- Lions Discover a Silver Lining
- HOT CORNER
- The Answers That Are Blowing in the Wind
- 'Fear Factor' Scares Up a Weekly Spot
- PAIRS
- Thibault's Catch-22 Carries Blackhawks
- Troops Rally Around Soap Star
- Club Offers Support for Deaf Students
- The Opposing Corners in Today's 'Ali' Matchup
- Medical Board Lacks Some Discipline Records
- Reports: Panthers to Fire Seifert
- Winter Games in L.A.? We Could Warm to That Idea
- India Says It Shot Down Spy Plane
- Invisible War on Terror Accelerates Worldwide
- A War on Words Loses Sight of What Matters
- Zimbabwe Party Launches Drive to Reelect Mugabe
- No Golden Gate, Tower Bridge in Sacramento Still Wants to Shine
- American Expression
- 49ers Warm to the Task
- Cal Upsets Stanford, 68-54
- Sundance Gets Early Start This Week
- A Quick-Witted Link in the Chain
- There's No Place Like Dome for Rams
- Dolphins Will Work From Home
- Kahle and Wong Leading After the Short Program
- A New Worry About an Old Concern: Health Care
- CITY SECTION
- Boaters' Bay Access Hours Are Restored
- Curtain Rises on Bid to Save Theater
- Police Find Woman, 71, Stabbed at Home
- PLAYOFFS
- Sixth Victory Is Most for Bengals Since 1997
- Car Linked to Suspect Is Found at Airport
- Multiple Sclerosis Group Offers Workshop
- Trash Heap Find Is Linked With Midas
- For All Her Ills, She Gives Laughter
- TONIGHT
- Country Singer Battles Diabetes
- Riefenstahl Plans Release of Film About Her Scuba Dives
- Bill Parker, 64; Film Editor Worked on 'Columbo' TV Shows
- French Hail Victor Hugo as a Euro Visionary
- Raiders Gasp Into Playoffs
- CDC Study on Suburban Life Hits a Nerve
- Overtime Is a Payne for USC
- Derring-Do Returns to Prime Time
- Thomas Estes, 88; Envoy to Upper Volta Under Kennedy
- Old Age Certainly Isn't What It Used to Be
- Has the Fox Had Its Last Act?
- A White South African's Struggle With Loyalties and Identity
- THE TIMES' RANKINGS
- Orange Guardsmen Tapped for Mission
- Scholar-in-Residence Program Opens With Israeli Author's Visit
- Tough Stretch Begins
- Duke Joins the Mortals
- MEN'S SINGLES
- Preview Game Goes to Eagles
- In Long Run, Little Things Remain
- Canadian Firm to Make Interiors for GM Trucks
- Crash Diets Are a Road to Failure
- Manzanar Building to Be Visitor Center
- Season of Giving Continues for Favre
- Report Deals a Blow to Suburbs
- Webber Hits Trifecta
- The Opposing Corners in Today's 'Ali' Matchup
- For Versatile Sheila E., It's a Family Affair
- Characters Collide in 'Copenhagen'
- AOL Time Warner to Revise Forecasts
- Proper Bench Press Works Chest Muscles
- Buenos Aires Revamps Finances
- 2 Brothers Arrested in Gas Station Heist
- Balancing Budget Is Risky Job for Davis
- Pursuing a Prexy Photo Op--and Op, Op and Away
- Size of Hockey Rink to Present a Different Challenge
- WOMEN'S SINGLES
- 'Hello, He Lied' Tells Truth About Producers
- Apply Principles of Parenting to Your Portfolio
- Diabetics Get Sweet Bit of News
- Setting His Own Pace in the Gym Rat Race
- When a Kid Wants to Toot His Own Horn, What's Mom to Do?
- Drawn-Out Tahoe Case May Be a Watershed on Land Use
- Activists Probe Reported Killings in Chechnya
- Poor Afghan Parents Give Children Up as Orphans
- Fiery Crash Kills Girl, 14, and Injures Five People
- Knight Perks Up the Bruins' Day
- Looks Like He Made It
- McGlashan Appointed CEO of Critical Path
- A Link Between Smoking and Diabetes
- Wiccan Chaplain Brews Storm
- It's the People's Coastline
- Thomas Sebeok, 81; Linguist Debunked Theory About Apes
- FAST BREAK
- Workers Must Be Given a Rest Area
- Enron Creditors Want Case Moved to Houston
- Intel, Advanced Micro Unveil New Processors
- Want to Flush Out a Liar? Watch for That Telltale Blush
- Leisure Time and Having Variety of Hobbies May Stave Off Alzheimer's
- Munitions Accident Kills 5 Peacekeepers, U.N. Says
- Getting the Bugs Out
- Premier Names Himself Interim Foreign Minister
- Chatsworth Cowboy Relies on Horse Sense to Fend Off Local Developers
- Somalia: Terrorists' Next Stop?
