- Hartman Puzzle Begins to Unravel
- County Faces Threat of Fines Over Work by Embattled Firm
- Boy, 7, Honored for Raising $4,000-Plus
- Oh, Contrarian
- To Those Paying Attention, Important Differences Emerge
- Comeback No Longer a Signature
- Rand Rethinks Itself
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- BNP Unit, First Hawaiian in Merger
- County Schools Lower Dropout Rate for 3rd Year
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- Wacky Day on Stadium Way
- Stock Funds Holding Lowest Cash Levels Since 1972
- Good Things Come in Threes at College World Series
- Contribution Made by These Crews Was No Pittance
- Printing Deadline Forces 2 Separate Ballots
- Clapton Plays It Too Safe on Epic Scale
- Touchstone Executive Leaving After 13 Years
- Nothing Funny About Death of This Funny Man
- Vigilantes On Deck
- Spotlight: For Sega, Now's Not Too Soon to Spend Big Bucks
- The Swallows--Gulp--Are Back
- A Message to Beijing From the Ballot Box
- IMF Blunders Through Asia, Leaving Disaster in Its Wake
- 'Open House' Needs a Little Cleaning Up
- Do We Throw Nonswimmers in the Ocean?
- Acquiring Language: Two Views
- Reward Offered in Woman's Slaying
- Write Man for the Job
- GM Faces Strike at Stamping Plant
- Pratt Files Civil Rights Suit Against LAPD, FBI
- Coastal Panel Faces Golf Course Hazard in Seal Beach Project
- Tots and Tassels
- 2 Men Arrested After Carjacking Attempt
- April Restaurant Closures
- Van Houten Denied Parole for 12th Time
- French Treat Mary Pierce More Like Marie Antoinette
- ALBUM REVIEWS
- Advancement in Arms Race
- McKesson Wins 5-Year Medical Supply Contract
- India's Leaders Respond Calmly, Reassure Nation
- The Determined News Hounds of Fleet Street
- McKesson Wins $5-Billion Contract
- ObjectShare Creeps Back Into Black
- Volkswagen Named in Lawsuit Against Ontario Dealer
- All the Rage
- McVeigh Equates Bomb With U.S. Actions
- Trying to Go to Head of the Class
- Gearing Up for the New Race to Space
- As Time Passes, Rivals' Potential for Devastation Rises
- L.A. County's Schools Lower Dropout Rate for 3rd Year
- 2 Honda Employees Killed Testing Motorcycle
- Council to Oppose Plan for Road
- Teenager Shot on Campus; Fellow Student Held
- Networks Draw a Flag for This Kickoff
- Clearing Hurdles
- Orange Lutheran Gets No Hits but Wins Anyway
- Duval Can Stomach a Major After Gut-Wrenching Masters
- Connecticut Tries to Block Phone Merger
- Punch Lines
- Pledging to Safeguard Ruble, Yeltsin Orders Economic Reforms
- Man Charged With Drowning His Son, 6
- County Bar Assn. Gives Three Judicial Hopefuls High Marks
- 100 Summer Jobs to Be Offered to Teenagers
- Relocation of Weekly Farmers Market Planned
- Temporary Parking Sought for Senior Housing Tenants
- Taft Girls' Fantastic Feat Turn Tables on Dorsey in City Finals
- Buoyant 'Hope'
- Revamped Mall to Boast Entertainment Center
- Price Waterhouse Allegedly Bought Laundered Money
- $1 Million Earmarked to Placate New Beetle Owners
- Group to Target Gays at Disney World
- Pint-Sized Punch Lines
- The Casualties of Docudrama
- Race Ruled a Valid Factor in Admissions
- Conference on Autism Issues Begins Today
- Popularity Extends Past Racial Lines
- Pakistan Explodes 5 Nuclear Devices in Response to India
- County Dropout Rate Hits Record Low of 2.5%
- Nature Museum Out of Business
- Suspect Sought in 2 Gas Station Holdups
- Saddleback Expects Higher Enrollment
- Checkpoint Planned to Screen Drivers
- Council Won't Take Petrikin to Court Over Pay, Benefits
- Chief Administrative Officer Plans to Retire Next Year
- Cosby Is Put in Her Place: a Berth in the State Finals
- FYI
- Alumni Report
- Pacifica's Freed Gives El Modena Nothing
- Early Hanson Shows Surprising Maturity
- 'Yellow' Looks at Generation, Cultural Gap Within Families
- Hearts of Glass at the 'Disco'
- Nutek Acquires Texas Company in Stock Deal
- Will Red, White and Blue Buffett Answer Call of Brazil's Baby Bells?
