- Lucent Writes Off $69 Million in Customer Arrears
- 2001? Author Arthur C. Clarke Has Already Been There, and Beyond
- Not Just a Job, an Adventure
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- Excalibur Tournament Now an All-County Affair
- He Finds Way to Stand Tall
- Home for the Holidays? Yeah, That's the Trojans
- 'West Wing' Online Auction to Benefit Charity
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- Bob Miller Sure Outranks Other Miller
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- Country Music Still Saddled With Weak Sales
- BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Pepperdine Pressures UCLA Into a Loss
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- Mercer, Bulls Send Spurs Crashing to Defeat, 105-104
- Tenkrat Gives Ducks a Boost at Right Time
- Rosenfels on the Mark for Cyclones
- Kings Get a Minor Victory
- Irvine Makes Statement in Quarterfinal Victory
- Absent Strickland Is Suspended
- Finally, Alvarez Has Found a Home
- AFC GAMES
- Trumpeter Saskia Laroo Plays It Down the Middle
- Las Vegas Strip Hoping for a New Year's Eve Jackpot
- Fluor Anticipates Charge for Split-Off
- U.S., S. Korea Reach Pact on Crime Jurisdiction
- Card Clubs in Bay Area Urge Davis to Deny Casino Request
- Woodland in the Desert
- Getting Real in the Mideast
- First, Money for the Coaches Is Raised, Then Game Stakes
- Dallas Is No Pushover Now
- A Man Who Knew the Ins and Outs of Designing a Museum
- United Parcel Service to Raise Delivery Rates
- Stolen Koalas Returned Safely to San Francisco Zoo
- Arbitrators Reject State Request to Reduce Fees
- Chinese Court Sentences Dissident to 4 Years for Sedition Conviction
- LAUGH LINES
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- These Old Houses Get New Faces
- Nehlen Goes Out a Winner
- Bruins to Face Noisy Crowd
- Hendricks Shows He Belongs
- Capistrano Valley Advances to Final
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
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- An Understated, Minimalist Old West in Elusive 'Claim'
- R.J. Reynolds Wins New Florida Trial
- Providian Financial Says Class-Action Suit Settled for $105 Million
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- Flu Bug Can't Stop Ocean View
- Clippers' Loss Is Too Familiar
- Panthers Fire Murrays and Trade Larionov
- UCI Starts Strong, Holds Off Huskies
- In China, Controversy in Bold Brush Strokes
- Manhunt Intensifies for Escaped Texas Convicts
- Christmas Tree Recycling Urged to Ease Fire Threat
- It's the Big Unveiling of Convention Center
- A New Role for Doherty: DUI Suspect
- Annual Water Class Starts in January
- Wounded Suspect Leads Police on Chase
- Surgeons Reattach Worker's Severed Arm
- 'Economy Class Syndrome' Cited in 25 Deaths
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- The Lowdown on High Jinks of Monday in Pasadena
- Project to Close I-5 for Several Nights
- 2,220 Guns Into the Furnace
- Woman Killed in Head-On Collision
- Girls Basketball League to Tip Off
- Same Old Grind
- Spreading Christmas Throughout the Year
- FBI Arrests Doctor Wanted in $4-Million Fraud Case
- Apartment Fire Injures Man, 29
- A Place for Kids to Find Books in Many Languages
- Georgia Tech Feels at Home
- Santa Margarita Goalkeeper Gets Help to Win Shootout
- Kapono Improves His Foul Mood
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- Nasdaq Looks to Put Together 3-Day Rally, Keep Record Intact
- VIVA Gallery Takes a Look Back at Watercolorist's Work
- * Bruce Gray; Retired Environmental Technician
- 2000 / The Year in Quotes
- USA Networks Buys Stake in TravelNow.com
- CKE Nets $46.9 Million From the Sale of 110 Restaurants
- North Carolina Edges Utah for Extra U.S. House Seat
- Texas Uses Secret Vote to Elect Official
- A Son Dies on Streets That Claimed His Father
- Clinton Passes on N. Korea Trip, Citing Lack of Progress in Talks
- New Year's Day Closures
- Faith Can Inspire Violence--or Peace
- Ombudsmen Watch Over Senior Care
- L.A. to Get $4.4 Million in Housing Grants for the Needy
- Sewage Spill Again Closes Portion of Newport Bay
- Football 101 Is Par for the Course in Texas
- NEWSWIRE
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- 250-Store Montgomery Ward Chain to Close After 128 Years
- Domains Don't Net as Many Buyers
- Susan Atkins Fails to Get Parole in Tate Killing
