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- Contreras Resigns as Westlake Football Coach
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- Ford Develops Platinum-Free Auto Emission System; Big Savings Seen
- Micro D Chairman Favors Merger With Majority Shareholder
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- Experiment Turns Cancer Cells Healthy
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- $6.8-Million Lotto Ticket Purchased in County
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- CSUN Women Rout San Francisco State
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- NATION : VA Raises Mortgage Rate to 10.5%
- Houston Slapped With 3-Year Probation
- U.S., PLO Officials Hold First Talks on Peace in Middle East
- Spa for the Public : Westwood Health Center Offers Amenities Without Steep Fees
- IN BRIEF : Vreni Schneider Captures Slalom
- Las Vegas Beats UC Irvine, 100-85 : Rebels Overpower Weak Anteaters in Big West Opener
- La Cienega Area
- Trinity Broadcasting's Cup Runneth Over
- He Helped Bridge U.S.-PLO Gap : Sweden's Andersson: Master of Diplomacy
- Conflicting Pictures of Tax Adviser Given Jury in Fraud Case
- IN BRIEF : Disk Company to Lay Off 2,000
- Agoura Plan for Houses Criticized : Vote Delayed on Renaissance Site
- Local News in Brief : Officers Posing as Students Arrest 206
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- Albunex Maker Signs $60-Million Distribution Deal
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- WORLD : Red Cross Hostage Freed in Sidon
- Prices Puffed Up
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- RENTAL CLAUSES
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- Variety of New Year's Parties Offered
- Moratorium on 'Let It Burn' Policy Urged
- ARTS : Man Charged With Forging Picassos
- ENTERTAINMENT : James Brown Denied a New Trial
- French-Only Law in Quebec Overturned
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- WORLD : Suspect in Palme Murder Charged
- Locusts Attack Jordan
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- America Spends $2.3 Billion on Batteries
- HIGH LIFE: A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Groups Accepting Donations for Quake Relief
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- HIGH LIFE: A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : Beliefs About College Costs Dissuade Youths
- Storm Pummels State With Rain, Snow, Gales
- Hardest Task Still Lies Ahead : Palestinians' Euphoria Quickly Turns to Caution
- State Request for Meeting With Vincent Unanswered
- Unless U.S. Can Talk Israel Into Playing, There's No Game
- Child Hospitalized After Eating Cocaine
- A Grandfather's Wait for Justice : 5 Years Later, He's Angry Over Slayer's 8-Year Sentence
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- Defensive end Reggie Rogers of the Detroit...
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- When the Christmas Season Is the Game, Carol Is the Name : Rejoicing in a Chorus of Choir Music
- POP MUSIC REVIEW : Keith Richards--A Stone Rolls Alone
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- 15-Day Wait on Handgun Sales in Effect in Cincinnati
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- The Nation : U.S. Deports 4 More Cuban Refugees
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- NATION : Wholesale Prices Rise Slim 0.3%
- Young General to Head Soviet Armed Forces
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- Tune Buggy Hits Right Notes With Children
- Factory Direct : Sledgehammer Hits Hard to Shock Its Theater Audience
- Smith Barney Fires About 120 Employees : Post-Crash Cutbacks Still Plague Entire Industry
- Vietnam Starts Its Cambodia Troop Pullout
- NATION : Federal Express to Buy Tiger
- IN BRIEF : Fed Tightens Bank Regulations
- U.N. Vote Calls for International Mideast Talks : General Assembly Also Proposes Israeli Withdrawal From Occupied Lands
- IN BRIEF : Tomczak to Start for Bears Monday
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- CSUN Needs 2 Basketball Wins to Match Best Start in 6 Years