- Ducks Play With Fire in Charron's Debut
- Eldorado Bancshares Stock Rises on Sale Announcement
- Energy Drinks Surge in Popularity
- Black Woman on Death Row in Oklahoma Loses Clemency Bid
- Medicare Agrees to Cover PET Scans for Some Cancers
- Fire Caused by Earthquake Kills 5 in Turkey
- Mixed Message From Edison Is Making Critics Skeptical
- Palestinian Jailed in Florida on Secret Evidence Freed
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- 'Keep Christmas Out of School'
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- Left in the Shadows
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- Congress Approves Pork-Laden Budget
- Lefebvre Created Fleury of Activity
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- For Pete's Sake, USC, Why Did You Do It?
- In the End, a Thing of Beauty
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- 2 Killed When Truck Hits Tree
- Defense Lifts El Toro Past Sailors, 66-49
- Making the Season Bright
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- Migrant Workers From Ghana Who Fled Libya Cite Racism
- Colombia Labor Leader Hurt, 2 Killed in Attack
- Wildlife Waystation Gets State Approval to Reopen to Public
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- Chernobyl Plant Shut Down for Good
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- 300 FBI Agents March on White House
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- Wild Search Holds Its Form Until End
- Victor, Woods Lead Tennessee
- Police Car Crashes on Way to Accident
- 2 Killed When Truck Hits Tree
- VALLEY HOME SALES
- Ducks Play With Fire in Charron's Debut
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- With its one-man assembly line, 'The Miracle Half Mile' is all about selling its paintings. But its execution delivers a profound message.
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- Pope Decries Effects of Western Culture
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- Huntington Beach's Smith Receives Plenty of Support
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- Virginia Tech's Vick Says He's Not Ready to Turn Pro
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- Instant Beautification
- Religion Briefs
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- Cooper Cos. Increases Annual Dividend
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- Yugoslavia and Bosnia Establish Diplomatic Ties
- Russian Officials Demand Liquidation of Media Empire Critical of Putin
- Advanced Citizenship
- Local Bird Count Scheduled Sunday
- Fund Created for Victim of Beatings
- Neighbors Fume Over Backing for Power Plant
- Bruins Are Trying to Get Ball Rolling
- Ducks Are Fired Up in Charron's Debut
- BRIEFLY / HEALTH-CARE PRODUCTS
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- Justices Slash Luster's $10-Million Bail
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- Themes From Thinkers Who Are Not Believers
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- Eastern Michigan Gets Fullerton's Crooks
- It's Late Early for Quartz Hill
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- 15-Year-Old Charged With Killing His Sleeping Father
- Zedillo to Head U.N. Panel on Poverty
- Business Returning to Normal in Florida
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- David W. Borst Sr.; Co-Founded Intercollegiate Broadcast System
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- A Ransom Is the Favorite in 'Champions'
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- Words of Praise for Hartsburg
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- Goal in TV: Just Win, Baby, and Quickly
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- Home State of Miss World Bars Beauty Pageants
- Nature Reserve Panel to Study Management
- 2 Plead No Contest in Killing, Beating at Party
- CHEERLESS LEADER
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- All Good Things Must Come to an End
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- J&J; Awarded $324.4 Million in Patent Case
- The Sweet Smell of Success
- Flynn, Long Urge 'Living Wage' Law
- Judge Won't Block Sale of Newspaper
- 'Parkers' Cast to Host Canned-Food Drive
- Jewish, Catholic Girls Walk in Each Other's 'Shoes'
- ALSO
- Young Filmmakers and Musicians Create a New Revolution in Cuba
- Man to Die in Burn Murder
- Estrogen Considered Cancer-Causing
- O.C.'s Jobless Rate Ties All-Time Low at 2.2%
- Putin Optimistic on U.S.-Russian Ties Under Bush Administration
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- DNA Links Vargas to Incident
- CALENDAR
- Secessionists Dispute Study of Valley Revenues
- Saddam Hussein
- Bearing 'Witness' to Animal Cruelty or an Unkind Critic?
