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- UCI's Genetic Sleuths Hot on Trail of a Killer : Medical science: Researchers are close to finding and deciphering the gene that causes Huntington's disease.
- Fischer Will Head Aerojet Division
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- Creative Energy : Major African-American Art Show Reaches New Heights
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- Royal Nuptials to Be Lavish--and Japanese
- Parking Plan Gets Stalled by Artifact Search : Archeology: Land used as a neighborhood garden at Cal State Long Beach is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Development of the two-acre parcel will be delayed indefinitely.
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- STREET GALLERY: Guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals by Robin J. Dunitz. (RJD Enterprises, P.O. Box 64668, Los Angeles, CA 90064, 310-470-8864).
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- Ambassador of the Latin Beat : Cuban jazz saxophonist-clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera will bring his blend of musical styles to UCLA on Friday
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- Kyman, CSUN Sweep San Diego in Volleyball Conference Opener
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- DAILY REPORT : Former Ram Assistant Makes Mark in Dallas
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- Harbor Turns Out Lights on El Camino : Basketball: In a game stopped three times because of power failure, the Seahawks hold on for 78-75 victory.
- The Gospel According to Mathews : Ventura Coach Leads With Religious Zeal as Victories Mount
- NHL Adds Muscle to Earn Respect : Hockey: Expansion franchises in Anaheim and Miami hold promise of being a shot in the arm for league's image.
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- After He Gave It His Best Shot, He Was Happy That She Didn't
- Kings Go Back in Time and Tie : Hockey: Carson returns and Taylor scores, but Blackhawks get even, 2-2.
- Naro and SCC Pick Up the Pace, Defeat CCI, 86-70
- GOLF ROUNDUP : Wrenn Takes the Lead; Palmer Makes $50,000
- He Adds Perfect Touch
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- GOLF / MAL FLORENCE : Bolt Wants It Known He Was More a Swinger Than a Flinger
- PREP ROUNDUP : Walker, Itow Lead the Way as Huntington Beach Wins
- COLLEGE BASKETBALL PACIFIC 10 ROUNDUP : Defense Is Spark for Arizona
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- THE MEDIA FROM BUFFALO AND DALLAS : Super Teams Also Have Write Stuff
- Westminster Strives to Be the Pest
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- DAILY REPORT
- When in Burley, Watch Your Language
- Woo Wins Applause From Black Audience : Campaign: Councilman is part of a group of 14 mayoral candidates at African-American forum. He and other contenders tailor their remarks, with some avoiding the rhetoric about crime.
- Malone Accused of Threatening Ex-Wife
- Toros Happy to Get Back to Business of Baseball : Colleges: A turbulent off-season may help unify the 13th-ranked team in NCAA Division II.
- Northridge Continues Downward Spiral, 90-65 : College basketball: Southern Utah hands Matadors their worst defeat of the season. They have lost four in a row.
- Fun and Games Are Over: Now It's Time for Business : Game: After two weeks of buildup, the Cowboys and Bills are ready for NFL's showtime today.
- Irvine Washes Away Losing Streak by Defeating San Jose State
- COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Kirch, Mejer Take Charge in CCI Victory
- COMMENTARY ON PRIVATIZATION : County Needs Latitude to Contract Out Jobs, Save Tax Money : L.A. County has saved millions by privatizing. General-law counties, like ours, need the freedom to do likewise.
- Striking a Blow for the Neighborhood : Blythe Street: A graffiti-covered wall, long a convenient hiding place for drugs and guns, is reduced to rubble by local youths in exchange for seed money for a community sports club.
- Notes about your surroundingsHummingbird Program--South Coast Audubon,...
- County's 1st State Prison Prepares for Uneventful Opening
- Break-In Suspects Nabbed Because Victim Dialed 911
- Heavy Rains Need Not Equal Disaster : Sewage Lines Should Be Secured for Stormy Weather
- Anaheim Ready to Curb Big-Bucks Campaigns : Reform: Proposal to put $1,000 cap on contributions to city candidates would greatly reduce the major role big givers have played in the past.
- Residents, Volunteers Plant Seeds of Community Spirit on 109th Street
- Isolated Krajina Serbs Could Be Bested by Resurgent Croat Army : Balkans: Rebels can't rely on help from federal Yugoslav military, which helped carve out their now-threatened enclave.
- Two Israeli Soldiers Killed in Ambush by Palestinians
- Riots' Shadow Hangs Over King Jury Selection
- SOUTH-CENTRAL : Newton Police Station Approved
- Q&A; : New Police Chief: A Compton Kid Who Made It to the Top
- Issue: Should President Clinton Lift the Ban on Gays Serving in the Military?
