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- Selecting an ISP
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- Police Department Technology
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- Man Arrested in N. California Bomb Blasts
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- Bringing Up Baby : THE MORAL INTELLIGENCE OF CHILDREN: How to Raise a Moral Child.<i> By Robert Coles</i> .<i> Random House: 202 pp., $21</i>
- Film Star Likes Scene Changes
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- 3 Die When Truck Crushes Car on Freeway
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- Change in the Weather
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- Four-Star Films : 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'
- He takes in strays. Adores his parents. Still finds his wife fascinating. Mark Salzman--acclaimed writer and certified hipster--finds it's . . . : Cool to Be Kind
- SHOWS FOR YOUNGSTERS AND THEIR PARENTS TOO : Black History on Disney with 'Nightjohn' tale; KCET shares 'Donna's Day' and her parenting tips
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- The Invaders : VIRUS X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues--Out of the Present, and Into the Future.<i> By Frank Ryan</i> .<i> Little, Brown: 448 pp., $24.95</i>
- Suicidal Man Finds Reason to Live at Library Filled With Brotherly Love
- Christopher and His Diaries
- 'Dead Presidents'
- Watching Rates as Detroit Hands Off Its Rental Outlets
- Beleaguered Towns Pin Hopes on Prisons
- 'Living in Oblivion'
- Peter Drucker : On L.A. vs. San Francisco, Downsizing and Newt the Entrepreneur
- Tet Memories Old and New
- *** LANDI: "Il Sant'Alessio" Les Arts Florissants. William Christie, conductor. (Erato, 2 CDs)
- *** MOBB DEEP, "Hell on Earth," Loud/RCA
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- Christopher and His Diaries : CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD DIARIES; Volume I: 1939-1960.<i> Edited & introduced by Katherine Bucknell</i> .<i> Michael di Capua Books/HarperCollins: 1,014 pp., $40</i>
- Deputies Targeting Roads Near Amgen
- Balancing El Toro Airport's Costs, Benefits
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- SMALL FACES
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- Mater Dei's Hot Hand Brushes Off Jesuit, 84-51
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- Back to the Grind
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- The Saving Grace of Gospel Music
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- Scoreless Match Is Still Eventful
- Sharks Beat Odds in Beating Avalanche
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- Case of the Missing Galaxy
- STAR POWER : Jan. 3 Game Was The Dawning of the Age of Kobe Bryant
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- For His Fans, Tears of Joy as Cosby Returns to Stage
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- The Age When Everything Is Possible
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- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
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- San Diegans: No Shame in You Taking the Blame
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- The Artistry of Antwerp
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- A Note From Teacher--Delivered by Internet
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- Players and Plans Line Up for Welfare Reform Struggle : Solutions can emerge if a spirit of compromise prevails
- LAKERS TONIGHT
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- The Trail to a Desert Atlantis
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- Trojans Have Another Sweeping Change in Attitude
- Like Fine 'Wine'
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- The English Penchant
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- Lincoln Letter, Photo Tell Heroic Tale
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- Baugh Complaint Unconvincing
- Blue Liner Helps Light Red Light
- UCLA Victory Insured by Loyd's of Westwood
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL / SOUTHLAND ROUNDUP
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- Northridge Comeback Falls Short
- Blue Liner Helps Light Red Light
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- Pacific's Streak Ends at 16 Games in Overtime Loss to New Mexico State
- Where All Roads Lead to Elvis
- Hop Aboard Restructured Eurobus
- The Force Never Left Him.
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- Judge Rules Some Loan Fees Illegal
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- New Festival, Tour Honor Black History
- MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
- 'The Baby-Sitters Club'
- U.S.-China Textile Pact Averts Trade War
- Clinton Seeks to Expand Law on Family Leave
- On a Day Like Last Thursday
- A Master Who Made China's Leaders Picture-Perfect
- Suit Filed Over Cleanup of Cajon Pass Crash
- Restoring Downtowns and Some Civic Pride
- Down By the Bay--Ducks, sandpipers, pelicans, egrets...
- *** SILVERCHAIR, "Freak Show," Epic
- GURU MICHAEL?
- She's Working on Vulnerable
- Opera to Die For
- New Strategy Urged Against Urban Blight
- Ernie Nevers' record for most points...
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- Route 66 Is a Dead End for Cavaliers
- The Good Life
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- TURN ON, TUNE IN OR MISS OUT : A&E; tunnels into the 'Great Escapes' of WWII; Derek Jacobi heads cast of PBS' 'Breaking the Code'
- What's so difficult about going to the store to replenish supplies--even with two tots in tow? If you have to ask, you've obviously never tried it. : Milk Run
- Governors Voice Concern at Welfare Cut's Fiscal Effect
- That's the Country's Music Playing in Tennessee
- Ceremony Planned to Honor School Band
- Picture Still Sketchy in Art-for-Drugs Case
- Kraft Is Primed for More Patriot Games
- *** JARVINEN: "Edible Black Ink." (OO Discs)
- Pianist Firkusny Travels the Middle of the Road
- Making Magic in Baldwin Hills
- Country Baskets Not Setting World on Fire
- Show Boats
- Perfume of the New Camellias : Beautiful? Yes. Versatile? Yes. Scented? At Long Last, Yes
- Time Out for Cowboys
- Attention to d' Tale Is the Edge for Disney
- Iraq Denies Troops Are On the Move
- Shadow Buddy Dolls Help Sick Children Smile
- Popularity Does Not a Police Chief Make