September 14, 2005. The trailing edge of "Ophelia" revealed the moon in the distance.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
There are security measure already established. Whether they are enforced is another question. THE VIEW FROM TIJUANA AT DUSK: Security beacons illuminate a stretch of Smuggler Gulch, just north of border fencing, and San Diego glitters in the distance. The federal government plans to use soil from a nearby mesa to fill the canyon.
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History
1620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims
1776 British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution
1789 Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State
1821 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independence
1830 The first National Negro Convention begins in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
1830 1st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)
1853 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
1876 White terrorists attack Republicans in Ellenton, South Carolina.
Two whites and thirty-nine African Americans are killed.
1887 Phila celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution
1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
1890 Claude McKay is born in Sunnyville, Jamaica. Emigrating to the
United States in 1912, he will be come a poet and winner of
the 1928 Harmon Gold Medal Award for Literature. Author of
the influential poetry collection "Harlem Shadows", he will
also be famous for the poems "The Lynching," "White Houses,"
and "If We Must Die," which will be used by Winston Churchill
as a rallying cry during World War II.
1896 The National Afro-American Council is founded in Rochester, New
York. Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church is elected
president. The organization proposes a program of assertion and
protest.
1898 National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins
1921 WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
1923 The governor of Oklahoma declares that Oklahoma is in a "state
of virtual rebellion and insurrection" because of Ku Klux Klan
activities. Martial law is declared.
1924 Robert "Bobby" Short is born in Danville, Illinois. He will become
a singer and pianist and will be a long-time performer at the
Carlisle Hotel in New York City.
1928 Julian Edwin Adderly is born in Tampa, Florida. He will be best
known as "Cannonball" Adderly, a jazz saxophonist who will play
with Miles Davis as well as lead his own band with brother Nat
Adderly and musicians such as Yusef Lateef and George Duke.
1931 British naval force mutinies at Invergordon over pay
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship & makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the SF Zoo (at Sloat Blvd)
1938 British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back HRs (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pitts)
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
1943 Actor and activist Paul Robeson acts in the 296th performance of
"Othello" at the Shubert Theatre in New York City.
1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
1948 WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WMGM
1950 During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south
1950 Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
1957 "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premiers
1959 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit
1962 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
1962 KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk
1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1963 Four African American schoolgirls - Addie Collins, Denise McNair,
Carol Robertson and Cynthia Wesley - are killed in a bombing at
the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It
is an act of violence that galvanizes the civil rights movement.
1964 Rev. K.L. Buford and Dr. Stanley Smith are elected to the Tuskegee
City Council and become the first African American elected
officials in Alabama in the twentieth century.
1966 Gemini XI returns to Earth
1968 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1968 Launch of Zond 5, the 1st lunar flyaround with Earth reentry. Probable test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8)
1969 Large-scale racially motivated disturbances are reported in Hartford,
Connecticut. Five hundred persons are arrested and scores are
injured.
1969 Phillies Steve Carlton sets record by stiking out 19 NY Mets in a game
1970 Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
1973 "Star Trek-Animated" premiers on TV
1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
1978 Muhammad Ali wins the world heavyweight boxing championship for a
record third time by defeating Leon Spinks in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
1981 US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor
1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1987 Boxer, Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns, becomes the first African American
to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.
1990 Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
1990 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
1991 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds
Missing in Action
1966 TICE PAUL DOUGLAS BUFFALO NY
Los Angeles Times
It would seem Senator Thompson was talking out of turn. It is outrageous to realize the Republican Party is so determined to have their way they stoop to threats that are unethical and illegal. It would be amazing to think about, but, then there is Tom DeLay. I personally do not believe John Roberts is a good choice for Chief Justice.
Key Democrats May Not Vote Against Roberts
Feinstein and Schumer say they have not made up their minds yet as questioning of chief justice nominee ends.
