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As fire nears Big Sur, residents and beasts flee

Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:27:41 GMTLogin to discuss
BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) -- Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur, destroying vacation homes and sending forest creatures running toward the sea for cover....

Prosecutors: Deception ran deep in Vt. kidnapping

Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:23 GMTLogin to discuss
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home carefully orchestrated events and e-mails to make it appear she had gone to see someone she met online, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged him with kidnapping....

Military: Freed American hostages in good shape

Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:45:24 GMTLogin to discuss
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Three U.S. hostages rescued from Colombian rebels after more than five years in captivity are in good condition and learning how to live a normal life again, military officials said Thursday....

3 burned by steam in Louisiana refinery accident

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:11:27 GMTLogin to discuss
JESUIT BEND, La. (AP) -- Louisiana authorities say three people are being treated for burns after a steam accident at a ConocoPhillips Co. refinery....

Texas man freed by DNA after 15 years in prison

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:29:27 GMTLogin to discuss
DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas man who spent more than 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of kidnapping and robbery raised both arms skyward and collapsed in his mother's embrace Thursday after being told he was a free man....

Details emerge in capture of killing spree suspect

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:09:45 GMTLogin to discuss
CHICAGO (AP) -- As the hunt wound down for the man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead in two states, a disheveled Nicholas T. Sheley walked calmly into a Subway restaurant in suburban St. Louis, asked to use the phone and called his lawyer - all but ensuring his capture....

Father without baby sitter accused of caging kids

Published: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:14:39 GMTLogin to discuss
POSEN, Ill. (AP) -- A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said Thursday....

Utah is going to a 4-day workweek to save energy

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:15:35 GMTLogin to discuss
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Starting next month, it will be 'TGIT' for Utah state employees. As in: 'Thank God It's Thursday.'...

Judge in NY scolds hedge fund scammer who ran away

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:44:14 GMTLogin to discuss
NEW YORK (AP) -- A hedge fund cheat who tried to fake his own death and spent nearly a month as a fugitive told a judge Thursday that he really did try to commit suicide while on the run, saying he thought it would be better to do himself in than turn himself in....

Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:09:12 GMTLogin to discuss
NEW YORK (AP) -- When staffers at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying face-down on a waiting room floor last month, it hardly seemed like cause for alarm....