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- State to Detail Reform of CYA
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- A Little Americanization Can Fix Europe's Economic Misery
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- CSUN Satellite Plans Its Last Commencement
- Bagwell to Have Shoulder Surgery
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- Portraits of the Artist
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- Wrong Kind of Eclipse
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- Stanford Women Turn the Tables on UCLA
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- If Your Retirement Plan Goes Under
- Preserve Live TV News
- While Darfur Dies, Bush Administration Nods
- Different viewpoints on the need to light up
- Holocaust Memorial
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- The Trouble With Pensions Spills Over
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- Forging the Future of L.A.
- Angels Aren't Splendid Splitters
- Finally, news from D.C. may start naming names
- The color of his passion
- Pssst! It's no secret
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- Shots of history
- Power of darkness, in a power suit
- The Lone Ranger
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- Driver Dies When Car Leaves Road, Hits a Tree
- Diverse Group Trying to Qualify
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- Keith gets better as he plays hurt
- Sisterly solidarity, medieval style
- The People's Shoreline
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- The Way We Fought for Workers
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- Costly Enough to Stop a Bus in Its Tracks
- Twisted Tale of European Languages
- Sailor Loses Rank for Protest Against War
- Boat Runs Aground in Harbor; One Man Hurt
- This Saturday Night's All Wright for Fighting
- Rose Still Confident Heading Into Preakness
- Civic agenda
- The men who pursued paradise in destruction
- Freight vs. Folks on Lone Rail Line
- Going down a new road, sort of
- The big sleep that awaits the big screen
- Army, Rebels Set Disarmament Date
- Memorial for 19 Dead in Smuggler's Truck
- Note to You Liberal Weenies -- Yes, the Right Really Can Write
- Read My Lips: Hire Some Conservatives
- Man Struck, Killed by Train Is Identified
- Bringing Home the Day That Was 9/11
- Runaway Dancer Gets It Right This Time
- For Wanda Sykes, it's a 'Monster' of a year
- Rested for 'Restless'
- Going 'Bananas' in Belarus
- Male-Female Race Sparks Arrests in Pakistan
- Developers See Opportunity at Gov.'s Table
- City Offers Reward in Tustin Man's Shooting
- Race Is His Magic Shield
- Man Found Dead at Party, 4 Others Injured
- Weaver Addresses Loaded Question
- Rogers' Innings String Hits 30
- Can Giacomo Repeat?
- Deal of the week
- Sit. Stay. Think.
- Long Story Short
- Taiwan's Ruling Party Wins Constitutional Vote
- Thousands Flee Uzbek Violence
- A $750 Gamble Pays Off With a $1.5-Million Home
- His Jabs Weren't Flying Under the Radar
- 'Bachelor' faces up to the harsh reality
- Surrealistic Look at Belgian Freedom
- Abbas to Meet With Bush in U.S. This Month
- June MacCloy, 95; Actress Epitomized Golden Era's Glamour
- At Last, Closure for a Mother
- Farris Is Pitch-Perfect in Announcing His Arrival
- HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE
- The plan: a festive time away
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- What the numbers can reveal
- Creative Adolescence
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- BESTSELLERS
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- Mass Grave Found in Kosovo
- Turks Kill 9 Rebels in Kurdish Uprising
- Labor Chief Makes Final Trip Home
- Now Kwan Has a Rink of Her Own in Artesia
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- Throwback White Sox Playing Like It's 1959
- A Speed Bump at Indianapolis
- Revolution Stays Unbeaten
- The Risk in Hiding Behind a Hedge
- Electronic-Age Etiquette
- Case crackers
- Groups Seek Probe of Koran Report
- Mt. St. Helens' Victims Remembered
- Kahne Holds Off Stewart for Victory
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- Aquarium redo in Monterey
- Alcohol figures into some young Americans' European plans
- Luminaries left their deft marks
- When the critic met the Tramp
- Mexico and Canada crossings: Hey, you can't just waltz in
- Marines Wrap Up Assault in West Iraq
- Rivals Zero In on Key Voters
- Mayoral Candidates Take the Heat in Quest for Votes
- Protest Over Art Forces Police to Draw the Line
- Olympic Swimmer Sandeno Spreads Word About Asthma
- Wade Shows the Way to Sweep of Wizards
- Seven movies that mattered
- A desperate will to fight
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- Horrors of War, in Color and Black and White
- Happy feet
- The 'Ravine' story
- Tough transition
- Mystery Solved
- L.A. Business Is Taking the Lead
- Undiplomatic Words on the Bolton Nomination
- Cheney's Secrets
- Meet the members of a semi-secret, totally unorganized underground of sport anglers who sneak onto golf courses. The lure? Big, dumb bass.
- When Mom's at the helm, all goes well
- Looking to Auto History for a Crush-Proof Roof
- Examining Candidates, Issues and Financing
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- More Realities of Prop. 13
- Times Are Interesting, Yes, but Is That Good?
- Men Get Short Shrift in the Fitting Room Too
- Ready for a plot twist
- Weakness in Disney Ex-Directors' Fraud Suit
- Prewar Papers Raise Questions and Concerns
- Still Illegal
- 'Graduate' notes
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- Press and Priests: Targets of Anger
- Tell-all ratings
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- Corporate America Pulling Back Pension Safety Net
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- Dark Matter
- Ticket agents bear a heavy load
- L.A. Violence Crosses the Line
- Splurge -- but shrewdly -- by the Bay
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- Hunting down T. rex in the Badlands
- A helping hand in San Diego
- Counting on a part in his career rehab
- Dozens Reportedly Die in Uzbek Crackdown
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