- Mater Dei Loses to Oak Hill
- U.S. Tourist Arrested for Alleged Obscene Gesture
- Dean Backers Debate Internet 'Echo Chamber'
- Panel Selected to Investigate Iraq Arms Data
- Antidote: Martha's anteroom
- Jeff Harris, 68; Producer of TV's 'Roseanne' Also Was a Director, Writer
- City to Give Shelter a Break
- Sex Assault Suspect May Be in Ventura
- BBC director who quit over WMD flap to write book
- Bush Plan Would Offer 4 Tax-Free Ways to Save
- NASCAR Sets Course of a Different Color
- Inquiry Targets War-Zone Sex Assaults
- Elected Officials Soldiering On
- MTV shelves 'making of' halftime show
- Treasury Gave Secret Papers to Ex-Secretary
- Ventura County Residents Must Register by Feb. 17 to Vote in Primary
- A Line He Won't Cross
- Bruin Fans Didn't Want Any More of This
- Free Trade That Tosses People Aside
- That's Fantastic!
- Make the Punishment Fit the Crime and Time
- Pulling Up an OC Drawbridge
- Jackson reaction
- What's wrong with Monet for everyone?
- What the Halftime Stunt Showed
- Super Game Deserved a Little More Exposure
- Board to Review Rejection of Berkeley's Fulbright Bids
- Don't Worry, Dodgers: No One Forgot You
- The Week Ahead in Orange County
- Finding the Right Use for Academy's Funds
- Clearing State's Debts
- Police Say Governor's Driver Was Speeding
- Bush Gives Reelection Precedence Over Iraq
- Turn to Native Plants and Forget the Fake
- Youth Camps Are Worth the Cost
- Who Knew There Was a Curse on the Lakers?
- Fiscal Irresponsibility in the White House
- Reading Gibson
- Tower Records Considering Bankruptcy, Source Says
- SEC Suspends 2 Fund Officers, Fines Company
- Brother, Can You Spare $500,000?
- Mad Cow Risk Is Downplayed
- Vonage Gets Funding for Broadband Service
- U.S. Warns China on Semiconductor Rebates
- Kerry Loosens Dean's Grip on Washington State
- If You Get the Ax, Don't Blame India
- Union, City Attorney Clash Over Proposed Ban on Fundraising
- Wells Fargo to Expand in Southland
- Germany Acquits Man of 9/11 Role
- He Was One SUV Away From a Perfect Record
- A Public Entreaty in Suzuki Lawsuit
- NYSE Board Approves Plan to Expand Electronic Trading; Blessing by SEC Pending
- Hughes-Pegasus Mediation Is Ended
- Two More at Guantanamo Getting Lawyers
- Key Frist Aide to Resign Over Memo Inquiry
- Estimate of Fetuses Exposed to High Mercury Doubles
- Vivendi Revenue Falls on Music Sales, Dollar
- Norman Branchflower, 63; Advertising Innovator
- More Than Just a Tempest in a C-Cup
- Mosley, Trinidad Are Discussing Fight
- Bad Behavior Isn't Limited to One Sport or a Gender
- Georgia High School Denies Girl Credit for Hooters Job
- Spurs Remain Tough for the SuperSonics
- Police Question Sharon in Graft Inquiry
- Suspect in Abduction Not Talking
- 3 Allegedly Plotted to Discredit FBI Official
- Rarefied Air for Flight 19
- John Hench, 95; Disney Artist Helped Design Theme Parks
- Microsoft Lawyer in Antitrust Role
- Hint: It's Not the Jack in Box Guy
- U.S. Must Pressure Mexico, Marin Says
- To Dean, Now It's Wisconsin or Bust
- Russian Lawmakers May Extend Putin's Rule
- Net Phone Firm Expected to Win Fee Exemption
- Stocks Rise on Fed Official's Upbeat Forecast
- Halliburton Launches Ad in Response to Criticism
- Adelphia Shareholders Seek to Auction Assets
- California May Be Victory Lap for Democratic Nominee
- Toyota's Quarterly Profit Rises 60%
- Search in Bomb Case Called Broad
- Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Survives Purported Attack
- Musharraf Pardons Scientist
- Detroit Victory Triggers Hostility
- Lunar Festival Stampede Leaves 37 Dead, 15 Hurt
- Watson's Generic Drug Sales Help Boost Profit
- Formal Talks Expected Soon With Mediator
- Resistance Group Seizes City, Frees 100 Prisoners
- Girl With Partly Formed Twin to Have Surgery
- Web Voting Program Scrapped
- Winter Homeless Shelter Faces Closure as Funds Dwindle
- Ernest Burke, 79; Was Pitcher, Outfielder for Negro League Team
- Mortgage Rates Increase This Week
- Also / IN BRIEF
- Stewart's Image Takes Hit From Key Witness
- Assistant Axman Fired by Dorrell
- It's Back to Slack for Lakers in Loss
- CIA Chief Saw No Imminent Threat in Iraq
- Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
- Governor's Bond Plan Only a Band-Aid, Analysts Warn
- Court Agrees to Keep Rancho Open
- Schools Chief's Viewpoint Evolves
- California Supreme Court Denies Cooper's Bid to Delay Execution
- Rival Nations Agree to Hold Military Talks
- Bush to Appear on TV Talk Show
- J&J; Agrees to Propulsid Settlement of $90 Million
- Indonesian Earthquakes Kill Up to 22
- AutoNation Reports Flat Net Income
- * Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.,...
