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Southern California's wildfire season has flared up again, this time chasing 4,000 residents and campers out of the mountains of Santa Barbara County.The U.S. Forest Service said the fire broke out Monday afternoon in the Los Padres National Forest about 15 miles north of Santa Barbara and spread quickly, fanned by 20 mph winds.The fire grew to 1,000 acres along the San Ynez River and led to the e...
President Barack Obama travels to New Jersey on Tuesday for a progress report on the state's recovery from Superstorm Sandy that on the surface appears remarkable but which hides deep and lingering pain.Sandy caused about $40 billion worth of damage when it wrecked the Jersey shore in October, killing dozens of people, forcing thousands of residents to flee and destroying nearly 350,000 homes.Much...
Students will return to an Oregon school Tuesday amid high security as a classmate is arraigned on charges of hatching a deadly bomb plot inspired by the Columbine massacre.Grant Acord, 17, will be charged as an adult with attempted aggravated murder and possession of destructive devices that authorities said included pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, a Drano bomb and a napalm bomb.The devices were f...
Sarah Klein, the modern burlesque performer known around the world as Sparkly Devil, was killed Sunday and 10 other people were injured when the car she was riding in was involved in an accident with a party bus south of San Francisco, authorities said Monday.Klein, 36, of San Mateo wasn't wearing a seat belt when the car, which was being driven by her husband, apparently slammed into a center div...
A fire broke out aboard a cruise ship off the Florida coast early Monday, leading to the cancellation of the rest of the voyage.Royal Caribbean Cruises said medical staff responded to several calls for assistance from passengers, who were treated for fainting, high blood pressure and an ankle sprain. It said none of the cases had been a medical emergency.Royal Caribbean said in a statement that it...