By Richard B. Schmitt and Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON -- Two key Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested today they may not vote against the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to be chief justice of the United States.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Charles E. Schumer of New York, among those considered most likely to vote against confirming Roberts, said they had not made up their minds, as Roberts completed his testimony after two and a half days before the panel declaring that ideologues do not belong on the Supreme Court.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-091505roberts_lat,0,5101866.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Governor Inks Bill to Cut Out Fatty, Sugary Foods in Schools
From a Times Staff Writer
California's famously fit governor crossed his business allies today and signed into law bills to eliminate the most fattening, sugary foods from public schools, an administration spokesperson said..
Schwarzenegger signed the bills after a planned kilometer walk with champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and dozens of school kids to kick off a day-long obesity conference organized by First Lady Maria Shriver.
Pasted from <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-091505bill_lat,0,3257167.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
U.S. Acts to Finish Divisive Border Fence
Environmental laws are waived by the Homeland Security chief to allow last section to be built through wetlands near San Diego.
By Johanna Neuman, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — In a rebuff to California officials and environmentalists, the Bush administration cleared the way Wednesday for completion of a 14-mile-long border fence that will run through coastal wetlands to the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived environmental laws for the first time since Congress gave him that authority in May. Finishing the last 3.5 miles of fence is expected to cost about $32 million.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-fence15sep15,0,2455851.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
2 Projects, 2 Visions of Downtown's Future
Those behind L.A. Live seek a Times Square vibe while backers of a Grand Avenue development aim for the feel of the Champs-Elysees.
By Cara Mia DiMassa, Times Staff Writer
Downtown Los Angeles will soon be flanked by two massive developments — the Grand Avenue project, centered around Disney Hall on the north, and the L.A. Live project, centered around Staples Center on the south. Each promises to create a "heart" for downtown — but with different ways of beating.
Billionaire Eli Broad, who co-chairs the Grand Avenue Committee, envisions the Champs-Elysees, while mogul Tim Leiweke, who backs L.A. Live, sees a version of Times Square.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-downtown15sep15,0,4476076.story?coll=la-story-footer
Newport's War on Sea Lions
The nighttime barking was bad enough. Then they sank a sailboat. But the law is on their side.
By Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer
Think of them as amphibious sumo wrestlers. A pack of rowdy sea lions has invaded Newport Harbor, sinking a boat, thrashing docks and — with their cacophony of barking — turning residents into sleepless zombies.
In a scene that has played out up and down the West Coast, the whiskered creatures are charming tourists but exasperating local officials, who are studying a far-flung set of strategies to thwart the federally protected mammals.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sealion15sep15,0,1360162.story?coll=la-home-local
Speculators Rushing In as the Water Recedes
Would-be home buyers are betting New Orleans will be a boomtown. And many of the city's poorest residents could end up being forced out.
By David Streitfeld, Times Staff Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. — Brandy Farris is house hunting in New Orleans.
The real estate agent has $10 million in the bank, wired by an investor who has instructed her to scoop up houses — any houses. "Flooding no problem," Farris' newspaper ads advise.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-nohouses15sep15,0,5944589.story?coll=la-home-nation
Toxic Threat Still Vague but Ominous, EPA Says
Health risks are many but the measurements are inconclusive, agency chief says. Some contend the tests are inadequate.
By Marla Cone, Times Staff Writer
Calling Hurricane Katrina the largest disaster that the Environmental Protection Agency has ever encountered, the nation's top environmental official said Wednesday that the Gulf Coast was still facing an array of serious health threats, including lack of clean drinking water, astronomically high bacteria counts and unsafe levels of several toxic metals in floodwaters.
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said it was impossible to estimate how long the cleanup would take because no one knows the magnitude of the problems.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pollute15sep15,0,4831601.story?coll=la-home-nation
Bush, Annan Tout the Role of the U.N.
The president surprises summit delegates by reversing U.S. positions that nearly sank talks.
By Maggie Farley and Warren Vieth, Times Staff Writers
UNITED NATIONS — In a rare show of unity after a bruising week for the U.N., President Bush joined U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday in saying that no country can stand alone against the 21st century challenges of terrorism, disease and natural disasters.
