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• Fire burns 500 acres northeast of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire burned about 500 acres of forest Sunday, threatening hundreds of homes and an animal sanctuary north of Los Angeles, authorities said. The blaze began about 2 a.m. in a rugged area about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles ...
• Bush faces tough challenges in final 100 days
The ambitious priority of pushing an international effort to rid North Korea of its nuclear arms has made late progress, but the communist country has a spotty record of following through on its pledges. After North Korea relented on nuclear ...
• Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
Two unmanned airplanes were seen above the town of Miran Shah in the North Waziristan tribal region minutes before missiles hit a house near a matchbox factory Saturday, two intelligence officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity ...
• Norbert weakens to tropical storm over Mexico
The storm passed far north of the peninsula's resort-studded Los Cabos. 60 shelters open Authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas in Sonora state and opened 60 shelters capable of holding more than 6,000 people, said Willebaldo Alatriste, the ...
• 12 killed in Russian North Caucasus earthquake
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia - A strong earthquake hit Chechnya and other parts of Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, killing at least 12 people and damaging scores of hospitals, schools and other buildings, emergency officials said. The quake hit around 1 p ...