- New Mideast Violence Quashes Bilateral Security Pact
- MS Patients' Rx: Get Exercise but Chill Out First
- Whipping the Whistle-Blower
- Grinch and Others May Steal Spotlight in Parade
- Accusations Changed Student's Life
- DISCOVERIES
- America's Longest War
- Suns' Rogers: Leave Closs Alone
- Riverside Steps Up With Victory
- UCLA Reaches Final Four by Defeating Clemson, 2-1
- They Would Be Saint Elsewhere Without Haslett
- Suspects Sought in Girl's Shooting
- A Timeless Experience
- Paraclete Triplets Overrun Big Bear
- GIRLS' BASKETBALL AT A GLANCE
- Santa in the Slow Lane
- County's Crisis Gives Way to Compromise
- Presidential Salaries
- Student Says He Bears No Ill Will After Fighting Rape Accusation
- Clippers Rally, but the Ending Is Familiar
- Status Woe for Trojans
- Georgia Tech Wrecks Georgia's Finale
- Record Rack
- Moreno's Last Game Ranks as One of His Best
- They're Company Men and Women
- SOUTHLAND
- Answers to Red Tide Could Be Blowing in the Wind
- Purdue Surprises No. 1 Arizona
- Watchdog Must Be Independent
- Excitement Builds for 2 Wide-Open Valley Council Races
- NBA TOP TO BOTTOM
- AT A GLANCE
- Northridge Falls Short in a Wild Vegas Trip
- Master P Tries to Make Up for the Gaps
- U.S.-Based Group Blamed in Attacks
- Lack of Dominant Team Should Make for Exciting Postseason
- Give Children Investment Books Only in Rare Cases--When They Want Them
- The White Man's Burden
- Owner of Hair Salon Is Killed in His Shop
- Hollywood Derby Now a Field Day for Bettors
- Paying the Right Price for Foreign Pocket Money
- Casden Tags $10.6 Million for Several USC Programs
- Theme Parks: a Lobbyist Joy Ride
- In Brief
- Man Stabbed During Fight Undergoes Surgery
- Environmental Concerns Dawning in Cuba
- Record Rack
- Ranchers Realizing the Beef Needs a Brand
- Couples Reaches $2 Million, but Everyone Wins a Skin
- Nader Greens
- Getting Out the Vote in O.C.
- Inmates' Lawyer Is Hard to Believe
- Tree Tour
- Traffic and Crime
- And the Band Plays On
- Aftermath of Bolsa Chica Wetlands Decision
- Crossing Guard William Hooper
- Assembling Memories
- Stop Arguing and Clean the Beaches
- Ahmanson Ranch Development
- Times on the Web
- Leave 'Annie' Alone
- Prop. 36 Will Lead to Tax Savings
- Campaign Tactics
- What the Dust of History Says to Those Living in a Digital Age
- Ahmanson Ranch Project
- Protecting Ratepayers
- Calling It as He Sees It
- Build Bike Paths
- Election Politics
- Northeast Valley's Housing Crisis
- Paging Miles Lovecraft
- Alcohol Marketing in Santa Paula
- Plan Doesn't Clear Air
- LAPD Staffing
- Landmark Designer
- Crowded Schools
- Coin Toss
- Rethink Solutions for Global Warming
- Election Issues Taken to Court
- Take Back Control of Orange Unified
- Filming of 'Swordfish'
- Strangers
- Women of Steel
- Efforts to End LAX Congestion Seem Grounded
- Time and Topanga
- Airport Planning and El Toro
- Oscar Wilde's Grave
- Calling Attention to Cukor
- Supervisors' Disdain of the Ballot Box
- Plan Doesn't Clear Air
- CAPSULES
- Gore Confronts Tough Odds in Legal War and in Beating the Clock
- Bush Holds Slim Lead; Gore Prepares for Further Court Action
- The Road to Consensus
- Broward Ballot Stack Down to Sighs
- Clinton Readies an Avalanche of Regulations
- The Court Files
- Chromium Data Spur Upwelling of Concern About Safety
- Tapping Alternatives to the Tap
- Top 10 Stories / Nov. 20-24
- For the Record - Nov. 26, 2000
- Electrical Failure Hits PanAmSat Satellite
- HP to Pay Fees Under Germany's Anti-Piracy Law
- Racked by Violence, Haiti Prepares to Vote in Controversial Election
- Pilots Union to FAA: Show How El Toro's Safe
- Kids Lost in the Translation
- Suspected Basque Gunman Held in Assassination Bid
- Boeing Helps Fund Flight 800 Memorial
- Crackdown Against Stalking Launched
- What's the best book you could give as a gift, excluding the Bible and other sacred writings?