Both leaders also chided the world body's member nations for blocking key reforms aimed at making the United Nations more able to tackle those challenges, even though many diplomats felt the U.S. was one of the countries responsible.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-un15sep15,0,2678027.story?coll=la-home-world
Bush Plans Speech; Death Toll Rises
Aides say his address tonight will announce rebuilding efforts with a strong role for the private sector. Katrina fatalities reach 710.
By Lianne Hart and Janet Hook, Times Staff Writers
BATON ROUGE, La. — As the death toll from Hurricane Katrina climbed to 710 on Wednesday, White House aides said President Bush's address to the nation tonight would call for reconstructing the Gulf Coast using conservative blueprints and private-sector initiatives.
In preparing for his speech to be delivered from New Orleans, the president consulted widely with Republican leaders and conservative thinkers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-katrina15sep15,0,1432904.story?coll=la-home-nation
Iraqi Brothers Go Home in Coffins; 2 Days of Attacks Claim 180 Lives
By Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD — At their uncle Hamid Ghatti Fares' behest, the Rashid brothers left the desperation and unemployment of Nasiriya down south to look for construction jobs in the Iraqi capital.
And under their uncle's care, the two brothers, Hossein, 33, and Tahseen, 27, were returned to their home in the south Wednesday, their mangled bodies laid side by side in simple wooden coffins strapped atop a Korean-made minibus.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq15sep15,0,6592994.story?coll=la-home-world
Robert Wise, 91; Director Won Oscars for 'The Sound of Music' and 'West Side Story'
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer
Robert Wise, the highly honored film editor-turned-director who won four Academy Awards for producing and directing "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music," died Wednesday. He was 91.
Wise, who edited Orson Welles' landmark "Citizen Kane" and Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons," became ill at home Wednesday morning and died of heart failure at UCLA Medical Center, said Lawrence Mirisch, a family friend and a motion picture agent.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wise15sep15,0,2850344.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
Haaretz
Sharon: Palestinians must show their desire for peace
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called for reconciliation with the Palestinians in his address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, but said that they must now prove that they wanted to live in peace.
Speaking at the World Summit to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the UN, Sharon told world leaders that the Palestinians "have the right to freedom and to their own country," but in the wake of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, it was now their turn to show "their desire for peace."
"The Palestinians will always be our neighbors; we respect them and have no aspiration to rule over them," Sharon said. "They also have the right to freedom."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625432.html
Egypt seen improving border patrol; concern over PA capability
By Aluf Benn and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents
Senior Israel Defense Forces officials said Thursday night that the Egyptian police force deployed along the Philadelphi route at Rafah are reducing the illegal flow of people and goods across the Gaza strip border with Egypt.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Haaretz on Thursday evening that Egypt has now closed its border with the Gaza Strip, ending almost four days of free passage in both directions.
Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations summit in New York, Gheit added that he was convinced that the patrols at the border would operate properly from now on.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625525.html
High Court: Separation fence can be built beyond Green Line
By Yuval Yoaz , Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies
The High Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously upheld a petition submitted by Palestinian residents of several West Bank villages and ruled that the state must reconsider within a reasonable timeframe an alternative route for the separation fence in the area of the northern West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe.
The panel nevertheless rejected a July 2004 ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Hague and ruled that Israel had - for security reasons - the authority in principle to build a separation fence in the West Bank, beyond the 1967 Green Line border.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625034.html
The High Court of Justice HCJ 7957/04 ruling on the fence surrounding Alfei Menashe
An expanded panel of nine justices of the Supreme Court of Israel handed down its judgment today (September 15 2005) in a petition dealing with the legality of the separation fence in the area of Alfei Menashe. Alfei Menashe is an Israeli community in Samaria, southeast of the Palestinian town of Qalqiliya, approximately 4 km beyond the Green Line. The separation fence by Alfei Menashe was built in August 2003, and surrounds Alfei Menashe and five Palestinian villages, creating an "enclave" which "brings" them over to the "Israeli" side of the fence. The enclave is part of the "seamline area" ? the area between the fence and the Green Line.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625400.html
Israel fears unfettered Al-Qaida infiltration via Rafah
By Ze'ev Schiff
The collapse of the Gaza-Egyptian border in the three days since Israel withdrew from the Strip, which has allowed thousands of Palestinians to enter Sinai and numerous Egyptians to enter Gaza, is extremely worrisome to Jerusalem. Israel is fearful not only of massive arms smuggling into Gaza, and consequently to the West Bank, but also, and particularly, that Al-Qaida operatives will be able to enter Gaza freely.
