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- COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
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- Memories Of Silver Favored in the Yellow Ribbon Stakes
- UCI Women Finish Fourth at Big West Championships
- Tough Setback Follows Big Win
- Room for Give in Port Dispute
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- Bargain Hunting
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- Instead of Storming, Clippers Were Becalmed
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- Sharing the Wealth--Fairly
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- Vrankovic Off to Good Start
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- Story of Billy Bob Striking Wife With Oscar Called Fiction
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- The Grande Dame of L.A. Newspapers
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- Home Health Care: Fine Idea That's Poorly Implemented
- Buoyed by Valley Effort, Westside Groups Begin Looking at Creating New City
- For U.S. Athletes, Nagano Is No Longer a Distant Gold
- Ringing Memories for Sandstrom
- It's a Dunn Deal for Mississippi St.
- TIMES' NFL WRITER T.J. SIMERS POSES--AND ANSWERS--THE BURNING QUESTIONS ON : GAME DAY
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- Illicit Voting Rife, Gingrich Claims
- Nighttime Terror Wakes Algerians to Bloody Fates
- Clean Bill of Health for Calabasas Water
- The Jury Is a Minor Issue in Teen Court
- Exiles Plan Laser Messages Over Cuba
- 'Rebecca'
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- Life of Tears and Hope for Beaten Baby's Family
- In Nationwide Alert, Scientists Put a Hex on Mercury as Folk Cure
- Older Drivers Can Take AARP Course
- Inventing a University
- Looking Sharp at Mt. Wilson
- Markets Give Reminder on Perils of Over-Optimism : County should reaffirm prudence in financial policies
- Homage to the Dead : Faithful Build Altars, Join Mass to Mark Dia de los Muertos and Honor Mexican Traditions
- Fast-Moving Fire Frightens Residents
- 49ers Enjoy 17-Year Run in the West
- Ice Dogs Win Their Fifth in a Row, 6-2
- Troubled Soward Gets Shut Out Too
- Those Laker Kids Must Learn to Play Together Nicely
- Servite Battles to Turn Back Saddleback
- Fullerton's Berg Deserves to Be in Leading Role Now
- With 'Pearls for Pigs,' Richard Foreman will introduce L.A. to his sensory-overload style, in a work attacking his own ambivalence. What we have here is a man . . . : Trapped in the Theater
- Letter on El Toro Elicits Response
- Eco-Dollars Talk, but Is Financial Excess Called For?
- Valley Secession
- Boot Camp
- HMO Book's Author Offers Another Dose
- Ban on School AIDS Talks Misguided
- Not Everyone Is Smiling at Pat Kingsley's Methods
- RACE AT A GLANCE
- School Offers One Chance Too Many
- Mood of Banker Depends on Economy
- Pierce College's Future
- Care of Children
- Teaching Math
- Poly High's Team
- United in Anger
- The Name's Not Quite the Same
- How Generalizations, Stereotyping Differ
- Change to Metric Costly, Confusing
- Cigarette Tax
- Program Sets Up Poor for Failure
- Booze on Board
- Bilingual Education
- HMO's Principles Are Merely a PR Ploy
- The Bird Lady
- Not Even Lip Service
- VALVE JOB
- Kudos for YMCA Indian Program
- O-LAN TO A T
- Red Ribbon Week
- X-TRAORDINARY
- Jackson on King
- Tight Labor Market Is the Best Job-Training Program
- Voter Probe Scrutinized
- Criticism of City Attorney
- The Fatherhood Fraternity
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- Activists Unfair to Rocketdyne
- PacBell Should Keep Books in Phone Booths
- Taking Aim at Koll's 'Golden Parachutes'
- No Negatives at Dana School
- 'Melrose Place' Was Good Guest
- The Next Frontier for Encryption Software
- Translations Not as Simple as ABC
- Knott's Farm Fondly Recalled
- Asking Capizzi to Give Up Office
- Vandenberg Blaze Contained After Being Accidentally Set
- Locker Room Talk and Poor Judgment
- Robert Bork
- Firefighters Not Overcompensated
- Clearing Flood Control Channels
- Sports Arena
- Decision Strictly Minor League
- Other Side of Slide Show Issue
- Not Everyone is Smiling at Pat Kingsley's Methods
- MOCK JOCK
- Obituaries - Nov. 2, 1997
- Sea Goddesses Looking Lovely These Days
- Plain-Faced L.A. Consulate Is No Ordinary Installation
- Leaders of Japan, Russia Meet to Thaw Relations
- As Heat Scorches, 126 Acres Burn
- Hicks Joins Himself in Record Book
- FCC Orders Century Cable Refunds
- Pope Decries Anti-Semitism During WWII
- Ventura Incumbent Leads Pack in Fund-Raising
- Drinking In the Beauty of Japanese Tea Ceremony
- Authorities Name Suspect in Slaying
- Take It From Big Brother
- Fred Couples Withdraws from the Shark Shootout
- Abuse, Alcoholism at Center of 'Wings'
- Nextel, Nextlink Stakes Awarded in Divorce Case
- Marble Has a Bond With Resin Epoxy
- House OKs Curbs on Veterans' Burials
- DEA Agent Charged With Child Abuse
- Shifting Weaver Case to U.S. Court Urged
- The Safety Age : More people are making their homes 'senior friendly' as a way to extend independence.
