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- A Familiar Script Costs Hartsburg
- 'Roswell' Actress Will Promote Pet Adoption
- Amgen to Buy Rights to Cancer Drug
- Playa Vista Project Revisited
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- Energy, Economy Top Bush's List During D.C. Visit
- 'Born for Ballet'
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- Empire Center to Get Sears Outlet
- Hurley Fined $100,000 for Crossing Picket Lines
- Couple Hopes Drop in Income Won't Change Lifestyle
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- Villa Park Still Winning Despite Big Loss
- Memoirs of an Airborne Patriarch
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- Cause of Fatal Crash Under Investigation
- Tustin Air Base Vote Postponed
- USINESS CALENDAR
- Right Start Posts Gain in Net Income for Quarter
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- Thomas Takes Reins at Crespi
- 'Diva on the Verge' Offers a Loving Sendup of Opera
- Season of Hope
- Growth in Rentals Expected to Continue
- Damaged Cable May Delay Shuttle Launch
- Newspaper Empire Heir Randolph Hearst Dies
- Humanitarians Test the Law in Aiding Border Crossers
- O.C. Evangelical Heeds Bush's Call to Work on Faith-Based Agencies
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- Healthful Tamales No Longer an Oxymoron
- City Slams Gravel Company's Record
- Flynn Seeks Mental Health System Revamp
- WEB LINKS
- 'Winter' Solace Fails to Emerge
- Reed Finally Comes Alive as Long Beach Edges LMU
- Newport Corp. Adds Metrology Firm
- Sportswear Makers Chorus Line Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Prudential Securities to Trim 160 Jobs
- ICN Warns New Therapy May Stall Sales of Ribavirin
- Top Players Headed North of Border
- U.S. Optimistic About Ending Strife in Serbia
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- All Charges in Sex Case Dropped
- Highway vs. Hearth
- Santa Ana Winds Stir 500-Acre Brush Fire
- Sneak Preview Time for 2002 World Cup
- These Teams Hit Detour on Way to Easy Street
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- FTC Clears Glaxo, SmithKline Merger
- SCAN Taps Sam L. Ervin as Chairman
- Ex-Gov. Branstad Suffers Heart Attack
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- Quicker Is Better for Fed Action
- Truck Avoids Car, but Spills Celery
- Donated Food to Be Delivered Today
- Student, 8, Injured Crossing Street in Front of His School
- The Bush Presidency Worries Europeans
- Parris, Heinle Help Matadors Land on Feet
- Not So Super for the Rams
- Old Pros Back on the Job
- El Toro Gets First-Round Win in Arizona
- Margin Debt Falls for Second Straight Month
- FTC Seeks Details on Chevron-Texaco Merger
- Rates Fall in Treasury Bill Auction
- Tied Wisconsin Election Decided
- Olson's Attorney Misses Third Court Hearing
- Council to Vote on Senior Housing Plan
- Savers Face Questions of Where, When as Interest Cut Looms
- ORANGE COUNTY NEWSMAKERS
- Philip Morris, Reynolds Raise Cigarette Price
- Bush Unleashes a 'Charm Offensive' on Capitol Hill
- A Baker, a Mad Inventor, a Blasphemous 'Priest' and More
- Deadly Alabama Tornado Was Worst to Hit Tuscaloosa in 50 Years
- Qwest Terminates Its Contract With Vsource
- Private Sale of CaminoSoft Stock Raises $1.5 Million
- Pinnacle's Merger With PH Casino Is Postponed
- Compton Considers Trash Deal With Bribery Figure
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- Brooks Says He Will Transfer From Fullerton
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- Triple-Doubles Not All That Common
- Nowitzki's Latest Surge Earns Bird Comparisons
- Martin Will Host Oscars, Saying, 'If You Can't Win 'Em, Join 'Em'
- Chechens Deny Rebel Commander Is Dead
- Census Report: U.S. Gains More Degree Holders
- Mrs. Bush Joins First Lady for Tea, Tete-a-Tete
- Homestore.com Adds 2 Web Sites, Columnists
- Specifics for Survival
- Man Dies in Crash Near Griffith Park
- HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
- Lawyers Defend Right to State's $88.5 Million
- Coast Guard Braves a 'Perfect Storm' to Save 34 Sailors
