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- Vaccines Don't Cause Autism, Science Panel Says
- LAX Braces for 'LAX,' the Series
- Turning Swords Into Bumper Cars
- 3 Witnesses at Iraq Abuse Hearing Refused to Testify
- Soldier Who Left Unit in Iraq Going on Trial
- Council Angers Cable Panel
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- D.A. Official With Gripe Wins Benefit
- Frith gives perfect pitch to EAR
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- Up to Their Angles
- It's a Dream Finish for Angels, Riggs
- Barnes & Noble Swings to Profit
- Tobacco Suit Seeks to Help Smokers Quit
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- Film Studios Said to Be Trying to Settle EU Case
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- Turnaround Consultant Launches Buyout Fund
- Sammy, Sega to Join Operations
- Three Banks Agree to Settle IPO Probes
- Legal Fees in Tobacco Case Upheld
- Man Pleads Guilty in Google IPO Scheme
- Appeal Bond Is Denied for Dynegy Ex-Exec
- Free Net Phone Service to Expand
- Motel Owner Convicted in 4 Slayings
- Stage Set for Legal Showdown Over Pot
- E-Voting May Get State Blessing
- Theatre Guild gets 'Wholesale'
- Leave the driving to them
- That new car smell
- Typhoon Kills 19; Hundreds Homeless
- White House and Senate Compromise on Most Judicial Nominations
- City OKs $7 Million for Misconduct Settlements
- Look -- It's the Rip Van Winkle of Billboards
- D.A. Pleads His Case on Budget
- Couple Arrested in Girl's Drowning
- Tracy Says Green Will Stay in Cleanup Spot
- Stewart's show to go on hiatus
- Schmidt's One-Hitter Leads Giants to Win
- J.C. Penney Sees Revenue Rise; Net Profit Falls 33%
- Union Pacific Works to End Delays, but No Date Is Given
- Internet Dating Goes Gray
- NIH Staff Must Report Payments
- 2 Killed in Costa Mesa Car Crash
- Hope to Get New Courses
- USC's Guenther May Play Only Basketball
- Alvarez Comes Back to Earth
- Olympic Anti-Doping Statement Is Planned
- Political Discord Over Oil Supply Increases Along With Gas Prices
- Governor Removes Criticized Director
- Lane-splitting: Is it really OK to do that?
- VeriSign Is Told to Refile Lawsuit
- San Francisco Bond Ratings Slip on Deficits
- State Senate Passes Bill to Restrict Foreclosures
- Ford hopes 2006 Zephyr is a fresh breeze
- Shiite Leader Asks Both Sides to Leave Holy Cities
- Fun in a Flak Jacket
- State Senators Take On Guards
- Defendant in Rape Trial Insists Sex Was Consensual
- Owners Not Ready to Doff Top Hat to Downtown Ventura Development
- In God, and the GOP, They Trust
- Wooden Is Never Par for the Course
- Berlin opera director quits
- Cello's Finder Pledges to Donate Reward
- Panel to Probe Slayings at Jail
- Port Link to Chinese Firm Is Probed
- Lightning Has All the Power
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- 3 Men Are Sought in Attempted Robbery
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- Bush Gains in Efforts to Win Over Jewish Vote
- Senate OKs Ban on Force-Feeding of Birds
- Recruit Scandal Report Criticizes Top Officials
- Politics at play off, on screen
- Militant Sentenced in 2003 Marriott Bombing
- Running the Gantlet to Make It Out Alive
- Public's Views on Troops in Iraq Diverge
- A City Jolted Back From the Brink of Hope
- One if by glass, two if by quartino
- Free Speech Defender Dies in Traffic Accident
- Ex-Manager of Hooters Charged in Secret Taping
- The end of 'Frasier' lands at beginning of the chart
- Human Smuggling Targeted
- Pacers Hold Off, Eliminate Heat
- Eye-Opening Assignment: Rebuild a Ravaged Nation
- DirecTV silences signal for television pirates in Cuba
- State to Probe Anaheim Police Allegations
- Professor Pleads Not Guilty to Faking Crime
- Refugee Commissioner Denies Harassment
- HOT CORNER
- A Win-Win Water Deal