- Russian Duma OKs Chemical Weapons Ban
- CHP Seeks Charge of Drunk Driving
- Gonzalo 'Corky' Perez; East L.A. Activist
- Fire at Hospital in Milan Kills 11
- Randy Gagne; Stunt Pilot, Teacher
- Federal Agent Faces Abuse Charges
- In another Olympic League game:
- GOLDEN LEAGUE
- VALLEY PAC-8 CONFERENCE
- Festival to Celebrate Hindu New Year
- AIDS Group Is Accused of Overbilling
- TreePower Program Reaches a Milestone
- Strategy Leaves Leonard on the Run
- Anschutz a Silent Partner and That's a Bit Disquieting
- Brea Olinda Wins in Final Minute
- Friday's Yardstick
- Clippers Learning More About Depth
- Angels Get Rangers' Bell for Perisho
- THIS WEEK IN THE BIG SKY
- New Rules Would Limit Recruiting
- CHANNEL LEAGUE
- Fountain Valley's Late Touchdown Breaks Edison
- Spheres of Influence : KUCI's Eclectic DJs of Subculture Make Up in Enthusiasm What They Don't Have in Watts
- Diver With Bends Flown to Hospital
- Pitino's Celtics Proud Victors Over Bulls
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- Sylmar Carries Sign to Monroe
- Ventura Players Ruled Ineligible
- Fargas Has Career Night in Notre Dame Romp
- CITY SECTION FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
- Paraclete Trips Up Bishop
- VENTURA COUNTY FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
- Robinson Can't Find Fault With Huskies
- Evidence of an Era : A new book chronicles classic film noir through the movie posters that have become decidedly hot collectibles.
- Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press.
- N.Y. Firm Increases Stake in Costa Mesa-Based ARV
- Prosecutors May Fight Evidence From Kaczynski
- Republic of Texas Leader, Aide Guilty of Kidnap Plot
- Principal Gets Her Fill of Pies as Auction Prize
- Beleaguered Chief of Police to Be Honored
- Outreach Judaism Director to Speak
- Police Say Outreach Transforms Latino Area
- CHANNEL LEAGUE
- Troy Is Able to Hold Off Fullerton
- Patterson Helps Cypress Rally Past Century
- Fast Fact
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- Whieldon's Touchdown Passes Lead Orange Lutheran
- US Airways Pilots Ratify 5-Year Pact
- Copter Crashes on Freeway
- Judge Backs City of Burbank, Halts Airport Expansion
- Atheist Twins May Soar to Eagles
- City May Expand New-Sign Program
- Fourth of July Parade Planning Underway
- Trick or Treat by Loan Officer?
- A Burro By Any Other Name . . . Isn't Cookie
- Lakers Show Some Punch
- Bettis Has a Swelled Hand
- EIGHT-MAN
- Herzog Carries Costa Mesa Past University, 34-7
- CHANNEL LEAGUE
- El Dorado Cashes In Campbell's Returns
- A Bit of 'Hercules,' a Little 'Xena' . . .
- FOOTHILL LEAGUE
- Low Heels
- Infamous Fixer-Upper Set to Show
- Campus Violence Strikes Close to Home
- Error Inflates Bond Figure to $16 Trillion
- Holiday Lake Expected to Reopen in 1999