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- With Finals Over, Decathlon Team Takes a Breather
- Ameriquest Defends Its Loan Practices
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- THE MERRY MAYOR OF TINSEL TOWN
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- Revealing O'Keeffe's Secrets on Paper
- Getting to Local Airports Without Driving
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- The World's Linguistic Vacuum Cleaner Makes a Wall-to-Wall Sweep
- Kings Behind the 8-Puck
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- This One's a Topper
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- Where to Complain
- Displaying Their Best Party Manors
- Simple Mouth Protection Key to Preventing Injuries for Those Who Play Sports
- Story Collections Offer Author Insights, Chilling Tales, Profiles
- Skip the Free Lunches; Just Pay Your Taxes
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- Questions, Curriculum to Be Overhauled, Board Decides
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- Confessions of an Unrepentant Sloth
- For Carol, Taking Care of Folks Is 'a Kind of Ministry, Really'
- Lasers May Hold Key to Rare Recordings
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- Black Lawmakers Against Flag Bill
- Fujimori May Regret Seeking a Third Term
- The Origin of Species
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- TAKING JESUS TO JAIL
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- The Last of the Mohicans
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- The Step From Holocaust Denial to Nationalism
- Congo Puts Toll in Airport Blasts at 10 Dead, 216 Injured
- Farmer Slain Amid Zimbabwe Land Occupations
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- How to Fly as a Courier
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- Bill Seeks to Curb Bogus 'Going Out of Business' Sales
- Why Can't the Famous Speak Up?
- School Funding Battle in Irvine Leaves Out Role of Legislature
- Good California Web Sites
- Top-Tier Accountability
- Officer Rammed in a DUI Stop; Driver Arrested
- Cha Cha Chow
- California Corner
- State Tax Audits on Rise Despite Drop-Off by IRS
- Seeking Activist Work That Pays the Bills
- Post Offices Open Late for Tax Mailings
- He Can't Believe It's Really His
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- 2 Teens Arrested in Columbine-Type Massacre Plot
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- Leadership Wins Transit Debate
- With Finals Over, Decathlon Team Takes Breather
- Airport Transit Guide
- 'Sans' Name Is About Doing Without
- AAA Issues Flashy New Guide Series
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- 'Cult of Elian' Devotees Hold Out Hope for a Miracle
- Bus Trip to Focus on Coke's Policies
- 'Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold Do Not Speak for My Generation'
- China Trade: Clinton's PR Task
- Sewage Spills May Mean Fines for a City and Water District
- Give Districts the Freedom of Charter Schools
- A Man of the Ages
- DISCOVERIES
- Public Oversight Is the Key
- Use Figure of Tiger to Protect Home Entrance
- Market Hazing Tests Endurance of the 'New Economy'
- DEAL OF THE WEEK
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- a made-for-tee-hee movie
- A Keener Eye on the Cops
- Cambodian-American Bridges Cultural Gap
- Critics Do Slow Burn on Cigarette Tax Strategy
- HIGHLIGHTS OF LITERARY L.A.
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- COMING WEDNESDAY
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- Choose Your Sides
- National Parks in California
- COLUMBINE: ONE YEAR LATER
- Black Dubliner Sympathetic to Refugees
- Despite Reorganization, Central Office Rules
- 'There Is No Reason to Feel More Safe'
- Susan Kent
- 'Old-Economy' DuPont Eludes Sell-Off
- Ancient Buddhist Fire Ritual Draws Thousands
- Choosing Travel Insurance
- Preserving the Past in West Adams
- Check It Out
- Volunteers in L.A. Join Global Drive to Beautify Cities
- A Full-Court Press to Regain Late Basketball Great's Items
- Hotel Reservations and Services
- A Side-by-Side Comparison of Guidebooks
- Web Cam Traveling
- Vietnam: A Seismic Cultural Shift
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- Fighting Globalization--But Why?
- Croatia Vows to Cooperate With Tribunal
- FAA Panel Said to Seek Revamp of 737 Rudder
- Jiang, in Balancing Act, Endorses Palestinian Cause
- Anaheim Seeks to Boost Its Cultural Profile
- De Ferran Wins Long Beach Pole
- Common Dream of Sydney Unites a Most Unlikely Pair
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- AMERICAN LEAGUE
- Muddle Relief Spoils Day for Gagne
- Sethsothorn Wins Individual Title
- KINGS GAME REPORT
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- New Pass, New Ban in National Parks
- Giants Can't Catch Break With Fans
- Teacher, Do You Make the Grade?
