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- New Kids on the Block : A chain of weeklies has upped the ante in the battle for newspaper readers. Its newest weapon: Los Angeles View.
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- 'Carousel' Cast in Benefit at Comedy Store
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- No Live Nude Cybergrrls--Just Cool Web Stuff
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- Bullfrogs Beat San Jose, Clinch Division Title
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- Traffic Planners Are on Pace to Ease Fillmore Bottleneck
- The Many Shadings of AIDS and Jazz
- That Lagging Fear: Is It Time to Shop Around?
- Germany, Exports Dominate Dressage
- His Fiction Comes Scarily Close to Atlanta's Reality
- Tropical Storm Kills Child in Nicaragua
- Plane Searched, Airport Shut After Note Found
- Despite Gains, Halting Terror Elusive
- The Dirty Laundry Piles Up
- Ibarra Sends JetHawks to 1-0 Defeat
- Enough Magic, Some Don't Care Anymore
- J.J. Cale: Lax Style, Solid Show
- Journey Into Cosmos Via 'Nine Worlds' CD
- Plans for Naught for U.S. Women
- After the Rest Bow Out, Chow Gets Silver Medal
- Security Measures Range from Lax to Tight, Depending on Site
- Uplifting Experience for Kakhiashvilis
- Oedipus on Tabloid TV Imagined in 'Watching'
- Why Emmy Nominations Sound So Familiar
- The Lasorda Legacy: Bleeding Dodger Blue
- 'Worth' Tells a Tale of Romance in the Changing West
- Cutback in Cleanup of Leaky Gas Station Tanks Criticized
- Not Just a Hole in the Ground
- Baseball Turns to Business
- Comarco Cements Call Box Reign
- Highlights
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- No Changes Made in Security for GOP Convention
- JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
- Investment Fails for Shipley
- Wounded CHP Officer Is Off Ventilator
- Woman Is Killed in Offramp Crash
- LAPD Records System Needs Major Reform, Report Says
- Educate Yourself
- Many Factors Affect Speed of a Pentium-Based PCs
- Relatives of Palestinians Killed by Shin Bet Agent Call for Justice
- DOWN AND OUT ON BOTH COUNTS
- Venture Capitalists Show the Risk Can Be Worth It
- What to Wear to Center Gala? Let's Ask Oscar
- A Royal Disaster Stuns Waldner
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- Lit De Justice Gives Nakatani Rough Ride to Winner's Circle
- Friends of Music Announce Lineup for Sunday Concerts
- A DEAL NO LAKER FAN WOULD MAKE
- More Media Than Sam Donaldson Has Time for
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- To Foreigners, Blast Confirms U.S. as Violent
- Two Russians Lose Medals After Failing Drug Tests
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- Russell Goes From Middle Infielder to Man in Middle
- 'Joe's Apartment' Contains Little Creature Comfort
- An Elegant Partnering of Performers, Place
- Games Start-Up Mpath to Acquire Rival Catapult
- Robotics Has Strong Modem Operandi
- 'Here We Keep the Hacker Tradition'
- Cyberspace Into Outer Space--Daunting, Yes, but Probably Only a Matter of Time
- U.S. Teams Go Scoreless
- Punch Lines
- Painting Their Way to the Sights of L.A.
- Dividing a Firm in Order to Conquer
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- PERSPECTIVE ON THE ATLANTA BOMBING : Beastly Life Under the Thumb of Terror
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- Donadoni Leads MetroStar Win
- Valdes' Repertoire Not Complete, Yet
- Don't Judge Offerings Just by Women's Wire
- Flight 800: Anatomy of Tragedy
- WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
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- Speed Limit on Unposted Roads Scheduled to Rise Jan. 1
- Lasorda Plans to Retire as Manager of Dodgers
- Deal Reported on TV Programs for Children
- Americans Cannot Surrender to Terrorists and Screwballs
- 4 Years and Counting
- The Law of Attraction : With 'A Time to Kill' to his credit and more than a little media hype, Matthew McConaughey's magnetic appeal is growing exponentially.