- For Nation's Retailers, It's Christmas in January
- The Real Question Is, Why Didn't It Happen Sooner?
- Productivity Growth Slows to 2.7% in the 4th Quarter
- Gun Control Remains a Loaded Issue for Democratic Candidates
- Nothing but the truth
- NFL Told to Allow Younger Players
- Quinn Leads the Bruins
- Westchester Appeals to CIF on Sanctions
- Dozens of Courthouses Found at Risk in Quakes
- Five IPOs Post Gains in Debut
- Massachusetts Debates the State of Matrimony
- Moscow Subway Blast Kills at Least 25
- Arden Realty Posts 17% Profit Drop
- Black History Parade Takes Turn
- A sweet 'Egos' trip provides wry laughs
- Delta Halts Low-Fare Carrier's Expansion
- Jobless Claims Rise Partly on Bad Weather
- Hiker's Death Brings Year's Toll to 8
- Intruder Managed to Slip Past Security, Board LAX Jet
- Microsoft Wants Spammers to Pay a Price
- FDA, SEC to Boost Information Sharing
- Harold Price, 95; Executive Funded Business Education
- U.N. Seeks $500 Million in Liberia Aid
- Decision Postponed on Election Spending
- DMV Drops DUI Case After Blood Test Mix-Up
- 1 of 2 Slain Men in Colton Is Named
- Commercial Blitz Begins in Effort to Sell State Ballot Measures to Voters
- Gas Heater May Have Caused Family Illness
- Edwards Joins the Fray, Returns Fire at Clark
- Roy Disney to Hold Investor Meeting
- Va. Considers Ban on Illegal Immigrants at Colleges
- Champion Snowboarder Hurt in Stunt on Letterman Show
- Youth Authority to Review Use of Cages
- Incinerator Shut After Chemical Detected
- Clarett Still 'Work in Progress'
- Home to a Low-Rent Attitude
- 3 Agencies Coming Together in Santa Clara River Valley Study
- A curtain parted in Afghanistan
- Change Not Always for Better (See: NBA)
- Jones Returns to Starting Blocks
- Clarett Ruling Is Good for Bruin Football Fans
- Lorraine Gowans
- 'Lost Skeleton' keys in on sci-fi spoofery
- Slain Huntington Beach Clerk Recalled as Trying to Rise Above Tragedy, Illness
- Courses Take Lumps on First Day
- Off-key, on the map
- Music fest sheds Brown's name
- Slippery Thief Grabs 14 Exotic Pythons
- Britten memorial makes waves
- Visa trouble for Cuban musicians
- Fillmore Soccer Coach Arrested in Drug Case
- Saxon king's treasures go on display
- Semisweet but artificial 'Desserts'
- Perick a masterful maestro in Pacific Symphony debut
- Chase Suspect Arrested After Barricading Himself in House
- Warner Apologizes for Remarks Regarding His Benching
- House Committee to Examine Military Air Crashes
- Prostate Cancer Funds Cut
- 'Mary' needs a bit of independence
- Good Vibes Overcome Bad News
- Boyfriend Held in Woman's Stabbing
- At the end of his rope is where we begin
- Killer of 14-Year-Old at Bus Stop Gets Life
- Fitzgerald Is Eligible Too
- The Q Rating Is on the Rise
- Wednesday Funeral for Councilman
- Scalia's Blind Eye
- Arizona Tumbles at Cal
- Connecticut Tops No. 1 Tennessee
- Childress Traveled Long, Winding Road
- St. John's Dismisses Three Starters
- A Strike Force With an Attitude
- There's Always the Rookie Game ...
- Roland Schinzinger, 77; Professor Wrote of Ethics in Engineering
- Alaska's Sea Otters May Join the Endangered Species List
- Woman Pleads No Contest in the Heat Deaths of 2 Boys
- Democrats Hammer at Court Choice
- Vodafone May Sell Verizon Stake
- For This Palestinian Family, No Place Is Quite Home
- A Fiscal Realism Is Stirring
- Making a persuasive case for a serial killer
- Bryant Is Delayed Again
- Big Year Is Seen for Local Economy
- Blue gets a new leash on life
- DePodesta Will Talk to Dodgers
- Arcadia Aims for Postseason Success
- Mullins Can Add to Lead
- Khannouchi's Absence Opens Marathon Field
- Anatomy of a news uproar
- A 'Barbershop' that's worth coming back to
- Another Defense Attorney for Blake Is Out
- Minghella answers his critics
- Do you believe?
