said its summarizes agents had imparts fielded a number of questions about money funds Tuesday but said the calls had died down Wednesday. Schwab said it continued to see net cash inflows into its money funds as some investors sold stocks, bonds and other higher-risk securities. Indeed, the money fund industry as a whole saw assets swell by $70. 3 billion, to a record $2. 68 trillion, in the seven days ended Tuesday, according to IMoneyNet. --tom. petrunokathy. kristof. For each item, the couple must note its quantity, cost, age and other identifying information. For the couple, in their mid-50s and married for 34 years, this marks the first time they've ever had to count on their insurance. After the meeting, Gil heads back to the Johns' home, where he sets to work with his measuring tape, legal pad and pen. 17, 2005, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila led Border Patrol agents on a high-speed chase ending about 120 yards from Mexico, where he abandoned a van with 743 pounds of marijuana and ran for the border. Compean shot several times and missed, Ramos fired once, hitting Aldrete-Davila in the left buttock but failing to stop his getaway Then, said prosecutors, Compean hid evidence. Prepared remarks that he is to deliver to Boxer's committee indicate that he will repeat his assertion that global warming is just that: global, and not unique to California. But the documents show his staff concluded that "California continues to have compelling and extraordinary conditions" including its geography, climate and large car-driving population. Staff concluded that the effects of climate change could hit California particularly hard, including by harming coastal communities and wildlife, increasing ozone levels, contributing to more wildfires and reducing water supplies. Also on Wednesday, a coalition of environmental groups and attorneys general from several states warned Johnson that it would sue if he did not issue an endangerment finding and a proposed vehicle regulation by Feb. Consuelo Woodhead. Bahna was sentenced to almost five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine. "If we're going to do specifically targeted patrols, yes, we're going to have to find a way to fund either overtime or extra officers. "Moreover, several transportation experts are skeptical that higher fines alone would solve the problem. The push comes three months after the Federal Highway Administration declared California's carpool lanes out of compliance with federal regulations, which require the lanes to flow at speeds of 45 mph or faster at rush hour. The speeds are far lower in the diamond lanes on some major Southern California routes, including portions of the 405 freeway from the South Bay through Orange County, as well as parts of the 5 and 210 freeways. Carpool lanes have slowed down so much in some areas that even bus operators are complaining.

But it seems so daunting. So Treasurer Bill Lockyer's report on the state's debt can be seen as unexpectedly uplifting. What's so uplifting about a report that predicts the state will be $14. 6 billion in debt in 20 years and that floats politically untenable responses, such as cutting off state funding for the University of California or raising property taxes?For one thing, Lockyer was being provocative, and good for him . But it's important for content owners to experiment and help new models develop . McCain, he said, was "a crazy guy who's too old. " After listening to Nader, Alcantra said he may consider voting for him. "Maybe," he said "It's better than nothing. "--seema. mehta . And to send that message to Washington. "When he stopped to take questions, McCain heard mostly from veterans like Dennis Devine Sr. , a third-generation infantryman who served in South Korea. "If you are not going to vote for this man," Devine told the room of veterans in Council Bluffs, "you had better come and talk to me. " Devine hugged McCain afterward and told a reporter: "This man went through the fire, and he didn't bend one little bit. "Tom McGall, a former Army paratrooper who fought in the battle of "Hamburger Hill" in Vietnam said veterans still saw McCain as the truth-teller who rode around New Hampshire during the 2000 presidential campaign in another bus, the Straight Talk Express. "Right now, in this time and place, he is the very best that we have in America," said McGall of Fremont, N . That duty now belongs to Bill Markus, a 1960 Harvard alumnus and longtime football fan. "We bring it around to tailgate parties before The Game and people go crazy for it," said Bob Glatz, a former Crimson running back and executive director of the Harvard Varsity Club. Three-million dollars have been set aside for the project from the convention center renovation, and the rest of the money would have to be raised by the city. In a meeting last week, several City Council members said that although they are enthusiastic about the possibility of a new rink, they are leery of the financial ramifications. "This is big money," said City Councilman Sid Tyler.

