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- AIG Offers $23 Billion for American General
- Mattel Will Shut Last U.S. Manufacturing Site
- Wrap That Bird
- Pen Interconnect to Acquire Amanda Corp.
- HIGH-SPEED CHASE
- Honda to Nissan: My Green Car Is Greener Than Your Green Car
- Blast From the Past: Rush of Big Rigs on the Open Road
- Those Nuts From the Hills
- The Franchise
- Interest Grows in Freedman's Bank
- Crash Inquiry Turns to Safety Alert
- High Schools Move Toward Smaller Learning Centers
- Mayor Proposes Funds to Add 81 Paramedics
- John Dunkel; Scriptwriter for TV Westerns
- Toshiba America Names Nonaka President
- Erstad Picks Up Where He Left Off
- Sarah Brightman Profile Follows the Numbers
- Adams: California Is Home 'of the Fruits and the Nuts'
- Schneider Delivers at Crucial Moment
- Judge Awards $65 Million in Portal Hijacking
- PSINet Considers Bankruptcy
- Something to Say
- Money Woes May Doom Saturday Mail Delivery
- Cheney Casts Senate Vote to Rescue Bush's Budget
- Spy Plane Crew
- Miss Information's Guide to Auto Activities
- Her Grand Entrance
- City OKs Plan to Reduce Debt of Struggling Long Beach Aquarium
- Supervisors Seek Independent Study of El Toro Contamination
- Training Their Thoughts on a Night's Rest
- N.J. Official Says Race Profiling Persists
- Israeli Air Raids Target Palestinian Security Forces in Gaza Strip
- It's a Short Walk, Indeed, From Political Office to Madison Ave.
- Japan Approves Textbook Defending Role in WWII
- County Grew Richer in the 1990s, Data Show
- Canyon Takes Five to Sneak Past the Vikings
- Race Relations
- Angels Can't Get Over Hill in Loss
- Fan Found Guilty of Stalking Hingis
- Long-Suffering Clippers Suddenly Create a Buzz
- Sorry, but He'd Prefer Usual Tuesday Drama
- 'South Park's' Neighborhood Has Become Prime Real Estate
- Those 'Mouth-Filling' Whites
- Dan Rather Was Democrats' Star at Fund-Raiser
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- Amid Crisis, Britain Losing Faith in Farmers
- A Class in Freshness 101
- Powell Joins Nagorno-Karabakh Talks
- DNA Links N. Calif. Rapes to Southland Killings
- INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Macedonian Police, Media Criticized for Treatment of Ethnic Albanians
- Insurance Commissioner to Examine Use of Location in Setting Auto Rates
- Flaky Tart and Greens
- Senate Panel Hears Digital Music Debate
- Schools Try to Nip Criminality in the Bud
- In a Cooling Economy, Used-Car Shoppers Make Changes
- Prandium May Seek Bankruptcy
- Virgin Records Bets Big on Carey's $80-Million Deal
- Chips Off the Old Engine Block
- LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX FACTS
- Events
- Morale Likely a Factor in Decision on Sub Crew
- Families Keep a Lonely Vigil for Crash Victims
- Homeowner-Backed Candidates Win in Glendale
- A Mother's Nightmares Get Even Worse
- Arrests of Illegal Migrants Plunge
- County to Explore Possibility of Creating Own Power Utility
- Traumatic Tales of Avian Mishap, Afflicting Fowl Fresh and Frozen
- What's Up With the Catalog, Doc?
- Chinese Stowaways in Good Condition
- Team Leaders Back Charron
- Glendale, Bell Ring Up No. 9
- Stackhouse Makes His (57) Points
- Sound Out of Soweto
- Higher PC Sales for Sony
- FINANCIAL SERVICES
- Intersil Holding Corp. Investing in PowerSmart
- Data Show Rise in Female Entrepreneurs
- To Bean, or Not to Bean?
- Stocks Plummet as Fears Grow Over Profits, China
- Robinson to Stay in U.N. Rights Job
- Man Is Acquitted in 'Air Rage' Case That Spotlighted Rising Passenger Ire
- Little to Show for Year, Putin Admits
- Beijing Seeks to Balance Tough Talk, Diplomacy
- Sifting Facts and Gossip to Scout Out the Ghosts of Old Hollywood
- Unidentified Woman Sought in Slaying
- What's Up With the Catalog, Doc?
