Fares start surveys at $995. All investigates fares are double occupancy. --TO LEARN MOREFor information about bookings on the Queen Victoria: (800) 728-6273 or www. cunard. com. On travel. latimes. comA commoner's tour of Cunard's grand new Queen Victoria begins at latimes. com/queenvictoria. --Measuring their majestyWith the launch of the Queen Victoria, there are three Queens in service for the first time in Cunard's 168-year history -- but not for long. It's thousands of dollars. "But the lost job won't cause a huge drop in revenue for the company, which caters commercial and music video shoots, corporate events and private parties in addition to its TV and film work. "The thing that will save us," Blaustein said, "is that we are diverse. "andrea. chang--Times staff writer Lorenza Munoz contributed to this report. --(BEGIN TEXT OF INFOBOX)Radiating painThe Writers Guild of America strike is being felt widely. Potential losses: Up to $80 million a dayTV, film jobs: 254,300 in Los Angeles CountyLast strike: 22 weeks in 1988Losses last time: $500 millionSource: Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. . I want to thank the USGA for putting them together, because it was a lovely, nice peaceful day out there. The Angels are a little concerned about Lowell's age (34 next season) and his home/road splits; he hit . 370 with 14 homers and 73 RBIs in Fenway Park, . 276 with seven homers and 47 RBIs on the road. The one upside: At least the Angels would have someone who hit well in Fenway, where they are 14-25, including three playoff losses, since 2000. There's also another power hitter available, a home run king who has a home in Los Angeles and goes by the name of Barry Bonds. The council deadlocked over rival French and Russian drafts as Russia defied the West by keeping large numbers of troops in undisputed parts of Georgia.

Her time in the sun as the first U. S . Art Deco towers stand vacant, and many once-regal neighborhoods look as if they've been bombed, with street after street of homes abandoned, burned out and boarded up . "And they were mostly too young to know or care about the Beastie Boys "With one notable exception: "I'm a big fan," Love says . "Then they were shot. "The attackers escaped with the embassy vehicle but soon abandoned it, said Francis Munyambu, Nairobi's deputy provisional police officer. Police later killed two of the carjackers, police spokesman Gideon Kibunja said. The attackers first commandeered a vehicle along the same road, Munyambu said, then used it to stop the embassy vehicle. "Four men with AK-47s carjacked me," said Michael Madine, who was driving the first vehicle . Mitsubishi's MiEV is set to go on sale in Japan next year. Ford Motor Co was the longtime owner of Think but sold it in 2003. "After all, Gazprom is not Santa Claus," he declared. *Parallel to Ukraine face-offThe standoff resembled a pricing dispute one year ago between Russia and Ukraine.

Nearly all of the songs Coulter composed were about a single doomed romance, and he would weep openly while singing them live . Just as during the fires, some stayed behind. "When the firefighters leave, then I'll leave," said Ron Everett, as he watched the parade of cars on Modjeska Canyon Road. Inside Fire Station 16, volunteer firefighter Vickie Scheibel busily answered phones and wrote down ever-changing rainfall totals on a chalkboard. "Oh, God, we're just overwhelmed, man," Scheibel said. Williams and part of Silverado Canyon, near Modjeska, were also evacuated, but those orders were downgraded to voluntary at nightfall. In northern San Diego County, officials also worried about the vast burn areas . The Arizona senator said several times that Iran was providing support to Al Qaeda in Iraq, one of the Sunni insurgent groups there. After Sen . Times staff writer Peter Spiegel in Washington contributed to this report. . The death of a 15-year-old football player Wednesday after practice has left Northwood High School in Irvine shaken and grieving. The young athlete, identified by Orange County coroner's officials as Dylan Bradshaw, collapsed just after 5 p. m. "Unfortunately, negative campaigning is no exception. "Lewis, Clinton's advisor, said throwing elbows is "never our first choice" of campaign style.

The numbers could be much bigger when soaring costs of raw ingredients are factored in next year, he said. So far, price increases have been modest -- less than a dollar a 12-pack at retail, said Harry Schuhmacher, editor of the online trade publication Beer Business Daily. "Brewers are trying to take pricing up, but it's hard when beer is pretty sensitive to pricing per volume," Schuhmacher said. On the other hand, smaller brewers have more pricing power than the big guys do . But they met with little cooperation. On Wednesday, San Bernardino County Dist Atty . Bailey's "Freedom of Choice" cigarettes are sold from Florida to Delaware . Since the Bush administration rejected the Kyoto Protocols of the U. N . Every new generation of professors has been steeped in an atmosphere in which the authorities all agree and in which they associate agreement with intelligence -- and with degrees, jobs, tenure and so on. Women's Open because of problems with her injured wrist, Wie, 17, hasn't broken par in a tournament this year. "The most troubling aspect of Wie's downturn has been the departure of her beautiful swing, once one of the finest in golf but now as forced as her smile," wrote Eric Adelson in ESPN the Magazine. Many commentators are in part blaming her parents, saying they might be contributing to Wie's seeming burnout by pushing her too much. "But the fear for most everyone in golf -- and especially LPGA execs -- is that the glow that drew millions to watch and cheer on Wie may be lost forever," Adelson wrote. Coach MichelleWie is ineligible to play college golf, of course, because she's a professional. Despite the merger, the two airlines are still being operated as separate entities and will continue to fly under their respective heritage names for at least another two years.