- Confident Davis Looks Ahead to Lungren
- In Tune With the Psyche
- Jobless Trucker Guilty of Selling Son
- U.S. Outlines Strategy to Contain Arms Race
- Nearly All Americans Will One Day Be Overweight, Researchers Predict
- Boundaries Dissolve as Viewers Become Absorbed in Art
- Thomas J. D'Andrea; Actor in 'The Life of Riley'
- Mall to Be Closed for 9-Month Renovation
- Free Health Fair Slated for Saturday
- Robert R. Conklin; Local Home Builder
- Dueling Messages From the Tower of Babel
- Bilingual Ed Shortchanges Latino Kids
- Pacers' Loss 'Mind-Boggling'
- LeCocq Powers Chaminade, 3-0; Coach Ejected
- Games-Played Streak Ends at 239 for Hunter
- Northridge Women Add Trio of Basketball Players
- Mission Viejo Starts Well but Falters at Key Times
- The Act of Watching and Being Watched
- Scholarships Awarded for Medical Studies
- City Approves Law to Limit Hotel Stays
- Love Is Among Four Tied for Lead in Memorial Golf
- Fast Learner
- 'World' Puts Focus on Core of New York Intellectuals
- From Sinatra's Pianist, One More for the Road
- Latin America Weathers Storm in Global Markets
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- America Online Settles Charges of Misleading Consumers
- Coke Denies Using Illegal Cola War Tactics
- An Obscure Race for a Key Job
- Stadium Lighting Will Help Girls' League
- Mahony Faces Cancer Surgery
- Backers Launch TV Ad to Boost Sagging Hopes
- Deliberations on Hidden Creek Project Enter the Home Stretch
- Town Isn't Big Enough for Two Strawberries
- Umberg to Be Sworn In as Deputy Drug Czar
- JETHAWKS
- Southland Focus
- Energy, Rage Result in Unruly 'Behavior'
- Arts Orange County Bestows $110,000 in Grants
- First American Buys Remaining Stake in Firm
- MCI to Sell Internet Assets to British Firm
- Former CompuServe Manager Convicted of Internet Porn
- Loara High School Student Faces Misdemeanor for Threat
- Hit-Run Driver Sought in Fatal Accident
- Border Agents Seize Meth, Marijuana, Three Motorists
- Campaign Calendar
- 70 Arrested in 3 States in Drug Sweep Against L.A.-Based Gangs
- Teachers Honored for After-School Program
- Northridge: The team that wasn't.
- Quixotic Quest of Brian Williams
- Skilled Cast Finds Mild Satire in 'Island'
- Eclectic Tribute to Trailblazing Rodgers
- Dole Acquires 2 Cut-Flower Suppliers
- Disney's Cable TV Chief Will Leave to Form New Venture
- United HealthCare to Acquire Humana in $6.23-Billion Deal
- First Alliance Stock Hits New Low After 2nd-Quarter Report
- BankBoston Expected to Buy Robertson
- Carmike Says 'Godzilla' Will Bite Its Profit
- Ground Zero
- The Cycles of Life
- High School Dropout Rates at Record Low
- Firefighters Push Ballot Measure on Arbitration
- Starr Calls for Quick Ruling by Supreme Court
- School Breakup Bill May Miss Target
- Psychiatrist Pleads Not Guilty to Molestation
- Assistant Coaches Pay the Price for Ducks' Worst Season
- Saturday Contest Is for County Surfers Only
- HAUSER-PRICE SPRINTS TO TOP
- Dorsey Keeps It Going
- 30-Year Mortgages Fall to 3-Month Low
- Candidates Exchange Heavier Salvos in Campaign Attacks
- Sizing Up the Competition
- NATO Begins Plan to Contain Kosovo Violence
- 4.4 Quake Rattles Town in San Benito
- NHL NOTES
- HOT STUFF
- 'Heroes' Review
- 'Easy Laughter' in an Uneasy Family
- Stock Fund Managers Hold Lowest Cash Level Since '72
- Temp Agency Bill Defeated in Senate
- Apria Shares Fall After Search for Buyer Halted
- Arms Race May Not Be a Numbers Game
- Revised Figures Show U.S. Growth Spurt
- Owner of Bank of West, Hawaii Firm to Merge
- Explosion Kills Man FBI Sought in Probe
- King Family Takes Part in Ray Memorial Service
- Double Yellow Lines Have Specific Uses
- Fight the Splurge Urge
- Image May Be 1st Planet Seen Outside Solar System
- Adding 'Big Unit' a Big Plus
- IVAN THE TERRIFIC
- Sonoma County Hangs On in Ninth to Beat Vigilantes
- Anemic Yen Spreads Weakness Beyond Japan
- Packard Bell to Strip Notebooks of Browsers
- TICKER TALK
- Dow Up 33 as Stocks Break Four-Session Losing Streak
- Indonesia Vows '99 Election, Will Take Over Key Bank
- Grasping for Meaning in the Language of Success
- Rockwell's Newport Workers Go on Strike
- Irvine Apartments Takes 2nd-Quarter Charge
- Viagra Maker Supports Drug Despite the Deaths of Six Men
- Wide World of Weird
- Girl, 16, Found Guilty in Triple-Murder Trial
- 213, 310, 818, 626, 562, 909, 424, 323 . . .