- Bush Surpasses $80-Million Mark in Fund-Raising
- A Potent Remedy for 'Cuba Fatigue'
- Staples at the Center of More Controversy
- No Advantage in This Family Power Play
- Gay-Rights Bill Reflects Vermont's New Attitude
- LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX
- Kuzmic Powers Lancaster Victory
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- Car Rental Agencies
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- Officer to Be Charged in Recruit's Death
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- Matadors Short Out Long Beach
- A Struggle to Find Their Place in Native Shanghai
- Rice's Toyota Atlantic Win Is Second of Season
- Immigrants Are Putting a Strain on 'Ireland of the Welcomes'
- Backward Steps Won't Fix Insurance Scandal
- For Softball Team, It's Not Another Day at the Yard
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- Win Over Dallas Keeps Galaxy Atop Its Division
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- Priorities Are in Order
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- A 'Picnic' for the Human Condition
- Marriage Tax Relief Urged by N.J. Governor
- In a Dither Over Budget Surplus
- Fingerprints May Be Used for Screening of Coaches
- Cities Seeking a Cure for Beach Pollution
- Considering the Snail By Thom Gunn
- Dreams From Bunker Hill
- Beauty Unboxed
- A Class in Using Software to Aid Minority Clients
- L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
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- DiMartino Wins Singles and Doubles Tennis Titles
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- Sterling's Woes Make Them Run for Cover
- ROUNDUP
- Israel Pullout Pledge Fuels Lebanon Peace Hopes
- Letters May Unveil Garbo's Sex Life
- SMALL FACES
- As World Knits Together, English Is Its Vital Thread
- Cemetery Was Not an End, but a Beginning
- Hotel Groups
- A Train of Thought
- Hundreds of Volunteers Spruce Up the Valley
- First Gold Cup for Women Has a Familiar Look
- Servia's Good Morning Becomes Dog Day Afternoon
- Two Catches
- Mercker Struggles With Transition
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- Legality Questioned in Board's Vote Recount
- 'We Must All Be a Part of the Solution'
- UCLA's Degteva, Bhardwaj Win Titles
- Study Finds Smokers More Prone to Injury
- Titans Get Even With Long Beach
- Dot-Com Workers Watch Net Gains Fade
- Avengers Are at a Loss in Debut
- NBA TOP TO BOTTOM
- 46 Arrested as Police Chase Down Protesters
- Beltre Is Cheered by Fans' Response to Controversy
- Schilling Goes to the Head of Class-A Ball
- Panel Backs Jackson Bill on Speed Limits
- Woolf's at Her Door Again
- 2 Armed Robbers Hold Up Drugstore
- No Surprise on SOAR
- Fusaichi Pegasus Wins Wood
- THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
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- NOTES
- Will Clark Still Chasing That World Series Dream
- ** 1/2 VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 2 GOMES: "Il Guarany" Overture; MONCAYO: Huapango; GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Diemecke, conductor; Intersound
- He Skates Deftly on Thin Ice
- ** 1/2 VINCE GILL, "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye," MCA Nashville
- Revisiting Front Lines in a TV War
- Martha and Nobu's Excellent Adventure
- Round One at a Glance
- Taunts Never Stopped for Willie O'Ree
- Effort to Resume Whaling Fails
- Washington Naturalists Go to Bat for Waning Species
- Gore Presses the Need to Invest in Inner Cities
- Quick Cuts
- Richard Ashcroft's 'Bittersweet' Post-Verve Dilemma
- Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run
- Airline Ticket Discounters
- Ex-Neo Nazi to Talk About Hate Crimes
- Native Hawaiians' Remains Coming Home
- Spelling Trouble for Many of Us
- Red Wings Grinding Kings Into Ground
- Murphy's Law Strikes
- Year-Round Is Simply Realistic
- Renting, Not Buying, May Make More Sense Financially
- Youth and Budget Travel
- Airlines Serving Local Airports
- U.S. Lodgings
- Sharks Surprise Blues, 4-2
- Trail Mix
- Berkeley Is Back on Track
- Tribe Embarks on Shipboard Gamble
- Travel Books
- PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- Giant Sequoia National Monument Created
- Upon Further Review, Anson Comes Up Short
- PREP ROUNDUP
- East Coast Reins In Horseshoe Crab Catch
- Modern Art as National Healing
- Ranchers Fear Environmental Harm in Methane Boom's Wake
- Splish Splash Flash
- Couple Arrested After Bomb Blast
- Cavaliers, Van Gundy Take Shots at Knicks
- Ripken Adds a Hallmark
- Baba's Overtime Goal Lifts New England, 2-1
- High Yield Gets Lukas to Kentucky Again
- Fresh Out of the Gate, It's a Home Run Derby
- TENNIS TOP 10
- Nemechek Not About to Let It Get Away
- The Horror, the Madness, the Movies
- A Gaggle of Guitarists, From Swing to Smooth
- Low Incomes More Prone to Audits by IRS
- Donor Organ Plan Would Favor Politics Over Patients' Lives
- Jewels in the Garbage
- Mountains May Get 4 Inches of Rain
- Another Desert Landmark: Wal-Mart
- United Way Gives BofA Its Top Donor Award
- Going for the Green
- T. Jefferson Parker Returns to O.C. for Signings of His New Mystery, 'Red Light'
- Academic Decathlon to Revamp Curriculum, Cut Price of Materials
- Artist to Discuss Role as Painter, Actor, Poet
- Good Governance Demands a Sphere of Influence for Santa Clarita
- Academic Decathlon to Get New Curriculum
- Who Wants to Be a Voyeur?
- Drivers Gearing Toward Talladega
- With 66, It's Els Who Loves the Course at Hilton Head
- Polk's Winning Ways Return
- Matthews, Ayala Try to Come In from the Cold
- Bichette Hopes to Remain a Hit Out of Spotlight
- For Her, Much Is a Matter of Upbringing
- THE WEALTH EFFECT
- One-Pitch Wonder
- LAUGH LINES
- 'What Columbine Has Taught Us Is That Parenting Goes Only So Far'
- Torrey Lets Her Legs Do Talking at Mt. SAC
- Mendoza Has Almost Perfect Performance
- Welcome Visits From Salonen
- Hikers, Pet Owners Warned About Ticks
- A Dearth of Leadership Makes Federal Intervention Necessary
- It's Tax Time, and IRS Eyes Are Smiling
- Wild Art
- L.A.'s Best Foot Forward Belongs in Latin Dance
- Making 'a Dent in Misery'
- A Test for a Stellar School
- Oxnard College Student Wins Scholarship
- Vargas' Decision Is Fit for King