- Give Me a Second, I Know This One . . .
- Apparently, Bruin Fans Aren't That Understanding
- A Banished Fountain
- PETE CARROLL LETTERS
- A Quarter-Billion Reasons Why Fans Are Incensed
- Angels Are Resting Comfortably, Thanks
- So Much Can Happen Before a Bowl Game
- Don't Demonize Cimino
- All You Need to Do Is Stir It in Right Bowl
- A Vote for Ennio
- Parents, Do Your Job
- Voting Systems: 'Badly Broken'
- Death Penalty Reprieve for Garza
- Somehow, Story Got on the Wrong Track
- Shoot, Kobe Already Knows What He Wants to Accomplish
- He's Making an Offer: Can T.J. Really Refuse?
- Difference of Opinion on Coliseum Safety
- Downey's Difficulties
- COMING NEXT SATURDAY
- Obituaries - Dec. 16, 2000
- For the Record - Dec. 16, 2000
- MORNING REPORT - News from Dec. 16, 2000
- Resources Connection's IPO Brings in $78 Million
- Disney Seeks New 'Groove' With Dual-Language Release
- Big Meth Ring Broken, Police Say; 3 Arrested
- High Court in Awkward Spot Over Equal Protection Ruling
- State Critical as U.S. Tries to Keep Power On
- 3 Arrested in Raid on Large Lancaster Drug Lab
- Microsoft Lowers Profit Estimates
- Pinnacle Shares Fall 28% in Wake of Delayed Harveys Buy
- Herman Miller Wants Clients to See, and Purchase, RED
- Albright Lip-Syncs, Dances in TV Spot
- U.S. Targets Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin
- GOP in Congress, White House Reach Agreement on Medicare Spending Plan
- In other nonleague games:No. 1 Aliso Niguel...
- Waves Nearly Crash on USC
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- Scott Hamilton's Cooling His Heels, but Not for Long
- Yugoslavia Issues New Currency, Scrapping Milosevic-Era Dinar
- China's Kids Have New, More Familiar Face to Play With
- Cultivated Epicures Sample the Heady Essences of a Beloved Brackish Beverage
- Take Tether Off Satellite Makers
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- Stumpel Is Day to Day Because of Broken Toe
- From Out of Nowhere
- COMING SUNDAY
- The Bush Effect on 3 Key Sectors
- New OCTA Bus Takes Hybrid Route
- Tarbut V'Torah Rallies to Win Tournament
- Gun Deaths in Elderly, Asian Communities Up, Study Finds
- El Camino Real's Girls Win Some Respect With Tie
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- WHAT WOMEN FLIP OVER
- Why David Birney Whips Up 'A Christmas Pudding'
- MicroStrategy Execs Settle SEC Charges
- Si's and High Cs With the Three Tenors
- Obituary
- McNabb Stopped . . . by Voters
- A Gore in '04 Run May See Funds Shrivel
- For O'Keeffe, a Long Way From Santa Fe
- 'Nightline' E-Mail Goof Renews Cries of Media Bias
- UPS, FedEx Warn of Slowing Volume
- Stock Sell-Off, Bond Rush Greet the President-Elect
- Youth Crime Rate Plunges, Justice Dept. Study Says
- Navy's Chief of Chaplains' Concerns Include the Worldly, as Well as Divine
- Drafting Hubbies for Holiday Shopping Wars
- Defendant Says He Didn't Mean to Kill Halloween Prankster
- The Heat Is On for County's Furnace Repair Businesses
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- Novelist to Sign Work at Bookstore
- Hahn Urges Regulators to Consider Prosecution at Landfill
- A Mother Turns Grief Into Strength
- Closing the Mouth While Holding the Nose
- HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
- You Heard It There First, Even If It's Untrue
- What Women Flip Over
- Apria Wins Improved Rating From S
- Icy Storm Causes Deaths, Delays Packages
- Convicted U.S. Spy Leaves Russia After His Release
- LAUGH LINES
- Deep Rift Awaits Bush in Capital
- Babbitt Unveils Truce, Praises California for Saving Water
- Korean Businesses Get Monument Sign
- Caltech, MIT Seek to Build a Better Ballot
- 'Emperor's' New Composer
- 'Soft Money' Belongs on the List
- Applicants Sought for Fund Review Panel
- A Step Above
- Will Gore Aide Be Stripped of Title?
