unaware of Allred's donation and would discuss it with the campaign's executive board. "I am sure that many, if not all of them will not wish to be associated with keeping this money," Schubert said. But HIV-positive gays and lesbians are still barred from entry. To turn the political tide, gay and lesbian activists and their friends have turned to lobbying, networking and greater public outreach on the issue. The biggest push is in support of federal legislation by Rep Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) and Sen. Nearly all his work proceeds from the same idea, that the country is being run for the rich at the expense of the poor. He is more than a documentarian -- though some might say less than one, and for the same reasons.

Mike Weir made seven birdies as he and Ernie Els won on the 17th hole. Rory Sabbatini and Trevor Immelman were 2 up with three holes to play when Austin stuffed his approach into six feet on the tough 16th for a birdie, then holed a 15-foot birdie on the next hole to square the match. Austin's approach on the 18th just cleared a ridge and settled five feet from the hole . "So you believe in Christ the Redeemer?" the doctor said in a thick tongued but oddly abstract voice, like that of a lecturer examining the delicately shaded facet of a proposition in logic . It took three weeks for the commercial paper program to get up and running Monday . The Lost Books of the OdysseyA NovelZachary MasonStarcherone Books: 228 pp. , $16 paperNo-Man's LandsOne Man's Odyssey Through "The Odyssey"Scott HulerCrown: 286 pp. , $24. 95--"In fact," writes Zachary Mason, as if anyone could doubt him, "there have been innumerable Trojan wars. " And how could he be wrong? What era has been free of stupid wars that threaten not to end, or of the stupid, stubborn kings who start them? (So much staked for handsome Helen? Come on, there must have been oil under Troy!) Little comfort to the Trojans, or to those outside the Green Zone, but wars do end eventually Heroes and villains, should they survive, sail home Some make it Some don't And some, even once home, never quite return . He played a video of peloton riders speeding around the Rose Bowl, forcing automobiles off the roadway, swerving around recreational bicyclists and joggers, and spilling over the streets' yellow lines into oncoming traffic lanes. Melekian said the pack riders are seemingly unorganized, with no group in charge or in a position of authority to set rules or procedures to be followed by peloton participants. His officers cannot enforce traffic laws during the twice-weekly rides because the cyclists are in a tight pack and are dressed in similar-looking, colorful racing uniforms and helmets, Melekian said. "Identifying individual riders gets to be problematic," he said. "Everyone was going, 'We can't refi? How can we afford this?' " she said. Afterward we'll have lunch -- maybe La Conversation on Doheny Drive north of Santa Monica Boulevard.

"They're an outlier. "The union chapter involved, SEIU Local 721, represents about 80,000 social workers, nurses, sanitation drivers and other public sector employees across Southern California . It has focused new attention on government spending, coming just days after the National Debt Clock in New York City ran out of digits to record the overall national debt, which passed $10 trillion. In Congress, the record deficit is likely to intensify debate over Democrats' efforts to pass another economic stimulus package, perhaps worth $150 billion, and over the issue of fiscal discipline. Administration officials blamed the deficit in large part on the nation's economic troubles, which produced lower than expected tax revenues and led to passage of an economic stimulus package that included tax rebates. The figures were released as the Treasury Department detailed its plans to inject $250 billion into banks, part of a $700-billion financial rescue plan recently approved by Congress. As part of the bailout, Congress lifted the ceiling on the national debt to $11. 3 trillion from $10. 6 trillion . The velvety sauce is amazingly versatile. Whip some into warmed milk for a cup of morning hot chocolate or a bowl of chocolate soup . "He has a poetic voice unlike anyone else's. "Wearing a jacket and slacks, no tie, Seidel is a casual, cultured man with a high forehead and a spark of scandal in his eyes . assistant secretary of State in charge of African affairs, was unavailable for comment, as she was returning Monday from Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, where she had been part of the International Contact Group meeting, a spokesman said. In congressional testimony in June, Frazer said the three suspects posed "an immediate threat to both Somali and international interests in the Horn of Africa. . . . The most compelling examples are Elliott Hundley's pushpin dioramas, in which tiny pictures clipped from magazines, snapshots and other sources are attached with straight pins to Styrofoam backdrops -- or to one another. The donation comes after an audit, released by City Controller Laura Chick in August, concluded that no more taxpayer funding should go to the museum until it could show it had a workable financial plan. In Chick's audit, the city found that as of July, taxpayers were in line to cover about $25 million of the cost of the project, in addition to about $10. 9 million pledged in private donations. Seven years ago, city officials authorized $9. 5 million from parks bond measure funds and other taxpayer sources to build a new museum to replace the city's original children's museum in the downtown Civic Center.