- County Golf Course Near Moorpark Wins Board's OK
- Defense in SLA Case Seeks to Delay Trial
- Poetry Writing
- Found Items Give New Meaning to 'Junk Mail'
- 2 Reports Add to Economic Confusion
- Dissident Investors Again Pressure ICN
- PREP BASEBALL ROUNDUP
- These Lakers Still Waiting for Turnaround
- Ventura Delivers Initial Blows
- 76er Owner's Brother Stole From Iverson
- Handling Conflict: Well, Recuuuse Me
- Before Their Art Was Famous
- Foothill Handles One Final Rally
- Ingram Micro, FileNet and Epicor Announce Layoffs
- Merisel Appoints Its CFO as President, Chief Executive
- ICX Electronics Planning $12.7-Million IPO
- Said Busily Becoming Hottest on Circuit
- Kostunica Rejects Quick Hand-Over of Milosevic
- City Council Moves Toward Compromise on Bullet Ban Proposal
- Two Sewage Spills Close Docks, Beach
- Pumpkin Case Defendant's Family Posts $250,000 Bail
- Insurance: No Simple Fix
- Judge OKs Suit Against Lead Paint Industry
- Keep the Focus on Spy Plane Crew
- Lawyer: NASCAR Influenced Widow
- Rider Benched After Missing Bus
- Newport Harbor Storms Back for Volleyball Victory
- Velvet From Sow's Ear
- 1999 Freie Weingartner Durnsteiner Kellerberg Riesling "Smaragd," Wachau, Austria
- Wild, Sweet and Crunchy
- 'Totaled' Car: Let's Get This Straight
- A Racing Phenomenon in Any Language
- Split Senate Gives More Muscle to Its Members
- Age Takes Its Toll on Car's Electronic Hardware
- Public Works Deputy Chief to Head General Services
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- Foster Farms Agrees to Buy Zacky's Chicken Business
- Charges Against Former Fillmore Mayor Dropped
- FBI Starts 2nd Probe of O.C. Jail Brutality
- Mayor's Spending Plan Proposes Funds to Add 81 Paramedics
- Piatkowski Poised for Personal Milestone
- Clemens Not Quite the King in Some Eyes
- Duval Starts Over After Long Layoff Because of Injury
- Tapia's Home Run Sparks Birmingham to 3-0 Victory
- Some Arcane Scientific Jargon Clouds 'Oxygen'
- New Shows, NCAA Hoops Deliver for ABC, CBS
- L.A. Times Cookbook Hotlist
- There's No Map to Chart This Territory
- Times Have Changed in Westside Balloting
- Candidates Backed by Homeowners Win Council
- Yearning for a Wider World Led Ann Hu to Film Directing
- Western Digital's Shakeel Made Chief Operating Officer
- Leader of the Bandwidth?
- What Are You Drinking?
- Cosco to Pay Fine Over Baby-Product Defects
- 100 Seders
- Clinton Pays Visit to Raise Quake Aid
- Picture Book of Cars Is in Never-Never Land
- Edwards Huntington Metcalf; Library Benefactor
- International Law Favors 'Sovereign Immunity' for Plane, Experts Say
- 2 Accused in Hiding of Abortion Fugitive
- Audit: U.S. Agency Bumbled Millions
- Laguna Niguel Worried By Crematory
- College Seeking Director-Curator for Art Gallery
- 'Compassion'--Another Fractured Fairy Tale
- County Cuts Funds to Health Clinic
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- Dent Falls in First Round of Tournament
- Report: Strawberry Did Cocaine in Motel
- A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here.
- Saltarelli's Offense Is the Key as Marina Defeats Los Alamitos
- Palmeiro Steps to the Plate
- Cardiac Sciences Retains Investment Advisors
- Layoff Announcements Mount
- Sanwa and Tokai Banks to Merge
- Stained Glass for the Seder
- Just Add Water
- PRO/CELEBRITY
- T. C. Son; Songwriter Opposed the Vietnam War
- 1990s Brought Increased Wealth to Ventura County
- What Those 200,000 Fans Know About Watching Races
- Man, 19, in Hospital After Being Hit, Stabbed on Bus
- Double Duty
- Angels Can't Get Over Hill in Loss
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- Hart Has Valencia's Number
- Clorox Plans to Keep Cleaning Product Lines
- Golden State S&L; Damages Claim Revived
- Telenetics Corp.'s China Modem Deal Extended
- Rich Little Po'-Boy
- UCLA Vice Chancellor Gets L.A. Unified Post
- Girl Supports Bill That Would Protect Tipsters
- The Clay's the Thing for Trio
- Concordia Sweeps Doubleheader
- HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP
- Depiction of the Virgin of Guadalupe Stirs Objections
- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION'S PRESS.
