- Brobeck to Shut Down After Merger Talks Fail
- SBC Asks California to Probe WorldCom Sales
- DNA Structure Linked to Life Span
- 6 Confess to Cheating on Exam With Cell Phones
- 4 Palestinians Die in Clashes
- Tax Case May Force Even More in Refunds
- U.S. Releases Woman Deported by Russia
- FBI to Train Crime Scene Dive Team for L.A.
- Ducks' Deal Is a Blue-Line Special
- A western that speeds along on two wheels
- Economic Growth Slows Sharply
- Fraud Confirmed at Los Alamos Laboratory
- Evacuations Ordered as Fires Near Villages
- Kasparov Blunders, Loses to Computer
- Lakers Still Tops With Forbes
- Pipe Dream
- Two Players Shoot 61, but It's Old Story at Hope
- Failure at the Top
- Robbins Receives Support
- Painted-over Rembrandt is revealed
- A voice from the Fuhrer's grave
- Investment Bank Replaces Its CEO
- Davis, Vivendi Chief Complete Talks
- FBI Head Asserts Role in Fighting Terrorism
- On Iraq, Kerry Appears Either Torn or Shrewd
- U.S. Works to Consolidate Support at U.N.
- Ignitable Rubber Dust May Have Caused Deadly Blast at Factory
- 2 Metrolink Deaths Believed to Be Suicides
- Cliff Norton, 84; Began Acting Career in Radio
- Judge Rules Water Board Can't Impose Logging Rules
- 2 Schools Vying for U.S. Award
- Another Sad End in the Bruins' Saga
- 2 Accused of INS Shredding Spree
- Europe Pans World Club Tournament
- Straddling two worlds and sounds
- 'Sabrina' still casts a spell over young fans
- 'The Guru' gets its goof on
- Commerce One Loss Widens in 4th Quarter
- 2 Former Executives Guilty in Ponzi Scheme
- 4 Sentenced in Scam That Rigged Contest
- Closing Arguments Expected in Murder Case
- Driver of Armored Truck Held in $3-Million Theft
- Jails See Outbreak of Skin Infections
- Racial Flap Still Roiling State GOP
- Duke Shows Its Strength Against Butler
- Dodgers Get Coomer
- Police Find No Crime in 3-Day Absence of Buena Park Mom
- Top Dogs Look Familiar in Supercross Series
- Officer Tells of Child's Wounds
- Slipping insights in with laughs
- Idec Profit Up 55% on Rituxan Sales
- Regime Calls Bush Address Aggression
- Claim Bolstered That N. Korea Took Summit Bribe
- Simi's New Police Chief Takes Oath
- The Bond of Language
- Trojans Find There's No Joy in Loss
- California Is Stopped by Arizona State
- Mandella Is in Search of Another Milestone
- New works set for Pacific Symphony
- Net Outflow for Stock Funds; Record Take for Bonds
- Turner's Next Network Could Be a Chain of Buffalo Burger Joints
- City Leaders' Alarms Ring Louder for LAPD
- Arrest Shreds Genial Image Decades in the Making
- Frank 'Ted' Moss, 91; 3-Term Utah Senator
- Janitor Won't Be Retried in Heist
- 2 Men Charged With Shipping Tons of Coral to L.A.
- Good Politics, Good Works
- Reward in Girl's Slaying Increases to $150,000
- EIDC Finances 'in Disarray'
- The 'Naked' truth? It's not to be found
- El Toro's Wins Hang on Player's Status
- A.S.K. drops programs in favor of grants
- Gilliam's impossible dream
- Exult Profits From Others' Cost Cutting
- China Arrests U.S. Member of Outlawed Group
- Hit Men Sentenced in Death of Rabbi's Wife
- Bush Is Backing Exile for Hussein
- E. Korry, 81; U.S. Envoy to Chile in Allende Era
- Rachel Oliphant, 86; Philanthropist, Child of Knott's Founders
- O.C. Planners' Records Show 3-Year Deficit
- Northridge Volleyball Rebounds
- NOW YOU KNOW
- Scholars Hope 4th Time Is Charm
- Oilers Rally to Tie Behind Chimera
- When image isn't enough
- No voice given to antiwar poets
- A worldly film lineup in Santa Barbara
- Bush to Propose New Retirement Savings Approach
- JetBlue Profit Rises 37% as Sales Jump
- Former Milosevic Aide Sentenced
- Police Chief Moose Signs Deal for Book on Snipers
- 2 Marines Held in Suspected Parachute Sabotage That Injured 3
- Foreigners Head Out Amid Fears of Violence
- No Charges for Officers Who Struck Suspect
- The Iraq Oil Questions
- It's a Swimsuit Calendar That Promises to Delight the Ears if Not the Eyes
- Trims OKd, but Less Than Davis Sought
- Metrolink Train Kills Man in Apparent Suicide
- Fox Doesn't Hate Playing This Role
- 'Poison of darkness' under microscope
- A sexy CIA? Get real
- Foul Play Feared in Man's Disappearance
- Freed Journalist Back to Work
- School Sculpture Garden Commemorates '94 Quake
- TONIGHT
- Wiser NBC Tackles Football
- Fullerton Wins; Sow Set to Return
- Jude Law's wife is treated following 'suicide scare'
- An exercise in visual democracy
- ABC scores Jackson program
- Kimmel's wit trumps snags
- Fluor's Net Income Soars 69%
- L.A. Has Its Warmest January Ever
- Selna Nominated to Federal Bench in L.A.
