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Lakers Advance with 113-86 Win Over Kings
Chris Sheridan
LOS ANGELES -- The real Los Angeles Lakers returned for their biggest game of the season, and the upset-minded Sacramento Kings didn't stand a chance.
PCL Box: Stars 6, Sidewinders 5
E-Nicholson, Millard. DP-Las Vegas 1. LOB-Tucson 11, Las Vegas 9. 2B-LaRocca, Spivey, Nicholson, 2, Davis, 2. SB-Davis (3), Millard 2 (6). S-Cunnane. SF-Sell.
IRA Says It Will Disarm Soon
Shawn Pogatchnik
BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The Irish Republican Army announced today that it will soon begin disarming a hugely significant and long-awaited breakthrough in the effort to revive the Northern Ireland peace process.
Reformists Win Majority in Iran
Ali Akbar Dareini
TEHRAN, Iran -- In another crushing defeat at the polls for Islamic hard-liners, Iran's largest reform party said today that allies of the moderate president swept 52 of the 66 seats in run-off legislative elections.
KU Athletic Dept. Probe Ordered
Doug Tucker
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas football coach Terry Allen, speaking so softly he could barely be heard, apologized Friday for his handling of a sexual abuse charge against two players.
Reprieve Offered on Privacy Plan
Marcy Gordon
WASHINGTON -- The nation's banks and other financial service businesses are getting eight months more to comply with new rules designed to protect consumers' personal data.
Fish Variety Diminishing in U.S.
Randolph E. Schmid
WASHINGTON -- Across America, from lake to lake and stream to stream, more of the fish are alike.
11-year-old girl wants to spend time in nature
The only trips she has ever been on are school field trips. A week at summer camp would be a real eye opener for her, those around her say.
Troubled girls get chance to go to senior prom
From her braces to her freckles, to her spontaneous giggling, the 18-year-old girl in a T-shirt and jeans seems like any teen looking forward to her senior prom.
Couples a Hit at Country Awards
Jeff Wilson
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- With Shania Twain and Garth Brooks no-shows at the Academy of Country Music Awards, attention turned to two pairs of country sweethearts.
Jobless Rate Falls to 3.9 Percent
Jeannine Aversa
WASHINGTON -- The supercharged U.S. economy pushed the unemployment rate to a 30-year low of 3.9 percent last month. Blacks and Hispanics recorded their lowest jobless rates in history.
John Cleese Movie To Debut on Web
Anick Jesdanun
NEW YORK -- When movie producer Stephen Simon shopped around his latest project, he had one condition: The film must be shown on computers, not in theaters.
Marine Who Sang for 7 Presidents to Retire
Carl Hartman
WASHINGTON -- Don Quixote wore a suit of rusty armor, but he'll don the scarlet-and-blue dress uniform of the U.S. Marines when Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Ryan does his farewell performance after 30 years entertaining seven presidents and more than 2,000 public concerts.
Clinton Announces Listeria Measures
Philip Brasher
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton announced steps today to reduce outbreaks of a deadly foodborne pathogen, including a requirement that processors systematically test their plants for the listeria bacterium.
Faithful at any age
When Gertrude Emmer Dubowe stood at the bema (altar), wearing her late husband's yarmulke (skullcap), she was overwrought with joy.
Asian Nations Back Currency Plan
Patrick McDowell
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Thirteen Asian nations agreed today to support each other's currencies to contain any future economic crisis like the one that devastated the region in 1997 and 1998.
Fusaichi Pegasus Favored at Derby
Richard Rosenblatt
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- So much to think about, so little time.

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