— Eastbound on California 18, 100 miles out of L. A. , I roll past the familiar strip malls and shopping plazas for several miles before the road tapers off in the stark, sun-baked landscape of the high desert. Fifteen more miles out, a sign featuring a baying wolf marks the end of a long, grueling driveway to the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary. But don't expect to see a pack of trotting wolves patrolling expansive grounds here . Knaur liked to say outrageous things and tried to teach English to Schwarzenegger by having him read copies of Playboy. "He was a very important influence to inspire me to learn, to speak languages, to be more worldly," Schwarzenegger recalled . 10, 2005, when she stabbed him in the chest with a 5-inch kitchen knife in their Anaheim apartment. During the trial, she claimed that he had essentially stabbed himself by unexpectedly spinning her around for a hug from behind while she was holding the knife and cooking noodles. Instead of calling 911, prosecutors said, she waited two hours before calling a girlfriend, who contacted police. . A bumper sticker popular in Houston's sober aftermath read, "Please Lord, give me one more oil boom . and Canada, say insiders and analysts, for a projected total to date of about $72 million. The R-rated "Awake," being distributed domestically by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. , could vie for the No. and Blackstone Group, said Monday that the $1. 8-billion sale could unravel because of difficulty financing the acquisition. JPMorgan Chase & Co and Lehman Bros Holdings Inc.

Stark sometimes turns the canvas as the paint runs across it, causing the stream to change direction . And there's no name like Kobe. Only Kobe could overshadow the NFL conference championship games (when he scored 81 points) and the NCAA tournament (when he dropped 65 on Portland) . Despite all the shortages, everything was so cheap and there were a lot of free services," she said ruefully, with a shrug. "I know I have a duty before my country, but I think my duty to myself is stronger . They want to charge me for a new kitchen sink because mine is cracked and had been newly installed when I moved in two years ago . Union rules require that members work at least 300 hours every six months to maintain their benefits. After a four-month hiatus, foley artist Dominique Tabach of Valencia recently returned to work part-time on the CBS drama "Numb3rs. " But she has nothing else lined up. Without additional work, Tabach, 43, is concerned that she won't accumulate enough hours to keep her union health insurance beyond September. combat troops to be withdrawn. The measure, which heads to the White House for Bush's signature, gives the president the funding he has sought for more than three months without any requirement that he bring troops home and only a handful of restrictions on what he can do in Iraq. By codifying political steps the Iraqi government should take to reduce sectarian strife, the bill gives Republicans linked to the unpopular war the opportunity to back legislation that puts new requirements on the Baghdad government. And it forced vanquished antiwar Democrats -- who since January had been waging a fierce campaign to use the funding bill to force a troop withdrawal -- to pin their hopes on future legislation. "Let's be clear: Those of us who oppose this war will be back again and again and again until this war is ended," said Rep. Both the state and the city face bleak financial forecasts, the result of declining revenue, the housing credit crisis and other forces. Schwarzenegger this week ordered all departments to submit plans that would cut their spending for the coming fiscal year by 10% in response to a state budget deficit that could reach $10 billion. Similarly, Villaraigosa last week ordered all city department managers to produce budget proposals for the 2007-08 fiscal year with no increases.

Let's show them that America is ready for Barack Obama. "For much of last year, surveys showed most black voters in South Carolina supporting Sen . Peter's are a bank, printing press, commissary, gas station, railroad, helipad, radio station, tennis court, medical clinic, hotel and offices of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's daily newspaper, as well as a 5,000-pound fragment of the Berlin Wall and a full-scale reproduction of the grotto of Lourdes. The third tour at the Vatican is my favorite It visits the pre-Christian necropolis underneath St . "Fortunately, some of our executives at Pixar knew some other executives at Fox [the studio that released "Hello, Dolly!"] and they were able to negotiate something. "--susan. king . His own catch phrase, "harmonious society," eclipsed the Three Represents as the official mantra, and embodies a populous approach focused on pursuing more balanced development and helping those left behind by the economic boom. In promoting Jiang's works, analysts say, Hu is not suddenly giving in to his predecessor's vision, but rather doing what he does best: playing the game to his own benefit. "This is more lip service than substance," said Cheng Li, a China expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington . The Lady Vols visit Old Dominion on Thursday before playing host to No. It will take 2,026 delegates to clinch the nomination. West Virginia's demographics closely matched Clinton's political base.

