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What happened on May 12, 1999
ENTERTAINMENT
Life's a Breach MIKE BOEHM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The 'Jones' Verdict--As the Squirm Turns HOWARD ROSENBERG
Characterizations in 'Soldier's Play' Put Face on War, Racism DARYL H. MILLER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bowers to Rehire Its Director ZAN DUBIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
WB's 'Creek' Hits Fan Pay Dirt With Dawson's Desktop Web Site MICHELE BOTWIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Atkins: 'Typical Brothers' MIKE BOEHM
Putting the Many Sides of Ellington Into Focus DON HECKMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Has U.S. Sent Them Reeling? KENNETH TURAN, TIMES FILM CRITIC
Coming Thursday
'Noah's Ark,' Roberts Help Establish Order for NBC BRIAN LOWRY
Telemundo Claims Rival Network Pressured 2 Singers KEVIN BAXTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Otis College Schedules Festival and Open House
Sweet Smell of Vindication ERNESTO LECHNER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Arts And Entertainment Reports From The Times, News Services And The Nation's Press. SHAUNA SNOW
Ricky Martin Fever Strikes About Midnight ALISA VALDES-RODRIGUEZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
FOOD
Mexican-Italian Fusion Fun MARION CUNNINGHAM
The Flavors of Rice NINA SIMONDS, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Varietal Oil DONNA DEANE
Markets' Demise Much Exaggerated DAVID KARP, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Cookbook Watch RUSS PARSONS
Food In The Times
Camping Indoors MARY ELLEN ROGERS
Big Cabs From Calistoga ROD SMITH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Middle Eastern Pizza BARBARA HANSEN
Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List
In Rice, as in Life, There's No Guarantee BARBARA HANSEN
Stinky Salad Bowls CHARLES PERRY
The Romance of Basmati BARBARA HANSEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
1995 Fontodi Chianti Classico 'Riserva,' Tuscany (About $29) S. IRENE VIRBILA
Mediterranean Stuffed Tomatoes ANDY BRODER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Pepper Mayo Dressing DONNA DEANE
Perfect Basmati BARBARA HANSEN and NINA SIMONDS
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Police to Bill Knott's for Controlling Near-Riot BONNIE HARRIS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Beauty and the Beasts AL MARTINEZ
Dog Guards AGNES DIGGS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bilingual Students in Semifinals DIANE WEDNER, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Urban Sprawl
Irvine Will Put Warning About El Toro's Effects on the Record JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
La Palma Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Santa Ana Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Who Will Unite the Nation's Tribes? YOSSI KLEIN HALEVI, Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior writer for the Jerusalem Report
Panel Votes in Favor of Channel Islands Campus
Seal Beach Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Dana Point Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Stanton Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
College Gets a Late Night Visit From a Black Bear
Use of New LAPD Hires Sparks Rift in Budget Talks PATRICK McGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fullerton Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Inventive Teacher, Student Win Awards MICHAEL GOTTLIEB
Irvine Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Pesticide Foes Seek Ouster of McPhail PAMELA J. JOHNSON
Westminster Harrison Sheppard, (714) 966-5977
Laguna Woods James Meier, (949) 574-4204
Anaheim Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
San Clemente Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Buena Park Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Los Alamitos Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
Beijing's Reform Movement in Peril TOM PLATE, Times contributing editor
Bates Shelves 2 Anti-Airport Assembly Bills JEAN O. PASCO, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Villa Park Regina Hong, (714) 966-5912
The Bug's Legal Bite
Huntington Beach Eron Ben-Yehuda, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 13
Committee Backs CSUCI as 23rd Campus FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Obituaries
Mission Viejo Jenifer Ragland, (949) 574-4207
Teen Gets Juvenile Detention for Threatening Fellow Student ANDREW BLANKSTEIN
Business Course for Professors
Tustin Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Newport Beach Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
Fountain Valley Ellen McCarty, (714) 965-7172, Ext. 14
Orange Crystal Carreon, (714) 966-7835
Laguna Beach Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Laguna Hills James Meier, (949) 574-4204
Cell Phones for Teachers
Antidepressants and Violence
NATO Mistake
Mandeville Canyon
Tornado Account
Prisoners of Earlier Wars
MTBE Additive
Costa Mesa Elise Gee, (949) 574-4275
GOP, Beware King Caucus ROSS K. BAKER, Ross K. Baker is a professor of political science at Rutgers University
Activists Debate New City Charter PATRICK McGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lake Forest Daniel Evans, (949) 574-4206