- Going Off Course as a Matter of Course
- Big Cuts Planned in Health Care
- Panel Seeks Fine-Tuning, Not Overhaul, of Title IX
- Blue Leads Bruins to Win
- Maynard Ferguson lets loose a high-energy ensemble
- Md. Urged to Scrap Death Penalty
- 'Shoe Bomber' Reid Given 3 Life Terms
- Bush Judicial Nominee Gets Panel's Nod
- Blair Tries to Steer War Wagon
- Texas Executes 3rd Inmate This Week
- 2 Killed When Plane Strikes Lancaster Hangar
- Seeking clarity in the hazy streets
- Familiar horrors with fresh impact
- Vivendi Signs Deal for All-Digital Short Films
- Verizon Made Offer to Name Some Names
- Pre-Paid Legal Services Confirms SEC Probe
- Mortgage Rates Decline This Week
- Snow Confirmed as Treasury Secretary After Pledge on Pension Rule
- Credit Card Debt Is Cited in Spy Trial
- Helicopter Crash Near Afghan Base Kills 4 U.S. Troops
- Be Vigilant, South Gate
- Southland Experiences Warmest January on Record
- Surf City Resort Makes Debut
- McGrady Wants to See Quality Air Time
- 'God' gets lost in details
- Microsoft Agrees to Change Passport
- Jones Urged to Ignore Criticism
- The golden age of Sammy
- Soul revivalist Saadiq draws from a well of emotions
- Following success to a new 'Destination'
- The long and rewinding road
- FINALLY
- Global Crossing Investors Sue Banks
- Stocks Sink on GDP Report, Earnings News
- Bush Seeks $41.3 Billion for Homeland Security Budget in 2004
- GE's Welch Gets Privacy in Divorce Case
- Assembly OKs 2-Year Terms for Coastal Panel
- How Steep a Price for 3 Teens' Foul Acts?
- Variations on a key Williams' theme
- Lopez Doubles His Chances in Santa Maria
- Cadiz Subsidiary Files for Chapter 11
- Environmental Penalties Down Under Bush, Data Show
- The Chill of the Hunt
- Hypocrisy -- in Their Name
- Kings Tune Up for Lakers by Ending Skid
- Stanford Stuns No. 1 Arizona
- Powder Blues
- At 90, NHRA Founder Is Still a Slick Operator
- Senators Press Clear Channel
- Eisner Critic Losing Seat on Board of Directors
- 'Good Thief' a solo of many virtues
- KCBS, KCAL plan new offices
- Seeking career heat at tropical Tommy Bahama
- US Airways Seeks OK to End Pension Plan
- Founder of SoundScan Sales Tracker Retires
- Space Images Appear to Back Theory
- D.A. Office Disputes Police on Jogger Rape
- Disabled Officers' Bias Suit Settled
- Potvin Out 6-8 Weeks; Storr Ready
- Disney Gives Team Bigger Allowance
- Report: Umpire Froemming Suspended
- Up Next for UCLA
- Sprinters Commit Career False Start
- Kings for a Day After a Rare Win
- Snowmobile Plan Defies Findings
- Dispute Persists After Plea
- Raiders Couldn't Do Job Even Before Game Started
- NBC Veteran Falco Named Group President of Network
- Retired Judges Must Choose Between Public, Private Jobs
- New crime boss is captivating; a twist on a familiar cop is not
- Up Next for USC
- Sather Adds Head Coach to His Title
- 9 Commuters Die When Train Derails
- Venezuela Court Keeps Both Sides Guessing
- Prime plus 60 years
- Exxon Mobil Profit Rises on Higher Prices
- Recall Polling Places to Be Monitored by State
- Store Tapes Studied for Laci Peterson Sighting
- More Walk-Ons May Keep Men's Teams Running
- Dole Reports 89% Profit Decline in 4th Quarter
- Boeing Profit Soars on One-Time Items
- Seabees, Families Brace for Duty
- Man Accused of Abandoning Stepson Is Held at Hospital
- Reid at Sentencing: 'I Am at War With Your Country....'