Your offense doesn't carry you to an NBA championship, so that's the thing that we've really been focusing on. "Etc. The Lakers don't play again until Sunday, when they play host to the Houston Rockets at Staples Center, which means the Lakers will have played only two games in eight days . Intensity is really high. "Common groundsHome-field advantage hasn't meant much to these teams in recent years . Paid by families of the dead, they acquire plots, hire gravediggers and maintain monuments. The numbers of dead have grown with each traumatic turn in Iraq's course. During Saddam Hussein's brutal repression after the failed 1991 Shiite uprising, 30 to 40 bodies arrived each month . Played in more games than any positional player in NFL history . . Started 292 of 296 games he played and 15 playoff games . . Played at every position on line . . Was also team's long snapper for majority of career . . . As a result, it scaled back marketing and focused instead on staffing, merchandising and new programs that feature Warner Bros. Lesotho, says Gary Bowne of Santa Ana, is "one of those accidents of the colonial period," an essentially rural country tucked within South Africa. Yet the real problem is with the state's mechanism for transit funding.

The former Marine received a doctorate in agricultural chemistry from UC Berkeley after he found himself in San Francisco at the end of the Korean War. In 1958, Peterson became one of the first chemists hired by E. &J Gallo Winery in Modesto . An expertly balanced sound mix by Eric Snodgrass ensures audibility of every note and syllable. Pitching to a universal common denominator, the story revolves around serviceable but largely generic characters: a naive youth named Jimmy (John Keefe), who longs to fit in with the "cool" City Kid gang culture, and local songbird Anna (Arielle Paul) who dreams of a better life . "I will never accept or forgive the people who killed my son. "This is a nation whose last 25 years are steeped in blood from the rebel mujahedin's battle against Soviet domination, the civil war among warlords and the U. S. -led overthrow of the fundamentalist Taliban in late 2001 . — It's hard for ranchers here to figure how it came to this -- again. After railing for more than a decade against the federal government for reintroducing gray wolves to the region, after finally winning the battle to get the animals taken off the endangered species list, what went so wrong that Washington stepped in last week to protect the wolves all over again?It began near here in this high-altitude chaparral . Dianne Feinstein and Barbara BoxerMajor donors to "Yes" side: Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; Children's Hospital of Orange County; Miller Children's Hospital at Long Beach; other nonprofit children's hospitals that could receive grants from the bond moneyChief opponents: Lewis K. The prior summit, in December, produced only modest concessions by Israel. Olmert promised to reduce the number of roadblocks in the West Bank and to transfer $100 million in taxes and customs revenues, part of the funds collected by Israel and withheld from the Palestinians since Hamas took power.

"This crisp yet complex little number left us wanting a second bottle . "He's not hard to beat if you're playing as well and you're right there . This isn't journalism. ' But, in fact, this is something that has value and needs to be developed. "Fabrice Florin, executive director of NewsTrust. net, a nonprofit news rating site that launched this month out of Mill Valley, compared the situation to the Wild West before the sheriffs . It got to the point where I said, "I'm not even gonna wear any sneakers" -- back then I was still wearing Nike sneakers, or Timberland boots -- so I bought my first pair of loafers: the Ralph Lauren Polo Hamlin loafers . It was the years in the middle, in Seattle, that nearly ruined him. "From Day One in spring training this year he was the same guy," said Eckstein, St Louis' shortstop "I know it was tough for him in Seattle. Next, a duet for Lu Yahui and Ouyang Wenliang exploits the detailed matching of energies and body shapes. And after that, Hui Guanglei anchors a fast, rough and bold men's quintet.

For example, because Gutierrez is an attorney, his new law firm filed paperwork promising to keep him off any land-use project that he had reviewed as a municipal employee . This experience more than equipped him for his solo debut album, "Force of Nature," in 2001 . Justice Department officials have indicated they would like to limit the reduced sentences to first-time, nonviolent offenders, or to those with little or no history of crime. Peter A . She recommends that the board find this guilty plea was voluntary. "Mr . But the streets tell a different story. In Kashgar's People's Park, Uighurs young and old sit forlornly on benches under trees in the middle of a hot afternoon Chinese merchants sell drinks and snacks. The doctor closed the door and told Lopes there was nothing routine about his examination. "Not good," Lopes said "Not when they drop the big C on you. "Cancer.

That group wanted to establish a connection between the city and India's Drepung Loseling Monastery and Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile. Two members of the Atlanta group donated the land, founding the Drepung Loseling Institute ( www. drepung. org) in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1998, the Emory-Tibet Partnership was established to encourage educational exchanges and greater awareness of Eastern and Western thought . "A lot of what happens next depends on how they exert control, what happens to employee morale and attitude . "Nothing wrong with that, and it's fine they give travelers the option to participate . priorities set by our elected leadership. "But Chick did fault the General Services Department for failing to submit quarterly energy conservation reports to the council . Then his friend announces that his grandniece is coming to London from the north to help look after him. The camera is subjective in the movie because it reflects what Jean-Do sees. Paul Getty Trust. In his post at the Gates Foundation, Vander Ark, 47, has emerged as an influential figure in education reform.