Tragedies
Security Bars
Ban Sought on Inflatable Ad Figures, Signs
Trapped Critter Freed, Somehow CRYSTAL CARREON, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
La Habra Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Vote on Anti-Smog Fee Increase Delayed GARY POLAKOVIC
The Safety Zone: Restaurant Report
Ranch Worker, 55, Dies After Bee Sting TINA DIRMANN
Obituaries
WTO: No Free Ticket for China
Council Vote Cuts Off AIDS Disbursements JIM NEWTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
2 Arrested in School Bomb Scare ANNA GORMAN and TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Superior Court Judge Cooper Proposed for Federal Bench HENRY WEINSTEIN, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
Recent School Absenteeism to Have No Financial Effect KRISTINA SAUERWEIN
Brea David Morrill, (949) 574-4212
Board Approves 1st Charter Middle School in Valley KRISTINA SAUERWEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Charges May Face Teen Who Turned In Pot ANDREW BLANKSTEIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marquee Lighted in Revival Bid ART MARROQUIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Panel Backs CSUCI as 23rd Campus in System FRED ALVAREZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Jurors Study the Site of '95 Slaying TRACY WILSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Launch Point
Laguna Niguel Rebecca Harris, (949) 574-4205
San Juan Capistrano Chris Ceballos, (949) 248-2150
Yorba Linda Jasmine Lee, (949) 764-4331
MTA Challenges New Bus Order in Court Clash JEFFREY L. RABIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The 'Big Brother' Teens Don't Need STEVE CHAWKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Learning Doesn't Have to End With School Year REGINA HONG and LIZ SEYMOUR, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Supervisors Debate, Delay Leak Rule DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
* Wayne L. Wilson; Dump-Truck Business Owner
Jenny Jones
Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation of School
Beverly Hills Rejects Initiative to Require Cruelty Tags on Furs JOHN L. MITCHELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Schools Not Penalized for Recent Absenteeism
Student Ordered Freed After Psychiatric Stay MASSIE RITSCH, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Class Introduces LAPD Recruits to Car Chases ROBERTO J. MANZANO
Let's Keep Control of Local Spending JEFFREY SLOAN, Jeffrey Sloan, an attorney in San Francisco, represents public employers on labor and employment law matters, including interest arbitrations
Enforcing the Letter of Restaurant Law SEEMA MEHTA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bell Gardens Voters Recall 3 City Council Members HUGO MARTIN and MONTE MORIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Judge Dismisses Charges Against School Contractors DOUG SMITH, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Tribute to Injured Teen Erected at Accident Site KURT STREETER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cypress Christine Castro, (714) 966-7440
Bail for Accused Teen
Bill Spurred by Ojai Teen's Search Killed DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sometimes a Stacked Deck Is Really a House of Cards DANA PARSONS
'I've Become a Number' JOSH MEYER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Officer Charged With Having Sex With Minor
Hallmark Couldn't Have Said It Better STEVE HARVEY
2 Arrested in School Bomb Scare ANNA GORMAN and TINA DIRMANN, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Garden Grove Jason Kandel, (714) 966-5848
City Gives Managers 3.1% Salary Increase TONY LYSTRA
Turning Back the Tide NANCY KINSEY NEEDHAM, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Marin County's Wealth Doesn't Extend to Community Colleges JILL LEOVY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Africa
Novice, Veteran Teachers Share Job Frustration CHRISTINE BARON, Christine Baron is a high school English teacher in Orange County
Police Magnet Students Vie to Be 'Toughest Cadet' ART MARROQUIN
State's Sesquicentennial Quilt to Be Displayed ART MARROQUIN
A Little Bit of Oxford in an Urban School KATE FOLMAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NEWS
Obituaries
The Youthful Exception That Proves the Rule MIKE DOWNEY
Jerusalem Evictions Put on Hold Reuters
Former California Congressman to Head Gore's Presidential Bid From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Liberated Jack Kemp Now Free to Shape Public Policy ROBERT SHOGAN, TIMES POLITICAL WRITER
Northwest Tribe Cuts Short Revived Gray Whale Hunt Associated Press
Senate Tests Answers to Youth Violence JANET HOOK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Energy Dept. to Tighten Nuclear Labs' Security BOB DROGIN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Former Democratic Donor Defends His Contributions ALAN C. MILLER and WILLIAM C. REMPEL, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
As a Public Service, These Products Will Preserve Matrimonial Bliss ROY RIVENBURG
Laugh Lines
A Two-Edged Sword in Tech Export Rules EVELYN IRITANI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
U.S. Team to Visit Suspicious Site From Times Wire Reports