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- Leo Gordon; Familiar Villain in Westerns
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- WISCONSIN ROSTER
- Wooden Award Candidates Named
- No Luck for USC Against Irish
- Jackson Waves Off Hand-Signal Report
- Tower Fund Buys Apartment Complex
- U.S. Freedoms Give American Muslims Influence Beyond Their Numbers
- Black & Decker Agrees to Settle 'Made in USA' Dispute With FTC
- Tetra Tech Building Strong Connection to Wireless
- An Ode to a Year Thankfully Departed
- China's Religious Repression Imperils All
- SOCCER ROUNDUP
- 'I Will Survive' Is More Than a Song for Gloria Gaynor
- Kottonmouth Kings' Appeal Blunted by One-Note Approach
- Priceline.com Founder to Leave Board
- Taliban Reportedly Repulses Attacks
- 151 Police Officers Killed During 2000
- Washington Post May Buy AT&T; Cable Assets
- Mourners Hold Vigil for 7 Office Workers Slain by Gunman
- Officials Honor Civilian Investigator
- Clashes, Alleged Harassment Mar Vote in Ghana
- Straight Shooters
- Trepagnier's Status Still Uncertain
- 2000 Shakeout Shook Up Online Entertainment
- Mortgage Rates Lowest in 19 Months
- American Standard to Cut Staff, Shut Plant
- INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- 2 Say Coach Molested Them; Details Elusive
- Ex-Supervisor Mellowing on Maui
- Hot-Shooting Dupay Leads No. 5 Florida
- U.S. Missteps: The High Cost of Backing Yeltsin
- Hospital Donates Equipment to Village
- Catch of the Boulevard
- Retry 3 Officers in Rampart Case
- Help Sought on City's Comprehensive Plan
- Information Sought in Fatal Hit-Run
- Aussie Sidelined by Injury
- Reseda's Offense Simmering in 2-1 Final Victory Over Hart
- Church to Buy Forum in $22.5-Million Deal
- 12-Year-Old Killed After Sledding Under Truck
- Death Row Inmate Released From Jail
- 6 Satellites Lost After Booster Failure
- Reductions on Reductions Make It a Buyer's Market
- Leading Tackler Recovers From Sack
- Most Teams Better Knock on Woodley
- Vick Talks About Leaving
- TONIGHT
- Confidence Drops Over Concern of Slowing Economy
- CKE Raises $46.9 Million From Sales of Restaurants
- Icy Storms Leave People Stranded, Powerless
- Brokerage Accused of Fraud in $70-Million Bond Offering
- Paraglider Held After Landing at Palace
- 7 Shot Dead, 3 Hurt at 'Drug House'
- Frieda Pushnik; Circus' 'Armless, Legless Girl Wonder'
- When Words Fail Us
- A Year of High Notes
- O.C. Prosecutor Named to Judgeship
- Forget the Sweet Talk; the Political Wars Continue
- Landlord Fined for Slum Conditions
- Visions of 2000
- Eli Isenberg; Newspaper Consultant, Publisher of Monterey Park Progress
- FISH REPORT
- Limbaugh Gives a Conservative Prediction
- Iran Now a Hotbed of Islamic Reforms
- Rockin' New Year's Eve
- WHAT TO SEE AND DO AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- Short List of Reasons for Size of Fields
- 'Monday Night Football' Gets Back to Its Game Plan
- Photos Dive Into Lives Bound by the Sea
- They Didn't Need a Whistle-Blower
- Your Weekend Viewing/Listening
- Checklist: End of the Year Moves
- Official in Nevada Drops Plan for Fingerprinting Ministers
- Dafoe Lustily Sinks His Teeth Into 'Vampire'
- Some Net Stocks Rocket Amid Bargain Hunting, 'Short Sale' Rush
- LTV Considers Filing for Chapter 11
- Clinton Frees His Employees to Lobby
- Lawmakers Draft No-Confidence Motion Against Nepalese Premier
- Advice Offered on Dec. 31 Postmarks
- 250-Store Montgomery Ward Chain to Close After 128 Years
- Beach Closures
- Variations on White Rich at the Surface
- Group Tells Sheriff to Obey Medical Marijuana Law
- Holiday Closings
- Rush-Hour on 91 Toll Lanes Now Pricier
- Bruins Hope Sun Is Just Rising
- Bourbon Street Brawl Stirs Up Sugar
- The Lawman Who Traffics in Betrayal
- Rumsfeld Gets Unexpected Nod for Defense Post
- A New Chapter for Multilingual Bookstore
- For Those Who Qualify, State Tax Credits Lighten 2000 Filing
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Treasury May Boost Sum Spent to Buy Back Bonds
- Los Angeles Man Arrested in Defacing of Western Wall
- Drawing Out Life in Russia
- Edgewater Investor Files SEC Complaint
- Relatives of China Fire Victims Protest Inadequate Public Safety
- First USA Proposes to Settle Fee Lawsuits
- A Year That, in Many Ways, Was Like a Complex Melody
- Billy Barty
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- Citations Issued on Skid Row
- Howard Rosenberg is on vacation....