- First Lady's Take-Charge Style Surfaces in New Job : White House: As head of health care panel, she is expected to reach out to many, ask tough questions.
- At Least 140 Killed in Kenyan Train Crash
- COLUMN ONE : Oh, Yes, There's a Game, Too : The Super Bowl has ballooned into a weeklong series of promotional gigs, nightclub hops, blimp rides and theme parties. How did it get so big and gaudy?
- Twisted Tale of Katie's Abductor : Kidnaping: To neighbors, John Esposito was a mild-mannered 'mama's boy.' But then he led police to where he kept a 10-year-old girl hidden for 16 days.
- THE UGLY CHINAMAN AND THE CRISIS OF...
- Rockin' Robin : Mr. Mouth Sounds Off on the Commercialization of American Comedy
- TRAVEL INSIDER : Vietnam's 'Open Door' Not Without Challenges : Tourism: Though most restrictions on U.S. visitors have been lifted, there are still no direct flights and parts of the country lack a well-oiled infrastructure.
- Dining Through Truffle Country : In France's Perigord region, winter is the season to sample fois gras and an increasingly rare fungus.
- Cost of Flood Insurance
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- A Beating Victim's 7-Year Pursuit of Justice
- Learning What It's Like to Walk the Beat : Community relations: By teaching residents about law enforcement procedures, the Citizens Police Academy hopes to build stronger ties between officers and the neighborhoods they serve.
- PEDAL PUSHERS: Leaders of the Orange County...
- SOUTH GATE : Children of Addicts Share Survival Tips
- Pasadena Rail Stations to Tie Design to Function
- It's a Super Day for Even the Blase : Big Game a welcome tonic--L.A. area may get regular doses
- The Runner Stumbles : Instead of Leading the Public, Clinton Fumbles on the Basics : In his first week in office, the once sure-footed candidate has hit rocky gound.
- PLATFORM : Touchdown in L.A.
- LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Dianne Feinstein : A Senator in a Hurry for a State Facing a Lot of Troubles
- The Committee to Reduce Committees : Can Congress actually reform itself? Stay tuned
- Removal of Coke Sign Is 'Classic' Blunder, Preservationists Say : Billboard: Protesters urge soft drink company to return Hollywood landmark. Firm says the lease and repairs were too costly.
- Pierce Could Be Left With Only Enough to Pay Staff : Budgets: The Woodland Hills college president says, if a $2.8-million reduction is approved, there would be no money for maintenance, supplies or utilities.
- Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Face Learning to Relearn : Health: Laguna Beach neuropsychologist works to help patients crippled by memory loss and distraction.
- VIETNAM : Tourist Tours of Duty : Dispatches From the Former War Zone, Now Open to Americans and Changing Fast : BY SEA ON A CRUISE SHIP
- SCHOOL DAYS : The Attack of the Dumb-Boy Jokes
- S. Bernardino County
- Downloading the Bank : A CALCULATED RISK By Katherine Neville , (Ballantine: $20; 403 pp.)
- PENTAMAGIC by Pentagram (Fireside/Simon & Schuster: $16.99;...
- TROPICAL NIGHT FALLING by Manuel Puig, translated...
- Destination Guides Aren't Just for Grown-Ups : Publishers are finding a wide variety of ways to educate and entertain children who travel.
- Olympian to Make Tracks
- Backpackers See Vietnam's Beauty, Bugs and All : Schoolteachers find budget adventure during summer break as they tour countryside by bus.
- California Corner : Festivals, Feasts & Fairs
- THE MAP CATALOG: Every Kind of Map...
- Hitler Anniversary Marked by Protests : Germany: Nearly half a million turn out to demonstrate against racist, right-wing violence.
- Did L.A.'s Pursuit of Event Go Too Far? : Finances: Competitor calls city's bid for Super Bowl 'unconscionable.' Some question the expense when there are other needs in the area.
- What Becomes This Legend Most? Hard Work and Strong Determination
- Jackson Urges Ultimatum to Haiti Military : Diplomacy: The civil rights leader says a threat by Clinton would force the junta to negotiate ousted President Aristide's return.
- Georgia County Fights Outbreak of Meningitis
- Officials Rejoice as Rail Line Gets OK : Transportation: The 13.6-mile light-rail route from downtown to Pasadena should provide solutions to economic as well as commuter problems, community leaders say. The project may begin in early '94.
- Block That Blooper
- Notes On the First to Fall
- Under the Spell of a Dragon : Sculpture: Even the mermaid is entranced by the four-foot gold-plated work by artist/pilot Jim Thompson.