The border collapse, caused by Egypt's failure to maintain even minimal supervision over the crossing, is occurring at a time when Egypt is having trouble eliminating Al-Qaida cells in the Sinai. Thus far, Al-Qaida operatives have failed to infiltrate Israel, but Jerusalem fears that now the organization will renew its efforts to send operatives from Sinai into Gaza, and after that to the West Bank. This will be hard to prevent without Egyptian and Jordanian cooperation.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625046.html
80 percent of Gaza evacuees still in hotels paid for by state
By Yuval Yoaz and Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz Correspondents
Some 80 percent of the 1,500 families evacuated from the Gush Katif settlement bloc are still living in hotels paid for entirely by the state, while also receiving state benefits for renting homes, the Knessset Finance Committee heard Thursday.
The Knesset committee meeting was aimed at resolving housing problems for the evacuated Gaza settlers, some of whom have been living in hotels for four weeks.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625490.html
Rabbis urge Pope to deplore Palestinians' destruction of Gaza synagogues
By News Agencies
ROME - Israel's chief rabbis on Thursday urged Pope Benedict to forcefully deplore the destruction of synagogues in Gaza by Palestinians after the Israeli withdrawal.
The two rabbis, Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar, held some 45 minutes of private talks with the Pontiff at the papal summer residence at Castelgandolfo, south of Rome.
"We asked the Pope to talk about it, to deplore it and to issue a strong appeal against it," Metzger said at a news conference with Amar and other officials at a Rome airport after the meeting.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625416.html
continued …
"Okeydoke"
History
1620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth, England with 102 pilgrims
1776 British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the Revolution
1789 Dept of Foreign Affairs, renamed the Dept of State
1821 Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras & Nicaragua gain independence
1830 The first National Negro Convention begins in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
1830 1st to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)
1853 1st US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
1876 White terrorists attack Republicans in Ellenton, South Carolina.
Two whites and thirty-nine African Americans are killed.
1887 Phila celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution
1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
1890 Claude McKay is born in Sunnyville, Jamaica. Emigrating to the
United States in 1912, he will be come a poet and winner of
the 1928 Harmon Gold Medal Award for Literature. Author of
the influential poetry collection "Harlem Shadows", he will
also be famous for the poems "The Lynching," "White Houses,"
and "If We Must Die," which will be used by Winston Churchill
as a rallying cry during World War II.
1896 The National Afro-American Council is founded in Rochester, New
York. Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church is elected
president. The organization proposes a program of assertion and
protest.
1898 National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins
1921 WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
1923 The governor of Oklahoma declares that Oklahoma is in a "state
of virtual rebellion and insurrection" because of Ku Klux Klan
activities. Martial law is declared.
1924 Robert "Bobby" Short is born in Danville, Illinois. He will become
a singer and pianist and will be a long-time performer at the
Carlisle Hotel in New York City.
1928 Julian Edwin Adderly is born in Tampa, Florida. He will be best
known as "Cannonball" Adderly, a jazz saxophonist who will play
with Miles Davis as well as lead his own band with brother Nat
Adderly and musicians such as Yusef Lateef and George Duke.
1931 British naval force mutinies at Invergordon over pay
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship & makes the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany
1937 WPA extends the L-Taraval streetcar to the SF Zoo (at Sloat Blvd)
1938 British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back HRs (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pitts)
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
1943 Actor and activist Paul Robeson acts in the 296th performance of
"Othello" at the Shubert Theatre in New York City.
