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What happened on February 15, 1999
NEWS
Hair-Razing Stories From Lesley Stahl IRENE LACHER
Law to Control Online Porn Creates Strange Bedfellows GREG MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obituaries
GOP Hopefuls Between a Rock and a Scandal MARK Z. BARABAK, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Clear Case of Backhanded Backing for School Bills AMY PYLE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Fine Line Between Helping and Hindering
Modernist Greats, an Offbeat Opera JONATHAN LEVI, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Planning Ahead
Hail to the Chiefs MARY ELLEN WALKER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Customs Is Target of Probe, Paper Says From Times Wire Reports
Mardi Gras Kings to Make History From Times Wire Reports
Villaraigosa in the Wrong Place at the Right Time GEORGE SKELTON
It's the Gift Certificate That Keeps on Giving JANET KINOSIAN
Pint-sized Punch Lines
New Appeals for a Return to Civility RONALD BROWNSTEIN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Today's Living Best Bets
China's Flood Victims Begin Rebuilding Their Future HENRY CHU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Face-to-Face Peace Talks Signal Hope for Kosovo TYLER MARSHALL and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Off-Kilter ROY RIVENBURG
An American Pioneer is Rediscovered BARBARA THOMAS
Cross-Country Skier Hit by Train, Killed Associated Press
Violence Plagues Native Americans ERIC LICHTBLAU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laugh Lines
Schools Targeting Off-Campus Crimes LIZ SEYMOUR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Receives a Warm Embrace in Yucatan Capital MARY BETH SHERIDAN and ELIZABETH SHOGREN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
U.S. Votes Could Sway Mexico's Next Election PATRICK J. McDONNELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pelican Bay's Acting Warden Dogged by Taser Incident MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ultra-Orthodox Protest Israel High Court Rulings REBECCA TROUNSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Why Jokes for a Living? It Really Was Just His Bag CANDACE A. WEDLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Even the Taliban Can't Stop the Music DEXTER FILKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kasich Announcing White House Bid From Times Wire Reports
French Town Sets Sail Into Its Rich Past JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
With Impeachment Book Closed, Here's What We've Learned So Far RONALD BROWNSTEIN
Time Capsule MARY ELLEN WALKER
Book Makes Public the Pain of Lost Love BETTIJANE LEVINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Love Stories to Fill a Heart With Dread CONNIE KOENENN
A High-Water Mark in Coastal Preservation JAMES RAINEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Geisha' a Golden Moment for Author ELIZABETH MEHREN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Doug Weston, Troubadour Founder, Dies MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Message Is Loud for 2 in Noise Suit JANET WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hospital Tells Parents They Were Given Wrong Baby JANET WILSON and JERRY HICKS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Would-Be Officers Win Age Bias Suit PETER Y. HONG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pedestrian Safety
The Coming Bioterror Threat
Making Connections
Lee Baca
2000 Election
Bungled
Area Codes
Cabdriver Dies After Beating in La Mirada Area
Incident Opened Door to Improving Relations FREDERICK H. BORSCH, The Rt. Rev. Frederick H. Borsch is bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
Recovering Scandal-holics: We Feel Your Pain SHAWN HUBLER
Give Both Sides Some Incentive DANIEL SERWER, Daniel Serwer is a senior fellow at the Washington-based United States Institute of Peace, working on Balkans regional security. He served as State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research director for European Analysis from 1996 to 1997 and as U.S. envoy for the Bosnian Federation 1994-96. These views are his own
Decisions on Bolsa Chica's Future Loom in Huntington LESLEY WRIGHT, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Fire Destroys Part of Flower-Drying Business ANNA GORMAN
Ensuring a Healthy Appetite JERRY HICKS
Hutchinson on Black Politicians
Policing Buses
Holiday Closings
Chelsea Clinton
Message for Gun Makers
Life-or-Death Valentine PHIL WILLON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Church's Members Come Bearing Gifts to Help Police Comfort Victims NANCY TREJOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Life for Coastal Panel
Action Log
Tamoxifen
Car Injures 3 Workers on Ventura Freeway, 1 Critically
Obituaries
Prodded by Cupid's Arrow KURT STREETER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
LAUSD's Problems at Belmont Site
Homeless on the Range PENELOPE GRENOBLE O'MALLEY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Many Oppose New School Planned for Farm Site KATE FOLMAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NAACP Image Awards Salute Host of Stars JOHN L. MITCHELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Birthdays Still Dance By for 93-Year-Old ROBERTO J. MANZANO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Truancy Policy Allows D.A. to Prosecute Students and Their Parents HILARY E. MacGREGOR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
John D. Nicks Jr.; Pepperdine University Professor
A Party for Valentine's Day Centenarians JANET WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Navy Families Do Battle With Separation Stress ANNA GORMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Norman Bernstein