- Sisters Share Same Calling
- Forest Service Gets Fire Aid
- L.A. Gets U.S. Pledge on Airliner Security
- As Terrorists Plot, Uncle Sam Pays to Halt Cuban Cigars
- Tears, Tough Questions on 9/11
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- Senators Hit Iraq Policy
- City May Appeal Ruling on Peacocks
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- Police Seek 3 Men in Shooting of Store Owner
- Corina Alarcon Gets Post on Police Panel
- ERs to Stay out of Immigration Checks
- It's a Dream Finish for Angels, Riggs
- FINALLY
- Rising from ashes
- Taiwan's Chen Is Urged to Begin His 2nd Term Quietly
- ABC Gets Serious About Its New Television Lineup
- Upland Project May Be Headed Back to Court
- Errant Deer Causes Rush-Hour Traffic Jam on Golden Gate Bridge
- Recovery takes love full circle
- Abuse Inquiry Focuses on New Head of Iraq Jails
- Alleged Rape Victim Testifies
- L.A. Company Recalls Raw Almonds
- Bills Pile Up as Federal Policy Fails
- GALAXY TONIGHT
- Johnson & Johnson Buys Egea Biosciences
- GAO Doubts Boeing Laser's Effectiveness
- Visionary Inventor, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
- Cost Should Be a Factor in Prison Sentences
- Thousand Oaks Offers Photo Op
- A Reviled Figure Resurfaces to Oppose Unwelcome Mat for Vietnam Officials
- Marsh to Buy Kroll to Expand Operation Consulting on Risk
- 2nd Mt. Rainier Climber Is Rescued by Copter
- Governor's Demand Signals Marriage Battle
- Ex-FBI Biologist Admits Falsifying DNA Data
- Son, 23, Held in Woman's Shooting Death
- Bow to Global AIDS Reality
- Man Is Found Guilty of '79 Killing
- Santiago's Mowatt Has Her Eye on Elusive Title
- Adelphia Witness Is Called a Liar
- Staples' Profit Jumps as Sales Increase 12%
- Boy Charged in Death of 11-Year-Old
- Misuse of City Park Permits Is Alleged
- Tony Randall, 84; Versatile Actor Won Fame as Felix Unger in 'The Odd Couple'
- L.A.'s 'Sweeney' gets the ax
- Battle cries and reflections
- FBI to Probe Possible Theft of Cisco Code
- Cantankerous, yes, but delicious
- Simi Teen Pleads Not Guilty in Mother's Fatal Stabbing
- Greenspan Is Renominated as Fed Chief
- No Hearing on HMO Acquisition
- Kerry Snares 3 More Primaries
- Bills Tackle Contractor Oversight
- 20 Killed in Gaza Offensive
- Gorilla Dies at Zoo After Lung Surgery
- Big Pick Six Carry-Over
- West Is NBA Executive of the Year
- Vargas will replace Walters
- Stocks Bounce Back on Bargain Hunting
- Amazing Randy: Perfect
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- Home Depot's Earnings Rise 21%
- Board Adjusts Suspension
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- 2012 Games: Down to Five
- Foodies go hog wild
- Daring to stand alone
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- California Driving Up College Tuition Fees
- Coercion by the Church
- Bush, Rumsfeld and Journalistic Negativism
- Renewal of Assault Weapons Ban
- Las Vegas Sands, Owner of Venetian, Plans IPO
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- Applied Materials Rebounds to Post Profit
- Misplaced Complaints
- QUOTEBOOK
- From the land of silken pasta and goat grabbing
- A Kiss Doesn't Change the Meaning of 'No'
- Federal Contracts Help CSC Post Solid Net Income Gain
- Gay Marriage Bill Expected to Die in Assembly
- A ghost of seasons past back already
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- Inquiry Into Leak Looks to Reporters
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- Limited Brands Profit Falls Less Than 1%
- New spot for Dean museum
- Egyptian filmmaker blasts U.S. policies
- Scandal's Shame, Massachusetts' Pride
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- Jungle of classic exploration
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- Death of Prisoner Detailed in Testimony
- Enron Tapes Hint Chiefs Knew About Power Ploys
