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No Holds Barred GARY INDIANA, Gary Indiana is the author of several novels, including "Resentment: A Comedy," "Depraved Indifference" and "Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story."
The Wound That Refuses to Heal VIVIAN GORNICK, Vivian Gornick is a contributing writer to Book Review.
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First Fiction MARK ROZZO
Boomtown Bladerunner and Its Discontents JONATHAN KIRSCH, Jonathan Kirsch, a contributing writer to the Book Review, is the author of, most recently, "The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People."
Southern Comforts MICHAEL HARRIS, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.
L.a. Confidential EUGEN WEBER, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review.
Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS
Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Worse PETER G. GOSSELIN, Peter G. Gosselin is a national economics correspondent for The Times in Washington, D.C.
The Piano Man PETER GREEN, Peter Green is the former fiction critic of the London Daily Telegraph.
Tower of Babel EARL SHORRIS, Earl Shorris is the co-editor, with Miguel Leon-Portilla, of "In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature," and the author of "Latinos: A Biography of the People" and "Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa."
Just How 'Victorian' Were the Victorians? FREDERIC MORTON, Frederic Morton is the author of "The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait" and "A Nervous Splendor: Vienna, 1888-1889," both National Book Award finalists.
The Glowing World BARBARA MacADAM, Barbara MacAdam is a senior editor of ARTnews.
Ways of Seeing LANGDON HAMMER, Langdon Hammer is the author of "Hart Crane and Allen Tate: Janus-Faced Modernism" and the co-editor of "O My Land, My Friends: The Selected Letters of Hart Crane." He is a professor of English at Yale University.
Down These Mean Streets TOM HAYDEN, Tom Hayden chaired a state Senate task force on gang violence prevention. He teaches a course on gangs at Occidental College and is writing a book on the subject.
Nits and Picks MELISSA McCOY, Melissa McCoy is The Times' assistant managing editor for copy desks.

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A History Lesson for Valley Secessionists
Deaf to Health Fund Crisis
A Volcano Is Rumbling in the South MARC COOPER, Marc Cooper is contributing editor to the Nation and editor-at-large of L.A. Weekly. His latest book, "Pinochet and Me: A Chilean Anti-Memoir" is now in paperback.
Ah, Sweet Nature ... but Only If You Can Afford a Piece of It JOHN BALZAR
Democracies Feel a Chill Wind From U.S. JOSEPH SIEGLE, Joseph Siegle is the Douglas Dillon fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations.
In Trust We Trust
Bring Peace to Land Battle
City Owes Public Fair Shake
Not Their Fault
Cigarette Tax: Money Grab
EU Fear-Mongers' Lethal Harvest RONALD BAILEY, Ronald Bailey is science correspondent for Reason magazine and author of the new Cato Institute study, "The Looming Trade War over Plant Biotechnology." He can be reached at www.cato.org.
The Rah-Rah Boys THOMAS FRANK, Thomas Frank is the editor of the Baffler magazine and author of "One Market Under God."
Transportation Fix That Isn't JACK MALLINCKRODT, Jack Mallinckrodt is an engineer who lives in North Tustin
Elections Won't Be a Panacea PAULA R. NEWBERG, Paula R. Newberg is the author of of "Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan."
More Firepower for the 'Armies of Compassion' WILLIAM J. BENNETT, William J. Bennett is co-director of Empower America.
Take L.A., Please-- Life Is Better in O.C. JOHN J. PITNEY JR., John J. Pitney Jr. is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and author of "The Art of Political Warfare."
Make No Mistake: Seeking Perfection Harms Innovation RICHARD FARSON and RALPH KEYES, Richard Farson is president of the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute in La Jolla; Ralph Keyes is a fellow of the institute. They are co-authors of "Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins: The Paradox of Innovation" (Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2002).
Don't Just Throw Buses at the Transit Problem
A War of Words Against Iran ELI J. LAKE, Eli J. Lake is the State Department correspondent for United Press International. He has written frequently for the Weekly Standard.
Frisbee Beginnings
Accounting Industry Needs Higher Standards
A Crazy Quilt of Victim Compensation RICHARD M. MOSK, Richard M. Mosk is an associate justice of the California Court of Appeal and, formerly, a judge of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal, established as a part of the 1981 Iran-U.S. hostage agreement.
U.S.-Iran Relations
Passport to a Future DINA KHAYAT, Dina Khayat is managing director of Lazard Asset Management Egypt and is a graduate of Columbia University Business School.
A Mugabe-Made Famine
Ashcroft's Camps and Citizens' Rights
Fiscal Shell Games, Government-Style MICHAEL H. GRANOF and STEPHEN A. ZEFF, Michael H. Granof is a professor of accounting at the University of Texas at Austin. Stephen A. Zeff is a professor of accounting at Rice University.
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What happened on August 18, 2002

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Idaho's Dugout Dick Is Fading Into History TIM WOODWARD, THE IDAHO STATESMAN

Mothers Escape From Baby Sellers LELY T. DJUHARI, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Chronicling the Basques: Recordings of Immigrants' Lives Available on Internet DAN GALLAGHER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Coffee Bar Is India's Surprising New Gathering Place NIRMALA GEORGE, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Too Busy to Notice SUSAN KING, TIMES STAFF WRITER

A 30-Year Reunion With Her Inner Teen Sandy Banks

Descendants Find Honor in Link to Slaves MELANIE COFFEE, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Fancy Artifacts Found in Dig at Poor Village in the Northwest JOSEPH B. FRAZIER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Drought Spells Trouble for Much of U.S. PAULINE ARRILLAGA, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Social Circuits ANN CONWAY

Alabama Delta Proves a Popular Ecotourism Destination GARRY MITCHELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Familiarity Can Breed Content in Children BETH DONOVAN, WASHINGTON POST

