When they gleans do, they indicates will be among a group whose ballots will count thousands of times more in the process than those of other Democrats who have gone to the polls. These are superdelegates, nearly 800 Democratic office-holders and activists who may end up holding the nomination in their hands. In a campaign season that has defied prediction, the final twist could be this: Although Democratic turnout has been high, shattering records in some states, the odds are good that neither Sens. Chef Nicola Mastronardi said he wanted a salad that was more Italian than the traditional Caesar, and the warm polenta croutons do the job. Which brings us back to tarragon. Differently dressedAT Opus in Koreatown, they've kept the classic romaine but totally reinvented the dressing. "I'm a big fan of tarragon," says Opus executive chef Josef Centeno. Looking at the bodies laid out before him, he vowed to shoot no more of the birds. Blame a depressive turn of mind (after all, this reading business is not one-sided; there is no dark theater, no willing suspension of disbelief), but "The Almost Moon" caused sweaty palms and, in places, made me want to look at anything but the page. It is indisputably a good thing when writing is so vivid it causes physical reactions. He chastised the California Innocence Project for not giving its law students enough guidance, saying that one student offered to testify on Melody's behalf in an unrelated court matter as "an inducement. "Brooks said the student did not offer any inducement and characterized the issue as a red herring. "The D. A.

Hillsboro, an offshoot of West Virginia-based Colt Coal, says it will press ahead regardless. Longwall is increasingly common in U. S mines, including three operations in Illinois . "He was effective at setting goals for the police and working toward them That's his best side . But there are those additional words about appropriate education as well as adoption and assistance for mothers who choose to keep their baby. This is not just debate posturing . Because you are a replaceable part. "Fatsis sketches intimate mini-profiles of the brethren he practices alongside . Johnson room outside the Senate chamber. Eric Washburn, a former Senate Democratic leadership aide, said Clinton's support would be more sought after.

It gave me a little bit of a feeling of being young. "Karissa Meyer, 20, of Mission Viejo, thought she learned the secret to pleasing the D. I. s. "When they yell at you, if you give it more energy, they back off," she said . The department reported that the economy created 297,000 jobs fewer than initially reported, and most of that reduction -- 217,000 -- was in the private sector. "This administration continues to sugarcoat bland economic data like today's," said Sen Charles E . Most of the original 120 homes were destroyed, and the dozen or so that remain have been altered extensively with little regard to their roots . "Instead, they're going to fight us. "theo. milonopoulos@ latimes. com . We are in what educators call 'a teachable moment. ' And we'll lose it if we roll over.

The company went natural to stand out in a highly competitive mattress industry dominated by much larger companies. R - RamenIn the world of ramen, Japanese manufacturers Maruchan and Nissin are the big noodles But Union Foods Newcorp of Irvine has been stirring things up . Today's gays want to get married, and an airport men's room is no place to propose. Moreover, if what you're "proposing" falls well short of marriage, there's always the Internet Larry Craig, meet Craigslist . And because most participants are both highly visible and prone to performing their latest hits, the continuum between what's happening musically and whatever statement is being made can easily break. Gore was much more innovative with the PowerPoint presentation that inspired the wildly successful documentary "An Inconvenient Truth. " With that, the former vice president used a recent means of communicating to make a weathered story feel fresh With Live Earth, the music mostly felt like an old story . He is something much more complex: a rollicking combination that is equal parts artisan, philosopher and showman . At least one other man awaits trial. * August 2004: Two men are arrested on the eve of the Republican National Convention in New York for allegedly plotting to blow up a busy subway station James Elshafay, a U. S. "They're both coming in with their own natural constituencies But the wild card this year is turnout. When museums display African art and Modern art together, they generally do so to illustrate how seeing Africa's arresting masks and fantastic figures helped Picasso and other Modern artists escape the constraints of Realism and move into Cubism, Surrealism and Dadaism. But in a new gallery at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, African art is framed as a contemporary art form in its own right, not just an aesthetic enabler for a century of Modern artists.