- Ruling Favoring Black Squatters Nullified
- Ojai Valley Pastor to Speak
- Ojai's Hidden Hollywood Treasures Are Hot Ticket
- Let's Make Tolerance a Holiday Goal
- Paraclete Runs a Triple Option
- Irvine Clamps Down on Mayfair
- CHAMPIONSHIP OVERVIEW
- Defensive Plays Put Notre Dame in the Semifinals
- Loyola Is in Control When It Matters Most in 21-14 Win
- Only Fassel Has It All Figured Out
- Solving a Maze at the Border
- Year After Elian's Rescue, Florida Feels Effects of Case
- Biologists' Advice: Don't Be Afraid of a Minnesota Wolf
- Montenegro Asks Europe to Back Its Independence
- Costly Steps Fail to Stem Urban Runoff
- College-Style Schedule May Be the Answer for Exit Test
- Church Seeks to Derail Building Ban
- MEN
- La Mirada Backs Run Cypress Out of Playoffs
- Gutierrez Carries Brea Past Fullerton
- Baby Badly Hurt in Drive-By Shooting
- Bibby Looking for the Killer Instinct
- SCOREBOARD
- Exon, Fermin, Ivey Advance in USTA Event
- Eisenhower Pulls a Fast One on Mater Dei, 34-23
- FIELD REPORT
- El Cielo Is a Quick Study on Hollywood Park Turf
- SOUTHLAND EVENTS
- A Win ... and a Wait
- In Choosing Homes, Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better
- 'Mad Cow' Disease Detected in Germany
- 69th Hollywood Christmas Parade
- Customers Mourn Slain Restaurateur and His Wife
- Church for Nordic Sailors Lives On as a Cultural Oasis
- Long Beach Airport Defects Spark Legal Battle
- MEN
- Spain Is No Match for U.S.
- DIVISION XIII
- Ducks Waste a Quality Start
- Charleston 'Most Mannerly' Again
- DIVISION X
- High School Football Spotlight
- Rider Goes Easy on the Officials
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP
- SuperSonics Go to Whip in Second Half
- OPEC Unlikely to Raise Output Soon, Chief Says
- Clinton Plays Golf With Friends on Extended Holiday
- Kenya, Fearing Risk of Ebola Virus, Deports 137 Ugandans
- Mexico May Legalize Older U.S. Vehicles
- N.J. State Program Mandates Free Annual Checkups
- Human Rights Group Urges End to Vigilantism
- Attacking Polluted Runoff
- When Is it OK to Play Hooky?
- LAPD Narcotics Officer Accused of Drunk Driving
- Sting Nets 3 Suspected Home-Invasion Jewel Thieves
- DIVISION XII
- Rookie Not Thinking About Award
- Lakers Turn Combination Into a Lock
- DIVISION XII
- Watson Sees New Energy After Loss
- Tustin Knocks Down Loara
- Thumb Injury Could Keep McNair on Titan Sideline
- Let the Holiday Buying Frenzy Begin
- Cheney Leaves Hospital Ready to Work
- For the Doobie Brothers, It's Still the Playing That Matters
- European Union Pledges Aid, Membership for Balkan Nations
- 16 Die in 'Highway of Death' Bus Plunge
- Edward Ludlum; Stage, TV Director Helped Develop Small L.A. Theaters
- Sting Prevents Robbery, Lands 3 Suspects in Jail
- Thousand Oaks Probes Vote on Law Firm Payment
- Police Praised for Helping Save Woman From Burning House
- FIELD REPORT
- NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TOP TO BOTTOM
- Valencia's Rally Comes Up Short
- Northridge Women Drop the Ball in 75-61 Setback
- UCLA Expected to Receive Invitation to Sun Bowl
- Reese Is the Strength in 'Moving of Sophia Myles'
- You Might Say That God Is This Playwright's Co-Author
- Chrysler Layoffs Not Imminent, Chief Says
- Countries at Risk Lend Nervous Ear to Climate-Change Debate
- LAPD Narcotics Officer Held on DUI Charge
- District Misses Deadline for State Aid on School Projects
- A Frank, Open Look at the Crisis in the Priesthood
- Anteaters Beat Stanford in Opener
- Running on Empty
- Masaniai's Subtlety Is Not Overlooked
- Women
- Now He Knows the Meaning of the Word
- A Win ... and a Wait
- DIVISION XI
- Hindus Killed in Kashmir Ahead of Truce
- SHARING YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRIT
- Suit Against U.S. Spy Suspect Dismissed
- Farm Owner Digs In While Neighbors Hold Their Noses
- Orange County Tries to Breach Language Barrier in Foster Homes
- A Long and Tiring Road to School
- A Postgame Communion for the Fighting Irish
- Bargain Hunters Flood Malls, Stores to Launch Holiday Buying Season
- DIVISION XI
- State of Confusion: Arizona Coaching
- Norman Moves Past Schalken Into Semifinals
- Dubois and Diablos Are Outrun by Chino
- DIVISION XI
- Boozer, Williams Save No. 2 Duke
- SCOREBOARD
- Lancers Beat Santa Paula the Hard Way, 19-16
- Suit Accuses MBNA of Unfair Credit Fees
- Nasdaq Rises 5.4% as Tech Issues Rebound
- Gay Lawmaker Not Welcome at Mission
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- Son of Colombian Anti-Drug Official Held in Smuggling of Heroin to U.S.
