This effort relates would not investigates only nullify Thursday's ruling, it could overturn existing laws granting the most basic rights to same-sex couples. It is one thing to have an intellectual discussion about marriage equality. But recent polls have found the state's voters are now evenly split on same-sex marriage. --phil. willonpatrick. mcgreevy. Contributing to this report were Times staff writers Cathleen Decker, Michael Finnegan, Maeve Reston, Lee Romney, Stuart Silverstein. . But this Jazz team performed the Houdini act last year, recoiling from that deficit to beat the Houston Rockets, with the capper coming in a Game 7 victory on the road. "I think it will be a little different, just because we're at home, No 1," Utah guard Deron Williams said Thursday at practice. Maybe they need to look into it a little bit more after this Obviously that's pretty serious. "--james. peltz. And he responded, batting . 396 with nine homers and 27 RBIs in September despite a knee problem that required cortisone injections. But then again Ortiz has been so good for so long, averaging nearly 42 homers and 128 RBIs during his five seasons with the Red Sox, his ability to carry the team even while injured seems expected more than appreciated in Boston. "People are just kind of used to seeing you coming through every at-bat," said Ortiz, whose efforts brought the Red Sox their first division title in 12 years.

PeruIn the Andean cloud forest, the myth-shrouded Chachapoya civilization offer some of Peru's most evocative historic sites . He was never charged. The biggest part of the jury award, more than $4 million, went to Officer Albert Carrillo, a brother-in-law of Robles . And the women are not afraid to express powerful emotions, the stuff of storytelling. Soon I found myself at Hollywood station, and it was eerie to see there on the staircase wall a huge photo of the onion field where Hollywood Division Officer Ian Campbell was murdered long ago and about which I wrote a nonfiction book . Mirabelli called that a lie, and Thorne said Thursday he had misreported what Mirabelli said. *Seattle Mariners left-handed reliever Arthur Rhodes will miss the entire season after deciding to have surgery on a torn ligament in his pitching elbow. Rhodes, 37, will have Tommy John surgery Wednesday in California. . We should go help out where comfort is hard to come by, where kids like the players on L. A High's football team sleep at night These are the hot spots: our inner cities We start with them. Volunteer Find a charity and send money Call your congressman Do something. Put aside your fears and head there South Los Angeles, Mid-City, East L. A. retail power prices climbed 9. 3% to 8. 9 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2006, the largest increase since 1981, according to the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy Department. "He always wanted people to wonder: 'How did they do that?' "Courting the spectacular supplied entertaining stories. During the 1983 parade, Lofthouse's float for the International House of Pancakes caught fire when the hair -- made of pampas grass -- of a giant sculpted dog found its way into the engine's manifold Flames and smoke shot skyward as the dog was consumed.

They start at the base of the brain, slide down the neck (but not the spinal cord) and stretch to all the major organs, and (at least in female rats) to the uterus and cervix . now a distant fourth. The trend will lead to greater regulation, however The Federal Reserve and the U. S . Nobody gets out of here. " Simpson, Fromong added, accused him of stealing the memorabilia, yelling, "I thought you were a good guy!"Fromong described the scene during the opening day of Simpson's trial -- a muted event compared with his "trial of the century" in Los Angeles, where Simpson was acquitted in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Although more than 500 journalists had requested credentials here, only about 50 showed up . Filipovic argued that she had offered to turn in her Thai and American passports and was both ill and handicapped from a long-ago accident. "As someone said to me, 'Where's she gonna run?' " Filipovic said . It's tough to recruit premier guys to play that. "What kid, though, doesn't like pinball?Schnellenberger, who coached Miami to its first of five national titles, actually thinks the spread has affected both sides of the ball. "More and more good teams are going to that, and paying a dear price in some respects," he said. What price?"Your defense is not playing against an offense that will test your manhood," he said. What else is going on here?Schnellenberger, jokingly, blamed global warming. Bellotti, seriously, cited the emerging global village. "The one thing I do know now is the world is a smaller place," Bellotti said. Seeking to shore up its flagging public image, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has retained a consulting firm known for creating controversies in media and politics on behalf of well-heeled clients. The alliance, which represents the Hollywood studios, said it had hired Mark Fabiani and Chris Lehane, who have served as senior aides and advisors to President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

The Kings have won only one round in the playoffs since Gretzky departed in 1996 and haven't appeared in the playoffs since the 2001-02 season. Can an old-school general manager and the new-age president of business operations reshape a hockey team, on the ice and at the box office, without driving each other truly crazy?Think of it this way: If credits for the Kings' 2007-08 campaign were to run before tonight's home opener at Staples Center against the St . Chip maker Broadcom Corp . and other parts of Europe" than in the U. S. British customers may be used to organic, he added, but perhaps not to the merchandising and visual presentation Whole Foods brings -- elaborate shop windows, sample tables of delicately sauced fish, and classes on skin care and growing sprouts that just don't happen at Sainsbury's. Florence Menzis, a Frenchwoman from Chelsea who was shopping in the new Kensington store last week, was impressed. "Their selection is wonderful . let's temporarily fund these programs so we can come back three or four weeks from now when nobody's paying attention and gut or entirely eliminate programs like these is unacceptable," he said. For GOP lawmakers, continuing to defy the governor has implied political costs . In this graveyard ghetto, such precious sustenance cannot go wasted. Year-round, Norte is a thriving city, teeming with commerce.