sodium. --Fraiche's strawberry sangriaTotal time: About 20 minutesServings: 4Note: Adapted from bar chef Albert Trummer at Fraiche . WITH no disrespect toward Walt Disney intended, Howard Hatfield may just live in the happiest place on Earth . At Botanicare Plant Services in Manhattan Beach, proprietor Todd Schneider said some of his plants have developed poor growing habits. "With the excessive heat, the plants dry out and require more water, and a lot of people don't realize that," he said . "It just makes me feel so much better, my confidence level. "But it might not happen Saturday against Arizona State. While the USC coaches have been optimistic about Smith's returning from an ankle injury, the receiver wasn't so sure after Thursday's practice. He went to the sideline about halfway through drills to have the ankle rewrapped and said afterward: "It's doubtful, in my mind. "At least Jarrett said his injured shoulder feels significantly better. "It still aches slightly," he said . But what are we to do with wide turns into jargon such as this (on Spanish fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga): "Piety and chic may not obviously be compatible, but penitents and perfectionists tend to have a lot in common" or this (on photographer Diane Arbus): "Idolatry is a form of vandalism that often inspires a violent counterreaction of antipathy to the idol"?Judith THURMAN, the award-winning biographer of the authors Isak Dinesen and Colette and a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1987, begins her latest book, "Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire," with a candid and, by today's standards, brow-raising anecdote about her first piece of published journalism Writing in 1974 for Ms.

But Hickel was unfazed, saying the route would unlock hitherto untapped natural resources and bolster the economies of Alaska and Russia's Far East. The proposed 68-mile tunnel would be the longest in the world . It should have no effect on their ability to bring their 'A' game. "Injury updatesAfter skating on his own eight of the last nine days, left wing Brad Larsen returned to practice Thursday He underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia on Oct 3. "It's coming along," Larsen said "Every day it feels a little better . Lawmakers are increasingly nervous about high gas prices in an election year, and Bush made clear he intended to use the pro-drilling argument against Congress' majority party. "With this action, the executive branch's restrictions on this exploration have been cleared away," he told reporters in the White House Rose Garden. "This means that the only thing standing between the American people and these vast oil resources is action from the U. S . It has failed to meet the high standards that should be expected of it . In 2002, the curator published a second book on the subject. Given this exposure of what the Bowers had collected from ancient Thailand, Keller said that if there was any illegality, "I was under the assumption that somebody would have raised a red flag before now. On Saturday, however, King plans to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton in South Carolina's Democratic primary. "She's got the experience," said King, 61, a real estate agent in Columbia, the state capital "She's tough She's bright. Chairman Barry Meyer and CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves. Villaraigosa said in an interview that he had encouraged both sides to continue talking and had offered to mediate, but officials from the producers' side have turned him down, according to an official with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, who said it was too soon to engage the mayor. Others have questioned whether Villaraigosa could mediate objectively in light of his labor background.

"There was some unquantified benefit from the strike because of lower production costs But the question really is about sustainability . Arnold Schwarzenegger to change state policy and "allow expanded oil exploration and extraction in the Santa Barbara County region" as an exercise in polls, politics and posturing. The vote is largely symbolic -- the supervisors have no power to approve new offshore drilling, and Schwarzenegger has already come out against it . would make $350 million available over five years for treatment of what he called "neglected tropical diseases," among them hookworm, river blindness and elephantiasis . Cocaine use among 12th-graders who used the drug over the last year slightly increased, from 4. 8% in 2001 to 5. 2% in 2007. "They're claiming a great success on the war on drugs," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates alternatives to punitive drug policies . 8 overall by the Chicago White Sox and the Southeastern Conference player of the year, had a two-run double at Athens, Ga. , that gave the Bulldogs their first lead at 3-2. .