- Bears Win Central
- ETC.
- Farewell to Silverdome
- O'Neal Deals With Extra Weight
- IN BRIEF / People in Business
- New 'Survivor' Show Poses a Fitness Challenge
- The Great White's Ways
- Report: Bridgestone, Ford to Make Peace
- Drawn to the Front
- Preparing Homes for a New Era in Media
- Sharon Calls Arafat 'Bitter Enemy' After Major Arms Seizure
- This Couple Decided to Put Old Age in Its Place
- Quake Shakes Central America
- Despite a Rough Year for Some, Sector Funds Can Be Solid Bets
- A Pumped-Up Desire to Live a Different Life
- The Fitness Remedy
- Teach Your Children Well--With Movies
- Nvidia Is on Top of Its Game
- Quarter's Best, Worst in 'Growth' and 'Value'
- Lawmakers Urge Rejection of Satellite TV Deal
- 1st Earnings Report for 4th Quarter Due
- Alternatives for the Cold Season
- Your First Exercise: Pick Coach
- Swimming Gave Her a Heart of Gold
- New Post-Enron Rules Considered
- Don't Count Bonds Out Yet
- Germans Say Detainee Not Tied to Al Qaeda
- Instant Polygraph Test Developed
- Kidnapped Girl, 12, Back at Home in Minneapolis
- Saving Rate Misleading, Study Says
- Ambrose Issues Apology for Plagiarizing Book
- How Do Tooth-Bleaching Agents Work?
- Fred Taylor, 77; Longtime Basketball Coach at Ohio State
- Gallegly Faces Dilemma Over Finance Reform
- A Golden Moment, a Golden Future
- Payoffs Alleged in Fight Over Proposed Billboards
- Rebirth of Signal Hill
- A Leap Up
- Now, Redskins Await a Direction Finder
- Fees Take a Big Bite Out of Some Funds' Returns
- Fund Managers Position for 2002
- Caring for Elderly Uncle Changed His Outlook
- A Healthy Dose for Kids
- Culinary Flap Dogs S. Korea
- Public Health Security
- Robber Sought in 2 Holdup Attempts
- Garcia Is on Way to Goal With Victory at Hawaii
- Seahawks Must Wait to Learn Fate
- Woman, 80, Is Found After Being Lost 2 Days
- Tchernyshev and Lang Rise Above
- Murphy Players Get Lesson on the Ranch
- A Record, but With Qualifiers
- Japan May Be Ready to Form Trade Group
- Morningstar's Top-Rated Funds
- Chrysler Leads Charge With U.S.-German Coupe
- New Balance Has Foothold in U.S.
- EDUCATIONTODAY* "Goal Setting: The Last Eight Weeks"...
- Bush's Advisors Defend Tax Cuts
- Heavy Rain Quenches Some Australian Fires
- U.S. Troops Leave for Cuba to Set Up Afghan War Prison
- Boy Who Crashed Plane Carried Note of Sympathy for Bin Laden
- Lack of Scoring Is Heart of Problem
- Victory Gives Packers Home-Ice Advantage
- Colts End Disappointing Season on a High Note
- ICE DANCING
- Steelers Rediscover Their Sense of Self
- Button Has Never Been Known to Zip His Lip
- Silence Is Golden, Especially on Road
- Bush to Meet With Greenspan Today
- Using the Four Rs to Pick, Track Mutual Funds
- Insurers in State Must Provide Terror Coverage
- Size of Tumor May Affect Treatment
- Many Options Available for Small-Business Financing
- Fund Losses Can Shelter Gains in the Future
- Worthwhile Guidance on Exercise Is a Few Clicks Away
- Rebels Accuse Colombia of Violating Truce
- Trojans Keep Up in Pac-10
- It's Not Like He Was Asking for a Private Jet
- OK, Last One Out of the Silverdome, Light the Fuse
- One Last Song at the Shubert
- A Choreographer's Sweet 'Success' at 28
- A Social Alternative to Propranolol
- Lehrer's Leadership
- Prescription Costs
- Campaign Funds Put Davis in Dire Straits
- U.S. Debt: Who Will Now Pay It Back?