"But I think the saving grace for Antonio is that he's still riding extremely high with voters of the city. "Regalado and other political analysts say Villaraigosa is wounded but that he remains potent, and even feared in some quarters. They point to recent political races in which three of his candidates were elected to the Los Angeles Board of Education, making the new majority sympathetic to his goals and appreciative of his support . But it doesn't slow an otherwise fast-paced story, propelled by such colorful rivals as redneck Texas racer Richard Rawlings in his souped-up Chevy Avalanche or Eyhab, the Middle Eastern tycoon tooling around in a Lamborghini Murcielago, accompanied by his entourage. Roy casts himself as the middle-class oddball of the pack, particularly after the family car dealership hits the skids after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks . His family nicknamed him Evel Knievel after he hurt himself as a 6-year-old by hurtling down a winding playground slide on a skateboard. Madero calmed down as he got older, his mother said, putting his energy into taking apart electronics and gadgets to see how they worked. He bought old cars and spent hours tinkering with the engines . The club said Friday he had a treatable form of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Pitcher Curt Schilling referred to the melanoma his wife dealt with several years ago. "Having been in a situation where cancer was an operative word, it's an incredibly scary thing," Schilling said . Hostility toward Musharraf's regime may be a common denominator, but the factions are a mixed lot, including both secular and religious groups, with leaders whose power bases are in different parts of the country. Khosa said that Bhutto, previously a polarizing figure, had reached out to parties of all stripes, including an Islamist group whose ideology is in many ways antithetical to her more secular, pro-Western orientation. A significant boost to her effort to form a united anti-Musharraf front came in positive comments from a longtime foe, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. "We are ready to set aside our differences with the People's Party," Sharif told Reuters news agency by telephone from Saudi Arabia, where he has lived in exile since Musharraf overthrew him in a military coup in 1999. Musharraf declared a national state of emergency Nov.

It's the kitchen's single largest donation each year, said Jeff Dietrich, the foundation's co-founder and director. Now in its 36th year, the annual walking tour of Los Angeles was founded in 1973 by former St Paul teacher Dan Jiru . "There had to be some sort of movement away from this mass taking of children, but I don't know that it's a wholesale victory for the FLDS. "--nicholas. riccardi . The federal labeling act says: "No requirement or prohibition based on smoking and health shall be imposed under state law with respect to the advertising or promotion of any cigarette. " During oral argument, Justice Stephen G . The New York senator had recounted the story as it was told to her, but the account turned out to be oversimplified and wrong on some key details, according to news reports. Still, Chelsea Clinton continued to tell it, even getting the woman's age wrong . Iraqi officials put the death toll at 12 policemen, with seven or eight paramilitary fighters killed. "What happened today. "Stan's work and four Oscars speak for themselves and will live on forever. "In a nearly four-decade career that began on television in the early '70s, Winston earned five Emmy Award nominations and shared Emmys for his makeup on "Gargoyles" (1972) and "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" (1974), for which actress Cicely Tyson was aged into a 110-year-old woman. Winston, who segued into the movies the same decade -- he was the special makeup designer on "The Wiz" -- became a seminal figure in special makeup effects and animatronics. "Stan has been involved in landmark, blockbuster movies for decades," J. and Taj have gotten a tremendous amount of attention and they're terrific players," Floyd said.

The stock is up 29% from an 11-year low of $5. 85 on July 15. Maybe the chain's shoppers should begin to mentally prepare themselves: Schiffer sounded as if a new pricing scheme was inevitable . But even people on a budget, Ceballos says, "still want that professional look. "Overall appliance sales have flattened, according to the National Kitchen and Bath Assn . Part of my manifesto is to seek out additional funds through sponsorships, marketing and media. Q: Why media?A: Media is an important part for distributing baseball broadcasting so people understand what the game is about So it's not just about being in the Olympics . versus the "Big Apple. "Apple filed a federal challenge to New York's trademark application for a new "Big Apple" logo, saying it's too similar to the stylized emblem found on iPhones, iPods and iMac computers. Cupertino, Calif. -based Apple said the symbol for New York's "GreeNYC" initiative promoting energy efficiency and recycling is confusingly similar to the logo used by the electronics maker since 1977. NYC & Company Inc. , the city's nonprofit tourism and marketing office, filed the trademark application in May, playing off of New York's "Big Apple" nickname. New York already has begun using the logo, which morphs the symbol for infinity (similar to a figure 8 on its side) with the outline of an apple, a stem and a single leaf. "We believe the 'infinity apple' design and its mission to create environmental awareness are unique and distinctive and do not infringe upon the Apple computer brand," NYC & Company spokeswoman Kimberly Spell said Thursday. The New York logo will cause "consumer confusion resulting in damage and injury" to Apple, and will "cause dilution of the distinctiveness" of Apple's trademark, the company said in a challenge filed with the U. S . Thanks to Sife, our pets can enter the Kingdom of Heaven across the Rainbow Bridge, while Darwin gets in through the pet door. . official familiar with intelligence on Iran said that one critical new piece of information stemmed from an intercepted call involving a senior Iranian government official who was heard "complaining that the program was suspended. "One of the senior U. S.