- Leap From Plane Ruled a Suicide
- Hilton Hotels Plans to Expand Lower-Priced Garden Inn Line
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- Greater Expectations for O.C. Title Insurance Firms
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- Visalia 'Monster House' Mysteriously Burns
- 2000 Among Warmest Years on Record, U.S. Says
- Man Who Shot Pope Gets 7 More Years
- Chretien, Putin Reaffirm Support for Missile Treaty
- County Supervisors to Consider Contribution to Homeless Shelter
- Independents Try to Stack Up Against Superstores
- CHAD Therapeutics Wins FDA Approval for Device
- Daniel Singer; Author, Reporter for the Nation
- Hawker Pacific Reports Loss for the 3rd Quarter
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- Lantronix Buys Software Company
- Calpine to Build San Diego County Power Plant
- Connecticut Welcomes Lieberman Home
- Pioneering Group Goes to Bat for Latino Children With Cancer
- Broward County Ballots Get Another Once-Over
- A Prayer for Smooth Floating
- A Struggle in Fujimori's Wake
- Mayor Tours Poor Neighborhoods
- Odds Are Stacked Against the Independent Booksellers
- Home Prices in Ventura County See Double-Digit Hike
- WOMEN
- Cubs Sign Bere to 2-Year Deal
- Cracked Bone in Foot Will Sideline Kariya
- The Stocking Is Half-Full and Half-Empty
- Stan Lee Media, Weak on Funds, Halts Production
- Stock Dips as ICN Warns of Decreased Demand for Ribavirin
- FM Micro-Radio Dealt a Setback by Lawmakers
- She May Be Heading Toward Some Kind of Emotional Split
- INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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- Valencia's 'Angels' Earn Wings by Spoofing Another Film
- Capital Outlay Up 11% for Conexant
- State's Top Natural Gas Firm Is Target of Suits
- Blue Chips Rally On Fed Optimism; Nasdaq Left Out
- Diageo, Pernod Close to Buying Seagram
- Fierce Midwest Snowstorm Stalls Air Travel, Minnesota Electors
- They're Alone and Elderly With No Place to Call Home
- PREPNET / SPEAK OUT
- $4 Million Proposed for Child Drugged While in Foster Care
- Tech Experts Sought for City Task Force
- New Neighbors Have 2 Views of Gang Life
- Lawsuit Calls Kids' Shelters Harmful
- City Council Cancels Meeting
- VENTURA COUNTY PEOPLE
- Officials Admit Not Reporting Sewage Leaks
- GOVERNMENT CONTRACT AWARDS
- Record Is Only Thing Identical for This Team
- Harvey in Right Place for Sharks
- Gibson Changes Course; Viewers Follow
- FCC Says AT&T; Failed to Clarify Plans on Conforming to Cable Cap
- Tire Design May Have Led to Blowouts
- Rivera, Lindstrom to Take a Dip in National Pool
- Alaskan Fishing Limits Will Be Quick Challenge for Bush
- Clinton Extends FCC Commission Appointment
- In Sacramento, It's a Last Hurrah for Gore
- Median Home Prices Dip 2% in November
- Long-Term Plan Sought for Open Space
- Suits Upheld Against Public Defenders
- Winds Sweep Through Northern L.A. County
- Pac-10 Tells Bibby to Lay Off Officials
- Cheerleaders Dance Around This Issue
- Ventura Tops County Awards
- Culpepper's Status for Sunday in Doubt
- LVMH to Pay $450 Million for Donna Karan License
- Clinton Warns EU Leaders of Possible Airbus Trade Dispute
- Bergen Brunswig Names Montevideo, McAlpine to Posts
- Alzheimer Data Good for NeoTherapeutics
- K-Swiss Reports Quarterly Cash Dividend of 1.5 Cents
- California Amplifier Posts Higher Sales, Income
- Developer to Present Proposal to Council
- Teen Moms Given Christmas Party
- Suit Targets Counties' Shelters for Children
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- River Flow Restoration to Cost State Electricity
- Bush, Fed: Can They Get Along?
- Paramedic Disciplined in Case Involving Stillborn Baby
- Solomona Case Is in Jury's Hands
- Deadline Is Near for Soka Admission
- Hood's Situation Could Affect Irvine's Recruiting Plans
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- Time Warner Profit Warning Prompts Sell-Off
- Northridge Bracing for Long Road Trip
- Transportation Safety Chief to Resign
- Tribe Sends Kids Away to Dry Out
- This Ball Isn't Rolling for Huntington Beach
- Let It Snow: There was a "big...