1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
1948 WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WMGM
1950 During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south
1950 Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
1957 "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premiers
1959 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit
1962 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
1962 KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk
1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1963 Four African American schoolgirls - Addie Collins, Denise McNair,
Carol Robertson and Cynthia Wesley - are killed in a bombing at
the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It
is an act of violence that galvanizes the civil rights movement.
1964 Rev. K.L. Buford and Dr. Stanley Smith are elected to the Tuskegee
City Council and become the first African American elected
officials in Alabama in the twentieth century.
1966 Gemini XI returns to Earth
1968 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1968 Launch of Zond 5, the 1st lunar flyaround with Earth reentry. Probable test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8)
1969 Large-scale racially motivated disturbances are reported in Hartford,
Connecticut. Five hundred persons are arrested and scores are
injured.
1969 Phillies Steve Carlton sets record by stiking out 19 NY Mets in a game
1970 Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
1973 "Star Trek-Animated" premiers on TV
1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
1978 Muhammad Ali wins the world heavyweight boxing championship for a
record third time by defeating Leon Spinks in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
1981 US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor
1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1987 Boxer, Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns, becomes the first African American
to win boxing titles in five different weight classes.
1990 Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
1990 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
1991 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds
Missing in Action
1966 TICE PAUL DOUGLAS BUFFALO NY
Los Angeles Times
It would seem Senator Thompson was talking out of turn. It is outrageous to realize the Republican Party is so determined to have their way they stoop to threats that are unethical and illegal. It would be amazing to think about, but, then there is Tom DeLay. I personally do not believe John Roberts is a good choice for Chief Justice.
Key Democrats May Not Vote Against Roberts
Feinstein and Schumer say they have not made up their minds yet as questioning of chief justice nominee ends.
By Richard B. Schmitt and Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writers
WASHINGTON -- Two key Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested today they may not vote against the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. to be chief justice of the United States.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California and Charles E. Schumer of New York, among those considered most likely to vote against confirming Roberts, said they had not made up their minds, as Roberts completed his testimony after two and a half days before the panel declaring that ideologues do not belong on the Supreme Court.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-091505roberts_lat,0,5101866.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Governor Inks Bill to Cut Out Fatty, Sugary Foods in Schools
From a Times Staff Writer
California's famously fit governor crossed his business allies today and signed into law bills to eliminate the most fattening, sugary foods from public schools, an administration spokesperson said..
Schwarzenegger signed the bills after a planned kilometer walk with champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and dozens of school kids to kick off a day-long obesity conference organized by First Lady Maria Shriver.
Pasted from <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-091505bill_lat,0,3257167.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
U.S. Acts to Finish Divisive Border Fence
Environmental laws are waived by the Homeland Security chief to allow last section to be built through wetlands near San Diego.
By Johanna Neuman, Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — In a rebuff to California officials and environmentalists, the Bush administration cleared the way Wednesday for completion of a 14-mile-long border fence that will run through coastal wetlands to the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff waived environmental laws for the first time since Congress gave him that authority in May. Finishing the last 3.5 miles of fence is expected to cost about $32 million.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-fence15sep15,0,2455851.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
2 Projects, 2 Visions of Downtown's Future
Those behind L.A. Live seek a Times Square vibe while backers of a Grand Avenue development aim for the feel of the Champs-Elysees.
By Cara Mia DiMassa, Times Staff Writer
Downtown Los Angeles will soon be flanked by two massive developments — the Grand Avenue project, centered around Disney Hall on the north, and the L.A. Live project, centered around Staples Center on the south. Each promises to create a "heart" for downtown — but with different ways of beating.
Billionaire Eli Broad, who co-chairs the Grand Avenue Committee, envisions the Champs-Elysees, while mogul Tim Leiweke, who backs L.A. Live, sees a version of Times Square.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-downtown15sep15,0,4476076.story?coll=la-story-footer
Newport's War on Sea Lions
The nighttime barking was bad enough. Then they sank a sailboat. But the law is on their side.
By Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer
Think of them as amphibious sumo wrestlers. A pack of rowdy sea lions has invaded Newport Harbor, sinking a boat, thrashing docks and — with their cacophony of barking — turning residents into sleepless zombies.