- Skewering L.A.'s myth and mystique
- Sober fantasies recall Bosch
- Bernardo, the youth thing is getting a little old ...
- Girl Gone, Mother Held
- Perspective for Ricin Threat
- Convey Leads U.S. Past Canada
- Bruins Suffer Historic Defeat
- Top Performers
- Preps Are Not Jumping at Ruling
- On the rise and ultimate exile of the Hollywood X rating
- College to Lease Site to Builder
- 'Made-Up' doesn't stop at skin deep
- A Shock to the NFL System
- Injuries Don't Stop Showtime
- 200-Pound Bear Mauls Handler at St. Louis Zoo
- Jockey Is in Coma After Spill
- THE RULING
- Research Links Pregnancy Disorder to Protein Levels
- Tierney Sutton and the night and the music
- Duke Clips North Carolina, 83-81
- 'Cold Mountain' isn't directly related to slaves' experience
- It's the stuff of climbing legend
- Movie viewers getting more control
- Jackson makes Internet history
- Jimmy Ernst: hope emerges from darkness
- Outreach Program Lifts Barriers to Legal System
- Iraqi Wrestlers to Train in U.S.
- Hearing on Records Will Go Into March
- USC Dogged by Huskies' Persistence
- 'Phantom run is second longest
- And the moral of this story is ... uh, forget it
- GIs Killed in Copter Crash Lauded as Heroes
- Thief on Dallas Video May Be Killer of Guard in Riverside
- Big Lots to Settle Overtime Pay Suit
- A racket for the top income-tax bracket
- Gonzaga Retains Grip on Waves
- Caloric Intakes Way Up Since '71
- A Regal Choice to Make First Start of Year
- PepsiCo Profit Rises on Gatorade Sales
- We Import Cars and Stereos, So Why Not CEOs?
- In the Courts, Justice Should Trump Winning
- Intelligence Probe: Look Beyond the CIA
- White House Defends Bush's Military Service
- Massachusetts Affirms Gays' Right to Marry
- A Sorry Approach in the Juvenile System
- Spurs Remain Tough for the SuperSonics
- Peeved in Palos Verdes
- President Has Budget Priorities Mixed Up
- Gay Marriage Ruling Dominates the Political Discourse
- Feb. 3 Presidental Contests
- Ricin Forces Senators to Improvise
- 'Playmakers' Is Sacked by ESPN
- Ford SUV Gets Poor Rollover Rating
- HOT CORNER
- Oregon Facing 'Drastic' Cuts, Governor Warns
- Venezuelans Urged to Leave Politics at the Door
- 3 More Bird Flu Deaths Are Reported
- Morrison Suffers Sprained Ankle
- Intel's D2 Production to Leave California
- A Sunday breakfast that's simply swell
- Three blazers equal a Prada
- A Sharp Left Turn on Dial
- No Plans to Close Hospitals, Tenet Says
- Day Is Set to Ride Again
- They Don't Want Stars to Show All
- Love Bounced Back Last Year
- U.S. Soldier Sentenced for Fleeing Fatal Crash
- A dream delayed
- Bush Grants Extension to 9/11 Commission
- The pot has never been bigger -- or more respectable
- Energizing the voters
- College Wants Law on Its Side
- Former Credit Lyonnais Director to Plead Guilty
- Tycoon Revels in Battle of Castro Peak
- Weatherspoon Becomes a Spark
- Citibank, Partner Offer Credit Card in China
- A Good, Hard Preseason
- United Online Says Net Income Soars
- Earnings Release Delayed by 99 Cents Only Stores
- California Prisoner's Gruesome Death Probed
- Dole Chief Operating Officer Retires
- 'Deficit Hawks' Circling Highway Bill
- Group Claims It Caused Deadly Irbil Blasts
- Justices Urged to Hear Terrorism Suspect's Case
- Lawmakers Confront Rumsfeld
- Kern County D.A.'s Wife Strikes a Deal in Prescription Drug Case
- 2 Camarillo Men Fined in Cosmetic Surgeries
- False Data Led to Logging Deal, Ex-Official Says
- Old Allegation Could Affect Jackson Case
- Homeowners Raise Less From Refinancing
- Northrop Reports Flat Profit in Quarter
- My furry Valentine
- Tribal Activist Tied to Slaying
- Execution Blocked for Mental Exam
- A poetic appointment
- Iran Leader Orders Review of Disqualified Candidates
- Georgia's New Leader Strikes at Corruption
- Marizane rubbing important elbows
- Focus on the friar finds a tragedy's funny bone