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What happened on August 14, 2001
NEWS
The Region By Jessica Garrison, TIMES STAFF WRITER
How Words Set Free a 'Solid Con' By Michael Harris, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
\o7 Mixing Girls' Sports and Muslim Tradition\f7 By Sandy Banks
High-Tech Publications Are Dropping Like Dot-Coms By J. Michael Kennedy, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Why Are We Gun-Shy About Asking Parents This Tough Question? By Mary Macvean, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Dazzling in Dana Point By Ann O'Neill, \o7 Ann O'Neill is on vacation. Times staff writers Louise Roug and Gina Piccalo wrote this column. and \f7
A Phenomenon of Biblical Proportions By Roy Rivenburg, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Casting Stones Over a Piece of Marble By Lisa Allen-agostini, WASHINGTON POST
Jokes & Riddles
Involvement Opportunities
A Learning Link to 'Look, Learn and Do' By Mark Icanberry
Natural History Mystery By Dolores Johnson, Dolores Johnson's next book is "We Play Music." This story will be on the Times' Web site at http://www.latimes.com/kids
What Should You Do to Be a Good Friend?
Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena Office Net Absorption
Rebate From Texas
Working to Save Ballona Wetlands
Davis' Energy Buyers: 'They Haven't a Clue'
For Prager, the Law Is a Blunt Instrument
Personal Responsibility for Pollution Protection
Courageous Gov. Ryan
Same-Sex Marriage
Pick a New Color
Free-Range Technology
Private-School Behavior Fostered by Parents
Still Testifying
Sharp Drops in AIDS May Be Over By Charles Ornstein, TIMES HEALTH WRITER
Report Assails Botched Probe of Lee Spy Case By Eric Lichtblau, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Macedonia's Leaders Sign Deal Paving Way for Peace By Alissa J. Rubin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
San Jose Almost Arrives By Shawn Hubler, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Solar Plane Climbs Into Record Books By Peter Pae, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Israeli Army Invades Town in West Bank By Mary Curtius, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In Rare 3-3 Vote, High Court Refuses to Delay Execution By David G. Savage, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Russia Resists Rumsfeld on Scrapping '72 Arms Pact By Maura Reynolds, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Report Predicts Thirstier World By Maggie Farley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Leader Stirs Anger With Shrine Visit By Valerie Reitman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
State TV Shows 3 Britons Confessing to Bombings From Times Wire Reports
Castro Celebrates 75th Birthday Until Dawn From Times Wire Reports
Rodgers & Hussein? Iraqi Musical in Works From Times Wire Reports
Politics Flare Amid Berlin Wall Rites From Reuters
Taliban Will Put 8 Foreigners on Trial From Reuters
Colombia Arrests 3 IRA Members By Julie Tamaki and T. Christian Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Villagers Sue Over Noise at U.S. Bombing Range From Times Wire Reports
Fossett Expects Easy Cruise Over Andes From Times Wire Reports
Bush Says Arafat Can Do More to Halt the Violence From a Times Staff Writer
Death Toll in Iran Floods May Top 300, Officials Say From Reuters
Bombing at Market Kills 3, Injures 16 From Times Wire Reports
American Man Kidnapped in Honduras Associated Press
Rebels Say Ambush of Train Was Legitimate From Associated Press
Artificial Heart Patient Suffers a Setback From Times Wire Reports
Town Greets Scholar Freed From Russian Jail From Times Wire Reports
Nothing Certain but Death and Tax Rebates From Times Wire Reports
Energy Issue Tops Agenda of Governors By Julie Cart, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rancher Will Hit the Trail for a Spell By James Gerstenzang, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tire Defect Suit Goes to Trial By Megan K. Stack, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Road Rage Cited in Killings of Sisters at Purdue Associated Press
Lutherans to Study Changing Gay Policy From Times Wire Reports
Tests Urged on Drugs for 'Mad Cow' By Aparna Surendran, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Helicopter Crash Victims Mourned From Associated Press
New Team Arrives for Space Duty From Associated Press
Court Backs Authority of School Guards By Maura Dolan, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
Ruling on Sleeping Lawyer By Henry Weinstein, TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
ENTERTAINMENT
More Suits Than Jokes? By Paul Brownfield, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mobilizing the Troupes By Jennifer Fisher, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Lions Gate, Frugal and Fearless, Eyes Bigger Prey By Patrick Goldstein
'Another American' Asks for More in the Telling By Don Shirley, TIMES THEATER WRITER
BalletFest Becomes an Exercise By Lewis Segal, TIMES DANCE CRITIC
Morning Report By Elaine Dutka
Learning Energy Strategy From Power Player By Dana Calvo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
WB Summer Offering Ends Up a 'Dead' Bore By Howard Rosenberg, TIMES TELEVISION CRITIC
Summer Jam Turns Into Endurance Test for Fans By Marc Weingarten, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Baaba Maal Delivers Peak Performance By Don Heckman, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Rather Defends Remark After Stem Cell Segment By Steve Johnson, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
