The practice surmises violates a draws new personnel policy that Kaiser has enacted to curb employee absenteeism at its seven facilities in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties. They contain about $600 million more in appropriations than the budget being proposed by Deukmejian. Each one had to have his own girlfriend or mistress in the office, as if it was a competition. Hopefully we can learn from it " Eagles Pro Bowl kicker David Akers hit a 46- yard field goal, breaking the NFL record for most field goals of 40 yards or more in a season with 17. When his marriage to Pilar Wayne, the mother of his second set of children-in whom he had enormous pride-broke up in 1974 after almost 20 years, Wayne stayed on in the Bay Shores house that, he said, "the kids identify as home.

George Deukmejian's $44. 5-billion state budget, sent two spending plans out for floor votes Monday even though they call for spending far in excess of available revenues . The New Hampshire village was once a community of 400 men, women and children . White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Reagan met at 9:15 a. m in the Oval Office with Vice President George Bush, Atty Gen Edwin Meese III, FBI Director William S Sessions, U. S Atty Henry Hudson, Assistant Atty Gen . Bledsoe completed the drive, capped by Travis Henry' s 13- yard touchdown run, before being replaced by backup Alex Van Pelt Van Pelt would start if Bledsoe can' t play . District officials say it is the first all-day, all-night program in the country "I can come here now because children are sleeping Husband is sleeping Housework all done. Superior Court Judge Jean Matusinka imposed the sentence on Sang Nam Chinh of Rosemead, who was convicted in February of the Dec.

One enthusiastic fan even sent him a tiny plastic bag stapled to a note that read: "Can you please identify these berries found in the belly of a pigeon shot this week near my home" No Question Too Trivial For Britain's formidable army of horticultural enthusiasts, no question is too trivial, no subject too esoteric . Wang is just the third major- leaguer from Taiwan, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, following Chin- Feng Chen, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2002- 04, and Colorado pitcher Chin- hui Tsao . Edmonds drew a bases- loaded walk in the fourth and singled in the sixth to score Pujols, whose RBI triple bounced off the base of the fence in right- center . Jason Michaels followed with a two- run single to pad the lead to 4- 0 . But none of the guys Sacramento received has contributed much. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus called HIV. Senior Michelle Claudel showed a gift for mixing bold patterns.

But their religion was still the incense-laden ritual of Eastern Christianity, which Russian explorers and colonizers introduced into North America through their colonies in Alaska and Northern California, starting in 1794. Embroiderers in a Los Angeles factory worked for more than five weeks to make a sumptuous set of robes for the head of the Orthodox Church in America to take with him for ceremonies marking the 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in what today is the Soviet Union . delegation visited Leningrad, Moscow and Washington, where they met with President Reagan and members of Congress . As for Super Tuesday, the magnitude of the contest-spread over 20 states, 14 of them in the South or in border regions-ruled out reasoned debate . Among the most valuable items, he said, are about 400 fireworks catalogues, the oldest published in 1853 in Boston by Sanderson & Lanengunn . The consultant is then to come back with a report on safety recommendations that everyone hopes will finally settle the dispute. The bill, which received unanimous support in the Assembly and is scheduled for hearings before a Senate committee later this month, has won support from the county Department of Mental Health, as well as from several county mental health organizations.

He seems to get stronger' Dellucci scored an unearned run in the second, drawing a one- out walk and scoring on second baseman Figgins' throwing error on a potential double- play ball Rogers missed a chance at his career- best 18th win He allowed four runs and six hits in 7 1- 3 innings . It' s easy to pitch when you have your best stuff, but how you pitch when you don' t have your best is when you know what kind of player you are " Acevedo was solid in his last start on Thursday, holding San Francisco to a run and three hits in six innings . It can rob a person of the opportunity for full participation in city life, no matter his color, background or economic status . After Castillo doubled, Santos was lifted after throwing 85 pitches, only 45 for strikes, even though he has allowed only seven earned runs in his last four starts " When you dodge it three times, you know it' s going to be trouble the fourth, but everything happened so fast there " manager Ned Yost said . If it had been ruled a foul ball, the count would have remained full on Dye. Second Name-Change Debate For the second time in its two-year history, the new city has become distracted from the business of government by a name change. In water questions, they appear to be far more hostile to the urban south than to San Joaquin Valley farmers. SACRAMENTO — Thirty years ago, the cities along the Southern California coast made a political alliance with the farmers in the lower part of the San Joaquin Valley The object of the alliance was water Northern California had a surplus.