While any other male host might be intimidated -- seriously, you look great, Jon, and those lines and shadows are to be expected considering what you're up against . Large, rounded edge of pliable U-Flex plastic is the most comfortable for catching Hovers great . An author and suburbanite, he was not cut out for such a rural existence. "If I had married a man who could have supported me I would have ended up making paper dolls and gardening . A contract between 30,000 workers in Seattle and the three major grocers expires May 5. jerry. hirschThe Associated Press was used in compiling this report. . A smaller, more meaty cut will have been "frenched," with the hip bone removed. Forty-nine others were wounded. Bechtel says it completed nearly all its assigned projects, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily operating as planned. "Once projects were complete, the plant operating crews we trained often lacked the leadership, resources or motivation needed to run and maintain their facilities," Mumm said in September testimony to the House committee on government reform. If Bechtel gives itself high grades under the circumstances, others aren't so generous. "They thought, 'We're the world's best, and we can go in and make this happen,' " said Rick Barton, a reconstruction specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. "After all the money that's been invested, the Iraqi people should be able to make it on their own. THERE'S a huddle onstage at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

And even for the able-bodied, it's enough to support the troops from afar -- you don't see conservative young women out in the streets handing out white feathers as emblems of cowardice to men who aren't in uniform. The less it costs to proclaim yourself a patriot, the less someone else has to do to be accused of being unpatriotic -- it's enough that he questions the wisdom of a policy or leaves his lapel pin on his other suit That isn't how it was going to be. . And I think most people would agree that getting nickeled-and-dimed for telecom services has become a too-common irritant in the modern world. Sirius and XM are getting a free pass on the antitrust front not just because consumers have other audio choices but also because, without the merger, we'd probably lose satellite radio altogether. To date, neither company has seen any profit, and the sky-high cost of launching satellites serves as a major barrier to entry for other market participants . "But your father is Jewish," retorts the intrusive partygoer, "so you Jewish too, man! You a happy, hairy, Jewish man!"Delpy too plays a more nuanced character in "2 Days" than she has in the past . In Japan, where the word for "different" often means "wrong," Western individualism gets lost in translation . That system must have at its core individuals with the necessary skill set, commitment and availability, as well as a singular interest in only doing what is right for the hospital and the patients it serves. . One of the men disappeared into the night with Weber's acoustic guitar slung over his shoulder. "These guys were not novices," said Hoffman, who noted the attackers' creased pants, combat boots and sharpshooting skills. I just think it's time that we can do something special here. "--Victoria Sun is a freelance contributor based in Los Angeles. --Begin text of infoboxBayno's resumeCoaching career of Bill Bayno, head basketball coach at Loyola Marymount:* 2006-08: Assistant coach for NBA's Portland Trail Blazers. * 2004-06: International and collegiate scout for the Portland Trail Blazers. * 2002-03: Coach of the 2003 CBA champion Yakama Sun Kings for one and a half seasons. * 2002: Coach of Talk 'n Text of the Philippine Professional Basketball Assn. , Bayno won the regular-season title and led his team to the final round of the playoffs, where it lost in the final game. * 1995-2000: Won four conference titles (two regular-season and two conference tournaments) and earned four postseason berths as coach of Nevada Las Vegas Bayno finished with a record of 94-64 (. 595).

Now you have Papa John's Pizza and a cigar and spirits store where guys still stuck in the '80s settle in to watch the game with fellow enthusiasts in a haze of smoke. And Gus's has changed . And it's going to allow us as investigators to get tips about cases. "All of this videotaping concerns Los Angeles County Dist Atty . Volleyball clubs emerged in the 1920s, and now enthusiasts crowd the town each May for the American Volleyball Professionals Tour competition. By the early 1990s, wealthy buyers began tearing down many of the old cottages and replacing them with larger modern homes. What it's aboutHermosa Beach was the "in" South Bay town for Hollywood long before Ozzie and Harriet Nelson were there . said Thursday that it would buy Constellation for $4. 7 billion and give it an immediate $1-billion infusion. Shares of Constellation, the nation's largest wholesale power seller, had plummeted in recent days, and liquidity concerns had analysts worried that it would go out of business. "Obviously we're in unprecedented times," MidAmerican President and Chief Executive Gregory Abel said . It promoted brands with evocative names such as Esperanze, Mission or Albion during California's citrus era; they're now collector's items, prized for fanciful, idyllic depictions of Old California -- perfect groves, gauzy foothills, flirtatious senoritas. Both said later they had not known the city already had such a system. LaBonge's district includes the brush-ridden Hollywood Hills. Kilian, who survives him, along with his sisters, Kathryn Kerris of Glen Ridge, N. J. , Joan Ball of Oceanport, N. J. , and Jeane Regan of Bound Brook, N. J. ; and a brother, Robert Koelzer of Smithtown, N. Y. Shortly after leaving Rutgers, Koelzer became an assistant U. S.