- Counting on Time to Break a Silence
- Mother Nature on the Web
- Troops in S. Korea to Go to Iraq
- UC Doles Out Broken Promises to Students, Princely Sums to Administrators
- Stradivarius Found 3 Days After Theft, Police Say
- All 28 Sports Stay in Summer Games
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- Bearproof backpacking
- On lands peopled by spirits
- India Markets Fall After Election
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- Lowe's Profit Rises on Strong Sales
- 103 Inmates Die as Fire Guts Prison Cellblock
- Owners of Day Care Are Charged in Girl's Death
- ANGELS TONIGHT
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- Rockies Come Back to Win, 7-6
- Tringale Shoots 69 at SeaCliff
- U.S. Issues Report on Human Rights
- Stocks Slide on Wall St. and Abroad
- Mile-high skiing times 3
- Psyche's Torn Curtain
- Father of 2 Killed by Armed Bicyclists
- Speak Up for the Forest
- Wells Headed for DL
- Cisco's Code Posted on Russian Website
- Union Bank Acquires CNA Trust Unit
- Street Vendors Allege Extortion
- 'Bovine Bandit' Sought in Series of Bank Heists
- Huge Vote Against College Chief
- Shannon Sharpe Will Retire for Job in Broadcasting
- Kerry Hits the Oregon Trail With Dean
- The Wrong Way to Build a Nation
- Shooting Probes Lag, Report Says
- Policy Changes Sought to Curb Employee Paid Leave
- Disabled People Can Sue States Over Access, High Court Rules
- Palestinians Flee Israeli Army in Gaza
- Girl, 9, Dies After Being Pulled From Castaic Lake
- Cousin Held in Slaying of 11-Year-Old
- Anna Lee, 91; 'General Hospital' Matriarch
- Flyers, Lightning Fire Slap Shots Away From Ice
- Consumers Win Ruling on Bankruptcy Debt
- Shell Released Sarin, U.S. Says
- Rubber rants
- Ambush alley
- The square root of camper envy
- Toys R Us Loss Widens as Sales Decline
- Lockheed Pursuing Titan Despite Scandal
- Pervasive Abuse Alleged by Freed Detainees, Red Cross
- Suicide Attack Kills Head of Iraqi Council
- June Taylor, 86; Choreographer for Gleason TV Show
- Angels, Yankees Get Infusion of Intensity
- Forgoing At-Bats Due to Bad Lumbar
- His Long Road: Delivering to Stars, Watching for Cars
- Doctor Had Prior Run-In With Police
- Gavin Polone, the iconoclast
- Altered Crops Backed by U.N.
- Peeler Suspended for Two Games; Garnett Is Fined
- HP Loses Patent Ruling in EMC Suit
- Filling out fall lineups
- Phony Physician, 70, Gets a Decade Added to Prison Sentence
- Ambassador Auditorium Is Sold
- Nortel Shares Fall on Report of Cash Bonuses
- Rebels Abduct, Kill 22 From Refugee Camp
- Interest Rates Fall in T-Bill Auction
- Sundance fest going global
- IOC Chief Backs U.S. on Doping
- Say no to uncontrollable bleeding
- Risks Are Part of a Day's Work
- Adult Film Company Resumes Production
- Lawyers Hiring Lawyers
- Flames Get Key Game 5 Victory
- Mexico's 1st-Quarter GDP Surges 3.7%
- Bush, Kerry Extol Brown Ruling, Separately
- Warlord Claims Role in Chechen Assassination
- Judge in Pooh Royalties Case Won't Step Down
- Locked horns
- Oxford Loss Widens in Quarter
- Private fin farm
- Governor's Budget Misses Opportunity, Analyst Says
- Fullerton Woman Killed When SUV Overturns
- Date-Rape Drug Scenario Raised at Trial
- Pope's new book defends church policy of celibacy
- Intel Plans to Increase Capital Spending 20%
- Former Sony Pictures Executive Sentenced
- Dominican President-Elect Will Inherit Economy in Crisis
- FDA Chief Launches Internal Inquiry of Payments
- Sprain sidelines Celine Dion
- A story that is truly evergreen
- 7 Held in $70-Million Heist Attempt at Airport
- Canal racing on dry land
- River queen of scrapes and bruises
- Jerry Brown Files to Enter Attorney General's Race
- Slaying Suspect Changes Story
- Oxnard Man Held in Fatal Shooting
- Salmon Given a Painkiller
- Portrait of the West