- Two Men Accused of $8-Million Golf Club Telemarketing Scam
- Gunman Holds Up Check-Cashing Store
- AROUND THE NATION
- No. 24 Fresno State Beats Riverside Without Ely, 75-68
- Coming Sunday
- Stocks End Day Mixed, but Month Is Strong
- Boy Suffers Possible Brain Injury at Play
- Auditor Sees No Tax Hike Under Great Park Plan
- Author to Discuss and Sign WW II Book
- Deputies' Union Sues Over Retirement Funds
- Court Rulings Slow Case for Contraction
- No Limits to Visnovsky's Love
- To the Sisters for Hip-Hop & Soul, Words Speak Louder
- With Nuclear Whales, It's All Saxophone All the Time
- Rose Bowl Picture Develops Much Slower Than Usual
- The World Is Again Safe From Water Bottles
- Rates to Rise on O.C. Toll Roads
- County Puts Off Action on El Toro Utility Error
- Jewish Symphony to 'Celebrate Joy'
- Nothing Like Messing With All the BCS-ing
- Valencia Does It With Defense to Beat Palmdale
- State High Court Asked to Review DVD Ruling
- Aibo Site Owner Wins Dogfight to Stay Online
- Fans Gather in an Outpouring of Sorrow Along Abbey Road
- Traffic Accidents Kill 4 in County
- Baptist Urges Prayers for Muslims' Conversion
- Vatican Seeks Muslim Aid in Protecting Values
- Imperfect Practice Doesn't Bother Trojans
- Poll Position Is Concern to Bibby
- Chaffey Positioned to Join State's Elite
- TODAY'S KEY GAMES
- Stanford Holds Off Pepperdine
- TENTATIVE BOWL SCHEDULE
- State Titles Up for Grabs
- Foul Play Does in Clippers
- FTC Set to Clear Nestle-Ralston Deal
- Cable & Wireless to Buy Exodus Assets, Contracts
- 11th District Cost of Funds Falls to 3.628%
- TWA Pilots Hire David Boies' Firm
- Huntington Beach Power Plant Feud Turns Ugly
- Theater's Marquee Lit Up Again After 30 Years
- A Rare Masterwork for Getty
- New System to Discipline Police Urged
- Two Stars Are in Alignment
- Glenn Will AppealHis Latest Suspension
- Brown Rallies North Torrance; Riverside North Advances
- Schools Brace for Budget Cutbacks
- Selanne Likes His Upward Movement
- Just His Opinion, so Don't Sweat It
- New 'Beanstalk' Grows on You
- He'd Trade His Spartan Lifestyle for NFL
- Canadian Prime Minister Defends TV, Film Incentives
- Anthrax Found on Letter Near Victim's Home
- John Knowles, 75; Wrote 'A Separate Peace'
- Huts at School Help Sustain Tribe's Heritage
- PG&E; Seeks OK for Reorganization
- Cal Lutheran's Czernek Becomes Award Finalist
- RATING THE TV GAMES
- CITY SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- A 'Weirdly Cool' Tribute in the Wrong Medium
- Galas' Powerful Vocals Decry 'Forgotten' Tragedy
- Dorsey Doesn't Let Chance Slip Away Against Fremont
- Russians Seize Aide to Rebel Leader
- 2 Ex-Presidents Deny Knowing of Rights Abuse
- Heresy Charges Leveled at Lutheran Pastor
- School Choir to Perform at Presidential Library
- Put Los Angeles Back on Its Feet
- Councilwoman Denies Voter Fraud
- WOMEN
- A More Natural Yosemite
- Edison Lights Up Mater Dei, 41-7
- DIVISION II FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- Post-Sweeps Fare Has Original Look
- Interest-Free Financing on the Rise
- Israel Responds to Bombing; U.S. Envoy Vows to Persevere
- Council Hopefuls Debate
- Highlight Film May Be Police Surveillance
- Bruins Ready to Turn the Page
- CITY SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- Fabulous Fiddlers of the 20th Century
- MEN
- Microsoft Advises Workers on Deal
- Tellabs to Acquire Ocular Networks
- Afghans at Summit Still Hopeful About a Deal
- Patient Dies Nearly 5 Months After Getting Mechanical Heart
- Anti-Taliban Forces Close In on Kandahar
- Mayoral Veto on Term Limits Stands--for Now
- The Mood of a Restive Border Town Deteriorates Under Hardship of War
- Child Support Paid Double by Mistake
- Jurors Hear of Caro's Deeper Religious Faith
- Conference Will Focus on Responses to Evil
- Slave-Labor Suit Against Japanese Firms to Continue
- Gay Clergy Bid Gets Little Support So Far
- Harry Sternberg, 97; Painter, Printmaker, Muralist, Teacher
- Holiday Tamale Party for Diabetes Awareness
- Sea Wall Plan for Surfers Point Hit by Wave of Protest at Forum
- Budd Boetticher, 85; Film Director Made Classic Westerns in the 1950s
- Roommate of Victim Held in Killing
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- The Plot Sickens in Ducks' Latest Loss
- Does 'Brian's Song' Really Need Another Verse?