- Miles Is Unlikely Power Forward
- Bring a Toy, Walk Right In at Laugh Factory
- Yoakam's 'South of Heaven' Ends Up Going Over the Top
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- Rich Nations Must Help Fight AIDS, Clinton Says
- South L.A. Pupils Demand More College Prep Classes
- Hofmans' Barn Tries to Get a Running Start on 2001
- Far From Best, Waves Will Be Better
- Qwest Asks AT&T; to Open Cable Lines in Colorado
- ICN Stock Rises 13% in Heavy Trading
- Horseplay Reveals Its Healing Potential
- Drug Industry Sues Over Vt. Plan to Lower Prices
- Skaters Get Rolling at Park of Their Own
- Court Responds to Values Rather Than Partisanship
- Libertad Lamarque; Legendary Latin American Actress, Singer
- Osborne Signs With Patriots
- Offerings New and Old in the Spirit of the Season
- The Legs Have It, With Stocking Style and Greatest-Gams Contest
- Serbs Protesting Rebels Block Roads Near Kosovo
- Puttin' On the Glitz
- Don Devlin; Producer Worked With Jack Nicholson
- 'From the Edge of the City' Tells a Timeless Urban Tale
- Crude Oil Prices Slump as Iraq Resumes Exporting
- Involvement Opportunities
- Ducks Fire Coach in Bid to Halt Nose Dive
- When Grieving at Holidays, Try to Focus on Simple Joys
- Panel Draws Fire Over Closed-Door Meeting
- Students Sought for Computer Donations
- Will Religious Right Be at Bush's Party?
- Activist to Stage Piece on Gay Immigration
- Voice of Season
- No Citation in Reporting Bad Drivers
- Rising to the Occasion
- Gomez's Childhood Dreams Now Make Perfect Horse Sense
- NEVER IN JANUARY
- 'Nutcracker' Returns in Westside Ballet's 30th Annual Production
- Broadcom Completes Allayer Purchase
- World Receives Bush With Wonder and Worry
- Prosecutors Insist Rape Suspect Is Flight Risk
- Audit Faults Caltrans on House Restorations
- Health Care Workers Strike at 18 Hospitals, Demand Increases in Pay
- Break for Neediest School Districts
- New Motto for Team Matches at Pelican Hill: Easier Does It
- Blake's Trickery Salvages Wild Tie
- Burrell Has Become Northridge Hotshot
- In Chicago, They Store Nuts for Long Winters
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- Coach Fired Amid Charges of Discrimination
- 'Chocolat' a Rare Treat That Nourishes the Soul
- 'Queen of Sheba' Turns Talkative
- 15-, 30-Year Mortgage Rates Lowest Since '99
- Zions to Take Over Eldorado Bank
- Iranian Leader Accepts Resignation of His Liberal Culture Minister
- Bomb Kills Politician; Separatists Blamed
- Driver Dies From Injuries in Car Crash
- Simi Valley Not Perfect but Its Record Still Is
- Shaq's Away, Rest Will Play
- NYPD Commissioner Arrests 2 in Knife Fight
- Oracle Profit Slightly Higher Than Forecasts
- Frill Seekers and Seamsters
- 9 Die in Drug-District Shooting at Restaurant
- Coastal Panel Extends Time for U.S. Ruling