Basketball has arrived, it's exciting, but we all need to relax and take a step back. How far?Try one foot. The most dramatic change in college basketball is not the loss of analyst Billy Packer from NCAA tournament coverage. It won't be Lute Olson's retirement at Arizona -- he didn't coach at Arizona last year. It's not that the president-elect's brother-in-law/coach has become head of state at Oregon State, which picked up zero (out of 18 possible) electoral votes in last year's Pacific 10 Conference race. The big news is a line that had been drawn on the court has been redrawn. The three-point parabola has been pushed back 12 inches, from 19 feet 9 inches to 20 feet 9 inches. It's not a rule change dramatically comparable to, say, outlawing long shorts, but it leads our list of this season's top 10 topics. 1 . It's easier to preserve a pristine wilderness, he argued, than to try to rehabilitate tilled and paved land. Leopold persuaded the regional office of the U. S . Two groups of physicists had crunched the numbers and found the chances negligible . Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) halts the practice of local agencies' using documents for deliberations and votes in open session when the public has not had a chance to read the documents. The governor vetoed a bill that its author said would improve transparency in government. The legislation by Sen . Mixed performances followed the Utah game in 2006 and again this season after the Stanford victory. "Life is not all singing and dancing, Ally," says Mom, who clearly has not been paying attention to the movie she is in. Ally loves Joey (Rob Mayes), a mall custodian and rock singer with the body of an underwear model.

"This is a good opportunity to test it out. "Vaccines at Friday's test run were free Flu shots delivered car-side are not entirely new . "In working with nature and caring for the yard, people had an opportunity to express their aesthetics and creativity," Kim says. Even if the maintenance gardeners weren't doing anything particularly Japanese in the early days, they came from a tradition in which arranging flora is an art form; nature a sacred space and guidepost that keeps folks on the path of harmony and balance. In time, that relationship with the natural world would alter how many viewed the stuff growing outside the picture window . Emelianenko has held the PRIDE title for four years. White, in announcing the purchase of PRIDE this year, said he would stage an annual "super bowl," with the preliminary idea of pitting champions from the two organizations against each other. Liddell first has to get past the wisecracking Jackson, 28, who scoffs at Liddell's publicity wave . The pre-Islamic era is alive in jewelry, architecture, decals, books, videos and websites that feature Cyrus the Great and gold-horned bulls. "Our nation is not producing any new ideas or any new concepts," said Baharak Keshani, an architect . But there are alternatives: condo hotels, time shares and vacation home rentals. Time shares are as ubiquitous here as slot machines.

Craig Levra, chief executive of Sport Chalet, heard about the old shoes and sent along a new pair and a promise to donate $1,000 to Mattel's if I struck the plumber out . I want to be back as soon as I can. "It looked like he would miss the final three games of the Lakers' trip. "I would be ecstatic if it was only the next three," Coach Phil Jackson said . Instead of treating Internet users as copyright violators, this kind of arrangement would turn them into co-promoters of entertainment product . Both comments from the former Arkansas governor -- "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?" and "A wife is to submit graciously to the servant leadership of her husband," a statement he supported in an old ad -- would seem tailor-made for late-night cracks. Iowa Mormon country?The possible downside of Mitt Romney's Mormon faith to his presidential hopes has been analyzed for months, and ultimately spurred his high-profile speech on the topic . Software entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, who helped found Netscape, makes an eloquent argument on his blog (blog. pmarca. com) that a prolonged strike could undermine the studios' control of production and distribution, ushering in a new showbiz model built in the image of Silicon Valley. Even if the strike is settled soon, dramatic change is coming. Everybody wins but the public -- and, in this case, art, which is what the fight really is all about. Villaraigosa and Garcetti need to step up and do the right thing.