"He never signed his work, because they weren't that kind of pieces But that is in lieu of a signature. " . Williams fell out of the top 100 this year while she missed about six months because of a left knee injury. PRO FOOTBALLBrowns' Ephraim Suspended by NFLThe Cleveland Browns' gaping hole at center grew wider when Alonzo Ephraim, an emergency signing after LeCharles Bentley suffered a season-ending knee injury, was suspended for the first four regular-season games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. Ephraim's suspension also comes after the sudden retirement of Bob Hallen . Taken together, the updates and additions seek to tackle the most persistent criticism of California Adventure: its generic, done-on-the-cheap feel. David Koenig, author of several books about Disney's parks, said the second Anaheim park never took visitors beyond the place they started: contemporary California. "It's like buying your airplane ticket, getting in your seat, only to have your airplane sit on the runway," Koenig said . It takes awhile for this to set in and give you time to reflect on it . I'm praying for it, I'm crossing my fingers for it, but I don't know. "Lines moved slowly at many branches, and after a woman fainted in the heat at the Pasadena headquarters, a row of white tents was set up to shield customers from the sun Officials distributed ice and bottled water. In a program called the 100,000 Lives Campaign, some 3,000 of the nation's 5,000 acute care hospitals, including Cedars-Sinai, have voluntarily instituted up to six changes in practices aimed at reducing errors. They pushed. And Eric Gordon pushed back. There was only one other player on the court when the baby-faced Gordon took center stage in workouts for the Clippers.

"I know sometimes Kobe just likes to take the game in his hands . Normally, he said, "we don't play the fuel-mileage game. " This time, "we stayed out and rolled the dice. "For several other drivers who had strong cars and then were forced to pit so late, the final result was disheartening. They included veteran Mark Martin, 49, who passed Johnson's teammate, Dale Earnhardt Jr. , with 40 laps left and seemed poised to earn his first win since October 2005 . After Wednesday's testimony, Matsui said she still didn't see "definitive progress" in education, reporting and services related to crimes on cruise ships. "I firmly believe that to do justice to the noble victims who have so bravely shared their stories, we must take definitive action," Matsui said . Quinlivan said salaries are relatively low, which is one reason why men raising families are not drawn to the job. Married men who want to serve the church have other options, she said . He was one of my favorite players when I was growing up, and beating him in his backyard in Wimbledon was so special to me.

The reader is given to understand that there is more to the death of Marianne's father than she has communicated thus far, but she does not seem to be withholding information; part of the appeal of her intimate and casual voice is that she will get to all that eventually . and then you need to set up a program so it doesn't happen again. "Great expectationsAlthough the word "vacation" stems from the Latin word vacare -- to empty -- the time during which we break from workaday life is anything but . Appy, the Port of Los Angeles' director of environmental management. On Thursday, Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn, whose district includes the port, urged the board to advance the TraPac project but "to be bold" and amend the EIR to require extra environmental protections. She wants a more aggressive timeline to require use of low-sulfur fuel in diesel-powered vessels and on-dock electrical power to eliminate idling in port. "Certify this EIR today for the community of Wilmington," she said, "but also amend it to protect the health of the community of Wilmington and all of Los Angeles. "In Knatz's argument for approval, she said the particulars could be worked out later. Schaaf-Gunter compared Knatz's promise to "the check is in the mail. "However, Knatz said a lawsuit challenging TraPac's environmental impacts would only delay realization of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's call for "green growth" at the nation's busiest port. "That would be a darn shame," she said. In a related matter, Villaraigosa and state Atty Gen Jerry Brown Jr . Naturally, Lynnette is conflicted about Sherry's return, and worried about the effect it will have on Alexis . military or Iraqi government. Rarely do clients warn Farouq about the content of the film, he said, perhaps fearing he might reject the work. It has provided blue-chip healthcare (including dental and vision) and modest pensions to its employees for the last 40-some years, meeting a responsibility that government has not yet stepped up to (and adding great cost to its cars).

The FedEx package didn't arrive (and they're sure it was our fault) They need to vent I let them vent . It is wretched beyond all description. " When Americans believe military or diplomatic action is needed, he said, "we will try to persuade our friends that we are right . 3 caucus," said Bob Haus, a 20-year veteran of Iowa politics who is managing Thompson's state campaign . The ads feature a photo of a crocodile, which is the company logo, but don't mention Crocs by name. There are reports from around the world of instances in which children have had toenails and even toes torn off while wearing Crocs-style footwear on escalators . "I didn't realize just how it was going to affect me. "On Friday, as Rosenfeld handled Hailey's case, he seemed directly affected by the difficulties posed by the law's residential limitations on sex offenders. "It's an amazing example of some of the challenges people are facing because of Jessica's Law," he said. At one point Friday, authorities told Rosenfeld that Hailey would be arrested if they tried to send him back across county lines.