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- Cal State Fullerton's Kotsay Steps to International Stage
- Comically Correct Maher
- Man Critically Hurt in Stabbing at Dance
- Japan to Test School Staff for Contagion
- Leiter Ends Flaherty's Streak at 27 Games
- There Has to Be a Spot on Dial for This Kind of Music : It's Time to Put 'Joy' Back Into Lives of Radio Listeners
- Tension Fills Indonesian Capital After Riots
- Atlanta Blast Leaves Big Hole in a Small Town
- No Beach Cruiser
- Lost in the Translation Is the Actual Meaning
- VIEWER'S GUIDE
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- Foreman to End Long Layoff With Sept. 15 Fight in Tokyo
- At Roxy, Magnapop Presents Poised, Catchy Balancing Act
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- AN OLYMPIAN EVERYONE CAN BACK
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- The Struggles of a Black Everyman of the 1950s : DIRTY BIRD BLUES by Clarence Major; Mercury House; $22.95, 279 pages
- Cutting Back on Red Tape Not So Easy
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- Missouri's Last Battle: 4 Cities Fight for Berth
- Art Honors 'Dreams' of Slain Latino
- Hoping to Be Taken Along for the Ride
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- 'A Time to Kill' Bumps 'Independence Day' to 2nd
- Steelers Audition QB Prospects
- Catching the Web's Next Sound Wave
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- Ethiopia's Roba Has No Reason to Be Afraid of the Pack in Back
- For NBC, Numbers Are All That Count
- Talking Back to the ATMs
- Activists Urge Ban on Methyl Bromide Use
- Assailant Sought in Shooting at Ranch
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- Bombing at the Olympics
- TECHNOLOGY - July 29, 1996
- FBI Says It's Close to Finding Key Clues in TWA Disaster
- Clinton Again Urges Broader Terrorism Laws
- A Man's Downward Spiral to Destruction
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- Rush to Close Fuel Cleanup Cases Is Criticized
- 'I Want ABC to Seem Young, Smart and Inclusive'
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- Fathers Drink, Women Leave, Mattresses Combust : CRUISING PARADISE.<i> By Sam Shepard (Alfred A. Knopf: $23, 239 pp.)</i>
- How to Low-BallFair and Square
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- FICTION
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- A Long Day's Journey in Atlanta
- Oregon Family Picks Up and Moves--House and All
- A New Crisis Shakes the Japanese
- County Notices of Default Rise 7.6% in 2nd Quarter
- When Meaning Eludes Us
- Bus Driver's Good Turn Goes Long Way
- Clear Sailing for Cook, Who Takes 3-Shot Lead
- AGENTS OF CHANGE
- Playing With the Mind
- Huntington Beach Soccer Team Wins
- Get Off on His Cloud
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- Bring Down the Lights, Bring On the Narrator : THE FILM EXPLAINER. <i> By Gert Hofmann, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann (Northwestern University Press: $26.95, 250 pp.)</i>
- A Month of Saturdays II
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- After a Long Night, It's Back to the Games
- Quite a Tasteful Way to Help Preserve Art
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- Woman, 82, Fatally Shot on Her Porch
- Clemency Denied for Spy Pollard
- Ira Yellin
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- Hit the Trail--Crystal Cove State Park is...
- How About a College Football Playoff? Still Too Many What Ifs
- CHANGING TIMES
- For the Love of Modernity
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- AND I QUOTE / What Political Books Are Saying : THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY: Reconsidering America's Past, Rediscovering the Present.<i> By Michael Elliott (Simon & Schuster: $24; 306 pp.)</i>
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- Rota Rooter : A new fan of this 'secret' island tells where it is and why we haven't heard of it before
- Don't Leave Home Without ID Card
- Peaks, Valleys and Notches
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- VOLCANO: A Memoir of Hawai'i by...