"One good harvest is not really going to alter the picture," said Stephan Haggard, a UC San Diego professor who has written widely on the North Korean famine. The World Food Program and the U. S . In a more serious vein, he said he was intrigued by the idea of "congestion pricing" to discourage use of some roads during high-traffic periods. When a financial planner asked his predictions for the stock market in 2008, he begged off . But the stock gained $1. 82, or 4. 1% to $46. 71 on remarks by Chief Executive John Thain that business conditions in April appear better. Merrill's report followed a larger-than-anticipated rise in IBM's quarterly earnings, but there were also disappointing results from Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone company, and drug maker Pfizer. Dan Laufenberg, chief economist for Ameriprise Financial, said the market remained cautious, though less so than in recent weeks and months. "The market is going to go up and down . It dragged Heredia rapidly downhill and, to the devastation of her family and friends, took her life Sept 7 She was 19. "Nobody expected it," Billiot said "Nobody was ready for it . "I think of it as what I want to do. "Like Milne, millions of adult children now find themselves faced with the challenge of caring from a distance, a problem that has a peculiarly modern side.

in 2002. "Major metro areas such as Los Angeles and New York City are definitely leading the way with the number of dental spas, but it's still such a new concept for most people," Watanabe says . What's the problem?"The devil is in the details," said Greg Conger, president of UFCW Local 324 in Buena Park. For example, the two sides can't agree on how much the health plan would cost and how it should be funded. And although raises are in the offing, the two sides haven't talked much about the size of the increases. The employers say they have proposed eliminating much of a two-tier wage system that created a group of 33,000 workers who were hired after the 2004 accord and received lower wages and benefits than veteran employees . Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, 63, has defied the odds, surviving decades of hard partying, touring and even a reported fall from a tree last year. Others see the error of their ways . intelligence assets and special forces teams were pulled out of Afghanistan in 2002 to prepare for the war with Iraq. Arduous searchNevertheless, U. S . VS. 20 and thereby shaving more than 40 days off the transition, produced a sea change. Ironically, Democrats lost three legislative seats. So there are very few competitive general elections in which lawmakers are held accountable to the voters If there's a fight, it's in the party primary.

The company plans to use the cash to add office, retail and multifamily projects to the mix. "Storm Properties received a premium value despite the general real estate market slowdown," said David Simard, the company's vice president . And, the new rules say, the hospital cannot pass the bill for a mistake on to the patient. Private insurers may follow suit and refuse to pay for preventable mistakes. The first step in controlling errors is to know how many there are and where they occur Reporting is becoming more stringent . We're paid very, very well and I know how lucky and blessed I am. "Howland said he had no urgent drive to be the highest-paid coach . Just before serving, heat 1 to 2 tablespoons butter or olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat . Despair and hope. " He beams. They also represent the vision of one remarkable man. The morning of Nov.

A motorist made the complaint because the stand "makes the neighborhood look bad and because they yelled, 'OK, don't stop -- who needs you?' " when she didn't purchase a drink. You know there's been a breakdown of law and order when the cops get a call about a lemonade stand. miscelLAanyTo celebrate their 50th anniversary in L. A. , the Dodgers have entered a float in the Rose Parade and are offering fans the opportunity to buy a ticket (priced at $75 or $85) to sit in a special Dodgers grandstand and receive a ticket to a 2008 game. Since we're talking about Dodger fans, Janice Hough of Palo Alto presumes that most of the people in the special grandstand will have exited an hour before the parade ends. --Steve Harvey can be reached at (800) LATIMES, Ext 77083, by fax at (213) 237-4712, by mail at Metro, L. A Times, 202 W 1st St. , L. A 90012, and by e-mail at steve. harvey . But higher sales overseas left them flat overall. Sales of Fisher-Price toys, which account for about a third of Mattel's revenue, fell 13% compared with a year ago, when the line benefited from strong sales of such toys as TMX Elmo, the company said. Mattel said the increase in legal expenses was in part the result of litigation tied to last year's product recalls . It will be this moment of kinship with the actor over the decades, with the car as the medium. Where did I put my Persol sunglasses?--There are several ironies in the story of the McQueen Lusso . They got his message out with the help of thousands of volunteers, plus statements relayed through the news media, text messages and the Internet. Trillanes says he drew voter support from the urban poor, the military, the Roman Catholic Church, and even some of the wealthy elite. "There is a very, very significant portion of our society that is longing for change in how our democracy is being run," he said. If he is declared a winner, Trillanes will be one of eight opposition candidates to gain a Senate seat . Oct. line was operating. * The proposition's remaining $950 million would go to help commuter and existing inter-city rail. Source: Times reportingSACRAMENTO — For a quarter century it has been a California dream on one drafting board or another -- a bullet train system so novel, environmentally friendly and fleet that it could reshape transportation in the car-crazy Golden State. Now, state voters will be asked Nov. But they have not asked Moreno-Ocampo to soft-pedal his charges against Bashir, said U. N and court officials. U. N.