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Hundreds of people were driven from their homes in the town of South Fork, Colo., as a cluster of roaring wildfires – collectively known as the West Fork Complex fire – scorched its way through the southern part of the state.Together, the fires span over 53,000 acres, said Mike Blakeman, a spokesman for the Rio Grande National Forest.They are the latest in a string of raging fires that have plague...
A stunt plane carrying a wing walker -- an aerial daredevil who traverses the length of an aircraft during flight -- crashed into a field and erupted in a ball of flames during an air show in western Ohio on Saturday, officials said.Two people were killed in the crash, according to Dayton Police Department Sgt. Mark Ponichtera, who did not identify the victims or provide more information about the...
The judge in George Zimmerman's second degree murder trial has decided to bar expert testimony about a 911 call that captured screaming before Trayvon Martin's February 2012 shooting death.In a written order filed to county court this morning, Judge Debra Nelson called methodologies used by forensic voice analysts seeking to determine who is screaming during the call "not reliable."However, Nelson...
Hurricane chasers? Yup, they exist.It's a fairly small club.At the core is Mark Sudduth, 42, a Wilmington, N.C., resident who packs his teammates and his meteorological gear into a Chevy Tahoe outfitted with special data-collecting mechanisms each Atlantic hurricane season, traveling from as far as Texas to Maine.What makes Sudduth stand out is what he does once he reaches the hurricanes: He leave...