- News Networks Seeing Windfall
- Swimming Banned at 3 Area Beaches
- Santa's Workshop
- 2 Critically Wounded in Drive-By Near Police Station
- Buena Fumbles Away Hopes for Title
- La Habra Heads North to Play Volleyball
- Covina (8-3) vs. Western (10-1)
- AT&T; Halts Purchases of Cable-TV Gear
- Anti-Austerity Strike Picks Up Steam in Argentina
- Once Wild, Now Trained: Inmates Pair Well With Horses
- L.A. Sinks Into 'Chernobyl of Health Care'
- Striking Journalists Put Out Own Paper
- Toddler Critically Injured in Drive-By Shooting
- County, Fired Officer Question Practices of Water District
- Most of Guinea-Bissau Army Rejects Former Junta Leader
- Protecting Environment Is Focus of Episcopal Convention
- WILLIAM LOBDELL
- Strong Presence Felt on Boards
- The Ebell Show Just Keeps Moving On
- Seeing the Top of the Op Artists
- Top Figure in China Graft Scandal Held, Canada Says
- One Dimple, Two Interpretations
- Colombian Rebel's Speech Sparks Spat
- Mozambique Prisoners Died of Asphyxiation, Report Says
- Peru Official Requests Criminal Investigation of Fujimori
- A Traveler's Pizza de Resistance
- Lost State Money Sparks Rancor in Santa Ana Schools
- Brown Keeps Nebraska Alive, Kicking for BCS
- PLAYOFF SECOND-ROUND HIGHLIGHTS
- MEN
- Lakers Turn Combination Into a Lock
- TODAY'S SCHEDULE
- COMING SUNDAY
- St. Bonaventure Cruises Past Calvary Chapel
- Olive Harvest Becomes a Palestinian Casualty
- Money Matters
- A Lifetime Putting a Family Back Together
- Man Seriously Injured in El Rio Stabbing
- Con Artists Love the Holidays Too
- Girl, 2, Critically Injured in Attack by Family Dog
- Hart Takes Air Out of Ball, 28-23
- DIVISION XI
- Late Edison Rally Can't Stop Loyola From Advancing
- Last Stand?
- Detour Magazine to Redo 1997, 1998 Statements
- Salvadoran Legislator's Immunity Upheld
- Values That Are Worth Teaching
- Those Freeway Chickens Are Real
- Rough and Ready
- Pilots Union Challenges FAA Statement on El Toro Safety
- AT A GLANCE / Boys' Soccer
- Giguere Expected to Make Debut
- Long Beach Poly Dominates St. Paul
- Barnes & Noble in Merger Talks With Gemstar
- Mudslides Kill 4 as Hundreds Flee Rains
- Perfect Present
- La Habra Holds Off University, 13-7
- Physical Sailors Sink Kennedy
- Aquinas Makes Eagles Suffer a Second Time
- Pennsylvanians Give Tax Rebates to Schools
- AARP Director Deets Planning to Retire
- Council Drops Support of Statement on Marriage
- Friends Express Disbelief Over Stabbing of Couple
- ROUNDUP
- Red Wings Give Bowman a Victory in 2,000th Game
- VENTURA COUNTY FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP
- Virginia Tech Offers Beamer More Than $1 Million a Year
- Emotional Smith Just What Pistons Needed
- Trojans Win With Strong Finish
- Democrats Circle Their Wagons in Battle for Florida
- Religion Notes
- 'Expertise' on Trial
- Legal Options for Both Candidates Rule Out Hope for Resolution Soon
- 5 Sickened After Eating Undercooked Bear Meat
- It's Almost Graduation Day
- Athens Passes IOC Muster
- Tomlinson Tops 2,000 Yards in TCU's 62-7 Win Over SMU
- St. Francis Turns Up a Victory