- Dissident ICN Shareholders Want 3 Board Seats
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- Edison Workshop to Tackle Energy Efficiency
- Tech Sector No Longer Tops S&P; List
- Search Continues for Fishing Vessel Crew
- Nazi, 83, Convicted of Killing 7 Jews
- Baroque Music Fest Will Begin June 17
- Fred A. Cooper; Ventura County Realtor
- Park's Place Now a High-Rent District
- Recount Would Have Increased Bush Win, Papers Say
- Supporting Roles
- Bush Defends His Faith-Based Proposal
- Regis Philbin to Be Next Rose Parade Grand Marshal
- Postal Lost and Found Is a Stream of Mysteries
- Flight Curfew Measure Gives Burbank City Leaders Pause
- Carlos Ogden; World War II Medal of Honor Winner
- Palffy Can Take It at the Right Time
- Dealing With It
- SOUTHLAND EVENTS
- Trail Blazers Punish Wallace and Lose Again
- Lakers Make Themselves Heard in End
- COMING THURSDAY
- Fitting Square Pegs in an Oval Office
- San Jose Firm Is Acquiring Gas Producers
- L.A. Film Production Spikes in 1st Quarter
- Debt-Ridden Prandium Considers Bankruptcy
- If Tables Were Turned, We'd Do the Same
- Trade-Tech in Turmoil Over Changes
- They Seem to Be Under Par in This Market
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- New Show Looking for 'The Incurable Collector'
- MSN Begins Offering Online Music Channels
- Salomon Analyst Who Called Chip Stocks' Peak Now Hinting He's Looking for Bottom
- Energy Costs Dim Chain's Outlook
- Huge Withdrawal Aside, Engine Parity Is the Word
- Manager of $55-Billion Portfolio Hired
- Creditors Claim Control Over Russia's NTV
- Notification Process Gives Kin a Lifeline
- Memorial Planned for Pilot Killed in Crash
- Devils' Elias on Fire
- Burbank Gets In Too Deep in an 8-2 Setback to Hart
- Judge Rips Up Case of Boys' Paper Guns
- 'First Librarian' Bush Touts Favorite Place
- The Hang-Ups of Suburban Life Can Be Taxing
- Holton Is Bolting for Portland
- 'My Heart Broke'
- Civilian Nigeria
- LAPD: Avoid Lawsuits
- On 'Whiteness,' U.S. Racism and the Culture of Bullying
- Biscotti Does Not Translate
- When Energy Was Just One of Our Shortages
- Dandelion And Bacon Dressing
- U.S.-China Standoff Over Navy Spy Plane
- Walking Angels Flight
- Power Complaints
- Slobodan Milosevic
- Including Gays in Marriage
- A Green Tradition
- Long-Term Tax Relief
- Affirmative Action
- OPENING DAY
- Obituaries - April 4, 2001
- All Involved in Alcala Case Brace for Yet Another Trial
- Probe of Utility Money Transfers Ordered
- Council Heard in '96 of Rampart Trouble
- Mayoral Hopefuls Scramble Before Final Confrontation
- Big 3 Sales Drop, but Are Still Better Than Expected
- Secrets of the Sauce Masters
- U.S. Meets With Detained Crew as Tensions Mount
- Numbers of Blacks, Latinos Admitted to UC System Rise
- Energy Firms' Mixed Message Is Focus of Inquiry
- Ruling May Lead to 3rd Trial in Girl's Slaying
- Coad Offers Small-Jail Plan With a Catch
- Alatorre Probe Focus Shifts to Source of Alleged Bribes
- Minorities Up 42.5% in UCI's Fall Admissions
- Obituaries - April 4, 2001
- Poll Analysis: ...and Then There Were Three
- Irvine Company Sells Loan-Servicing Portfolio
- 'Teeka' Tells a Moving Tale of Child's Pain
- Student Gets Probation for Threatening Classmates
- Middle East Leaders Urge Bush to Act
- Player Response Satisfies Charron
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- Globalstar May Be Forced to Suspend Operations
- Courts Favor Ban on Money, But Not Words
- 2 Guilty in Group Attack on Women
- Announcers Show Their True Colors
- Providence's Mayor Accused of Bribery
- BY CONFERENCE
- Driver in High-Speed Chase Critically Injured, Police Say
- Out of the Boo
- Westside Race Is Costliest in History of School Board
- Marins Deliver a Needed Lift for Valley
- Junk Bond Losses Leading to Lower Earnings for American Express
- Most of Terrorism Expert's Testimony Is Barred
- Kenneth Hahn's Legacy Serves His Son Well in Mayor's Race
- GIRLS
- Frazeur Eligible to Run for Diablos
- ON DECK
- Hampton Finds a Coziness to Coors, Rockies Win, 8-0
- Jessye Norman: More Range, Diction, Control Than Ever
- How 'Cleopatra' Nearly Sank Fox
- Litronic Inc.
- EBay Says Users' Personal Info Could Be Shared in Merger
- Eagles, Friars Moved Back into County for Regional
- Kind of Gives 'Car Pool' a New Meaning
- Blair Delays Local Polls Over Epidemic
- Back to Bataan
- Strawberry Arrested After He Shows Up at Hospital
- * Former Notre Dame third baseman Alec...
- Wilson to Start at Shortstop for Pirates
- Bonds Uses All of His Powers to Stop Padres
- New West Symphony Exclaims Pleasures of Indonesian Influence
- XOXO to Pay Back Wages
- Eleanor Clymer; Children's Author Drew Inspiration From Her Family