'Return to Cabin's' Intent Backfires By Daryl H. Miller, TIMES STAFF WRITER
BUSINESS
Caltrans Project Veers Off the Beaten Path By Jesus Sanchez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Help for Investors in Need of Objective Advice By Josh Friedman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Judge Defers Trial in Ford Ignition Suit By Terril Yue Jones, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Computer Developers Aiming to Exterminate the Mouse By Alex Pham, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Tyco to Cut 11,300 Jobs, Close Plants By Tim Mclaughlin, REUTERS
Activists Plan IMF Protests in D.C. By Tynisa E. Trapps and Warren Vieth, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Emery's Parent Grounds Planes From Associated Press
21st Century Insurance Asks for 28% Rate Hike By Liz Pulliam Weston
Pacific Sunwear Sees 50% Drop in Earnings Reuters
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Fashion District Group Agrees to Settle Homeless Lawsuit By Marla Dickerson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
State Gasoline Prices Fall Again A Times Staff Writer
State Ranks Near Bottom on Small-Business Climate By Karen Robinson-jacobs, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Globalstar to Cut Work Force to Save Bloomberg News
Growth of Online Access Rising at a Slower Pace Bloomberg News
Leap Wireless Falls on Financing Worries Bloomberg News
Cendant Agrees to Buy Cheap Tickets By Brad Foss, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bayer Says Its Drug Linked to 52 Deaths By Stephen Graham, ASSOCIATED PRESS
McDonald's to Provide Source of Natural Flavorings in Food From Associated Press
AOL Set for More Job Cuts By Edmund Sanders, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lucent's Former Chief Gets Golden Parachute Reuters
May Co. Profit Falls 18% in Second Quarter Bloomberg News
Air Carriers Drop Fares, Stay-Overs By Sam Kennedy, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Short-Term T-Bill Rates Edge Down Associated Press
Wal-Mart to Settle Pricing Complaint Associated Press
Gemstar Reports $134.8-Million Loss on Acquisition Costs From Bloomberg News
John Wiley to Buy Hungry Minds By Alan Clendenning, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Company Town Film Profit Report By Richard Natale
PepsiCo's Expectations From Quaker Deal Rise Reuters
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Mexico, China Still Far Apart in WTO Talks By Chris Kraul
First Union, Wachovia Merger Cleared by Fed Reuters
Scios Gets Approval on New Heart Drug Reuters
Ex-Honeywell CEO to Get $9 Million Bloomberg News
Bond Yields, Dollar Slide in Expectation of Fed Cut From Times Staff and Wire Reports
401(k) Balances Stable in 1999-2000 By Josh Friedman, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Briefly Times Wire Services
Regulators Warn About New 'Stretch' IRAs A Times Staff Writer
Hines Looks to Shed Sun Gro Peat Moss Unit By Marc Ballon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Whalley to Head Warner Bros. Record Label By Jeff Leeds
Manatt Phelps Adds 72,000 Square Feet to Westside Offices
Snyder, Partner Launch New Firm By Jesus Sanchez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
California Mart to Be Renamed By Bob Howard, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Drug Companies Resolve Patent Dispute From Times Wire Services
Opus Breaks Ground on Industrial Park By Bob Howard
Prudential Cuts Forecast on Investment Returns Bloomberg News
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Hines Looks to Shed Sun Gro Peat Moss Unit By Marc Ballon, TIMES STAFF WRITER
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
Taming Microsoft
Wishes Aren't Evidence
Bombs, Bullets and PR
Overblown 'Raptor' Would Plunder Budget By Everest E. Riccioni, Col. Everest E. Riccioni is a retired Air Force fighter pilot, test pilot and engineer. He is a member of the military advisory committee of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities
A Legal Hallucinogen, at Least for Now By Anne-marie O'Connor, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Build a Berlin Wall in the Middle East By Graham E. Fuller, Graham E. Fuller is former vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA
Artist's Use of Barbie Dolls Is Protected, Judge Rules By David Rosenzweig, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Last Hurrah for Freeway Builders By Hugo Martin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Davis OKs Expanded Horse-Race Wagering By Dan Morain and Joe Mozingo, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Man Released in Thompson Murder Case By Steve Berry and Anna Gorman, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Traffic Signals Get a Better Green Light By Bob Pool, TIMES STAFF WRITER
17 Plead Innocent in Base Protest By Kenneth Reich, TIMES STAFF WRITER
New Trial Ordered in Slayings of 2 By Caitlin Liu, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Battle Continues Over Wage Law By Oscar Johnson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Antelope Valley College Football Player Fatally Shot at Party By Massie Ritsch, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Former Life's Credentials Won't Get You This Job By Steve Harvey
Staging a Play, and Exploring Possibilities By Irene Garcia, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Habitat Chapter's Latest Home Is 20th in 10 Years From Times Staff Reports