- Cultivating Hope
- 'Chicago' jazzes up lineup
- Oversight Plan to Include Fund Fees
- Disney's Earnings Down 41%
- Propane Truck Crashes, Explodes, Killing Driver
- Deficit Prompts Closing of 2 Elementary Schools
- Acquitted, but Not Declared Innocent
- Pro Bowlers Operate on the Pay to Play Plan
- Air Force Sergeant Gets 6-Year Sentence for Stealing 4 Laptops
- Peace Pays Off for Jordan
- TOP PERFORMERS
- Speeding-taxi movies cross the line, French critics charge
- State Finds More 'Suspicious' Plant Outages
- Seeking a saint for the Internet
- Disney Theme Parks Chief Trying to Put a Little Magic in Marketing
- Viernes Is Priced to Move
- United Way Chapter Reorganizes, Cuts Staff to Boost Confidence
- Pension Benefit Agency Reports Record Deficit
- Man Is Sought in Fatal Brawl
- McG's got a new hot commodity
- Warning Closes Part of U.S. Embassy
- Extra Effort: Seton Hall Had Sixth Man on Court
- Episcopal Leader Criticizes U.S. Policy
- Surgery Is Likely for Olowokandi
- FCC Widens Cellular Choice
- War on the Wetlands Is Bush's Latest Environmental Assault
- Mommy and me: the nanny- Westside connection
- 'Rowdy' Behavior
- Humanitarian Mission That Shows Best of U.S.
- Bush Wants to Privatize the Glories of Nature
- Lay It Out Clearly: Why Should We Start a War?
- An Internet Jukebox Could Be a Hit
- Help the Homeless
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- At Kinara, spa food for real appetites
- Ex-Justice Chief's Conviction Overturned
- War Threat Prompts Local Protests
- Former Lawyer Accused of Fraud
- Bush Is Still Badly Out of Step With California
- Evelyn 'Bobbi' Trout, 97; Record-Setting Aviatrix of the 1920s
- Thin Skin May Terminate Schwarzenegger's Hopes
- O'Neal Says Yao Good for Game
- Lawmakers Voice Doubts on Smallpox Vaccination Plan
- Science is cool in Bill Nye's hands
- Woman Testifies in Death of Baby
- A Lush, Calm Urban Secret -- Soon to Be Declassified
- Sizing Up Boykins Is Not All That Easy
- Jacobsen Is Old Pro With Amateurs
- World Answers With Resentment
- Economy, War Not Separable
- THREE-DAY FORECAST
- BUZZ CLUBS
- Officers' Trial Date Set in Assault Case
- Ducks Find Right Line
- Israel's Election Leaves Its Arabs Cold
- No time for midlife crises
- Hobbies and pastimes of the reinvented man
- Something to sing about
- Law Supporting Women's Sports Is Now on the Defense
- Tribune Profit Up on Ad Resurgence
- A new spin on L.A. art
- FINALLY
- Remake of a classic
- Andersen fable teaches love
- Hidden art and politics
- Affirmation Action for Bluebloods
- Walton Is Accused in Candy Caper
- San Luis Obispo Beats Long Beach
- U.S. Steps Up Probe of Ford Crown Victorias
- Trumpeter Swans Won't Get Protected Status
- Fire May Lead to Curbs on Recycling Firms
- New Rules Govern Facility-Naming Honors
- Green Sturgeon Denied Protected Status
- 3 Teenagers Will Be Tried as Adults in Videotape Rape Case
- O.C. Mother Missing Since Sunday Found 'in a Daze'
- Cutley Leads Westchester Past Fairfax
- TONIGHT
- EarthLink Loss Narrows as Sales Rise
- Glut Puts Squeeze on Wine
- Allergan Profit Dips 23% After Spinoff
- Bush's Medicare Plan Sparks Skepticism in Both Parties
- From 'Z' to 'Amen.'
- Prisoner Recaptured 9 Hours After Escape
- Freeways Driving You Crazy? It's a Shorter Trip for Some Than Others
- Ephron's play to close next month
- He Hopes to Follow PBA Out of Gutter
- Clippers Win an Ugly One
- Art
- Nagano rumored to be courted for Montreal job
- Webber Out Three Weeks
- AOL Posts Record $99-Billion Loss
- ConocoPhillips Posts $410-Million Loss
- Dissident Cleric Is Finally Free in Iran
- U.S. Renews Claims of Hussein-Al Qaeda Link
- Chiron's Net Soars as Sales Jump
- Ted Turner to Resign AOL Post
- Officials Say Cleric Approved Bali Blast
- On next trip, check emotional baggage
- Ex-Pony League Officer Accused of Embezzling
- Proposed Tuition Hike Is Too Steep, Group Says
- FBI to Quiz Woman Ousted by Russia
- Pesticide Spilled in Collision With Firetruck