- At Least the Freeways Are Helping Keep the Center for Sweaty Palms Going
- Report Says Great Park Wouldn't Raise Taxes
- Temple Arsonists Sent to Prison
- Bus Feud: a Smoother Road
- Mother, Son Arraigned in Tenant's Arson Death
- Man Pleads Guilty in Immigration Fraud
- Suspect in Texas Slaying Arrested in Pennsylvania on Shoplifting Charges
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- Boxing
- Fullerton Hosts Beck's 'Spark' in Its West Coast Premiere
- Britain Sees No Need for Fortress Inquiry
- Trial Set in Slaying of Chief's Granddaughter
- Legend and Myth Embellish Story of Site Revered by Three Religions
- Physician Sentenced for Sexual Assault
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- Maui No Miragefor No. 16 Ball State
- Surgery on Knee to Sideline Bozeman
- Waves' Roll Continues
- Red Wings Have Quite a Legace
- Twins Add Oomph to Banda's Oom-Pah
- A Classic, Re-Imagined, Thrills Anew
- United Airlines Extends Business-Fare Deals
- Britain Adds to Cloning Restrictions
- Teen Pleading Insanity in Dartmouth Murders
- Grad Student Meets His Match in Rare and Wily Sierra Red Fox
- Professor to Discuss Book at Cal Lutheran
- MEN
- SOUTHERN SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
- Ex-Rep. Rogan Wins Undersecretary Post
- Enron Losing More Ground
- Evidence Links Suharto Son to Slaying, Police Say
- 7 Indicted in Cuban Smuggling Ring
- Events at a Glance
- 'Quiet Beatle' Sought Spirituality, Privacy
- Ex-Casino Worker Faces Embezzlement Charges
- Also
- Fund Execs Urge Congress to Defer Taxes on Reinvestments
- Universal, Blackground in Distribution Deal
- At Strawberry Fields, a Second Beatle Mourned
- Ex-Georgia Sheriff Charged in Plot to Kill His Successor
- Clint Eastwood Selected for State Parks Panel
- Taliban Holdouts Cluster Near a Key Northern City
- Sewer Agency Workshop Rescheduled for Dec. 19
- Immigrant Priests Brought Their Ideals
- Let's Ban Silly Bans
- Teenage Boy Walking to Store Is Killed in a Drive-by Shooting
- State Justices Bar Release of Rapist
- Gentry Doesn't Want Odom Passing Up Good Shots
- PBS Stations Pin Hopes on Generous Holiday Spirit
- Georgia Accuses Russia of Bombing It This Week
- Operators to Increase Public Toll Road Fares
- Rapist in Sex Scam Case Sentenced to Life in Prison
- District Hears Appeal of Tarzana Boy Suspended Over Toy Gun
- ACLU Offers to Back Falwell Legal Effort
- Attorney to Challenge Judge Kline
- No Rest for Da Hot Affair
- A Genteel, if Predictable, 'Claus'
- Dos Pueblos Tops Westlake
- West Coast Conference Honors Top 50 Athletes
- Killer Executed; Pope Had Sought Leniency
- Results Near in Probe of Instructor's Comments
- UCLA Muslim, Jewish Students Build Bridges
- THE TIMES' RANKINGS
- Memories of 'The Quiet One'
- Kimberly-Clark to Close 5 Plants
- Vital Living Stops Marketing Anthrax Test
- Davis Urges a Vote on Bond
- Power Plant Sues Over Attempt to Tax It
- Buffalo Is Much Less Flaky So Far
- Interior Secretary's Trial on Indian Trust Is Postponed a Week
- City Gave Up $117 Million in U.S. Funds for LAX
- Ashcroft Rethinks Domestic Spying
- M. Hoffman, 59; Publisher of Fine Art Photography
- Deputies Sue County Over Benefit Funds
- Bolsa Chica Land Trust Wetlands Work Honored
- Taft and Starr Again Shine at Playoff Time
- Jason to Yankees? That's a Bad Omen
- Boy, a Playoff Would Be Terrible, Wouldn't It?
- Legal Hurdles Tax Valley Secession
- Conservation Reigns in the Sierra Nevada
- Patriotic Rituals Bind Us
- But Let's Keep Our Minds on Football
- Red, White and Blue Only for Peacock
- Salvation Army
- We Usually Get Along
- 'Pay It Forward'
- Take a Look at Students' Needs
- Early Los Angeles' Chinese Massacre
- Many Housing Cases Are Resolved Out of Court
- Lakers May Have Some Battles Ahead
- Redlands Coach Has the Right Idea
- Finally, Someone Who Understands T.J.
- Win-Win Solution for Mideast
- Skins Game Really Bogeyed This One
- Patriotic Light Display at Griffith Park
- You Needn't Be a Dweeb to Enjoy 'Harry'
- In Two Sports, Bruins Make It Look Effortless
- Sing for Peace
- Penner's TV Opinion Takes Direct Hit
- Congressional Memory
- Human Pesticide Tests OK, but Not Cloning
- Clinton Administration Kept America Strong
- Los Angeles
- MOVIES - Dec. 1, 2001
- Arrest in Green River Murders
- Silent Peril Lies in Wait for Afghanistan's People
- Sheik's Son May Be 1st to Face Tribunal
- ABC Defends Price of 'Potter' Deal
- Excite Given OK to End Net Service
- Opponents Find Hope in Nuclear Dump Study
- Republican Chairman Quits Amid Criticism
- Activists Speak Out for Detained Uzbek Dissident
- Catholic Charities Launches Workers Advocacy Group