In a scene that has played out up and down the West Coast, the whiskered creatures are charming tourists but exasperating local officials, who are studying a far-flung set of strategies to thwart the federally protected mammals.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sealion15sep15,0,1360162.story?coll=la-home-local
Speculators Rushing In as the Water Recedes
Would-be home buyers are betting New Orleans will be a boomtown. And many of the city's poorest residents could end up being forced out.
By David Streitfeld, Times Staff Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. — Brandy Farris is house hunting in New Orleans.
The real estate agent has $10 million in the bank, wired by an investor who has instructed her to scoop up houses — any houses. "Flooding no problem," Farris' newspaper ads advise.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-nohouses15sep15,0,5944589.story?coll=la-home-nation
Toxic Threat Still Vague but Ominous, EPA Says
Health risks are many but the measurements are inconclusive, agency chief says. Some contend the tests are inadequate.
By Marla Cone, Times Staff Writer
Calling Hurricane Katrina the largest disaster that the Environmental Protection Agency has ever encountered, the nation's top environmental official said Wednesday that the Gulf Coast was still facing an array of serious health threats, including lack of clean drinking water, astronomically high bacteria counts and unsafe levels of several toxic metals in floodwaters.
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said it was impossible to estimate how long the cleanup would take because no one knows the magnitude of the problems.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pollute15sep15,0,4831601.story?coll=la-home-nation
Bush, Annan Tout the Role of the U.N.
The president surprises summit delegates by reversing U.S. positions that nearly sank talks.
By Maggie Farley and Warren Vieth, Times Staff Writers
UNITED NATIONS — In a rare show of unity after a bruising week for the U.N., President Bush joined U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday in saying that no country can stand alone against the 21st century challenges of terrorism, disease and natural disasters.
Both leaders also chided the world body's member nations for blocking key reforms aimed at making the United Nations more able to tackle those challenges, even though many diplomats felt the U.S. was one of the countries responsible.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-un15sep15,0,2678027.story?coll=la-home-world
Bush Plans Speech; Death Toll Rises
Aides say his address tonight will announce rebuilding efforts with a strong role for the private sector. Katrina fatalities reach 710.
By Lianne Hart and Janet Hook, Times Staff Writers
BATON ROUGE, La. — As the death toll from Hurricane Katrina climbed to 710 on Wednesday, White House aides said President Bush's address to the nation tonight would call for reconstructing the Gulf Coast using conservative blueprints and private-sector initiatives.
In preparing for his speech to be delivered from New Orleans, the president consulted widely with Republican leaders and conservative thinkers.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-katrina15sep15,0,1432904.story?coll=la-home-nation
Iraqi Brothers Go Home in Coffins; 2 Days of Attacks Claim 180 Lives
By Borzou Daragahi, Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD — At their uncle Hamid Ghatti Fares' behest, the Rashid brothers left the desperation and unemployment of Nasiriya down south to look for construction jobs in the Iraqi capital.
And under their uncle's care, the two brothers, Hossein, 33, and Tahseen, 27, were returned to their home in the south Wednesday, their mangled bodies laid side by side in simple wooden coffins strapped atop a Korean-made minibus.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq15sep15,0,6592994.story?coll=la-home-world
Robert Wise, 91; Director Won Oscars for 'The Sound of Music' and 'West Side Story'
By Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer
Robert Wise, the highly honored film editor-turned-director who won four Academy Awards for producing and directing "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music," died Wednesday. He was 91.
Wise, who edited Orson Welles' landmark "Citizen Kane" and Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons," became ill at home Wednesday morning and died of heart failure at UCLA Medical Center, said Lawrence Mirisch, a family friend and a motion picture agent.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-wise15sep15,0,2850344.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews
Haaretz
Sharon: Palestinians must show their desire for peace
By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called for reconciliation with the Palestinians in his address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, but said that they must now prove that they wanted to live in peace.
Speaking at the World Summit to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the UN, Sharon told world leaders that the Palestinians "have the right to freedom and to their own country," but in the wake of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, it was now their turn to show "their desire for peace."
