But starting in the 1960s, the scope and importance of the disability safety net increased dramatically.Types of policies expanded to include both individual and employer-provided coverage. "He failed to recognize the basic respect due to adult women to make that decision."His defenders said Alito simply tried to follow the law as he understood it."It's a very narrow ruling, very carefully crafted on the basis of Justice O'Connor's decisions in previous cases about what could constitute an undue burden for women," said Sen. And there were doubts voters would pass it anyway.* Proposition 75, making it tougher for public employee unions to spend members' dues on politics: This was the linchpin for any grand compromise. "Nike has had trouble marketing Kobe's image, but Coach Phil Jackson says forget about the past. Each corresponds to an entry on a 16-page, double-column checklist, available at the front desk.

had caused a rift between the satellite radio companies and the music industry.The agreement may serve as a template for discussions between Sirius and other labels and between Universal Music and XM.Sources said Sirius would pay Universal Music an undisclosed amount and would limit the number of S50 devices manufactured.XM and, until recently, Sirius had argued that they should not have to pay to let users record songs from radio transmissions. He's a big fan of what the computer allows him to do: "You can open five or six programs simultaneously: work on a project, type a report, watch YouTube, check e-mail and watch a movie."Unlike some of his peers, who report doing as many as four or five things simultaneously -- such as homework, instant messaging, surfing the Net, talking on the phone and listening to music -- Nathaniel discovered through trial and error that he could do only three things well at a time. Bay Area motorists approved one toll hike years ago to cover the costs, but a $3.5-billion shortfall must still be plugged."We're moving forward, finally, and that is good news," said state Sen. The roster includes two homes in New York and two in Santa Barbara, including what she calls an "earth-shacky" beach house with an epoxy floor and plywood-lined TV room.At the end of the day, though, Bestor always comes back to Silver Lake."Most of the neighborhood is pretty middle class but in a fun way," Bestor says. Surprised at the intensity of his reaction to the news, the narrator reflects, "That a libertine continues to be a libertine is acceptable; what is troublesome is when he turns into a saint. Scores more in surrounding towns were in similar straits.People sought help from one of the only radio stations on the air: WWL. It could be that valuable.If Brazil, which plays France in the quarterfinals on Saturday, wins this tournament, Cafu, 36, would be elevated into a pantheon that not even Pele could approach.There is tremendous star power contained in the final eight teams -- Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Andriy Shevchenko, Fabio Cannavaro, Juan Roman Riquelme, Michael Ballack -- but Cafu would be in a class by himself if he finds himself on the victory podium July 9 in Berlin.The Brazilian right back is looked upon with awe here, not only by fans but by players and coaches.

Public service is the people who decide to work for the city and are smart and make it happen," she said " .. This city is blessed with an incredible workforce.". In exchange, prison terms are limited to eight years.Uribe was expected to enact the legislation this week.Passage came after the president toughened the proposal under pressure from rights groups and U.S. The scenario producers had laid out hypothetically had "played out before our very eyes," he said.For most of its 23-year history, the Weather Channel, one of several media entities owned by Landmark Communications, has had a low profile. The Baton Rouge after-school program would be modeled after LA's BEST, a program that serves 23,000 schoolchildren in Los Angeles.Villaraigosa has offered to send rotating teams of educators from LA's BEST to Baton Rouge. Today, you can use analog connectors to convert that recording into a digital file suitable for your iPod or Sony PSP. He keeps losing ground," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)."The president is very clear that he wants an up-or-down vote," said Sen.

That will be a first.A replay of Mike Tyson's loss to Kevin McBride will be replayed on Showtime on Saturday at 9 p.m.Recommended viewing: "Making the Cut" on HBO Saturday at 9:30 p.m. He learned of the communications woes of first responders and gained their trust."He's a multimillionaire. Scottish filmmaker Richard Jobson's tale of a young Edinburgh man trying to overcome his violent past Tartan: $24.99, April 26.The Snow Walker A bush pilot and an Inuit woman survive a plane crash Barry Pepper First Look: $24.98, May 31.Stratosphere Girl Anime-obsessed Dutch girl goes to Japan TLA Releasing: $24.99, Tuesday.Sunseekers Young East Germans are sent to work in a uranium mine Directed by Konrad Wolf First Run: $24.95, April 26.Swimming Upstream Aussie lad trains for 1956 Melbourne Olympics Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis star MGM: $26.98, May 31.Table for Five Absentee dad drags kids on Mediterranean cruise With Jon Voight Paramount: $14.99, May 3.The Three Marias. See, like Marion Jones and them -- it's the same stuff they went to the Olympics with and they test them every .. week. It was just awesome to have such a good result."The Monarchs (8-2), ranked second in Division II-AA, lost to Los Alamitos, 25-20, 25-22, in the quarterfinals of the Las Vegas Durango tournament last weekend but now hope to build on Thursday's success.They can start tonight in a nonleague match at Newport Harbor."I think it gave us a lot more confidence for the whole season," said senior outside hitter Chelsea Pavlik, who finished with a career-high 29 kills and helped the Monarchs jump out to a two-game lead against the Griffins (10-2).Mater Dei won the decisive fifth game with the help of outside hitter Taylor Carroll, who wound up with 14 kills.Girls' volleyball is a sport for everyone at Arcadia Rio Hondo Prep.The private school of 81 students includes 40 girls, all of whom are involved in the volleyball program either as a player or team manager.The Kares have four teams -- a varsity squad, two junior-varsity teams and a freshman team -- allowing players of varying skill levels to participate. It's terrible," said Janet Bodnar, parent of three and author of "Raising Money Smart Kids: What They Need to Know about Money and How to Tell Them.""It's bad enough for teenagers to have exposure to credit cards It is really bad for a 9 year old," she said.

Camping, lifesaving, navigating and .. protecting copyrights?The Motion Picture Assn announced Monday that the Scout Assn. in the San Fernando Valley."Even his real name -- for Bevo, it's "Sunrise Studly" -- is kept confidential."When it's USC, he's Traveler VII," Asman says. For a fee that starts at $11 a week, Pet Butler staff members will come to homes in certain Westside and San Fernando communities to scoop up Fido's business and cart it away to an off-site trash bin. I beat some pretty darn good players this week."The 26-year-old Blake also improved his chances of reaching the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup next month in Shanghai. A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that Henry Yuen, former chairman and chief executive of Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc., committed securities fraud and misled investors by inflating revenue at the company from 1999 to 2002, according to a judgment unsealed Monday.The decision came three years after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil case against Yuen in one of the highest-profile accounting scandals involving a Los Angeles company. Jaime Pressly stars in this satire about models getting picked off one by one on a tropical island MGM: $24.95, Dec 13.Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.