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- Neighborhood on Edge After Shooting : Crime: District attorney's office will investigate whether Anaheim homeowner acted properly in gunning down intruders. Residents rally to support him.
- The Mystery of San Marino's Eerie Mansion Comes to Light : Estate: Many details about the home and life of Helen Morgenthaler remain hidden. But the structure clearly was a mix of the wildly eccentric and the surprisingly ordinary.
- Faith in Ancestors' Medicine Faces Test : Health: Chinese woman turns to traditional treatments for daughter's arthritis. A judge has given doctors the OK to operate if she doesn't improve.
- COLUMN ONE : A Culture Struggles to Survive : The Cham, a group of Indochinese Muslims, maintain a strict regimen in the face of Southland lifestyle. But try as they may to prevent it, some practices are fading.
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- CSUN Women Rally, Only to Lose, 60-52
- MOVIES : ON LOCATION : The Road Less Traveled : After 'sex, lies, and videotape,' Hollywood beckoned. So where is Steven Soderbergh? On the other side of the world.
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- Pepperdine Pummels Fresno State, 84-64
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- Arizona Comes Back to Beat Arizona State, 21-17 : Pac-10: Interception with 30 seconds left preserves victory.
- Colorado State Guards Bury CSUN, 104-79
- Wisconsin's Band: a Lot of Brass : College football: Marching band provides entertainment where the hapless Badgers fall short.
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- Bad VA Home Loans May Top $2.5 Billion : Housing: A study for Congress predicts an increase in foreclosures on veterans' mortgages. It says more funds will be needed to cover the new defaults.
- Cruise Ships Clean Up Garbage Practices
- It's Catching: Arey, Rowe Fuel San Diego State, 58-31
- Ventura, Oxnard Wins Flavored With Midwest Spice
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- Art Venues Move Beyond the Boundaries of Gallery Row
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- A Guide to the Best of Southern California : SHOPTALK : Majolica in Laguna
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- Bigots Drive Away Jewish-Catholic Couple : Hate: Newlyweds in Orange moving after car is burglarized and marred with swastikas in third act of harassment in weeks.
- Torrance Hospital Collects Toys for Tots
- The frenzy of Christmases past may be gone, but the holiday spirit remains.
- A Traditional Defeat for USC : Trojans: Notre Dame defense sparks eighth consecutive victory in series, 10-6.
- SOUTHEAST : Wake Forest Cruises to an Easy Victory Over Vanderbilt, 56-28
- UCLA Women Lose Opener to Iowa, 81-52
- USC Schedules Well, Opening With Victory : Trojans: Miner scores 29 points, Coleman adds 20 to lead a 110-69 conquest of visiting Chicago State.
- BIG TEN ROUNDUP : Illinois' Griffith Runs for 263 Yards and Two Scores in 28-23 Victory
- Championship Within Grasp of No. 2 Miami : Hurricanes: They rout Syracuse, 33-7, for 38th straight victory at home.
- UCLA Warms to Task, 80-67 : UCLA: Bruins overcome chilly reception at Alaska Anchorage to defeat host Seawolves in Shootout tournament.
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- Militia Begins Pullout From East Beirut : Lebanon: Withdrawal of rival Christian forces is the first phase of a plan to bring peace to the nation.
- 2nd Half of Chess Title Play Opens; Game Adjourned
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- Barriers Fall, Irish Elect Female President : Politics: Mary Robinson, internationally respected lawyer and feminist, prevails by taking on the old-style world of back-slapping and patronage.
- Japan Resumes Disputed Whale Research Program
- U.S. Ready to Offer U.N. Resolution on Force This Week : Iraq: Baker confers with officials of Colombia and Malaysia in quest for support in Security Council.
- Women Become Losers Under Coniiditons of Social Security Rules : Retirement: Married working women usually earn no more in benefits than if they had never worked a day.
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- Ministry for Homeless Will Close; Search for New Building Goes On
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- Empty Lots Cast Gloom at Mobile-Home Park : Development: Residents of Laguna Beach's Treasure Island fear they are losing battle to keep their community intact.
- HORSE RACING : For Bettor, It's a System Made in Heaven
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- Hart Claims Division I Title in a Runaway : Cross-country: Fillmore gives area another boys' state high school championship and Agoura and Nordhoff prevail in girls' division races.
- Colorado State Keeps Northridge in Check
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- Residents, Bow Hunters Sling Arrows at Each Other : San Dimas: Residents say archers trespass on private property and worry that bystanders could get hurt. Hunters claim residents are just anti-hunting.
- Population Shifts Hit Congregation With Fatal Blow : Religion: Latino Catholics have rapidly replaced Midwestern Methodists in Cudahy, prompting the closure of the last Anglo church.
- COLUMN LEFT : A Quick Way to Nuke World Consensus : If Iraq's atomic capability is held out as a pretext for war, what about Israel's?
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- Facing Up to Post-Thatcher Life in Britain : Government: Thatcher got her message across--actions have consequences; you can't spend what you don't earn. She was good for Britain.
- COMMENTARY : Challenging the Clean Air Act on Basis of Costs and Benefits : An opponent argues that the act will reduce economic growth, impede competitiveness and force some employers to relocate offshore.
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- Dr. William Cobb; Board Member, Former President of NAACP
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- Bennett as New Republican Chairman: Wrong Guy, Wrong Place, Wrong Time : Politics: By naming the former drug czar to head the party's national committee, the President shuns a healer for a demagogue of differences.
- 3 Men Killed in Early Morning Car Accidents : Fatalities: Two drivers were jailed on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. Failure to heed a red light or stop sign was blamed in both crashes.
- Drinking Drivers Now Face Greater Arrest Risk : The law: A 13.8% increase in the number of people jailed in the county since the blood-alcohol limit dropped to 0.08% has not meant a similar rise in prosecutions.
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- Magically, Lakers Go Over .500 : Pro basketball: Johnson scores 21 points, hitting all of his shots, to lead 115-89 rout of Orlando.
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