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- U.S. Moves On but Can't Help Looking Back
- Rather Than Play Games, NBC Went Back to Them
- As the Games Go On
- Forgiveness and Redemption Mark Lives of Gunman and Victim
- Retired Marine Named to Board in Ojai
- Mr. TV (Executive Branch)
- Warrior Smith Charged After Barroom Brawl
- FICTION
- Focusing the Camera on Vietnam and Laos
- Let History Help You Choose What's Best
- THE BEAUTY OF THE BEASTLY: New Views...
- Clean Appliances Keep Running Longer
- Making Cents: Don't Say He Didn't Warn You
- Osteoporosis Risk to Men, Experts Warn
- Defending Champion Remains on Course
- Security for Convention Faces Review
- Munich Massacre Forever Ended the Innocence
- Joyner-Kersee's Beginning Turns Into a Sad Ending
- Georgia Rider Puts U.S. in Position for Medal
- Muggy Heat Marks the 50th Valley Fair
- 2 Children Hospitalized After Near-Drownings
- Ironing Out Her Problem
- Offense Brings Back Memories of Last Season
- Avery Injury Causes a Blip in Mazzone's Brave Rotation
- Other Than That, Team Looks Fine
- Lords of the Flies : Casting about for pleasure and skill at a lodge near Lassen
- Salary Isn't the Only Compensation
- Commie Kitsch
- Hepatitis A Vaccines Just in Time
- Economic Cheer, and Gloom Too
- An All-Wold Effort for Valley North
- Carter Overpowers McGwire-less A's
- DRUG BUST
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- BLOOD RED SUNSET: A Memoir of the...
- Crossing the 'Borders' : A raid on clan lineage with a little history and scenery thrown in
- Locating Deadbeat Dads--for a Price
- Follow-Up to 'Million Man March' Calls for New Party
- Four-Star Films : 'The Pawnbroker'
- Tire Dam to Tread on Erosion Problem
- Substandard Bolt Supplier Sentenced
- Terrorists May Have Hit Home, but the Fear Fails to Take Hold
- Pair Beaten and Stabbed in Alleged Gang Attack
- A Better Day's Work
- Rancher Refuses to Grin and Bear It as Livestock Become Prey
- Finding Who Is Responsible When No Group Takes Credit
- A Jazz Reprise : Central Avenue Festival Brings Back the Memories and the Music
- Costly Problems Plague MTA : Lack of preparation, oversight on Red Line project inexcusable
- Takawira, Preki Lead Wiz
- Anaheim Man Fatally Shot; Suspect in Custody
- Tempest's Naked Truth Still Causes a Storm
- Piranhas Can't Make Heads or Tails Out of Quarterback Situation
- SMALL FACES
- A Swan Song That Wails and Soars, *** 1/2, SUBLIME "Sublime," Gasoline Alley/MCA
- Demand for TV Shows on Travel, Outdoors Fuels Cottage Industry
- Large Companies Must Give 60 Days' Notice for Layoffs : Q
- Honeywell: A Lesson in How the Economy Works
- Planning a Trip That's By the Book
- FHA Streamlines Application Process
- Casinos Stay Open as Legality Is Studied
- Americans Rebound With Rally
- Video Fun Without the Monsters and Guns
- Rail Shutdown
- Hortencia Down, but Brazil Not Out
- Aussies Dressed but U.S. Finds the Success
- Hawaiians Find Better Health in Roots
- Ventura High Grad Gets 4-Year Scholarship
- University Women Give $5,000 in Scholarships
- Plenty of Bread in NBA's Circus
- Johnson, Flores Lead Guards Past Moorpark, 51-47
- Krajicek Serves Up Humor at Tournament Draw Party
- ***, ART BLAKEY'S JAZZ MESSENGERS, "The Art of Jazz," In + Out Records
- Making Cents: Nervous Now? It's Been Worse
- What Asia Needs Is Peace Based on Reality
- Silver Lining for Owner of Income Property Is Having a Loss to Report to Uncle Sam
- Landmark Baja Hotel Shut for Renovation
- From the Inside Looking In : STRANGER AMONG FRIENDS.<i> By David Mixner (Bantam: $22.95, 358 pp.)</i>