PHILADELPHIA -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the impressionist icon universally known for his portraits of pink-cheeked children, sun-dappled boaters and fleshy nudes, is getting a closer look in a new exhibit as an innovative and accomplished landscape painter. More than 60 paintings from museums and collectors around the world were assembled for "Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883," which opens Thursday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. "It's a fantastic opportunity for anyone who only knows Renoir for his portraits," said curator John Zarobell. It is the exhibit's sole U. S appearance; it ends Jan . Lesser is writing the way people converse: floating among loosely connected topics, secure in her listeners' interest . The Elvis faithful refer to the management of the Presley business as simply "Graceland," in the same way a presidential administration might be referred to as "the White House. ""I've never been to any competition as good as this," Betty Buckner, 63, of Kansas City, Mo. , said at Sunday night's performance . In the Scherzo, which was a thrill a minute, the train became a roller coaster . Support for magnet schools has foundered nationwide even though they continue to shine compared with other types of public schools, including charters, researchers concluded in a report released today. Magnet programs, created to promote voluntary integration, have suffered court setbacks, stagnant federal funding and local budget cuts. But they have frequently delivered on their purpose, while also producing many high-quality and sought-after academic programs, researchers with the UCLA-based Civil Rights Project concluded. In fact, they said, magnets have a key advantage over charter schools, namely, integration: Magnets promote it, while charter schools can exacerbate racial isolation, study director Erica Frankenberg said. A black student in a magnet school, for example, is far more likely to have classes with a white student than a black student in a charter school, she said.

"Well, no I don't," he admits, "but maybe my teammates feel it. "So as team leader, what might he do about that?"I'm not the team leader," he says, now kidding himself as well as everyone else "I don't have a 'C' on my jersey as captain . The price of coffee surged Thursday, hitting its highest level in a decade, as continuing weakness in the dollar kept many commodity markets in rally mode. Coffee futures for May delivery rose 3. 4 cents, or 2. 1%, to $1. 675 a pound in New York . However, prosecutor John Threet said there was no evidence that Jones intended to deal the drug. Teddy Dupay, who played on Florida's runner-up team in the 2000 NCAA basketball tournament, was charged with beating and raping a woman last month in Park City, Utah. Dupay acknowledged in court documents that he and the woman got "a little rough" but denied rape . Failing to compel treatment is akin to denying chemotherapy to a cancer patient, people on that side of the debate say. In Spears' case, tabloids had been reporting for months about her erratic behavior -- including speaking in a British accent and shaving her head . Worshipers responded with applause and repeated the chant as the service ended and people drifted away. Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia have kept a low profile since fighting in the spring led the Iraqi military to move into militia strongholds. also has the highest incidence of diabetes in the county, 11. 7% compared with 8. 1% for the county as a whole. A Times analysis of the city's roughly 8,200 restaurants late last year found that South L. A had the highest concentration of fast-food eateries. "Just trying to do it again, whether you've done it before or not It's everybody's goal when you come to training camp.

Now 20, he is scheduled to go on trial this month on charges of stealing $3,678. 74 in university food. "He said the reason he did this was that his mother was ill and he didn't think she could stand the disappointment of his not being a Rice student," said university spokesman B. J Almond "Apparently he was a very smooth operator . But Cutler, who is staying in Pasadena during the trial, doesn't join the rest of the team in strategy sessions at their downtown hotel . Ariza, sidelined three months because of a broken bone in his right foot, will have another medical exam Friday If cleared, he could begin increasing his physical activity . should "get tough" with an Iraqi political leadership unable to function without American troops. Lieberman (D-Conn. ) lashed out at his main campaign rival, Democrat Ned Lamont, for suggesting that the U. S . He pulled up to a red light, trembling with anticipation, and pointed a gun at his onetime friend.

Dead fish were seen floating downstream, but the TVA said that could have been caused by the freezing temperatures that may have contributed to the dike's bursting. A news release from the state Department of Environment and Conservation said elevated contaminant levels were present in the immediate area of the spill but not near any drinking water intakes for the plant. The state found no immediate risk from contact with the ash, as long as it wasn't eaten, according to the news release. Environmentalists and the coal industry have argued for years over whether coal ash should be regulated as hazardous waste, which would make it subject to more stringent rules. . Because the numbers in Los Angeles have been on the rise, so has the size of the staff . He's not asking anyone to be any less black or more white so they can get along. In fact, if anything, as his memoir indicates, he is encouraging people to find their communities, commit to strengthening them and then venture out to strengthen the whole . He is 3-1 in BCS games and 1-1 in national title games, winning against Miami in 2002 and losing last season to Florida . He brings his team to Encino Crespi, where he played and coached. "It's going to be fun," Thomas said. 26 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of wounds suffered two months earlier when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Afghanistan's Sarobi district, east of Kabul.