He just keeps getting balls in the basket. "I start watching him, like his feel for the game, his ability to handle . But Texas is one of several reliably red states that are now in Democrats' sights as party strategists begin to analyze a victorious 2008 campaign that they believe showed the contours of a new movement that could grow and prove long-lasting. A multiethnic bloc of Latinos, blacks, young people and suburban whites helped to broaden the party's reach Tuesday well beyond its traditional base in the Northeast and the West Coast -- carrying Barack Obama into the White House and expanding the party's majorities in Congress. That new formula was evident in state exit polls and county-level election results showing that Democrats scored gains from a voting base that is growing progressively less white than the population that helped forge Republican advantages in past elections . However, he was found guilty of placing an AK-47 assault rifle on an Iraqi man killed May 11 by a fellow soldier south of Baghdad . Susan Partovi, can mean the difference between a day spent suffering from a wracking cough or sore rib and a day when the body, at least, is free of pain. Like many other homeless healthcare programs, the Venice Family Clinic-OPCC effort, launched in January, receives federal funding . treat noncombatants and detainees with dignity and respect. "In Tuesday's debate, Tancredo brushed off "theoretical" objections to torture as a luxury we can't afford: If "we go under, Western civilization goes under. " And what's a little torture when Western civilization itself is at stake?But Western civilization isn't about speaking English, or flags, or football or borders. Peja Stojakovic, who just has to catch and shoot, is at 45% on threes. * Sacramento -- They were bubbling like a witches' brew without Ron Artest even doing anything, but new Coach Eric Musselman taught the Kings a new trick, defense. will be asked to explain how they managed to enrich themselves while their companies struggled in the wake of the mortgage meltdown. "We're trying to understand why these three gentlemen should collectively walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars while their companies are losing billions," said Rep Henry A Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) in an interview.

But the Pentagon knows that a prisoner starving himself to death would be abysmal PR, so they force-feed Sami As if that were not enough, when Gen Bantz J Craddock headed up the U. S . In a telephone interview, he said giving all directors identical terms of office wasn't "in the best interest of long-term shareholders. "Since 1992, CalPERS has annually identified as many as a dozen poorly performing public companies. Making it onto the list is generally considered to be bad for a company's image and business, and top executives try to make quick changes to avoid being embarrassed a second time by the fund. Santa Monica-based Wilshire Associates, a consultant to CalPERS, last year said companies on the list went on to outperform the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index by 8. 1% points over a five-year period. . "We already know what you men think -- now it's our turn. "She paused, struggled with the precise meaning of a phrase, settled on an analogy. "We are in a strange cultural chaos now, like a messy finger painting . 2nd St. , L. A. (213) 687-7178www. r23. comTaylor's Steakhouse3361 W . They're going to help me, right?' " But when one firefighter moved toward her to help, the station captain ordered him back. "Everybody was just standing there screaming and cussing at me," Kelley recalled "No one came to my aid. "I count zeroes. "In that case he'll need all of his fingers plus some toes to keep up with his starters, who kept the White Sox off the board in 12 of the final 13 innings of their series in Chicago. It started with Jered Weaver, who pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings Saturday, then continued with Escobar, who made only one mistake in an impressive 7 2/3 -inning performance that lifted the Angels to their seventh win in nine games. "Sometimes guys just feed off of each other," Butcher said "We're attacking the [strike] zone a little bit better. Its members are teenage boys, and they're serving time in Camp Gonzales in Calabasas for crimes such as burglary and car theft, or for violating probation. My book club has read about Shakespeare and Stalin and the Civil War.

economy. These were also contributors to the quarterly loss reported Wednesday by AMR Corp. 's American Airlines. Tough market conditions might also pressure Continental to take part in a merger to better compete with rivals Delta Air Lines Inc . His country, later to become today's Zimbabwe, was landlocked above South Africa and was separatist in its racial policies. "We were never like South Africa's apartheid," Kennedy says, "but there were policies, wrong ones, where you had to own land to vote . of Southern California holds festivities, marking the country's 63 years of independence from Danish rule with a barbecue on June 17, Christmas with a dinner dance, and Thorrablot with a celebration of native foods. Thorrablot, Orvarsson said, is "sort of a rite of spring, Icelandic version . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. "Does this begin to explain $20 million to $30 million? Last year, the papers of the Rev Martin Luther King Jr sold to the city of Atlanta for $32 million . One fan is Steven Spielberg, who has reportedly signed Baron Cohen to portray 1960s political trickster Abbie Hoffman in the upcoming "Trial of the Chicago Seven," scripted by Aaron Sorkin. Before that, Baron Cohen will unleash another feature film starring a character from his now-defunct HBO pro- gram "Da Ali G Show" -- this time, it's Bruno, his gay-fashionista-from-Austria creation. The better sites were at the back of the campground. Toward late afternoon, we noticed a small influx of campers staking claim to some of those prime locations. As we began to pack, our site was overrun by giggling children from the day-use area of the park near the main entrance. SACRAMENTO -- Faced with a likely veto by the governor, a state lawmaker agreed Wednesday to postpone a bill that would impose a controversial container fee at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach aimed at easing congestion and air pollution. State Sen Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) agreed with Gov.