- Deep-Rooted Conflict in the Middle East
- DANA PARSONS is on assignment....
- 21st Century
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- THE CHANGING FACE OF ISLAM
- Obituaries - Dec. 29, 2000
- Obituaries - Dec. 29, 2000
- Emulex Hoax Suspect Set to Plead Guilty
- Edison Seeks OK for 2 Years of Rate Hikes
- China Agrees to 'Help' Trade With Taiwan Isles
- Tighten Pentagon's Purse Strings Until It Passes an Audit
- Getting Young Lives Back on Track
- Balmy Weather Turns Southland Into a Wonderland in Winter
- Winter Makes a Dry Run Through Area
- Mideast Leaders Grapple With Proposals
- Battle Lines Drawn in Redistricting
- 2000: It Wasn't Always Pretty
- Fight-Tested Rumsfeld to Return to Familiar Battleground
- Rampart Scandal Expected to Take a Continuing Toll
- Man Killed When Car Plunges Off Coast Highway
- Suspect in Emulex Stock Hoax Set to Plead Guilty to Fraud
- TECHNOLOGY - Dec. 29, 2000
- 'Dot-Com' Job Losses Increase 19%
- S. Korean Police Disperse Thousands of Bank Strikers
- A Cause of His Own
- In a Clamshell, Jornada 720 Is Too Big and Too Small
- Linux's Minuses Outweigh Pluses in 14-Day Trial
- Ties Between Cops, Alleged Killer Probed
- Officers Probed for Ties to '89 Murder Suspect
- Sheriff Unveils Restructuring Plan
- ALL-SOUTHERN SECTION GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL TEAM
- It All Falls Into Place for Faulk
- Group Plans to Launch Online K-12 Curriculum
- Clinton OKs Measure on Indian Casino in San Pablo
- Home Building Last Month Down From November '99
- But They Never Can Take Away the Clam Chowder
- Short-Sellers Continue to Gang Up on Nasdaq
- Jewish Music Festival Opens With Spirited Klezmer Band
- First Spago Plans Final New Year's Bash
- 2001, a Fete Odyssey
- FedEx Will Increase Shipping Prices Feb. 1
- 7-Year Itch
- Addresses Tap New Domains
- Jones Caps Year With Top Honor
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Going North
- Vegas Hiatus a Sore Spot With Majerus
- Bring On the Night
- 'Rent,' Timeless Message Intensely Performed
- Investment Fund Buys Orange Office Complex
- ICN Shareholder Reduces Its Stake
- FCC Warns TV Networks on Crediting Anti-Drug Messages
- Homes Sales, Prices Increase in November
- Gardening Boom Feeds Nurseries
- Mexico's Telmex Reaches Accord With Two Long-Distance Operators
- In-Store Refunds Are Easy and Speedy
- Bidding Adieu to Self-Restraint
- Bush Plans to Announce More Cabinet Nominations This Week
- Lemieux Shows Who's Boss
- Leftwich Looks Like Another Top Player
- Maggette Pursues Consistency
- Mater Dei Defeats Barons in Shootout
- Screening Room
- Rose Bowl Fans Can Get an Early Start
- PLAN AHEAD: NEXT WEEKEND
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- IBM Portal Software
- Nasdaq Ekes Out Its First Gain of Week
- QuePasa Becomes First Big Latino 'Dot-Com' Flop
- Ford Seeks to Settle Suits Linked to Tire Recall
- Stack Messages Suggest Inadequate Memory
- Taking a Virtual Tour of the Wild Kingdom
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