Chrysler said Thursday that its net income in the first quarter declined to $507.6 million, down 28.1% from last year's record of $705.8 million, mainly because the company has exhausted the tax benefits that it built up during its financial crisis and is a taxpayer once again.
A three-story apartment building collapsed before dawn Monday, killing eight members of a sleeping family.
The No. 1-ranked UCLA men's tennis team won five of six singles matches en route to an 8-1 rout of No. 5 Pepperdine Saturday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.
Charging Falls drove into the lead entering the stretch Saturday and narrowly won the $82,400 Los Angeles Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Chrysler reported Thursday that its net earnings fell to $596.4 million in the second quarter, down 25.7% from last year's record $802.9 million, primarily because the firm is once again paying corporate income taxes.
The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest levels in a year today in response to worries about the U.S. economy and President Reagan's health.
Chris Bedford darted around the Stars & Stripes compound Monday morning on his tiptoes, checking
The dollar retreated amid widespread profit-taking early today after seven straight days of record-breaking gains.
Seventeen yacht clubs finished the first two days of the 56th Southern California Yachting Assn.
The Santana High School girls basketball team will not repeat as San Diego CIF 3-A Conference champions in 1985.
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The popularity of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative Party has slumped to its lowest level in the lifetime of the present government, according to a Gallup poll for the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Washington Redskin star John Riggins put on a raucous display at a formal banquet Wednesday night, at one point urging Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to "loosen up, Sandy baby," then passing out on the ballroom floor and snoring through a speech by Vice President George Bush.
The stock market turned downward Monday, retreating from last week's new high near the 1,300 level in the Dow Jones industrial average.
The price of sugar futures fell to new lows Tuesday as the worldwide surplus weighed on the market.
Seven children were killed and three injured Friday when the roof of their school collapsed in heavy rain in a town in Punjab, the Press Trust of India said.
The Cal State Long Beach 49ers dug themselves another hole Saturday afternoon--the kind they have been digging all season--but this time it was too deep to escape and they were upset, 30-23, by Eastern Washington University.
The Los Angeles Community College District said Wednesday that its spring enrollment is down by more than 19,000 students, prompting officials to consider canceling a summer session this year.
The dollar, hurt by profit-taking and undermined by lower U.S. interest rates, fell sharply against most foreign currencies on Tuesday.
Police killed a pain-racked horse after the animal's hind legs became wedged in a manhole during an early morning ride, authorities said Sunday.