- May the Light of Peace Shine Upon the Mideast
- Bikram Yoga Can Strike Healthful Balance
- Secret Service Agent
- No Check in the Mail for Murdered Father
- Michael Bloomberg: New Mayor for New Era
- Parks: Not a Race Issue
- How to Make That Aspirin Work Faster
- Assessing Procedures
- Crash Pilot a 'Hero' for Saving Lives
- Attacks Redefine Bush Foreign Policy
- Man Kills 2, Then Self at Wedding Party
- Delay of Bond Sale Proves Costly for the State
- Response to Terror
- Guidebook: Beneath Beijing
- Budget for Two
- A Renewal of Our Resolve to Scale Down
- DISCOVERIES
- Instant Culture for Sale
- Words Bloom for 'the Green Woman of Laguna'
- Booker Puts on a Show in All-American Bowl
- All That's Holy, and Then Some
- Texas Wins to Beat of Scuffle
- Poetry in Motion
- Los Angeles Times Bestsellers
- A Feral Family Album
- The Plot Thickens
- A Pot of Gold at Rainbow House
- New York's Fifth W Hotel Debuts on Times Square
- Equity-Indexed Annuities Appeal to the Squeamish
- Multi-Sport Belize: Not for the Armchair Traveler
- 'X' Marks the Spot
- South Hopes Rain Rinses Away Snowfall
- The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution
- Taliban Chief Again Eludes His Pursuers
- Confessed Anthrax Sender Discredited
- Small Plane Crashes in Fog; at Least 5 Dead
- Boston Mayor Vetoes Ban on Word 'Minority'
- Radioactive Material in Georgia Leaves 3 Ill
- Outcry Over Pets in Pet Food
- 15 Held in Singapore Bomb Plots
- Supervisor to Seek End of Officials' Perk
- Guardrail Work to Shut Lane on California 126
- Despite Slump, Kariya Keeps His Chin Up
- Californians Missing Out on Tax Incentives
- BOOK CALENDAR
- WE NEVER NOTICE
- This Week's Holidays
- A Religious Moment
- Eye on the Sky Closing
- Self-styled Macedonian 'Republic' Is Letting Freedom Ring
- Measuring W's Planning Impact
- U.S. Air Bases Forge Double-Edged Sword
- Clarendon Carries Eisenhower
- SOUTHLAND
- BASKETBALL LEADERS
- Tough-Guy Brennan Gets the Call
- Whistling Sweetly in the Dark
- Time to Ram-ble About the MVP
- New York Jets at Oakland, 1:15 p.m., Channel 2
- Even Though Home Isn't Old, It May Need Upgrades
- FILMS & PROGRAMS
- Islamic World's Hatred Dwarfs Its Admiration for America
- Owners Are Embroiled in Worst-Case Scenario
- Officer Who Fatally Shot Black Man Leaves Force
- Secrets Were Toast at Reporter's Breakfasts
- Car Theft Rings Are Hot Stuff in Japan
- State Sets Aside $200,000 So Irvine Can Lay Groundwork for 'Great Park'
- They're Back in the Sunshine
- Koznick Finishes Behind Paerson in Slalom Again
- get headline from totten (same as totten)
- It's Like Training for the Olympics
- Amnesty's New Cause
- In Search of a Truly American Film
- Germany Nabs Terror Suspect
- QE2 Renews Package With Concorde Jet
- Would-Be Robbers Fail to Plan, Fail to Score
- No Injuries in Apartment Fire, but 19 Forced Out
- Porter, Spurs Pay Back Mavericks
- This BCS Title Game Was Simply Child's Play
- Small Field for Big Race
- Best Bets
- No. 1 Connecticut Leaves No Doubt
- Traveler's Notes ...
- A Language of Compassion
- Big, Brassy and Beautiful
- State Is Nation's Worst in Creating Housing
- In Modern Era, Nobody Does It Better Than Rams
- Lynwood Rolls Along
- Win Really Hits the Spot for Clippers
- Irvine Goes Inside, Out to Beat Riverside
- Dan the Automator has put his brand...
- Dining for (Fewer) Dollars in San Francisco
- Southern Tales, Tall and 'Down-home'
- Drug Investigation Ends With 4 Arrests
- Student Pleads Innocent to Rape, Torture Charges
- The Chronicling of a Revolutionary Spirit
- A Boy and His Tesla Coil
- Egyptian TV's Message Lost in Israel
- India Calls for Action, Not Just Gestures
- SOUTHLAND
- How to Succeed by Really Trying
- Car Rental Company Has New Safety Seat System
- After 7 Years, El Toro's Future Is Still in Doubt
- Scientists' Laser Beam Creates a Virtual Star
- Threats Made to Event in New Zealand
- Carmichael Crashes at Anaheim
- Shoring Up Beach Defenses
- PASSINGS
- Brown Taking Act on Road--Out of Town
- BOYS' BASKETBALL
- Inside the House of the Rising Sun
- Putting Their House in Order
- The Dead