- Tracking Dangerous Drivers Nationwide
- In One Race, It's Board vs. Bored
- Parental Equation
- $1.9-Million Judgment Against Lawyer Upheld
- Latinas Trail in Screening for Cancer, HIV, Study Finds
- Cancer Survivors Picnic on June 7
- Animals Get Groomed for Pet Adoption Fair
- Garden Grove Falls in Final as Toutz Coaches Last Match
- WHAT TO SEE AND DO
- 'Eleemosynary' Sees Mothers and Daughters, Love and Loss
- St. John Knits' Earnings to Fall Short
- Microsoft Plays Host to CEOs From 120 Major Corporations
- Huffy Blames Cutback on Asian Competition
- * NationsBank faces a federal grand jury...
- Testing Push Should Boost Biomerica Sales
- ORANGE COUNTY EARNINGS
- Community Forum Scheduled Saturday
- 2 Posing as Utility Workers Rob Home
- Board OKs 3-Level Bilingual Program
- Meth Kids: Heartland's Tragic Tale
- Local Dancers Head to N.Y. for Swing Set
- County Ordered to Pay Attorneys' Fees
- Beverly Hills Steps Up Patrols to Stop Cruising
- CHP Officer Wounds Man in Freeway Clash
- Assistant Coaches Hay, Kyle Offered New Posts by Ducks
- Corona del Mar Hands Dana Hills Its First Loss
- Capitals' Bondra Makes Sure There Are No Creases in Victory
- Loara Falls Short Against Wilson
- Son Trapped by Father's Rage in Bleak 'Little Boy Blue'
- Dow Up 33 as Stocks Break Four-Session Losing Streak
- Dueling Messages From the Tower of Babel
- Russian Orthodox Pilgrims Embark on March of Faith
- 8 Patrons Shot in Theater After Film Opening
- Turning Down the Volume
- Simi Prepares for City's First Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival
- Manson Family Member Denied Parole 12th Time
- Yankees Making East Race Distant Memory
- Arizona's Evans Wins Pacific 10 Award
- Fast Learner
- Advancement in Arms Race
- Westlake Continues Drive for Championship Trophy
- Dodgers Rally in Ninth to Defeat Reds, 4-3
- Playwright Toys Too Coyly With 'Decadence'
- Trial of 'Freeman' Leaders Begins
- Court Orders Ex-Spouse to Share Buyout
- Community Cleanup Volunteers Needed
- Panel Eases Rules to Convert Downtown Buildings to Lofts
- Acquiring Language: Two Views
- A Boy's Fatal Journey in the System
- Outburst Leads to Delay in Bank Robber's Sentencing
- Keep the Light On in Our Courts
- Woodbridge Wins Collision With Marina
- Harvard-Westlake Breezes Into Division III Tennis Title Match
- Peninsula Is Doubles Trouble for Woodbridge
- Returning Jordan Gets His Time in Spotlight
- An Instrumental Lesson in Singing by Sloane
- Gnawing Questions About 'Godzilla's' Inconsistencies
- Milosevic Moves to Silence Opposition News Broadcasters
- Volatile Mix of Pressure, Guns Not So Unbelievable, Teens Say
- Boy, 14, Killed, Man Wounded at Middle School
- Yorty Moved Out of Intensive Care Unit
- Free Screenings for Breast Cancer Offered
- A Foolish, Deadly Game
- Good Taste Helps Student Into College
- Bill Fights Nonpayment of Holocaust Claims
- THE LEGEND GROWS
- Piazza's Stay Too Short for Him to Say So Long
- Dodgers Deny Johnson Trade Imminent
- Licona Returns to Ring, Scores Narrow Victory
- 'Faust Is Dead' Is a Puzzlement
- ALBUM REVIEWS
- Debate Defines Contrasts of GOP Senate Foes
- Man on Beach Detained for Concealed Video Camera
- 3 Teens Held in Alleged Rape, Threats at Schools
- Interviews to Begin for Superintendent
- Airport Planners Hail Grand Jury's Report
- Contract Renewed for City Manager
- School Incidents Lead to Arrests of 3 Teens
- Family of Slain Officer Can Sue City, Court Rules
- Robber Shoots Man Through Front Door
- Man Gets 457 Years for Kidnapping, Rape
- Kollen Helps Mater Dei Beat Fountain Valley
- FISH REPORT
- Braves' Bullpen Lets Martinez Down Again
- McGrath Stars With Bat and Arm
- Newswire
- Appeals Court Puts Police Suit on Hold
- Battle Illustrates Contrast Among Latino Hopefuls
- Some Unionists See a Power Grab, Others a Bid for Free Choice
- Girl, 12, is Spelling Bee's 1st Foreign Winner
- Ex-Klan Leader Is Charged in '60s Firebombing Death
- Road Warriors Jailed After Fight
- Programs Teaching English and Spanish
- Omaha Struck Pay Dirt Long Before Nebraska Football Did
- Propositions
- Prop. 13's Impact on California
- Peace Vote in N. Ireland
- Congress
- Clinton and China
- 'That's My Baby!' Is Wrenching Account of Adoption
- Suharto
- Governor's Race