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3 hrs ago | Fox News

Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colorado wildfire start

Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado, US National Parks

7 hrs ago | KAUZ

Immigration splits GOP's national, House interests

Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research will become the breast cancer charity's new president and CEO.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Natural Disasters, Fire, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kenny Marchant

10 hrs ago | WOI

Utah man shot in Catholic Mass expected to survive

Authorities in Utah plan to offer details about a man accused of walking into a Catholic church and shooting another man in the back of the head during Mass in Ogden.

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Related Topix: Ogden, UT, Natural Disasters, Fire, US Politics, US News, US Senate, John McCain, Republican

14 hrs ago | CBS News

Video: Arson possible cause of destructive Colo. wildfire

Investigators are considering arson as a possible cause of the Black Forest fire that burned for six days and destroyed nearly 500 homes.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, CBS This Morning, Entertainment, Television, Face the Nation

18 hrs ago | WHBF-TV Rock Island

Bombs, suicide attack kill at least 15 in Iraq

America's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for a world of glamour in her new role - and she can't wait.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Natural Disasters, Fire,

21 hrs ago | Denver Post

Black Forest fire victims accounted for, as containment grows to 65%

Containment on the Black Forest fire could take until Thursday, and hundreds of evacuees will have to wait, fire managers said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Black Forest, CO, Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO

Sun Jun 16, 2013

SFGate

Week-old SoCal wildfire 63 percent contained

Firefighters are making slow but steady progress against a wildfire that has been burning in a rugged wilderness area of the San Bernardino National Forest near Banning for a week.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Banning, CA

KNUS-AM Aurora

Steady rain falls as crews work against Colo. fire

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Related Topix: Fire, Colorado Springs, CO, Natural Disasters, Black Forest, CO, El Paso County, CO

KTEN-TV Denison

Putin says Super Bowl ring was gift

Restless residents displaced by Colorado's most destructive wildfire ever are returning to previously closed neighborhoods as firefighters continue to tame the blaze.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Prison, Indiana, Associated Press, Vladimir Putin

WCAX-TV Burlington

Boston trial of 'Whitey' Bulger ends its 1st week

Firefighters worked to get more people evacuated by Colorado's most destructive wildfire back home Sunday by digging up and extinguishing hot spots to protect homes still standing near Colorado Springs.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Violent Crime, Associated Press, WebMD

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Colo. wildfire evacuees see destruction firsthand

Residents returning to the neighborhoods they were driven from just days ago by Colorado's most destructive wildfire ever are seeing firsthand the path of destruction left behind by the flames.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO, Black Forest, CO, Monument, CO

WTEN-TV Albany

Pope blesses hundreds of Harley-Davidsons

Harley Davidson motorcycles riders park their motorcycles in Via della Conciliazione leading to the Vatican, seen at top, as they wait for Pope Francis to drive by to bless them ahead of mass in St. A solar-powered plane bidding to fly across the U.S. has landed at Dulles International Airport near the nation's capital, with one leg to New York ... (more)

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Related Topix: Motorcycles, Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, Harley Davidson, Automakers, Natural Disasters, Fire, WebMD, Widevine Technologies

Carlsbad Current-Argus

Northern NM wildfire continues to grow

A wildfire in northern New Mexico that forced about 100 Boy Scouts to relocate to another camping area has grown to more than 1,000 acres.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Cimarron, NM

Sat Jun 15, 2013

The Daily Breeze

Beekeeper burned, 2 firefighters stung repeatedly while battling bee hive blaze

A firefighter wearing a bee hood douses hot spots from a half-acre fire in Tujunga on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

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Related Topix: Fire, Tujunga, CA, Media, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Apiculture, Science, Los Angeles, CA, Natural Disasters

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations

Firefighters advanced against a monstrous wildfire outside of Colorado Springs, expanding containment lines and lifting evacuation orders for thousands of anxious residents in the most destructive blaze in state... Fire officials say crews have gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history and had more than half the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado

KSWO

Bear with head stuck in jar is rescued in Pa.

Firefighters advanced against a monstrous wildfire outside of Colorado Springs, expanding containment lines and lifting evacuation orders for thousands of anxious residents in the most destructive blaze in state... A Colorado sheriff said firefighters "are getting the upper hand" on the most destructive wildfire in state history Saturday, an ... (more)

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Explosion, Kevin Clash

Journalgazette.net

Firefighters advance against Colo. wildfire

Firefighters trying to stop a monstrous wildfire outside Colorado Springs on Saturday worked to expand containment lines and lift evacuation orders for thousands of anxious residents in the most destructive blaze in state history, which has destroyed nearly 500 homes and killed two people.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Doug Lamborn, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Natural Disasters, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO, El Paso County, CO

WOI

Attacks in Benghazi kill 5 Libyan soldiers

The revelation that a top former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who knew 94-year-old Michael Karkoc.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire

KSL-TV

How to prepare for fire season

SALT LAKE CITY &#8212 Two Thursday night fires in Utah County served as a reminder that fire season is upon the state.

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Related Topix: Fire, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, Natural Disasters, Flood

KTVN Reno

Inside Iran's presidential election and beyond

Facebook's top attorney says after a week of negotiations with national security officials, the company is allowed to make new revelations about government orders for user data.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Fire, Explosion, US Military, US Marine Corps