- Damages Awarded as Fumes From Driveway De-Icer Kills Family
- Prime-Crime Verite : BARRY LEVINSON'S 'HOMICIDE' KICKS OFF IN A BIG WAY
- 52,800 Ride the Rails of History as Subway Rolls
- Pathfinders Take Road to Victory : Soccer: Fremont upsets Monroe, 1-0, to win its first City Section title in 22 years of competition.
- Have a Heart, Cher's or Woody's or Jay's or . . .
- Long Island Wonders: Is It the Water? : New York: Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco, a wayward judge, and now Katie Beers. What's going on?
- SEEING DOUBLE: You may wonder how Dallas...
- Clinton Takes His Cabinet Along to Camp David
- Key U.S. General Foresees NATO-Russia Cooperation
- TEMPLE-RAMPART : Businesses Treat Kids to Super Bowl
- Murders Up Despite Fewer Gang Killings : Crime: Increase to 183 deaths was slight, at 2.7%. It helped that gangs 'just couldn't shoot straight,' a police commander says.
- EAST LOS ANGELES : Conservation Corps to Open New Office
- Bubbling Back
- Mother Faced Her Fears of Huntington's : Survivor: Woman worried for decades after her own mother was stricken. She and her children are safe, but her brother wasn't so lucky.
- Israeli Army Admits It Is Detaining 2 Arab-Americans
- BOYS' BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Fairfax Slam-Dunks Manual Arts for Loss
- Rain May Dampen the Big Game
- Name Mixup No Joke to Financial Adviser
- Industry to Pay for Research on Cellular Safety
- Packwood Moves Luncheon After 350 Protesters Show Up
- Gays in Armed Forces Would Still Confront Minefield of Regulations : Military: If the ban is lifted, the real battle will be over how to redraft a maze of rules covering a soldier's behavior--on duty and off.
- HOME DELIVERY: The county animal control shelter...
- CRENSHAW : Job Hunters Get Jump-Start
- Case of 8 Missing Words Delayed : Referendum: City officials stand by their claim of errors in petition form and procedure. But citizens group says the city is quibbling and nit-picking to avoid a vote on the General Plan.
- COVER STORY : Fire and Pain : The Riots Left About 2,300 Korean-American Business Owners Reeling From More Than $400 Million in Damage. Although the Scars Show Little Signs of Fading, Community Leaders Acknowledge That the Unrest Helped Unite Them.
- The California Puzzle : Hard-pressed by recession, can the state's economy remake itself to face new realities?
- Gordon E. Winn has been appointed division...
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- How Clinton Cold Shoulder Is Doing Japan a Favor
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- Polish Spirit Rekindled in Indomitable Warsaw : Eastern European capital has survived centuries of tumult to rank among the continent's great cities.
- Pulp (KABC Monday at midnight). Mike Hodges'...
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- Music Menagerie
- Foundation Awards Grant to University
- TEMPLE-BEAUDRY : School, Neighbors Hail Street Closure
- Russian Major Says He Planned to Kill Yeltsin
- The Calm After the Storm : Hurricane: A Louisiana family finds peace, at least for now, when volunteers rebuild their home. 'This was the first time anyone loved them and asked for nothing in return,' a group leader says.
- Swamped by Smuggling : Surge in Drug Seizures Forces Border Officials to Weigh Eased Guidelines on Prosecutions
- COLUMN LEFT/ ALEXANDER COCKBURN : Same Song, Different Verse : The uproar over gays in the military rings familiar.
- Follow the Highway to a Better Urban Policy : Growth: Cisneros at HUD and Pena at transportation could be the dynamic duo that used transit money to bring economic prosperity to cities.
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- Civilization and Its Discontents : CITIES OF GOLD: A Journey Across the American Southwest in Pursuit of Coronado By Douglas Preston , (Simon & Schuster: $25; 467 pp.)
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- Government in Greedlock : THE LOBBYISTS: How Influence Peddlers Get Their Way in Washington By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum , (Times Books: $25; 334 pp.)
- In Chumash Footsteps on Santa Rosa
- NONFICTION
- Drought Garden Can Survive Rain
- WEST ADAMS : Tour Highlights L.A.'s Black History
- Mediators Give Up on Bosnia Talks : Balkans: Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen break off Geneva negotiations after last-ditch effort for peace accord fails. They turn to the U.N. Security Council to intervene.
- BOYLE HEIGHTS : Artistic Talent Blooms at Academy
- MID-WILSHIRE : Youth Center Puts Focus on College
- Military-Gay Issue May Have Left Aspin Bruised in First Big Tests of Will : Defense: Some experts say he risks being overwhelmed by Pentagon leaders and Congress unless he is more assertive.
- BOYLE HEIGHTS : Aliso-Pico Center to Undergo Repair