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Southern California battles devastating wildfires - The Associated Press

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Southern California battles devastating wildfires
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YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) - Walls of towering flames pushed by Santa Ana wind raged through Southern California hills early Sunday after destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee.
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Across US, Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage - New York Times

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Across US, Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By JESSE McKINLEY SAN FRANCISCO - In one of the nation’s largest displays of support for gay rights, tens of thousands of people in cities across the country turned out in support of same-sex marriage on Saturday, lending their voices to an issue that ...
Video: Gay Advocates Protest Marriage Ban Around Nation AssociatedPress
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Obasanjo Says Congo Rebel Leader Asks for Cease-Fire Talks - Bloomberg

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Obasanjo Says Congo Rebel Leader Asks for Cease-Fire Talks
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By Franz Wild Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president trying to broker peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, said rebel leader Laurent Nkunda asked for cease-fire talks with the government.
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Congo rebel leader promises to back UN efforts The Associated Press
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Four Militants Killed in Gaza as Olmert Orders Hamas Crackdown - Bloomberg

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Four Militants Killed in Gaza as Olmert Orders Hamas Crackdown
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By Gwen Ackerman and Peter Hirschberg Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Four Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the army to speed up plans for a wide-scale response to a barrage of rocket ...
Official: Abbas to ask Olmert to restore calm in Gaza Xinhua
Israeli Air Strike Kills More Palestinians Voice of America
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Russia President Dmitry Medvedev warms up toward US - Los Angeles Times

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Russia President Dmitry Medvedev warms up toward US
Los Angeles Times - 5 hours ago
Lauren Victoria Burke / AP GREETINGS: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington.
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California's bad fire season could have been worse - San Jose Mercury News

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California's bad fire season could have been worse
San Jose Mercury News - 59 minutes ago
By Paul Rogers A firefighter calls for water as most of the homes in the Oakridge mobile home park, which reportedly has 600-800 homes, burn in the Sylmar Fire on November 15, 2008 in Sylmar, California.
Video: Raw Video: Fires Rip Through Mobile Home Park AssociatedPress
California Wildfire Scorches More Than 8000 Acres (Update1) Bloomberg
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Kissinger Says Clinton Will Be `Outstanding' Secretary of State - Bloomberg

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Kissinger Says Clinton Will Be `Outstanding' Secretary of State
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By Cherian Thomas and Julianna Goldman Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Henry Kissinger said Hillary Clinton, frontrunner to be the next US Secretary of State, would be an ``outstanding'' appointment to the post.
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TeamFun goes to Aruba, week 2
We guessed 5 minutes until pourdown at one point, so we stashed our belongings under the palapa and headed to the bar for lunch (perfect timing, it was noon, and happy hour #1 of the day is noon to 1). We were right. ...

Baja Travel Updates!
Santispac and Playa Ecomundo both appear to have weathered the hurricane with little or no obvious damage other than a patio palapa blown over here & there. Playa Buenaventura had some minor damage to the corner of an outbuilding. ...

Viva Nicaragua!
Last week we were outside on the patio at Barry’s when a van pulled up on the road and out hopped Barry and all his gear (we got an e-mail on Monday that Barry sent on Saturday, saying he might be dropping in for 24 hours or so at some ...

Mexico to El Salvador
We had to motor sail through several fleets of shrimp, which was mildly pre-occupying, as we wanted to give them good clearance without losing our heading or the wind in the jib. In the morning just before sunrise to the east had a few ...

New York - Picking Apart Lil Wayne's <i>Tha Carter III</i>, Part 2 ...
Mix Master Mike - "Black Level Clearance" Quasimoto - "Return of the Loop Digga" Red Hot Lover Tone - "Bust tha Maneuva" UNKLE - "Rabbit in your Headlights". Posted by: at June 9, 2008 12:25 PM. guy dr. carter he's not actually tryin to ...

New York - Status Ain't Hood Interviews Bun B - Status Ain't Hood ...
No, it's not done because, like all albums, I'm not sure what the sample-clearance issues is going to be, different cameo features. It's definitely not a complete album, and I'm not sure how much of what we have is going to hold. ...

New York - NBC's Dateline Airs Misleading UFO Footage - Runnin ...
Every pilot knows that penetrating Class B airspace (a 30-mile protective veil that surrounds every major airport in the country) without a proper ATC clearance would get them into serious trouble. There is no way a fleet of Cessnas ...