50-Year Experiment DIANE WEDNER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Newborns Switched at Orange Hospital JANET WILSON and JERRY HICKS, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Same Time, Different Station for 'Dave & Bob' MASSIE RITSCH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Navy Families Deploy Special Forces to Cope With Stress of Separation ANNA GORMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
A Renewed 'Temple to the Stars' CAITLIN LIU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Slain Kidnap Victim Was Subject of FBI Probe SCOTT GLOVER and ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Kidnapped Man Killed in Crash of Bentley Was Focus of FBI Fraud Probe SCOTT GLOVER and ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Trade the Senate and the House for Natural Gas? Such a Deal JOSEPH H. COOPER, Joseph H. Cooper was editorial counsel at the New Yorker, 1976-94. He teaches writing at Quinnipiac College School of Law in Connecticut
Driving Home the Issue of Child Seats JAMES MEIER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
HEALTH
Outlook Sunny for Those With Happy Genes SHARI ROAN, TIMES HEALTH WRITER
That Sweet Tooth for Licorice Could Be Dangerous JOE GRAEDON and TERESA GRAEDON, Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist. Teresa Graedon holds a doctorate in medical anthropology and is a nutrition expert. In this special People's Pharmacy column, which runs the third Monday fo every month, the Graedons answer letters from readers of the Los Angeles Times only
Frustrated by Yoga? You're Not Alone KATHY SMITH
Don't Let Ulcers Get So Bad You Need Surgery Kristl Buluran, Kristl Buluran has a graduate degree from the UCLA School of Public Health and is a laboratory researcher in Los Angeles
Difficult Tae-Bo Workout Packs a Punch GARY METZKER
Getting the Word Out on HIV SHARI ROAN
Healthy Bestsellers
Preparing for Your Second-Opinion Visit ROSIE MESTEL
OK, Here's the Rub BARBARA J. CHUCK
For a Good, Clean, Cheap Time: Vinegar SHELDON MARGEN and DALE A. OGAR, Dr. Sheldon Margen is professor of public health at UC Berkeley; Dale A. Ogar is managing editor of the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter. They are the authors of several books, including "The Wellness Encyclopedia of Food and Nutrition."
Pop Quiz:
Just a Few Extra Steps Make All the Difference CAROL KRUCOFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES; Carol Krucoff writes a column on health and fitness issues for the Washington Post
Getting a Line on Fitness
Bidet Buffs: Could the French Be Right? ROSIE MESTEL
Getting Psyched for the L.A. Marathon KATHLEEN DOHENY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Need a Second Opinion? ROSIE MESTEL, TIMES HEALTH WRITER
Listening for Clues to Happiness ROCHELLE O'GORMAN
Blood Supply Safe but May Be Inadequate THOMAS H. MAUGH II
Medicare Recipients Rate HMOs ROBERT A. ROSENBLATT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Erasing Those Old Tapes That Play in Our Heads SARAH MORAN
BUSINESS
Marrow Drug Test PAUL JACOBS
Buying Into E-Commerce KAREN KAPLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Platinum Software Busy Riding Wave of Opportunity in Integrated Systems P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Faxing for Free KAREN KAPLAN
Pilot Sick Calls Drop After Threat of Fine JAMES F. PELTZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Content Catching Up With Broadband Sector P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Domain Name Payday KAREN KAPLAN
Costly Web Site Error P.J. HUFFSTUTTER
Buying Into E-Commerce JONATHAN GAW, TIMES STAFF WRITER
L.A.'s Venture Capital Soars; O.C.'s Doesn't, Still Hits Record DEBORA VRANA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
How Developers Are Working to Cut Complexity in Tomorrow's PCs CHARLES PILLER
Recession Forecast for British Economy in '99 Reuters
Try Winter Sports With This Snow Pack AARON CURTISS
Sweet Cyber Language KAREN KAPLAN
Buying Into E-Commerce LESLIE HELM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Buy.Com Catches Flame Over Big Pricing Error P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
UCLA's Leazer Wins Early Career Award KAREN KAPLAN
Volvo, Navistar Said to Be in Merger Talks From Associated Press
Venture Capital Funding Rises 92% in Los Angeles Area in '98 DEBORA VRANA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
For Consumers, Linux a Work in Progress LAWRENCE J. MAGID
Sites That Let You Spy on Your Co-Surfers P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lifetime Expected to Name Its First Female CEO SALLIE HOFMEISTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BMW's Rover to Cut 5,000 Jobs, Report Says Times Wire Services
Autos Bloomberg News
ENTERTAINMENT
Contreras' Ballets Embrace Conflict LEWIS SEGAL, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
Tomorrow In California
Sounds of Centuries Mix in Quartet's Debut MARK SWED, TIMES MUSIC CRITIC
Fernandez Cuts Through Noise to Make a Bond ERNESTO LECHNER
Sticking to His Guns JON MATSUMOTO, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Medleys Offer an Unsatisfying View of Master at Work BILL KOHLHAASE, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
L.A. Philharmonic Lets Its Playing Do the Talking DANIEL CARIAGA, TIMES MUSIC WRITER
Lambertless, Hendricks & Ross the Hottest Old Group Around PAUL LIEBERMAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
*** The Other Ones, "The Strange Remain," Grateful Dead Records/Arista. STEVE HOCHMAN
Evening Just a Snapshot of Ellington DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Do We Get the Programming We Deserve?