- Rite Aid Stops Selling Scooters on Warning
- Healthy Lifestyle Is Focus of Program
- Bankrupt Matthews Signs Deal to Sell Operations
- Final Molestation Charges Against Official Dropped
- HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
- Burnham USA Weighing Sale of $130 Million in Properties
- Verizon to Shelve Massachusetts Plan
- MBA, Tech Job a Prescription for Happy Women
- Hicks Muse Struggles to Raise Money for Fund
- North American Scientific Prices Its Public Offering
- Supervisors' District Lines to Be Redrawn
- Power Sales to California Heat Tempers in Northwest
- ORANGE COUNTY ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS
- Stanley R. Malone Jr.; Leading L.A. Civil Rights Lawyer, Judge
- Stores Turn the Page to Lucrative Sideline Items
- REGIONAL PEOPLE
- Jackson Calls for Protest of Florida Vote
- National Technical's Income Inches Up in 3rd Quarter
- Injuries Limit Team's Options
- Crime Rate Plateaus After 8 Years of Decline
- Company Town Film Profit Report
- Feud Might Have Caused Fatal Crash
- Ira Glass, Grateful for 'This American Life'
- Renewed Profit Concerns Drag Down Net Equipment Sector
- Hefferly and Lord Help Brea Win at Chicago Tournament
- Colin Powell
- ATM Voting
- Court's Application of Equal Protection
- Bethlehem
- Only in L.A. columnist Steve Harvey is...
- Money for Schools
- Christian Right's Standing With Bush
- Tustin Air Base Vote Postponed
- MORNING REPORT - News from Dec. 19, 2000
- Obituaries - Dec. 19, 2000
- Brush Fire Jams Traffic
- Williams-Sonoma Has Woes; Conexant a Good Hookup
- IMF Announces $39.7-Billion Rescue Package for Argentina
- Job Layoffs Cut Across Sectors as Growth Slows
- Detective Under Scrutiny in More Cases
- Summit Aims to Ease Power Crisis
- Mexican Volcano Erupts, Spewing Lava but Causing No Deaths or Major Damage
- Electoral College Endorses Bush
- Christmas Rush Hits Local Post Offices
- Titans Again
- Ice Dogs Lose in Series Finale
- Downey Gets Sympathy That Isn't Shown to Other Abusers
- A Bacterial Link May Make IBS Responsive to Antibiotics
- Dining Well in a Jumbo-Portion World
- A Son's Search for a Mourned Parent and Her Era
- WILD CARD
- Packing a Vocal Punch
- Joyful--If Not Perfect--Boys Choir Delights Crowd
- For a Start, Education Reform Offers Bush a Policy Path of Least Resistance
- I Believe In You Rewards Owners' Faith
- E-Tailers' Prime Time Is During Office Hours
- Keep Election Fixes to Middle Ground
- Fund Bolsters University Ideas
- Trappings of Success
- Agency Finds Flaws in Malpractice Databank
- Prescription Drug Ads Present Troubling Issues
- A New Tack on Trade Issues
- An Early Holiday Present of a Mysterious Nature
- Clinton, EU Officials to Talk at Summit
- The Diva Duo of Tennis Joins the Style Racket
- BESTS OF THE DAY
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- Exploring a Racial Riddle in Cape Verde
- Sonuyi May Skip Playing Football
- Inventive Variety of Offerings Around the 'Plug-In Campfires'
- For Christmas, the Gift of Liposuction
- Officials Seek Public's Help in Finding 4 Men
- Trailer Park Paradise Lost
- IN QUOTES
- Markets to Gauge Fed's Thought on Rates
- 10 Climbers, Skiers Killed in Icy Alps
- Study Looks at Dangers Shaping World of 2015
- Signs of Decline in Elderly May Require Intervention
- De-Malling the Mall
- Region's Lobstermen Are Few, but Fortunes Are Many This Season
- Assistance Is Sought for Various Charities
- Arrestee Flees Patrol Car, Is Recaptured
- Broncos Run Into Trouble
- Rice, Strickland Unlikely Heroes for the Knicks
- Bush Names Top Security Aide, 2 Senior Advisors
- Voting Project Uses Carnivals in Drive to Register Latinos
- Amante to Lead Schools Foundation
- Court Win for County Reshuffles Deck on Jails
- Overbeck Off Target in Finale
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