Screenwriters Share Travails of Their Trade PAMELA WARRICK, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton Implores Firms to Invest in Poor Areas JAMES GERSTENZANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NATO Rejects Milosevic Claims, Doubles Air Attacks JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Clinton to Defer Embassy Move to Jerusalem NORMAN KEMPSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Family Appeals Ruling on King 'Dream' Speech From Associated Press
Bill Fuels Debate on Building Code DAVE LESHER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Supplements Can Be Fatal, FDA Says MARLENE CIMONS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
War Wrap-Up
Committee OKs Diluted Version of Milk Bill AMY PYLE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bush Fills Post for Iowa Communications Associated Press
Charter Bus' Driver Had Health Problem From Times Wire Reports
Legislative Analyst Calls for State Master Plan for Public Schools From Associated Press
Freed Soldier Recalls Ordeal as Serb Captive MATEA GOLD, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Hotline Between China, U.S. Runs Cold in Crisis JIM MANN
Today's Living Best Bets
Pentagon Urges More Military Base Closings From Times Wire Reports
Rosemary Valaire; Led Ballet School MYRNA OLIVER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chinese Anger Over Embassy Attack Recedes MAGGIE FARLEY and HENRY CHU, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Fixing a Boo-Boo, After a Fashion BOOTH MOORE
County to Launch Major Child Care Effort in Schools NICHOLAS RICCARDI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Deaths That Haunt Juarez MARY BETH SHERIDAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Vitro Technique Averts Family's Sickle Cell Risk THOMAS H. MAUGH II, TIMES MEDICAL WRITER
Sentences in Gandhi Case Are Commuted From Times Wire Reports
Hawaii Slide Leaves Torn Lives in Its Wake ELEANOR YANG and PETER M. WARREN and PHIL WILLON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Amid Slide's Carnage, Heroism and Sacrifice ELEANOR YANG and PETER M. WARREN and PHIL WILLON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
U.S. Suspends Clinical Research at Duke TERENCE MONMANEY, TIMES MEDICAL WRITER
Orange County Books & Authors
Where Moms, Daughters Are on the Same Page MIKE WYMA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
A Satirical Tale of Morality and Intrigue ROCHELLE O'GORMAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
An Ageless Gift of Whimsy and Wit CHRIS ERSKINE
Despite NATO Rhetoric, Rebels May Be Ultimate Beneficiaries of Air War PAUL WATSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Roseanne on Zen and the Art of Freaking Out IRENE LACHER
'Star Wars' Expanding Its Empire of Readers
Jumping the Gun on 'Phantom Menace' PAUL D. COLFORD, NEWSDAY
Exotic Dancers Say Bill Would Strip Them of Rights MARK GLADSTONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Belgraders Debate Merits of Bomb Shelters RICHARD BOUDREAUX, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Killing Time for 'The Blue Hour' DENNIS McLELLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The Devil in Disguise? MARY ROURKE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Palace Lovers Make French Connection BEVERLY BEYETTE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SPORTS
Salmon Goes on Disabled List MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Astros Prevail With an Unusual Onslaught From Associated Press
Elway Enthusiastically Exploring Possibilities in L.A. T.J. SIMERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Injury Shouldn't Hamper Dreifort CHRIS FOSTER
Basketball Still Labor of Love for West TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Controversy a Throw-In as Angels Beat Yankees MIKE DiGIOVANNA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Blasting Impression TIM KAWAKAMI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spiker Leading the Pack Without Running in One JOHN ORTEGA, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Radke Has Nice Homecoming From Associated Press
Not Much Chance of West Exit Now MARK HEISLER
Local Notes
Uh-Oh, Spurs Lose Advantage From Associated Press
Penguins Keep Focus on Hockey From Associated Press
Davis Makes Decision Today DAVID WHARTON
Sosa Adds to the Aches Perez, Dodgers Are Feeling CHRIS FOSTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Corona del Mar Coach Disappointed by Seeding DAVE McKIBBEN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Saving Himself May Prove Difficult for Former Lifeguard Coles MIKE PENNER
Fast Times Ahead on This Ride-Share BILL PLASCHKE
McCarron Won't Ride in Preakness BILL CHRISTINE
Sorgi Returns, Wins Another Title ERIK HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Second-Period Avalanche Buries Red Wings HELENE ELLIOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Bill a Big Hit With a Sport Facing Threats GARY KLEIN
Rangers, Greer Put on a Show in the Ninth From Associated Press
Mustangs in Position for Title MIKE TERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pacers Outlast the Bucks From Associated Press
A Weight Is Lifted BILL CHRISTINE, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Faith Baptist Victory, 57-0, Big Record-Setter