Kazan Still at Eye of Storm
Get Out!
'Two of a Kind's' Couple of First-Rate Second Bananas MICHAEL P. LUCAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Eden' Is a Divine Creation DON SHIRLEY, TIMES THEATER WRITER
Rising With the Tide ERIKA MILVY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
*** Defari, "Focused Daily," Tommy Boy. SOREN BAKER
Upbeat Twist on Dad's Legacy NATALIE NICHOLS
Orchestra Excels at the Offbeat RICHARD S. GINELL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
More Scenes Aimed at the Teens
'Men' Very Good but Not Very Nice MARK SWED, TIMES MUSIC CRITIC
Strike 1 Is Often Against an Animal Howard Rosenberg
Harris, Ronstadt, Parton Get Atmospheric on 'II' RANDY LEWIS
Young Artist Hobnobs With the Old Masters CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, TIMES ART CRITIC
Performer E's Tender, Poignant Songs Plumb the Emotional Depths ROBERT HILBURN, TIMES POP MUSIC CRITIC
Short Film Documentaries Are Thriving, Thank You MARK JONATHAN HARRIS
SPORTS
A consumer's guide to the best and worst of sports media and merchandise. Ground rules: If it can be read, played, heard, observed, worn, viewed, dialed or downloaded, it's in play here. MIKE JAMES
Not Slickest of Strategies for Wallace, Mayfield SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Another Senior Win for Fleisher Associated Press
Top-Seeded Teams in Playoffs Are Familiar GARY KLEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ducks-kings Report JIM HODGES
Lackluster UCLA Prevails; USC Nearly Stuns Stanford EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Laguna Beach Boys Get Top Billing in Division PAUL McLEOD
Pushor Questionable With Shoulder Injury ELLIOTT TEAFORD
Unpredictable Draw for U.S. Women GRAHAME L. JONES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Little Luck Lifts Nilsmark to First Win LARRY STEWART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Watson Takes the Blame SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
Illegal Defenses an Early Problem LONNIE WHITE
It Goes From Bad to Worse as Clippers Remain Winless LONNIE WHITE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Gordon Not About to Be Intimidated SHAV GLICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Johnson Finds Groove Just in Time for Titans LON EUBANKS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Kerr's Performance Has a Real Familiar Ring to It Associated Press
Less Is Better for These Two DAVID WHARTON
Spinks Showed That Ali Was Past His Prime
Ducks Beat Up Coyotes and Win ELLIOTT TEAFORD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
High School Playoffs / Girls' Basketball MARTIN HENDERSON
Pepperdine Loses to Santa Clara, 66-52 Associated Press
Philippoussis Serves Up an Easy Title at San Jose From Staff and Wire Reports
Red Wings Hold Off Rangers From Associated Press
Guessing Game Continues With Rodman TIM KAWAKAMI
It's Inda Cards for India Divina BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Buena Park's Okoro Thrust Into the Spotlight PAUL McLEOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Matchup Is Just Fine for Woods DAVE DISTEL, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
High School Playoffs / Girls' Water Polo PETER YOON
Women's World Cup
Cypress Wins Softball Tournament
Ice Dogs Fall Short in Las Vegas From Associated Press
Warming Up for Bigger Money THOMAS BONK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cincinnati Loses Cool, Third Consecutive Game From Associated Press
World All-Stars Overcome U.S. Home-Turf Advantage GRAHAME L. JONES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
It Is Time to Stop Talking About a Title J.A. ADANDE
Lakers Not Yet Ready for Prime Time TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Horry Sent to Hospital Because of Chest Pain TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mackey's 21 Points Lead UC Irvine
It's Atler All Around as She Steals Show ROBYN NORWOOD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Doorknobs Made Salt Lake City an Olympic Lock MAL FLORENCE
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