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Hot toilet pump prompts jet's emergency landing »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) _ An airport official says a Virgin Atlantic jet carrying nearly 350 people has made an emergency landing after crew members ...

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Fire destroys 100 homes, injures 4 in Calif. town »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) _ Authorities say firefighters and a squadron of aircraft have launched a desperate daylight attack to push back a wind-whipped wildfire ...

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Raging Calif. fire destroys 100 homes, injures 13 »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) _ Firefighters and a squadron of aircraft launched a desperate daylight attack Friday to push back a wind-whipped wildfire that destroyed ...

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California governor declares emergency in wildfire »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SACRAMENTO (AP) _ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proclaimed a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County, where a wildfire has destroyed more than 100 homes ...

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Rob Lowe: Flames were 'shooting 200 feet' »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment

MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) _ Rob Lowe says he and his children fled a wildfire raging in California with just minutes to spare.

The 44-year-old actor ...

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Firefighters overwhelmed by raging Calif. wildfire »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) _ Firefighters struggled Friday against an out-of-control wildfire that destroyed at least 100 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave, flaring up ...

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Winfrey, Lowe commiserate as paradise burns »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in Arts & Entertainment

Montecito is home to the rich and famous, but it's not flashy. It's exclusive, but not haughty. And it's far enough from ...

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Firefighters battling Calif. blaze at wind's mercy »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) _ Firefighters were holding their own Friday against a wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave ...

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Wind cooperates with firefighters on Calif. blaze »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) _ Firefighters were holding their own Friday against a wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave ...

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Fire burns homes in northern Los Angeles »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A brush fire has burned at least three homes and is threatening dozens of others in northern Los Angeles, at the ...

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Wildfire destroys 500 mobile homes in Los Angeles »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The mayor of Los Angeles says about 500 mobile homes were destroyed in a wildfire plaguing the city.

No one is ...

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Southern California battles devastating wildfires »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes, shut down major freeways ...

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Hungry LA fires reduce hundreds of homes to ash »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced tens ...

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Wildfires in LA reduce hundreds of homes to ash »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced tens ...

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Even as winds calm, more Californians flee fires »

Posted by: ap 1 year ago in News

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) _ More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial ...

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