'I Can't Believe This' "I can't believe this good luck" Pamela said, dropping her plastic bags and taking a seat next to a nurse "I don't have a medical card or nothing like that I didn't know how to get to a doctor . "I was watching Reagan (at the Washington summit) on television" Shagin said in an interview, "and, lo and behold, my words came out of his mouth"Gorbachev opened Sunday's ceremony at the Kremlin by paying homage to Reagan's propensity for salt-of-the-Russian-earth language: "Mr President, you and Mrs . During his tenure, Hall was interviewed by local TV stations and met with political figures such as Gov . And she led a state effort to find permanent housing for some 5,000 homeless families living in tents, motels and shelters after meeting privately with scores of homeless families . He played his brains out " Gruden said " I like everything about him " Gradkowski' s 3- yard touchdown pass to Alex Smith on third- down gave Tampa Bay a 21- 17 lead " It' s a tough one to swallow " Gradkowski said " There' s a lot of good that came out of this game. It was the first multihomer game of Smith' s career " I wouldn' t say I' m a home- run hitter " said Smith " If I hit a home run, it' s usually a mistake " Minnesota' s pitchers allowed just one earned run in the previous four games.

When you' re not going good, those are the kind of plays that hurt you, but Corey rarely misses a ball like that " Lieber( 5- 1) was sharp against his former team, allowing one run, four hits and two walks in 7 1/ 3 innings . You almost get the sense he' s a little embarrassed by it " Rhodes was 30- 36- 1 over four seasons in Philadelphia and 8- 8 in one season with Green Bay . Another of the sacred cows dotting the political landscape is the issue of health care . CHICAGO( AP- After starting the season as Chicago' s fifth starter, Jon Garland resembles an ace these days . 9 seconds left to close out the Bulls, who got within one on Thomas' 3- pointer at the final buzzer.

Thanks to higher yields on these mutual fund cousins-and an investor flight to quality following the October stock market debacle-sales of unit trusts rose to $4. 3 billion in the first four months of this year, up 13% from the same period a year ago . The project, which began in February, also includes adding a fifth westbound lane between White Oak Avenue and Topanga, and resurfacing several areas of broken pavement . Because of concern that a floating cover could more easily be damaged by vandals in heavily used Elysian Park, the DWP has opted for a more expensive aluminum cover on the Elysian Reservoir . No purchase price was revealed, but industry sources said Christian Brothers, whose corporate name is Mont La Salle Vineyards, paid about $2 million for Quail Ridge . Fogg earned his first RBI of the season with his second hit. It was that good a night for the Phillies and their championship- starved fans, who haven' t celebrated a title since the NBA' s 76ers won it all in 1983. Tampa Bay' s Dave Andreychuk, beginning his 23rd season, had two assists St.

The penalty for threatening Jackson is a prison term of no more than three years and a fine of up to $250,000 . Our attitude can change, keeping pace with Soviet evolution as-and if-it actually takes place . "We think it could lead to significant future sales as we expand the product offerings to them" he said . "We don't like it any better, but we get paid to do it" Hoisington flashed a wide grin and laughed at the irony . Two-thirds of the 76 deserters resettled last year were taken by Scandinavian nations, which traditionally accept difficult cases. The Yankees loaded the bases, but Hideki Matsui grounded into an inning- ending double play, and Batista finished for his second save. "They had their own party with cake and champagne" the bride said "We talked back and forth They could see us, but we couldn't see them.

During his campaign, Mecham had continuously lashed out at "special interest politics" Lotstein and Cudahy said that if it had been reported that such a large share of Mecham's campaign funds had come from one source, it would have jeopardized his campaign theme and damaged his fifth race for the governor's office. PHOENIX — Amid cheers and applause from supporters, former Arizona Gov . That should have been more than enough " But it wasn' t, and the Cubs' road to the playoffs is a little harder because of it . It wasn' t his best performance of the year but he battled " Nick Punto hit his second home run with one out in the first and finished with four hits for the Twins, who lost their third straight . The campaign already is preparing to give fund-raising a major emphasis at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, to help raise "tens of millions of dollars" for the expected fall campaign against Vice President George Bush, according to Kristin Demong, Dukakis' national finance director . Though a lot different than his backhanded relay that saved the Yankees in Game 3 of the 2001 AL playoffs at Oakland, this play by Jeter was equally remarkable.