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- Clark Twins Lead USC Victory
- Long Beach Dominates Nebraska
- A Ball State First for Wells
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- CIA-Crack Series Reporter Quits Newspaper
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- Steering in the Right Direction
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- POETRY
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- Suits Raise Questions on Developer Fees
- 'L.A. Confidential' Gets L.A. Critics' Top Award
- County Has Quick Answers to Getty
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- Bedford Falls, Ca.
- The Busboys of San Miguel
- Union Dues for Politics? Ask Members First
- Gang Injunctions Go Beyond Politics: They Curb Crime
- Cal Lutheran to Accept Registration for Spring
- Slocum Regrets Firing Toledo
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- TODAY'S GAMES
- Irvine Comeback Falls Short Against San Diego State
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- ANARCHY IN THE U.S.
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- Childhood Obesity: a Lurking Health Risk
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- The United States and South Africa: So Close and Yet. . .
- Navy Under Fire for San Diego Dredging Snafu
- State's Teenage Suicide Rate Declines, So How Come No One Knows Why?
- Richard C. Snyder; Foreign Policy Expert
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- Fire Destroys House South of Piru; Pet Killed
- LaFayette Finally Gets His Chance
- The Race Is On to Fix Damage of Last Storm Before the Next
- Monarchs Can't Beat the Fleet
- McKenna Goal Nets a 2-2 Tie for Kings
- Life's a Treadmill for Richardson
- SMALL FACES
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- 6 Killed, Including at Least 4 Children, in Fire at San Francisco Housing Project
- Cyber-Geeks Try to Hack High-Class Ways
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- Relatives Seek Public's Help in Finding Missing Kayaker
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- William W. Winpisinger; Radical Labor Leader
- Girl Endures Desert Trek to Save Family
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- A City of Lights
- Silly NCAA Rules Infractions Boggle the Mind
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