Lincoln pointed out that 100,000 or more black soldiers and sailors were fighting for the Union . Everyone came rushing out of their buildings," said Chris Fay, a British bar owner, in a telephone interview over the howl of sirens in the background. "It lasted a long time, maybe four or five minutes," said Daisy Cang, a bookstore employee in Chengdu, who said she was alerted to the quake when the beer cans stacked in her refrigerator toppled over. Fearful of aftershocks, residents poured into the streets . They have been in first place in the National League West for a few hours. The Dodgers are a flawed team, with no business being in a pennant race, let alone in first place . It's unbelievable, truly unbelievable. This is what the archives serve to remind me that I have read over the last week:* The Dodgers lost Game 1 of the National League Championship Series to the Philadelphia Phillies because starter Derek Lowe was allowed to stay in too long. * They lost Game 2 because Philadelphia's Brett Myers was permitted to pitch inside with impunity and Chad Billingsley didn't respond. * They won Game 3 because Hiroki Kuroda did pitch inside, throwing a fastball over the head of Shane Victorino in the process (of course, none of the scribes telling Dodgers pitchers they need to send a message to Philadelphia hitters have ever stood at the plate against a head-high fastball, or seen their son in the dirt after being hit in the helmet by a major league fastball, as I have). * They lost Game 4 because this time starter Lowe wasn't allowed to stay in long enough. My head is spinning, and I need to ask:Has anyone stopped to think that the Dodgers are trailing, 3-1, in the series because Philadelphia is a better and more complete team?Does anyone realize that Manager Joe Torre isn't operating with a full complement of postseason-caliber players?Can anyone recall that only two months ago the Dodgers were a sub-. 500 team trailing Arizona in a National League West that didn't exactly resemble Appaloosa and the only difference between that Dodgers team and this one is Manny Ramirez?I mean, Ramirez is having one of the greatest stretches of big-time hitting any of us has been fortunate to see or will be fortunate to see again, but by now his back must be bending from the load. How far and for how long can one man carry a team?Of course, the way he's hitting there's still a possibility that he can tote the Dodgers into the World Series, but they will have to come back against a team that boasts the last two winners of the league's most valuable player award, an array of All-Stars, a closer who hasn't blown a save this year and a balanced bullpen and bench. Yes, the Dodgers had it all together and swept the Chicago Cubs in the division series . " 'If you don't, I'm going to evaluate you as a substandard driver. ' That's how the whole process starts -- the hostile work environment. "One of the biggest problems when you're working with women: Guys try to make them into men. "A sobering drillOutside of Fire Station 27 in Hollywood stands a statue commemorating the sacrifices of Los Angeles firefighters. However, shares fell 29 cents to $64. 59. * Merck shares fell 60 cents to $44. 91 after the drug company posted a 58% decline in quarterly profit. "I could play another quarter right now. "Washington's clutch performance helped USC improve to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the Pacific 10 Conference.

The Dodgers brought the good times back with them to Dodger Stadium on Monday night, continuing the roll they started here 11 days ago and toted along during a triumphant trip to Florida and Colorado. There was a standing ovation for Chad Billingsley and a curtain call for Blake DeWitt during a 5-1 victory over the New York Mets that provided equal-opportunity enjoyment for the Dodgers. Matt Kemp and Rafael Furcal also homered to help the Dodgers win for the ninth time in 10 games and continue their rapid ascent in the National League West . For example, very few human languages use the raspberry sound, but all have an "ah" sound . "We've had tight times -- but never, ever anything like this. "--nicole. gaouette--Times staff writer Julian E Barnes in Washington contributed to this report. . In a large bowl, toss together the nappa cabbage, daikon, carrot, cucumber, green onion, cilantro and radish sprouts . 702,488)"Gay activists understandably are elated at the California Supreme Court's historic decision legalizing same-sex marriage in that state. Cal State Fullerton struck first in the battle for the Big West Conference baseball title, defeating Long Beach State, 4-1, in a rain-interrupted opener of their three-game series Friday night at Blair Field in Long Beach. The Titans (37-17, 16-6 Big West) took a two-game lead over the 49ers (35-19, 14-8) and clinched at least a tie for the conference title, but a tie isn't good enough, Titans Coach Dave Serrano said. "I don't think either one of our programs is happy with a tie," Serrano said.