"The Palestinians will always be our neighbors; we respect them and have no aspiration to rule over them," Sharon said. "They also have the right to freedom."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625432.html
Egypt seen improving border patrol; concern over PA capability
By Aluf Benn and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents
Senior Israel Defense Forces officials said Thursday night that the Egyptian police force deployed along the Philadelphi route at Rafah are reducing the illegal flow of people and goods across the Gaza strip border with Egypt.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Haaretz on Thursday evening that Egypt has now closed its border with the Gaza Strip, ending almost four days of free passage in both directions.
Speaking on the sidelines of the United Nations summit in New York, Gheit added that he was convinced that the patrols at the border would operate properly from now on.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625525.html
High Court: Separation fence can be built beyond Green Line
By Yuval Yoaz , Haaretz Correspondent, and Agencies
The High Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously upheld a petition submitted by Palestinian residents of several West Bank villages and ruled that the state must reconsider within a reasonable timeframe an alternative route for the separation fence in the area of the northern West Bank settlement of Alfei Menashe.
The panel nevertheless rejected a July 2004 ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Hague and ruled that Israel had - for security reasons - the authority in principle to build a separation fence in the West Bank, beyond the 1967 Green Line border.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625034.html
The High Court of Justice HCJ 7957/04 ruling on the fence surrounding Alfei Menashe
An expanded panel of nine justices of the Supreme Court of Israel handed down its judgment today (September 15 2005) in a petition dealing with the legality of the separation fence in the area of Alfei Menashe. Alfei Menashe is an Israeli community in Samaria, southeast of the Palestinian town of Qalqiliya, approximately 4 km beyond the Green Line. The separation fence by Alfei Menashe was built in August 2003, and surrounds Alfei Menashe and five Palestinian villages, creating an "enclave" which "brings" them over to the "Israeli" side of the fence. The enclave is part of the "seamline area" ? the area between the fence and the Green Line.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625400.html
Israel fears unfettered Al-Qaida infiltration via Rafah
By Ze'ev Schiff
The collapse of the Gaza-Egyptian border in the three days since Israel withdrew from the Strip, which has allowed thousands of Palestinians to enter Sinai and numerous Egyptians to enter Gaza, is extremely worrisome to Jerusalem. Israel is fearful not only of massive arms smuggling into Gaza, and consequently to the West Bank, but also, and particularly, that Al-Qaida operatives will be able to enter Gaza freely.
The border collapse, caused by Egypt's failure to maintain even minimal supervision over the crossing, is occurring at a time when Egypt is having trouble eliminating Al-Qaida cells in the Sinai. Thus far, Al-Qaida operatives have failed to infiltrate Israel, but Jerusalem fears that now the organization will renew its efforts to send operatives from Sinai into Gaza, and after that to the West Bank. This will be hard to prevent without Egyptian and Jordanian cooperation.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/625046.html
80 percent of Gaza evacuees still in hotels paid for by state
By Yuval Yoaz and Zvi Zrahiya, Haaretz Correspondents
Some 80 percent of the 1,500 families evacuated from the Gush Katif settlement bloc are still living in hotels paid for entirely by the state, while also receiving state benefits for renting homes, the Knessset Finance Committee heard Thursday.
The Knesset committee meeting was aimed at resolving housing problems for the evacuated Gaza settlers, some of whom have been living in hotels for four weeks.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625490.html
Rabbis urge Pope to deplore Palestinians' destruction of Gaza synagogues
By News Agencies
ROME - Israel's chief rabbis on Thursday urged Pope Benedict to forcefully deplore the destruction of synagogues in Gaza by Palestinians after the Israeli withdrawal.
The two rabbis, Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar, held some 45 minutes of private talks with the Pontiff at the papal summer residence at Castelgandolfo, south of Rome.
"We asked the Pope to talk about it, to deplore it and to issue a strong appeal against it," Metzger said at a news conference with Amar and other officials at a Rome airport after the meeting.
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/625416.html
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