Valley Median Home Price Still Rising By Andrew Blankstein, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Double Slaying From Times Staff Reports
Reward Offered for Tips on Missing Woman From Times Staff Reports
Bulldozer Cuts Phones in KCRW Pledge Drive By Bob Pool, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Swimming Banned After 2 Sewage Spills From Times Staff Reports
Gunmen Rob Credit Union in Thousand Oaks By Margaret Talev, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Rape Suspect Snared by DNA Ploy Pleads Guilty By Christine Hanley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Fugitive Survived on Social Security Checks By Jack Leonard, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Remains of Cows Found in Backyard By Buck Wargo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Storage Tank Leaking Gasoline Into Ground From Times Staff Reports
Builder to Proceed on Bolsa Chica Homes From Times Staff Reports
Crash Kills Couple on Freeway Shoulder From Times Staff Reports
Reagan Library Seeks to Add Limousine, Jet From Times Staff Reports
7 Wildfires Burn 80,000 Acres By Daniel Hernandez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Historic Shotgun Is Recovered After Theft From Times Staff Reports
New Parents Found for Surrogate's Twins From Associated Press
Monitoring of Judges' Internet Use to Continue From Times Staff Reports
Insurers Wary of Claims of Pot Losses By Dalondo Moultrie, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Squatters Seize Vacant City-Owned Building From Times Staff Reports
Environmental Plan Proposed for UC Merced By Rebecca Trounson, TIMES EDUCATION WRITER
Panel Suggests Paired Aircraft Landings From Times Staff Reports
Joanne Minnich; Survived Surgery on Heart Removed From Her Body From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Bruce Hochman; Tax Lawyer, Active With Jewish Charities By Elaine Woo, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Marshall Meyers; Postmodern Architect By Nicolai Ouroussoff, TIMES ARCHITECTURE CRITIC
Memories of War Here at Home By Erin Texeira, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Cowboys Fans Cheer on the 'Home' Team By Fred Alvarez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
County Officials Quit in Reorganization By Catherine Saillant, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Exchange Student Is Kidnapped and Raped From Times Staff Reports
Armed Men Hold Up Thousand Oaks Bank By Margaret Talev, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Man Killed in Cycle Accident Is Identified From Times Staff Reports
Reward Offered for Tips on Missing Woman From Times Staff Reports
Man Pleads Not Guilty in Double Slaying From Times Staff Reports
Suspect Drew Social Security While Hiding By Jack Leonard and Mai Tran, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Bolsa Chica Development Moves Ahead By Seema Mehta, TIMES STAFF WRITER
DUI Arrest Follows Death of 2 at Roadside From Times Staff Reports
Parents May Have to Hope for Luck of the Draw By Jessica Garrison, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Lunch Led to Rapist's Capture By Christine Hanley, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Leisure World Purchase Protested By Dave Mckibben, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Woman Dies of Injuries at Shooting Range From Times Staff Reports
Woman, 70, Dies After Turn Into Pickup's Path From Times Staff Reports
2 Dogs Destroyed After Attacking Jogger From Times Staff Reports
Reagan Library May Acquire Air Force One, Limo By Catherine Saillant, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Former Employee Denies Embezzlement Charge From Times Staff Reports
SPORTS
Pride and Joy By J.A. Adande
Silence Follows Prep's Death By Diane Pucin, TIMES STAFF WRITER
NCAA Report Cause to Worry By Rob Fernas, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Win Streak Comes to End for Sparks By Mike Terry, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Pride and Joy By Lance Pugmire, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Brazil's Performance Is a National Disaster By Grahame L. Jones
Shaq Can't Pin Hopes on Career in This Sport By Robyn Norwood
\o7 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.\f7 By Larry Stewart
This Cowboy Is Willing to Ride to L.A.'s Rescue By T.J. Simers
They Have Found the Way Home By Paul Gutierrez, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Stoneman's Anticipation Pays Off By Bill Shaikin
Recent Skid Is No Reason to Panic By Jason Reid
Diamondbacks' Johnson Gets 30th Career Shutout From Associated Press
Devil Rays Sweep Twins
Miller Awarded Big Deal By Jerry Crowe, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Group Calls for Probe of School Associated Press
This Postseason Derby Is a Tough One to Handicap By Mike Terry
Workout Goes Well for Martinez From Associated Press
Unplayable Field, Unplayable Game By Sam Farmer
Sparks Tonight By Mike Terry
They Handled a Weighty Issue in Their Own Ways By Steve Henson, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Irvine High Swim Coach Says He Will Retire By Dan Arritt
Santa Ana Softball Team Wins National Title By Lauren Peterson
Beal Pitches U.S. Team to World Youth Title By Lauren Peterson
Camarillo Legion Team Reaches State Final By John Ortega
Trojans Get Simmons Back By David Wharton, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Notre Dame High's Volk Commits to Arizona By Eric Sondheimer
Swimming Nationals Start Today in Fresno By Lauren Peterson
No Rest for Weary Sutton From Associated Press
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