Victory Puts Matadors Within Reach of .500 From Staff Reports
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. LARRY STEWART
Not Even Fans of Klein Would Argue SHAV GLICK
Bryant Doing More With Less TIM KAWAKAMI
First Quarter
Former Rocket Sees Similarities LONNIE WHITE
In Retrospect, Montreal Was No Big Winner EARL GUSTKEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dig This: Monroe Reaches the Final MIKE BRESNAHAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Byrd Looks Fine, Phillies Feel Good From Associated Press
Prep Softball Roundup
Player's Family Files Lawsuit Against District PAUL McLEOD
Top-Seeded Katzman Wins Championship
Shires Provides the Difference for Chatsworth
Chasing Two Career Dreams ERIC SONDHEIMER
Cassel Caps Chatsworth's Drive ERIC SONDHEIMER
In other games:
Rosary Rules Golden West Once Again MARTIN HENDERSON
Corapci Drives In 5, Leads Canyon's Rout of Villa Park
Chaminade Spreads the Spotlight Around From Staff Reports
Faith Baptist Rewrites Record Book in 57-0 Victory Over Pilgrim
Dumais Takes the Fifth for Family, Buena ERIC HAMILTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lancaster Falls to Rancho Cucamonga
Police Say Tuinei Died of Overdose From Staff and Wire Reports
Motivated Taft Blisters Poly, Earns Rematch ERIC SONDHEIMER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Muran's Single Secures a Title
Harvard-Westlake Seeded No. 1
Calendar
Fisher, Horry Make Life Miserable for Rockets RANDY HARVEY
From The Other Side
BUSINESS
Award-Winning Firm Lights Up Customer Service MARC BALLON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
SBA Loan Designed to Stomp Out Y2K Bug MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Student Learned Publishing by Doing MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Copyright Case P.J. Huffstutter
China Signals Willingness to Continue Trade Talks JONATHAN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Orange County Earnings
Orange County Earnings
Broadcom Shows Off Its Faster Network Chip P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Orange County Earnings
Orange County Earnings
Owner of Knott's Sees Boost in First-Quarter Results E. Scott Reckard
Orange County Earnings
Orange County Earnings
U.S. Productivity Surges in 1st Quarter Reuters
Also
Fighting 'Spam' Karen Kaplan
Lehman to Help Chevron Explore Options From Reuters
Bank Deal Bloomberg News
AOL Jumps Into Race to Deliver Net on TV JUBE SHIVER Jr., TIMES STAFF WRITER
Villaraigosa Stumps for Nonprofits LEE ROMNEY, Latino business reporter
First American Adds Credit Report Unit Bloomberg News
Rate Hikes Rev Up Car Rental Firms' Stocks JAMES F. PELTZ
Texas Pacific to Buy Motorola Chip Unit Charles Piller
C&D Technologies to Shut Plant, Lay Off 60 Workers Jonathan Gaw
Driving Merger Associated Press
Trademark Suit Bloomberg News
Broadcom Unveils Faster Chip for Use With Copper Wiring P.J. HUFFSTUTTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Emerging-Market Rally Called 'Sustainable' PAUL J. LIM
"International Investing
Stocks Advance Despite Jump in Bond Yields From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Telecom Firms Push Cisco Profit Sharply Higher KAREN KAPLAN, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Net Firm's Stock Plunges on News of Fraud Probe JEFF LEEDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Yorba Linda Men Accused of Defrauding HUD ROBIN FIELDS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
They Export Efficiency With Computer Parts
Small-Business Awards Luncheon Honors Owners, Activists
EMB Completes Purchase of Mortgage Bank
More Americans Plan U.S. Summer Trips From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Cost-Cutting Eases BP Amoco's Profit Decline Bloomberg News
Starbucks to Raise Drink Prices Today From Bloomberg News
Nokia Debuts Wireless Networking Line Elizabeth Douglass
Wal-Mart Stores' Profit Soars 34% in First Quarter From Bloomberg
Small-Business Issues at Investment Conference
L.A. Designer on List of Leading Black Firms MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Immunex Leaps 33% on Drug News; Gain Fuels Rise in Biotech Sector PAUL JACOBS
Also
Universal Music Chief's Winding Comeback Trail CHUCK PHILIPS
Making Sure Communication, Mutual Respect Stay Priorities KAREN E. KLEIN, Karen E. Klein is a freelance writer
Lockheed Exec Retires After Rocket Failures Bloomberg News
Charges Filed in Bre-X Mining Debacle Bloomberg News
Some Shrinkage in the L.A. Garment Industry STEPHEN GREGORY, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Avondale Board Approves Talks With Litton Industries Reuters
HealthTech Chairman, Stockbroker Convicted Times Wire Services
To Prevent Disaster, Prepare for One
Sony, Microsoft in Web Venture CHUCK PHILIPS
Brothers Held in HUD Mortgage Fraud Scam Robin Fields
Changing SBA Accents New Market, Innovation VICKI TORRES, TIMES STAFF WRITER
'Split Dollar' Solution to Retirement Problem JUAN HOVEY
American Express Plans Arbitration Rule EDMUND SANDERS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Study Sketches Portrait of Minority-Owned Businesses MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Her Action Saved Family Firm MARLA DICKERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
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