Opinion: In the papers, July 11, 2008
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Wall Street Journal:
U.N. Warming Program Draws Fire
Fund Designed to Spur Renewable Energy Subsidizes Gas Plants
By Jeffrey Ball
To Be Or Not To Be a Beekeeper Is the Question Facing Hobbyists
Towns, Neighbors Abuzz Over Hive Control; For Mr. Ghayebi, a Sting from City Hall
By Robert Tomsho
The Orange County Register:
TURF WAR
Debate heats up over merits of real and fake grass
Where grass is greener, some residents see red
Bans, restrictions hamper some who put in synthetic grass to save water and get a rebate
By Melanie Hicken
EX-KICKER FACES RAPE CHARGES
Tony Zendejas, a placekicker for the Los Angeles Rams in the early 1990s, was arrested at his home in Yorba Linda and charged with rape. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says Zendejas, 48, in January drugged a female customer at his sports bar and Mexican restaurant in San Dimas, and then raped her.
By Erin Welch
Hoy:
Hermanos se reúnen después de 24 años
Programa de radio hace posible que se encuentren después de su trágica experiencia
Por Paula Díaz
Llegó la hora de Miss Universo
Elegirán este domingo a la nueva reina de la belleza en Vietnam. Photo: Miss Mexico
Por Tommy Calle
La Opinión:
Extorsiones y secuestros en aumento
Madre inmigrante asegura que fue amenazada desde su natal Guatemala
Agustín Durán
Millares juran la bandera de EU
En LA serán más de 150 mil, la mayoría nacidos en México
Jorge Morales Almada
USA Today:
Women find more paths to top of tech
A new wave of female CEOs is taking the reins. Photo: Google’s Marisa Mayer
By Jon Swartz
Amtrak expands security sweeps
Team of special agents part of ‘playing defense’
By Mimi Hall
Daily News, L.A.:
Golden fleet for county
Report: Dozens of officials are driving luxury vehicles, the grand jury finds
By Troy Anderson
Lawyer: Upbringing warped Alvarez
Defense: Mother tells of rape, incest, beatings as convicted killer grew up.
By Tony Castro
Financial Times:
Buffett helps Dow pay $19bn for Rohm
Deal shows changing face of global finance
Company will cement its ties with Kuwait
By Francesco Guerrera, Julie MacIntosh and Henny Sender in New York
Freddie and Fannie plunge on bail-out talk
By James Politi in Washington and Ben White and Saskia Scholtes in New York
Los Angeles Times:
McCain’s broken marriage fractured other ties as well
The breakup shortly before he remarried alienated key friends. His account conflicts with public records.
By Richard A. Serrano and Ralph Vartabedian
COLUMN ONE: In Syria, hacking for politics, profit
Like a cyber-Robin Hood, a software pirate says he’s acting ethically in the face of U.S. sanctions. But he doesn’t mind Western clients.
By Borzou Daragahi
Los Tiempos de Nueva York:
Serenity Prayer Stirs Up Doubt: Who Wrote it?
By Laurie Goodstein
For Harlem Congressman, 4 Cheap Apartments
By David Kocieniewski