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2 firefighters killed fighting Calif. wildfire
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two Los Angeles County firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions. Firefighters fixed their attention on the blaze's fast-moving eastern side where flames lapped at the foot of the vital communications and astronomy center of Mount Wilson, and on the northwestern front, where the two firefighters were killed on Mount Gleason near the city of Acton.
2 firefighters killed amid massive Calif. wildfire
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two Los Angeles County firefighters were killed Sunday when their vehicle rolled down a mountain side amid the intense flames of a wildfire that threatened 12,000 homes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire's path to get out as the blazes rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles, spreading in all directions in dry conditions....
Asian markets fall as China shares sink over 5 pct
HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian markets headed lower Monday, with Chinese shares tumbling over 5 percent and Japanese stocks edging down after the country's opposition party came to power in a landslide victory....
Slocum pulls off surprise victory at Barclays
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Heath Slocum might have been the one player no one expected to win The Barclays. He was locked in a tense battle over the final hour Sunday at Liberty National with some of the biggest names in golf - Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els....
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