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Four women describe the phobias that kept them from living normal lives - fear of social situations, driving, height and flying. Each overcame her fear with the help of behavior therapy.

SMART SOPHISTICATES Classic sophistication pervades the season's Smart accessories, from luncheon-proper handbags in luxurious suede to timeless--but newly interpreted--faux pearl necklaces. The men's wear influence is evident in rakish fur [...]

ASK any economic expert what Los Angeles needs most to rebound from our painful recession, and the answer would be 'investment.' A proposal to bring a tremendous investment to Los [...]

WITH a long-standing reputation of being business unfriendly, Los Angeles is now on the right path and beginning to attract companies to build their futures in our great city. This [...]

THE recent state budget impasse and the imperfect compromise that brought it to a sorry conclusion are destined to repeat and grow ever more desperate until we make fundamental, structural [...]

INNOVATION, risk and investment have positioned downtown Los Angeles to finally become an internationally renowned city center. Since 1999, this renaissance has created more than 174,000 jobs, $7 billion in [...]

IT seemed to make sense: build the highest buildings in an area of the city that actually wants density, and that can also best handle it because it is the [...]

WHERE there is adversity, so is there opportunity. Responding to California's budget crisis on cities and taxpayers is no different. As policymakers in Washington and Sacramento prepare for battle over [...]

NEW YORK -- She owned Boris at Madison Avenue and 63rd Street. He ran leBeau three blocks north. But four years ago, after running competing fine jewelry salons for over [...]

LOS ANGELES -- 'I am always astounded by women who can buy $2,000 worth of designer clothes and yet wear some cheap pair of eyeglass frames. They still don't think [...]

Profiles former X-rated film star Georgina Spelvin, 58. Her starring role in `The Devil in Miss Jones'; Why she worked in porn films; Her former drinking problems and what finally sobered her up; Her work as a computer production designer for the past six years.

Profiles actor John Savage, 45, once among the hot young stars in Hollywood, who plays a wheelchair-bound intelligence officer in `Op Center,' NBC's four-hour miniseries, a new Tom Clancy work. Savage's career background; Personal information; His role in the upcoming movie `The Crossing Guard,' with Jack Nicholson.

Features actress Lynn Whitfield, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of the title role in HBO's `The Josephine Baker Story' and married the movie's director, Brian Gibson. How Whitfield's career hit a bump and her marriage was short-lived; Her daughter, Grace; Why Whitfield is eager to be top banana again.

Features model-turned-actress Tyra Banks, 21, who will make her big-screen debut in director John Singleton's `Higher Learning.' How Banks and Singleton met; Their year-long inseparable relationship; Personal and biographical information on both.