Violence Lands on the Doorsteps of Kashmiris MUJTABA ALI AHMAD, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Long Gone but Not Forgotten: Town Stakes Claim to Wilson Library CHRIS KAHN, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

With Grid-Pattern Projects in Again, It May Be a Dead End for Cul-De-Sacs KRISTEN COMER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Laying the Dead to Rest--Again SUSANNAH A. NESMITH, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

The Black Bear, Monrovia's 500-Pound Gorilla RENEE TAWA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Plastic Bridge Will Take Cars Into the 21st Century DAVID GRAM, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Woman Is Guilty Over Collecting Insurance STEPHEN MANNING, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Russia Is Fertile Ground for Chinese Workers SARAH KARUSH, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

A Poolful of Guppies and Wails LISA LEFF, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Velvet Reigns as Proper Setting for The King ANNIE GROER, WASHINGTON POST

Iowa Farmer Sows Seeds of Property Tax Relief TODD DVORAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Nursing Camp Gives Teenagers Early Exposure HOLLY RAMER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

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Carny King's Sideshow Must Go On STEVE CHAWKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

2 Asian American Women Named as Judges JEAN GUCCIONE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

101 Guinea Pigs Are Successfully Relocated From Times Wire Reports

Archdiocese for Years Kept Claims of Abuse From Police GLENN F. BUNTING, RALPH FRAMMOLINO and RICHARD WINTON, TIMES STAFF WRITERS

Ousted Because He Bit the Hand That Picked Him Dana Parsons

Navy Commissions Guided Missile Destroyer From Times Wire Reports

Twin Recovering After Surgery for Infection From Times Staff Reports

Council Delays Initiative, Is Sued STANLEY ALLISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Tape of Beating Brings Tips on Reacting to Police JEAN MERL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Planned Homes for Vets Get Governor's Approval From Times Staff Reports

Rep. Condit's Wife Sues Another Tabloid From Times Wire Reports

County's Real Estate Frenzy Eases in July DARYL KELLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Taking the Danger Out of Walking to School HOLLY J. WOLCOTT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Officers Seek Gunman in Nightclub Shooting From Times Staff Reports

Experience Called Key in Picking Chief TINA DAUNT, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Erosion of Rural Lifestyle Worries Many, Defies Simple Political Fixes MATEA GOLD, TIMES STAFF WRITER

When a Cop's in Trouble, the Word Gets Around JEAN MERL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

City Hall Gives Adelphia Cool Reception MASSIE RITSCH, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Newport Beach Culture Runs on Juice and Harbor's Silent Duffys Steve Lopez

2 Sides Size Up Political Benefits of Secession PATRICK McGREEVY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Hearing on Proposal to Donate Land to Public From Times Staff Reports

Park's Paths Less Traveled CARA MIA DiMASSA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Assembly GOP Leader Hones Balancing Act JULIE TAMAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Turnout Low, Spirits High at 'Dyke March' Debut H.G. REZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Turning a Wasteland Into a Desert RICHARD FAUSSET, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Home of Surfing More Than Surfers DAVID REYES, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Disposal of DNA Leads to Review STEVE BERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Heston Faces His Illness Squarely ROBERT W. WELKOS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Robert Borkenstein, 89; Inventor of Breathalyzer Intoxication Tester ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Back to School With Photo ID Badges DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

BOOKS

No Holds Barred GARY INDIANA, Gary Indiana is the author of several novels, including "Resentment: A Comedy," "Depraved Indifference" and "Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story."

The Wound That Refuses to Heal VIVIAN GORNICK, Vivian Gornick is a contributing writer to Book Review.

First Fiction MARK ROZZO

Boomtown Bladerunner and Its Discontents JONATHAN KIRSCH, Jonathan Kirsch, a contributing writer to the Book Review, is the author of, most recently, "The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People."

Southern Comforts MICHAEL HARRIS, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.

L.a. Confidential EUGEN WEBER, Eugen Weber is a contributing writer to Book Review.

Discoveries SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS

Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Worse PETER G. GOSSELIN, Peter G. Gosselin is a national economics correspondent for The Times in Washington, D.C.

The Piano Man PETER GREEN, Peter Green is the former fiction critic of the London Daily Telegraph.

Tower of Babel EARL SHORRIS, Earl Shorris is the co-editor, with Miguel Leon-Portilla, of "In the Language of Kings: An Anthology of Mesoamerican Literature," and the author of "Latinos: A Biography of the People" and "Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa."

Just How 'Victorian' Were the Victorians? FREDERIC MORTON, Frederic Morton is the author of "The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait" and "A Nervous Splendor: Vienna, 1888-1889," both National Book Award finalists.

The Glowing World BARBARA MacADAM, Barbara MacAdam is a senior editor of ARTnews.

Ways of Seeing LANGDON HAMMER, Langdon Hammer is the author of "Hart Crane and Allen Tate: Janus-Faced Modernism" and the co-editor of "O My Land, My Friends: The Selected Letters of Hart Crane." He is a professor of English at Yale University.

Down These Mean Streets TOM HAYDEN, Tom Hayden chaired a state Senate task force on gang violence prevention. He teaches a course on gangs at Occidental College and is writing a book on the subject.

Nits and Picks MELISSA McCOY, Melissa McCoy is The Times' assistant managing editor for copy desks.

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Not Too Idle, Not Too Wild in Idyllwild ROB DUNTON

Going With the Flow in Hawaii VANI RANGACHAR, TIMES STAFF WRITER

On the Road to Spanning Generations EILEEN OGINTZ

Park Lodges in West Have More Vacancies Jane Engle

California Corner: Festivals, Feasts & Fairs Laurie K. Schenden

Traveler's Note ... Jane Engle